Karen Hunter

🌸Matron for Neurosciences🌸

[Karen Hunter @Karen_hunter8]

@PhillippaMullig @ParkinsonsUK @AnnMarieRiley10 @jeanettegrcot

[Phillippa Mulligan @PhillippaMullig]

Fantastic and informative Uhnm Parkinson’s study day today. Wonderful to enhance learning and develop our knowledge to improve our patient care 😊@ParkinsonsUK

[Acute Stroke Unit - UHNM @AcuteStrokeUni1]

Stroke School day 2
Therapy teaching and workshops. What a fun day. Made origami animals, correct positioning for patients bed and chairs, mobilisation as well as assisted feeding. Hope everyone enjoyed it and learnt a lot.
Role on day 3
@strokeindira
@Karen_hunter8 @alanpbethell

[Acute Stroke Unit - UHNM @AcuteStrokeUni1]

Stroke School day 1
Today we had speakers cover Stroke management and care, haemorrhage management, research and TIA assessment. Interesting day with very knowledgeable speakers.
Day 2 - therapy for Stroke
@strokeindira @Karen_hunter8 @alanpbethell

[Karen Hunter @Karen_hunter8]

@AcuteStrokeUni1 @megriverscakes @alice_podmore Well done team! 👏 😋

[Karen Hunter @Karen_hunter8]

Very proud 👍🏻 Well deserved 👏👏👏

[Linda Collier @LindaCo60340846]

Congratulations to staff on Ward 127 at UHNM on receiving their New Year Honours Awards and wellbeing vouchers - thank you for your hard work and dedication ⁦@UHNM_NHS⁩ ⁦@AnnMarieRiley10⁩ ⁦@scott1purser⁩ ⁦@DebChallinor⁩

[Karen Hunter @Karen_hunter8]

@LindaCo60340846 @scott1purser @AnnMarieRiley10 @UHNM_NHS @DebChallinor Well done! @jeanettegrcot looks amazing 🤩

[Linda Collier @LindaCo60340846]

Super proud Ward 127 winners of Mouthcare Matters board at UHNM - judged by CEO and Deputy Chief Nurse. Well done team. Well done 227 runners up and Ward 201 third. All boards were brilliant. ⁦@DebChallinor⁩ ⁦@TracyBullock12⁩ ⁦@UHNM_NHS⁩ ⁦@scott1purser⁩

[Linda Collier @LindaCo60340846]

Feeding the staff including doctors ready for their 100 miles run in one week to raise money for the Stroke Unit at UHNM - to buy technology for our community stroke patients please give generously. Look out for the Captain Tom 100 Challenge donation link ⁦@UHNM_NHS⁩ ⁦

[UHNM Charity 🏥 @UHNMCharity]

Maizy-Mae Brownfield is raising funds for @AcuteStrokeUni1 by selling home-made keyrings to @UHNM_NHS staff!

The nine-year-old has made 60 keyrings in her own time after school to thank the Unit for caring for her Grandad and Great-grandad.

Well done Miazy-Mae!👏👏👏

[The geko® device @gekorecovery]

Dr. Indira Natarajan, from the Royal Stoke University Hospital, discusses the burden of VTE in stroke aftercare with @CSJMagazine and explains how a pilot study, undertaken in partnership with Sky, changed clinical practice at the hospital https://t.co/dM1NvYfdwM

[Dance Floor Heroes @dfHeroesUK]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
We have been overwhelmed by the volume of applications for our Strictly NHS event.
As a result we have made the decision to close applications at midnight Friday 31st JULY 2020.
Thank You to everyone who has already applied!
#StrictlyNHS #DanceFloorHeroes

[Sanjeev Nayak @Sanjnayak]

Thrombectomy in a patient @UHNM_NHS with top of basilar occlusion presenting with right sided paralysis, gaze deviation, facial palsy, ataxia and dysarthria. #patient has made full recovery from their #stroke and discharged home in 3 days.

[Linda Campbell @lindamillicamp1]

Announcing the launch of the ‘New Look’ STARS Core & Advancing Professional Resources. Includes a new ‘Hyperacute Stroke Treatments Thrombolysis & Thrombectomy’ module. Available 17th July 2020 these STARs e-Learning resources will be accessed from: https://t.co/56HWU10rhI

[NSNF @ukstrokenursing]

Last week we sent out letters to all our governing bodies including parliament about our concerns that NG insertion and swallow screening are AGPs. We had our first reply today.
We support @british_stroke @RCSLT @BAPENUK when we say you should have full PPE for these procedures.

[British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians @BIASPstroke]

BASP statement about AGPs & #PPE following the 5-nations stroke call on 18 May https://t.co/ez5nIw3twQ #COVID_19 @BAPEN @RCSLT @BleedingStroke @BDA_Dietitians @theRCN @ASPENWEB @NNNGUK @RCPLondon @MeadGillian @UCLStrokeRes @MLDharmasiri @DrTerryQuinn @Deborah71247971

[UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 @UHNM_NHS]

The emergency services are still here to help you. Call 999 immediately if you think someone might be having a stroke. #HelpUsHelpYou

[UHNM Charity 🏥 @UHNMCharity]

Happy #InternationalNursesDay! ❤️🌈

Today we thought it'd be appropriate to share the magnificent fundraising efforts of the nurses (& other colleagues!) of our Neuroscience Team taking part in their Empire State Building Fundraising Challenge➡️ https://t.co/bPAiBdCoo9

#IND2020

[UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 @UHNM_NHS]

Here is some important information on our Stroke services during Covid-19. ⬇️

[UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 @UHNM_NHS]

Thanks to Maia Bradley From year 6W Willows primary school for her lovely thank you message for all our staff in the Neurosciences unit ward 231 and ward 218. Thanks Maia 👏🌟