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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - top-rated by patients for quality of care, with low mortality and infection rates.
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First patients for new Cromer and District Hospital
The new Cromer and District Hospital opens its doors to patients for the first time next month (March) but work on site will continue as the old hospital buildings are demolished and the grounds are paved and landscaped. The move is planned to take place over three weekends beginning 3 /4 March. First to move will be the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU), imaging department and administrative offices...
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Health watchdog finds NNUH meets standards of quality and safety
An unannounced inspection of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has concluded that the hospital meets all the essential quality and safety standards inspected. The inspection was part of a programme of planned reviews of hospitals to examine whether or not they meet the quality and safety standards prescribed by the CQC. Inspectors visited NNUH on...
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Chapelfield and hospital heart team celebrate National Heart Month
As part of National Heart Month, two cardiac nurses from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital will be on hand to answer the public's questions on heart health at Chapelfield from 9am to 6pm on Tuesday 21st February 2012. The nurses will be using a model to demonstrate how the heart works and will let people handle medical devices such as pacemakers and the stents used to expand...
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Volunteers sought to collect patient feedback
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is seeking 20 volunteers to help it collect feedback from patients about their experience in hospital.
Sally Knights, Voluntary Services Manager, says: "We are looking for volunteers who can give us about four hours of their time each week. The volunteers will have to liaise with staff and patients and must be comfortable in using a hand held...
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Serco and NNUH share top cleanliness award
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and its partner Serco have won an award for cleaning from the Health Business Awards 2011, which recognise excellence in the provision of NHS and healthcare facilities.
The clean hospital award was presented in December 2011 after the judges from the Health Business Awards made an unannounced inspection of the hospital and looked at data from...
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Thousands of patients will be asked for views in new style hospital survey
A new-style patient experience survey has just been launched at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Cromer Hospital.
Over the last three years the two hospitals have surveyed about 70,000 people in a regular monthly survey of patients' experience. The new survey will capture more detailed information, making it easier to identify any areas for improvement.
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NNUH launches ‘Feel Free 2 Ask’ campaign
Patients and visitors are being encouraged to ask questions about their care in a new campaign, called ‘Feel Free 2 Ask’, from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The campaign being launched today will be using life-size cut outs of hospital staff who have volunteered to be part of the campaign at the entrances of the Norfolk and Norwich...
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Clinical Imaging and Research Centre: a magnet for research
A new purpose-built Clinical Imaging and Research Centre is being officially opened at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) on 31st January, equipped with one of the most powerful and patient-friendly MRI scanners in the world.
The £5 million project is the result of close collaboration between the NNUH and the University of East Anglia.
Designed to accommodate two brand new scanners – CT and MRI – along with clinical support, the new centre will provide much-needed extra scanning capacity for our patients as well as a focus for research partners across the Norwich Research Park.
The Discovery MR750w 3 Tesla MRI scanner from GE Healthcare is the first system of its kind in the UK. It has a magnetic field strength twice as great as a traditional MRI scanner and offers a more comfortable patient experience for those who fear enclosed spaces, with a wider opening and the opportunity to go into the scanner feet first for all kinds of scans.
The new patient-friendly design allows radiologists to perform whole body imaging without repositioning the patient.
“This new MRI scanner will be a new platform for joint research themes such as the function of the human gut and obesity which are being studied on the Norwich Research Park,” says consultant radiologist Dr Paul Malcolm, MRI lead for NNUH and honorary lecturer at the UEA.”
“Imaging of the gut without the need for X-rays is increasingly important in understanding how the gut and digestion work. The ability to assess fat in the liver and other tissues with MRI is essential as we try to understand and tackle the problems of obesity.”
Professor Andrew Stewart Coats, chief executive of the Norwich Research Park, commented: “New developments in imaging technology allow greater insight into how the body works and how it goes wrong to an accuracy we would have never believed possible before.
“We have already begun attracting world-leading clinicians and scientists in gut and bone disease, microbiology and wasting disorders to Norwich, with eight new professors appointed in the last two years. With the technology to visualise the interaction between drugs, food and bacteria in the gut, this really is a quantum leap in our ability to understand how we can maintain healthy bone and muscle as we age or develop chronic diseases. This adds a new dimension to the world-leading science that already exists on the Norwich Research Park in plant and microbial sciences and in food research.”
The new building, designed by LSI Architects and built by Morgan Sindall, is visually striking both inside and out, with an exterior cladding of coloured glass which is the first of its kind in the UK.
Beth Coley
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500th baby born at new birthing unit
In the space of just five months the Midwifery-Led Birthing Unit at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has seen the delivery of its 500th baby.
Baby Hattie Rose, weighing 2.70 kgs, was born on 20th January at 2.00am to Aisha Heward. Aisha had her first baby (son Cody) at the NNUH exactly a year earlier and was attended by the same midwife who attended her this time, Molly...
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26 Jan 2012
Relay race between Cromer and NNUH
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08.30 on 6 Apr 2012 / 13.00 on 6 Apr 2012
Entries are now open for a brand new adventure race between the Cromer District Hospital and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) taking place on Good Friday 6th April 2012.
This new event is being hosted by Active Outdoor Sport for the first time in 2012, in partnership with the Friends of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Starting at the Cromer and District Hospital...
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