Rachel O'Connor

Director of Integrated Care, Strategy and Partnerships at UHP. Passionate for public services and reducing inequalities.Proud Aunty. Runner. My own views.

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Wow wow wow team I couldn’t be prouder - your relentless focus on supporting our patients in their home and taking our integrated service offer to our most vulnerable at home to maintain their independence. Amazing recognition for our partnerships approach 🎉🌟 @UHP_NHS

[HSJ Awards @HSJ_Awards]

The winners of Improving Urgent and Emergency Care through Digital are @UHP_NHS @livewellsw @swasFT Your service avoided 90% of hospital attendances for suspected fractures, saving 1,620 bed days. #hsjdigitalawards

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

@UHP_NHS supporting holistic care and dedicated capacity in the community to support our patients supportive and palliative needs @aligriffo3107 @JdwkellyJk @UHP_NHS @mariecurieuk and shaen Milward🌟🩷💙💚

[UHP Community Hospitals @UhpCommHosp]

Fantastic to see our dedicated end of life beds on the BBC website: https://t.co/4ZFjoRDhMF @UHP_NHS @aligriffo3107

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Incredibly proud of the multi-professional & multi-agency teams that have designed & implemented our community xray car. Brilliant example of our clinically led, innovative & collaborative work to support people to receive their care at home 🏡 💙💚@UHP_NHS 🌟@swasFT @livewellsw

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

We are delighted to announce that the X-Ray Car pilot service, aimed at reducing unnecessary patient admissions to the Emergency Department, launched this week.

Read more about this service on our website: https://t.co/UVoEq5xny2

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

@gordon_kirkwood @livewellsw @UHP_NHS @fujitsu_uk @swasFT Great team work , such an improved outcome for this patient. Just brilliant 🤩

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

@wanderingjenny @mariecurieuk @mariecuriesw @UHP_NHS A very warm welcome, we are all so excited for this ! 🥰

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Couldn’t be prouder of our end of life team. @aligriffo3107 you are an inspiration of compassion and have taught me so much. Exciting things on the horizon for our end of life care services 👀🤩🥰

[Meg 💙 @MajorTraumaSN]

Our AMAZING @aligriffo3107 who is our Advanced EOL/Palliative Care Practitioner. Ali always smells amazing and in her own words "I always make sure I smell nice because I might be the last thing that people smell". Putting patients first ❤️ @DerrifordED

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

Join us at our Annual General Meeting 2024, which offers a unique opportunity to come together, reflect, and look forward to the future. Thursday 1 August, 10 am to 12pm, in the Boardroom at Derriford Centre for Health and Wellbeing.
https://t.co/uOymQvR3O0

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Thank you @Chamber_Devon for the opportunity for @UHP_NHS to be part of #CityConversations. So much shared opportunity between us to support economic growth in the city and peninsular to improve outcomes. Great to meet and speak to members

[Devon Chamber of Commerce @Chamber_Devon]

At #CityConversations Rachel O'Connor describes the challenges @UHP_NHS faces but also the opportunities and how it is working with partners and planning for the future, particularly to tackle the challenging and ageing population and the infrastructure journey the hospital is on

[Vicky Marshment @vickymarshment]

Genuinely innovative role. Opportunity to work directly with two great teams, and indirectly with so many interesting folk. Always available for a chat if of interest!

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

@OakesKatie @UHP_NHS @NNAUK1 @Blisscharity @MckeonCarter @swneonatal Such holistic joined up care 💙👏🏼

[Theresia Makatile @NurseTheresia]

Are you looking to progress & make a difference? If so, click the below for ward manager opportunity on a brand new ward, South West Liver Unit(Avon)😃 ⁦@UHP_NHS⁩ ⁦@Derrifordjobs⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@SWliverbuddies⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦@SWHepnurses⁩ 👇👇 https://t.co/8DnUvY5CuX

[Mustard Tree Macmillan Cancer Support @MustardTreePlym]

If you have a cancer diagnosis, are a @UHP_NHS patient and are based in Liskeard please come along to the new Mustard Tree #Outreach at @LiskeardLibrary between 9am and 4pm every Tuesday🧡
#CancerSupport #Liskeard

[✨Sonia Sparkles✨🖤 @Sonia_Sparkles]

Leadership behaviours for quality improvement

Curious -Ask why & what else
Creative -Imagine new ideas
Empower -They can do it!
Persistence -Don’t give up
Experiment -Try things give it a go
Learning -Good & bad
Listening -To learn & understand
Reflect -learn from experiences

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Phenomenal- well done team. Supporting 1061 patients home to continue their clinical care, treatment and support- just wonderful 💙💫🏡

[Virtual Ward UHP @Virtual_Ward]

Just checked and we've had 1061 patients accepted on to the Virtual Ward since starting in Dec 22! A huge thank you to all those @UHP_NHS who have supported and used our services 😃

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

Researchers from UHP shared a presentation about Derriford Hospital’s Mobile Research Units - which are helping to include people from underserved communities in health and care research - at the 2024 Research and Development Forum.

https://t.co/I8cNUNcPeM

@NIHRSW @RDInUHP

[@weirb4 @weirb4]

For anyone like me who’s away from home on July 4th here’s the link to apply for a postal vote. https://t.co/BgeLuIdmW6

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

Fantastic to have this facility for our children and young people -all part of our recovery of timely access and high quality care and treatment

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has a new dedicated Children’s surgical unit. The new facility is the only dedicated children’s surgical unit in the South West, outside Bristol Children’s Hospital, and only one of two in the country. Full story : https://t.co/LOvWdtU86y

[Livewell Southwest @livewellsw]

There is now a single phone number if you or a loved one ever need urgent support in a mental health crisis📱

https://t.co/c9KOSsiowo…

#NHS111 #MentalHealth

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

⭐️ dream team

[Virtual Ward UHP @Virtual_Ward]

Fab Improvement Huddle with the Team today, made even better by a special guest from the Acute GP Service!! Lots of great suggestions and tweaks to make as the team grows. Plus some exciting news to come @UHP_NHS

[Rachel O'Connor @ROC_UHP]

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[Kyeiyanne James (Beckles) @KyeiyanneJames]

CPOs and Digital Fellowship opportunity for BAME women

@NetworkShuri launching applications for their 4th cohort of Digital Fellowships with NHSE for women from minority ethnic backgrounds in early June.They are running a series of webinars 4 applicants https://t.co/dvNXH3ViRu