2007 Media Releases
Trust welcomes Maternity Survey results
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased with the results of the 2007 National Maternity Survey. The results were published today (Tuesday 27 November) and include women’s experiences of maternity care at the Trust during February this year. Read More...
Remembrance service for babies and children
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is holding a service of love, thanksgiving and remembrance for babies and children on Sunday 6 January at 3pm. Read More...
Trust Chairman to retire after 11 years
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Chairman, Dr Clive Morton OBE, has announced he will retire as Chairman from 1 April 2024 after more than 11 years of service. Read More...
Hospital equipment amnesty
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the return of approximately £3,000 of missing hospital equipment after launching an equipment amnesty last month. Read More...
Infection prevention and control update
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
As of today, 05 December 2007, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will issue infection prevention and control updates regularly to the public. Read More...
Trust bids farewell to Deputy Chairman
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Geoff Clubbe has retired as Deputy Chairman of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after 13 years’ service to the Trust and its predecessors. Read More...
Travel Options receives Excellence Award
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to have received the Travel Plan Excellence Award for its Travel Options scheme, which was presented to staff at a special ceremony in Cambridge on 22 November. Read More...
Hospital equipment amnesty
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is appealing for thousands of pounds worth of wheelchairs to be returned – with no questions asked. Read More...
Construction progressing extremely well
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough’s new acute hospital, integrated care centre and mental health unit are
closer to opening their doors to patients as the construction of all three facilities has started extremely well. Read More...
Digital X-ray revolution for hospitals
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Patients in Peterborough and Stamford are set to benefit from a state-of-the-art computer system that will allow medical staff at all three Trust hospitals to view X-ray images and scans seconds after they are taken.
Read More...Remembrance service for babies and children
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is holding a service of love, thanksgiving and remembrance for babies and children on Sunday 28 October at 7pm. Read More...
Boost to Trust funds for fighting infections
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
This week is National Infection Control Awareness Week and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to confirm a £268,000 boost to its fight against infection. Read More...
Trust welcomes Annual Health Check results
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased with the results of the Healthcare Commission’s second Annual Health Check. Read More...
Additional investment at Stamford Hospital
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continues to invest in Stamford Hospital with improvements to the car park and sections of the roof due to take place during the winter. Read More...
Travel Options project receives award
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to have received the Travel Plan Excellence Award for its Travel Options scheme.
Read More...*Amended* Board of Governors meeting
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Board of Governors is meeting in public on Wednesday 10 October. Read More...
Board of Governors meeting
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Board of Governors is meeting in public on Wednesday 10 October. Read More...
A service of remembrance
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is holding a service of love, thanksgiving and remembrance for those who have died in the Intensive Care Unit. This is to be held on Sunday 7 October at 3pm in the Chapel at Peterborough District Hospital. Read More...
Further investment in Stamford Hospital
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Investment in services at Stamford Hospital continues with the purchase of almost £300,000 of new equipment.
Read More...GPHIP construction update
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
The following construction work has been, or will be, taking place between 27 August – 1 October: Read More...
GPHIP construction update
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
The following construction work has been, or will be, taking place between 10 – 27 August: Read More...
GPHIP construction update
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
The following construction work has been, or will be, taking place between 02 July – 13 August: Read More...
Trust welcomes new governors
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to welcome nine new public governors and four new staff governors following an election process. Read More...
Annual Public Meeting – 12 September
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Anyone with an interest in how Greater Peterborough’s new health project is shaping up is invited to attend the Annual Public Meeting of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Read More...
Have your say – use your vote
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Members of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are reminded to use their vote and help elect their preferred candidates in this year’s governor elections. Read More...
Stamford Hospital Public consultation Feedback
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Stamford Hospital Public consultation feedback
Following a 12-week public consultation, the partnership behind the proposed new Stamford Hospital community venture is pleased to announce overwhelming public support for the project.
Nearly 1,600 people took part in the consultation and 98 per cent of respondents were supportive of a new joint management partnership with Stamford GPs. 96 per cent were supportive of a new Board of Governors for Stamford including community representatives and 95 per cent supported the idea of inviting other healthcare organisations onto the hospital site to create a healthcare campus.
Read More...Get involved – Trust governor elections
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust would like to remind local people that they have the opportunity to get involved in its governor elections – either by becoming a member and casting a vote, or by standing as a governor. Read More...
Trust steps into first place in challenge
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Members of staff at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have shown they are a step ahead of the rest by winning a pedometer challenge set by Peterborough’s Travelchoice team. Read More...
Patients to benefit from new visiting policy
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced changes to its visiting policy which will further improve patient care. Read More...
Get involved – Trust governor elections
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is asking local people to get involved in its governor elections – either by becoming a member and casting a vote, or by standing as a governor. Read More...
Health investment plan receives the green light
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
The dream of a new, state-of-the-art acute hospital, new integrated care centre and a new mental health hospital being built in Peterborough will now definitely become a reality after the project gained all necessary government approvals and reached financial close. Read More...
Smoke Free celebrates six months
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
In just a few days, on 1 July, England will officially go Smoke Free but visitors to Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have already enjoyed a smoke free atmosphere for the past six months. Read More...
Remembrance service for babies and children
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is holding a service of love, thanksgiving and remembrance for babies and children on Sunday 1 July at 3pm. It will be held in the Chapel on the fifth floor, Peterborough District Hospital. Read More...
Annual Health Check – preliminary data
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has made a very positive declaration to the Healthcare Commission’s latest Annual Health Check. Read More...
Trust supports osteoporosis awareness
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Enjoy a healthy balanced diet and take plenty of exercise to help keep your bones strong – this is the message from Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as it supports June’s National Osteoporosis Month. Read More...
New unit improves needle biopsy experience
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
A new piece of equipment is making breast needle biopsies a quicker and more comfortable experience for patients at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Read More...
Trust welcomes Referral to Treatment data
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the government’s decision to publish the Referral to Treatment data for all hospital trusts. Read More...
Waiting list investigation is completed
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has completed the formal investigation into its elective (non-emergency) orthopaedic treatment waiting list. Read More...
Stamford Hospital Consultation – final meeting
Categories: 2007 Media Releases Stamford Hospital Consultation Releases
The partnership behind the Stamford Hospital new management proposals is encouraging people to attend the final public meeting before the consultation period ends. Read More...
Trust welcomes feedback from patients
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the latest national survey that looks at peoples’ experiences of visiting hospital as an inpatient. Read More...
Glaucoma service short-listed for award
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s glaucoma community screening programme has been short-listed for an Allergan Glaucoma Achievement Award.
Read More...Positive results for performance and finance
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce that it expects to report a surplus of around £2.5m for the financial year (1 April 2024 – 31 March 2024). Read More...
Trust appoints new non-executive directors
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors to sit on its Board.
Read More...Stamford Hospital Consultation – new meeting
Categories: 2007 Media Releases Stamford Hospital Consultation Releases
The partnership behind the Stamford Hospital public consultation has announced an additional public meeting. Read More...
Stamford Hospital - have your say
Categories: 2007 Media Releases Stamford Hospital Consultation Releases
The partnership behind the Stamford Hospital public consultation is still encouraging the local community to get involved with the project and have their say. Read More...
Trust to unveil new Intensive Care Unit
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will open its new state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Peterborough District Hospital on 13 April.
The purpose-built ICU will provide improved facilities to care for some of the Trust’s most vulnerable patients and will be officially opened by the Trust’s Chairman, Dr Clive Morton, together with Ms Brenda Hudson, a former ICU patient. Read More...
Trust welcomes latest staff survey
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the results of the 2024 NHS Staff Survey report. Read More...
A new future for Stamford Hospital?
Categories: 2007 Media Releases Stamford Hospital Consultation Releases
The views of Stamford residents, Stamford Hospital service users and the wider public are being sought to help shape the future of Stamford Hospital. Read More...
Businesses needed for charity event
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Members of staff at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, have decided to organise a Summer Ball to raise money for charity following the huge success of last year’s Masked Ball, which was supported by local and national businesses.
Both civilian and MoD medical staff, who work at the Trust, are organising this year’s event and proceeds from the Ball will be divided between two charities – The Friends of Peterborough Hospitals, which buys essential equipment for patient care at the District and Edith Cavell hospitals - and the Royal Air Force and Dependants Disabled Holiday Trust.
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Travel Options initiative continues
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to implement the next phase of its award-winning two-year Travel Options initiative.
Following on from the creation in August 2024 of a patient and visitor-only parking zone at the District Hospital to allow easier parking for patients and visitors during peak hours, from April this year there will be a further subsidy to keep the price of a ‘Megarider’ bus ticket to £6. Parking attendants will also be introduced at the Edith Cavell Hospital in the summer to alleviate the number of cars parking illegally, blocking ambulance and visitor access.
Read More...Trust's new Chief Executive starts
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s new chief executive, Nik Patten, has officially taken up his post this week.
Nik joined the Trust on Monday, 26 February from his former role as Director of Planning and Performance Improvement and Interim Deputy Chief Executive at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
He has 20 years’ experience in the NHS and has held senior positions at South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, the NHS Modernisation Agency of the Department of Health, George Eliot NHS Trust and Manor Hospital.
Read More...Next stage of PFI preparatory work begins
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce that the next stage of preparatory work for the proposed new ‘super’ hospital scheme is about to start. Read More...
Health investment plan gains approval
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and its partners have welcomed the announcement by the Strategic Health Authority to approve the Greater Peterborough Health Investment Plan (GPHIP). Read More...
Doctors on the run
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
A consultant at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and his GP wife are preparing to run this year’s London Marathon to raise money for charity. Read More...
Health Minister’s visit
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the report on front line NHS services from health minister, Andy Burnham MP. Read More...
Partnership launches new cancer treatment service
Categories: 2007 Media Releases
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce the further development of haematological cancer services in the city in partnership with Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust. Read More...
