Trust news

Because of staffing challenges that Byron Ward on the Hollins Park Site has experienced, the service has made a decision to ensure patient and staff safety is maintained by closing Byron Ward. This closure is a short-term measure. When staffing improves, Byron ward will reopen and continue the care of our patients on the ward, at the Hollins Park Site and continue the planning to move to Linden ward.

In 2022 our work towards our Perfect Care goal of "Zero acceptance of racism, discrimination, and unacceptable behaviours from and toward our workforce and our patients/service users, carers and families" began.

GP Connect is integrated with all major GP software providers. It routes requests to the GP system, based on the patient's registered GP. A link from Rio to Primary Care records is being implemented using GP Connect, a national NHSE owned solution. This will enable clinical staff to access their patients’ primary care records in real time without needing to login to another system or search for their patient.

The Trust acknowledges the increased need for capacity to manage staffing gaps and the increased demand over the holiday period.

Flu cases in hospitals has jumped 41% in a week. The latest NHS figures show an average of 2,629 flu patients were in beds in England each day last week. While these infections can be a nasty inconvenience to most of us, they can be life threatening to others.