Western Trust

🚶‍♀️🌿 Our staff have been enjoying walks organised for #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife today. Thank you to all our incredible midwives and maternity support workers across our hospitals and communities, and to all colleagues who support our maternity services #WTHeroes

Health Minister @mikenesbittni pictured with Infection Prevention & Control Leads from across the HSC, highlighting the vital role of good hand hygiene in protecting patients, staff and visitors across our health and social care services.

💜🏅 An incredible effort from our amazing Neonatal Nurses who took on the #BelfastCityMarathon as two relay teams 🙌 They’ve already raised £6,000 for our Neonatal Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital and it’s still counting!💪✨

It's #WorldHandHygieneDay. Clean your hands thoroughly and regularly to help stop the spread of infections: nidirect.gov.uk/articles/hand-… @publichealthni @healthdpt

Delighted to host the first Regional Behaviour Support Learning & Support Day, led by our CARS team.🧠 Great to connect with colleagues from across Trusts and share learning.🤝 Thanks to everyone who took part. @NHSCTrust @setrust @WesternHSCTrust @BelfastTrust

The Omagh Centre sincerely thanks the Taggart family for a generous £4,200 donation made in memory of Noel Taggart The funds were raised by family members running the Omagh Half Marathon and this donation will support activities for service users at the Centre. Thank you

Visiting our hospitals? 🧼 Please clean your hands to help protect yourself and others. Use soap & water or hand gel on arrival, before and after visiting a patient, after the toilet and when leaving. Clean hands save lives 💙 #GlobalHandHygieneDay

❗REMINDER❗ 💻Virtual Info Session 📅Tuesday 5th May 🕐7:30-8:30pm Join via Teams: Meeting ID: 318 200 966 480 8 Passcode: q439JW6X No need to register. #HSCNIAdoption @southern_hsct @southeasterntrust @westernhsctrust @belfasttrust @northernhsct

Have you used equipment that helps you live better with a disability? 👉 Take part in our 10,000 MORE Voices survey here: tinyurl.com/10KMVATE Your story helps us understand what matters and shapes how we deliver services in the future. @publichealthni

Good luck, Team Neonatal! 💜🏃‍♂️ Wishing the very best of luck to our incredible Neonatal Nurses taking on the #BelfastMarathon this morning as part of two relay teams 🙌 They’re going the extra mile (and then some!) to raise funds for our Neonatal Unit, Altnagelvin Hospital 💪✨

Have you used equipment that helps you live better with a disability? ▶️ Take part in our 10,000 MORE Voices survey here: tinyurl.com/10KMVATE Your story helps us understand what matters and shapes how we deliver services in the future. @publichealthni

Collette Douglas, Practice Nurse at Dromore and Trillick GP Surgery discusses her role helping patients. youtube.com/shorts/nGq5FJz… #FWTHealthAndCareFutures

🎉 A special milestone for Care Opinion 🎉 Today we’re celebrating our 5,000th story shared on the Care Opinion platform 💬 Every story represents a real experience of care, helping services listen, learn and improve 👉 Read the 5,000th story here: careopinion.org.uk/1439452

Do you support someone living with dementia? 💙 Join the free Alzheimer’s Society Carers Information and Support Programme (CrISP) for carers in the Western Trust area 📆 From Wed 20 May (2 weeks) 🕡 6.30–8.30pm | 💻 Zoom 📩 Register: foyle@alzheimers.org.uk 📞 07902 345229

📣 Western Area FYI – Issue 30 (May 2026) is out now! 📣 The monthly newsletter brings together key updates, supports, training, and opportunities across the @WesternHSCTrust area. Read issue & share with colleagues who may find it useful 👉 cypsp.hscni.net/download/415/w…

A huge thank you to Year 13 students at Thornhill College who collected an incredible 415 books from their school community and kindly donated a number of these to our Children’s Ward in Altnagelvin Hospital. Thank you to everyone involved it is very much appreciated 👏

📱 New Text Reminder Service launching 1 May 2026 We are introducing automated text reminders to help return community equipment no longer needed - making it available sooner for others. Read more: westerntrust.hscni.net/western-trust-…

Lovely to meet so many mums today at the Minding Mum Social Café at the Foyle Arena 💬💜 Our Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team – Anna O’Hagan, Karen Crudden and Nimah Tosh – were delighted to attend, chat with attendees and support conversations around perinatal wellbeing.🌷

💚Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 | 11–17 May This year’s theme is #TakeAction – real change happens when we turn awareness into action There is a range of free emotional health and wellbeing training courses available throughout May, open to all westerntrust.hscni.net/mental-health-…

Spring has sprung in the NW and the cherry blossom is in full bloom at the NWCC 🥰☀️🥰 #NWCC @WesternHSCTrust