Ground-breaking news for women's services
Work has begun transforming women’s and maternity services at Wexham Park Hospital. Trust bosses and representatives from developer Kier Group completed a symbolic ‘ground breaking’ ceremony by turning the first spadefuls of earth to mark the start of work on the £10m project. Over the next 12 months the labour ward will be rebuilt in phases to include en suite toilet and bathrooms in all rooms, the birthing centre for midwife-led care will be extended and more birth pools will be added.
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Doctors hail Zambia mission success
Doctors from Wexham Park Hospital offered free operations and treatments to some of Zambia's poorest people during a week-long mission to the African country. Two surgeons and two junior doctors from the Slough hospital were among a seven-strong team of medics who spent a week in the capital Lusaka. They worked at the Coptic Hospital, run by the Coptic Mission church group, performing a range of free treatments.
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Steve gears up for Breast Care fundraiser
Steve Radcliffe is saddling up for a bike ride to Amsterdam as he raises funds for Frimley Health Charity’s Breast Care Appeal. It's the final leg of his effort to complete 12 challenges in six months to raise money for a £1.5m dedicated breast care centre at Frimley Park. The hospital has cared for his wife Janey since she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in March.
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Updated plans on show in Ascot
You can see our latest plans and ask questions about the future of Heatherwood Hospital at a community engagement event on Thursday 4 August. Key members of the hospital team will be talking about the £72m investment at the site during an event at Ascot Racecourse. No need to book, just drop in any time from 3pm to 7pm.
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Trust tops patient safety award
Frimley Health was named Best Organisation at the 2016 Patient Safety Awards. The trust was announced as the winner during a ceremony in Manchester earlier this month. It was shortlisted with other top organisations from across the country in the awards run by the Health Service Journal and the Nursing Times. Judges said naming Frimley Health as Best Organisation was a “unanimous decision” and praised its “courageous approach” to improving safety.
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Wexham Park A&E plans go on show
Come and see our plans for a new emergency department at Wexham Park Hospital. Proposals for the new A&E and assessment centre at will go on show at Slough’s Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre on Wednesday 13 July. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, will be sharing its vision for the £49m project with a display in The Observatory between 10.30am and 3.30pm.
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Get set for Run Wexham
Organisers of Run Wexham have issued a rallying call to the community to support its next fundraising venture. People are being asked to step up for a charity run challenge and help seriously ill children at Slough's Wexham Park Hospital get the best possible care. Frimley Health Charity’s annual Run Wexham event takes place on Sunday 17 July - a sponsored 10km trail race and 2.8km fun run.
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Two decades of military partners
Hospital staff and military colleagues are looking back on 20 years of working in partnership caring for the local community. The Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit (MDHU) was established at Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust in February 1996. It followed a restructuring of military medical services away from standalone military hospitals, such as the Cambridge Military in Aldershot, to integrated units hosted by NHS acute trusts.
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Run Frimley 2016
This year’s Run Frimley was officially the biggest yet. A record 2,000 people - including trust staff - entered the annual 10km road race and 2.5km fun run on May 1. That’s 300 more than the previous best set last year. The event has already raised £60,000 for Frimley Health Charity’s Breast Care Appeal, with more money still pouring in.
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Staff awards brings out the best
Hospital heroes were honoured at Frimley Health's annual awards night. The ceremony at the Royal Berkshire Hotel in Ascot applauded outstanding work to improve the experiences of patients and the delivery of services at Frimley Park, Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals, as well as our satellite units.
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