News

Local bus companies donate bus stop to dementia specialist ward at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

Date: 10/11/2021 | Category: General News

Thanks to the generous support of local bus companies Arriva and Uno, Ward 15, an elderly care and dementia specialist ward at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital, now has a […]

Update to visiting at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Date: 05/11/2021 | Category: General News

In recent weeks, the COVID infection rate in the community and Bedfordshire Hospitals has been increasing. The Trust recognises, and values, the contribution that visiting provides to patient wellbeing and […]

New patient appointment booking system for children’s blood testing

Date: 08/10/2021 | Category: General News

A new appointment booking system for paediatric (children) blood tests will be available from Monday 18 October at Bedford Hospital, and Monday 1 November at the Luton and Dunstable University […]

Calnwood Road Patient and Visitor car park closure

Date: 23/09/2021 | Category: General News, Redevelopment news

In order to the support the redevelopment projects on the L&D site, the patient and visitor car park off of Calnwood Road will be closing at the end of the […]

Global shortage of equipment used for taking blood tests

Date: 20/09/2021 | Category: General News

Blood tests – global shortage of blood bottles – update 20 September 2021 The national (and global) blood bottle shortage situation has slowly started to improve and from this week the […]

Annual Members’ Meeting 2021

Date: 09/09/2021 | Category: General News

On Wednesday 8 September 2021, we held our Annual Members’ Meeting for Foundation Trust members of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Due to COVID-19, this was held virtually with over […]

COVID-19 and Pregnancy Q&A next week

Date: 03/09/2021 | Category: General News

We understand that the decision about having the COVID-19 vaccine is both important but also one that some may find challenging. As we see more pregnant women presenting very unwell […]

Blossom volunteers to support patients at the end of life

Date: 24/08/2021 | Category: General News

Ensuring patients who are at the end of their life receive the best possible care is something we are passionate about at Bedfordshire Hospitals. We have a group of Blossom […]

FAQs on maternity restrictions for added clarification

Date: 21/07/2021 | Category: General News

What are the current maternity visiting restrictions at Bedfordshire Hospitals? A reminder of the current maternity visiting guidelines in place at Bedfordshire Hospitals are: One visitor is now permitted to […]

Restrictions remain at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Date: 16/07/2021 | Category: General News

Although on the 19 July 2021 regulations around the use of face masks / coverings and social distancing will change across the country, at Bedfordshire Hospitals most regulations currently in […]