City library closure due to exams. Due to exams being held in the Postgraduate Education Centre, the Library at City Hospital will be closed on the following days: Tuesday 30 April Wednesday 8 May Thursday 9 May. The library at our San...

Heartbeat: Faster treatment for short stay surgery. In June 2018, the adult surgical unit introduced a new 23 hour stay service for patients undergoing short stay surgery. Previously, there wasn’t a dedicated area for those needing to stay the night or ...

Alcohol team training. The alcohol team will be hosting a training session regarding treating alcohol issues in and out of hospital open to all colleagues from all areas. The training session will be held on 18 June in the A...

Spread the cost while saving up to 42 per cent on a new bike and accessories. Get summer ready by spreading the cost while saving up to 42 per cent on a new bike and accessories! Simply go to www.cycle2work.info and register using your promo code “SANDWELLC2W” Note: This offer e...

Entering PDR dates and scores on Connect. If you are a manager and have the responsibility for carrying out PDRs, it is important your team’s PDR meetings are now scheduled to take place during the PDR cycle. Over 4,400 booked dates were submi...

Medicine Team of the Year. We have been successful in winning the Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Team of the Year at this year’s BMJ awards held earlier this week. The team were recognised for finding innovative ways to ...

Diabetes training dates. We will be hosting a variety of diabetes study days across different sites between June and September including an offsite all day event at the Park Inn where refreshments will be provided. Tuesday 4 ...

Celebrate international nurses and midwives day. To recognise this special day, we’re encouraging all wards and clinical departments to celebrate their best practice initiatives. Each will then be judged by our executives at a ward level, week commen...

Toby's Friday Message. Each Friday, Chief Executive, Toby Lewis writes a message to all colleagues, which is published on the front page of Connect. He discusses important topics or events that have occurred during the past ...

Urology service fax switch off. The Urology department no longer have a fax machine. Please use our group email for referrals and requests for second opinions. [email protected]. Alternatively you can still hand deliver referrals...