Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

Staff and patients across Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee across the four-day bank holiday weekend by holding a host of fun-filled events.

The Trust joined in with the rest of the country to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70th year on the throne over the special four-day Bank Holiday weekend.

The celebrations, which started on Thursday June 2 and continued until Sunday June 5, saw all inpatients and EPUT care home residents receive a special Jubilee-themed cupcake and different wards take part in a range of party games and activities.

Across the Trust staff and patients joined forces and made homemade decorations for their planned events which provided an opportunity for staff and patients to come together to celebrate the historic milestone.

The team on EPUT’s Kelvedon Ward showed off their magnificent balloon arch ahead of their celebration on Thursday, and EPUT’s Willow Ward had been busy decorating too. Staff and patients from Clifton Lodge and Brockfield House also joined in the fun.

Alison Sharp, Interim Senior Sister on the Cedar Ward, which is an adult male inpatient mental health ward, was involved in the celebrations on Thursday June 2. Staff and patients marked the occasion by playing party games such as Jubilee bingo and a Jubilee quiz and made decorations including paper chains, pictures and flags under supervision.

She said: “All patients and staff had great fun and really enjoyed themselves. We had party food and an afternoon tea and the patients thoroughly enjoyed making the Jubilee decorations.

“It was great to be able to have fun together and also to give something back to the staff who have been working really hard to make improvements to standards on the ward over the last six months.

“Following visits from CCG, Infection Control Team and Compliance, the ward have excelled above what they thought they could achieve which couldn’t have been done without the hard work of the staff. We also wanted to give something to the patients who were in the ward over the bank holiday.”

Residents at Clifton Lodge Nursing Home also had a fun-filled Jubilee bank holiday and took part in a daylong celebration.

The residents had plenty of fun throughout the day. They wore hats, waved flags as well as dancing and singing and talked about what was happening during the day.

The Deputy Charge Nurse at Clifton Lodge Nursing Home said the residents didn’t stop talking about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations due to it being a once in a life time experience and they all managed to be part of it.