Trust builds on progress in the NHS Maternity Services Survey 2023

The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s (WSFT) maternity services have seen another positive set of results from the NHS Maternity Services Survey 2023. Sitting as part of the NHS Patient Survey Programme commissioned by the Care Quality Commission, which collects patient feedback on numerous services, this year marks the tenth survey to date. The survey […]

New Grazier For Town Council Sites

Thetford Town Council is pleased to introduce a new grazier for its open spaces from April 2024. Charles Clack and Matthew Rouston, local farmers with extensive experience in livestock management, will be responsible for grazing cattle and sheep on Barnham Cross Common and Ford Meadow and for the first time in many years, sheep will […]

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO APPLY FOR FUNDING!

Community groups and charities in Thetford are being reminded to apply for a share of funding from Thetford Town Council. A total of £25,000 has been made available for local groups to bid for as part of a Participatory Budgeting process whereby members of the public get to vote and decide who receives a share […]

Exploring Thetford

With Spring in the air, there’s no better time to get out and explore our beautiful town and discover a bit of local history. Our friends at Leaping Hare have created a set of fantastic local films which can be found at www.leapinghare.org Leaping Hare also have a range of inexpensive town trail maps which […]

A New Prescription for the Brecks

A new festival is coming to Thetford with the aim of transforming healthcare in the Brecks. On the 13th of March, BFER and the Restoration Trust are holding a Wellbeing Festival at The Carnegie to improve and increase the use of social prescribing in the Brecks. The idea is to connect medical prescribers with local […]

Ministers plant green shoots of new hospital

Lord Markham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, visits West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as the first green shoots of the new hospital are planted. Lord Markham CBE, who is responsible for the New Hospital Programme and minister for RAAC, planted the first tree as buffer planting on […]

Working Well Norfolk leaflet

Dusk Exploration: stories and stars

Biofluorescent Night Walk

Infant Feeding Grant

A new grant to support groups and services to enhance or develop infant feeding support in Norfolk communities is now available. Grants will be made up to £8,000 to applications which support the Start for Life Offer ambitions to improve and sustain breastfeeding rates and to support wider infant feeding needs such as weaning and […]