New fundraising group is looking for volunteers

Published: December 2, 2015

A new group hoping to raise £15,000 in a year for Good Hope Hospital is appealing for fundraising volunteers to help them reach their ambitious target. Friends of Good Hope Hospital has already raised £1,200 from two supermarket bucket collections. All the money raised by the group will be used to improve the experience of […]

Pilot project to get patients home sooner launches at Good Hope Hospital

Published: November 26, 2015

Good Hope Hospital has launched a six-month pilot that will help patients needing extra support to return home from hospital sooner. The Supported Integrated Discharge (SID) service includes a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, therapy support and social workers and working in partnership with Birmingham City Council, the service offers patients extra support to get […]

Elderly care team’s delight at recognition for being carer friendly

Published: November 18, 2015

The elderly care wards at Good Hope Hospital have been given an award for being dementia carer friendly following a move to open visiting across Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust earlier this year. The wards at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield have been given the special award by John’s Campaign, backed by the […]

New Acute Medical Unit opens at Good Hope Hospital

Published: November 18, 2015

A new rapid assessment unit has opened its doors to patients at Good Hope Hospital. The £3.2m development is the culmination of over a year’s work by consultants, nurses, nurse practitioners and managers and is purpose-designed to provide rapid initial assessment and management of adult patients who are referred from the Emergency Department or their […]

Heart of England Trust hosts national nursing conference

Published: October 27, 2015

Birmingham recently welcomed hundreds of NHS staff from all over the country, for the seventh annual Chief Nursing Officer’s (CNO) Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Advisory Group’s conference. Hosted by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, the conference looked at the positive impact of change, the Workforce Race Equality Strategy and how to initiate conversations […]

Booklet launched to tailor dementia care at Good Hope Hospital

Published: October 16, 2015

Good Hope Hospital has launched a new booklet designed to improve care for patients with dementia during their hospital stay. With one in four of our hospital patients having dementia, the user-friendly booklet, ‘About me’, can be filled in by the person that cares for them. The booklet is designed to provide a snapshot of […]

New mobile app could transform care for lung surgery patients

Published: October 8, 2015

A mobile app developed by researchers at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust could transform how lung surgery patients receive their rehabilitation after surgery. The Fit for Surgery app developed by the Thoracic surgery research team at the Trust, which runs Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, will allow patients to access the award-winning Rehabilitation […]

Focusing on World Sight Day

Published: October 19, 2015

World Sight Day (Thursday 8 October) is an international day that aims to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. To celebrate this day, we’re focusing on two important teams here at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust who look after the eye care of our patients. Our Ophthalmology department offers patients a range of […]

FOI 4044

Published: September 29, 2015

How many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning have been treated at HEFT in the past year (July 2014 – July 2015)?   The Trust systems allows us to record the number of patients admitted to a) Inpatient Area, or b) A&E with Carbon Monoxide poisoning (Primary Diagnosis T58*). We are unable to identify whether the diagnosis […]

Hospital Trust holds special memorial service for lost babies

Published: September 28, 2015

A special memorial service to be held by The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust will help parents and families to remember their babies lost during pregnancy or shortly after birth. The annual ‘A Time to Remember’ service gives parents the chance to meet other families and collectively share and remember babies who passed away […]