Regional Dignity Stories From the Eastern Region

This page contains all the regional stories form the Eastern region, feel frr to contact us or your regional lead if you would like to suggest a story you feel should be added.

• Addenbrookes Cambridge, Nurses Rewarded for going that Extra Mile
  Cambridgeshire based organisation Elder Protection, made a presentation on Tuesday, to 2 Nurses from Clinic 12 at Addenbrookes Hospital. The awards were in support of the Department of Health's Dignity...
• Suffolk Dignity Challenge Report
  Suffolk County Council have worked with the dignity challenge and applied it to the supporting families and learning disabilities work carried out. Find out how they communicated this and designed an...
• Eastern Dignity Day Conference
  Here is Chrissie Blighs write up from the Eastern Dignity conference for Dignity Action Day.
• Advocacy Review- Suffolk
  "A civilisation is measured by its treatment of its most vulnerable groups. We must remember that citizens in care are no less citizens and their voices should be heard, their views respected and their...
• Suffolk Examples of Excellent Dignity in Care Practice
  There are three examples of Dignity in care practice that stand out from Suffolk. These three individuals have been recognised my colleagues, service users and Suffolk County Council's Adult and Communities...
• East of England Tackling Stigma in Dementia through Creativity
  This project, led by Cambridgeshire County Council, was the winner of the Eastern Region Dignity in Care campaign last year. The basis of the project is that everyone has a unique experience both of...
• East Of England Finishing Touches - Careforce Group
  Careforce is a Domiciliary Care Provider, based in Stevenage, which 93,000 hours of care delivered per week to 49 Local Authorities. A programme to give everyone a taste of something exciting to work...
• East of England Lessons from Sweden
  Sweden was selected for the visit because of its acknowledged good record in supporting Older People to live at home independently. In particular, the Swedish way of managing dementia care, acute and...
• The Dignity and Respect Action Group
  The Dignity and Respect Action Group at Southend University Hospital brings together staff, patients and volunteers to share stories and take forward plans to improve the experience of patients. The...
• Delivering the Privacy & Dignity Agenda in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - A Collaborative Approach
  The Practice and Innovation Team at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust have led the local Dignity Campaign following the national launch in November 2006. The team started by writing 'Best Practice...
• Visual Communication Alerts Project
  Sarah Higson (Patient and Public Involvement) and Lisa Parrish (Head Matron) at Ipswich Hospital introduced a simple but highly effective visual alerts scheme, enabling staff to identify and help patients...
• The Careforce Group
  The Care Force Group, an independant care home provider have developed a Dignity strategy
• Eastern Region Good Practice Examples
  Read here about some of the good practice taking place in Eastern region