Staff celebrate national events
St Andrew's day: Sunday 30 November
Staff and patients at St Andrew’s celebrated Scotland’s national day this week in true Scottish style.
A bagpiper entertained patients on the burns and plastics wards before moving onto St Andrew’s outpatients. Boxes of Scottish shortbread were handed out to all of the St Andrew’s departments and wards.
Ruth May said:” It was lovely to be able to celebrate St Andrew’s day as this is where our burns and plastics unit takes its name from. I hope that all of the patients and staff enjoyed the Scottish music and shortbread. It was also an opportunity to remember the important work that takes place at the unit throughout the year. I would particularly like to thank senior sister, Neilma Keefe, who was involved in organising the day.”
St Andrew’s takes its name from the hospital in Billericay where the burns and plastics unit was originally located. St Andrew's Hospital started life as a Victorian workhouse and become the regional plastic surgery and rehabilitation unit following the opening of a new general hospital in Basildon. These units opened in May 1973. By the early 1990s the hospital buildings were in need of extensive redevelopment and after long negotiations on 1 April 1995 the St. Andrews Centre become part of the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. The first removal vans arrived at St. Andrews in April 1998 and the first batch of staff were transferred to new quarters at Broomfield Hospital.
The internationally renowned St Andrews regional plastic surgery service now covers a population of 3.2 million and the regional burns service services a population of 9.8 million.
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