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BBC News
24-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
York Hospital limits visitors after norovirus outbreak
A hospital has been temporarily closed to most visitors following a norovirus outbreak. The restrictions at York Hospital had been put in place with immediate effect, a spokesperson exceptions included people visiting patients receiving end-of-life care as well as those visiting paediatric and maternity patients, while family carers for people with dementia could also continue to visit, they Parkes, chief nurse at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "While I appreciate the decision is a difficult one, our priority is to keep our patients safe from infection and to stop the spread of the virus as quickly as possible." The restriction would remain in place until further notice, the trust spokesperson to the NHS website, most people recover from norovirus - also known as the winter vomiting bug - within one or two it could be more serious for some people, especially elderly people and those with underlying health conditions or weakened immune included vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pains, body aches or pains and a high has the potential to spread quickly and could be caught from close contact with someone who was infected. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
26-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Scarborough emergency care centre to open after five-month delay
A new £47m urgent and emergency care centre could finally open in May after a faulty boiler delayed it by several months, according to health centre at Scarborough Hospital was due to be fully operational in November, but its opening was pushed back until the spring after one of the site's four boilers malfunctioned and had to be new facility will have a new CT scanner and two new X-ray machines and a secure room for highly infectious diseases. Simon Morritt, chief executive of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said the opening would be a "hugely important milestone for Scarborough". Mr Morritt said: "Our priority has always been to ensure we do not move in until we are confident the building is safe and functional for staff and patients."I am delighted to say we have received assurance from our contractors that this is now the case."The urgent and emergency care centre was set to almost double the existing space at Scarborough Hospital and was the largest capital investment by the trust, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Mr Morritt said the handover of the building was scheduled for the end of this month, "allowing for a planned and phased approach to final testing, intensive cleaning, and occupation"."We are now working towards starting the clinical moves in the last week of April, with a view to being fully operational at the start of May." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hospital trust among worst to work for
A trust which runs hospitals in North Yorkshire has been ranked by its staff as one of the worst in England to work in. The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust came in the bottom five when staff were asked if they would recommend working there in a national survey conducted last autumn. The NHS Staff Survey looked at the experiences of 700,000 employees throughout England's 215 trusts in 2024. The trust said the results "do not reflect where we want to be" and mirrored the "hugely challenging environment we are working in". It was ranked the lowest in the North East and Yorkshire region, with only 45% of staff "agreeing" or "strongly agreeing" they would recommend it as a place to work, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Speaking at a meeting of North Yorkshire Council's Scarborough and Whitby Committee, Councillor Rich Maw said: "I'd like to spare a thought for our dedicated local NHS staff doing their best to care for us all, despite the difficulties they endure. "The Health Service Journal has analysed the full results of the 2024 NHS Staff Survey and the York and Scarborough NHS Trust was one of the worst performers nationally." Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume said: "The staff do such a wonderful job and work so hard for all of us, that it is disappointing that the working conditions they're reporting aren't good enough." The trust runs hospitals across North Yorkshire in York, Scarborough, Selby and Malton and also Bridlington Hospital in East Yorkshire. The chief executive of the York and Scarborough NHS Trust, Simon Morritt, said the message from colleagues was "loud and clear that we have a long way to go". "The overall response rate of 36% means we are not hearing from almost two-thirds of our staff," he added. "We have also seen a decline in our overall engagement score, and the extent to which colleagues would recommend our trust as a place to work and to receive treatment. "The responses also suggest that people are not confident they can influence improvement or drive change." Mr Morritt, who described the results as disappointing, said solutions would not arrive in the form of significant new investment in services or workforce and that a "fundamental shift in our thinking" was needed towards "how we use what we already have". Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
BBC News
25-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
York and Scarborough NHS Trust among worst to work for
A trust which runs hospitals in North Yorkshire has been ranked by its staff as one of the worst in England to work York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust came in the bottom five when staff were asked if they would recommend working there in a national survey conducted last NHS Staff Survey looked at the experiences of 700,000 employees throughout England's 215 trusts in trust said the results "do not reflect where we want to be" and mirrored the "hugely challenging environment we are working in". It was ranked the lowest in the North East and Yorkshire region, with only 45% of staff "agreeing" or "strongly agreeing" they would recommend it as a place to work, according to the Local Democracy Reporting at a meeting of North Yorkshire Council's Scarborough and Whitby Committee, Councillor Rich Maw said: "I'd like to spare a thought for our dedicated local NHS staff doing their best to care for us all, despite the difficulties they endure."The Health Service Journal has analysed the full results of the 2024 NHS Staff Survey and the York and Scarborough NHS Trust was one of the worst performers nationally."Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume said: "The staff do such a wonderful job and work so hard for all of us, that it is disappointing that the working conditions they're reporting aren't good enough."The trust runs hospitals across North Yorkshire in York, Scarborough, Selby and Malton and also Bridlington Hospital in East Yorkshire. The chief executive of the York and Scarborough NHS Trust, Simon Morritt, said the message from colleagues was "loud and clear that we have a long way to go"."The overall response rate of 36% means we are not hearing from almost two-thirds of our staff," he added."We have also seen a decline in our overall engagement score, and the extent to which colleagues would recommend our trust as a place to work and to receive treatment."The responses also suggest that people are not confident they can influence improvement or drive change."Mr Morritt, who described the results as disappointing, said solutions would not arrive in the form of significant new investment in services or workforce and that a "fundamental shift in our thinking" was needed towards "how we use what we already have". Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man compensated after bosses likened him to a wasp
A man has been awarded compensation after hospital managers described him as a "wasp" that needed "swatting". Franco Villani was a union representative for Unite at Bridlington Hospital when he was likened to an insect. An employment tribunal found he had been been deliberately targeted by senior managers in an attempt to undermine his union activities. The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it accepted the tribunal's outcome and it apologised to Mr Villani for his experience. The tribunal heard there had been repeated incidents where management had attempted to limit Mr Villani's union role and had encouraged colleagues to submit workplace complaints against him to deter him from continuing to report health and safety concerns. Unite said an internal email exchange from June 2023 revealed senior managers using derogatory language about Mr Villani, referring to him as a "wasp" that needed "swatting". The tribunal ruled in his favour, ordering the employer to pay £10,000 in compensation for the distress and harm he endured. Mr Villani said: "It saddens me that I have had to go through this process to protect the hospital patients, visitors and staff. "The unacceptable treatment that I have been subjected to has had a detrimental effect on me." Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "It is shameful that union members and reps are still being targeted in this manner as if this was still the 1930s. "That this was an NHS trust makes it all the more disgraceful." A spokesperson for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The Trust accepts the tribunal's outcome, and we apologise to Mr Villani for his experience in this case. "We maintain productive relationships with all our trade unions and professional bodies, and the incident described does not reflect the broader, constructive working relationships we have with them." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Unite the Union Yorks and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
