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The history of the Royal Berkshire Hospital – join us and mark 185 years
This year, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust marks 185 years since the Royal Berkshire Hospital first opened its doors. And they are inviting those interested, to join them for a morning of talks from experts on a whole range of topics
16 Oct 2024
Chief Midwifery Award for Trust Maternity Support Workers
Two maternity workers from Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised by NHS England’s Chief Midwifery Officer awards for their dedication in providing care.
04 Oct 2024
£1.2 million grant to improve early detection of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
A team led by Henley Business School, University of Reading, today announces it has been awarded a grant of £1.2 million for the development of RMD-Health – a machine learning system designed to significantly improve the early detection and referral of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD).
03 Oct 2024
Rolling out stop smoking support to all inpatients at the Trust
Clinicians at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust have recently expanded their support to patients staying with them who want to stop smoking.
01 Oct 2024
Sidney and Kelly's story for Organ Donation Week
Organ Donation Week gives us a chance to hear from some amazing people – here’s Sidney and Kelly’s story, father and daughter from Buckinghamshire. Starting with Kelly’s perspective.
27 Sept 2024
Trial running at the Royal Berkshire Hospital offers hope for osteoarthritis patients
Working in partnership, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and University of Reading have reached a UK-first milestone in their research into the treatment of osteoarthritis.
23 Sept 2024
Sharing Stephen's story this Organ Donation Week
Organ donation is a gift that can change lives. Nationally more than 7600 people are in need of an organ transplant, including over 250 children.
23 Sept 2024
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust ranked as a 'top five Trust' in this year’s CQC Inpatient Survey
Based on the responses returned by patients who stayed with us, out of the 131 NHS acute trusts in England, we ranked fourth.
22 Aug 2024
Congratulations in order – Health Service Journal Awards shortlist announced
The Health Service Journal (HSJ) have announced the finalists for their annual national awards. And two teams at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust are featured. Our Elderly Care Department are finalists in the Patient Safety category, and our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team finalists in the Staff Wellbeing category.
15 Aug 2024
Local patients are now able to have minor surgery at Townlands Memorial Hospital
To improve services closer to home for patients, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust now offer carpal tunnel surgery at Townlands Hospital, utilising the minor ops facilities on site.
15 Aug 2024
On your marks, get set, go! Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit hosts sports day for patients
Staff in the Neuro Rehabilitation Unit at the West Berkshire Community Hospital organised a sports day for patients earlier this week, with games including tin-can alley, egg and spoon race, and bat and ball.
27 Jul 2024
Construction begins on New Surgical Unit at Royal Berkshire Hospital
Work starts this week on a new surgical unit at Reading’s Royal Berkshire Hospital and residents have been asked to help come up with a name for the new unit
24 Jul 2024
Chief Nursing Officer Silver Award presented to nurse after 40 years service
Sharon Herring, Associate Chief Nurse - Patient Experience, Workforce and Education, has been recognised for her work advocating for patient involvement, community engagement and equalities after receiving a Chief Nursing Officer Silver Award.
01 Jul 2024
King's Birthday Honours: Huge congratulations to Mark Foulkes MBE
Mark Foulkes, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse and Nurse Consultant at the Trust’s Berkshire Cancer Centre has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list in recognition of his services to nursing.
17 Jun 2024
Royal Berkshire becomes first NHS trust to receive full GCSA certification due to ‘world-class’ research
Research at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised as ‘world-class’ after becoming the first NHS trust to receive full GCSA certification.
13 May 2024
Leading research for oral UTI vaccine carried out at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
According to Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust research, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be prevented for up to 9 years in more than half of people given an oral spray-based vaccine.
17 Apr 2024
ICU opens doors to new visitor space
This week marks the official opening of a newly refurbished visitor space in the ICU department of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
08 Mar 2024
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust named as one of top acute trusts for staff experience
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has once again been rated as one of the best acute trusts to work for in England, according to the results of the latest NHS Staff Survey – one of the largest workforce surveys in the world.
07 Mar 2024
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust's Maternity services continue to be rated as Good by CQC
CQC found passionate and focused staff at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as maternity services continue to be rated as Good
01 Mar 2024
Hospital encourages patients to come forward for cataract surgery
Clinicians at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust are encouraging patients requiring cataract surgery to come forward after a significant decline in referrals over the past year.
15 Feb 2024