Our Children's Symptom Checker provides parents with helpful advice and tips on how to manage their child when they're unwell 💻

🚨 Before attending the Emergency Department, make sure to visit our Symptom Checker: bit.ly/4azyRM9

Drop into our lunchtime informal information session tomorrow to find out more about becoming a foster carer.

💻Virtual Fostering Information Session
📅Wednesday 15 May
🕢1.00pm – 1.30pm

Join via MS Teams
Meeting ID: 352 301 255 786
Passcode: wF8fgp

#FosterCareFortnight

Join Ravine for the grand opening of their Community Farm Shop at Knockbracken Healthcare Park!

Fresh Seasonal Fruit & Veg, Wide variety of potted Plants. Bedding Plants, Ravine Merchandise
& much much more!

Grand Opening Details -
Date: 17/05/2024
Time: 10am- 11am

We’re proud to celebrate our foster carers and everything they do to support children and young people and give them the opportunity to grow and succeed this #FosterCareFortnight .

Visit adoptionandfostercare.hscni.net to find out more and get in touch to start your fostering journey

Tough but rewarding.

Brenda Creaney, Executive Director of Nursing and User Experience, encourages people to consider nursing as a career for them.

#InternationalDayOfTheNurse

Today we celebrate #InternationalDayOfTheNurse !

“They’re an amazing group of people and I’m very proud to be one of them.”

Brenda Creaney, Executive Director of Nursing and User Experience, thanks our nurses for the care they provide our patients in across the Trust.

encompass will introduce an electronic care record for every person. A single, digital record for each person.

Less repetition for you, improved quality and consistency of care, digital safety checks and the introduction of the My Care patient portal.

bit.ly/3JOpvki

Our Children's Symptom Checker is here to help you 💻

It's important to visit our Symptom Checker before attending ED as there's advice on how to best manage your child's condition 🚨

Here's Dr Julie-Ann explaining how triage works in ED 👇

🔗 bit.ly/4azyRM9

Our nurses make a difference every single day, providing patient-centred care 🌟

Dara enables patients to be cared for where they want to be most 👏

Watch the video below to find out more 👇

#NursesDay

#TheWayWeTalkAboutDeathMatters

Did you know that District Nurses are the Community key workers for palliative and end of life care?

Some kind feedback shared on @CareOpinion about our District Nurses.

#teamNORTH colleagues were delighted to offer support to the Belfast Trust this week as it gets ready to go live with #encompassni

This once-in-a-generation moment for digital transformation will create a single digital care record for every citizen in NI 💻

#TheWayWeTalkAboutDeathMatters , so have you ever thought about planning for your future care?

The “Your life and your choices: plan ahead” booklet from Macmillan can help plan ahead and making choices about your future care.

bit.ly/4a5gSwk

#DMAW24 #DyingMattersWeek

#ThankYouThursday

Patricia Ferguson thanks staff working on a vital piece of the encompass jigsaw - bedded cutover

#encompassNI

Dr Shane McKee explains the benefits of encompass within his area of Clinical Genetics 👇

The new digital patient record system allows for all information to be together in the one place so that everyone can access everything seamlessly 📱

🔗 belfasttrust.hscni.net/about/encompas…

The Department of Health has advised patients, staff and visitors to allow extra time when attending hospital sites next week due to possible car parks disruption.

➡️More info here: health-ni.gov.uk/news/hospital-…

Today we took a step closer to our encompass Go-Live on 6 June when we will wave goodbye 👋🏻 to paper records and introduce our new digital patient record system✨ #encompassni
Find out what this means for you👉🏻bit.ly/3JOpvki

Phone First helps you get the right care, first time.

Available to anyone over 16, if you are have a minor injury, you should Phone First for triage and you will be advised of the appropriate next steps.

To find out more, visit: bit.ly/3NEhSiM

Over exposure to UV rays can damage your skin and lead to skin cancer.

Applying sunscreen regularly will help protect your skin from harmful UV rays, reduce your risk of skin cancer and prevent premature aging.

Visit careinthesun.org for info.

#SunAwarenessWeek

Bereaved NI provides a range of accessible resources for people who are experiencing bereavement and ensure that they have the required information and support for each stage of their bereavement journey.

bereaved.hscni.net

#DMAW24 #TheWayWeTalkAboutDeathMatters

It's one month to go until we go-live with the new digital patient record system #encompassNI ⏰

Less repetition for you, improved quality & consistency of care and digital safety checks. You will also have access to some of your records in the patient portal, My Care 📲