InTouch

Celebrating NHS 75

Introducing Alex Health Awards for our people

Welcome to InTouch magazine – your insight into the latest news and updates from

Thank you for joining us to celebrate NHS 75 together - an opportunity to reflect on the achievements over the decades, to say thank you, and to look ahead. You can read more on p.3-5.

It was fantastic to launch the programme for our new electronic health record (EHR), Alex Health, with a special This is Us briefing and the Alex Health team out and about around our hospitals – more details are on p.6-7.

You can read about the new elective hub in St Albans, to support elective recovery for our area (p.8), and our latest clinical column on being aware of your alcohol intake (p.8).

We also celebrated our amazing people at special awards ceremonies (p.9), and shared the news that two of our midwives have been shortlisted in the prestigious Nursing Times Awards (p.10).

Please also take the time to watch the recording of our Annual General Meeting (AGM) if you were unable to attend on 6 July (p.11) and read our important update on car parking at The Princess Alexandra Hospital and penalty charge notices (PCNs) (p.11-12).

Additionally, you can find out more about our business intelligence team (p.13), feedback from our patients (p.14), wellbeing tips (p.15) and much more.

This magazine is for and about you, our #PAHTPeople –please contact the communications team if you would like to see your team featured, at paht.communications@nhs.net

I hope you enjoy the read.

Best wishes

McCarthy Chief executive