Unity roadshows continue this week. Unity roadshows focussing on clinical safety will be touring our acute sites throughout December. The roadshows will initially concentrate on the themes of sepsis management within Unity and how Unity ...

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 ...

Chief Executive’s Message – Friday 14 December. I very much hope you are ready for Christmas. In the coming week we judge the decorations contest, and as usual on the day itself we will have gifts for patients and free food in our restaurants for co...

Employee Smoking Cessation Programme. Colleagues wanting to kick the habit can now access free smoking cessation services during working hours. This has been agreed to allow employees to get support to quit smoking, to improve their own he...

Family leave policy updated. We have now launched the updated version the Family Leave Policy. SWBH is committed to supporting employees with children to balance their work and family lives and recognises the positive impact this ...

IT work Saturday 15 December: 06:00–09:00. Dear colleagues, Planned maintenance work is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 15th December, between 06:00 and 09:00 on the IT switches at Sandwell and City. We expect that any outage would only affect ...

Adverse weather expected this weekend. There are reports of very cold weather this weekend that could include ice and snow. Please make sure your business continuity plans and checked and that you are prepared to continue your services in t...

Colleague and patient catering arrangements throughout festive period. For full details regarding catering arrangements for both colleagues and patients throughout the festive period please see below: Staff Christmas Arrangements 2018 Patients Christmas Arrangments 2018 ...

Free rides for NHS colleagues between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Travel can be tricky over the festive period which is why Uber are offering NHS colleagues who work over Christmas a code for 2 x £10 trips to use between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. For more informa...

Join us for our Christmas quizzes at City and Sandwell. We will be hosting two Christmas quizzes at our City and Sandwell sites with prizes for 1st, 2nd and third place – all are welcome to attend. Monday 17 December, Hayward Lecture Theatre, City Hospital...