http://www.ruh.nhs.uk Latest News en-us Copyright Royal United Hospital Bath Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:19:00 GMT In February, cousins Frankie, Connie and Maddox were all born within the space of a single day at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2026_03_04_Cousins.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:19:00 GMT Two brothers who underwent successful surgery for prostate cancer within just weeks of each other at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, have called on men with a family history of the cancer to get themselves checked. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2026_04_02_Prostate_Cancer_Surgery.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 4 Feb 2026 10:58:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting to the world's largest-ever clinical trial of treatments to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's disease. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2026_01_26_Parkinsons_Trial.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:59:00 GMT A woman who was treated for cervical cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is calling on others to make sure they take up the offer of a ‘lifesaving’ cervical screening test. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2026_01_20_Cervical_Cancer_Prevention_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:19:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is inviting people who are looking for a role that truly makes a difference to discover the wide range of opportunities on offer. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2026_01_06_Recruitment_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 6 Jan 2026 14:07:00 GMT Musician in Residence at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Frankie Simpkins, has been sharing the joy and connectedness that music brings to the hospital's patients and staff this festive period. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_12_23_RUH_Musician_in_Residence_during_Festive_Season.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:00 GMT If you have a baby at the RUH in 2026, you may be invited to take part in the Generation Study, a groundbreaking initiative led by Genomics England in partnership with the NHS. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2025_12_Generation_Study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:29:00 GMT The maternity team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has once again been recognised for delivering supportive and respectful care, following the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2025 Maternity Survey. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_12_10_CQC_Maternity_Survey.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:29:00 GMT During Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, a Devizes GP is urging others to know and act on the signs of pancreatic cancer, following their own recent diagnosis and treatment at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_11_27_Pancreatic_Cancer_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Nov 2025 08:52:00 GMT From today, parents of babies who are receiving care on the neonatal unit at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust will be able to register their baby's birth at the hospital. This means they don't need to travel off site and leave their babies to visit a register office. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_11_07_Neonatal_birth_registrations.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 7 Nov 2025 08:52:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust have conjured up a frightfully fun Halloween display to celebrate National Casting Day on 6 November. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_11_06_National_Casting_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 6 Nov 2025 11:08:00 GMT On Friday 24 October, the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) was delighted to welcome local charity, Time is Precious, along with one of its patrons, comedian, actor and TV host, Greg Davies, for a visit. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_10_30_Time_is_precious_VIP_visit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:03:00 GMT This World Stroke Day (Wednesday 29 October) researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have launched a new recruitment drive for a study looking at how two different medications might help people who have suffered a particular type of stroke. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_10_29_World_Stroke_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:29:00 GMT On Saturday 13 September, the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust was delighted to welcome patients, visitors and local residents to its second Community Day, in partnership with the hospital's charity RUHX. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_10_07_RUH_Community_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:42:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with local grocer Dean Cooper, from Wild About Fruit and Veg, to provide a fresh produce stall at the hospital's Weston site. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_10_07_Fruit_and_Veg.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:59:00 GMT September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month and a patient treated for the cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is calling on women to get themselves checked out if they have any unusual symptoms. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_29_Gynae_Cancer_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:29:00 GMT This week, Sulis Hospital and the BSW Hospitals Group celebrated the official opening of the Sulis Orthopaedic Centre (SOC), a new facility that will see thousands of NHS patients in the south west receive life-changing surgery much sooner than before. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_23_Sulis_Orthopaedic_Centre_Opening.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:49:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking forward to welcoming its community to reflect on its recent activities, challenges and achievements at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), combined with its Annual Members Meeting. This year's event, which is open to all, will take place online on Thursday 25 September from 3:30pm. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_25_RUH_Working_With_Cancer_Policy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking forward to welcoming its community to reflect on its recent activities, challenges and achievements at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), combined with its Annual Members Meeting. This year's event, which is open to all, will take place online on Thursday 25 September from 3:30pm. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_22_RUH_AGM_2025.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:19:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is urging people to register their decision to be an organ donor after new figures show that that more than 12,000 people in the UK have died or been removed from the transplant waiting list over the past 10 years before receiving the lifesaving organs they desperately needed, including 53 from Somerset. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_22_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:54:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for six public governors and two staff governors to help shape its services and plans for the future – and nominations are now open. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_09_09_Governor_Nominations_Open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:49:00 GMT This weekend (16/17 August) marked a milestone for the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust's ambitions to be more energy efficient, with the delivery by crane of equipment that will help the hospital to upgrade its heating infrastructure. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_08_22_Decarbonisation_update.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:53:00 GMT The endoscopy team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating achieving a top national award for excellence. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_08_20_JAG_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:56:00 GMT People living with diabetes have helped to transform an outdated space at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust into a bright and welcoming environment. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_08_13_Diabetes_Mural.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:16:00 GMT People being treated for cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have praised the hospital for the care and support they have received throughout their treatment. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_08_11_Cancer_Patient_Feedback.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:29:00 GMT The RUH's Art at the Heart team and Arcadis have been awarded a European Healthcare Design Award for the use of interior design, art and sculpture in the Dyson Cancer Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_07_01_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 02 July 2025 14:59:00 GMT Patients being cared for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being given a reason to smile thanks to new mouth care boxes that have been rolled out across wards to support their oral hygiene. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_06_04_Mouth_Care_Boxes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 04 June 2025 09:29:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to attend a special remembrance service at Bath’s Haycombe Cemetery on Saturday 7 June 2025. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_06_02_Baby_Remembrance_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 02 June 2025 11:29:00 GMT More than 5,000 patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been helped to get home earlier and supported with care in the community thanks to the hard work of the Trust's Hospital at Home team. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_30_Hospital_at_Home.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 May 2025 09:40:00 GMT On Tuesday 27 May, a state-of-the-art new specialist surgical centre located just outside of Bath opened its doors to NHS patients from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_28_SOC_Opening.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 May 2025 13:41:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are involved in a national study to develop a tool to guide clinicians when they are assessing people suffering symptoms which could be caused by both migraines and transient ischaemic attack, also known as 'mini-stroke'. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_27_Stroke_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 27 May 2025 15:09:00 GMT The highest quality of care, compassion and innovation was recognised at the recent annual staff awards ceremony for the Royal United Hospitals Bath RUH NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_20_Clinical_Trials_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 May 2025 13:34:00 GMT Local people are being urged to help support the development of new medical treatments which could transform people's lives by getting involved with research at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_20_Clinical_Trials_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 May 2025 09:39:00 GMT This week the Radiology department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust celebrates its 50th anniversary and members of the team have been looking back at the changes the department has seen in that time. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_19_Radiology_50th_Anniversary.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 May 2025 10:39:00 GMT A new support group set up at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is bringing together patients with heart failure to share their experiences of the illness. The group, which recently held its first meeting, also gives patients the opportunity to ask clinical staff any questions they may have about heart failure and get advice. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_09_Heart_Failure_Awareness.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 09 May 2025 11:59:00 GMT Staff who have gone above and beyond to improve the experience of the people they care for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been celebrated at a special awards presentation. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_05_01_Imp_Patient_Exp_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 01 May 2025 10:59:00 GMT The RUH is marking one year since the new Dyson Cancer Centre welcomed its first patients.Since opening last spring, the Dyson Cancer Centre has supported the RUH to provide the highest quality of cancer care for around 340 people a day from Bath, Wiltshire and the wider South West community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_04_24_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_One_Year_Anniversary.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 25 April 2025 10:39:00 GMT A prostate cancer patient who underwent major robotic surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been discharged home the very same day - helping the hospital to further improve patient experience and free up beds. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_04_14_Robotic_Surgery.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 April 2025 10:29:00 GMT A Wiltshire mum who was treated for ovarian cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is appealing to women to get themselves checked if they have any symptoms of the disease. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_03_26_Ovarian_Cancer_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 March 2025 10:39:00 GMT A new modern 16-bed intensive care unit (ICU) at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) has welcomed its first patients. The new unit provides care for some of the sickest patients at the RUH, including those recovering from major surgery, heart attacks and strokes or life-threatening infections such as sepsis. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_03_18_New_ICU_Open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 March 2025 12:09:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_03_14_RUH_NED_Vacancy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 March 2025 13:29:00 GMT The RUH has submitted a second planning permission application as part of its plans to become a more sustainable and energy-efficient organisation by improving its heating system and reducing carbon emissions. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_03_06_Decarbonisation_Planning_Permission.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 March 2025 10:29:00 GMT Premature babies being cared for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s neonatal care unit are now getting to go home earlier thanks to the introduction of at-home tube feeding. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_03_04_NICU_Home_Feeding.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 March 2025 09:29:00 GMT An innovative lifestyle intervention called Super Rehab, which has been trialled at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has been praised for helping to halt the progression of heart disease. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_02_25_Super_Rehab_update.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 February 2025 09:39:00 GMT Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG) has launched a fundraising campaign to support a new Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) cancer treatment centre, which will be based in Frome. The new facility will ensure more patients can receive cancer care closer to home. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_02_13_Frome_Fundraising_BCUSG.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 February 2025 14:49:00 GMT A Team GB Olympian who took centre stage at last year’s Olympic Games in Paris has temporarily put down her fencing sword and picked up her stethoscope to begin a new role at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_02_04_Kerenza_Olympian_Doctor.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 February 2025 09:19:00 GMT The maternity and paediatric research teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating recruiting their 1,000th young participant to a major study which uses an infra-red camera to screen for congenital cataracts in newborn babies. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_01_28_Baby_Cataract_Study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 28 January 2025 14:19:00 GMT A mother of two who was successfully treated for cervical cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is appealing to women to check themselves for symptoms. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_01_20_Cervical_Cancer_Prevention_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 20 January 2025 10:39:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has taken its next step towards becoming a more sustainable and energy-efficient organisation, following the submission of a planning permission application to make major improvements to the heating system at its Combe Park site. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2025_01_06_RUH_Decarbonisation_Planning_Permission.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 07 January 2025 07:49:00 GMT All those coming to the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust can look forward to a bright and colourful spring, thanks to the efforts of the Friends of the RUH. The team planted thousands of Dutch tulip and crocus bulbs at the hospital this December. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_12_17_Friends_of_the_RUH_Bulb_Planting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 December 2024 09:03:00 GMT A set of identical triplets who were due to be born on Christmas Day have arrived early at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, giving their parents three early and very special Christmas presents. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_12_17_Christmas_Triplets.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 December 2024 13:59:00 GMT The maternity team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as ‘better’ or ‘somewhat better’ than other trusts in a number of key areas following feedback from people in the 2024 Maternity Survey. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_12_10_Maternity_CQC_Survey.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 December 2024 09:19:00 GMT Nurses and midwives at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their fantastic work and outstanding contribution to the people we care for. The RUH’s Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2024 gave staff the perfect opportunity to celebrate those colleagues who go the extra mile every day. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_12_04_Nursing_Midwifery_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 04 December 2024 09:59:00 GMT Patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will enjoy a brighter Christmas thanks to a stunning new art installation of giant illuminated flowers. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_12_02_Jigantics_flowers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 02 December 2024 14:49:00 GMT Three more departments at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been refurbished with stunning one-piece printed graphics thanks to the Time is Precious charity. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_11_20_TiP_refurbs.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 November 2024 09:09:00 GMT Three more departments at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been refurbished with stunning one-piece printed graphics thanks to the Time is Precious charity. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_11_20_TiP_refurbs.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 20 November 2024 09:59:00 GMT The Reverend Prebendary Narinder Tegally, Lead Chaplain at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed to the prestigious position of Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_11_18_Narinder_DepLieutenant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 November 2024 10:29:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to a special Winter Baby Remembrance Service, organised by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the charity Sands. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_11_12_Baby_Remembrance_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 November 2024 10:09:00 GMT Surgery services at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust have retained their 'good' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with inspectors finding that staff and leaders worked well together to deliver safe, people-centred care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_30_Surgery_CQC.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 October 2024 09:39:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are supporting an international study looking at whether a new drug could help reduce the risk of strokes reoccurring in patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_29_Stroke_Research_Study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 29 October 2024 10:58:00 GMT Patients having major joint surgery are benefitting from tailored extra support to prepare physically and mentally, thanks to a new initiative at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_24_Joint_School.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 October 2024 14:39:00 GMT A popular local artist is exhibiting her artwork at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust – the same hospital where she was treated for cancer. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_22_Phil_Batty_Artwork.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 October 2024 12:39:00 GMT Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have today announced the appointment of Cara Charles-Barks as their Joint Chief Executive Officer. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_21_Joint_CEO.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 October 2024 15:19:00 GMT Staff across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been celebrating the varied roles of Allied Health Professions (AHPs) as part of national AHPs’ Day. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_14_AHPs_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 October 2024 08:59:00 GMT Patients now have access to personalised support when using technology to help manage their health, following the launch of the Digital Inclusion team at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH), Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_10_Get_Online_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 10 October 2024 10:29:00 GMT Patients have praised teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust for treating them for with kindness, dignity and respect in the results of a recently published survey, which places the Trust ninth in the country for overall patient experience for general acute and combined trusts. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_08_Adult_Inpatient_Survey_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 October 2024 09:16:00 GMT Dr Simon Harrod has been appointed the new Clinical Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_02_New_NED.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wednesday, 02 October 2024 10:29:00 GMT A ground-breaking new medical device which improves the accuracy of drilling screw holes into bones during surgery has been used on a patient for the first time during surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_10_01_DGS_surgery.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tuesday, 01 October 2024 11:49:00 GMT This Organ Donation Week (23 – 29 September) NHS Blood and Transplant and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating the fact that the NHS Organ Donor Register has been saving lives for 30 years through the gift of organ donation. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_09_23_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Monday, 23 September 2024 09:59:00 GMT Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust today (Tuesday 3 September). Patients, staff, supporters and guests from the wider community were on hand to mark the occasion. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_09_03_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Official_Opening.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tuesday, 3 September 2024 16:34:00 GMT Everyone is welcome to discover more about the key developments and achievements of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust over the past 12 months at its Annual General Meeting (AGM). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_08_23_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 August 2024 11:24:00 GMT Three healthcare support workers at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been honoured with national awards this week in recognition of the outstanding care they provide. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_08_12_Healthcare_Support_Workers_receive_prestigious_national_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 August 2024 08:49:00 GMT England’s new most senior nurse has been welcomed back to the ward that kick-started his career two decades ago at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_08_02_Chief_Nursing_Officer_Visit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 02 August 2024 10:49:00 GMT The new centre will treat an extra 3,750 NHS patients a year with ‘Outstanding’ care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_08_01_SEOC_breaking_ground.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 01 August 2024 14:19:00 GMT Supporting and developing research studies that address the healthcare needs of the local community through collaborative working are among the key commitments at the heart of a new research strategy, launched this week by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_07_24_Research_Strategy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 24 July 2024 10:39:00 GMT More than 100 soft toys were successfully treated at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s first teddy bear hospital, which was held on Saturday 15 June. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_06_27_Teddy_Bear_Hospital.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:29:00 GMT Bob the Dog was just one attendee at a party at the Royal United Hospitals (Bath) NHS Foundation Trust on Monday 3 June, which was held to celebrate the invaluable contribution of volunteers to the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_06_06_Volunteers_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:23:00 GMT The highest quality of care, compassion and innovation was recognised at the recent annual awards ceremony for the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_05_22_You_Matter_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 22 May 2024 16:10:00 GMT A former stroke patient cared for at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is calling on more people to take part in vital research projects to help identify new treatments for the condition. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_05_16_Stroke_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 May 2024 10:11:00 GMT The Maternity Outpatients department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust has been redesigned to provide more capacity for women and pregnant people attending urgent and routine antenatal care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_05_13_Maternity_Outpatients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 May 2024 16:33:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to attend a special remembrance service at Bath's Haycombe Cemetery on Saturday 11 May 2024. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_04_24_Baby_Remembrance_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:15:00 GMT A £21.6million decarbonisation grant will bring the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust one step closer to achieving its net zero goals. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_04_23_Decarbonisation_Grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:23:00 GMT The new Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust welcomes its first patients this week. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_04_19_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:11:00 GMT Patients with heart conditions will now benefit from a new and improved clinical space at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust thanks to a £1million refurbishment project. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_04_18_Cath_Lab.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:53:00 GMT Autism awareness cards are being used across the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust to help staff better understand and support autistic people and their loved ones. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_04_02_Autism_Awareness_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 2 Apr 2024 12:09:00 GMT Maternity services at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are in the top three per cent in England following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which saw the team retain its 'outstanding' rating. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_26_Careers_Fair.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:09:00 GMT Maternity services at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are in the top three per cent in England following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which saw the team retain its 'outstanding' rating. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_27_Maternity_CQC.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:27:00 GMT The new Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is now just weeks away from welcoming patients, their loved ones and the wider community. The purpose built facility will provide a cancer services hub for over 500,000 people in the South West. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_14_Dyson_Cancer_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:24:00 GMT Bath's Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) has been recognised as the first Centre of Excellence in the South West for its treatment of patients with Paget's disease and its research into the condition. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_14_Pagets_Centre_of_Excellence.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:05:00 GMT Sulis Hospital, Bath will soon be able to perform an additional 3,750 non-emergency, orthopaedic operations for NHS patients each year, following a successful planning application submitted by Royal United Hospital, Bath. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_13_SEOC_planning_permission.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:01:00 GMT New healthcare science staff are choosing to start their careers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust thanks to a range of training programmes offering them vital hands-on experience. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_11_Healthcare_Science_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:16:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust have rated it as one of the best hospitals to work for in the whole of England and top three in the south west, in the latest national survey. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_03_07_NHS_staff_survey.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:33:00 GMT The RUH has reduced 2% carbon emissions by a simple switch to using portable gas canisters reducing our N2O usage from 2million litres to 13,500 litres a year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_02_27_Manifold_Decommission.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:29:00 GMT RUH is launching immersive VR technology to train staff in 'Back to Basics' patient safety measures. Hart is currently collaborating on a palliative care VR project with Dorothy House Hospice. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_02_19_Darren_Hart_Gold_Medal.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:56:00 GMT 92% of sustainable travel actions have been completed or are in progress. The travel plan supports the NHS national target to reduce 18% of the NHS carbon footprint currently attributed to travel https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_02_13_Sustainable_Travel.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:10:00 GMT Maternity services at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been praised by parents in the 2023 National Maternity Survey, which has now been published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_02_12_Maternity_Survey_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:04:00 GMT Babies born at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being offered a new screening test which can help to identify newborns with heart defects. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_01_29_Heart_Screening.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:31:00 GMT Researchers from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust showcased their successes when they were visited by Professor Ruth Endacott, Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_18_01_NIHR_Visit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:11:00 GMT More than 200 patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have now had hand surgery in the hospital's Trauma Assessment Unit (TAU) under local anaesthetic – cutting waiting times and helping patients to get back home more quickly. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2024_01_10_Hand_Surgery.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:37:00 GMT Some of the youngest patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now enjoy a bright and festive art installation which is in place in the Children's Ward garden. The eye-catching display, which will be in place over Christmas and the New Year, features a number of giant illuminated lilies and Victoria amazonica flower sculptures. More illuminated flowers have been installed in the central courtyard, adjacent to the hospital's Atrium. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_12_04_Childrens_Centre_Flowers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:59:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has successfully treated two prostate cancer patients with an innovative high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment, the first time this therapy has been carried out in the region. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_12_04_HIFU.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:09:00 GMT Two members of staff from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust were amongst those who had the opportunity to meet King Charles III last week at a reception held at Buckingham Palace. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_23_International_Nurses_Palace_Visit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:25:00 GMT A new mum has thanked neonatal staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust for their 'incredible care' after her baby was born nearly 10 weeks early. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_15_World_Prematury_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:51:00 GMT People with type 1 and 2 diabetes are being encouraged to take part in a study at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust looking at how glucose monitoring sensors can help them to manage their blood glucose levels. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_14_Diabetes_Sensors_Research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:29:00 GMT As work continues at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust to build the new Dyson Cancer Centre, the RUH has provided an update on progress, including a revised opening date. The centre is expected to welcome patients in spring 2024 rather than at the end of 2023. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_07_Dyson_Cancer_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:04:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has launched digital outpatient appointment letters to support patients to access information quickly and easily. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_06_Digital_Letters_Launch.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:38:00 GMT The busy Day Surgery Unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been revamped to provide more capacity for elective patients and help to reduce surgery waiting times. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_06_Day_Surgery_Unit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:20:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to a special Winter Baby Remembrance Service, organised by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the charity Sands. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_11_02_Winter_Baby_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:59:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is the first research centre in the country to study how a new device could potentially reduce the risk of blood clots in stroke patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_31_Stroke_research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:15:00 GMT Plans to increase capacity at Sulis Hospital Bath for non-emergency orthopaedic surgery will take another important step forward if proposals submitted to BANES Council by the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust get the green light. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_23_Sulis_Planning_Application.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:57:00 GMT People aged 50 and over are invited to take part in a new research study at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust looking at the co-administration of the shingles vaccine with the COVID-19 or flu vaccine. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_16_Vax_Study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:57:00 GMT An exhibition celebrating the Windrush generation is now on display at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust, coinciding with October's Black History Month. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_10_Black_History_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:34:00 GMT Some of the youngest patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now make their hospital visit less worrying and more entertaining by trying out a new selection of musical instruments. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_09_Play_In_Hospital_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:04:00 GMT Children recovering from surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust now have a bright and cheerful mural on display in the recovery room to help make the experience less daunting for them. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_10_02_Childrens_Surgery_Mural.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:26:00 GMT A key research study into Parkinson's disease, led by a doctor from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has won a top accolade at a regional awards ceremony. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_28_Parkinsons_Research_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:59:00 GMT A 7-year-old boy has said thank you to the “lovely and kind” team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust who have cared for him throughout more than three years of cancer treatment. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_26_George_Gliddon.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:19:00 GMT This week (18-24 September) is Organ Donation Week and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, working alongside NHS Blood and Transplant, is calling on local people to register their donation decision and support the campaign to recruit 25,000 new organ donors nationally. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_19_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:39:00 GMT Five new public governors have been elected to the Council of Governors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_15_Public_Governors_Elected.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:59:00 GMT A busy mum-of-five who received a hip replacement at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and was able to return home the very same day has thanked the hospital for the 'life-changing' surgery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_07_Same_Day_Hip_Op.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 7 Sep 2023 08:56:00 GMT Inspiring work experience opportunities for young people at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust have been declared as delivering the gold standard. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_09_04_Work_Experience_Accreditation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 4 Sep 2023 12:12:00 GMT Voting is now open to elect public governors to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_08_21_Governor_Voting_Opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:04:00 GMT Highlights of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's key new corporate strategy, plus a round-up of the hospital's achievements over the last 12 months, will be on the agenda at this year's AGM. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_08_15_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:50:00 GMT Operations in a hat trick of specialities have now taken place at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust using its new Da Vinci surgical robot. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_07_26_Robotic_Surgery_Ops.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:49:00 GMT Eye specialists from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are warning of the dangers of swimming or showering while wearing contact lenses, which can lead to sightthreatening infections. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_07_24_Contact_Lens_Swimming.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:50:00 GMT A new strategy is being developed by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to ensure that patients who need additional care always get the care and support they need at the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_07_17_Vulnerable_People_Strategy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:54:00 GMT Visually impaired inpatients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will now benefit from additional support and equipment during their stay. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_07_05_Bobs_Boxes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:51:00 GMT Two moving photographs from the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust will be featured in a prestigious national exhibition, celebrating the 75th birthday of the NHS. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_07_03_NHS75.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:29:00 GMT There are public governor vacancies across the North East Somerset, Mendip, South Wiltshire, North Wiltshire and the Rest of England and Wales constituencies, where current governors have come to the end of their terms. A public governor helps to ensure that the Trust delivers services that meet the needs of patients, carers, staff and local stakeholders. Governors do this by creating stronger links with the communities that the RUH serves by reflecting patient and public views and interests. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_30_Governor_Elections.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:09:00 GMT Patients in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are now seeing the benefit of investment in robotic surgery across the local health system. Major investments mean that surgical robots have been purchased by the Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Royal United Hospitals in Bath and are already in operation, while Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust will begin using their new surgical robot later in the year. This is part of the commitment that has been made across the local area to invest in the latest technology. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_28_Robotic_Surgery.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:00:00 GMT Support for people who are serving in the armed forces, reservists or who are veterans, has been expanded at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_23_Armed_Forces_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:45:00 GMT A short film celebrating the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants to the establishment of the NHS has been created by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, working with its partners in the local community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_22_Windrush_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:24:00 GMT A new digital appointment service has been launched at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to help hospital teams keep in touch with patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_19_Text_Reminders.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:40:00 GMT Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) worker who set up a bra fitting service for breast cancer patients following surgery has won a prestigious national award. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_12_Karen_Read_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:06:00 GMT Staff from the Children's Therapies team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are now using pedal power to visit their patients in the community thanks to a new e-cargo bike. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_06_Ecargo_Bike.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 6 Jun 2023 15:06:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are appealing to people who have had a stroke to help with an important study looking at speech and language recovery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_06_01_Stroke_Research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 1 Jun 2023 08:45:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a virtual event this summer to share an update on construction of the Dyson Cancer Centre and answer any questions people may have about the new centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_05_30_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Progress_Event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 May 2023 12:34:00 GMT A crane was back in action at the Dyson Cancer Centre for one day only this spring, and one of the tasks included lifting a specially commissioned 'Swifts' sculpture into place. The artwork was created by internationally renowned sculptor Hamish Mackie, who was on site to oversee the careful installation of the 80kg bronze sculpture at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_05_19_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Swifts_Arrive.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 19 May 2023 15:49:00 GMT The highest standards of care, compassion and innovation have been recognised at the Annual Awards Ceremony for the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_05_18_Staff_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 May 2023 11:23:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are appealing for volunteers to help with a new series of trials which will support the development of vaccines for new COVID-19 variants and other infectious diseases. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_04_27_World_Immunisation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:09:00 GMT Innovative projects introduced to improve the experience of patients visiting the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been celebrated at the hospital's annual Patient Experience Awards. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_04_26_Patient_Experience_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:12:00 GMT Seated dancing, crafts and balloon volleyball are among the activities on offer to patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to help get them out of bed, keep moving and on the road to recovery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_04_24_Reconditioning_Games.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:26:00 GMT On World Parkinson's Day (Tuesday 11 April) researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are appealing for more people to volunteer to take part in vital studies into the complex condition. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_04_11_World_Parkinsons_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:19:00 GMT New parents have spoken of their delight after Chippenham Birthing Centre, part of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, returned to supporting births again. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_04_04_Chippenham_Birthing_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 4 Apr 2023 09:25:00 GMT A dedicated team of breastfeeding peer supporters at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is calling for more volunteers to join them. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_03_27_Breast_Feeding_Peer_Support.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:21:00 GMT School-leavers from Bath and the surrounding area flocked to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust this week to find out more about the varied careers available in the NHS. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_03_10_Careers_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:31:00 GMT The Cardiology team at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised by a leading professional organisation for providing the highest standards of care. The British Society of Echocardiography recently awarded full departmental accreditation after a rigorous application and inspection process. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_03_09_Cardiology_Accreditation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 9 Mar 2023 11:09:00 GMT More than £830,000 has been awarded to clinicians at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust so they can work in collaboration with the University of Bath and industry partners to determine if artificial intelligence (AI) software can help identify and guide treatment for blood clots in patients' lungs. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_03_03_AI_Research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 3 Mar 2023 10:23:00 GMT The mother of a three year old boy born with a rare genetic disorder has thanked the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust for helping to diagnose his condition. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_02_28_Hugo_Watling_Angelman.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:59:00 GMT Nominations are now open for a public governor vacancy at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_02_13_Public_Governor_Election.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:52:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust is marking a successful year of construction at its Combe Park site. The new Dyson Cancer Centre is progressing well and remains on schedule to open to patients in autumn 2023. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_01_26_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Progress_Update.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:39:00 GMT A mum of three whose smear test identified she had cervical cancer is urging women to make sure they take up the offer of a cervical screening test. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_01_23_Cervical_Cancer_Prevention_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:14:00 GMT The results of the National Maternity Survey 2022, published last week by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), show the RUH as scoring better than most others in a number of aspects. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_01_18_CQC_Maternity_Survey_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:07:00 GMT Patients at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust experiencing late side effects following radiotherapy treatment will now benefit from a dedicated new service. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_01_17_Radiotherapy_Late_Effects.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:21:00 GMT A new behind the scenes virtual tour of the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care, which cares for the youngest patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, is now available on the hospital's website. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2023_01_03_NICU_Virtual_Tour.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:55:00 GMT Two new Non-Executive Directors are being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_12_22_NED_Vacancies.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:33:00 GMT Modern, cutting-edge technology that will make radiotherapy treatment for patients quicker and more comfortable has been installed at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_12_12_Radiotherapy_Equipment.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:49:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to a winter baby remembrance service, organised by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, at All Saints Church in Weston, Bath. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_11_24_Baby_Remembrance_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:50:00 GMT Volunteers have been thanked for their fantastic contribution to the Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust, totalling nearly 14,000 donated hours in the last year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_11_23_Volunteers_Thank_You_Event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:26:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed a report from the Care Quality Commission which found that staff did their utmost to provide safe and effective care and treatment of patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_11_17_CQC_Report.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:02:00 GMT Staff and patients gathered to mark Armistice Day today (Friday 11 November) at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust, remembering military and civilian sacrifices made in conflicts across the world. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_11_11_Armistice_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:18:00 GMT A new Career Zone has been opened at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust to showcase the wide range of opportunities available at the hospital and the fantastic benefits of working for the NHS. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_11_08_Careers_Zone.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:07:00 GMT British wildlife sculptor Hamish Mackie has shared a glimpse into his workshop, where he is busy on a sculpture commission for the new Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_24_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Sculpture.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:03:00 GMT Patients and staff on the Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust celebrated national Play in Hospital Week with an exciting programme of activities. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_20_Play_in_Hospital_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:02:00 GMT Six new public governors have been elected to the Council of Governors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_20_Public_Governors_Elected.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:13:00 GMT A former corporate lawyer, businessman and charity executive has been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_17_Paul_Fairhurst_NED.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:53:00 GMT A Bath mum of two is urging younger women to remember to check their breasts after finding a cancerous lump while breastfeeding her baby. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_12_Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:54:00 GMT Time's running out for members of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to cast their votes for the Trust's new public governors. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_10_10_Governor_Voting_Reminder.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:56:00 GMT The Cardiovascular research team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking at how an innovative lifestyle intervention, called Super Rehab, could become an effective new treatment option, helping to save lives and reduce hospital procedures, while also cutting costs to the NHS. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_28_Super_Rehab.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:10:00 GMT This week (26 September to 2 October) is Organ Donation Week and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, working alongside NHS Blood and Transplant, is calling on local people to register their donation decision and talk to their families about organ donation. More than 6,500 people are actively waiting for a transplant across the UK. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_26_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:59:00 GMT Voting is now open to elect public governors to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.Public governors play a key role in helping to shape the Trust’s services and plans for the future so it is really important that you have your say and vote for the candidate that you think can best represent your views. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_23_Governor_Voting_Open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:59:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Annual General Meeting, which was postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, will now take place online on Thursday 29 September from 3pm - 5pm. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_22_AGM_Rescheduled.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:07:00 GMT On Friday 23 September a new contractor will take over responsibility for parking at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_22_New_Parking_Contract.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:59:00 GMT Following the sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Annual General Meeting, which had been scheduled to take place on Monday 19 September, has been postponed as a mark of respect. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_12_AGM_2022_Postponed.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:36:00 GMT A review of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's achievements over the last 12 months, as well as the challenges that have faced the hospital, will be among the topics on the agenda when the Trust holds its AGM on Monday 19 September. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_09_05_AGM_2022.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:35:00 GMT Nominations for seven RUH public governor vacancies at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust close on Wednesday 31 August – so don't delay and get your application in as soon as possible. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_08_18_Governor_Nominations_Closing.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:39:00 GMT A Wiltshire drummer was reunited with his band for their first gig in 25 years, following treatment for prostate cancer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_08_08_Drummer_Cancer_Donation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:51:00 GMT The latest in visual technology has been installed at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to help distract and calm young children undergoing MRI scans. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_08_03_Living_Picture_Radiology.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 04 Aug 2022 08:57:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for seven public governors to help shape its services and plans for the future - and nominations are now open. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_08_02_Governor_Nominations_Open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:33:00 GMT Feedback from patients and visitors is helping to make improvements in departments across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_07_25_Patient_Experience_Improvements.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:56:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has released a video to mark one year since breaking ground on construction of the new Dyson Cancer Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_07_22_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_One_Year.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:16:00 GMT A prestigious accolade has been awarded to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in recognition of the support shown by the hospital to the armed forces community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_07_19_ERS_Military_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has re-introduced face masks for staff, patients and visitors in all clinical areas following an increase in COVID-19 infections in the local community. The changes come into effect from 7 July. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_07_07_Face_Masks_Mandatory.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 8 Jul 2022 09:01:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are conducting a study to test a ground-breaking new medical device – a drill guidance system (DGS) which aims to improve the accuracy of drilling screw holes into bones during surgery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_07_05_Surgery_Drill.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 5 Jul 2022 09:49:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Non‐Executive Directors play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the boardroom, in addition to any specific knowledge and skills they may have. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/media_releases/2020_06_28_NED_Trust.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:29:00 GMT Diversity in healthcare has been celebrated with the milestone of 300 nurses relocating from overseas to work at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the hospital’s recruitment strategy. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_06_22_RUH_Welcomes_300th_International_Nurse.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:39:00 GMT It's now even easier for patients and their families to give feedback about their experience of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, thanks to new communication technology now in place at the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_06_17_Patient_Feedback.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:43:00 GMT A new research programme aimed at helping stroke patients to recover the ability to swallow again is taking place at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_06_09_Stroke_Swallowing_Research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 9 Jun 2022 10:31:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a virtual event to provide an update on construction of the Dyson Cancer Centre and answer any questions people may have about the new building. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_06_06_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 6 Jun 2022 13:20:00 GMT Health officials in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are reminding people that most minor illnesses and injuries can be safely treated at home with the aid of a well-stocked medicine cabinet. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2022_05_30_Stay_well_this_Jubilee_weekend.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 30 May 2022 12:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has become one of five trusts in the UK to introduce an innovative piece of equipment used for the targeted removal of cancer cells for patients with ovarian cancer. The PlasmaJet Ultra is more successful in removing all traces of the tumour than more traditional surgical methods, leading to better patient outcomes. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_05_24_RUH_uses_latest_technology_to_treat_ovarian_cancer.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 May 2022 10:14:00 GMT A midwife specialising in supporting families through pregnancy and baby loss at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised for her dedication with a national award. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_05_20_RUH_midwife_receives_prestigious_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 May 2022 12:09:00 GMT Innovation, teamwork and the highest quality of patient care have been celebrated at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s 2021/22 Annual Award Ceremony. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_05_17_RUH_Staff_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 May 2022 11:19:00 GMT The Children's Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has given thanks to Nurses and midwives working across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their outstanding contribution, in what has been another challenging year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_04_29_Nursing_Midwifery_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Apr 2022 09:00:00 GMT The Children's Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has given thanks to the local community for donating over 400 parcels containing gifts for children who attend the department. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_04_01_Childrens_ED_thank_local_community_for_donation_of_prizes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:09:00 GMT Dementia co-ordinators at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been praised for significantly improving the experience of being in hospital for those who have dementia. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_03_31_Dementia_service_redesign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:28:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), in partnership with charity Ovarian Cancer Action, is trialling a new service to tackle inequality in ovarian cancer outcomes. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_03_29_Ovarian_Cancer_Team.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:29:00 GMT A 'topping out' ceremony has taken place at the new Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) to mark completion of the frame of the new building. The new centre is scheduled to open for patients in Autumn 2023 and will provide a cancer services hub for half a million people in the South West. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_03_29_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Topping_Out.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:41:00 GMT A service to mark two years since the first national COVID-19 lockdown took place today at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, on the National Day of Reflection. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_03_23_RUH_Day_Of_Reflection.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:59:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Bath College to help health and social care students gain valuable experience through volunteering at the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_03_15_Volunteering_inspires_the_next_generation_of_nurses.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:42:00 GMT All current COVID-19 guidelines will remain in place at the Royal United Hospital's Bath NHS Foundation Trust from Thursday 24 February, when Covid restrictions are removed in England. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_25_COVID_guidance_remains_in_place.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:37:00 GMT The latest in rehabilitation technology is helping patients with knee and lower limb injuries prepare for and recover from surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_23_Dynamometer.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:50:00 GMT There has been a welcome return to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust for a student nurse who was cared for on the unit 19 years before. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_21_NICU_Nurse.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:13:00 GMT Children and young people have filled the corridors at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust with a new thought-provoking art exhibition on climate change. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_18_New_childrens_art_exhibition_at_RUH_to_inspire_climate_action.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:49:00 GMT A ten-year-old patient at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has donated new kit to help hundreds of other children with type one diabetes. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_16_Young_patient_fundraises_for_children_with_diabetes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is supporting a new scheme being trialled across the local area which will see eligible patients receive small grants for care packages to help get them home as soon as they are well enough to leave hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_15_Discharge_Grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:59:00 GMT A new rainbow entrance has been painted at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust to demonstrate the Trust's commitment to providing an inclusive environment for both staff and patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_14_Rainbow_entrance_revealed_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:55:00 GMT Limited visiting has been reinstated from Monday 14 February at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_14_RUH_Reinstates_Limited_Visiting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is playing a central role in a new study evaluating the impact on quality of life of epilepsy surgery compared to treatment with or without medication. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_10_Maternity_Survey_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:59:00 GMT Parents have praised the personalised care they received from maternity teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in the latest national Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_10_Maternity_Survey_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:49:00 GMT More people than ever before are enrolled on apprenticeships at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Over 230 people are currently combining paid work, practical training and study in a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_07_National_Apprenticeship_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:47:00 GMT A number of exciting improvements have been made to the Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to enhance the facilities for children and young people requiring urgent and emergency care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_02_03_Childrens_ED_Improvements.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:02:00 GMT In order to relieve pressures that are being experienced across the NHS and care services this winter, a collaboration between health and care providers in Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire has enabled a new community ward and temporary care hotel to be set up. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2022_01_27_Care_Hotel_Ward_4.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:14:00 GMT Staff and volunteers at the Large Vaccination Centre at Bath Racecourse today marked one year since the Centre welcomed its first member of the public. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_01_25_LVC_First_Anniversary.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:29:00 GMT Following a close run public vote, the tower crane helping to build the Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) finally has a name - Crane Austen. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_01_21_Dyson_Crane_Winner.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:36:00 GMT Over the past year the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath has introduced a number of initiatives aimed at improving sustainability and reducing carbon emissions which have a damaging impact on the environment. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_01_14_Trust_makes_strides_towards_sustainability.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:12:00 GMT The large vaccination centre at Bath Racecourse has now given out more than 50,000 booster jabs to local people. The booster jab has been shown to greatly increase protection against all variants of Covid, including Omicron, and significantly reduces the likelihood of people getting seriously ill or hospitalised. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2022_01_13_50k_boosters.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:39:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has taken the difficult decision to suspend visiting from Thursday 30 December 2021 until further notice. This is in response to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases within the hospital and in the local community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_12_30_Visiting_Suspended.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:39:00 GMT Ahead of what is expected to be a very challenging festive season, people living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being advised of the best ways to support local health and care services. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_12_17_Play_your_part_supporting_local_health_and_care_services.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:24:00 GMT A new team of doctors from overseas has begun work at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as the hospital prepares for a busy winter. The nine new Medical Support Workers (MSWs), from countries including Nepal, Turkey and Myanmar, will work in departments across the hospital, carrying out a range of essential routine clinical tasks. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_12_10_Medical_Support_Workers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:49:00 GMT Staff and volunteers at the large COVID-19 vaccination centre at Bath Racecourse are celebrating delivering their 200,000th jab. Since opening in January this year, staff at the centre have been working flat out to deal with demand, regularly delivering more than 1,000 jabs a day, many of them potentially life-saving. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_12_03_Vax_Centre_200k_Jabs.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:39:00 GMT People living across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being invited to join leaders of local health and care organisations in shaping a healthier future for the region at two upcoming virtual events. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_11_25_Shaping_a_Healthier_Future_Workshops.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:45:00 GMT Cancer nurses from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are urging people not to ignore the early signs and symptoms of lung cancer. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_24_Lung_Cancer_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:29:00 GMT The artwork is a product of a three-year pioneering research project by the Young Historians Project – a non-profit organisation formed by young people of African and Caribbean descent. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_18_Young_Historians_Mural.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:49:00 GMT COVID-19 patients treated in intensive care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have paid tribute to the care they received. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_15_Covid_Patients_Share_Stories.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:39:00 GMT Children with diabetes are managing their care with a new app launched at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_15_Paediatric_Diabetes_App.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:29:00 GMT A service to mark Armistice Day, including a two minutes' silence, took place at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust today (Thursday 11 November). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_11_Armistice_Day_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:21:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to a winter baby remembrance service, organised by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, at All Saints Church in Weston, Bath. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_11_Winter_Baby_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:39:00 GMT A successful in-house apprenticeship scheme is helping the Radiology team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to tackle a national shortage of radiographers. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_05_World_Radiography_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:31:00 GMT Dr Andy Georgiou, consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, will take to the stage at TedxBath's event later this month. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_11_03_Andy_Georgiou_TedxBath.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:52:00 GMT Health and care organisations from across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are working together to shape a healthier future for the region, and local people have been asked to get involved. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_11_Shaping_a_Healthier_Future.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:05:00 GMT Patients at the RUH are set to benefit from a range of new equipment, purchased to mark this year's national Allied Health Professionals' (AHP) Day on Thursday 14 October. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_10_14_AHPs_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:28:00 GMT A Wiltshire couple who tragically lost their twin baby girls have raised more than £10,500 to help other grieving parents at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_10_11_Baby_loss_couple_raise_10k.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:56:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating becoming one of 75 trusts across the UK awarded Veteran Aware accreditation for its commitment to leading the way in improving NHS care for veterans and members of the armed forces community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_10_05_Veteran_Aware_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:38:00 GMT The start of Black History Month is being celebrated at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust by raising a flag outside the front of the hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_10_04_Black_History_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:20:00 GMT The Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has praised staff for their outstanding response to the pandemic during her first 12 months at the Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_10_04_CEO_praises_staff.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:27:00 GMT Research involving volunteers recruited at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has found that it is safe for people to receive a flu vaccine at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_30_comfluCOV_study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:52:00 GMT If you missed it but would like to catch up on a year in the life of the RUH, you can watch the second online Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust AGM. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_23_AGM_watch_again.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:40:00 GMT This Organ Donation Week (20th to 26th September) NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are calling on people in the Bath area to talk to their families about organ and tissue donation – and leave them certain about their decision. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_20_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:19:00 GMT The Children's Ward garden at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has undergone a complete makeover, creating an improved outdoor area to play and relax in for some of the hospital's youngest patients. The transformation is all thanks to the Time is Precious charity, which raised £33,000 to pay for the improvements. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_17_Childrens_Ward_Garden.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:19:00 GMT Volunteers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust have been thanked for their hard work and commitment during the ongoing pandemic. The hospital held a special get together for volunteers from across the hospital, which was attended by members of the Trust's Executive team. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_16_Volunteers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:39:00 GMT A year in review presentation from Chief Executive Cara Charles-Barks and a discussion around the future of cancer services will be among the topics on the agenda when the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust holds its AGM on Wednesday 22 September. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_09_03_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 3 Sep 2021 11:18:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust takes centre stage in a new Radio 4 series looking at the importance of humour, relationships and personal connection in healthcare. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_08_24_Radio4_series.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:26:00 GMT A cancer patient is presenting staff from the Oncology department with an original artwork in thanks for his care and treatment at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_08_20_Artwork_gift_to_Oncology.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:59:00 GMT The RUH has been praised for the standards of its antenatal and newborn screening service. Despite the challenges brought by Covid, during the last 18 months the service met all of Public Health England's service standards, ensuring all appointments took place within set timeframes. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_08_02_Maternity_screening.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:32:00 GMT A groundbreaking event today, Friday 23 July, marked the official start of construction work for the new Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals' (RUH) Combe Park site. The new Centre will provide a cancer services hub for half a million people in the South West. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_23_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_work_begins.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:54:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of the hospital's innovative Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_21_NICU_celebrates_10th.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:00:00 GMT A new scanning unit has opened at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust which is set to increase scanner capacity for the thousands of patients who visit the Radiology department each year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_20_CT_scanner.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:49:00 GMT All current COVID-19 guidelines will remain in place at the Royal United Hospital's Bath NHS Foundation Trust from Monday 19 July, when Covid restrictions are removed in England. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_16_Facemasks.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:38:00 GMT To mark the NHS's 73rd birthday the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is saying a big thank you to the local community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_05_Happy_Birthday_NHS.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:24:00 GMT Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has officially opened a new rapid assessment and treatment area for patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_07_02_Wera_Hobhouse_DAA.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:31:00 GMT The Rheumatology team at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases at the RUH is backing a national campaign to raise awareness of a rare form of inflammatory arthritis. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_21_Arthritis_campaign_RNHRD.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:47:00 GMT Patients with inoperable lung cancer can now benefit from a new form of radiotherapy treatment being provided by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_18_SABR_treatment.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:17:00 GMT The Pride flag is now flying at the front of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, representing the hospital's commitment to being an inclusive environment for all. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_18_RUH_raises_Pride_flag.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:25:00 GMT A consultant at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Professor Tim Cook, has been awarded an OBE for service to Anaesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_11_Prof_Tim_Cook_OBE.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:02:00 GMT The benefit to patients of being cared for by healthy and happy hospital staff has been recognised with a national wellbeing award to the Intensive Care, anaesthesia and operating theatre staff team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_11_ICU_wellbeing_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:11:00 GMT The Forever Friends Appeal is celebrating reaching its £10m funding target towards supporting the much-anticipated Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_09_FFA_reaches_Dyson_target.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:31:00 GMT Volunteers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been praised for their selfless commitment to making a difference for patients and staff. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_04_NHS_volunteers_praised_for_making_a_difference.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:32:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it has bought Circle Bath – an independent hospital on the outskirts of the city at Peasedown St John that provides care for both private and NHS patients. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_06_01_RUH_buys_Circle_hospital.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:00:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for outstanding professional achievements during the challenging past year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_26_Staff_recognised_for_outstanding_achievements.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 May 2021 15:33:00 GMT The large public vaccine centre at Bath Racecourse is busier than ever and aiming to offer at least 1500 people a day their first or second coronavirus jab. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_20_Bath_Racecourse_busier.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 May 2021 15:53:00 GMT Members of the public interested in their local health service are invited to join members of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust at an online all Constituency Governor and Members' meeting on Monday 24 May. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_20_All_Contituency_Membership_meeting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 May 2021 14:29:00 GMT Researchers across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) to highlight the contribution their studies have made to research into COVID-19, as well as many other illnesses. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_20_International_Clinical_Trials_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 May 2021 09:12:00 GMT As the latest lockdown restrictions are lifted this week, staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have shared their experiences of caring for patients who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_18_Caring_to_the_end_video.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 May 2021 12:12:00 GMT This Dying Matters Awareness Week, (10-16 May), the palliative care team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging families to think about what is important to them at the end of life, to talk about it and to plan for it, so that we are better prepared to support our loved ones when they are nearing end of life. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_10_Dying_Matters_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 10 May 2021 12:35:00 GMT Rheumatology outpatients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have praised a ground breaking virtual rehabilitation programme as 'excellent' and thanked the 'dedicated staff'. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_05_06_AxSpa_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 May 2021 15:29:00 GMT Free books have been given out to patients and staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as part of World Book Night. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_28_World_Book_Night.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:04:00 GMT A new one-way system to keep visitors safe and distanced has been introduced at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_23_One_way_system_for_visitors.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 Apr 2021 10:19:00 GMT Staff and visitors to the RUH can now leave the car at home and use an exciting new electric scooter service to get to and from the Combe Park site. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_21_eScooters.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:29:00 GMT More volunteers are being urged to come forward and enrol in an important COVID-19 study taking place next week, 19 April, at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_14_Appeal_for_Covid_study_volunteers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:12:00 GMT This Parkinson's disease awareness week (10 - 16 April), researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol are looking to recruit more patients to take part in a number of studies they run in the field of Parkinson's disease. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_13_Parkinsons_awareness_week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:22:00 GMT Patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now stream music, films and browse the internet for free thanks to new unlimited Wi-Fi. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_13_Free_Wifi_for_patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:06:00 GMT Limited visiting has been reinstated from Monday 12 April at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as coronavirus pressures ease. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_12_RUH_Reinstates_Visiting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:38:00 GMT People in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in need of timely healthcare this Easter weekend are being urged to use the NHS 111 service. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_04_01_Easter_Message.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 1 Apr 2021 13:57:00 GMT A much loved night porter from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust, who was known for keeping up staff morale by giving out sweets and treats, is retiring after 17 years in the role – with staff raising more than £2,500 as a farewell gift. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_30_Night_Porter_Retirement.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:59:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are inviting volunteers to take part in an important new study looking at whether booster COVID-19 vaccines could be given at the same time as flu vaccines. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_26_Virtual_Ward_Rounds.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:17:00 GMT Doctors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are using new technology to trial virtual ward rounds, reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 by minimising footfall on the hospital's wards. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_26_Virtual_Ward_Rounds.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:12:00 GMT People across Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire whose loved ones have died during the coronavirus pandemic are being invited to join an online community service of remembrance. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_19_Covid_remembrance_service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:19:00 GMT Cara Charles-Barks, the Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has praised her 'amazing' staff as the major reason for being named one of the country's top 50 CEOs. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_18_Cara_in_top_50_CEO_list.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:12:00 GMT More than a thousand people a day are now being given their first coronavirus jab at the large public vaccination centre at Bath Racecourse. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_15_Bath_Racecourse_1000_a_day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:42:00 GMT Twelve months on from the very first local case of Covid-19, health and care leaders in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have paid a heartfelt tribute to staff who went the extra mile during the pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_03_09_Tribute_paid_to_health_and_care_workers.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:42:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has said thank you and goodbye to military personnel who've been supporting staff for the past month. The military men and women provided invaluable help with the RUH's response to the second wave of the pandemic, carrying our general duties on wards and units. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_01_Virtual_Reality_Childrens_Ward.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:19:00 GMT Young patients having an operation at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now take a new virtual reality tour of the Children's Ward and operating theatres ahead of their procedure, to help calm any nerves they may have. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_03_01_Virtual_Reality_Childrens_Ward.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:09:00 GMT The large public vaccination centre at Bath Racecourse is marking one month of opening, during which more than 10,000 people from the local community have visited to receive their first coronavirus jab. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_02_25_Vaccine_Centre_month_old.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:29:00 GMT People across Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire whose loved ones have died during the coronavirus pandemic are being invited to join an online community service of remembrance. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_02_09_Covid_remembrance_service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:47:00 GMT Radiotherapy patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now enjoy relaxing views of a sunny blue sky while they wait for their appointments, thanks to a new 'window' which has been installed in the ceiling of the outpatient waiting area. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_02_09_Sky_Light_Panels.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:07:00 GMT People living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire who are eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, but have yet to be contacted or have been contacted but not yet confirmed an appointment, can now book a vaccination appointment online or over the phone. https://bswccg.nhs.uk/news-events/news/376-people-over-70-and-yet-to-be-contacted-for-coronavirus-vaccine-now-able-to-book-appointments-online-or-over-the-phone RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:48:00 GMT More areas will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) variants. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/surge-testing-to-be-deployed-in-further-areas-in-connection-to-new-variants RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:59:00 GMT Volunteers working for the League of Friends of the RUH – a charity that raises money for the hospital to benefit patients and visitors – who have been supporting the hospital throughout the COVID-19 pandemic now have an eye-catching new uniform to wear while they help out at the Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_02_03_Friends_Uniforms.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:59:00 GMT Staff in departments across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for maintaining the highest level of patient care in airway management. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_02_02_Airway_Management_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:15:00 GMT A £100k investment in the kitchens at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has led to the hospital receiving a top accolade from one of the catering industry's leading publications. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_01_25_Kitchen_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:31:00 GMT The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire will now benefit from the introduction of two large-scale NHS Vaccination Centres. Based at Salisbury City Hall and Bath Racecourse, the two venues, which open their doors to patients with pre-arranged appointments from today, will be capable of delivering thousands of life-saving vaccines each week. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_01_22_Mass_Vaccination_Centres.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:01:00 GMT The NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire is working with its partners from across the region to support frontline health and care staff in caring for patients following an incredibly busy and pressurised start to the new year. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2021_01_19_Play_your_part_in_helping_your_local_NHS.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:55:00 GMT Following increased COVID-19 pressures on the Royal United Hospital, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone some elective operations. We will continue to provide all cancer, high priority, emergency and trauma services. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_01_14_Electives_postponed.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:19:00 GMT A father and daughter who both contracted coronavirus have spoken of their experiences and urged the public to make sure they keep following the hands, face, space rules. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_01_13_Father_daughter_COVID.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:59:00 GMT Work is underway on a £2.5m improvement project which will update and further improve the emergency care facilities at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_01_11_ED_improvements.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:47:00 GMT The first staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust were given the Pfizer BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine this morning - with hundreds more in line to be inoculated in the coming weeks. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2021_01_05_Vaccine_launch.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:43:00 GMT Staff at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) are asking people to contact NHS 111 first if they need medical attention over the coming New Year weekend. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_12_31_New_Year_111.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 31 Dec 2020 13:29:00 GMT A generous legacy and donation from a local charitable trust is making a huge difference to patients needing complex facial and dental surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_12_15_RUH_patients_benefit_from_revolutionary_technology.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:23:00 GMT Patients and visitors to the RUH in Bath are being asked to support stricter infection prevention and control measures throughout the hospital as the coronavirus outbreak continues. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_12_11_IPC_public_message.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:44:00 GMT People living in the Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire area who are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine should wait to be contacted by the NHS, instead of calling their local hospital or GP practice directly. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_12_08_Vaccine_advice_NHS.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:18:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are playing an important role in a new worldwide COVID-19 vaccine study. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_12_03_RUH_vaccine_research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:36:00 GMT A new national initiative is encouraging people to contact NHS 111 before travelling to hospital or minor injuries treatment unit when seeking urgent and emergency care. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2020_12_01_Public_urged_to_Think_111_First.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:11:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Bath has taken the difficult decision to suspend visiting until further notice, to help protect patients and staff and in line with government advice to slow the spread of coronavirus. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_25_Visiting_Suspended.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:51:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded top honours at this year's 2020 Patient Safety Awards for its work in caring for patients with sepsis and acute kidney injury. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_16_ Patient_Safety_Awards_Win.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:48:00 GMT To mark World Diabetes Day on Saturday (14 November) staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are encouraging patients with Type 1 diabetes to make sure they have an annual check-up. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_13_World_Diabetes_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:42:00 GMT This year the Royal United Hospitals Bath will be live streaming its annual Light and Love remembrance event. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_12_RUH_Light_and_Love_Remembrance_Event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:04:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director with a wealth of financial management experience has been appointed to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_12_New_NED.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:31:00 GMT The first patient to be scanned by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's new gamma camera - the first of its kind in the country - has praised the camera as an 'amazing machine'. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_10_Gamma_Camera_in_operation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:48:00 GMT A new window display has popped up in the centre of Bath to celebrate 2020 being the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_10_Shop_Window.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:08:00 GMT The Forever Friends Appeal have today (Monday 9th November) launched a Christmas Appeal inviting the public to help raise funds to ensure patients and their families continue to receive the very best treatment and care at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath this festive season and beyond. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_09_RUH_Christmas_Appeal.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:57:00 GMT As the nation marks this Remembrance week, staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are working towards achieving full Veteran Aware accreditation, committing to further improving NHS care and support for members of the armed forces community. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_06_Veterans_Aware.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:40:00 GMT Voting has ended and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce the candidates who have been chosen by its members to be Public Governors. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_06_Governor_Election_Results.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:43:00 GMT Patients are being reassured that the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) remains open for those needing care, and that measures are in place to support COVID and non-COVID patients safely throughout the winter months. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_05_Your_RUH_open_this_winter.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:54:00 GMT Occupational therapists at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are calling on more people to consider occupational therapy as a career. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_11_05_OT_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:50:00 GMT Anyone who missed and would like to know more about the first ever online Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust AGM can watch it online. You can see a video presented by new Chief Executive Cara Charles-Barks, outlining the Trust's achievements in 2019, including the opening of the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_16_AGM_Post_Event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:02:00 GMT Outpatients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are now being encouraged to phone a friend, a member of the family or a carer during their consultation – thanks to one patient's personal experience. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_15_Phone_a_friend.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:33:00 GMT The haematology myeloma service at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is celebrating achieving an 'excellent' rating for its best practice standards. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_13_Myeloma_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:27:00 GMT With more patients now back on site at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, we're taking the opportunity to remind everyone about the visiting restrictions which remain in place and the importance of not visiting anyone in the hospital if you are unwell yourself or have any COVID symptoms. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_09_Visiting_Restrictions_Reminder.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:27:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that voting opens today (Wednesday 7 October) to elect Public Governors to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_07_Governor_Voting_Opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:03:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will host its first-ever online AGM on Tuesday 13 October. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_06_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:19:00 GMT A former local GP with 30 years' experience of working with the local Bath community has been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_10_02_Ian_Orpen_NED.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:32:00 GMT Rheumatology outpatients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are benefitting from a new virtual rehabilitation programme – one of the first of its kind in the country. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_30_Virtual_Rehab_Course.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:06:00 GMT A tea party complete with cake, bunting and music marked World Alzheimer's Day at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Monday (21 September). https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_22_World_Alzheimers_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:16:00 GMT A toddler is walking a mile everyday this month to raise money for the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath. Seventeen month old Avi was born six weeks premature at the RUH and was cared by specialists in the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Earlier this year Avi spent more time in hospital being treated for sepsis. https://www.foreverfriendsappeal.co.uk/news/toddler-takes-part-in-charitys-walk-of-life-marathon RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:11:00 GMT Cancer specialists from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are urging women to make sure they keep their appointments for cervical screening, among national reports that women haven't been attending appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_17_Gynae_Cancer_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:51:00 GMT The latest in scanning technology is being installed at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, reducing scanning time for patients and creating clearer images which will help with diagnosis. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_16_Gamma_Camera.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:30:00 GMT With national Organ Donation Week taking place from 7-13 September, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is doing its bit to raise awareness of changes to the law around organ donation. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_07_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:13:00 GMT More than 100 medical students will return to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust today (Monday 7 September) to continue their studies. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_07_Medical_Students_Return.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 07 Sep 2020 08:58:00 GMT Work is beginning very soon to demolish old buildings at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) to prepare the ground for the new Dyson Cancer Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_09_04_Zone_A_Changes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:28:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to welcome Cara Charles-Barks as its new Chief Executive. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases//2020_09_01_New_CEO_Joins_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:07:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for seven Public Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_08_25_Governor_Elections.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:21:00 GMT Patients waiting for elective, planned treatments at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are being reassured that it is safe to take up their rescheduled appointment dates as the hospital returns to providing 'new normal' services. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_08_14_Elective.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:29:00 GMT New parents and pregnant women now have access to a wide range of useful information and advice at their fingertips, thanks to a new app launched by the Maternity team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_08_06_Maternity_Handiapp.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been chosen as one of just 40 hospitals in England to take part in a new research study looking at immunity and reinfection of COVID-19. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_08_04_SIREN_study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:59:00 GMT A cancer patient receiving treatment at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has called on other cancer patients to make sure they keep their appointments, calling the RUH 'clean, well-organised and safe to return to'. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_28_Cancer_Patients_Return.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:30:00 GMT Patients on wards at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being given free arts and crafts packs to help keep them entertained during their stay. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_28_Arts_Packs.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:14:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been thanked for supporting vital organ transplants for 14 patients during 2019/20. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_21_Organ_Transplants.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:44:00 GMT An oncology nurse specialist from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating being voted 'Best Nurse Teacher' by medical students from the University of Bristol. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_17_Nurse_Teacher_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:18:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_15_NED_Vacancy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:12:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has been shortlisted for two national patient safety awards for its work in caring for patients with sepsis and acute kidney injury. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_13_Patient_Safety_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:55:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Innovation Panel is back in business and has made its first award since the coronavirus pandemic began. The panel has agreed to fund the cost of a year-long pilot project of remote Pre-Op Assessment clinics for patients having surgery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_06_Online_Pre_op_Assessment.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:11:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is backing a call for patients not to miss their important outpatient appointments. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_02_RUH_outpatients_film.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:27:00 GMT The Ophthalmology team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been the first specialty to restart routine surgery, following the postponement of operations during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_07_02_Eye_Surgery_Trial.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:52:00 GMT Staff in the Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are now sitting comfortably in their own garden space – thanks to a one-man marathon cul-de-sac challenge. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_26_Cul_de_sac_challenge.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:59:00 GMT Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are benefiting from a generous donation of new-design scalp cooling caps that can help to reduce hair loss, thanks to the family of a former patient. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_23_Cooling_caps.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:18:00 GMT Staff and patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have contributed to a major national study which has identified a treatment for COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital with severe breathing problems. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_17_COVID_Treatment_Trial.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:59:00 GMT Clinical teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their work to improve patient experience. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_16_Patient_Experience_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:19:00 GMT All outpatients and visitors to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) will be asked to wear a face covering at all times from Monday 15 June. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_12_Face_Coverings.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:41:00 GMT Diabetes teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have reassured patients they continue to be there to offer support and advice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_12_Diabetes_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:09:00 GMT Across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, an invaluable band of volunteers is helping to keep the hospital running throughout the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_06_02_Volunteers_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:19:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) have been thanked and praised for their work, before and during the coronavirus pandemic, by their CEO James Scott, who's retiring after near 13 years in the role. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_29_James_Scott_retires.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 29 May 2020 12:28:00 GMT Nervous young patients undergoing MRI examinations at Bath's Royal United Hospital can now watch a film to take their mind off the scanning process, thanks to the generosity of the Time is Precious charity. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_27_Time_is_Precious_DVD.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 May 2020 10:24:00 GMT 911 boyband singer Jimmy Constable is a big hit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) – working on the NHS frontline, driving ambulances and caring for nonemergency patients during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_21_Jimmy_Constable_911.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 21 May 2020 15:58:00 GMT Kindness is the theme for staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust with a series of daily topics and events arranged during this national Mental Health Awareness Week 2020. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_19_05_Kindness_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 May 2020 12:20:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been running 'virtual' clinics, so they can keep in contact with patients without them having to visit the hospital in person. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_15_Visionable_Virtual_Clinics.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 15 May 2020 11:29:00 GMT Creating special memories and keepsakes for patients nearing end of life and their families has been made possible thanks to donations made by the public to The Forever Friends Appeal, the charity for the Royal United Hospitals Bath. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_14_Dying_Matters_memory_boxes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 May 2020 15:08:00 GMT The outstanding work of nurses and midwives at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), both before and during the coronavirus pandemic, is being praised and celebrated today to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_12_Year_of_Nurse_and_Midwife.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 May 2020 13:55:00 GMT A new intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients, built in just 42 days, has opened at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_06_New_Pierce_ICU.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 06 May 2020 11:23:00 GMT Research teams at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are taking part in important national and international studies into COVID-19 and looking at possible treatments for people affected. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_05_RUH_researchers_help_COVID_19_trials.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 05 May 2020 13:21:00 GMT Thirty brand new bikes arrived on Friday 1 May at the Royal United Hospitals Bath as a special gift for our NHS heroes. The bikes were donated by BW Cycling, a Bristol-based company that wanted to help staff get to work during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_01_Two_Wheels_for_NHS_Heroes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 05 May 2020 10:31:00 GMT Across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, staff have been volunteering to be redeployed to other roles to support the hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_05_04_Staff_Redeployment.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 May 2020 09:59:00 GMT One of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust's executive team has been using his expertise to lead the Estates and Facilities team at the new NHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_30_Nightingale_Bristol.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:18:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has thanked the city's two universities for boosting its supply of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_24_PPE_Uni_Thanks.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:00:00 GMT Two RUH patients who spent time in intensive care after contracting COVID-19 have returned home and thanked hospital staff for the 'fantastic' care they received. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_23_Recovered_COVID_Patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:08:00 GMT Patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath can still connect with their loved ones even with COVID-19 visiting restrictions in place thanks to the Trust introducing a mobile phone on every ward. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_21_Helping_patients_stay_connected_with_their_loved_ones.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:59:00 GMT Staff working at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now visit one of several special quiet rooms if they are feeling overwhelmed and need some peace and quiet. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_16_Wobble_Rooms.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:19:00 GMT An incredible £77,000 has been raised to support staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_14_RUH_Hospital_Heroes_Appeal_raises_almost_80K.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:15:00 GMT People needing urgent medical help are being reassured that the Royal United Hospital is open and able to provide essential care as the coronavirus pandemic continues. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_09_RUH_open_and_available.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:05:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been granted full planning permission for construction of the new Dyson Cancer Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_04_08_Dyson_Cancer_Centre_Planning_Permission.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:10:00 GMT Minor Injury Units (MIUs) at Paulton Hospital, Chippenham Community Hospital and Trowbridge Community Hospital will close temporarily from 5pm on Wednesday 8 April 2020 so staff can be redeployed to provide vital additional capacity elsewhere in the local area. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2020_04_07_Minor_Injury_Units.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:56:00 GMT Staff working flat out at the Royal United Hospital in Bath can now pick up bargain shopping essentials while they're at work – at the hospital's very own pop-up mini-market. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_31_RUH_mini_market.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath has suspended visiting until further notice, to help protect patients and staff and in line with government advice to slow the spread of coronavirus. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_26_Visiting_times_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:39:00 GMT James Scott, Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, is to postpone his retirement and stay in post to support his "fantastic staff" during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_35_CEO_postpones_retirement.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:16:00 GMT Statement from James Scott, Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_20_COVID-19_death.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:00:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and committed person in North Wiltshire to help shape its services and plans for the future. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_12_NWilts_Gov_Election.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:15:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_10_NED_Trust.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:52:00 GMT Cara Charles-Barks will become the new Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in September 2020. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_05_New_Chief_Exec.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:01:00 GMT Do you have expertise in human resources? The Friends of the RUH charity is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to join its Board of Trustees. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_05_Friends_Trustees_HR_vacancy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:47:00 GMT A scheme to help rough sleepers when they're discharged from the Royal United Hospital has been given a boost following a successful funding bid by Bath and North East Somerset Homelessness Partnership. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_05_Homeless_funding_grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:00:00 GMT More volunteers are being sought to sing alongside patients with dementia at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_03_05_Dementia_Singers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:04:00 GMT A new NHS 111 online service has been put in place to help people get quick advice about coronavirus, as enquiries to the health service about the outbreak have surged. https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/03/nhs-111-online-to-help-people-with-coronavirus/ RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the announcement that it is to receive Government funding to plan for future building projects. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_25_HIP_Funding.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:09:00 GMT Mums and babies were the guests of honour when Frome Birthing Unit hosted a special party to launch its new maternity 'Continuity of Carer' team. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_21_Frome_Maternity_Rowan_Team.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:02:00 GMT Two new Cuddle Cots have been donated to the maternity ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust, so parents can spend longer with babies that have been stillborn. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_13_Cuddle_Cots.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:59:00 GMT Friends of the RUH volunteers who help out in the hospitals busy accident and emergency department have proved such a success that A and E staff are now appealing for more volunteers to come forward. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_12_ED_Volunteers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:59:00 GMT The team behind essential maintenance and repairs at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been honoured for its valuable behind the scenes work to keep the hospital running smoothly and efficiently. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_05_StaffAwards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:15:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on the care it provides to patients who are living with and beyond cancer. Support for patients comes from departments across the hospital, from nurses to volunteers. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_02_04_World_Cancer_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:13:00 GMT Patients who have spent time in the Critical Care unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust now have the option of attending a new follow-up clinic which will check on their physical and mental health. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_31_Critical_Care_clinic.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:37:00 GMT The RUH's Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care is celebrating being awarded Unicef's prestigious Baby Friendly accreditation – one of only six neonatal units in England and Wales to achieve the accolade. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_29_NICU_Unicef_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:52:00 GMT Parents in Bath and North East Somerset can now register their baby's birth at the RUH for the first time thanks to a new service launched this week. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_29_Birth_Registrations.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:04:00 GMT Patients with complex injuries and conditions that need specialist orthopaedic treatment will benefit from speedier care at a new dedicated unit that's opened at the Royal United Hospital. The Trauma Assessment Unit will also create more capacity in the hospital's Emergency Department and the Surgical Assessment Unit, where such patients were formerly seen. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_22_Trauma_Assessment_Unit_opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:09:00 GMT The first patient has been recruited for a UK-wide trial into tackling one of the most disabling complications of Parkinson's disease, led by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_09_Parkinsons_trial_patient.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:45:00 GMT Youngsters on the Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are benefiting from the latest in blood analysis technology. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2020_01_03_Blood_gas_analyser_Childrens_Ward.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:49:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation trust has been named as one of the top two trusts in the country for its care of older patients who have broken a hip. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_19_Hip_Fractures.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:04:00 GMT A heavyweight piece of Mineral Water Hospital history - a life-size sculpture of Ralph Allen, the man who built Bath - has been lifted and moved to its new home at the Royal United Hospital. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_17_Ralph_Allen_statue_moves.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:44:00 GMT It's been a busy week on the Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, as the local community rallies around to ensure youngsters on the ward have a smile on their face this Christmas. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_17_Childrens_Ward_Xmas.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:02:00 GMT The Radiology department at the RUH has earned national prestige with four of its consultants being chosen for leadership positions in their speciality. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_16_Radiology_leaders_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:36:00 GMT A donation of 200 specially-designed bras from the fashion designer Stella McCartney has been made to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust for women who have undergone breast surgery. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_16_Stella_McCartney_bras.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:49:00 GMT Patients on one of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's dedicated wards for older people enjoyed an early Christmas present when they were treated to a series of poetry readings. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_11_Combe_ward_poetry.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:16:00 GMT Two specialist medical therapists from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been chosen to write an information leaflet for people recovering from a blood clot which is being distributed to patients across the country. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_10_Thrombosis_UK_leaflet.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:59:00 GMT An owl sculpture decorated in memory of a teenage girl called Evie Clover has gone on display at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. Evie's parents, relatives, friends and staff gathered on Friday 29 November to see it in the garden of the RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_12_02_Evie_Owl_goes_on_display_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:31:00 GMT Families who have lost a baby are being invited to a winter remembrance service at All Saints Church in Weston, close to the RUH. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_11_25_Baby_remembrance_service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:23:00 GMT Patients on a dedicated ward for older people at Bath's Royal United Hospital marked Remembrance Sunday with their own special ceremony, knitted personal poppies – and a visit from the Army. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_11_11_Older_patients_Remembrance.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:29:00 GMT A new era of medical research and clinical trials has started (Nov 8) with the team from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases - known as the Min - joining colleagues already based at the RUH in a refurbished and extended centre on the RUH Combe Park site. https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_11_04_New_R_and_D_Wolfson_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:29:00 GMT A trainee acute medical doctor from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has successfully represented Great Britain in the 24-hour World Running Championships - less than a year after breaking her back in a car accident. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_11_07_Sarah_Morwood_Runner.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:31:00 GMT Patients being treated for the debilitating auto-immune illness lupus at the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre are to benefit from a £250,000 legacy. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_30_Lupus_Awareness_Month.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:18:00 GMT Voting has ended and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce the candidates who have been chosen by its members to be the Governors. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_28_Introducing_new_public_governors.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:57:00 GMT Patients visiting the Medical Therapies Unit at the RUH can now use a new and much more convenient entrance - saving them time and a longer walk via the adjoining Cardiac ward. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_11_28_Patient_power_helps_Medical_Therapies.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:33:00 GMT The Optometry team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has made it to the finals of a national competition - and now needs help from patients and the public to scoop the top prize. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_23_Optometry_Team_Award_Nomination.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:25:00 GMT Staff, patients and guests celebrated the official opening today (Tuesday 22 October) by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, of the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_22_Duchess_visits_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:51:00 GMT The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) have launched a new service providing emotional and practical support to people newly diagnosed with sight loss. A new Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) works alongside health professionals to offer support and advice to blind and partially sighted people. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_14_RNIB_Sight_Loss.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:11:00 GMT Singing, music, art and lots of laughter was just the medicine for youngsters on the Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospital's Bath NHS Foundation Trust as patients and staff joined together to celebrate National Play in Hospital Week 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_11_Play_In_Hospital_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:39:00 GMT Staff at the RUH Critical Care Unit are celebrating generous charity donations that will help support its major refurbishment project and modernise and further improve patient care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_09_Critical_Care_Unit_celebrates_charity_donations.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:07:00 GMT Pregnant women can now find out earlier if they are at risk of developing potentially life-threatening pre-eclampsia thanks to a new blood test which is being used at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is one of the first in the country to use the new test, which measures the levels of a protein made by the placenta, called placental growth factor (PlGF). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_07_Maternity_Blood_Test.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:53:00 GMT Historic artworks from the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath have been rehung and given pride of place in their new home - the recently-opened RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_04_Min_paintings_new_home.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:46:00 GMT The Dementia Coordinator team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating being named a finalist in the prestigious National Dementia Care Awards 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_10_04_Dementia_Team_Shortlisted.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:59:00 GMT James Scott, the long-standing CEO of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on a life's service in the NHS and is full of praise for staff as he prepares to retire after nearly 13 years in the role. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_26_Chief_Executive.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:40:00 GMT A series of forums will be taking place in October to give people the chance to meet Public Governors from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_24_Governor_Forums.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:59:00 GMT Hundreds of staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust got their day off to the best possible start today (Tuesday 24 September) coming together for a free hearty breakfast. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_24_RRT_breakfast.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:13:00 GMT A cardiac physiologist at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a prestigious 12-month NHS fellowship for female healthcare scientists. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_18_Helen_Hodgon_cardiac_fellowship.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:42:00 GMT The latest technology is being used at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to further improve the safety of patients undergoing blood transfusions. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_17_BloodtrackTX.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:19:00 GMT Members of the public are invited to The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 30 September, at the Apex Hotel, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_16_AGM_Release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:49:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will start wearing NHS rainbow badges from tomorrow (Tuesday 17 September) to show support for LGBT+ patients, colleagues and visitors. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_16_Rainbow_Badges.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:22:00 GMT A £100k investment in the kitchens at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has seen the hospital slash its energy and water use while reducing food waste. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_13_Kitchens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:59:00 GMT Work has begun to upgrade and replace three scanners at the RUH - the final stage of a development project that will make the hospital's Radiology Department one of the most modern and best-equipped in the South West. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_11_Radiology_upgrade.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:51:00 GMT A healthcare assistant from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is to travel to Tanzania to help support new female-led community enterprises. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_10_Africa_Volunteer.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:56:00 GMT It's almost time to say a final farewell to the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath, home of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), as more staff and services relocate to the nearby Royal United Hospital's Combe Park site. This weekend (7 and 8 September) Rheumatology Services and Therapies will leave the Mineral Water Hospital, known locally as the Min, and transfer to the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_06_Rheumatology_move.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:15:00 GMT It's Organ Donation Week (2-8 Sept) and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is supporting a national 'Pass it on' campaign to encourage more patients and families to talk about organ donation - and to increase the number of lives that can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_09_04_Organ_Donation_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:47:00 GMT The first services and staff move this weekend (31 August - 1 Sept) to the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre at the Royal United Hospital's Combe Park site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_08_30_First_Min_services_move.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:14:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for five new Public Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future. The vacancies, created by the current five Governors coming to the end of their term of office, are in the City of Bath, Mendip, South Wiltshire, North Wiltshire and North East Somerset. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_08_27_Ironman.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:10:00 GMT A consultant surgeon from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after securing a new British record in one of the world's toughest and most physically demanding competitions - a Quintuple Ironman race. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_08_27_Ironman.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:49:00 GMT A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD cancer survivor has celebrated beating cancer surrounded by family and friends - including her 'hospital bestie' - at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/20190819_Sukis_treatment_bell.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:59:00 GMT A ground-breaking initiative which is helping to make the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) a more dementia-friendly hospital has proved so successful it is being copied throughout the country. Patients with dementia now have the chance to listen to audiobooks, plays and TV and radio shows during their stay at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_31_Audiobooks.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:11:00 GMT Five beautiful and historic paintings at the Mineral Water Hospital are being given some TLC before they, staff and services transfer to the new RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre at the RUH later this year. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_30_Art_history_and_heritage.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:39:00 GMT An innovative new project has been launched at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) which aims to encourage elderly patients to get up and about and prepare them for their return home. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_26_Dayroom_To_Doorstep.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:45:00 GMT The latest in medical technology is being used at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) to help quickly and efficiently diagnose patients at risk from obstructive coronary disease. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_22_Radiology_Tech.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:15:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is celebrating 10 years since it introduced a valuable new nursing role that has made a huge difference across the hospital - Medical Nurse Practitioners. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_19_Medical_Nurse_Practitioners.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:29:00 GMT Staff from across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have taken part in a new Living Library initiative - where 'books' are people and the 'reading' consists of a conversation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_15_Living_Library.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:06:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) in Bath, part of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, are celebrating recruiting the first patient globally to an international study that is investigating a treatment that could save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year and benefit patients worldwide. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_11_RUH_Trust_leads_drugs_study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:06:00 GMT A group of staff at the RUH Acute Stroke Unit at the Royal United Hospital's Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being praised for transforming an old storage room into a discreet and confidential space for relatives of patients. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_09_Butterfly_Room.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:23:00 GMT Congratulations to students from Project SEARCH, the partnership at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust that helps young people with learning disabilities to find jobs, who are celebrating graduating from their one-year course. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_07_08_Project_SEARCH_graduation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:24:00 GMT A new Chair and three other enthusiastic and dedicated people are being sought to join the Board of Trustees of the Friends of the RUH charity. The new appointees will join the eight trustees already in post. The appointments coincide with the Friends of the RUH transferring to a new charitable incorporated organisation or CIO - Charity No 1176686 on 1 October 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/20190627_Friends_Trustees_wanted.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:09:00 GMT Researchers from the Bath Centre for Pain Services, part of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, have made an important contribution to an international study that says decisions to prescribe children drugs to treat chronic pain are not guided by sufficient, high quality evidence. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_26_Pain_research_RUH_Uni.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:29:00 GMT Younger people in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being given an opportunity to help shape how health and care services are provided in the future. Until the end of July, NHS and Local Authority organisations are inviting all local residents to say what they need to live healthier and happier lives as part of a new campaign being launched today called Our Health Our Future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_25_Our_Health_Our_Future.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:49:00 GMT Visitors and staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust were encouraged to support national Clean Air Day (on Thursday 20 June) by switching off their engine when idling and by being smokefree while on the hospital site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_21_Clean_Air_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:23:00 GMT A survey of inpatients' experience of services at 144 NHS acute Trusts in England shows that the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is performing at about the same level as most Trusts in the country. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_20_CQC_inpatients_survey.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:39:00 GMT A charter that supports and recognises the importance of carers launched this week at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_13_Carers_Charter.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:35:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Non-Executive Directors play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the boardroom in addition to any specific knowledge and skills they may have. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_11_RUH_seeks_Non_Executive_director.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:49:00 GMT It's almost time to say a final farewell to the Mineral Water Hospital site in Bath, home of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), as staff and services prepare to relocate to the nearby Royal United Hospital's Combe Park site in the autumn. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_07_RNHRD_relocation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:31:00 GMT Volunteers are being praised this week for the contribution they make every day to help patients, staff and visitors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. There are more than 200 volunteers giving around 450 hours their time every week to a diverse range of more than14 activities at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_06_04_Volunteers Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:59:00 GMT Prostate cancer patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now avoid anxious waits to hear from their doctor by seeing blood test results online as soon as they are available. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_23_Prostate_Cancer_tests.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 28 May 2019 08:32:00 GMT A walk-in clinic to help people prepare for a safe and sexually transmitted infection free summer is running at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Sexual Health Service. The free walk-in session, on Saturday 1 June at the Riverside Clinic, Bath, between 9.15am -12.00pm, is for anyone aged 18 or over who would like a general pre-summer STI check-up. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_24_Sun_Sea_STI_free.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 24 May 2019 16:19:00 GMT Residents in the South Wiltshire area interested in their local health service are invited to meet Public Governors from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust at an afternoon event on Monday 3rd, June. The meeting will be taking place from 2:00pm-4:00pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_20_Meet_your_RUH_Governor.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 22 May 2019 16:29:00 GMT Researchers across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating International Clinical Trials Day to highlight the contribution their studies make to public health and advances in medical science. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_20_Research_boosts_medical_progress.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 20 May 2019 10:39:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are celebrating winning two national awards for their work in sustainable projects that help to save energy and money. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_17_Sustainability_awards_success_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 May 2019 16:02:00 GMT A new service that provides specially-trained volunteers who offer support, compassionate listening, comfort and companionship to patients in their last days of life has launched at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_15_Compassionate_Companions_for_End_of_Life_Care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 15 May 2019 16:02:00 GMT We're really grateful to our fantastic group of green-fingered volunteers who help to keep the RUH estate looking a gardeners' delight. The Friends of the RUH charity gardening team work all year round, digging, weeding, planting and potting to make sure the grounds and gardens are always a picture during the changing seasons. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_10_Dying_Matters_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 14 May 2019 11:59:00 GMT The importance of holding end of life conversations - talking about death, dying and bereavement - is highlighted in a series of events being organised by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Dorothy House Hospice Care to support Dying Matters Awareness Week (13-19 May). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_10_Dying_Matters_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 10 May 2019 15:27:00 GMT Patients, staff and guests gathered to celebrate the official opening of the new Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics department (OMFS) at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_05_01_New_OMFS_department_opens_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 01 May 2019 13:24:00 GMT Anxious parents waiting while their child has surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are now being given pagers to alert them when all is well. What began as a trial in the Recovery Unit has proved so successful that it's now being extended to other areas across the hospital. Instead of being contacted by their mobile phone, parents are now given a pager which bleeps to let them know when their child is waking up. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_30_Parent_pagers_helping_young_patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:49:00 GMT Easter activities and generous donations are making Easter on the Children's Ward that little bit more fun at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). Over 150 eggs were donated by staff and customers from Bath Odd Down Sainsbury's, along with a giant egg donated by Chelwood Bridge Rotary club and at least another 100 eggs donated by customers and staff from New Look and TK Maxx stores all over the region. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_18_Making_Easter_Eggstra_special.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:18:00 GMT Projects that save energy, improve food quality and reduce air pollution at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) have been shortlisted for four NHS Sustainability Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_10_RUH_Bath_shortlisted_for_4_National_Sustainability_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:29:00 GMT It was the year of the last great flood of Bath when a young Brenda Oliveira started work at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD). Tom Jones was in the charts with Delilah, Lyndon Johnson was US president, the world had its first sighting of a jumbo jet - and Brenda had no idea how long her new career would last The answer - an amazing 50 years, and counting. All at the RNHRD, known as the Min, all as a health care assistant and all on the night shift. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_05_Fifty_years_of_healthcare_service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:38:00 GMT Patients recovering from life-threatening blood clots are working out to a fitter future with a unique new exercise programme at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_05_RUH_first_to_offer_recovery_boosting_fitness_programme.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:33:00 GMT The move is complete and the first patients have been seen at the new and improved Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics Department at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_04_04_New_OMFS_department_now_open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:03:00 GMT Brian Stables, the long-standing chair of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has paid tribute to staff as he steps down from the role after nine years. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_29_Brian_Stables_Farewell.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:59:00 GMT The New home for RUH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics department at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is moving to a new home from Monday 1 April 2019. From that date it'll be found in Zone C29 in the main body of the RUH. New signs and directions will be in place. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_28_New_home_for_OMFS.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:29:00 GMT Sixth form students from Oldfield School in Bath had the chance to experience some hands-on scientific activities - and consider a career in the NHS - during an interactive Healthcare Science Week workshop at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_19_Student_healthcare_science_day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:34:00 GMT Orthopaedic patients are enjoying the benefits of a lunch club initiative organised by physiotherapists at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). It's just one of the many legacies inspired by March on Frailty, a month-long focus on encouraging patients to retain their independence and strength while in hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_18_Lunch_clubs_the_menu_for_better_health_and_happiness.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:09:00 GMT A senior nurse at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust put her emergency lifesaving skills into practice when she witnessed a serious road traffic accident. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_14_ED_Nurse_bravery_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:09:00 GMT Tom Walker, Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has just returned from a charity surgical mission to help children in the Philippines. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_12_Saving_Smiles_in_the_Philippines.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:48:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has announced it has appointed Alison Ryan as its new chair. She will take over from Brian Stables, who is stepping down after nine years in the role, from 1 April. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_12_New_Trust_chair_appointed.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:19:00 GMT Over one hundred young people attended a careers fair last night at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_03_07_Teen_healthcare_careers_fair.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:15:00 GMT Researchers are celebrating the success of the first collaborative conference between the University of Bath and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_28_Research_Showcase.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:33:00 GMT A young girl with leukaemia has become the first to experience a 'trainee scientist' tour of the pathology laboratory at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_26_Suki_is_a_scientist_for_the_day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:21:00 GMT Residents in the Chipping Sodbury area interested in their local health service are invited to meet one of the Public Governors from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust at an afternoon event on Thursday, 28 February. The meeting will be taking place from 2:00pm - 4pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_20_Meet_your_Chipping_Sodbury_Public_Governor.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:05:00 GMT A consultant rheumatologist from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) in Bath is among an international team that's been awarded a $1.2 million grant to research Raynaud's phenomenon - a common circulation disorder that leads to discolouration, pain, numbness and impaired function of the fingers. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_18_RNHRD_Consultant_leading_international_Raynauds_research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:27:00 GMT With Valentine's Day approaching, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Sexual Health Service is asking people to get tested for free for HIV and other STIs. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_12_Love_yourself_get_tested.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:17:00 GMT The team behind patient meals at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been honoured for its dedication to putting fresh, healthy and locally-sourced produce on the menu. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_12_Patient_catering_team_is_RUH_winner.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:30:00 GMT Our Transforming Maternity Services Together Consultation comes to an end on 24 February 2019, so there is still plenty of time to have your say on the proposal for changes to maternity services across the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Maternity System (LMS). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_07_Hundreds_have_their_say_on_maternity_services.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:50:00 GMT Bargain-hunters in Bath on Saturday (9th February) can pick up life-saving skills along with their shopping. A team of healthcare professionals, led by Senior Sister Natalie Cooper from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, will be demonstrating basic life support to teach people what to do in a medical emergency. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_02_04_Save_a_life_skills_for_Saturday_Shoppers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:34:00 GMT A survey of women's experiences of maternity services at 129 Trusts in England shows that many had a good experience at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, better than other trusts across a number of measures. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_29_CQC_maternity_survey_2019.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:45:00 GMT Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are helping to develop an app that allows arthritis patients to monitor their symptoms on a smartphone. A partnership between the healthtech company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), and the University of Bath has been awarded a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_29_Arthritis_smartphone_technology.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:20:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is joining a national research programme, beginning on 28th January 2019, which aims to look at ways of reducing the use of antibiotics and the growing threat of multi-drug resistant superbugs. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_22_ARK_antibiotics_research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:31:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has become the first site in the UK and Europe to recruit a patient to a worldwide study testing a new combination of drugs to treat breast cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_17_VERONICA_cancer_trial.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:46:00 GMT A friendly face is just what a patient who has dementia needs during their time in hospital - and the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for more volunteers to be just that. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_21_Be_a_friendly_face.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:34:00 GMT Young patients are having a magic time when they visit the Children's Unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - thanks to a generous gift from a former patient of 70 years ago. There's now a new 'magic carpet' machine in the Children's Therapies Unit, which can project more than 500 moving images onto the floor, not only to entertain youngsters but to help with their treatment too. Children can chase and pop bubbles, kick footballs and play a variety of educational games designed to suit all ages. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_11_Magic_time_for_young_patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:02:00 GMT Registered nurses interested in returning to work in acute care are invited to attend an open day at the Royal United Hospitals Bath on Wednesday 23 January, between 10am and 12 noon. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_14_Return_to_work_in_acute_care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:49:00 GMT A new modular ward arrives at the Royal United Hospital Bath at the weekend, marking the start of a major five-year improvement and maintenance project. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2019_01_04_New_modular_ward_arrives.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:16:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is joining thousands of people across the UK determined to quit smoking by going smokefree from 1 January 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_24_Smokefree_from_2019.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:42:00 GMT The Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has gratefully received some top-quality, beautifully crafted wooden toys - just in time for Christmas. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_19_SISK_Wooden_Toys.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 Dec 2018 08:47:00 GMT Christmas came a little early for children at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust when a surprise guest dropped in to meet them. There were gifts for all from Father Christmas for the children invited to the Therapy Boost annual Christmas party. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_18_Childrens_Therapies_Xmas_Party.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:19:00 GMT Cardiac patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are now benefitting from a new X-ray machine that gives clearer and improved images of coronary arteries. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_14_CathLab_new_Xray_machine.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:39:00 GMT The Chaplains at the RUH Spiritual Care Centre are getting in to the Christmas spirit with festive celebrations taking place both in the hospital and the community. A variety of events will be held including a Trust Carol Service in the Atrium, a Children's Ward Nativity and Carols, and carol singing from the Salvation Army Band. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_12_Spiritual_Care_Centre_Christmas.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:32:00 GMT A special HIV testing clinic to mark World AIDS Day was so successful that another is being planned for Valentine's Day at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Sexual Health Service. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_07_10000_Genomes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:38:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating the part they played in the nationwide 100,000 Genomes Project, which has announced that it has reached its ambitious target of sequencing, or mapping, the genetic makeup of 100,000 NHS patients. The Trust was part of the West of England Genomic Medicine Centre (WEGMC), one of 13 such GMCs, which has contributed more than 4,000 whole genome samples taken from consenting patients and family members. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_12_07_10000_Genomes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:56:00 GMT She's just what the doctor ordered. Meet our latest canine recruit - a new furry face bringing a smile to patients and staff on the wards at the Royal United Hospital. Fudge the Cocker Spaniel is the new top dog in our Pets as Therapy (PAT) team of animal volunteers. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_28_Fudge_the_new_PAT_dog.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:19:00 GMT Congratulations to Project SEARCH, the partnership at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust that helps students with learning disabilities to find jobs, that's been named a winner in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) national awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_22_Project_SEARCH_wins_HSJ_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:29:00 GMT Staff at the Breast Unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are saying a big thank you to former patient Samantha Fisher, who's raised money to give others diagnosed with cancer a much-needed pick-me up. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_16_Samanthas_breast_cancer_thankyou.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:09:00 GMT We're lighting up the front of the RUH in purple this weekend to help support World Prematurity Day 2018. We're joining hospitals from all over the UK and worldwide to raise awareness of premature birth and the sometimes devastating impact it can have on families. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_16_Lighting_up_the_RUH_for_premature_babies.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Nov 2018 09:19:00 GMT A proposal to transform maternity services across Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), Swindon and Wiltshire has been shared with the general public for their consideration today, Monday 12 November. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_12_Maternity_services_consultation_launch.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:22:00 GMT A Clinical Engineer at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a prestigious 12-month NHS fellowship for female healthcare scientists. Nana Odom is one of four candidates chosen for the 2018 Chief Scientific Officer's (CSO) WISE Fellowship programme for NHS England. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_11_07_RUH_Clinical_engineer_joins_fellowship_programme.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is inviting feedback from those who use or have an interest in pain services currently provided at the Trust's Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_31_Pain_Engagement.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:49:00 GMT An innovative project at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust promoting the importance of end of life conversations is highlighted in a new report that says doctors need to get better at talking about dying to patients. The RUH Trust is named, and included as a good practice case study, as one of four English hospitals leading the way in supporting end of life care and talking honestly and openly about death. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_12_Video_laryngoscopy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:19:00 GMT Video technology that makes intubation - the process of keeping a patient's airway open to allow them to breathe during an operation - much safer has been introduced at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The Royal United Hospital is now using video laryngoscopes - a metal tool with an integral camera - to help an anaesthetist place a breathing tube into a patient's trachea to allow oxygen and other gases to pass into and out of the lungs. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_12_Video_laryngoscopy.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:11:00 GMT Bath Rugby fans will have the chance tomorrow (Sat 13 October) to learn some life-saving skills during the Toulouse game at the Rec. Before and after the game and at pitch-side at half time, the Resuscitation Team from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will be running hands-on demonstrations in basic CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_12_Restart_a_Heart_Bath_Rugby.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:39:00 GMT Congratulations to our Anticoagulation team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, who've won a national award for their work to further improve the care of cancer patients at risk of life-threatening blood clots. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_12_Anticoagulation_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:09:00 GMT Members of the public are being invited to hear details of Somerset's future health and care plans at a meeting in Shepton Mallet on 15 October. There will also be the opportunity to question the main speakers, Rosie Benneyworth, Director of Strategic Clinical Services Transformation for Somerset's Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) and James Scott, Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_04_Shepton_Governors_public_meeting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:12:00 GMT As thousands of people join in Stoptober - the country's mass 28-day stop smoking attempt - The Royal United Hospitals Trust NHS Foundation Trust has signed the NHS Smokefree Pledge, committing to helping staff and patients quit smoking and ensuring its sites are smokefree from January 1st 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_10_03_Smokefree_pledge.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:39:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following an inspection of the Trust's services carried out in June 2018. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_25_CQC_2018_inspection.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:10:00 GMT Radiology staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are celebrating the official opening of their new and upgraded department - now one of the most modern and best-equipped in the South West. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_18_New_Radiology_department.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:16:00 GMT Registered nurses who are interested in returning to work in acute care are invited to attend an open day at the Royal United Hospitals Bath on Tuesday 2 October, between 2pm and 4pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_18_Return_to_Acute_Care_Open_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:53:00 GMT World Sepsis Day is being marked at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on Thursday 13 September with a number of events for patients and staff throughout the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_12_World_Sepsis_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Sep 2018 12:39:00 GMT Members of the public are invited to The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 26 September, in the Assembly Rooms, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_11_AGM_2018.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:29:00 GMT A €10 million international trial to evaluate a new model of care to improve the quality of life for people living with Parkinson's disease will be conducted by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, thanks to funding from The Gatsby Foundation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_11_Parkinsons_euro_grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:19:00 GMT Three pioneering projects from The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award finalists. The national awards celebrate excellence and innovations throughout the health service. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_07_RUH_shortlisted_for_three_national_awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:24:00 GMT A local family has completed an epic charity cycle ride in memory of Mary Fortune and raised £2,016 for Parry ward at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_09_06_Family_cycles_111_miles_in_memory_of_Mary_Fortune.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:02:00 GMT A young Wiltshire woman who survived Sepsis is praising paramedics and staff at the Royal United Hospital in Bath - and is using her experience to make others aware of the life-threatening condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_08_17_Amy_Sepsis_Story.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:29:00 GMT New national guidelines for identifying potentially fatal heart conditions, including among young athletes, have been drawn up by a team of experts including a cardiologist from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_08_09_Cardiologist_draws_up_new_heart_screening_guidelines.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:18:00 GMT A recently-built pathology laboratory and mortuary at the Royal United Hospital in Bath has now been officially named - in honour of the great 18th century scientist, astronomer and musician William Herschel. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_27_New_RUH_building_honours_William_Herschel.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:33:00 GMT Young patients at the Royal United Hospital Children's Ward in Bath now have more toys and games to entertain them, thanks to the generosity of a Wiltshire family and their local community. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_25_Wilts_family_gift_to_RUH_Childrens_Ward.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:29:00 GMT Patients, staff and families are the stars of a new video produced by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to mark the 70th birthday of the NHS. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_13_NHS70_film_launched.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:59:00 GMT The Paediatric Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has received a new high-tech sensory projector thanks to the charity, Time is Precious. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_11_Tip_top_donation_from_Time_is_Precious.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:06:00 GMT It was a historic day at the Royal United Hospital, Bath on Wednesday 4 July as the final concrete was laid on the roof, topping out the structure of new RNHRD and Therapies Centre. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_04_Topping_out_ceremony_marks_milestone_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 4 Jul 2018 13:39:00 GMT It's birthday time for the NHS this week and staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are hanging out the bunting and icing the cakes in preparation. All year the Trust has been marking NHS70, the anniversary of the service's creation in 1948. We've been reflecting on the past, celebrating the present and looking to the future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_02_Celebrations_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 2 Jul 2018 14:09:00 GMT More than 8,000 patients at The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been helped to get mobile as part of the national campaign to End PJ Paralysis and speed-up patients' recovery and reduce the length of time spent in hospital. From 17 April to 26 June staff on the hospital wards used a smartphone app to record how many patients were dressed before midday. Our teams recorded that more than 7,000 patients were helped to get dressed and we supported a huge 8,000 to be mobile - making a massive difference to patient recovery. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_07_02_RUH_takes_on_EndPJparalysis_challenge.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 2 Jul 2018 07:39:00 GMT NHS sites and services across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire and Swindon are preparing to become smoke free from 1 January 2019. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_06_29_Smokefree_6_month_countdown.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:39:00 GMT We're celebrating the successful Home First service, which in its first year has helped more than 2,000 patients return home sooner with the right support in place. Home First was launched by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) in June 2017. The service brings together experts from health, social and voluntary sectors and three Clinical Commissioning Groups to focus on patients who are well enough to leave hospital but might need extra support when they return home. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media//media_releases/2018_06_22_Home_First_one_year_on.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:19:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is raising awareness of the support available for local carers during Carers Week 2018. Carers Week begins on Monday June 11 and is an annual campaign to recognise the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK. Around 6.5 million people in the UK are carers, looking after a parent, partner, child or friend. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_06_11_Carers_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:34:00 GMT The Bath Skyline parkrun at Claverton Down in Bath is one of hundreds of 'parkruns' around the UK marking the NHS's 70th birthday this year, by dedicating its 7 July run to NHS staff. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_06_11_NHS_70_parkrun_in_BaNES.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:06:00 GMT Two specialist respiratory teams from the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised by the British Thoracic Society (BTS). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_06_08_BTS_awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:07:00 GMT Volunteers' Week takes place this year 1-7 June an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is privileged to have more than 200 volunteers working in 15 different areas around the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_06_06_Volunteers_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:26:00 GMT A UK-wide trial into Parkinson's disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol is set to go ahead, thanks to a £2.1 million grant from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_05_24_Parkinsons_grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 May 2018 12:49:00 GMT This Dementia Action Week (21-27 May) we are celebrating the Friendly Faces Project which is helping patients living with dementia at the Royal United Hospitals, (RUH) Bath. A volunteer dementia project launched by Sir Tony Robinson at the RUH is celebrating a year of success in transforming the care of patients living with the condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_05_24_Friendly_faces_help_transform_dementia_care_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 May 2018 12:49:00 GMT Patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are being encouraged to "get up, get dressed and get moving" as part of the national End PJ Paralysis campaign. The Trust is taking part in NHS England's #EndPJparalysis 70 days challenge, which aims to rack up a million "patient days" by 26 June. At the halfway mark we're delighted that more than 2,000 patients have been supported to get dressed and active. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_05_22_PJ_Paralysis.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 May 2018 11:19:00 GMT A community-wide project to help patients go home sooner from hospital has been named as a regional winner in the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards. The Home First scheme was launched by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in 2017. It aims to reduce the length of stay for patients who are clinically well enough to leave hospital, but who might need extra support to return to their usual place of residence. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_05_18_Home_First_NHS70_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 May 2018 08:31:00 GMT People across the South West are being urged to talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, with staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Dorothy House Hospice Care supporting Dying Matters Awareness Week (14-18 May). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_05_10_Dying_Matters_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 10 May 2018 09:42:00 GMT A new partnership began today (1 May 2018) to run the Bath-based and newly-named Urgent Treatment Centre - the unit at the RUH for patients who urgently need to see a GP or nurse, but whose condition is not life-threatening. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_04_30_RUH_in_partnership_to_run_Urgent_Treatment_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 1 May 2018 14:23:00 GMT It's over - after six months of dedicated knitting by people from all over the world, our Midwives are calling time for now on our incredibly successful baby bobble hat appeal. The Bath Birthing Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is bursting at the seams with bags of the colour coded hats, so for the time being we're saying thank you very much - but no more please. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_04_20_Hats_Enough.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:02:00 GMT People of all faiths and none gathered at the Royal United Hospital, Bath for the Dedication of its new Spiritual Care Centre. The ceremony was conducted by The Rt Rev Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton before an audience of guests including the Mayor of Bath, Cllr Ian Gilchrist. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_04_13_Spiritual_Care_Centre_Dedication.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:04:00 GMT The NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary in July and to mark it we've been talking to some of the staff who were there at the very beginning. Meet Edith Kenney - 70 years ago one of the first student nurses to join the fledgling NHS at what's become today The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_04_06_Nursing_times_70_years_ago.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Apr 2018 13:49:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director has been appointed to the Board of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). Nigel Stevens replaces out-going Non-Executive Director Moira Brennan who is leaving after 10 years with the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_04_05_New_NED_appointed_to_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Apr 2018 12:23:00 GMT Three innovative projects from The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) have made it to the final stages of The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_21_BMJ%20nominations_hat-trick_for_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:29:00 GMT This World Sleep Day, The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's (RUH) Respiratory Sleep team is raising awareness of sleep disorders caused by respiratory problems. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_16_Waking_up_to_sleep_disorders.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:29:00 GMT Dorothy House Hospice Care has presented a joint award for innovative thinking to Helen Meehan, a senior nurse at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) and Rachel Saunderson, Hospice at Home Manager at Dorothy House. The joint award is part of the Hospice's Annual Employee Awards which recognise excellence, innovation and commitment among staff and celebrates effective partnership-working. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_15_Dorothy_House_present_Joint_Award_for_Innovative_Thinking.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Mar 2018 10:29:00 GMT A group of Bath nurses have been invited to a special Royal reception (Wednesday 14 March) to thank front line staff working in the NHS. Five nurses from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust will join more than 350 NHS guests from all over the country at Buckingham Palace. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_13_Royal_thankyou_to_RUH_staff.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:52:00 GMT Having a baby is an amazing experience - but it can also be a daunting one when it comes to preparing for your birth. That's why our maternity staff have produced a set of Maternity Virtual Tour films, to showcase our birthing centres at the RUH and in the community and the facilities they provide, including home births across BaNES, Somerset and Wiltshire. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_09_Maternity_Virtual_Tours.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:52:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is supporting Public Health England's national breast cancer campaign, Be Clear on Cancer. The campaign aims to raise awareness of breast cancer symptoms in women aged 70 and over - helping to improve early diagnosis and encouraging people to see their GP without delay. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_07_Clear_on_Cancer.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:48:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has launched a March on Frailty campaign to help patients "get up, get dressed and get moving." http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_07_RUH_joins_PJ_paralysis_campaign_to_help_patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:59:00 GMT As the snow melts from the region, we'd like to say a massive thank you to our staff, volunteers and the local community, who pulled out all the stops to ensure patients could continue to get the care they needed during this challenging time. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_03_06_Bad_weather_is_snow_obstacle_for_RUH_and_local_community.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:29:00 GMT Thanks to the help of dedicated supporters, major donors and the goodwill of the public, the minimum £8.5million fundraising target needed for the pioneering new RUH Cancer Centre has been reached. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_02_28_New_Cancer_Centre_fundraising_continues_as_minimum_target_reached.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:44:00 GMT A new Spiritual Care Centre - a space for prayer and reflection - has opened at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_02_23_Spiritual_Care_Centre_opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:02:00 GMT Experts in the conditions scleroderma and Raynaud's Phenomenon are taking part in a special information day for patients, families and carers at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath (RNHRD) on Thursday 22nd February. This initiative is one of the many information days arranged throughout the year by the Patient and Public Engagement team at the Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (BIRD). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_02_21_Scleroderma_Information_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:43:00 GMT A pioneering specialist team of doctors, nurse practitioners and therapists at the Royal United Hospital Bath has been honoured for its work in helping older patients to avoid being admitted to hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_02_07_Staff_awards_and_Frailty_Flying_Squad.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:31:00 GMT A recent survey of women's experiences of maternity services at 130 Trusts in England has rated The Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust as better than most other Trusts across a range of measures. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_01_31_CQC_Maternity_Survey_2017.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:13:00 GMT The hidden talents of RUH staff and volunteers were praised by Bath Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse when she announced the winners of the hospital's staff and volunteer art exhibition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_01_08_RUH_Patients_are_face_of_Therapies_Matter_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:12:00 GMT Real life stories from patients are the focus of a new campaign by The Forever Friends Appeal to help reach its £2 million fundraising target for the RNHRD and Therapies Centre being built at the Royal United Hospitals, (RUH) Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2018_01_08_RUH_Patients_are_face_of_Therapies_Matter_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:35:00 GMT Volunteer knitters have really entered into the Christmas spirit at the RUH Bath Birthing Centre. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_12_21_Commuknitty_spirit_at_Birthing_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:29:00 GMT There's been an amazingly generous response to our appeal two months ago for people to knit bobble hats for newborn babies at the RUH Bath Birthing Centre. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_12_11_Baby_bobble_hats_boom.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:38:00 GMT A new community-based dermatology service provided by local GPs with specialist support from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust has led to waiting times for appointments being cut from 25 to two weeks. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_12_04_New_Dermatology_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:59:00 GMT New families at the RUH's antenatal and postnatal Mary Ward are being asked to give feedback about their care in a rather unconventional way - by graffiti. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_11_30_Maternity_ward_graffiti_board.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:28:00 GMT Children aged up to 15 and their parents and carers have rated the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as better that the majority of Trusts across a range of measures. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_11_28_CQC_Childrens_Survey.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Nov 2017 08:59:00 GMT Congratulations to RUH haematology nurse specialist Theresa Peters, who's been recognised as a 'Beacon of Hope' by the Lymphoma Association for her dedication to supporting people affected by lymphoma, the UK's fifth most common cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_11_23_Award_for_Lymphoma_nurse.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:42:00 GMT Relatives who have lost loved ones who have been cared for in the Bath RUH's Critical Care Unit, formerly Intensive Care, are being invited back to the hospital for a special remembrance event. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_11_23_Light_for_Life_event.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:41:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of Directors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_11_07_RUH_seeks_Non_Executive_director.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:21:00 GMT It's time to introduce the new Public Governors for the Royal United Hospital, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_27_Introducing_new_public_governors.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:59:00 GMT A new purpose-designed and built Bereavement Suite has been opened at the RUH Bath Birthing Centre to help families cope with the loss of a child. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_26_Bereavement_Suite_opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:09:00 GMT Calling all knitters - we're asking for help to provide around 5,000 tiny bobble hats for newborn babies at the RUH Bath Birthing Centre. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_24_Baby_bobble_hats.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:40:00 GMT To mark European Restart a Heart day, the Resuscitation Team from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, (RUH) has been out on the road this week teaching people of all ages how to save a life by resuscitation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_20_Restart_a_Heart_to_Save_a_Life.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:00:00 GMT Young patients and staff on the Children's Ward at the Royal United Hospitals, Bath have enjoyed a week of music, dressing up and games to celebrate National Play in Hospital Week 2017. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_13_RUH_celebrates_National_Play_in_Hospital_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:05:00 GMT Voting has begun to elect four new Public Governors to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to help shape its services and plan for the future. Voting packs have been sent out to all eligible public members - with the message to make your vote count before the ballot closes on 24 October. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_10_12_Voting_begins_for_new_Public_Governors.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:09:00 GMT People needing critical care at the Bath Royal United Hospital are to benefit from the generosity and gratitude of the father of a former patient. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2017_09_29_Fathers_10k_donation_to_RUH_Critical_Care.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:35:00 GMT People of all faiths or none are being invited to see the latest plans for a new multi-faith centre at Bath's Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_09_27_Multi-faith_Centre_plans_on_show.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:10:00 GMT Patients and visitors using the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic at the RUH are being advised to allow extra time to arrive for appointments from Monday 2 October. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_09_27_Fracture_Clinic_road_closed.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:26:00 GMT The Children's Therapies Team at the Royal United Hospitals, Bath is hosting a Sports Taster Day for children with physical disabilities on Sunday 24 September at Writhlington Sports Centre, near Radstock. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_09_15_RUH_Sports_Taster_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:47:00 GMT Members of the public are invited to The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 27 September, in the Assembly Rooms, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_09_12_You_are_invited_to_the_RUH_Bath_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:45:00 GMT World Sepsis Day is being marked at the Royal United Hospital in Bath on Wednesday 13 September with a number of events for patients and staff throughout the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_09_11_World_Sepsis_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:11:00 GMT Major investment and improvement work is underway at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust that will make the RUH's Radiology Department among the most modern and best-equipped in the South West. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_08_18_Radiology_scanning_the_future.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:19:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for six new Public Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_08_14_New_Public_Governors_Wanted.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:31:00 GMT A pioneering specialist team of doctors, nurses and therapists at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for a national nursing award for its work in supporting frail elderly people to remain at home rather than being admitted to hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_08_07_Frailty_Flying_Squad.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:21:00 GMT The Eye Unit at the Royal United Hospital, Bath has been nominated for a national award following high praise from patients. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_08_03_RUH_Eye_Unit_award_nomination.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:39:00 GMT A new partnership is to run the Bath-based Urgent Care Centre - the unit at the RUH for patients who urgently need to see a GP or nurse but whose condition is not life-threatening. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_08_03_UCC_contract_won_by_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:38:00 GMT Over a hundred students from Bath and the surrounding areas have been taking part in this year's Sixth Form Conference at the Royal United Hospital in Bath - learning what it takes to work within a busy NHS hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_06_30_Sixth_Form_Conference_a_hit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:24:00 GMT Registered and nearly qualified nurses looking for full or part time work are invited to a Nurse Recruitment Open Day event on Friday 16 June at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_06_12_RUH_Nurse_Recruitment_Open_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:05:00 GMT RUH Children's Doctor recognised in National Excellence Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_05_31_RUH_Childrens_Doctor_recognised_in_National_Excellence_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 31 May 2017 13:34:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is moving its Sexual Health Clinic from the main RUH site to the Riverside Health Centre in central Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_04_19_RUH_Sexual_Health_Clinic_to_move.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:53:00 GMT Work starts soon to prepare to demolish the old Pharmacy buildings at the front of the Royal United Hospital in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_04_11_Blue_Badge_Car_Park.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Apr 2017 13:01:00 GMT A free mobile app which provides expert advice to parents, carers and health care professionals on common childhood illnesses has launched today by The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_03_27_RUH_launches_mobile_app_providing_common_childhood_illness_advice.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:51:00 GMT Innovative patient care techniques and an unusual 'tea trolley' training tool have put staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in line for four national awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_03_23_HSJ_Patient_Care_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:41:00 GMT The Children's Unit at Bath's Royal United Hospital has received a donation of over £2,000 from Hilton Bath City hotel in partnership with the DM Thomas Foundation for Young People. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_03_21_Having_a_ball_for_the_RUH_Childrens_Unit.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:00:00 GMT Over 4,800 babies are born every year at The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), either at the Bath Birthing Centre at the RUH's Combe Park site, Birth Centres in Chippenham, Frome, Paulton and Trowbridge Birth or at home. We're currently looking at the maternity services we provide, to make sure we are getting it right for women and families, both now and in the future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_02_20_Redesigning_Maternity_Servicest.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:28:00 GMT This spring a new and special sapling will be bursting into leaf in the grounds of Bath's Royal United Hospital - providing a direct link between modern-day medicine and its ancient beginnings. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_02_13_Hippocrates_tree_takes_root.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:40:00 GMT Pet Therapy is proving to be a hit with patients at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Every week, three specially trained Pets As Therapy (PAT) dogs and their volunteer handlers visit patients at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_02_10_Pet_therapy_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:23:00 GMT In support of Public Health England's relaunch of the Act FAST stroke campaign which starts today, The Royal United Hospitals, Bath NHS Foundation Trust is reminding people of the key symptoms of stroke and the importance of calling 999 immediately if they notice any single one of the symptoms themselves or in others. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_02_02_RUH_raises_awareness_of_Act_FAST_stroke_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:08:00 GMT Chippenham Birth Centre midwife Pam Walsh, who works for the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded the Emma's Diary Mums' Midwife of the Year 2017 for the South of England region. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_01_26_Chippenham_midwife_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:40:00 GMT A pioneering emergency surgery ambulatory clinic at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation (RUH) Trust that cuts waiting times and hospital admissions has been nominated for three national health awards. The Emergency Surgical Ambulatory Care unit (ESAC) at the RUH was set up originally as a pilot in 2013 and has proved so effective that it has been adopted by other NHS Trusts across the country. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_01_20_ESAC_nominated_for_HSJ_awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:58:00 GMT A special screening of the feature film 'Starfish'- which tells the moving story of a sepsis survivor and his family - is being staged in Bath to help increase public awareness of the life-threatening condition. 'Starfish' is the real-life account of Tom Ray, who lost all four limbs and parts of his face to sepsis in 1999. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_01_09_Starfish_sepsis_film_release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:46:00 GMT Expectant parents can see their unborn baby in remarkable detail thanks to the private 4D scanning service available at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_01_09_4D_baby_scan_service_available_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:26:00 GMT There are still a couple of weeks left to feedback on the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's (RUH) plan to move rheumatology and therapies services to a purpose built RNHRD and Therapies Centre. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2017_01_03_Relocation_of_RNHRD_Rheumatology_and_Therapies_services.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:58:00 GMT A public campaign to combat the danger of sepsis in children is being supported across the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_12_14_RUH_backs_sepsis_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:55:00 GMT Health and care organisations across Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Swindon and Wiltshire have today (14 December) published their Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_12_14_STP_Plan_Published.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 15 Dec 2016 08:50:00 GMT A nurse with a rare heart and lung condition is determined to raise awareness of her illness by fundraising for the charity which has supported and helped her during her diagnosis. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_12_07_Bath_nurses_mission_to_raise_rare_illness_awareness.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:38:00 GMT The Princess Anne Maternity Unit at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has put in place a system so that new mums who are not able to be with their baby immediately after birth, don't miss out. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_12_06_Bringing_mum_and_baby_closer_together.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Dec 2016 08:48:00 GMT Two Bath nurses who have dedicated their free time to decorate the Children's waiting area in the Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) were praised by the Chief Executive and colleagues today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_17_RUH_nurses_recognised_for_going_the_extra_mile.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:30:00 GMT Residents in North Wiltshire are invited to attend an afternoon session hosted by two constituency Governors of the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust, on Thursday 24 November, starting at 2pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_17_Come_and_meet_your_RUH_Governors_in_North_Wiltshire.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:13:00 GMT Calling all experienced and newly-qualified registered nurses! The Royal United Hospitals, (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is holding an open day on Saturday 19 November 2016 for people to drop-in between 10am and 2pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_16_RUH_opens_its_doors_to_newly_qualified_nurses.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:57:00 GMT Dementia care and children's therapies were among the services shown to Cllr Alan Hale, Chairman of Bath and North East Somerset Council when he visited the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_14_BANES_chair_visits_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:53:00 GMT It's World Diabetes Day on Monday 14 November 2016 and the Royal United Hospital (RUH), NHS Foundation Trust's Paediatric Diabetes Team are raising awareness of Type 1 Diabetes in Children. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_14_RUH_raises_awareness_of_Type1_Diabetes.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:08:00 GMT Doctors from Bath have discovered an improved way of treating a rare form of childhood epilepsy. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_11_16_Infantile_Spasms_Study.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:31:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director is being sought to join the Board of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_31_New_Non-Exec_Director_sought.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:21:00 GMT It's time to introduce the new Public Governors for the Royal United Hospital, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_21_Introducing_the_new_public_governors_for_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:30:00 GMT The Resuscitation Team from the Royal United Hospital, (RUH) Bath are going on the road this week to teach people of all ages about how to save a life by resuscitation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_16_Restart_a_Heart_lessons_from_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:21:00 GMT A Bath RUH Consultant Rheumatologist and a team of arthritis specialists are to receive two Patients' Choice Awards in recognition of their work to help patients cope with their condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_11_RUH_staff_win_Patient_Choice_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:01:00 GMT A new 300-space public car park is now fully open for patients and visitors to the Bath Royal United Hospital. Work on building a new road has also been completed, meaning drivers can now access the car park from the main hospital entrance off Combe Park. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_10_New_car_park_fully_open.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundations is inviting feedback on its plan to move rheumatology and therapies services from the Mineral Water Hospital, known locally as the 'Min' to a purpose built RNRHD and Therapies Centre on the RUH's Combe Park site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_07_RUH_invites_feedback_on_planned_relocation_of%20RNHRD_Rheumatology_and_Therapies_Services.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is inviting people looking for work, particularly those who prefer flexible part-time shifts, to its Cleaning Services Recruitment Open Day on Tuesday 11 October. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_07_Cleaning_Services_Recruitment_Open_Day_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital, (RUH) Bath is involved in an important national project which aims to create a new genomic medicine service within the NHS for people with cancer and rare diseases. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_10_06_RUH_plays_important_part_in_Genomics_Project.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:30:00 GMT RUH physiotherapists celebrates active ageing http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_30_RUH_physiotherapists_celebrate_active_ageing.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:37:00 GMT RUH celebrates National Play in Hospital Week http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_30_RUH_celebrates_National_Play_in_Hospital_week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:01:00 GMT Sports-mad teenager Alan Winsley faced a difficult career choice when he left Bath Art School in 1968 - take a steady office job he'd been offered at the Royal United Hospital, or try to become a professional footballer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_29_Alan_Winsley_retires.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:37:00 GMT RUH's Central Delivery Suite is renamed Bath Birthing Centre http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_27_RUH_Central_Delivery_Suite_renamed_Bath_Birthing_Centre.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:16:00 GMT RUH unveils new sensory and teenage rooms thanks to Somerset charity http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/2016_09_26_RUH_unveils_new_sensory_and_teenage_rooms_thanks_to_Somerset_charity.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:14:00 GMT Members of the public and staff at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, are being invited to take a look behind the scenes of the hospital's radio station when it holds a special open day on Saturday 1 October. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_16_Bath_Hospital_Open_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:31:00 GMT Come along to the Royal United Hospital's Annual General Meeting - Wednesday 28 September http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_16_Come_along_to_the_RUH_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:55:00 GMT The first phase of a new 300-space public car park at Bath's Royal United Hospital opens today (Monday Sept 12), coinciding with the introduction of a new parking payment system. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_12_New_car_park_press_release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:55:00 GMT Patients and staff at the Royal United Hospital, Bath were thrilled to meet GB gold medallist, Laura Unsworth who visited the Children's Ward yesterday. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_06_GB_Hockey_Gold_Medallist_visits_patients.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:24:00 GMT The first phase of a new 300-space public car park at Bath's Royal United Hospital opens next week (Monday Sept 12), coinciding with the introduction of a new parking payment system. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_09_05_Car_park_press_release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:03:00 GMT Two wards which care for elderly patients at Bath's Royal United Hospital have been awarded the Elder Friendly Quality Mark in recognition of the quality of care provided to patients. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_08_22_RUH_awarded_Quality_Mark_for_elderly_care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:21:00 GMT Essential road repairs are taking place outside the RUH main entrance from Monday August 22 - Friday August 26. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_08_16_Road_closure_main_entrance.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:44:00 GMT The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the overall care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust as outstanding following its routine inspection in March 2016. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_08_10_CQC_Report_Published.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:24:00 GMT New car park and payment system at the RUH http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_08_01_New_car_park_and_payment_system_for_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:30:00 GMT RUH Cardiologist wins award to treat patients with high blood pressure. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_27_RUH_%20Consultant_Cardiologist_wins_innovation_award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:30:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for five new Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_25_Wanted_Five_new_Public_Governors_for_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:50:00 GMT RUH supports #Coverupmate NHS England campaign http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_19_Cover_Up_Mate.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:30:00 GMT RUH training campaign launched for sepsis awareness. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_19_RUH_sepsis_awareness_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:30:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for five new Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_19_Car_Park_Access_Road_Closure.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:30:00 GMT Patients, visitors and staff at the Royal United Hospital in Bath are being invited to have their say about how it can further improve the parking experience for Blue Badge holders, as part of the hospital's overhaul of parking at the Combe Park site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_04_Nimbus_public_meeting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:58:00 GMT One hundred students interested in forging a career in healthcare were given the opportunity to find out what it's really like to work for the NHS during a three-day conference held at the Royal United Hospital this week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_07_01_RUH_inspires_future_generation_of_healthcare_professionals.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Jul 2016 09:41:00 GMT A £1,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Bath has helped improve the Children's Therapies garden at the Royal United Hospital, (RUH) Bath. Thanks to the club's fundraising efforts, children now have even more ways to use the outdoor space to learn and practice activities which they have been taught in their therapy sessions. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_06_17_Donation_improves_Childrens_Therapies_garden.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:15:00 GMT TV presenter Mary Berry was a star attraction for patients, staff and visitors at the Royal United Hospital (Monday June 13) when she officially opened a new £1.2m Positron PET-CT cancer scanner. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_06_13_Mary_Berry_opens_PET-CT_scanner.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:06:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath has been shortlisted for two National Patient Safety Awards in recognition of delivering safe care and further embedding patient safety within the Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_06_06_RUH_shortlisted_for_Patient_Safety_Awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:16:00 GMT Corsham primary schoolboy Archie Enstone has his sights set on becoming a doctor when he grows up - thanks to the care he received at Bath's Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_06_02_Corsham_boys_charity_sports_day_for_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 7 Jun 2016 09:05:00 GMT This week (6-12 June) is Carers Week and the Royal United Hospital, (RUH) Bath is highlighting the valuable role carers play and how they can get support to make caring a little easier. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_06_06_Carers_Week_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:24:00 GMT The Research and Development team at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) are planning a range of activities for today (Friday, 20 May) to mark International Clinical Trials Day. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_05_20_RUH_highlights_its_research_studies.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 May 2016 10:14:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath is supporting Dementia Awareness Week (15-21 May) to raise awareness, highlight the support available to people who may be worried about dementia and promote its five year vision to be the most dementia friendly hospital in England. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_05_18_RUH_supports_Dementia_Awareness_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 May 2016 12:32:00 GMT Four nurses from the Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath attended the prestigious Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service held at Westminster Abbey. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_05_17_RUH_nurses_join_Florence_Nightingale_Commemoration_Service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 May 2016 10:50:00 GMT Charity supporters have been praised for their efforts in raising £1.2m for a new Positron PET-CT cancer scanner for the Royal United Hospital in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_05_12_PET_scanner_presentation.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 May 2016 09:16:00 GMT Construction work has begun on a new car park providing 300 extra spaces at the RUH in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_05_11_Work_Starts_on_New_Car_Park.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 May 2016 09:04:00 GMT Twenty dementia specialists from all over Germany describe dementia care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath as inspirational. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_04_20_RUH_reputation_for_dementia_care_reaches_Europe.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:51:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is inviting feedback on plans to move its Sexual Health Clinic, including clinicians and support staff, from Combe Park to the Riverside Health Centre in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_04_20_Sexual_Health_Clinic.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:51:00 GMT The RUH has been chosen to progress to the second stage of tendering for the proposed Shepton Mallet Health Campus. The Trust is again offering Mendip residents the opportunity to share their ideas and provide feedback on the RUH's plans for a development which lies at the heart of the local community and its future wellbeing. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_03_31_Shepton_Mallet_Health_Campus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:07:00 GMT The charity and patient group LUPUS UK has named The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, as a LUPUS UK Centre of Excellence in recognition of the Bath based hospital's multi-disciplinary approach to diagnosis, treatment and management of this condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_03_08_LUPUS_Centre_of_Excellence.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:01:00 GMT Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive James Scott http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2016_02_12_CEO_Statement.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:00 GMT Helen Blanchard, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Infection Prevention and Control on behalf of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_02_09_Press_Statement.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:20:00 GMT Outstanding staff were honoured for their contributions, achievements and innovation in health and patient care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust's New Year's Honours Awards ceremony. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_02_01_Awards_Ceremony.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:43:00 GMT TMendip residents are being invited to a meeting to share ideas about the proposed development of a Shepton Mallet Health and Wellbeing Campus. The RUH is keen to hear the views of residents who will be using these services so that they can be well represented in future design and experience. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_01_14_Shepton_Mallet_Health_Campus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:19:00 GMT The CQC will shortly be inspecting acute services in Bath and the surrounding areas and want to hear your experiences of services provided by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/your_views/index.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:05:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has robust plans in place to ensure patients are safely cared for during the industrial action by junior doctors on Tuesday 12 January. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2016_01_11_Junior_Doctors_Industrial_Action.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:17:00 GMT Helen Meehan, a Lead Nurse in Palliative Care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen's New Year's Honours for her work supporting patients, and their families, at the end of their lives. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_12_23_RUH_receives_Soil_Association_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:18:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath has been awarded the Soil Association's prestigious 'Food for Life' Bronze Catering Mark for the food it serves for patients, staff and visitors in the hospital's public restaurants. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_12_23_RUH_receives_Soil_Association_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:08:00 GMT Work has started on the construction of a new state-of-the-art pharmacy at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Combe Park site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_12_11_Pharmacy_construction_gets_underway.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:58:00 GMT Visiting restrictions have now been lifted at the RUH. We would like to thank patients and visitors for their patience and understanding throughout the last week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_12_08_Visiting_Restrictions_Lifted.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:54:00 GMT Visiting is being restricted at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust on all wards to help stop the spread of Norovirus. Visiting will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances. The change takes effect from Monday 30 November. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_11_30_Visiting_restricted_at_RUH_to_help_fight_norovirus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:10:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath is inviting feedback on its proposal to move two services for children and young people, from its Mineral Hospital site in the centre of Bath, to a dedicated Children's Unit at its Combe Park site. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_11_27_RNHRD_consultation_paediatric_services.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:17:00 GMT Norovirus, a highly contagious infection is currently prevalent in the community and in other healthcare settings, and is also now on several wards at the Royal United Hospital and the support of the local community is vital if more wards are not to be put at risk. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_11_27_Help_the_RUH_to_be_Norovirus_free.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:55:00 GMT A new Non-Executive Director has been appointed to the Board of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_11_26_RUH_appoints_new_Non_Executive_Director.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:01:00 GMT A specialist older persons ward at Bath's Royal United Hospital has been awarded the prestigious Elder Friendly Quality Mark in recognition of the quality of care its patients receive. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_10_07_RUH_ward_receives_Elder_Friendly_Quality_Mark.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:02:00 GMT Physiotherapists at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) will be marking UK Older People's Day on Thursday 1 October by promoting the importance of 'active ageing'. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_09_30_RUH_Physiotherapists_mark_UK_Older_Peoples_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:09:00 GMT Five consultants from Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) made it onto the shortlist of the highly prestigious BMA Medical Book Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_09_29_RUH_Consultants_top_BMA_best_book_list.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:08:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 30 September. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_09_22_Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust_AGM.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:59:00 GMT Despite high levels of demand on the local healthcare system this summer, the quality of the service in the Emergency Department (ED) at the RUH remains high - with patient ratings keeping the RUH within the top ten in England for the first half of 2015. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_09_16_RUH_ED_highly_recommended_despite_pressures.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Sep 2015 08:54:00 GMT In September 2015, we'll start work on constructing a new state of the art pharmacy on the RUH North site. To allow work to take place, there will be some temporary changes to parking, including the creation of additional spaces near the main entrance to the hospital, and limited access to Car Park P3. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/finding/car_parking.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:51:00 GMT The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) has been awarded just under £2 million to lead on research into improving the lives of those with the painful arthritic condition Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_07_03_2m_research_grant.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 06 Jul 2015 08:48:00 GMT The Bath Centre for Pain Services is running its 100th chronic pain rehabilitation programme for young people and their parents. The service was the first residential pain rehabilitation programme in the UK, and has served as an international 'gold standard' for other centres across the world developing their own pain rehabilitation services. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_07_02_Pioneering_Adolescent_Pain_Programme_hits_100.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:24:00 GMT Dispensary Manager Liz Sinkins is celebrating after being named Pharmacy Technician of the Year at the Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APTUK) Awards 2015. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_25_Healthy_dose_of_success_for_RUH_pharmacy_technician.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:50:00 GMT The new Information Management and Technology (IM and T) building at Bath's Royal United Hospital received a double win at the South West Built Environment Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_25_IM_and_T_building_wins_awards.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:49:00 GMT A brand new state-of-the-art scanner used for the detection and diagnosis of cancer is due to be up and running at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) by April 2016. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_15_PET-CT_Scanner_to_be_running_by_April_2016.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:31:00 GMT This Diabetes Week (14-20 June) the RUH is highlighting the excellent work staff are doing to raise awareness of diabetes across the Trust and improve outcomes for patients living with the condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_12_Diabetes_in_focus_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:25:00 GMT More than 60 delegates from 26 NHS Trusts visited the Royal United Hospital on Thursday 11 June to learn all about ESAC - an innovative and nationally pioneering service that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) praised during its most recent inspection of the Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_12_RUH_sharing_success_with_other_NHS_Trusts.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:05:00 GMT The University of Bath and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are hosting an event which will celebrate the vast amount of exciting health research that is being carried out in the city of Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_04_Showcasing_health_research.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:47:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its one-year anniversary of running maternity services. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_01_RUH_Maternity_one_year_on.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:59:00 GMT A new Carer Hub is set to open at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath and volunteers are being sought to help staff it. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_06_01_Volunteer_to_help_carers_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:17:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has, for a third consecutive time, been placed in the lowest priority band for inspection by independent regulator for health and social care, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_05_29_RUH_rated_low_priority_for_inspection_by_CQC.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 29 May 2015 12:27:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath is marking Dementia Awareness Week (17-23 May) with a range of activities for patients and staff. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_05_18_RUH_marks_Dementia_Awareness_Week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 May 2015 13:37:00 GMT Women in the Bath area whose lives have been touched by ovarian cancer will be treated to a relaxing and inspiring day at Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel - thanks to national charity Target Ovarian Cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_05_12_Being_Together_day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 May 2015 14:13:00 GMT Nurses and midwives are being celebrated at the Royal United Hospital in Bath today (Tuesday 12 May) to mark two international days which honour both the midwifery and nursing professions. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_05_12_International_Nurses_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 12 May 2015 14:12:00 GMT Dr Rowan Hardy, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Royal United Hospital, will be flying to Nepal this Sunday to provide vital support to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, following last Saturday's earthquake. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_05_01_RUH_Anaesthetist_bound_for_Nepal.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 01 May 2015 14:55:00 GMT The Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospital in Bath topped a nationwide league table for patient recommendations at the height of the winter pressures. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_04_08_ED_at_RUH_rated_top_in_England.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:05:00 GMT Caterers and clinicians at the Royal United Hospital in Bath are working together to make the hospital a national leader in applying contemporary evidence to nutritional development. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_03_18_Culinary_innovations_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:19:00 GMT RUH ranks high for staff job satisfaction and engagement. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_03_10_national.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:49:00 GMT Visiting restrictions have now been lifted at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_03_06_visiting_restrictions_lifted.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:30:00 GMT Health and social care partners collaborate to tackle high demand for hospital services http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_27_demand.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:45:00 GMT Visiting hours at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are now being restricted on all wards until the hospital is free of Norovirus. The change takes effect from Thursday 26 February. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_26_norovirus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:18:00 GMT Following a review this morning, visiting restrictions are still in place at the RUH. We currently have two wards closed. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_23_norovirus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:17:00 GMT Norovirus is still prevalent in the wider community and we are taking necessary precautions to prevent the spread of infection. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_20_norovirus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:05:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust joined forces with creative arts company Unique Voice on a project which aims to improve the way complaints are handled and resolved at the Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_16_improving_complaints_process.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 Feb 2015 16:45:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is once again appealing to members of the public and their families to help prevent further spread of infection by avoiding visiting the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_13_Is_your_visit_absolutely_necessary.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:15:00 GMT An outbreak of norovirus is having an impact on hospitals and other health care settings in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). In partnership with local health providers, BaNES Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is urging people who are currently experiencing symptoms of norovirus to stay at home. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_12_norovirus.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:36:00 GMT Staff from the RUH have been awarded for their innovation, dedication and exceptional achievements at the hospital's annual New Year's Honours Awards ceremony. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_02_03_Staff_are_pride_of_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:20:00 GMT The proposed acquisition of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust (RNHRD) by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has now been approved, health sector regulator Monitor announced today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_01_28_Monitor_Approval.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:25:00 GMT Statement from James Scott, Chief Executive of the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_01_07_Operational_Pressure_Statement.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:02:00 GMT Due to current high level of demand at the Emergency Department of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (the RUH), local people are being asked to consider accessing advice and treatment from medical professionals in other settings. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2015_01_06_Consider_AandE_Alternatives.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:00:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) Board of Directors and Council of Governors have now approved proposals for the acquisition of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust (RNHRD). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_12_22_RNHRD_Acquisition_Statement_on_Approvals.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:45:00 GMT The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has once again been placed in the lowest possible risk band, the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) Intelligent Monitoring report shows today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_12_03_CQC_report_places_RUH_in_lowest_risk_band.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:23:00 GMT The recent authorisation of the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) as an NHS Foundation Trust enabled the RUH to move a step closer towards acquisition of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS FT (RNHRD), locally known as 'The Min'. The prime objective of the acquisition is to maintain and enhance patient care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_12_03_RNHRD_RUH_joint_statement_on_proposed_acquisition.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:22:00 GMT Caring for You events are an opportunity to step behind the scenes and understand more about the work of the hospital and how it supports the health and wellbeing of the local communities. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_11_18_Caring_For_You_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:47:00 GMT A new app is being introduced at the RUH to support clinicians in the appropriate prescribing of antibiotics. The Microguide app will launch on Tuesday 18 November to coincide with European Antibiotic Awareness Day. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_11_14_New_app_to_RUH_fight_antibiotic_resistance.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:41:00 GMT RUH Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Miranda Benney has received a national award in recognition of her work. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_11_14_National_award_for_RUH_Macmillan_Clinical_Nurse_Specialist.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:31:00 GMT Norovirus - also known as the winter vomiting bug - has arrived earlier than usual this year and the RUH is appealing to the public for their support in helping to keep the hospital norovirus-free. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_11_11_Help_keep_RUH_norovirus_free.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:03:00 GMT Bath and North East Somerset Council is working with the Royal United Hospital in Bath to open a new Register Office service for local residents starting Monday November 10, 2014. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_11_11_New_Register_Service_at_the_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:18:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath is the first hospital to be authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust in sixteen months, health regulator Monitor announced today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_30_FT_Media_Release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:33:00 GMT RUH Maternity Services and the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care have been presented with a number of official awards in recognition of their 'Baby Friendly' status. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_17_UNICEF_award_RUH_with_Baby_Friendly_status.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:57:00 GMT Planned industrial action by radiographers will take place 9am until 1pm, Monday 20 October. Some outpatient appointments have been rescheduled. Those patients affected have been informed. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_16_Radiographers_action.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:52:00 GMT Queen of cakes, Mary Berry took time out of her busy schedule to officially open the brand new Friends Coffee Shop and the Combe Ward Garden at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_13_Mary_Berry_opens_Friends_Coffee_Shop.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:16:00 GMT Young patients at the Royal United Hospital enjoyed a welcome distraction from their hospital experience during National Play in Hospital week (6-12 October). http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_08_Play_in_hospitals_week.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:15:00 GMT Monday 13 October is World Thrombosis Day and, to mark the event, the RUH is sharing real life examples to raise public awareness of the condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_10_08_Thrombosis.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:14:00 GMT Fourteen individuals from Bath, Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire have returned home from an incredible ten day charity challenge trekking the Great Wall of China, to help raise funds for Cancer Care at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_09_26_China_Trekkers.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:34:00 GMT RUH on a mission to tackle sepsis http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_09_09_RUH_on_mission_to_tackle_sepsis.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Sep 2014 11:15:00 GMT From 12 September, the RUH Sports Injury Clinic will be extending its service to offer specialist dance injury appointments, thanks to funding from the Dance Again Foundation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_09_09_keep_dancers_on_feet.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Sep 2014 11:14:00 GMT RUH Annual General Meeting 24th of September http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_08_09_RUH_Annual_General_Meeting.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Aug 2014 15:05:00 GMT The Maternity Service at the Royal United Hospital has received accreditation from UNICEF'S Baby Friendly Initiative. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_08_06_RUH_Maternity_is_officially_Baby_Friendly.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:50:00 GMT From Friday 1 August, the reminder system will switch to being an opt-out service, so patients will automatically receive reminder messages unless they choose to opt out. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_30_Appointment_reminder_system.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 30 Jul 2014 13:51:00 GMT The Friends of the RUH are seeking donations to help add the finishing touches to their brand new coffee shop at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_28_Friends_Coffee_Shop_seeking_funds_for_finishing_touches.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:32:00 GMT Latest information published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) indicates that the Royal United Hospital Bath is one of the lowest risk hospitals in the country. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_24_RUH_one_of_the_lowest_risk_hospitals_in_the_country.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:46:00 GMT Patients have been praising staff for the calm way they responded to storm damage caused over the weekend. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_22_Staff_praised_after_storm_damange.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:37:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath is introducing a 'Return to Acute Care' programme, which will offer nurses with previous experience in an acute care setting the opportunity to get back onto the wards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_21_Training_post_to_help_nurses_return_to_acute_care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:05:00 GMT The Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, has been in Bath to officially open the Urgent Care Centre at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_18_Sir_Bruce_Keogh.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:03:00 GMT nursing recruitment open day will be held at the RUH on Saturday 26 July 2014. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_16_Nursing_Open_Day_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:01:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath has received one of the most prestigious awards in British healthcare. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_16_RUH_awarded_for_excellent_safe_and_innovative_care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:49:00 GMT Incontinence can be a taboo subject for many people, and patients are often too embarrassed to talk about their needs upon being admitted to hospital. However, if a patient's continence needs are not handled professionally and with care and good practice, it can seriously undermine their dignity. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_09_RUH_Tackles_the_taboo_of_incontinence.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:01:00 GMT An RUH staff member is on a personal mission to raise awareness of organ donation in a gruelling coast-to-coast cycling challenge. Simon Edwards (Information Governance Manager) and his RUH colleague, Mark Hield, will take part in the charity challenge, which will see them ride the 400 miles from Bordeaux to St Malo in France. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_09_Mission_Wishes_Known.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:30:00 GMT Mr Cameron named the RUH as a leading example of a UK hospital that has demonstrated a commitment to improving the quality of care for patients with dementia. He said: "In the UK we're spending £50 million on transforming hospitals and care homes to make them more dementia friendly. So places like the Royal United Hospital in Bath now have dementia wards specifically designed to make patients feel more relaxed and at home." http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_07_02_RUH_singled_out_as_leader_in_dementia_care.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:22:00 GMT The RUH has published data on staffing levels as part of Safer Staffing - a national initiative which aims to provide an open and transparent account of staffing levels in hospitals. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_24_Safer_Staffing.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has been named as one of the leaders of a new national campaign, in recognition of its outstanding work to improve patient safety. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_24_RUH_to_lead_Sign_up_to_Safety_campaign.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:52:00 GMT On 25 June over 100 local sixth formers will be heading to the RUH to attend a three day conference on careers in healthcare. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_23_Sixth_form_conference.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:11:00 GMT A new investment of £3m has been allocated to help the RUH further strengthen its nursing team. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_23_RUH_strengthens_nursing_team.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:14:00 GMT The RUH is shining new light on the high standard of services provided by the hospital, following a £1.6m lighting re-fit. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_16_Lighting_the_way_for_good_care.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:18:00 GMT A new pathology laboratory and mortuary at the RUH is now fully operational following a six-week phased transfer of services. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_16_Pathology_Laboratory_up_and_running.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:28:00 GMT A trial of a new way of caring for patients with diabetes has proved so successful it is to be rolled out to other parts of the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_06_Proactive_Acute_Diabetes_Service_a_success.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:01:00 GMT Maternity services have been transferred back into the hands of the RUH - after 22 years of the services being run by other NHS providers. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_06_01_Birth_of_a_new_era.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Sun, 01 Jun 2014 09:42:00 GMT More than 300 walkers lined the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath on Saturday as part of The Forever Friends Appeal's annual Walk of Life, proudly sponsored by Kier Construction. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_21_Hundreds_take_part_in_Forever_Friends_Appeal_Walk_of_Life.asp Emily.lynch@nhs.net Thu, 22 May 2014 15:14:00 GMT The Research and Development team at the RUH is highlighted some of the great research projects happening at the hospital as part of International Clinical Trials Day on Tuesday 20 May. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_16_OK_to_ASK.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 16 May 2014 13:02:00 GMT A specially designed 'ageing suit' is helping staff at the RUH understand what it's like to live with dementia. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_14_Ageing_suit_leads_to_compassionate_care.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 14 May 2014 14:28:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital in Bath has received a further five nominations for national awards, following their win at the Student Nursing Times Awards last week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_14_RUH_awards_finalists.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net >Wed, 14 May 2014 14:27:00 GMT The RUH has unveiled ambitious new plans for a £110m transformation over the next five years. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_07_Forging_a_bright_future_for_the_Trust.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 May 2014 11:06:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath's application to become an NHS Foundation Trust has been re-activated. Monitor, the regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, has confirmed it will begin its assessment of the RUH this month. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_01_RUH_restarts_bid_to_become_Foundation_Trust.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 May 2014 10:25:00 GMT The risk of developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospital is almost 1,000 times higher than the risk of developing one on a long haul flight. But there is much that a patient can do to reduce their risk of thrombosis during a hospital stay. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_01_Patients_can_help_reduce_thrombosis_risk.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 02 May 2014 19:13:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has been named the best hospital for student nurse placements at today's 2014 Student Nursing Times Awards. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_01_RUH_best_student_nurse_placements.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 01 May 2014 15:00:00 GMT A patient who suffered a stroke on a busy train has thanked the RUH for the care he received. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_05_01_Stroke_victim_thanks_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 01 May 2014 14:14:00 GMT Staff from the RUH's pathology department and mortuary will start transferring over to their new purpose-built facility next week, in a move that will see the existing facility demolished. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_04_24_Staff_move_to_new_pathology_lab.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:40:00 GMT Three smoking shelters will be installed within the next few days on the RUH site, with smoking outside of these areas strictly forbidden. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_04_04_RUH_to_install_smoking_shelters.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:27:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath's innovative work to improve patient safety has led to the Trust being chosen to help lead a national campaign, the Health Secretary announced today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_03_26_RUH_chosen_to_help_lead_patient_safety_campaign.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:12:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has reached a major milestone in the battle against the superbugs. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_03_17_one_year_free_of_MRSA.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:29:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath is one of the lowest risk hospitals in the country, a new report published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) indicates. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_03_14_RUH_one_of_the_lowest_risk_hospitals_in_the_country.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:28:00 GMT RUH Statment http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_03_05_Inquest_into_the_death_of_Samuel_Starr.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:29:00 GMT Staff and volunteers of the RUH came together to record the song 'Perfect Change Day' based on the Lou Reed classic. The song, which is now available to view on YouTube was created to encourage people to make pledges for the national movement NHS Change Day. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_03_03_Change_Day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:59:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital was a finalist for an award for being one of the most improved Trusts in the country for uptake of the flu vaccine. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_02_26_Flu_Award.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:02:00 GMT The Care Quality Commission finds that the care we offer to patients at the Royal United Hospital is safe and effective. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_02_05_CQC_press_release.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:12:00 GMT Outstanding staff were honoured for their contributions, achievements and innovation in health and patient care at the hospital's New Year's Honours Awards ceremony. The awards presented during the evening, which took place at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, symbolised the dedication and hard work of so many staff. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_02_03_Awards_Ceremony.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:06:00 GMT The RUH has introduced a new Acute Diabetes Service, which is improving the way we care for patients with diabetes. Between 15-20% of all the patients seen at the RUH have diabetes and this number will continue to increase. Treatment of this group of patients is generally more complex and their hospital stay can be longer than those patients without diabetes. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_01_28_Diabetes_service.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:14:00 GMT The food served in the restaurant at the Royal United Hospital has been given a gold award by Bath and North East Somerset Council. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_01_20_RUH_announced_as_preferred_bidder_for_maternity.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:50:00 GMT The food served in the restaurant at the Royal United Hospital has been given a gold award by Bath and North East Somerset Council. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_01_13_Emergency_Surgical_Ambulatory_Clinic.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:06:00 GMT The food served in the restaurant at the Royal United Hospital has been given a gold award by Bath and North East Somerset Council. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_01_08_Gold_for_Food_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:13:00 GMT A Recruitment Open Day is being held at the Royal United Hospital on Saturday 18 January, for anyone interested in finding out more about our opportunities for nurses and health care assistants. The recruitment event will take place in the hospital's atrium from 10am to 2pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2014_01_08_Recruitment_open_day.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:25:00 GMT Health Minister Dr Daniel Poulter visited the Royal United Hospital Bath to see first-hand the care we provide to emergency patients and sick new-born babies. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_28_Its_your_hospital.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:18:00 GMT Health Minister Dr Daniel Poulter visited the Royal United Hospital Bath to see first-hand the care we provide to emergency patients and sick new-born babies. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_25_Dr_Daniel_Poulter_visit_to_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:10:00 GMT David Slater, a long term patient at the Royal United Hospital, is still on a high after surprise visit from one of his sporting heroes, Stuart Hooper, Captain of Bath Rugby Club. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_18_Bath_rugby_captain_visits_ITU.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:22:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has successfully bid for £1.7m to upgrade lights throughout its buildings. The money will come from the Department of Health, which awarded the RUH a share of its £50m Carbon Efficiency Fund. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_08_RUH_wins_bid_to_upgrade_lights.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:13:00 GMT Children's therapists at the Royal United Hospital celebrated receiving a Bronze Award from the Children's Society, for listening to children and young people and capturing their voice. The Children's Society Award is about enabling children and young people to have a say about how they feel they were listened to by therapists in the delivery of their care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_04_capturing_child_voice_at_RUH.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:43:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust's Public Governors welcome you to their first ever constituency meeting, which is being held at Frome Medical Centre on Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 6pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_11_01_RUH_Coming_to_you.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:07:00 GMT The Care Quality Commission has developed a new model for monitoring key indicators. Each of these has been assigned a risk level - 'no evidence of risk', 'risk', or 'elevated risk'. Of the 79 indicators which the CQC assessed the RUH against, they have identified three indicators which are 'elevated risk' and three as 'risk'. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/media_releases/2013_10_25_CQC_monitoring_model.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:08:00 GMT Director of Nursing Helen Blanchard said: "The Care Quality Commission visited a number of our wards in June and observed very good nursing care and warm interactions between staff and patients. However, there are clearly areas where we need to improve and we are addressing each of these issues." http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_10_16_RUH_response_to_CQC_report.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:23:00 GMT Play specialists at the Royal United Hospital will be helping young patients celebrate 50 years of Play in Hospitals this week (14-20 October), by organising a range of exciting activities and entertainment. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_10_15_Fifty_years_of_play_in_hospitals.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:00:00 GMT More than 200 members of the public helped to celebrate the announcement of the winner of the RUH's Patient Safety Award at the Trust's Annual General Meeting last night. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_27_Patient_Safety_Award_Winner_2013.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:32:00 GMT Patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment for cancer at the Royal United Hospital are benefiting from new, state of the art equipment. The RUH has replaced one of its two Linear Accelerators (LINACs) with a new LINAC and has upgraded the machine which was installed two years ago so that they match. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_26_New_equipment_to_help_treat_cancer.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:09:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has a new Director of Nursing - Helen Blanchard. Helen joins us from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, where she was Chief Nursing Officer, having previously been Director of Nursing and Quality at Hereford County Hospitals NHS Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_20_New_Director_of_Nursing_appointed.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:11:00 GMT Minister for Care and Support Services Norman Lamb visited the Royal United Hospital on 12th September 2013 to see first-hand some of the latest developments in caring for patients with dementia. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_12_Health_Minister_Visit.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:26:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital has today welcomed the announcement that the local community will receive £4.4m extra funding from the Department of Health. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_10_Funding_for_emergency_care.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 10 Sep 2013 08:28:00 GMT Hospital staff heard first hand what it is like to suffer from a stroke, as patients told their stories in the latest in an acclaimed series of listening events. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_06_See_it_my_way_stroke.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:38:00 GMT Members of the public will hear directly from the experts on how the Royal United Hospital is leading the bowel cancer screening programme, and improving care for patients with general surgical problems. Consultant Gastroenterologist Dr John Linehan and Emergency General Consultant Surgeon Sarah Richards will talk about the work the RUH is doing to care for these patients at our Annual General Meeting, which will take place from 5.00pm on Thursday 26 September at the Assembly Rooms, Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_09_03_RUH_AGM.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:19:00 GMT Could your photographs of Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset find a new lease of life at Royal United Hospital Bath? Local residents and keen photographers are being asked to send in iconic images of the local area as part of wider moves to enhance the healing environment at RUH Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_08_21_Call_for_photos.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:23:00 GMT The electric car is becoming increasingly popular around the country as a value-for-money means of transport, and staff at the Royal United Hospital Bath now have access to two them. The Trust is participating in an innovative scheme, which offers staff electric cars to use during the working day, with an option to pay to use them for private use too. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_08_14_Electric_Cars.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:01:00 GMT Hot evening meals and freshly made soup are among the changes patients are noticing to food at the RUH. Improvements being introduced include offering a hot meal option on the evening menu across all wards, (hot meals were not routinely offered on all wards in the evening), and extending the variety of food on offer, including fresh homemade soups, and different sandwiches for those who want a lighter bite to eat. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_08_12_Improvements_to_hospital_food.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:57:00 GMT Pantomime is coming early for the young patients on the children's ward at the Royal United Hospital. On Monday 19 August, at 10am, the children will be enjoying a performance of Sleeping Beauty, staged by the Starlight Children's Foundation, and performed by The Panto Company. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_08_09_Panto_on_childrens_ward.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:38:00 GMT A consultant dermatologist at the Royal United Hospital is calling for changes in the quantity of a specific ingredient contained in everyday cosmetics and household cleaning products, because it is causing a severe allergic reaction in a great many people. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_08_09_Allergy.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:32:00 GMT Feedback from patients is being used to drive forward improvements at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_30_First_Friends_and_Family_Test_results.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:55:00 GMT David Jacobs, one of our cancer services volunteers, has been named Cancer Champion by Macmillan Cancer Support, in recognition of all his work and commitment to improving the lives of people affected by cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_26_Cancer_Champion.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:41:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has welcomed an announcement that it will receive substantial extra funding to help manage the impact of a year on year rise in attendances at its Emergency Department. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_24_RUH_to_receive_extra_ED_funding.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:30:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath's Medical Director says the public can be assured that the hospital is delivering the safest patient care possible. Dr Tim Craft said there were absolutely no concerns about mortality rates at the RUH, after 11 hospital Trusts with above average death rates were put into special measures, following the publication of a review by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_11_Kathleen_Haines_inquest_statement.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:32:00 GMT Our staff were extremely sorry to hear of the death of Mrs Haines, and appreciate that she, along with her family, went through a very distressing experience when a fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit in November 2011. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_11_Kathleen_Haines_inquest_statement.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:32:00 GMT Would you take an organ if you needed one? Nearly everyone would. But only 31% of us have joined the Organ Donor Register. Recipients of an organ donation, and former Chair of BaNES Council, Councillor Rob Appleyard, are working with the Royal United Hospital to raise awareness of the NHS Organ Donor Register, by manning an information stand in the hospital's atrium during British Transplant Week, from 8-17th July. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_05_Giving_the_gift_of_life.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:11:35 GMT Three Health Care Assistants at the Royal United Hospital were finalists in the Bath Chronicle Apprenticeship Award 2013. The three RUH staff who were nominated for the Outstanding Apprentice of the Year award in the Health, Public Services, Education and Care category were Jade Chard, who works on the cardiac ward, and Joan Franklin and Beata Randall, who work on Victoria and Pulteney wards respectively. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_07_05_Apprentice_of_the_year.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:11:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital's Head of Patient Experience, Theresa Hegarty, has been recognised for her work with families and carers. Theresa will be presented with the 2013 Health and Social Care Partner Award at the Carer's Centre first annual awards ceremony this month. Awards are given in recognition of the role that carers' play in society, and brings together young people, volunteers and partner organisations. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_25_Health_Social_Care_partner_awards.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:24:00 GMT Bath based solicitors, Mogers are raising their hats to help The Forever Friends Appeal launch this year's Ted's Big Day Out. The Appeal's annual fundraising day, Ted's Big Day Out, will take place on Friday 18th October 2013, where thousands of teddies will enjoy their annual outing and will be taken to work, school, wherever to help raise funds for the RUH Cancer Care Campaign and this year's theme is - Wear a wig or raise a hat. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_19_TBDO_2013_launch.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:06:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath entirely rejects reports in today's media stating that it entered into gagging orders with staff. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_12_RUH_refutes_gagging_order_claim.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:25:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital's new Pathology Laboratory and Mortuary has reached a significant stage in its construction, with the completion of the roof structure. Howard Jones, Director of Estates and Facilities at the RUH, tightened the last bolt on a beam which bears the signatures of representatives from the hospital user groups, the Trust and the project construction team. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_10_Topping_out_ceremony.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:04:00 GMT The better weather, and a settling down period after a busy winter, is the perfect opportunity for the Royal United Hospital to undertake a deep cleaning programme on several of our hospital wards. The work commences this week (3 June) and in order to manage this successfully, it will be necessary to close one whole ward at a time and for patient beds to be unoccupied. This will enable such things as the removal of radiators to clean behind them. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_03_Deep_cleaning.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:04:00 GMT Richard Graham, a Consultant Radiologist at the Royal United Hospital, has been awarded the Healthcare Reservist of the Year award at the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Awards 2013. This award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the healthcare of patients in the Armed Forces or the Reserve Services. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_03_Military_Award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:04:00 GMT A Recruitment Open Day is being held at the Royal United Hospital on Saturday 8 June, for anyone interested in finding out more about our opportunities for nurses and health care assistants. The recruitment event will take place in the hospital's atrium from 10am to 2pm. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_06_03_Recruitment_open_day.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:04:00 GMT A record 225 people put their best feet forward on Saturday 18th May, taking part in the 'Walk of Life', a sponsored walk organised by the Royal United Hospital's Forever Friends Appeal charity. All walkers took part to raise funds for the RUH Cancer Care Campaign - helping to build a pioneering new Cancer Centre for the hospital in Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_05_20_Walk_of_Life_Post_Event.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:00 GMT The James Dyson Foundation has donated £4m to the development of a pioneering new Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. The donation is the largest in the hospital's history. James Dyson said: "Bath is our home and the base from which I have grown Dyson. This new Cancer Centre will use cutting edge technology and well considered design to improve the health of its patients. We have been hugely impressed by the outcomes of the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the RUH" http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/ RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:00 GMT Three new dementia coordinators are providing a 7-day service to support staff at the Royal United Hospital in giving the best possible care to elderly patients with a known diagnosis of dementia, and to improve the experience of patients and their carers. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_05_07_Dementia_coordinators.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 7 May 2013 13:40:00 GMT Further improvements in outcomes for cancer patients across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire and Somerset are expected following the launch of a specialist acute oncology service at the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_04_29_New_Acute_Oncology_Service.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:34:00 GMT Medical students at the Royal United Hospital are using state of the art equipment to learn how to perform vital blood tests, which will lead to enhanced patient care and improved safety, by practising on a patient simulator. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_04_08_Sim_training.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:13:00 GMT Claire Fullbrook-Scanlon, a Consultant Nurse in Stroke Care at the Royal United Hospital, is running in the London Marathon to raise funds for a nursing colleague who has suffered a stroke. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_04_08_Running_for_one_of_our_own.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:02:00 GMT We have considered the final report of the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium, whose work has now concluded, and heard representations from Staff Side colleagues. We do not intend to join any reformed Consortium in the future, and have confirmed our commitment to nationally negotiated terms and conditions for staff. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_04_04_Statement_on_Pay_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Apr 2013 12:10:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is asking patients to give their views about their stay on the ward or their visit to the Emergency Department. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_27_Friends_and_Family_Test.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:54:00 GMT We were pleased to see that the CQC inspectors described, 'All the staff we met with showed a professional and caring attitude towards their patients…and patients told us how helpful staff had been.' http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_27_RUH_respond_to_CQC_inspection.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:53:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is taking part in NHS Sustainability Day on Thursday 28 March 2013. Trusts across the region will be engaging with staff, patients and the public to get people to understand the mutual benefits of sustainability and health. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_26_NHS_sustainability_day.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:13:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is to reopen its swimming pool in May following an excellent response to a 'use it or lose it' plea. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_25_swimming_pool_to_reopen.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:13:00 GMT A trainee member of staff at the Royal United Hospital has used her ingenuity to improve an occupational therapy kitchen, to make it feel more like home for patients and help in their rehabilitation. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_18_Improving_rehab_facilities.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:22:00 GMT An Anaesthetist at The Royal United Hospital Bath has been honoured for his outstanding contribution in the field of Anaesthesia. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_03_11_Consultant_honoured.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 11 Mar 2013 10:24:00 GMT A keep-fit instructor and two former patients have set up a support group to help women who are being treated for gynaecological cancer at the Royal United Hospital Bath. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_02_12_Gynae_Cancer_Support_Group.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:56:00 GMT Local school children are visting the RUH today to unveil some large scale art that they have created in celebration of our 80th year. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_02_05_Art_on_a_big_scale.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:13:00 GMT Outstanding staff were honoured for their contributions, achievements and innovation in health and patient care at the hospital's New Year's Honours Awards ceremony. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_02_01_RUH_Stars_award_ceremony.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:01:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has today announced the appointment of Francesca Thompson as its new Chief Operating Officer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2013_01_09_RUH_appoints_new_COO.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Jan 2013 14:01:00 GMT Francesca Thompson, Director of Nursing at the Royal United Hospital, is appealing to local people to help keep the hospital as free as possible from the Norovirus bug. This highly contagious infection is rife in the community and all surrounding hospitals are affected. The RUH today has restrictions on four wards due to diarrhoea and vomiting. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_12_18_Help_us_keep_our_hospital_Norovirus_free.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:32:55 GMT The Royal United Hospital is appealing to the public to make someone very happy this Christmas with the gift of blood. Although it's a very busy time of year, sparing an hour to donate blood before the holidays could help save a life. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_12_17_The_gift_of_blood.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:17:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital has received top marks for its work to ensure the privacy of patients attending the Emergency Department. In a survey published today, 64% of patients who responded felt they had been given enough privacy when discussing their condition with a receptionist on arrival at the Emergency Department (ED) - the highest response of the 66 trusts assessed by the Picker Institute Europe. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_12_06_Emergency_Department_praised.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:02:00 GMT Do you have a small piece of history relating to the Royal United Hospital Bath? If so, we'd like to see it and possibly feature it in an exhibition. On Tuesday 11th December, the RUH will be celebrating its 80th birthday on the Combe Park site. As part of the celebrations, we'd like members of the public to bring in any artefacts they have relating to the hospital. From 1pm, a local historian will be on site to talk about the items and they may possibly feature in an exhibition in 2013. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_12_05_RUH_80.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:50:00 GMT A new, multi-skilled Paediatric Diabetes team at the Royal United Hospital is providing specialist care for children and young people with diabetes, not only in outpatients, but also at school and at home. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_12_03_Paediatric_Diabetes.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:23:00 GMT A new way of disposing of scraps of food from meals is helping the environment and saving money at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_11_26_biodigester.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:58:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has been given a clean bill of health by inspectors who said it was meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety. The Care Quality Commission spent three days at the hospital in September and October this year, looking at the care arrangements for surgical patients. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_11_06_NHS_FT_election_results.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:54:00 GMT An exciting new era has begun at the Royal United Hospital, with the election of the Trust's first ever NHS Foundation Trust Governors. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_11_06_NHS_FT_election_results.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:27:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital are thanking the public for supporting their recent plea for the return of any walking aids which are no longer required. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_11_06_Succesful_walking_aids_amenesty.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:26:00 GMT The deadline for casting your vote in our first ever NHS Foundation Trust Governor elections is looming. But there is still time for you to have your say on which of the 34 members of the public you want to represent your views on the Council of Governors. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_30_FT_Still_time_to_vote.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:36:00 GMT RUH response to Coroner's findings http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_23_Coventry_inquest_verdict_RUH_response.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:54:00 GMT Staff at the RUH are working with the Stroke Association to increase awareness of stroke http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_22_Champions_in_fight_against_stroke.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT Making a few changes to your lifestyle can lower your risk of developing osteoporosis say staff at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_16_Osteoporosis.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:30:00 GMT A nurse at the Royal United Hospital is a finalist in a national competition, which could see her as winner of Nurse of the Year. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_15_Shortlisted_for_Nursing_Times_Nurse_of_the_Year.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:06:00 GMT Voting is set to start in our NHS Foundation Trust elections with 48 of our members having put themselves forward to become the first-ever Public Governors of the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_09_RUH_elections.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:18:00 GMT Play specialists at the Royal United Hospital will be helping young patients celebrate Play in Hospital Week (8-12 October) by organising a range of exciting activities and entertainment. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_08_Promoting_play.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:30:00 GMT The National Clinical Director for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, said he was 'blown away' by all that he has seen around dementia care, during his visit to the Royal United Hospital today. The Professor was visiting the hospital to see how staff are raising standards for dementia care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_02_National_clinical_director_visits_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT Our Team Green has won a national award for its environmental work at the Royal United Hospital. The team's efforts were recognised with the Energy Efficiency award at the Health Service Journal's Efficiency Awards 2012. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_10_02_Team_Green_wins_national_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:11:00 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital have been praised for their excellent work researching the causes and treatments of stroke. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_25_stroke_research_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:07:00 GMT The gardeners at the Royal United Hospital are celebrating a 'first prize' win in this year's Bath in Bloom competition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_19_new_car_parking_fees.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:38:00 GMT A new pricing structure for parking in public car parks at the Royal United Hospital is to be introduced next month. Visitors will see a reduction in the cost of parking in certain areas and depending upon the length of time they park. There will be a modest rise in the pricing of the remaining parking fees. The premise of the first 20 minutes being free for all visitors remains. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_19_new_car_parking_fees.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:49:00 GMT Members of the public are being given the chance to hear first-hand how the Royal United Hospital is improving the care provided to patients with a common, debilitating disease at the Trust's Annual General Meeting on 26 September 2012 http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_14_Annual_General_Meeting.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:43:00 GMT An RUH Consultant, who sits on the Resuscitation Council's Executive Committee, says there isn't enough evidence to recommend how long resuscitation attempts on patients who have suffered an in-hospital cardiac arrest should last. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_06_RUH_Case_by_case_resuscitation.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:28:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is backing a Government campaign to encourage people to talk to their doctor if they are worried about their bowels. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_09_03_Be_Clear_on_Cancer.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:37:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is backing a national campaign to raise awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff, to help improve the service provided to patients with this condition. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_08_13_Dementia_awareness.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:14:00 GMT A collaborative study led by the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), Plymouth University, at acute admissions sites within four hospitals in the West, is the first that aims to identify how decisions are made and clinical experience is used to minimise the number of unnecessary acute admissions to hospital, with a view to making recommendations for best practice and cost savings across the NHS and beyond. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_07_27_Peninsula_College_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:30:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital has outlined its top five priorities for patients in 2012/13, focusing upon efficiency, feeling welcome, and being safely cared for. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_07_10_RUH_outlines_its_priorities_for_patients.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:32:07 GMT Four healthcare professionals from the Royal United Hospital are getting on their bikes for a challenging cycle ride to raise money to buy medical equipment for their unit. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_07_10_MAU_cycle_challenge.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:06:33 GMT A number of prestigious accolades have been heaped upon the Royal United Hospital over the last few weeks. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_07_06_Awards.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:22:40 GMT The RUH is celebrating the success of six teenagers who are getting ready to graduate from a year's internship at the hospital. The significant fact here is that each of these young adults has a learning disability. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_07_06_Project_Search.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:21:42 GMT The Royal United Hospital is asking patients to help them save money by returning any crutches, walking frames or walking sticks that are no longer required – or incur a fine which will come into force from August. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_06_19_Walking_aids_amnesty.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:57:01 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust is advising people not to attend the Emergency Department on Thursday June 21st, unless really necessary. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_06_18_BMA_Action_Trust_response.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:55:25 GMT A campaign to raise staff awareness of pressure ulcer prevention is taking place this week at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_06_18_Pressure_ulcer_awareness_week.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:31:44 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital are using Dementia Awareness Week, from 21-15 May, to remind people that there is more to a person than their illness. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_05_22_Remember_the_person.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 22 May 2012 12:56:51 GMT After a period of downtime Melksham Hospital x-ray department has now reopened. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_05_21_Melksham_x-ray_open.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 May 2012 12:55:01 GMT Over the past year, not a single RUH patient has contracted the so called 'super-bug', MRSA, whilst being treated at the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_05_14_MRSA_free_for_a_year.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 14 May 2012 07:59:47 GMT The Royal United Hospital is to take on extra nursing staff and open two new wards to help it continue to provide quality care to patients. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_05_09_RUH_to_recruit_new_staff.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 10 May 2012 09:04:20 GMT There is a palpable air of excitement on the first floor of the RUH today, as staff welcome patients to a new, purpose built Dermatology unit, which opened at the hospital this morning. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2012_05_08_Dermatology_unit_opens.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 08 May 2012 13:57:55 GMT The RUH is making great strides in reducing its carbon footprint by sending much less waste to landfill. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_04_23_Recycling.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:16:42 GMT The Royal United Hospital is inviting members of the public to help review the information it provides to patients who come to the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_04_23_Health_Information_Group.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:14:12 GMT On Wednesday 28 March, the RUH, along with many NHS organisations across the South West will be taking part in the first annual NHS Sustainability Day. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_26_NHS_Sustainability_Day.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:11:33 GMT The RUH has been commended on how it is improving the mealtime service it offers to patients during their hospital stay. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_26_Nutrition_and_Hydration.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:53:35 GMT The RUH is celebrating the news that two of its nurses both won at the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards last night. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_23_Nurse_of_the_year.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:59:40 GMT In an article in this week's edition of The Lancet, a consultant physician from the RUH says Deaf people are not given a fair opportunity when it comes to healthcare and for some this leads to errors in their treatment. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_09_Deaf_denied_fair_access_to_health.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Mar 2012 13:39:11 GMT The Royal United Hospital will get £1.8 million to bring forward the purchase of state of the art new medical equipment to improve services for NHS patients, the Government announced today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_06_RUH_new_equipment.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:49:37 GMT Sharon Grainger, a Neurology Nurse Specialist at the Royal United Hospital, will be among the first to run in the Olympic Stadium, after winning a competition to take part in the National Lottery Olympic Park Run later this month. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_03_05_Olympic_Stadium_Run.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:30:03 GMT A simple blood test for people suspected of suffering from heart failure could save unnecessary hospital scans and an anxious wait, thanks to a joint venture between an RUH cardiologist and GPs in Bath and Wiltshire. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_02_02_Heart_Failure_Test.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:28:26 GMT A Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal United Hospital says people are risking their lives by ignoring the early signs and symptoms of bowel cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_02_03_bowel_cancer.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:39:11 GMT Patient John Cridland has praised the Royal United Hospital's standard of care after returning back home just four days after suffering a severe stroke. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_31_Praise_for_RUH_stroke_care.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:14:41 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust meets all the essential standards of quality and care, according to the national health regulator, the Care Quality Commission. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_24_CQC_inspection_report.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 25 Jan 2012 09:15:00 GMT Women in the region are being urged to take control of their own health by making sure a date for a cervical screening test is firmly in the diary. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_24_Cervical_screening.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:10:25 GMT Two nurses at the Royal United Hospital are waiting to find out whether they have won a national competition, which could see them as winners of Nurse of the Year. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_24_Nurses_in_the_running_for_prestigious_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:05 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital are celebrating 250 days free of the MRSA superbug. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_20_RUH_celebrates_250_days_free_of_MRSA_superbug.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 Jan 2012 12:21:33 GMT People suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting are being urged not to visit friends or relatives at the Royal United Hospital until they are better. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_17_Norovirus.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:28:31 GMT A class of teenagers with learning disabilities proudly shared their experiences of working at the Royal United Hospital with the Chairman of Bath and North East Somerset Council, Cllr. Peter Edwards this week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_17_BANES_Chairman_to_visit_Project_Search.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:35:00 GMT On Tuesday 17 January, the Royal United Hospital is inviting staff and visitors to a special promotion to find out more about 'greener' and healthier methods of transport. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2012_01_09_Greener_Transport.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Jan 2012 09:11:22 GMT The Royal United Hospital is urging people unfortunate enough to fall ill or suffer an injury over the festive period to consider alternatives to attending the Emergency Department if their condition is not an emergency. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_21_Advice_if_you_are_ill_or_injured_this_Christmas.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:21:59 GMT A warm, cuddly volunteer, with a cold wet nose and a furry coat is providing comfort and joy to patients on the Older People's Unit at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_20_PAT_Dog.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 20 Dec 2011 11:42:01 GMT The Royal United Hospital is appealing to the public to make someone very happy this Christmas with the gift of blood. Although it's a very busy time of year, sparing an hour to donate blood before the holidays could help save a life. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_19_The_gift_of_blood.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 19 Dec 2011 12:43:40 GMT An RUH Consultant Anaesthetist has co-written a national study which shows that less than half (48%) of high risk surgical patients received good care in UK hospitals. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_09_RUH_consultant_co-authors_NCEPOD_report.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Dec 2011 08:41:04 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital have been recognised for their energy saving efforts with a national award. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_08_Hospital_wins_energy_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:19:39 GMT Do you know of someone who could be our Hospital Hero? Someone who has gone above and beyond the call of duty or made you, a friend, or a relative feel especially well cared for whilst at the RUH? http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_06_Hospital_Hero.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:04:53 GMT Staff and visitors are helping to spread some goodwill in a unique way during the festive season at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_12_06_Tree_of_Goodwill.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:02:53 GMT Every effort is being made to run services at the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust as normally as possible today, Wednesday 30th November. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_11_30_Industrial_Action_Response_am.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 30 Nov 2011 10:02:53 GMT People should have an HIV test as part of a routine sexual health check, according to a consultant at the Royal United Hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_11_29_World_Aids_Day.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:46:11 GMT This evening (Tuesday 22 November) there was a small fire involving an oxygen cylinder in a single bay the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Eleven of the patients in the Unit were transferred to other parts of the hospital and one has been taken to the Burns Unit at Frenchay hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_11_22_ICU_incident.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:49:00 GMT 'If in doubt, get it checked out' is the message coming out of the mouths of staff in the oral surgery department at the RUH this month, in support of a national campaign to raise awareness of mouth cancer. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_11_22_If_in_doubt.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:43:29 GMT Staff at the RUH are emphasising the importance of prescribing antibiotics prudently, in support of European Antibiotic Awareness Day on Friday 18 November. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_11_08_Antibiotics_awareness.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 08 Nov 2011 13:59:33 GMT Some of the Royal United Hospital's frailest patients are now receiving improved care, following the opening of a new Hip Fracture Unit. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_10_18_Hip_Fracture_Unit.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:41:11 GMT Patients will be making their film debut at a special premier at the Royal United Hospital's Breast Unit on the 21 October 2011. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_10_13_RUH_hosts_premier.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Oct 2011 13:16:53 GMT Having served as a non-executive director at Royal United Hospital since 1 December 2005, Stephen Wheeler has accepted re-appointment from 1 December 2011 until 31 March 2014 at a current remuneration of £6,096 per annum. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_10_13_Non_executive_reappointed.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 13 Oct 2011 13:15:41 GMT Staff at the Royal United Hospital will be promoting the benefits of good hand hygiene in killing infections next week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_10_11_infection_control_week.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:47:59 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath has been awarded £150,000 to improve the way patients with Parkinson's disease are given medicines. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_09_22_RUH_wins_grant_to_improve_medicine_administration.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Sep 2011 13:08:21 GMT Play specialists at the RUH are celebrating the benefits of play in the treatment of children, as part of National Play in Hospital Week. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_09_22_RUH_Promotes_Play.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 22 Sep 2011 13:06:11 GMT Carers have been sharing their moving stories with staff from across the RUH as part of a drive to improve patient and carer experiences at the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_09_20_See_it_my_way.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:27:40 GMT Patient safety is going to be the talking point at the Royal United Hospital all next week as the hospital launches its annual Patient Safety Week: 'It starts with Me', from 12 – 16 September. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_09_06_Safety_Matters.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:09:00 GMT Health Minister Simon Burns saw first-hand the care a patient who has suffered a stroke would receive in hospital when he visited the RUH in Bath today. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_08_15_Health_Minister_Simon_Burns_visits_the_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:34:00 GMT Royal United Hospital patient receives national diabetes award http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_07_26_Diabetes_Medal.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Jul 2011 15:44:41 GMT The Royal United Hospital is combining its heating and power systems to save huge amounts of otherwise wasted energy and make a massive saving. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_07_26_New_energy_centre.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Jul 2011 13:01:10 GMT The courtyard gardens and glorious green spaces at the Royal United Hospital are looking blooming marvelous, thanks to the efforts of its volunteer gardeners. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_07_14_Bloom_Prize.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:19:30 GMT The RUH is celebrating the success of eight teenagers who are getting ready to graduate from a year's internship at the hospital. The significant fact here is that each of these young adults has a learning disability. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_07_12_RUH_welcomes_teenagers_with_learning_disabilities_into_workplace.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Jul 2011 12:14:33 GMT Staff at the RUH have been given a remarkable and moving insight into what it's like to live with dementia. At an event at the hospital, called 'Seeing it My Way – living with dementia'. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_07_11_Dementia_insight_event.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 12 Jul 2011 08:19:54 GMT The RUH is looking forward to the commencement of a £40 million, five-year development programme to replace outdated buildings with new facilities which patients will help design. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_06_22_RUH_Transformation.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 22 Jun 2011 09:43:07 GMT Patients, who come to the Royal United Hospital Bath, are more likely to get fast access to life-saving stroke prevention surgery than in may other hospital in England and Wales, according to a national report published today (21 June 2011) http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_06_21_Stroke_care_nat_audit_figures.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 21 Jun 2011 08:10:52 GMT Patients at the RUH are benefiting from the use of cutting edge digital imaging technology to treat cardiovascular conditions. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_06_21_Biplane_scanner.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 21 Jun 2011 08:09:33 GMT Men over 50 are being warned not to ignore the signs of prostate cancer, with the Royal United Hospital in Bath reporting a year on year rise in cases. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_06_16_Prostrate_cancer_warnings.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT Dr Dan Magnus, a Paediatric Registrar at the Royal United Hospital, has been voted Junior Doctor of the Year. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_05_19_Registrar_wins_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 19 May 2011 13:51:55 GMT Two new non-executive directors have been appointed at the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_04_26_new_nonexec_directors_at_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:32:38 GMT Health Minister Lord Howe visited the RUH on Tuesday 12 April to see first-hand the hard work of staff who have helped the hospital perform better than ever before. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_04_12_Earl_Howe_visit_to_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:25:45 GMT The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust is working with local people with Parkinson's to ensure they can have confidence in the care they receive if they come into the RUH. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_04_07_Parkinsons_Awareness.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 11 Apr 2011 08:52:09 GMT People living in and around Trowbridge are being urged to have their say on the Royal United Hospital’s plans to become an NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_04_05_Becoming_a_Foundation_Trust.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:25:04 GMT Obese patients have double the risk of airway problems during an anaesthetic. Study also shows routine monitoring of breathing could reduce deaths in intensive care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_03_29_Anaesthetic_Study_Tim_Cook.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:34 GMT On Monday 21st March the RUH begins a series of public meetings across Bath, North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Somerset (Mendip)and South Gloucestershire, This consultation will last 13 weeks, offering the public, patients and staff the opportunity to find out more about the plans and to become members of the new NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_03_16_Becoming_a_Foundation_Trust.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT Dr Dan Magnus, a Paediatric Registrar at the Royal United Hospital, has been shortlisted as one of just three finalists for the British MedicalJournal (BMJ) Junior Doctor of the Year award. This award acknowledges the doctor in training who has done most to improve the world we live in, or to inspire others. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_03_15_Registrar_nominated_for_award.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:49:17 GMT Finding your way around the RUH will soon become much easier for patients and visitors as signage on the site is completely replaced. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_03_08_new_signs_at_the_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 8 Mar 2011 12:49:17 GMT The Mayor of Bath is visiting the Department of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at the Royal United Hospital (on Wednesday 9 March) to hear how the team is making healthcare accessible to the young people of Bath and beyond. At the same time he’ll be unveiling the new name of the clinic formerly known as Genito-Urinary Medicine. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_03_07_Mayor_Visit_to_RUH.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 7 Mar 2011 14:10:04 GMT People in their 60s are being urged to take part in a screening campaign which aims to diagnose bowel cancer and prevent it developing in the first place. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/documents/2011_01_31_bowel_cancer_screening.pdf RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 1 Feb 2011 12:44:00 GMT The RUH, in collaboration with NHS Bath and North East Somerset, has released a series of three short films warning people of the devastating effects of bringing Norovirus into a hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2011-01-25_Norovirus_DVD_launch.asp RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 25 Jan 2011 15:48:00 GMT The Royal United Hospital is appealing to the public to make someone very happy this Christmas with the gift of blood. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010_12_17_The_gift_of_blood.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 17 Dec 2010 10:48:00 GMT Parents can be reassured that the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust is providing high quality emergency surgery for their children, even though only 48% of English District General Hospitals do so. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-12-16_Paediatric_Surgery_RCS_Report_response.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:31:00 GMT Food at the Royal United Health (RUH) has been given a clean bill of health by Bath and North East Somerset Environmental Health Inspectors. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-12-08_Merit_Award_for_Food_Safety.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:30:00 GMT The RUH will be moving into the world of social media when we launch our own Twitter site on Monday 13 December. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-12-07_Twitter.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:10:00 GMT On International Violence Against Women Day, figures released today by the RUH show there has been a year on year increase in victims of domestic abuse accessing support through the hospital. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-11-23_Victims_of_domestic_violence_get_help_at_RUH.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:45:00 GMT The RUH has put plans in place to combat the increased pressure expected this winter – and is urging people to follow some simple steps to keep well in the cold weather. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-11-23_keep_warm.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT Patient safety is going to be the talking point at the Royal United Hospital all next week (from 15 November) as the hospital opens its doors to visitors and potential patients, to give them a chance to talk face-to-face with clinical staff about different aspects of patient care. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-11-10_Safety_matters.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Tue, 10 Nov 2010 10:42:00 GMT Friday 29 October marks World Stroke Day and the Department of Health is promoting its ACT FAST campaign, highlighting awareness of the symptoms of stroke and its status as a critical medical emergency. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-10-26_RUH_Stroke_Care.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Thu, 26 Oct 2010 12:03:00 GMT A national enquiry has found fundamental flaws in the delivery of cosmetic surgery, and is calling on regulatory bodies to monitor cosmetic surgery providers more closely. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-09-16_Alex_Godwin_Cosmetic_Surgery.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 16 Sep 2010 09:50:00 GMT Cycling uphill might be a bit of a challenge for a lot of us, so just imagine the kind of willpower you would need to cycle up a mountain! Jim Grant, Physiotherapy Manager at the Royal United Hospital, did just that, cycling through the Pyrenees, which included ascents totalling over 12,500m. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-09-01_Pyrenees.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:03:00 GMT The RUH is calling an 'amnesty' for the return of any crutches, walking frames or walking sticks that are no longer required. http://www.ruh.nhs.uk/media/news_homepage/2010-09-01_Walking_aids_amnesty.asp?menu_id=2 RUHcommunications@nhs.net Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:42:00 GMT