Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

31/10/2025

Going out trick or treating this evening? Please be careful of potentially flammable Halloween costumes and the dangers posed by lit pumpkins and candles. 🎃

In the event of a fire, remember to:
🕸️ STOP: Do not run or it will make the flames worse
🕸️ DROP: down to the ground
🕸️ ROLL: in heavy fabric or a fire blanket to smother the flames, though just on the ground will help
🕸️ COOL: the burn with running cool tap water for at least 20 minutes and remove all clothing and jewellery from the area (unless it is melted or firmly stuck to the wound)
🕸️ CALL: for help. Call 999, 111, or your local GP for any burn larger than a 50p coin
🕸️ COVER: the burn with loose cling film whilst you seek further medical help.

Our Minor Injuries Unit is also open until 8pm for any non-emergency care, including minor burns and scalds.

Stay safe and enjoy your Halloween activities, whatever hocus pocus you’re getting up to! 👻

NHS Sussex Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership

31/10/2025

Our Minor Injuries Unit is open 8am - 8pm, 365 days a year, for non-emergency care.

Find out more about what we can help with here on our website: https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/our-services/minor-injuries-unit/

There's no need to haunt A&E this half term...

Minor Injuries Units and Urgent Treatment Centres are here to help with your little monsters’ mishaps.

Find your nearest urgent care location: https://orlo.uk/xbBzW

30/10/2025

Are you a healthcare assistant who works in a nursing or care home, health centre or community setting, and would like to further develop your nutrition knowledge and skills? 🍽️

Why not join our interesting and informative study morning here at QVH, run by our dietetics experts?

The course covers a wide range of topics from balanced diets and malnutrition to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) awareness – plenty to get your teeth into! 🥗🚰

Tickets cost £25 each - for further information and to book your ticket via Eventbrite, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nutrition-study-morning-for-health-care-assistants-tickets-1737922485939?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please do share with anyone who you feel may be interested in this course!

NHS Sussex Moatfield Surgery Modality Partnership Mid-Sussex East Grinstead Town Council Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership

28/10/2025

October marks , a time to raise awareness, support early detection, and show solidarity with those affected by breast cancer. 🎗️🩷

Did you know that approximately 57,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year?

Here at QVH, we are the major regional centre for complex, microvascular breast reconstruction following, or simultaneously with, resection for cancer, and have a fantastic integrated team of consultants and specialist breast reconstruction nurses to help support our patients throughout their surgical journey.
We also work closely with Restore, who host ‘Show and Tell’ events at our hospital for patients considering their reconstruction options.

It is so important to make sure that you check your breasts every month for any noticeable changes, book your routine breast screening appointment when invited to do so, and see your GP if something doesn’t feel right. 💙

More information is available on our website: https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/our-services/plastic-surgery-and-burns/breast-surgery/

NHS Sussex NHS England Breast Cancer Now Breast Cancer UK Macmillan in the South East

24/10/2025

When 6-year-old Willow wanted to do something to say thank you to our hospital – who has looked after her since she was a baby – she not only put on her thinking cap, but her dancing shoes too! 🩰🪩

Inspired by their musical idols like Taylor Swift, Willow and her classmates took on a sponsored ‘dress up and dance’ to raise money for our QVH Charity. They ended up dancing for a whole hour non-stop, and managed to raise an incredible £2,323.51!

Willow said: “I wanted to do my dancing challenge because the hospital has helped me for my whole life, and other children too. So I thought they deserved something back to carry on helping children and make it fun at the same time!”

We want to say a huge thank you to Willow, her family and her classmates for choosing to fundraise for QVH Charity - they certainly deserve the glitterball trophy this year! 💛

You can read more about Willow’s achievement on our website: https://www.supportqvh.org/2025/10/young-patient-dances-her-way-to-fundraising-success/

24/10/2025

Our Minor Injuries Unit is open 8am - 8pm, 365 days a year, for non-emergency care.

Find out more about what we can help with here on our website: https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/our-services/minor-injuries-unit/

Help us help you by using the right NHS service for your little ghouls this half term.

Many minor issues can be treated at home or with help from a pharmacist, and 111 is available 24/7 online and by phone.

23/10/2025

We were excited to hear that Ravi, one of our patients and winner of the golden buzzer in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent, is now a TV presenter! 📺✨

He was asked by Good Morning Britain to support Richard Arnold interviewing the celebrities attending this year’s Pride of Britain event, expertly working the red carpet in his sparkly jacket.
Ravi won his own Pride of Britain award back in 2023 and since then has been an incredible ambassador for facial palsy and our hospital.

The Pride of Britain Awards are being shown tonight on ITV1 at 8pm – we’ll be tuning in and looking out for him! 💙

NHS Sussex Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership

20/10/2025

Wishing a to our colleagues from QVH and across the NHS, and to our patients, friends and supporters who are celebrating. 🪔💙💛

17/10/2025

Our burns support group are getting together for a free wellbeing day on Friday 14 November from 11am – 2pm here at QVH. 💙

The event is open to anyone aged 16+ who has sustained a burn requiring hospital treatment (at QVH or elsewhere), and will include treatments such as reflexology, back massage and hand massage, with a delicious fish and chip lunch provided.

Would you or someone you know like to join this friendly group for a spot of wellbeing and yummy lunch? 💆

Please email qvh.burnssupportgroup@nhs.net or call 01342 414440 to book your place.



NHS Sussex Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership The Katie Piper Foundation Dans Fund For Burns

14/10/2025

We have been celebrating all of our AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) today on ! 🎉

Did you know that allied health professionals are the third largest workforce within the NHS?

Allied health professionals is the umbrella term for a variety of different professionals, including dieticians, prosthetists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiographers, and more. They assess, treat, diagnose and discharge patients and through a holistic approach to healthcare, they can help manage patients’ care throughout their life.

Thank you to all of our AHPs for your continuous commitment to providing the best care for our patients! 💙

Here are some of the examples of AHPs that we have here at QVH.

NHS Sussex NHS England

14/10/2025

A huge thank you to the fabulous team at Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill for organising another great quiz night, and to everyone who attended for your generosity! 💙

We are blown away by how much was raised - every penny counts. 💛

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our quiz night last Thursday in aid of our wonderful Charity of the Year, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust!

We had such a great time with you all and are very proud to share that, thanks to your incredible generosity, we raised an amazing £1000!

We can't wait to see you all again soon!

11/10/2025

Our QVH Charity and members of our Burns team are out on the road next Wednesday (15 October) to mark Burns Awareness Day! 🔥

They will be at Bluewater Shopping Centre (near Dartford) from 10am – 3pm at the Community stand on the Upper Rose Gallery next to HMV, and
Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill, also from 10am – 3pm, to chat about all things burns awareness and burn safety, as well as raising money for our hospital charity. 💛

If you’re planning a day trip or just want to pop in and say hi, do make sure you look out for our teams. 👋