Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

🎗Breast Cancer Awareness Month Early detection can saves lives. Make sure to stay on top of your screenings. Our team is here to support you. For more information contact the Breast Screening Unit: ☎️028 90333700 📩breastscreeninglhst@belfasttrust.hscni.net

⭐SAS Recognition Awards Congratulations to our brilliant staff who were recognised for their outstanding work and contributions to supporting and improving healthcare at the inaugural SAS Recognition Awards! @_NIMDTA #MakingADifference

My Care is the new patient portal which allows our patients and service users to securely access specific parts of their medical records. This video tells you more about how to log in to the portal. You can find out more about My Care here: https://lnkd.in/eixyAZtK

Over 35 Belfast Trust social workers were recently recognised for their contribution to the future of social work through learning and development at the Northern Ireland Social Care Council’s Professional in Practice Awards. Belfast Trust’s Interim Executive Director of Social Work, Tracy Reid said: “I am absolutely delighted to have attended the Professionals in Practice Awards, to celebrate the fantastic achievements by our Social Work staff. Continuous professional development is the cornerstone of high quality, safe and impactful Social Work. I commend all staff who have achieved these awards for their hard work and dedication at a time when services are under such pressures. Well done to all.” Read more: https://bit.ly/3zE7bcd

We got dressed in our best at the weekend to celebrate being finalists in the Northern Ireland Social Media Awards 🏆 It’s a privilege to tell the stories from the Trust and the incredible work our amazing staff do, so we were delighted to be shortlisted for Best Use of Social Media in Healthcare and Best Social Media In-House Team of the Year ✨ #NISocialMediaAwards #NISMA24 #Digital #SocialMedia #InHouseDigitalTeam #Healthcare #HSC

Earlier this year Occupational Therapists in our Stroke Unit introduced Virtual Reality as part of a Quality Improvement project into patient sessions to help increase fun, motivation and intensity in a new and innovative way aid stroke recovery. Service user Tom McDaid, who has been using VR as part of his recovery, talks about how comfortable he felt using it and “wonderful” his experience it was. Emma Dunn, Occupational Therapist, who introduced the project explains how the project came to be what the future holds for VR in stroke rehab.

Dáithí Mac Gabhann unveiled a very special doll installation created in his name at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Dáithí’s Doll symbolises the life of a child waiting for an organ transplant and is part of the “Waiting to Live” campaign. Máirtín Mac Gabhann said “Dáithí has been waiting for the gift of a new heart, and we hope this doll will inspire more families to join the Organ Donor Register. We’re delighted also that this doll has found a home in the Children’s Hospital, a place Dáithí sometimes calls his second home.” Find out more: https://bit.ly/47NyRry

Foster Carers from Belfast picked up the Excellence in Foster Care Award at the annual Northern Ireland Foster Care Awards. Gail and Stephen Hill have been fostering for eight years. The first child they looked after, who they have now adopted, was just six weeks old. Since then, they have fostered 10 other children and are currently fostering a toddler and a baby. Gail and Stephen say fostering is incredibly rewarding and one of the greatest joys is being able to return children to their birth families. Read more about the awards and find out how you can start your fostering journey today: https://bit.ly/3XL1oJN #Fostering #FosterCare #CouldYouFoster #HSCNIFosterCare

Last week the Belfast Recovery College launched ‘Reflections on Our Journey’, a new book presenting a collection of personal recovery journey stories from co-facilitators and students of the college. Developed through a co-production model the college, the book offered staff, educators and students the opportunity to help piece together a product that encompassed what they all feel is the best reflection of Belfast Recovery College and how their mental health has been positively impacted by their experience Find out about the book, the college and where you can pick up a copy: https://bit.ly/3BcJGr6 #MentalHealth #Recovery #CoProduction 

This Good Relations Week, we are thrilled to have been awarded Trust of Sanctuary status and Service of Sanctuary status for our Maternity Service 🤍 The awards affirms our commitment to not only the highest standards of care but also, a sense of belonging for everyone who uses our services and works with us. Watch the video to find out more about this important recognition 👇