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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS Trust managing Watford General, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans City Hospitals. Our vision is 'Excellent patient care, together'.

View our social media house rules - https://bit.ly/social-house-rules West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedf

ordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire. As an employer of over 5,000 people, the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

*This page contains information for both staff and users of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and anyone with an interest in healthcare.

*This is not a referral system. If you have a health-related problem or concern, please contact your GP.

*If you have questions regarding appointments or a patient in our hospitals, please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). You can find contact information here: https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/patientservices/pals.asp

18/07/2025

Today marks the start of South Asian Heritage Month! 🎉

The month is a chance to celebrate South Asian cultures, histories and communities.

This year's theme is ‘Root to Routes’ and we’ll be sharing stories through storytelling, culinary traditions, music and dance.

We have a packed programme of events and activities across our sites for colleagues, giving everyone a chance to celebrate and learn more about the diverse culture, food and traditions of South Asia.

17/07/2025

We've dedicated July as Wellbeing Month - a month to promote all the wellbeing resources and activities for staff across our Trust 💙

Our amazing wellbeing and HR teams have been out and about across all our sites to promote the month for our colleagues!

Here they are at St Albans City Hospital with colleagues on their wellbeing walkarounds.

16/07/2025

“I’m volunteering for the Caring for Carers team – because without them my caring journey would have been so much harder.”

Listen to Ruth – our dedicated carers volunteer – as she explains how the fantastic support she received from our Caring for Carers service inspired her to become a volunteer.

The Carers service offered Ruth both practical and emotional support in her caring role when she was looking after her husband.

The service provided her a shoulder to lean on, alongside a listening ear. She now volunteers for the service that supported her in so many ways.

15/07/2025

Well done to Heather, our Clinical Correspondence and Digital Health Records Supervisor, who is this week’s West Herts Wonder! ⭐

Heather recently completed a Women in Leadership course which helped her to explore a wide range of topics and which she passed with Distinction.

Heather said: “This experience has reminded me that you’re never too old to challenge yourself or learn something new. I’m excited to see where these new skills and insights will take me next.”

Congratulations to Heather!

14/07/2025

Our fantastic Simulation team offer our colleagues a safe learning environment to practice real-world health and care scenarios.

Through simulated events, healthcare professionals can practice and refine their skills in a controlled environment.

As part of this, the Simulation team have recently started incorporating our Trust values into debriefs following simulations.

Following a simulated patient encounter in the safe learning space, participants are asked to reflect on their experience and consider which Trust values have been demonstrated as part of the simulation.

This is just one way we help our staff to provide the highest level of patient care.

11/07/2025

Our wonderful wellbeing and HR teams have been out and about across all our sites to promote Wellbeing Month for our colleagues! 💙

Creating a positive wellbeing culture is essential to ensure staff feel supported and remain healthy at work. That's why we've dedicated July to promoting wellbeing resources and activities for staff.

Here are some of the fantastic Endoscopy team at Hemel Hempstead Hospital celebrating the month.

10/07/2025

July is Wellbeing Month for our colleagues at West Herts! 💙

This is a great opportunity to showcase to our fantastic staff all the wellbeing support and activities on offer to help look after themselves and each other.

Listen as Christine – the Instructor for our staff Pilates class at Watford - speaks about the benefits of doing Pilates.

She highlights both physical and mental benefits of taking part in Pilates, including boosting your stamina and giving you better flexibility.

09/07/2025

We were delighted to join forces with Watford FC over the weekend as the club visited Watford General Hospital to gift tiny versions of their new home shirt to our latest arrivals! ⚽

Baby Isabel was among the babies who are the newest fans of the club as she received her mini-kit. Our fantastic staff got involved too.

Toby Hyde, Chief Strategy and Collaboration Officer at West Herts, said: “We’ve had some lovely feedback from parents about the surprise gifts and we may now have a few new Hornets fans as a result. These tiny shirts will be a memento of a very special day in their lives.

“The shirts were of course optional – and some parents were clear about where their child’s loyalties would lie in future!”

08/07/2025

Well done to Justin - our Fire, Health and Safety Manager - who is this week’s West Herts Wonder! 🎉

Justin is a fantastic manager to his small team. He’s always the first to offer help, no matter how busy he is.

His nominator said: “Justin doesn’t just manage - he supports, encourages, and gets stuck in right alongside us. It’s clear he genuinely cares, and that makes a huge difference.”

“He always makes time for the team and wider staff - and people genuinely know they can count on him.”

Here he is with his team members, Kim and Carl. Thank you, Justin, for your dedication!

07/07/2025

Congratulations to the recent graduates of our Stepping Out with Quality Improvement (QI) course! 🎉

This training course is delivered by our QI team in collaboration with NHS Elect and is aimed at those leading improvement projects at the Trust. This approach helps colleagues to drive improvements in patient care.

Well done to all the graduates, who received certificates from our Chief Nurse Kelly McGovern.

05/07/2025

Happy 77nd birthday to the NHS! 🥳

Today, we celebrate the incredible work of the NHS and the vital contributions of our staff.

A big thank you to all the amazing NHS staff working at West Herts and beyond.

04/07/2025

During this year’s WellFest, our annual wellbeing festival, Wild Ivy Retreats visited our UK Neqas offices at Croxley Business Park and provided a gentle meditative session that included making shower aromatherapy bouquets. These beautiful bundles were a big hit!

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