We are committed to doing everything we can to get our patients home as soon as they are able to. Prolonged stays in hospital are bad for patients, especially for those who are frail or elderly. We also need to ensure wards have enough beds to care for patients waiting in our Emergency Departments.

From Monday 2 October to Friday 8 October, our teams were tasked with trialling new ways of reducing delays in patient care, so they could get home sooner, called a ‘flow recovery week’.

Our Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) team have been carrying out a new initiative - ENT Kidz - a series of weekend clinics aiming to see 1,000 children by autumn half-term.

First of its kind Scalpel Project sees 1,000 patients in six days

Abisola Abe, a learning disability nurse at our Trust, has written a blog about her role and the importance of making reasonable adjustments to deliver fair and impartial care for patients with learning disabilities and autism.