Karen Hindle

Congratulations to all the NHS staff featured in the King’s New Year Honours! Colleagues including GPs, nurses and surgeons have been recognised for their service. Thank you for everything you do for patients. Read more ➡️ england.nhs.uk/2025/12/nhs-fo…

Winter can be a tough. Take care of your wellbeing and ask for help if you need it. Call NHS 111 if you start to feel unsafe or distressed and need urgent help. Support available ➡️ orlo.uk/t9I3F

@NorwichCityFC Thank you so much for visiting us and spreading joy to our patients and staff. Merry Christmas to everyone at NCFC.

We’re one of four UK sites recruiting patients to take part in a ground-breaking international trial for treating prostate cancer. It's investigating whether Aquablation, a therapy using robotics, AI and real-time imaging, compares favourably to traditional surgery.

We’ve been named the fourth busiest hospital for aortic surgery in England with some of the best patient outcomes in the National Vascular Registry Report. Aortic surgery is a procedure to repair the aorta, the body's largest artery, to fix problems like aneurysms.

Norovirus is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. You can usually treat yourself or your child at home with rest and plenty of fluids. Please do not visit the hospital until you've not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days.

If you’re feeling unwell and suspect you have a virus, stay at home to stop it spreading it to others. If you need advice, NHS 111 can tell you what to do next. orlo.uk/86OIQ

@MrPitbull07 Immense

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... Credit: Mary Nelson

@RoyLilley What interests me, is that all this commentating about how poor the handling was and damaging this has been to the NHS - who’s listening? Certainly not the people who should be. And most importantly, what can we do about that?

The abolition of NHS England was poorly handled and risky. Rushed and chaotic. Announced without adequate preparation and has created major uncertainty. myemail.constantcontact.com/-avin-a-larf.h…

@NHSEngland Perhaps next year a collaboration between NHS and RBL to provide an enamel poppy pin with the NHS lozenge?

Today we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice made by members of our Armed Forces. Their commitment to protecting and serving our communities will forever be remembered with gratitude, and their legacy of courage continues to inspire us all. #WeWillRememberThem

Be prepared for winter by making sure you can care for your family. 🫂 Stocking your medicine cabinet with painkillers, cough syrup and diarrhoea treatments, is a good place to start. Stop by your local pharmacy or visit: winterwellnorfolkwaveney.co.uk #WarmandWell

We've launched our Warm and Well campaign to help local people stay healthy and access the support they need over the winter months. Find out more about the launch ➡️ improvinglivesnw.org.uk/act-now-to-kee… Visit the website ➡️ winterwellnorfolkwaveney.co.uk

Not before time. Good news going forward

Norfolk & Waveney CDCs programme has been shortlisted for a national award The Community Diagnostic Centres programme is shortlisted in the Planning for Health and Wellbeing category at the the Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence.

There is another walking tour in the footsteps of Swedish Opera singer Jenny Lind this Friday. Local historian and walking tour guide Paul Dickson is running the event. Tickets are £12. Visit: orlo.uk/jRvXC to book.

Patients with severe glaucoma can now benefit from pioneering surgery. Shaheryar Khan, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Glaucoma Surgeon, has performed our first two PAUL Glaucoma Implant (PGI) procedures, a major milestone for the department and service. orlo.uk/gpMdN

Incredible. And so good to show this footage

@RoyLilley @nhse Also upsetting for organisations who are partway through this process

I’m hearing @NHSE has pulled the plug on reorganisation as it can’t fund the redundancies . Ouch!

Congratulations to our Hand Unit who've been crowned winners in our Green Team Competition, organised by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. Alongside the other entrants, the team has been investigating new ways to make their department more sustainable.

Plenty of buzz as preparations are underway for our @NNUH showcase and annual meeting