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We are the NHS Trust that runs Alexandra Hospital in Redditch; Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre and Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester.

03/09/2026

🎵🎸 Music has a unique way of lifting spirits. Josh has been doing just that, performing for patients at the Alexandra Hospital as they prepare for surgery.

02/09/2026

💥 WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT INCOMING! 🏃‍♀️
Our Consultant Anaesthetist, Dr Alice Braga is hoping to run her way into the Guinness World Records alongside her three sons later this month.

Alice is taking on the Worcester City Run alongside Angus, Archie, and Ollie to smash the Guinness World Record for the fastest combined half marathon time by a mother and three children! 🏅🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

The world record attempt is in memory of Alice's late husband and dad of the three boys, Rob, an eye surgeon who died 10 years ago to the week of this year’s Worcester Half Marathon.

01/09/2026

A decade of doggy dedication... 🐾
Therapy Dog and all round good boy, Aero has been bringing comfort and a whole heap of joy to our patients, visitors and staff ever since he started at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in 2016.

10 years - or 70 in dog years! - later, he's taking partial retirement and putting his paws up a little bit.

So we had to say a special thanks to him and his amazing handler Lesley who have given up so much time and energy to improve the experience of everyone in our hospital.

Thank you Aero and Lesley! 🦮🥰

19/08/2026

Hi 👋 I'm Paige. I’ve always known I wanted to be a nurse, but I wanted to experience healthcare from the front line first.

Starting as a Healthcare Support Worker gave me the confidence and skills to take my next step towards a nursing career.

One of the things I've loved most about the role is being there for patients during some of the most important moments of their lives.

Whether it’s supporting someone at the end of life, helping a patient regain confidence after an amputation, or simply taking the time to listen, it’s a privilege to be able to make a difference when people need it most.

I've been encouraged and supported to pursue a nursing apprenticeship and work towards my nursing degree, all while earning a salary and gaining hands-on experience.

If like me, you see yourself as a future nurse, or you just want to experience healthcare on the front line, come along to our Healthcare Support Worker Careers Event to find out more.

10/08/2026

👀 See behind the scenes of a hospital eye department.

Explore some of the tests you might have in our ophthalmology department for things like glaucoma.

29/07/2026

🔬🚀 Giving patients earlier access to cutting-edge clinical trials...

We've been recognised as a national leader in setting up clinical trials as quickly as possible, after three major cardiology research studies got underway in our hospitals.

Worcestershire is home to lots of innovative clinical research, with over 6,000 of our patients taking part in trials last year researching improved treatments.

We received the national recognition as one of only four NHS Trusts to achieve a 100% setup success rate within 90 days, meaning our patients have access to the latest research opportunities sooner. 🔜✅

28/07/2026

A little therapy on four paws 🐾 🐶
Meet the newest member of our team, therapy dog, Archie.

The five-year-old Cockapoo has been delighting patients and staff at Alexandra Hospital.

Volunteer Julia brought Archie in for his debut visit last week to help bring a bit of comfort and a whole heap of joy to both staff and patients in the hospital.

As a trained therapy dog, Archie is an expert at helping relieve stress and anxiety, with dogs often able to provide a welcome distraction for patients, especially those who may not receive as many visits during their stay.

Animal therapy can be aa huge support for communication, with dogs holding a unique ability to make a difference, whether it's a quick hello or as part of a longer bedside interaction.

27/07/2026

Mel tragically lost her dad to a cardiac arrest when she was young. Now, she's been honoured for helping save the life of a dad who suffered a dramatic cardiac arrest of his own.

Registered Midwife, Melanie knows the devastating impact of cardiac arrest first-hand, but her quick thinking helped spare another family the same loss that she experienced.

While watching her sons play football, 60-year-old Peter suddenly collapsed playing hockey on a nearby pitch. When those around him realised he wasn't breathing, Mel ran over and drew on her years of NHS experience to coordinate life-saving CPR.

Mel was just a teenager when her dad sadly passed away at 42 from a cardiac arrest with no one around him who knew how to respond.

After spending decades in our hospitals honing her resuscitation skills, she was able to coordinate continuous CPR for Peter while a defibrillator was used repeatedly to restart his heart.

In total, Peter received around 20 minutes of CPR and five shocks before paramedics arrived on scene. Against the odds, he was still alive when he was handed over and brought to Worcestershire Royal Hospital for emergency treatment.

He described waking up in hospital in significant pain from the life-saving interventions, including broken ribs from chest compressions, but with a growing realisation of how close he had come to dying. “I look back now and think I’m just incredibly lucky,” Peter said.

Miraculously, Peter experienced no lasting brain damage and is now back doing what he loves on the hockey pitch again.

For Mel, who has completed annual resuscitation training for more than 28 years, the incident was a powerful reminder of why those skills matter. “You can go your whole career thinking you’ll never need to use it, but when it happens you realise just how privileged you are to be able to make a difference”, she said.

Mel and others involved were recently recognised with an award from the Royal Humane Society but says “the fact that he’s alive is what matters”.

Thanks to Mel’s quick thinking and years of training, Peter’s family were spared the same devastating loss she experienced.

23/07/2026

We’ve carried out over 30,000 operations in the last year. Including 22,403 planned operations, 5,409 emergency ops, and 2,988 trauma operations. Were you one of them?

Address

Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR51DD

Telephone

+441905763333

Website

http://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

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