Tag: Jersey General Hospital
Islanders to benefit from locally run nursing degree programme
Islanders who want to train as nurses in Jersey could benefit from a new locally-run higher education course delivered with the University of Chester from September, and an open event is being held for interested students on Tuesday 23 April to gauge interest in the programme. The course on offer is called a pre-registration Nursing [...]
Norovirus reminder for Islanders
ISLANDERS are being reminded not to visit the General Hospital and other HSSD buildings if they have any symptoms of norovirus. In the last few days, Jersey has been experiencing increasing problems with norovirus infections, though levels had fallen after the winter outbreak. Norovirus spreads rapidly in closed environments such as hospitals, schools, nursing and [...]
Jersey Cancer Trust donates £2,500 for Jersey Patient Care
The Jersey Cancer Trust (JCT) has donated £2,500 to the Wessex Cancer Trust for the care of Jersey cancer patients being treated in Southampton. Colin Burgess Chairman for the Jersey Cancer Trust said “hundreds of islanders each year have to travel to Southampton for cancer treatment with many staying in Jurys Inn for weeks at [...]
Advance to Work bring Christmas cheer to General Hospital
Advance to Work trainees and mentors will be selling homemade Christmas gifts and decorations at the General Hospital on 19 December in aid of their nominated charity for 2012, Help a Jersey Child. A group of five trainees organised the stall as part of Advance to Work’s annual Christmas drive to raise money for the [...]
Medical Officer of Health asks Islanders to help reduce the spread of Norovirus
Recently, and particularly in the last few days Jersey has been experiencing increasing problems with Norovirus infections. Much of the UK is similarly affected. Bartlett Ward at Jersey General Hospital was closed last week because of Norovirus and remains closed – (subject of recent media releases). Measures are being pursued to reduce the impact of [...]
Outbreak of Norovirus confirmed
Members of the public are being reminded not to visit the General Hospital if they are experiencing symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting, following an increased incidence of diarrhoea and vomiting in the community which has been reflected in one of the wards in the General Hospital. The outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting has now been confirmed as [...]
Probable Outbreak of Norovirus
There has been an increased incidence of diarrhoea and vomiting in the community which has been reflected in one of the wards in the General Hospital. To ensure the infection is contained, which may be Norovirus, Bartlett Ward at the General Hospital is currently closed to admissions and visiting has been restricted. Currently, several patients are affected. [...]
Comedian Harry Hill names 5 year old Jersey Talitha Bisson as regional winner of National Play in Hospital Week Art Competition
5 year old Talitha Bisson, from St. Saviour, has been named the regional winner for The South of England category in the National Play in Hospital Week Art Competition, which was recently judged by comedian Harry Hill. National Play in Hospital Week, which will be celebrated between 8th and 14th October, aims to raise awareness [...]
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO BE RE-USED IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Rotary Club of Jersey has recycled medical equipment no longer used in the Island to a South African based charity – “Abundant Life” – for use there. Syringe drivers are small electrical pumps which automatically deliver a prescribed quantity of palliative medicine at set intervals without the need for a nurse. In Jersey and [...]
Jersey Conference celebrates International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on May 12th, the birth date of Florence Nightingale. To celebrate this important day a conference aimed at raising awareness about good nursing practice in Jersey will take place on Thursday 10 May. The conference, with local nurses as speakers is called “Closing the Gap – from [...]
