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Archive for 2016

• Dec21

  Christmas message from Tony

  As Christmas approaches, I want to share my personal thanks and express my gratitude, to each and every one of you, for the huge efforts you make every single day on behalf of our patients.

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• Dec08

  Update on Chester Childbirth Appeal ongoing discussions

  Being Chief Executive is a tough job, but it is the job I have chosen and want to do. You have to make decisions that aren’t always popular or well received and I am fully aware of this responsibility.

  This week the decision for Chester Childbirth Appeal to bring their coffee shop ‘in house’ to become part of the wider Countess catering team is the subject of much discussion and questioning. 

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• Dec02

  The extraordinary everyday…

  This time last week many of us at The Countess were donning our finest wares and heading to Chester Racecourse for our annual Celebration of Achievement Awards. It was an incredible evening, with many of our staff being recognised for the excellent care they provide for patients.  

  The reality is there are great things happening here at The Countess every single day.

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• Dec01

  The O2 rocked by Fabulous NHS Stuff

  Jimmy Page. Robert Plant. Bruce Springsteen. Andy Murray…

  The O2 Arena might have hosted a catalogue of big names over the years, but never before had it seen the kind of star power on show at The Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff Awards 2016 last week.

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• Nov18

  Talking targets and teamwork…

  Thank you to all my colleagues here at The Countess continuing to pull out all the stops to get behind our plans and arrangements to be as ready as we can be for winter. I do know how hard it is. This week it is our care of the elderly consultant and Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine Kausik Chatterjee, who has stopped us all in our tracks.  He has done a detailed piece of work reviewing a sample of case notes of Emergency Department attendances between January 2016 and October 2016.

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• Nov14

  Diabetes Essentials marks World Diabetes Day - Monday 14 November

  This is the day the International Diabetes Federation encourages the world to focus on diabetes. Diabetes is a condition which gets lots of media attention; we have weekly headlines on causes of diabetes, cost of diabetes and cures for diabetes; the majority of these being sensationalised headlines to grab our attention, loosely based on facts.

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