Wye Valley NHS Trust

The Hereford-Muheza Link Society (registered charity 1086887) Links between Herefordshire and St Augustine’s Hospital  Muheza in north-eastern Tanzania began in 1985, and have continued and strengthened each year. The Hereford - Muheza Link Society has been a registered charity since 2002 For the past 20 years St Michael’s Hospice Hereford has adopted Muheza Hospice Care as their sister hospice. In 2021, Salisbury Hospital Wiltshire became part of a tripartite link. The main activities are: Arranging educational visits, between St Augustine’s Hospital  and Hereford County Hospital and Salisbury Hospital assisting with education at St Augustine’s.  Assisiting with administrative and financial help…

You should take a lateral flow test if you have COVID-19 symptoms, even if your symptoms are mild. If you develop COVID-19 symptoms, please follow the guidelines on the NHS 111 website and temporarily stop taking your Rheumatology medication (see table below), EXCEPT for steroids (Prednisolone), Hydroxychloroquine and Sulfasalazine,until you are fully recovered. This advice applies for any infection. You may be eligible to receive anti-viral medication against COVID-19 If your test is positive, you must report your result athttps://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result  or by calling 119. Your local health board will contact you to arrange a telephone appointment with a healthcare professional who will decide whether…

NRAS – Information about COVID-19 https://nras.org.uk/information-support/information-about-coronavirus-covid-19/ NRAS – FAQ on New Antiviral Treatment https://nras.org.uk/resource/faqs-new-antiviral-treatment/ VERSUS ARTHRITIS – Vaccines for COVID-19 – your questions answered https://www.versusarthritis.org/covid-19-updates/vaccines-for-covid-19-your-questions-answered/ VERSUS ARTHRITIS – Arthritis and COVD-19 – What are the risks? https://www.versusarthritis.org/covid-19-updates/covid-19-assessing-your-risk/ VERSUS ARTHRITIS – Evusheld https://www.versusarthritis.org/covid-19-updates/evusheld/

The majority of people will experience some nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – around 80%.  Although it is often described as morning sickness, the symptoms can present at any time of day.  For most people, the nausea and sickness can be managed with changes to their diet and lifestyle and doesn’t impede greatly on their daily activities and will improve at around 12-20 weeks of pregnancy.  However, for some women, approximately 3%, the nausea and vomiting will be so severe that it affects their health and wellbeing, they cannot continue with their normal routine and they need hospital treatment –…

Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is when you experience pain in your lower back, around your symphysis pubic area, between your perineum and vagina and/or down into your thighs. It can feel worse when you are doing activities such as walking, climbing the stairs, stepping out of the car, stepping into the bath, turning over in bed, getting dressed or having sexual intercourse.  The pain can feel like grinding or clicking and can impede your daily activities.  The symptoms usually become worse as baby grows due to the additional weight in your uterus and the increase of the hormone ‘relaxin’ being…

We will provide you with information when you attend your appointments at Hereford County Hospital with the Breast service team, as appropriate.  Please find below links to some of this information.  Breast surgery - your first outpatient appointment and procedures Your first appointment and procedures - breast surgery Breast Conditions Breast pain (BCC71) Duct ectasia (BCC82) Hyperplasia and atypical hyperplasia (BCC78) Intraductal papilloma (BCC79) Types of Breast Cancer Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (BCC39) Invasive ductal breast cancer (BCC210) Medullary breast cancer (BCC185) Tubular breast cancer (BCC201) Invasive lobular breast cancer (BCC45) Inflammatory breast cancer (BCC23) Paget's disease of the breast…

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The ‘Macmillan Renton Unit’ is a purpose built outpatient facility at Wye Valley NHS Trust, in Hereford, which opened in 2011. Macmillan Renton is an outpatient unit caring for patients who have cancer or where cancer is suspected. Haematology outpatient appointments are also held in this unit. Outpatient clinics as well as radiotherapy and chemotherapy are held daily (Monday to Friday), as well as other treatments, such as blood transfusions.  The Unit is supported by a broad range of staff. These include Specialist Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Occupational Therapists, Radiotherapists, Health Care Assistants, and Support Workers.  Our multidisciplinary team are…

Quality and safety are at the heart of our services. We are constantly driving improvement in safety, outcomes, access, efficiency and patient and service user satisfaction. Wye Valley NHS Trust is regulated by the Care Quality Commission to provide care at a number of locations across the county. Care Quality Commission compliance status Infection prevention and control (IPC) Infection prevention and control is a critical part of the Trust’s day-to-day work. We have a zero tolerance approach to preventable healthcare associated infections and comply with the Care Quality Commission standard to ensure that people are protected from the risk of…

Pre-employment checks Once you have been offered a post, we have to undertake a number of mandatory checks which help us to keep you, our patients, staff and visitors safe. These checks have to be completed before we can agree your start date and send you a contract. We aim to complete these checks as quickly as possible. For your information, here is a list of the checks that we carry out for everyone who applies for a job at Wye Valley NHS Trust. Identity  We will ask you to provide us with documents which confirm your identity. These documents…