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A new scheme to support patients to get home as soon as possible will be launched at Salisbury District Hospital the week beginning 17th January 2022. Salisbury District Hospital is the first site to trial the scheme with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust following.

Each of our seven Directors is spending time shadowing staff in services across the hospital as part of their ‘Executive back to the floor’ sessions. They're also blogging about their visits. This blog is from Esther Provins, Director of Improvement & Partnerships, who visited colleagues, Caroline Hosegood and James Foreman (pictured above) in our Post Room.

Parents of children aged 0-17 can book a same day appointment with a GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Salisbury Walk In Health Centre. This extended service provides out of hours GP health advice and treatment for minor illnesses and injuries and gives parents a local alternative to A & E when their child is ill.

As a response to the growing number of COVID-19 infections in the local community as of midnight on 1st January Salisbury District Hospital will be closed to all but essential visitors.

"As we near the end of 2021, we’re approaching a time where I hope you will all be able to gather with your family and friends to celebrate Christmas, if this is something that’s meaningful to you. If not, I hope you have an opportunity to just rest and reflect on quite the extraordinary year that I’m sure you’ve all had. It would be wrong of me not to acknowledge that for my colleagues, and our local partners, that we’ve all had another really challenging year. I am exceptionally proud to be part of the NHS and I am proud of all of the staff here at the hospital."