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Over 1,500 local people voted over the weekend on the name of our new surgical centre at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough. With 56% of the vote, we are pleased to announce that the service will be called the 'Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence' or M-E-OC for short.

Our Patient Experience and Voluntary Services team have worked together with our Learning Disability and Dementia teams to ensure that on-site care and support can be provided to those who need it whilst their carer is attending an appointment at Barnsley Hospital.

We are pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Trust’s Board of Directors, held in public will be starting at 9.30 am on Thursday 5 October 2023, in Lecture Theatre 1 and 2, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP. 

Would you like to chat to us about the help we can offer to you and your loved one? If so, please come along to our coffee and chat group. 

From Monday 2 October, our patients will receive a digital copy of their outpatient clinic outcome letter, which has been dictated and typed on Digital Dictation. This will be instead of the default paper version previously issued.

Every year hundreds of lives are saved because of donated organs like hearts and kidneys. It’s not so widely known that donated tissue such as skin, bone and corneas can also save or dramatically improve lives. For Organ Donation Week (18 - 24 September), we spoke to Sarah Derbyshire-Kripp about her mum Joan - the first tissue donor at Barnsley Hospital.

Two people who were waiting for organ transplants are now walking around fit and well, after 56-year-old care worker Cathy Boydell Sheldon donated her kidneys and heart valves. In Organ Donation Week (18-24 September), Cathy’s sister Anne Sewell told her heart-breaking story.

As the new school year begins, NHS South Yorkshire’s Children and Young People’s Alliance are calling upon schools across the region to join a new initiative named ‘Asthma Friendly Schools’ as part of the Excellent Asthma Care Programme. 

South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are undertaking a review of Patient Transport Services. The ICB are seeking feedback from patients who have recently used the service. 

Highways resurfacing works will take place on Gawber Road, Sackville Street, and Victoria Road from Tuesday 29 August 2023.

Barnsley Hospital patients are now able to benefit from using the NHS App to view appointment information.

We are pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Trust’s Board of Directors, held in public will be starting at 9.30am on Thursday 3 August 2023, at Barnsley College Business Centre, County Way, Barnsley S70 2JW.

The next Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Council of Governors meeting will be held in public on Wednesday 26 July 2023 commencing at 3.00 pm at the Rigby Suite, Metrodome Leisure Complex, Queens Road, Barnsley, S71 1AN.   

Working in partnership with Barnsley Hospital and The Rotherham Hospital, colleagues at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals are leading the programme to implement a new, dedicated orthopaedic hub for the people of South Yorkshire.

During the Covid-19 pandemic the hospital received many wonderful donations, amongst which were thousands of pairs of knitted hearts which were primarily given to a patient and a loved one so they had identical hearts to hold on to.

The Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Barnsley Glassworks, developed by Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS), has been awarded the prestigious title of “Project of the Year” at the annual red-carpet Healthcare Estates and Facilities Management Awards (HEFMA).

Becoming a new dad will be an exciting chapter in many people’s lives. However, as with any big change it can also leave dads feeling left out, unsure and overwhelmed. That’s where DadPad can help.

From Tuesday 2 May 2023, patients referred by their GP for Phlebotomy services will have their appointment at Barnsley Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in The Glass Works in Barnsley town centre.

Barnsley Hospital is one of the early adopter Trusts in introducing re-usable, eco-friendly operating theatre gowns and caps. This initiative is part of its commitment to achieving NHS net zero targets and improving its impact on the climate and environment.

Work is now completed on Barnsley Hospital’s new £7.3m Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is a landmark for Barnsley in terms of future-proofing the town against current and future demand for intensive care beds, and is a milestone in Barnsley Hospital’s capital development projects.