Glenda Bestford

Deputy Matron for Medicine & Emergency Care Clinical Board Newcastle Hospitals ♡ All views are my own x

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Eventually able to log back in!!! Want to tell you I've a new Deputy Matron sidekick in Med & Emer Care board @NewcastleHosps please welcome the lovely Peter! A familiar face in the RVI but fresh and shiny new in FH! Excited for the coming months! X

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

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[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

@SteveHeadSpeaks Have used #149 more than any other tool to focus staff! Thank you for that wee gem (and all the others)! Hope you had a great time over the festivities, shoes were put away and you didn't release the chimp! Aw ra best steve! X

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

@ChrisGibbins82 Sounds like my kind of drink! Slàinte Chris x

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

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@tobyanstis absolutely classic #dance Better off alone x

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

The lovely Aliyah from Pharmacosmos refreshing us on the importance of iron in our bodies and the impact of iron deficiency in the Renal patient #NRNF23 @NewcastleHosps @IbbotsonJulia @EmilyDdxnurse #deficiency #kidneyfunction

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Specialist nurses Lyndsay Robins and Vicky Applegarth sharing the fantastic work they have led on the Dialysis unit @NewcastleHosps supporting patients to better manage their diabetes #NRNF23 @IbbotsonJulia @EmilyDdxnurse

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Specialist Urology Nurse Kayleigh Brownlee-Moore from @BBraun talking all things nephrostomy! Interesting video showing how they are inserted #nephrectomy #urology #qualityoflife #NRNF23 @NewcastleHosps @EmilyDdxnurse @IbbotsonJulia

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Attending #NRNF23 @NewcastleHosps Sr Cath Pearce sharing her knowledge around #EndoAVF #dialysis #access #patientoptions @IbbotsonJulia @EmilyDdxnurse

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Different view of the bridges yesterday @InnsidebyMelia Away day with some of Rheumatology staff to support service design and delivery Thanks to Chris @innersummitltd #tharros @IbbotsonJulia @nicjoy111 @CarolineWroe1

[andrea russell @andrear88971256]

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[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Nature is just so beautiful #winkle #seaweed #perfectfit ♡ xx

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Fantastic achievement by the @aHUSnurses #patientsafety #QI @IbbotsonJulia #proudmatrons ♡ xxx

[Nursing Times @NursingTimes]

Let's hear it for @NewcastleHosps, who won the Patient Safety Improvement Award. A big congratulations! The judges said the team recognised a gap in local management and established a new national collaborative pathway. #NTAwards

[Alison East @LeStripe]

🚨Fantastic practice development job opportunity for an experienced cancer nurse 🚨

Please get in touch ☎️ if you would like to learn more about this new role.

https://t.co/F5j6Qr49UL

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

@Martin_Newc_COO @NewcastleHosps @EmilyDdxnurse and Sharon dream team educators! X

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Stumbled across this beautiful place in Palma Old Town, the Convento de Santa Clara. Listening to the sound of the nuns praying was beautiful. They bake biscuits, sell from a wee window called a 'torno' but never show their faces #humbling #tourist #history

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

@EmmaArrowsmith5 @CDDFTNHS @TeessideUni Well done! I'm half way through....x

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

Interesting #QI presentation by @suren_kan about green nephrology and sustainability as part of @NuTHImprovement 🌱 🌿

[Glenda Bestford @NUTHDepMatMedEC]

@johnasayer @NCKRF @greatnorthrun_ @Kidney_Research Two of #TeamRenal finest! Well done 👏 xxx