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Our Trust takes good care of its staff, so together we can take good care of our patients.
As a healthcare organisation we have a duty to support our community’s health, but as an employer we also have a duty to support our staff.
In our five year strategy, 'Our patients, our hospital, our future, together', we made a clear and substantial commitment to make prevention of ill health a core part of everything we do. You can read more about our focus on this in our 'Protecting and improving your health and wellbeing, together' publication.
We also have a Health and Wellbeing Policy.
Ensuring our staff’s mental wellbeing also helps provide good quality patient care; a healthy and happy workforce will also ensure the best service to patients. The Trust offers staff a number of support mechanisms to help them look after their own wellbeing.
A wide range of mental wellbeing support is available to you. Click to find out more.
A wide range of physical wellbeing support is available to you. Click to find out more.
A wide range of financial wellbeing support is available to you. Click to find out more..
All information about our Occupational Health service. Click to find out more.
All information about practical measures we've put in place to support you at work and home.
The Trust has a number of different staff networks for our staff.
Whether it's raising a concern or needing a confidential chat at work, there are a many staff support options in place.
Raise any feedback, suggestions or comments with the health and wellbeing team.
Take a look at health and wellbeing resources and events hosted by NHS England and Improvement.
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 on the UK’s COVID-19 response is available on the NHS website. Visit the gov.uk website for the latest national guidance.