Finally Minu has got her band 6 uniform and doesn’t she suit it?! Minu joined us from India a few years ago and has quickly become an experienced and looked up to member of the team! She is filling in for Beth until she returns from maternity and is already doing amazingly!

Congratulations to our marathon runners yesterday Heather and Rachel G ! What an amazing achievement! 🥇💫

Congratulations to Mr horse racing himself Dr Barry who won the grand national sweep stake! Here is organiser Julie presenting him with his winnings which we expect he’ll spend on the ward staff?! 🙄🐎

Update on Creon 25000 shortage: Out of stock March 13th; Creon 10000 available, retaining stock for hospitals. Next batch expected in April. Explore local pharmacies for PERT dose and consider Creon 10000/Nutrizym 22. #CreonShortage #CFUpdate

Well done to one of our physios Sally who won a GEM award for staff wellbeing! Sally also does a lot of work promoting and educating our staff around disability awareness including hidden disabilities like dyslexia! She is such a fantastic asset to our MDT! 💜

Some of March’s What matters to me feedback!

We read them all so thank-you for filling these in for us!

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A bout of flu has had me laying low over the last week or so but I’m back & still looking for more people to complete / share the survey! Please help if you can 🙏🏻 #CysticFibrosis #MRI

🇮🇪☘️ Happy St Patrick’s day from all of us on Pearce ☘️🇮🇪

Thirsty Thursday feat two Helens!🥤
Extra drinks for both staff and patients today (and of course a few cakes) but staff also got one of these handy pocket cards made by our amazing dietitian team! The QR codes take you to a ‘how to do fluid balance’ on HIVE!

Hello! Any #cysticfibrosis clinicians able to answer a short survey about female reproductive health and #CF ? Will only take 5 minutes :) Thanks!

Snacky Tuesday on Pearce ward as part of Nutrition and Hydration week! Yesterday we set out our new mealtime standards and we have more stuff going on on the ward and in outpatients all week so stay tuned! Beckie Hughes 💛💫

Very grateful to those that have completed my survey or shared it - it will close in a couple of weeks so any further help in boosting response numbers would be much appreciated.

Particularly keen to hear from more people with CF & carers! 🙏🏻 #CysticFibrosis #MRI

Congratulations to our Julie who has won an excellence award for delivering exceptional care! Couldn’t be any more deserved, well done Julie! ✨

Part of our ‘Bee Brilliant ‘caring for our staff’ quarter involved this wonderful tea and cake day whilst we held our monthly ward meeting! Attendance was very high as you can imagine 😂 well done to all our bakers!!

Thankyou all for getting involved with our WMTM surveys we’ve seen a real improvement in returns over the last 2 months and have had some fabulous feedback! Here are some of this months comments!

Cecil, our domestic, was BEAMING with the cleaning comments yesterday 👏🏼

The Disruptive & Agressive Behaviour Roadshow has started Wythenshawe Hospital Thank you to all staff for your engagement, sharing the interactions & interventions you use in practice which really have a positive impact on our staff and patients👏🏼look out for us throughout this week!

I want to extend my appreciation and thanks for the care I received during my admission to Wythenshawe Hospital the care given on Pearce ward, was world class and the kindness and empathy of your staff is truely heartwarming and an inspiration. Thank you from my family & me.

Come on we’re not that boring?! 😂

What matters to you?

Whilst an inpatient we’ll ask you to complete a what matters to me survey on your phone, or one of our tablets

If you can - please complete it - it helps us know what we can improve & get right what matters to you as patients

Please ask us about it when in

Today is #BlueMonday , the ‘most depressing day of the year’.
We know that people can feel low on any day, at any given time, so we wanted to share some tips to help you take care of your wellbeing, today and every day.

What do you do to look after yourself? 💬