Volunteers can make a real difference to #communityhospitals. Free CHA session - Wed 4th Nov @ 12.30pm on Zoom, with Sussex Community NHSFT (2025 CHA award winners) and the Friends of Victoria Hospital, Wimborne. Book now 👉forms.gle/SSUSwNPsbumhz5uM6

Our free webinar with the MedicAlert Foundation has been postponed from 21st October. It will now take place in January 2027, and we will share the exact date soon. #communityhospitals

Rob Burley, CEO of the @MedicAlert Foundation UK - "Their medical history is always there to speak for them." Join our free webinar on Wednesday 21st October, 12noon to 1pm. Book your place: forms.gle/MKGrDJRH8NxsyGfZ9 #communityhospitals #patientsafety

One week left to enter the CHA Innovation & Best Practice Awards 2026. Open to anyone working in a UK community hospital, plus Leagues of Friends and volunteers. Entries close 5th Oct 👉tinyurl.com/y59t27fw #communityhospitals

Free webinar for community hospital leaders: discharge transitions, emergency readiness & how @MedicAlert's bracelet and record service fit in. 21st Oct, 12-1pm, Zoom. Book now, places are limited 👉forms.gle/MKGrDJRH8NxsyGfZ9 #communityhospitals

A pilot at Wincanton and Crewkerne Community Hospitals cut bedpan use by 88% & bottle use by 86%, by helping patients stay mobile & use the toilet where possible. Now extending to Frome and West Mendip. 👉 tinyurl.com/5c968sf7 #communityhospitals #somersetnhs

Our latest newsletter is out! 👉 2026 Innovation & Best Practice Awards (deadline 5th Oct), new committee members, congratulations again to Dr Helen Tucker MBE, a Westminster Hall debate report, and more. 🔗sway.cloud.microsoft/9HZOE41…

Insch War Memorial Hospital in Aberdeenshire is to close, ruled unfit for modern inpatient care after 6-year campaign to save it. NHS Grampian has been asked to involve the community in the building's future use. 👉 tinyurl.com/5c968sf7 #communityhospitals #nhsgrampian

Minor injuries units @ Malvern & Tenbury Community Hospitals treat cuts, sprains/burns, often with shorter waits than A&E. Dame Harriett Baldwin MP is encouraging people to use them first. Read more here 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/ne… #communityhospitals #nhs #worcestershire

The Napper Centre Cranleigh has reopened after a £1 mil restoration. Dr Albert Napper opened the UK's first cottage hospital in 1859. 170 years on, community hospitals still offer local, accessible care. 👉 tinyurl.com/5c968sf7 #communityhospitals #nhsheritage #cranleigh

Free online SIG session, 7th Oct, 12.30-1.30pm. Hamid Zolfagharinia (Birmingham Community Healthcare) on how the ISLA Care platform cut hospital admissions and home visits, saving an estimated £101k a year. Register here 👉 forms.gle/n4iyNePLA7PVtAh2A

Entries for the 2026 CHA Innovation & Best Practice Awards are now open If your team has done something that's made a real difference for patients or staff, we'd love to hear about it. Entries close 5th October. #communityhospitals Find out more here 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/qu…

Campaigners are calling for Insch & District War Memorial Hospital to reopen, as NHS Grampian battles delayed discharges & overcrowded wards. Nearly 400 people attended a public meeting on the issue, ahead of the Integrated Joint Board meeting in Sept 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/ne…

Recurring funding secured to keep the MRI scanner at The Balfour, meaning most patients in Orkney can be scanned locally instead of travelling to Aberdeen. 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/ne…

Bishops Castle Community Hospital's garden has won Gold at Gardeners' World Live, created by Emma Mayho, Pippa Wilcox and hospital volunteers. 👉 tinyurl.com/5c968sf7

The Napper Centre team had a wonderful welcome at Cranleigh Carnival on 26th June, meeting residents and sharing news about their new health and wellbeing hub, due to open in September. 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/ne… #cranleigh #surrey

Insch War Memorial Hospital was raised in the House of Commons recently as an example of the value community hospitals bring to the wider NHS. A public consultation on its future is open until 31st July & local people are encouraged to have their say. 👉 communityhospitals.org.uk/ne…

The deadline for the community hospitals survey has been extended to Friday 24th July. If you work in a community hospital in England, please take 10 minutes to complete it. 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1… Please share with colleagues who may also wish to take part.