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Abbeycroft Leisure

The Trust has partnered with Abbeycroft Leisure to fund all staff free access to Abbeycroft Leisure centre activities; including Abbeycroft@home (live online and on demand group exercise classes) outdoor group exercise classes, gym sessions and swim sessions, courts and pitches.

Abbeycroft@home offers live classes streamed every day, whilst the on-demand library of sessions are available to watch whenever you want. Classes include Zumba, clubbercise and much more. Centres are now open and staff can book their gym workout, outdoor classes, swimming sessions, courts rackets for a game of badminton and pitches for a game of 5 aside!

Please note that staff don't need to do anything with their account until their existing membership is due to expire (for example, if you joined on June 1st 2021, your expiry date is May 31st 2022). Therefore there is no need to attempt to renew your Abbeycroft Leisure membership before your membership expiry date - any existing membership will continue as normal. You should receive a reminder email from Abbeycroft with details on how to renew your membership close to your renewal/expiry date.

Promotional code information - error March 2022

Please note that Abbeycroft Leisure have informed us that the WSFT promo code below (to discount to £0) is currently not working. While they try to resolve the issue, as a short-term solution Trust staff can sign up via their contact team on 01284 757473. The call centre is staffed:
Monday-Thursday 09:00-18:30
Friday 09:00-17:30
Weekends 09:00-13:00
Once the issue is fixed, staff will need to sign up online as normal. Any updates on the issue will be communicated.

Sign-up details

To sign up for free, please click here and follow the instructions. For registration purposes, you should:

  • select your local centre as your gym
  • select WSFT NHS Staff Paid In Full as your membership option
  • use your staff @wsh.nhs.uk email address (memberships without a WSH email address will not be accepted)
  • use the promo code ACLWSFT_Y222  to apply a 100% discount at the checkout stage

For help registering, you can call 01284 757473 between 9am and 1.30pm Monday to Friday.

 

 

Change to covid-19 swabbing for staff and family

Since the start of the pandemic, the NHS has built a significant testing operation that includes walk-in and drive through test sites and at home testing. It has also invested in large-scale laboratories that can process and analyse swabs at scale and speed.

As a result, from November 1 we are making some changes to our approach to in-house PCR testing.We will no longer routinely offer Covid-19 PCR tests for staff or their families with suspected symptoms, or who have been identified as potential contacts of someone with Covid away from work. Instead, staff should use their nearest NHS testing centre - you can book online or by calling 119.

We will no longer operate the current testing pods near the Emergency Department at West Suffolk Hospital. We will continue to swab and test patients, and we will also offer PCR tests to staff in the event of a suspected outbreak at work. These changes will help us focus on patient testing to help with capacity across our services, and will often mean faster turnaround for staff results by taking advantage of national laboratory capacity. Staff will also be able to more easily register their results in the NHS Covid App.

NATIONAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE

National information and advice on the UK’s COVID-19 response is available on the NHS website. Visit the gov.uk website for the latest national guidance.