Sean O'Kelly has been appointed as the new medical director of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

Salisbury nurse Maria Turewicz has won the Pinder Award for her outstanding contribution as a mentor to student nurses at Salisbury District Hospital.

Staff in the Day Surgery Unit have won the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Customer Care team award for the second year running for the friendly and efficient way they look after people coming in for treatment.

Staff on Pitton Ward have won the Chairman’s multidisciplinary team award for the way they introduced new initiatives to improve overall ward management, provide better communication and more involvement for patients during handover.

Staff in facilities, general surgery, information technology and maternity have won awards for service improvement projects that have had a significant impact on patients.

Strategic Development Director Ian Downie and Media Consultant Michele Romaine have been appointed as Non Executive Directors of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

Children from the 2nd Salisbury Rainbows enjoyed a unique opportunity to speak ‘on air’ and sing their goodbye song live to patients when they visited Radio Odstock at Salisbury District Hospital.

Fifteen to sixteen year old children from Salisbury, south Wiltshire and north Dorset will have a unique opportunity to take part in a range of scientific activities, as part of a special visit to Salisbury District Hospital on Wednesday, November 4.

HRH The Earl of Wessex will mark the 25th anniversary of the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre in a special visit to Salisbury District Hospital on Thursday, October 22.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good for the quality of its services and Excellent for use of resources as part of the independent Care Quality Commission’s annual performance ratings published today (October 15).

Specialist staff at Salisbury District Hospital kick off their ‘Please Turn Over’ (PTO) pressure ulcer campaign for patients, public and staff with an exhibition and demonstration of pressure relieving equipment in the hospital’s Springs Restaurant on Monday, October 12.

As part of the national inpatient survey, local people have an opportunity to comment on same sex accommodation at Salisbury District Hospital following changes made to ward areas.

People who want to know what they can do to reduce the risk of blood clots now have access to a new online assessment tool developed by staff at Salisbury District Hospital for the national NHS Choices website.

Just taking part in the Tidworth 10K on November 1 is not enough for four fundraising fire fighters from Salisbury's Red Watch. They will do it in full kit.

Staff in the Salisbury District Hospital pharmacy are introducing medicine’s allergy leaflets and status cards wherever possible as part of a successful pilot project to improve people’s understanding of allergies and the information that they need to provide when they are prescribed medicines.

Freemasons from Salisbury based Elias De Derham Lodge have donated £7,000 to the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal by funding state-of-the-art equipment for two important areas of the hospital’s work.

Insurance giant Aviva has taken on the principal sponsorship of this year’s Tidworth 10k Race and 3k Fun Run in aid of Salisbury District Hospital’s Stars Appeal. Aviva has stepped in at short notice after the previous main sponsor had to pull out.

Saturday, September 26, sees well known acts performing in support of the Stars Appeal’s Caring 4 Kids campaign at two of Salisbury’s biggest venues.

Staff from Salisbury District Hospital have organised an eight hour live music festival in the grounds of Philipps House Dinton on Saturday, August 22 to raise funds for the Stars Appeal’s Caring 4 Kids campaign.

Local people, patients and staff have the opportunity to nominate an individual member of staff or team for a Salisbury District Hospital Customer Care Award.

Local enthusiasts Steve Chislett and Mike Pearce have produced a beautiful commemorative book celebrating 150 years of the Salisbury to Gillingham railway in support of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal Caring 4 Kids Campaign.

Health professionals, academics and health service managers from across Europe had an opportunity to find out more about the range of healthcare provided in the UK at a special conference at Salisbury District Hospital.

Children leaving Britford CofE Primary School for secondary education have clubbed together to buy a bench and insect boxes to present to the school as a thank you for the start they have been given to their school lives.

Salisbury District Hospital has again been given top marks for the hospital environment, food quality and privacy and dignity in a national report by the National Patient Safety Agency published today (Monday, July 6).

Eleven-year-old Andover schoolboy, Rob Jones, will make a guest appearance alongside the Searcher’s lead singer Mike Pender, and the popular band Vanity Fare at a Sixties Gold show in aid of the Stars Appeal Caring 4 Kids campaign on July 10.

Staff will be on hand in main reception at Salisbury District Hospital between 10 and 3pm on Tuesday, June 23 to check walking aids and provide advice on how to prevent falls among older people in the home as part of Falls Awareness Day.

Over 400 staff, former colleagues and patients celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre at a special party held in the grounds of Salisbury District Hospital.

In the year that the Salisbury District Hospital holiday playscheme celebrates its 10th anniversary, the scheme has been rated Good across all areas of provision in its Ofsted Report.

Around 180 specialists in laser treatment heard about the latest technologies and pioneering treatments being used in this country at the British Medical Laser Association Conference held this year at Salisbury District Hospital.

Four to five year olds from the Owls class at Wyndham Park School enjoyed a unique opportunity to speak ‘on air’ and sing their school song live to patients when they visited Radio Odstock at Salisbury District Hospital.

Local children have a unique opportunity to vote for the themes that will influence the decoration of a new children’s unit at Salisbury District Hospital.

Eight new Governors have been elected to the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors.

International soloists will join local stars on June 27 for a special choral concert at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Larkhill in aid of the Stars Appeal, Stroke Care Fund.

Patients from across Southern England were runners up in the Inter Spinal Unit Games for Salisbury District Hospital at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury.

In the latest national inpatient survey published by the independent Care Quality Commission, the Trust has scored well in a number of areas, including confidence and trust in doctors and nurses, involvement in decisions and the level of privacy when being examined or treated.

Parkinson’s disease specialist nurse James Lee will run from Dorset to France on June 4 in memory of his grandfather Lieutenant Derek Boustead who was killed in the Normandy D-Day landings in 1944.

Salisbury District Hospital surgeon Cleo Oliver will run 150 miles in six days across the scorching Namibian desert in southern Africa to raise money for the Salvation Army run Howard Hospital in neighbouring Zimbabwe.

Staff at Salisbury District Hospital have started making improvements to facilities and ward areas to help with privacy and dignity issues.

Salisbury District Hospital staff brought science and engineering to life for children from Broad Chalke Primary School when they came to see what clinical scientists and medical engineers can do to help improve the quality of life for people with disabling conditions.

A grand Easter Egg hunt takes place this Easter Sunday, April 12th at Wilton House, home of the Earl of Pembroke.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has been placed in the top 20% of Trusts in the country in 24 of the 36 key findings in the national staff survey published by the Healthcare Commission.

Staff at Salisbury District Hospital are asking patients and visitors to bear with them as changes to access and movement around the hospital site are affected by major construction work between April and November 2009.

Ringwood businessman Mike Boss will ride a pedalo across the Solent in June in aid of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal and is looking for sponsors to help with the challenge.

Patients, visitors and staff at Salisbury District Hospital will have the opportunity to learn more about prostate cancer as part of national Prostate Cancer Awareness month.

Patients and visitors who come in for assessment before their planned operation can now benefit from a fully refurbished waiting room in the Pre-operative Assessment Unit at Salisbury District Hospital thanks to a £3,000 donation by the League of Friends.

Plastic surgeon Richard Cole will swap his white coat and a scalpel for the cape and mask of Batman when he takes to the streets in the London Marathon on April 26 in aid of the Salisbury League of Friends.

Four local people will put take on the challenge of the London Marathon on April 26th in support of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal.

Scientists at the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory at Salisbury District Hospital have found a genetic link to blood cancers.

Comments from staff at Salisbury District Hospital have placed Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in the top 100 of healthcare organisations across the country in which to work as part of the Healthcare 100 survey.

The partners of chartered accountants Moore Stephens (South) LLP have donated a fantastic £10,000 to the Caring 4 Kids campaign, following a Charity Gala screening of the latest James Bond film, “Quantum of Solace” on 30 October 2008.

Clinical scientists at Salisbury District Hospital have been chosen to lead a national trial on assistive technologies that help improve hand and arm rehabilitation following a stroke.

Local people have the opportunity to nominate Salisbury District Hospital staff that have made a difference to the care and treatment that they have received as part of the national People’s Award for Dignity in Care.

Patients and families who may need additional psychological support during hospital care and treatment will now benefit from an expansion in the clinical psychology service at Salisbury District Hospital.

Children who come into Salisbury District Hospital for treatment or assessment can now benefit from more play opportunities thanks to the introduction of a new play service.

Patients admitted to Salisbury District Hospital will now receive an assessment to see whether they are at risk of developing blood clots while in hospital.

Spire FM have chosen the Stars Appeal Caring 4 Kids campaign as their 2009 Charity of the Year.

The Stars Appeal has passed the half way mark towards its £1 million target for the Caring 4 Kids Campaign thanks to the generosity of local people, businesses and organisations.

People needing emergency treatment have given a big thumbs up to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at Salisbury District Hospital, with quality of care, confidence in staff, respect and privacy rated highly in an independent Healthcare Commission survey of A&E units published today (14 January 2009).

Bournemouth University has awarded Practice Development Unit (PDU) status to the Burns, Plastic and Maxillo Facial Surgery Department at Salisbury District Hospital.

Breast cancer patients at Salisbury District Hospital can now benefit from a new surgical diagnostic procedure that helps specialists see if the disease has spread further without major invasive surgery.

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Team has produced a 'safe exercise' DVD and leaflet for cardiac patients who are referred to Salisbury District Hospital.

Salisbury jeweller Margaret Turner is creating a limited edition pendant made from semi-precious stones to sell in aid of the Stars Appeal’s Caring 4 Kids campaign.

Speech and Language Therapist Ginette Phippen has won a service improvement award for the innovative support and quality of care given to children needing cleft lip and palate surgery at Salisbury District Hospital.

Spinal unit staff nurse Storm Luikel has been rewarded for her excellent care and devotion to patients when she won the individual award for Customer Care at a special ceremony at Salisbury District Hospital.

Local company Naim Audio have donated the system that includes a 42” TV with surround sound. Other raffle prizes include free car hire for a weekend from Woods BMW and a year’s free family membership at Wilton House.

Artcare staff have set up a new web page that will keep people updated on the children’s projects and workshops that are taking place around the development of the new Children’s Centre at Salisbury District Hospital.

Support for the 20th annual Rockbourne Fair was overwhelming as record crowds made a start to their Christmas shopping at the event at Salisbury Racecourse.

Managing Director Dr Lydia Brown, former Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Long and BT Director Major General John Stokoe CB CBE, join Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust as Non Executive Directors on November 1.

Remember, remember the 5th of November – but please don’t forget your health!

Breast cancer patients picked up new tips and enjoyed each other’s company and support as part of a unique annual lunch for past and present patients held by Salisbury District Hospital staff.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, specialist nurses will be able to provide information and advice on breast cancer in Main Reception at Salisbury District Hospital on Tuesday, October 21.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good for the quality of its services and Excellent for use of resources as part of the independent Healthcare Commission’s annual performance ratings published today (October 16).

Jimmy Doherty, star of BBC TV’s Jimmy’s Farming Heroes, will be signing copies of his latest book at the Rockbourne Fair on Thursday afternoon, October 23.

Olympic rowing silver medallist Josh West will start the Stars Appeal’s Tidworth 10k & 3k Fun Run at it’s new home at Tedworth House on Sunday , November 2.

Visitors can put their resuscitation skills to the test on a computerised dummy in main reception at Salisbury District Hospital on October 8 between 10am and 1pm as part of the ‘CPR’ Challenge.

Staff at Salisbury District Hospital are asking visitors and relatives not to come into hospital during the autumn and winter months if they have had diarrhoea, vomiting or ‘flu like’ symptoms over the last few days prior to an intended visit.

People who need access to a sexual health clinic will be able to benefit from improved facilities and better patient care in a new location within Salisbury District Hospital.

The Rockbourne Fair is celebrating its 20th Anniversary and returns to the Salisbury Racecourse in October with its unique pre-Christmas shopping event.

Local photographer Jon Edkins will take to the road on September 14 and cycle 100 miles to raise funds for the Stars Appeal’s new Caring 4 Kids campaign.

Around 15,000 people are expected at the 2008 Berwick St John Country Fayre on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September.

Three nurses who work at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre at Salisbury District Hospital have been chosen to provide specialist support to ParalympicsGB at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in September.

Patients can now benefit from shorter waits and more convenient treatment thanks to the installation of a new £600,000 Computed Tomography (CT) scanner at Salisbury District Hospital.

Relatives of patients in intensive care at Salisbury District Hospital can now benefit from a more sensitive environment away from the ward, thanks to a £3,000 donation from the Salisbury League of Friends for the refurbishment of relatives rooms.

Local businesses battled it out at the annual Wisewalk Resources Rounders Tournament last month to support the Stars Appeal’s new Caring 4 Kids campaign.

Managing Director Dr Lydia Brown, Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Long and BT Director Major General John Stokoe CB CBE, have been appointed as Non Executive Directors of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

The Wessex Stoma Support Group raised £457 for the Stars Appeal’s Caring 4 Kids Campaign at their annual table sale held at Southern Counties Auctioneers.

Patients and visitors have an opportunity to nominate a member of staff or team who they feel has provided them with excellent ‘customer’ care as part of a new award developed at Salisbury District Hospital.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has achieved the 18 week referral to treatment target ahead of the national December target date.

Staff at Salisbury District Hospital are asking people who received an Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) patient survey questionnaire to complete and return them by July 31 at the latest.

Patients, visitors and staff will be able to catch a glimpse of how NHS hospital services have developed locally over the last 60 years with a photographic exhibition that will run along the main corridor and in Springs Restaurant at Salisbury District Hospital between the 30 June and 11 July.

People who are at greater risk of breaking bones because of osteoporosis can now benefit from better diagnosis thanks to the introduction of a new specialist scanner at Salisbury District Hospital.

Staff and volunteers from community groups will be on hand to give local people, carers and relatives information and advice on the support and local services that are available to people with disabilities in Springs Restaurant at Salisbury District Hospital between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday June 25.

The media are invited to attend the official opening of the Pharmacy at Salisbury District Hospital on Wednesday, 18 June. This follows a £400,000 investment in the facilities and new technology which will give outpatients improved surroundings and a faster dispensing service for their medicines.

Salisbury League of Friends has opened the new respiratory facilities at Salisbury District Hospital. The official opening follows the recent move of the Salisbury District Hospital Respiratory Service to this single location on the site.

Kids go free on Sunday, June 8, when Wilton House opens its grounds to all children to celebrate the recent launch of the Stars Appeal’s Caring 4 Kids Campaign.

Salisbury District Hospital based Burns Unit Group Support (B.U.G.S.) has launched an innovative new booklet that provides parents with a wide range of important advice about the care that they can provide for their children when they leave hospital.

Around 125 members of staff at Salisbury District Hospital picked up NVQ and management awards in recognition of the role education and training has in providing top quality services for patients.

Fiona Libby has been elected as a new Governor for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust’s South Wiltshire Rural constituency joining Chris Horwood (South Wiltshire Rural), Celeste Collins, (Salisbury City) and Paul Goldman (North Dorset), who were re-elected to the Council of Governors.

Patients can now benefit from shorter waits and less treatment time thanks to the installation of a powerful new £1 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner at Salisbury District Hospital.

In the latest national inpatient survey published by the independent Healthcare Commission, the Trust has scored well in a number of areas, including the level of privacy given to patients when being examined, and confidence and trust in the doctors treating them.

Matthew Kershaw has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and will take up his post on August 1.

Patients from across southern England have won the national Inter Spinal Unit Games for Salisbury District Hospital at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury – the best result for the hospital in 14 years.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has won the prestigious CHKS Patient Safety Award for UK hospitals.

ArtCare, the arts project at Salisbury District Hospital, is asking all children in the region to give a creative response to plans for a dedicated Children’s Centre at Salisbury District Hospital.

Mayor of Salisbury Kevin Cardy will take to the skies on Sunday 20 April, when he does a parachute jump to raise money for his Mayoral Appeal in support of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for two national awards covering patient safety and quality of care.

The Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal has launched the Caring 4 Kids campaign to raise £1 million to help fund state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in a new children’s centre at Salisbury District Hospital.

Supporters of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal are now the ‘Shining Stars’ in a striking new display in Main Reception.

Local renal patients can now have their kidney dialysis in Salisbury rather than having to travel to Basingstoke, Totton or Portsmouth three times each week.

A top team of international restaurateurs have awarded Salisbury District Hospital chefs James Butterfield and Sering Jammeh a bronze medal in a national catering competition at Hotel Olympia in London.

Salisbury District Hospital staff brought science to life for a group of sixth form students from Kingdown Community School in Warminster when they visited the Radiology Department and the Wessex Specialist Laser Centre.

Local people have an opportunity to meet British Superbike champion Karl Harris and support the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal, when Hayball Motorcycles hold their open day on the Churchfields estate to celebrate 10 years of the Yamaha R-Series.

Staff at Salisbury District Hospital will highlight the dangers of smoking and the benefits of giving up with a display in main reception as part of No Smoking Day on Wednesday, March 12.

Patients and staff in the Salisbury District Hospital Fertility Centre will benefit from new specialist equipment thanks to a £19,500 donation from the Salisbury League of Friends.

Teddy bears are waiting in the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) at Salisbury District Hospital to be given to children who come into A&E for treatment.

Salisbury nurse Kate Mansfield has won the Pinder Award for her outstanding contribution as a mentor to student nurses at Salisbury District Hospital.

The Salisbury District Hospital maternity service has been given a Better Performing rating by the independent Healthcare Commission in a national comparative review of NHS maternity units published today (Friday, 25 January 2008).

The Media are invited to attend the official opening of the new laparoscopic theatre suite at Salisbury District Hospital by Stars Appeal patron Lord Pembroke on Saturday, January 19.

Nurses and therapy staff at Salisbury District Hospital will swap their old style uniforms for scrubs from Monday, January 14 as part of the Trust’s approach to protect patients from infections such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile.

Salisbury District Hospital staff, patients and carers have started a local support group aimed at providing additional help and advice for people with psoriasis.

A five-and-half-ton superconducting magnet for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner will be hoisted into the first floor of the scanner building in a delicate operation at Salisbury District Hospital.

New mums have given a big thumbs up to the Salisbury District Hospital maternity service with quality of care, respect and dignity rated highly in an independent Healthcare Commission survey of NHS maternity units. In Salisbury, the proportion of women surveyed who said their care was Excellent, Very Good or Good was 94% during pregnancy, 93% during labour and birth, and 85% after the birth – all higher than the national average. Caroline Brunt, Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Care said

Patients with slow growing skin cancers and pre-cancerous skin lesions will benefit from a new £5,000 light therapy machine from the Salisbury League of Friends and £3,750 pain relief supercooler from the Wessex Cancer Trust.

Salisbury District Hospital has again been given top marks for cleanliness and the quality of its food in a national report by the National Patient Safety Agency published today (Wednesday, November 21).

Bowel cancer patients can now benefit from a new way of care before, during and after surgery in Salisbury District Hospital thanks to the introduction of the enhanced recovery programme.

Patients with respiratory conditions who need to see a specialist nurse for therapy can benefit from improved facilities and access to therapy thanks to the move of the Salisbury District Hospital respiratory service to a single location on the site.

Clinical Scientist Chris Mattocks and Process Manager Dan Ward from the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory have won the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust’s Service Improvement Award for their work in designing and developing a high throughput laboratory for breast cancer genetic testing.

The Media are invited to attend the official opening by Professor Lord Winston of the new Salisbury Fertility Centre building at Salisbury District Hospital on Friday, November 2.

Building engineers start a major 13-week project on October 29 to install a powerful new £1 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner at Salisbury District Hospital.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has again successfully met all national core standards in the independent Healthcare Commission’s annual performance ratings published today (October 18).

Andover Post Office workers Sandra Cassells and Charlene Tee have raised a total of £1000 for the Stars Appeal. They swam 150 lengths for a sponsored swim in the Salisbury District Hospital Staff Club and the Post Office matched their original £500 donation.

Successful breastfeeding mums are being encouraged to support other mothers who may be struggling with breastfeeding by signing up to be peer supporters in a new scheme run by Salisbury District Hospital midwives and the Salisbury Breastfeeding Support Group.

Organisers of the Rockbourne Fair have pledged their support for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal by making the Appeal a major beneficiary of their three-day event in the Bibury Suite at the Salisbury Racecourse starting on October 17.

As the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal goes from strength to strength, appeal organisers are looking for more volunteers who can help them in their day-to-day fundraising activities.

The Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal has a limited number of places still available for both the Bristol and Salisbury Half Marathons this autumn for fundraisers who want to run in support of the appeal.

Former Salisbury women Allison Fower has raised £1,780 for Tisbury Ward as a thank you to staff who cared for her former husband’s father Terry Fower who died in February after a long illness.

Bikers from the Moonrakers Motorcycle Club in Devizes rallied to the cause when they handed over a cheque for £250 to staff at the Salisbury District Hospital Burns Unit.

Ninety-one year old Professor Hugh Glanville came back to Salisbury District Hospital to see how the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Service has developed since his early research trials in the 1970s at an open day at the National Clinical FES Centre.

Pregnant women will now benefit from a new luxury birthing pool at Salisbury District Hospital thanks to a £10,000 donation by the Salisbury League of Friends.

Consultant colorectal surgeon Graham Branagan and his team have raised over £3,000 for the Stars Appeal and picked up a gold award when they finished the Three Peaks Challenge in 19 hours 10 minutes.

Ottons Land Rover has signed up as the official sponsor of this year’s Walk for Wards – the annual sponsored walk around the beautiful Wilton Estate.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has launched Odstock Medical Limited - the first NHS owned limited company in England to market a service worldwide.

Consultant colorectal surgeon Graham Branagan has formed a team of staff and friends to take on the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal.

Local people looking for an alternative circus experience can now turn to the Stars Appeal who have 200 discounted tickets for Cirque Surreal on Thursday June 7 at the Big Top on Wilton Estate.

Warminster security worker Peter Perren will move between the South of England and the Midlands to run seven marathons in as many months in a personal challenge to raise money for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is carrying out a survey to find out what women think about the maternity care they have received at Salisbury District Hospital or at home within the hospital’s catchment area.

Clinical engineers in the Salisbury District Hospital Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department have developed a unique seating system that will help disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt in his bid to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain.

Salisbury Estate Agent Giles Vye is now backing the Stars Appeal by offering to make a donation every time he sells a house.

As there has been a reported increase of sickness and diarrhoea in the local area the Trust is asking people not to visit Salisbury District Hospital if they have experienced diarrhoea or vomiting in the previous 72 hours.

Reporters and photographers are invited to come along to the launch of a new microbiology laboratory system at Salisbury District Hospital on Monday, 23 April at 2.30pm - the first in Europe to use the pioneering electronic Kiestra system in hospital to process bacterial specimens such as MRSA.

The Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory at Salisbury District Hospital has retained its status as one of only two national reference laboratories along with Manchester. The centre has been awarded a further £1.9M to continue its work for the next five years.

The Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal has a limited number of places on some of the country’s top marathons and runs for fundraisers who want to run in support of the appeal.

Paralympic shot putt gold medallist and former Salisbury spinal patient Terry Hopkins gave spinal patients the chance to find out more about sport for the disabled when the cream of British disabled sport gathered at the Salisbury District Hospital spinal unit.

African skies beckon for local businessman Martin Quigley in April when he starts a 4000 mile motorcycle ride from his home in Wilton to Gambia in West Africa for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal.

Fertility services at Salisbury District Hospital have been rated highly in a review of all clinics in the UK carried out by fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

Salisbury District Hospital staff were able to bring science to life for sixth form students from Kingdown Community School in Warminster when they visited the Radiology Department and the Wessex Specialist Laser Centre.

Patients having laser treatment for disfiguring birthmarks will benefit from a new laser cooling system thanks to a £4,800 donation from the Salisbury League of Friends.

Staff from Salisbury District Hospital will lace up their running shoes for the Stars Appeal when they take on the Bath half marathon on Sunday, March 25.

Catering staff at Salisbury District Hospital have again scooped gold in the Salon Culinaire regional catering competition, when they received awards from the Hospital Caterers Association at the Southampton City College of Further Education.

HSA has donated £5,000 to purchase a state-of-the-art incubator for the Salisbury District Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has successfully retained its Investors in People (IiP) standard with an excellent report from the external assessment team from 'Quality South West’.

Geneticists at the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory are successfully meeting new national targets for Breast Cancer testing thanks to a new ‘high throughput’ laboratory at Salisbury District Hospital.

Nigel Atkinson, retired corporate financier and former executive chairman of specialist finance consultancy company Nabarro Wells, has been appointed as a non executive director of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust from February 1.

The Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust palliative care service has set up a new monthly ‘drop in’ support session in the Peter Gillam Centre at the Hospice for relatives and friends who look after people with ‘life limiting’ conditions.

Essential support staff were presented with awards and certificates by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive Dr Frank Harsent at a special ceremony at Salisbury District Hospital.

Christmas has come early this year for seven-year-old Susannah Costley-White from Salisbury whose winning design was chosen for the Salisbury District Hospital postage stamp.

Salisbury nurse Rosemary Cox has won the Pinder Award for her outstanding contribution as a mentor to student nurses at Salisbury District Hospital.

A new Clinical Skills Laboratory has opened giving staff at all levels at Salisbury District Hospital a realistic ward-like environment where they can learn new techniques and procedures together in a multi professional setting.

A wide range of major achievements at Salisbury District Hospital were recognised in the Health Service Journal Awards that were presented at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on November 30.

South Wiltshire GPs in training now have an opportunity to learn more about skin conditions together with their own patients as part of a unique teaching clinic run by a specialist dermatologist at Salisbury District Hospital.

Midwives at Salisbury District Hospital are now starting weekly ante-natal classes in central Salisbury from December 4 that will give younger mums the opportunity to get their own informal support and advice on a range of issues.

Verwood resident Chris Archibold has been elected as the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Governor for the Trust’s East Dorset constituency, with Stella Sykes elected to the volunteer class in the staff constituency.

As part of its commitment to continuing education and training, staff will celebrate 10 years of national vocational qualification (NVQ) training for health and therapy support workers at Salisbury District Hospital on Monday, November 20.

Consultant surgeon Jerry Wilde has won this year’s clinical audit award for his assessment of a follow up telephone consultation for women discharged following major gynaecological surgery.

Speech and language therapist Jenny Burns has won this year’s Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Award for the way she used a range of views and experiences to develop speech and language services for stroke patients at Salisbury District Hospital.

Breast cancer patients picked up new tips and enjoyed each other’s company and support as part of a unique annual lunch for past and present patients held by Salisbury District Hospital staff.

Remember,remember the 5th of November - but please don't forget your health! With the traditional bonfire night approaching, and Halloween at the end of the month, staff at the Salisbury District Hospital Burns Unit will be warning people to take care when dealing with fireworks and not to use flammable liquids such as petrol to start bonfires.

The B.U.G.S. support group will be joined by patients from across the south of England, staff, volunteers and other supporters of burns care at the official opening of the new Burns Unit quiet room at Salisbury District Hospital on Monday, October 23.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has successfully met all national core standards and performed well around existing national targets in the independent Healthcare Commission’s annual performance ratings published today (October 12).

Patients and staff will benefit from a range of new and exciting computer based training opportunities being launched at Salisbury District Hospital.

Orthopaedic, burns and plastic surgery patients who need X rays when they come in for outpatient appointments can now benefit from a £235,000 investment in new state-of-the-art X ray equipment.

HRH The Princess Royal will officially open the new Salisbury District Hospital development on Monday, September 18.

Psychologists at Salisbury District Hospital have been awarded a £400,000 grant from the Wessex Cancer Trust to pilot teaching programmes for NHS staff who can offer additional psychological support to cancer patients and their families.

Salisbury District Hospital has again been given top marks for cleanliness and the quality of its food in a national report by the National Patient Safety Agency published today (September 7).

The Trust is starting a series of road improvements within the Salisbury District Hospital site that will improve access for cars and buses, enhance footpaths for patients and visitors and improve facilities for cyclists.

Andy Burnham, Minister of State, will meet with staff and patients in the major new £24m extension to Salisbury District Hospital on 1 June 2006 as Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust comes into effect.

Double Olympic gold medal yachtswoman Shirley Robertson will name and launch the 19 and half foot sailing boat built by patients at Salisbury District Hospital for people with spinal cord injuries at 2pm on Saturday, May 20 at the Marina, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Specialists from the Dermatology Treatment Centre at Salisbury District Hospital will highlight the dangers of overexposure to harmful ultra violet light from the sun and sun beds as part of a skin cancer awareness campaign.

Reporters and photographers are invited to come along to a media morning on Wednesday, May 10 to see the new £24 million extension to Salisbury District Hospital.

Salisbury District Hospital based Burns Unit Group Support (B.U.G.S.) has launched an innovative new video and DVD that provides patients with a wide range of important information about their care and treatment and what to expect when they leave hospital.

Salisbury District Hospital is introducing special bags so that patients' can have their own 'brought in' medication in one portable carrier – helping both staff and patients to manage their medicines more effectively and safely while they are in hospital.

People with general medical and surgical outpatient appointments can now benefit from better facilities and improved service at Salisbury District Hospital thanks to a £20,000 redesign and refurbishment of the medical and surgical outpatient area.

Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust has achieved the NHS Improving Working Lives (IWL) Practice Plus standard which recognises good employment practices and a range of initiatives that support NHS staff at work.

Researchers at Salisbury District Hospital have been awarded a grant of £59,000 from the MS Trust for a follow up study to assess the effect of the Odstock Dropped Foot Stimulator (ODFS) on people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Staff and patients on the Salisbury District Hospital Spinal Unit raised over £400 towards specially adapted computer equipment for the unit when they swam the distance of the English Channel on December 5.

The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery will be the guest of honour at the official opening of the new Salisbury District Hospital Pembroke Cancer Unit.

The Salisbury District Hospital Learning Disability Group has produced a video of their own personal experiences that can be used for hospital staff training.

Schoolchildren in Wiltshire will have an opportunity to learn more about science in the NHS when scientists and medical engineers from Salisbury District Hospital take some of their inventions and ideas into the classroom as part of Healthcare Science Week.