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Award winners revealed at staff celebration!
Pictured: Abi Fadipe and Ify Okocha hosting our 2022 awards
Our first face-to-face Recognition Awards for three years was certainly one to remember.
Read Award winners revealed at staff celebration!…New prison healthcare colleagues welcomed
Pictured: Associate Director Michelle Storer, HR Business Partner Lisa McNeil, Chief Executive Ify Okocha, IT lead Ashley Hodge and Chief Operating Officer Iain Dimond.
We were delighted to welcome new faces to the Oxleas family during a visit to prisons in the South West, where we are now providing offender healthcare.
Read New prison healthcare colleagues welcomed…October is Freedom to Speak Up Month
Speaking up enhances working life and improves the quality and safety of care. Listening and taking action, means a culture where freedom to speak up is commonplace, can thrive.
Read October is Freedom to Speak Up Month…New graduates welcome to Oxleas
We welcomed more than 20 new colleagues this week as part of our new Graduate Scheme.
Read New graduates welcome to Oxleas…Oxleas NHS celebrates commitment to real living wage
We’re delighted to announce that Oxleas NHS has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
Read Oxleas NHS celebrates commitment to real living wage…Supporting those affected by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's death
If you are feeling affected by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, then you’re not alone. Although we might feel sad at the loss of the person, we may find ourselves experiencing feelings of personal loss and a past bereavement too.
Read Supporting those affected by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's death…Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
We are deeply saddened by the news that Her Majesty The Queen has passed away.
Read Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022…Drop-in healthcare available again for Horn Park residents
Horn Park residents will once again be able to access drop-in healthcare on their estate as The Source reopens after a six-year closure.
Motivational speaker encourages change among offenders
Pictured: Dave Redford and Michael Maisey outside HMP Swaleside in Kent
Offenders at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent have enjoyed a visit from a motivational speaker who has turned his life around and wants to encourage others in prison to do the same.
Read Motivational speaker encourages change among offenders…Media enquiries
The communications team provides a point of contact for journalists to respond to all media enquiries.
We are happy to help journalists represent the trust accurately, so please do get in touch to ensure your facts and information are up-to-date before publishing your story.
Our media team is responsible for:
- Responding to media queries
- Arranging interviews with our nationally and internationally renowned experts who can talk about some of the trust’s specialist topics
For all media enquiries Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, please email oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net where a member of the team will review and action your request.
If you have an urgent enquiry outside of office hours or at the weekend, please contact our director on call via the Bracton Centre switchboard on 01322 294300.
Filming and photography requests
We receive documentary, location and broadcast filming requests on a regular basis – we consider all proposals on an individual basis and will try to accommodate proposals where possible, if appropriate.
No photography or filming is permitted without prior arrangement and agreement. Our patients always come first and we have a duty to protect their safety and confidentiality. Anyone found filming or taking photographs on the trust premises without the permission of the trust’s communications team will be asked to leave by the security department and may face prosecution.
Unless agreed otherwise, film crews and photographers must be accompanied by a member of the Communications Team at all times.
Contact: oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net
