26 Jan 2022

Patients attending Hereford County Hospital and other Wye Valley NHS Trust buildings are reminded that they must continue to wear face masks when on Trust premises.

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04 Jan 2022

Wye Valley NHS Trust and Herefordshire GPs are marking the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 vaccination programme by paying tribute to the local healthcare workers who have delivered more than 420,000 COVID-19 vaccination doses to help protect local residents and colleagues.

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02 Jan 2022

Hospital midwives had the best start to the New Year with the arrival of the first babies to be born at Hereford County Hospital in 2022 – but they had to wait 24 hours as, unusually, none were born on January 1.

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26 Dec 2021

Midwives and proud parents celebrated the perfect Christmas gift as five babies were born at Hereford County Hospital on Christmas Day, Saturday 25 December 2021.

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23 Dec 2021

The first patients have been moved into the new wards at Hereford County Hospital in an historic moves which signals the end of the 1940s hutted wards.

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23 Dec 2021

Wye Valley NHS Trust has eased visiting restrictions to allow patients to see friends and relatives over the festive period.

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09 Dec 2021

Patients and carers visiting the Children’s Ward at Hereford County Hospital have given it an overall vote of confidence in an independent survey.

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06 Dec 2021

Wye Valley NHS Trust is launching full time apprenticeships for people interested in a career in healthcare in Herefordshire, which provide opportunities to train as a healthcare support worker, and the team will be in Hereford High Town on Friday 17 December, from 10am until 4pm, where you can find out more.

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03 Dec 2021

Wye Valley NHS Trust is urging residents to check their own homes and their family members’ homes for NHS walking aids, such as crutches, zimmer frames and metal walking sticks that are no longer needed, as part of its ‘Hand it back’ campaign.

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16 Nov 2021

Members of the public are being urged to only take antibiotics when they need them to help keep antibiotics working for the treatment of serious infections. NHS healthcare organisations across Herefordshire are raising awareness of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), which takes place from 18 to 24 November and European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) on 18 November, which highlight the real threat of the overuse of antibiotics particularly during the pandemic.

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