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LATEST NEWS
April 2010
Issue 10
News
UHSMNews from Wythenshawe & Withington Hospitals
Jenni Murray (centre), pictured with UHSM Chief Executive (far left), UHSM
Chairman Felicity Goodey (far right) and members of staff from the
obstetrics, gynaecology and breast teams
BBC’s Jenni Murray officially opens
our new Women’s Health Unit
Staff from UHSM’s breast and
gynaecology specialties were joined on
9 March by the BBC’s Jenni Murray to
officially open a new Women’s Health
Unit. Jenni Murray, who was diagnosed
with breast cancer in 2006, was treated
by UHSM’s consultant breast surgeon
Professor Nigel Bundred and continues to
support the Trust.
The new Women’s Health Unit replaces
the former women’s ward in the
Maternity Unit and is part of the Trust’s
multi-million pound refurbishment and
expansion of the Women’s & Maternity
Centre.
The unit will contain a 26-bed ward for
breast and gynaecological patients;
two pre-op assessment areas, one
for breast and one for gynaecology; a
Gynaecological Assessment Unit (for
early pregnancy problems and making
clinical decisions); and a Women’s Health
Suite which will see outpatients and do
minor procedures e.g. colposcopy.
Jenni Murray, who is a presenter on
BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour, officially
opened the new Unit and said:
“I know first hand how important it is for
women to be cared for in the company of
other women, and to have privacy and a
good environment in which to recover.
I am really delighted to declare the new
unit open and see that, despite the cutbacks
in public spending, this hospital is
making women’s health a top priority.”
Joanne Robson, General Manager for
Women’s & Children’s Services says:
“Our new Women’s Health Unit is
evidence of the progress we are making
in our drive to expand and improve
services for women and children. I’d like
to thank all the fantastic staff involved
in making this happen.”
UK first for Jacky
UHSM’s Jacky
Edwards has
become the
UK’s first
Burns Nurse
Consultant.
Her role
reinforces the position of the
hospital in the treatment and
care of burns survivors in the
region. She will be responsible
for the advancement of
nursing practice, improving
standards of care, providing
strategic leadership to
the health and social care
community as well as research
and teaching to promote new
techniques and treatments for
patients at UHSM and across
the UK.
Jacky says working with burns
survivors is something she
has been interested in since
being a junior nurse: “It’s
challenging, but because it
is a team approach, centred
on patient care, everyone’s
expertise is valued and
respected. No-one can look
after burns survivors in
isolation. Care can last as
long as 20 years, and the
relationship between the team
and the patient is unique and
special.”
Nationally, more than 250,000
people suffer burns in the UK
every year. Of these, 13,000
are admitted to hospital and
30% are treated by specialist
burn units like UHSM.
INTHISISSUE . . .
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P7
Midwife calls at
Rovers Return
P4
Beat-ing hospital
infections
P6
New breast
cancer therapy
Why feeling blue
might be good news
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LATEST NEWS
Chief Executive’s Update
By Julian Hartley
UHSM’s Objectives for 2010/11
are now agreed. Our objectives
define what we expect to achieve
over the forthcoming period and
the corporate objectives set by
the Board feed into the objectives
which our departments and then
individuals will achieve.
We have set ten priority areas
next year - based on guidance
from the Department of Health and
discussions with our local partners.
They are;
1. Enhancing patient safety
through our continued programme
of tackling infection prevention
2. Improving the quality of
our services by measuring how
successful we are at preventing
errors and improving the patient
experience by ensuring we act
swiftly on patient feedback and
complaints
3. Engaging with our staff
to improve communication,
recognition and leadership -
developing The South Manchester
Way
4. Ensuring we deliver the 18
weeks from referral to treatment
standard, Emergency Access and
Cancer Waiting Time Standards
5. Ensure we operate within our
financial resources and reduce
waste and inefficiency
Mr Ben Bridgewater
6. Continue to invest in our
buildings and grounds so that our
environment helps our patients’
recovery
7. Work with our partners in
primary and community care and in
Local Authorities to streamline the
patient journey
8. Ensure we develop effective
leadership at all levels in the
organisation
9. Develop our UHSM Education
Academy to deliver innovative
education
10. Continue to support world class
research and development with
our partners in other Manchester
hospitals.
The challenges associated with
reducing expenditure whilst at
the same time delivering ever
increasing levels of safety, quality
and outstanding patient experience
have been brought into sharp focus
for the whole of the NHS by the
events at Mid Staffordshire. This is
why it is right that we put safety,
quality and patient experience
right at the top of our corporate
objectives. However we have also
seen that organisational culture
is also intrinsically important to
the delivery of outstanding care
and so the further development
of The South Manchester Way is
BMJ Award for Cardiac surgeon and team
also of crucial importance. I have
already talked about the need to
ensure our clinicians and clinical
leaders are empowered to take
on greater levels of accountability
for performance and resource
management. Evidence suggests
that strong clinical leadership,
accompanied by deep and real
employee engagement, does
deliver strong operational, clinical
and quality performance. We will
be reviewing whether we can do
more to empower our clinicians to
make and deliver key strategic and
operational priorities – supported by
strong general management.
Other opportunities for us
include the potential for us
to develop closer clinical and
management arrangements with
community and primary care
services in the south sector and we
have had some early discussions
with NHS Manchester about this. We
will continue the development of
our UHSM Academy and research at
UHSM.
In short 2010/11 will be a
challenging year for us all. However,
we have worked well as One
Talented Team and I am grateful for
the effort, dedication and support
of all our staff. I am confident that
we can continue and build on this in
2010/11.
Congratulations go to UHSM’s cardiac surgeon Mr Ben Bridgewater and his team
who scooped a prestigious BMJ Award on 10 March. The awards set out to recognise
individuals and organisations that have demonstrated outstanding and measurable
contributions to healthcare.
The Quality Improvement Award was presented to the Society for Cardiothoracic
Surgery for its work in collecting and publishing detailed accurate data on outcomes.
Ben was the author of the 450-page report ‘Demonstrating Quality: The Sixth
National Adult Cardiac Surgical Database Report’ which was a comprehensive study
of over 400,000 cardiac operations and provided a full analysis of the strengths and
weaknesses of cardiac surgery in the UK. The public reporting of cardiac outcomes
is widely regarded as having empowered surgeons to take on more complicated and
high-risk cases and improved the performance of cardiac surgeons nationally.
Students get a taste
of hospital life
Over two days in February, UHSM’s
Undergraduate Department ran a ‘Hospital
Experience Weekend’ for local school
children to give them a taste of working in
a busy hospital.
The local ‘wannabe’ future clinicians
listened to presentations by professionals
including a surgeon, GP, medical
nurse, physiotherapist and radiologist,
introducing their discipline and describing
how and why they chose their profession.
The students then changed into hospital
scrubs to try out different aspects of life
as a medical student including plastering
a limb, scrubbing up, training on basic life
support and basic anatomy.
They were given the chance to quiz a
group of medical students about student
life, the application process, the course
and The University of Manchester as well
as being given a tour around our A&E
Department.
The students, from local schools including
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic School,
Kingsway High School, Manchester Health
Academy, Parrs Wood High School and
Chorlton High School, were all given
certificates of attendance.
Students from local schools taking part in
UHSM’s Hospital Experience Weekend
UHSM midwife Cathy London ‘on set’ with Coronation Street
actress Julie Hesmondhalgh
UHSM Midwife Calls
at the Rovers Return
More used to delivering lines than delivering babies, Coronation
Street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh met UHSM midwife Cathy
London at the Rovers Return to raise awareness of the telephone
service Direct to Midwife.
By calling 0800 121 4400, pregnant women can choose to speak
to a midwife as soon as they know they are pregnant instead of
their GP, often gaining access to antenatal care more quickly.
Julie was well looked after by midwives whilst pregnant with her
daughter Martha, now 8.
She said: “I strongly believe in midwife-led antenatal care. My
experience was fantastic when I was pregnant with Martha. They
offered me reassurance and advice when I needed it the most.”
“The Direct to Midwife telephone number is a great idea, because
it offers mums-to-be a simpler way of accessing the care they
need. It is safe for a woman to speak to a midwife as soon as she
knows she is pregnant and it is better to do it sooner rather than
later.”
Cathy, who looks after mums-to-be throughout South
Manchester and Trafford, visited the famous cobbles to hand over
a set of posters and a special teddy bear for display around the
Corrie studios.
The soap has become famous in recent years for the high number
of cast members becoming mums and dads.
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LATEST NEWS
Hospital Infections? How we’re working together to Beat It . . .
BEAT THAT! UHSM staff take part in the ‘Beat It’ video in a bid to beat the bugs
Staff at UHSM have turned to the
King of Pop Michael Jackson for
inspiration in a campaign to beat
the bugs.
Led by chief executive Julian
Hartley, about 70 doctors,
surgeons, nurses, scientists, clerical
staff, cleaners and even patients
have put their own stamp on
Michael Jackson’s song Beat It in a
music video encouraging everyone
to wash their hands and follow
hygiene regulations.
The video, containing dancing
doctors, singing surgeons and
moonwalking managers, is the
latest part of the hospital’s Infection
Prevention drive which has already
seen cases of MRSA drop by more
than 60 per cent and C. difficile
by over 50 per cent in the past 12
months.
And with the opening line ‘Don’t
wanna see any bugs around here;
don’t wanna see no germs, they
better disappear,’ it has proven a hit
with staff, students, patients and
especially the public who have voted
it a huge success on YouTube.
The Communications Department
came up with the idea after the
success of The Great Hospital Hand
Wash last summer, when 1,000
people took part in a sing-a-long
to a re-write of the Black Lace song
Superman – named ‘Superhands’.
Chief executive, Mr Hartley, said:
“This is about getting across a serious
message, in a consistent, engaging
way and we’ve all been pleased with
the response.
“I took a bit of convincing to sing
and dance on camera, but I think
it’s important that we have strong
leadership on such an important
issue and put a smile on people’s
face at the same time. Every hospital
is doing a lot on Infection Prevention
because it’s a national priority, but
our way seems to have captured
people’s imaginations.
“It was low cost and has been
generating interest from other
hospitals in the region.”
So far, the video has had more than
4,000 hits on YouTube, and received
some really positive feedback.
• To watch the video, go to
www.uhsm.nhs.uk
UHSM aids relief for disaster-struck Haiti
When Tony
Redmond saw
the first TV news
announcements
of the earthquake
in Haiti, he knew
immediately that
he would soon
be on a plane
there, bringing medical care to the
devastated country.
Disasters are an all-too familiar
scenario for Professor Redmond -
Global Health Advisor for the Centre
for Global Health Development and
Research (CGHDR) which is based
at the UHSM Academy. Since the
Emergency Medicine expert founded
the Wythenshawe-based SMART
team in 1988, he has taken medical
aid to disaster or war-torn areas
nearly every year.
Within days of the Haiti quake,
Tony was on the plane as part of a
joint team consisting of UK-Med (a
medical aid charity he founded out
of SMART) and Merlin (an emergency
response medical charity).
Tony says: “The scale of the
destruction was absolute. There
were bodies in the street, burning
bodies and an overwhelming smell of
decomposition.”
UK-Med teamed up with Goal (an
Irish charity) and a locally-based
medical aid organisation the
International Faith Mission run
by Mennonite Christians. On the
little-damaged concrete of a former
tennis club, the 20-30 strong team
- consisting of 12 doctors supported
by nurses and health assistants
including locals – started building a
tented hospital.
Within minutes Haitian casualties
began turning up for care. From
then on surgeons began operating
mostly on crush injuries, seeing
up to 150 patients a day in the
waiting, triage and operating areas.
Surgeons worked continuously from
8am to 9pm, taking their meals
between patients.
As medical co-ordinator of the team,
Prof Redmond organised the theatre
set up, assisted in surgery and
liaised with the WHO. He also made
assessment trips into remote rural
areas and to a slum clinic to consider
whether to set up a satellite hospital.
After the first two days, he began
setting up the next team to take over
after two weeks. The UK-Med clinic
they set up on the tennis court is still
there with rolling teams continuing
the work.
Prof Redmond says: “Usually we
like to work with the local facilities,
but Haiti was unique in that it was
so poor there was none. It was like
building the ship and sailing it at the
same time.”
Prof Redmond’s stay in Haiti was
longer than he had expected
because he contracted malaria and
was treated there. He is now fully
recovered and back in UHSM.
Tony’s makeshift accommodation
during his stay in Haiti
UHSM’s well-loved and well-used
Women’s & Maternity Centre was
opened in October 1965 by the then
Minister of Health the Rt Hon Kenneth
Robinson. At the time, it was an
award-winning design and heralded
in the architecture titles of the time as
a wonderful, contemporary building
“reminiscent of a modern hotel.”
The new centre featured a penthouse
sundeck for sun-bathing, overnight
facilities for relatives, an enclosed
sheltered garden with lily ponds,
overhanging roofs and balconies and
a pacing room for the anxious father!
Today, although the building has
faired well, it is now described by
staff as a ‘tired old lady’ and in need
of some updating. In light of this,
Maternity Services
. . . past, present and future
and following the publication of the
Manchester-wide ‘Making It Better’
proposal in 2007, which designated
Wythenshawe Hospital as one of eight
‘super centres’ for the care of women,
babies and children in Manchester,
the Trust has committed £20million
to modernising and refurbishing the
centre.
Work is now well underway to develop
and expand facilities. The opening
of two new natural birth rooms with
water pools in July last year has
been a huge success. In the first six
months following their opening, more
than 200 women used the rooms and
101 ‘water babies’ were born in the
pools. The rooms have also helped
to contribute to an increase in the
natural birth rate and a 7% reduction
in the caesarean section rate at UHSM
over the last two years.
In March, the Trust opened its new
‘Women’s Health Unit’ for the care
of women under our breast and
gynaecology teams. In April, we will
open our brand new maternity ‘triage’
area, for women who are in early
labour. Work is already underway to
create a ‘Midwife-Led Birth Centre’
– promoting natural, interventionfree
births for low risk women. The
comfortable ‘home from home’
environment will be led by midwives
and contain several birth pools. Phase
1 will be completed in September.
Work is also underway to refurbish the
postnatal ward and to improve and
expand the delivery suite, which will
continue to offer consultant-led care
for higher risk women. Work has also
started to improve the antenatal clinic
and expand the neonatal unit.
Further work next year will address
the entrance and reception areas for
the maternity centre.
Artist’s impression of how the new
antenatal reception could look
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Study offers alternative breast cancer therapy
Prof Nigel Bundred
Researchers believe a hormone
therapy drug already used to treat
breast cancer can significantly
reduce its spread in women with a
particular type of the disease.
UHSM’s Professor Nigel Bundred,
working with colleagues at the
Christie and in Edinburgh and
Nottingham studied whether the
drug Exemestane (an aromatase
inhibitor class drug) halted the
growth of in-situ breast cancer and
potentially prevented it progressing
to invasive breast cancer by
spreading outside of the ducts of
the breast.
Ductal cancer in-situ (DCIS)
accounts for a quarter of all
screen-detected breast cancer.
Most patients with this type of
disease are treated with breast
conservation surgery followed
often by radiotherapy and/or
tamoxifen.
However, cancer can return
in as many as 30% of cases,
and approximately half of
all recurrences are invasive
(potentially spreading cancer).
Now, in a randomised trial
involving 90 women who were all
postmenopausal and diagnosed
as having oestrogen receptor
(ER) – positive DCIS, researchers
have found that Exemestane
was able to reduce DCIS growth
regardless of tumour size. The
results suggest that the drug is a
potential alternative to tamoxifen
in patients who have undergone
breast conservation.
Professor Nigel Bundred of the
Department of Academic Surgery
at UHSM says: “Breast cancer is
the most common form of cancer
in women, with around 40,000
new cases diagnosed in the UK
each year. About two-thirds of
cases involve tumours that express
oestrogen and/or progestogen,
which makes them susceptible to
hormonal therapy.
“Currently, the first line hormonal
therapy for women of all ages is
tamoxifen. We have found that
Exemestane has measured benefit
for women with this particular type
of cancer, while other studies show
tamoxifen offers either limited or
no benefit.”
New asthma prevention study gets underway
The largest ever study to
investigate whether its possible
to prevent children with hay fever
going on to develop asthma is now
underway at UHSM.
Researchers from
the North West
Lung Centre,
along with others
from centres
across the UK
and Europe, are
looking to recruit
600 children
between the
ages of 4 and 11
who have no asthma
symptoms, but who have
hay fever and need medication.
• Anyone
interested in taking
part in the study
should call 0800
6556553 for more
details.
The idea is to study the youngsters
to see if treatment with a
prescribed and approved hay fever
tablet, which contains natural grass
pollen, can also reduce the risk of
children with hay fever developing
asthma. For the first three years,
half the young recruits will be
given the tablet every day and
then followed for a further two
years to determine if the
treatment helps prevent
them developing
asthma. The other half
will be given a placebo
tablet.
Research Manager,
Gina Kerry, says:
“We know that
childhood allergic
hay fever increases the
risk of asthma development
in later life by up to seven-fold.
This trial will determine if this
hay fever treatment can prevent
development of asthma in children
with grass pollen allergy.
The North West Lung Centre where
researchers are looking into
asthma prevention
“We really need people to come
forward to take part in the trial as
soon as possible.”
• There will be a Health Matters
talk on asthma by UHSM’s Dr Rob
Niven on 16 June. See page 9 for
more details.
Medical Evaluation
Unit success story
The Medicines Evaluation Unit
Ltd (MEU) is a modern purpose
built respiratory clinical trial
facility based at
Wythenshawe Hospital.
It was set up by the late Dr
Steve Langley in 1994 and is
managed by Dr Dave Singh
(Medical Director), David
Rogers (Director of
Operations) and Liz Batty
(Head of Nursing).
Today the unit is viewed
as a success due to the
outstanding reputation for
performing high quality
clinical research. With over
15 years experience in this
field it is now a successful
and thriving contract
research organisation
(CRO) with clients such as
GlaksoSmithKline, Novartis,
AstraZeneca and others
extending around the globe.
The MEU is a joint venture
with UHSM and donates all
profits through its charitable
status to the North West
Lung Centre charity.
So far the unit has donated
£1.3 million to the North West
Lung Centre. This figure will
continue to rise, supporting
further respiratory academic
studies. This in turn helps
support respiratory research
within the NHS, setting high
standards and guaranteeing
future clinical trials to be
placed in this North West
based unit.
The MEU has extensive
experience from working
within the pharmaceutical
industry and has developed
many different compounds
for asthma and chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
• Please see www.rewarding
research.org.uk for further
information.
Colouring the way we feel . . .
Prof Peter Whorwell
People with anxiety
and depression
are more likely
to use a shade of
grey to represent
their mental state
than blue, according
to UHSM’s Professor
Peter Whorwell and his
team of researchers from
the University of Manchester.
The researchers have created a wheel
of colors of various intensities as an
instrument to help diagnose depression
and anxiety. “Colours are frequently
used to describe emotions, such as
being ‘green with envy or ‘in the blues,’”
Prof Whorwell said.
The study, published in February in BMC
Medical Research Methodology, found
people with depression or anxiety were
more likely to associate their mood
with the colour grey, while happier
people preferred yellow. The results
could help doctors gauge the moods of
children and other patients who have
trouble communicating verbally.
“This is a way of measuring anxiety
and depression which gets away
from the use of language,” says
gastroenterologist Peter Whorwell.
“What is very interesting is that this
might actually be a better way of
capturing the patient’s mood.”
Colors are often used as metaphors for
moods, but no one had systematically
researched colour associations, Prof
Whorwell said. To investigate, he and
his colleagues developed the colour
wheel and then recruited 105 healthy
Researchers’ wheel helps
describe mood & depression
adults, 110 anxious adults and 108
depressed adults to the study. Each
person was asked to pick their favourite
colour, as well as the colour they were
most “drawn to” and a colour that
described their day-to-day
mood over the last several
months.
Regardless of
whether depressed,
anxious or healthy,
people liked blue
and yellow. But
when it came to
mood, the groups
diverged. Only 39
percent of healthy
people associated
their mood with a
colour at all. Of those
who did, yellow was the
most popular choice. Meanwhile,
about 30% of people with anxiety
picked a shade of grey, as did more
than half of depressed volunteers.
The researchers also found that when
assigning a mood to colors, saturation
matters. “A light blue is not associated
with a poor mood, but a dark blue
is,” Prof Whorwell said. “The shade
of colour is more important than the
colour itself.”
Prof Whorwell is now testing the
wheel on patients with irritable bowel
syndrome. He’s hoping that colour
choices can reveal patients’ attitudes
and predict how well they will respond
to treatments like hypnosis.
Because people are embarrassed by
gastroenterogical symptoms, Prof
Whorwell said, non-verbal methods
of getting information are sometimes
preferable to conversation.
And, he said, with additional research,
the wheel could be used in medical
fields from paediatrics to surgery.
• Prof Whorwell will be giving a
Health Matters talk on IBS on 21 April.
See page 9 for more details.
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IN FOCUS . . .
MEMBERSHIP
Diary
Time to
People in the North of England are 20% more likely to die of cancer than those living in the South
and our region has the second highest incidence of cancer in the UK. Smoking is a huge factor - one
third of all UK cancer deaths are caused by smoking. The clinical evidence against smoking grows ever
bigger, and so does the marginalisation of smokers by society since the introduction of the Smoking Ban.
Cancer and lung
disease
Most people know
that cigarettes
contains nicotine
- a powerful and
addictive drug, but
many don’t know
that cigarettes also
contain more than
4,000 toxic chemicals
and 40 proven
cancer-causing
substances. Smoking
causes 90% of all lung
cancers and is directly
linked to a range of
other types of cancer
including mouth,
throat, stomach and
cervical cancer.
Smoking also causes
a number of other
respiratory diseases,
including bronchitis
and emphysema
which kill 30,000
people in the UK
each year, as well
as asthma and
Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease
(COPD) which can
significantly impair
a person’s quality of
life.
quit?
Dr Phil Barber, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, at Wythenshawe Hospital’s North West Lung Centre
outlines why now, more then ever, is the time to quit:
Sexual Health
Few people realise the
effects of smoking on a
person’s sexual health,
reducing the fertility of
both sexes. In women,
smoking reduces
someone’s chances of
becoming pregnant
by around 40 per cent
and also causes 1,200
cases of cervical cancer
each year. In men, it
causes 120,000 young
British men to become
impotent.
Time to quit?
Heart Disease
All smokers are putting
themselves at risk of
getting heart disease
and having a fatal
heart attack. In the
UK, 26,000 deaths
from heart disease
each year are caused
by smoking.
If you’ve tried quitting and have
gone back to smoking, you’re
not alone. Most people who successfully quit
will have tried, and failed, several times.
My message is don’t give up on giving up;
if you’re committed, you can do it. After all,
what other single step could you take that
would give you an extra £2,000 - £4,000 in
your pocket, make you feel fitter and live
longer?
Research shows that using the NHS Stop
Smoking service will significantly increase your
chances of success, so if you want to quit,
please contact your GP for help or referral to
the Stop Smoking Service at UHSM.
Dr Phil Barber, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
. . . and more
Remember, that as well
as improving your heath,
quitting will make you feel
better, save you money,
increase your energy,
prevent premature ageing,
lower stress levels and
improve your sense of taste
and smell.
UHSM Ashtray Amnesty
UHSM is currently appealing
for ex-smokers and those
trying to quit to donate
their ashtrays and lighters.
The items gathered in the
amnesty will be used to create
a sculpture, which will be
unveiled on World No Tobacco
Day on May 31st. If you have
old ashtrays you could donate,
please put them in a jiffy bag
and post them (free) to:
Ashtray Amnesty
FREEPOST MR1203
Communications Dept
University Hospital of South
Manchester, M23 4AS
or, you can bring them into
the hospital and put them in
the green bins placed in the
main entrance, outpatients
department and ERC.
Governors meetings and elections
The next Council of Governors meeting will take place on 18 May,
12noon, in the Education and Research Centre at Wythenshawe
Hospital.
The subsequent meetings will be on 7 September at 12noon and 11
November 2010 at 5.15pm.
Members of the public are welcome attend Council of Governors
meetings and listen to how the Trust is developing services. Please
contact the Foundation trust Office on 0161 291 2357 if you are
planning to attend.
We are pleased to announce the results of our recent Patient Governor
and ‘Other Clinical’ Staff Governor elections and welcome Rev. Shneur
Zalman Odze and Carol Winter to the Council.
An election to replace Upendra Pathak (Patient Governor) who
resigned in January due to ill health is currently underway and we would
encourage members of our out-of-area patient constituency to vote.
The results will be announced in April.
Open Day fun: Don’t miss out on this year’s event on 26 September
Open Day and Annual Members’ Meeting
UHSM’s annual Open Day will take place on Sunday, 26 September
2010. The theme this year is ‘Celebrating Life’ and members will be
invited to attend the Annual Members’ Meeting at 3pm. Please put the
date in your diary as this is a fun-packed day out for all the family.
New composition of Council of Governors
In March, Monitor, the independent
regulator of NHS foundation trusts,
approved an amendment to the
Trust’s constitution to:
• abolish the patient’s
constituency and to create a new
Rest of England and Wales public
constituency which means that
our patient Governors will become
public Governors and anyone with
an interest in the Trust regardless
of whether they have been a
patient or carer of a patient at
UHSM will be eligible to become a
member;
• reconfigure the Council of
Governors, reducing the appointed
Governors who represent a range
of key partner organisations from
12 to 5.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Heath Matters events
All members, supporters,
patients, carers and staff are
invited to come along to our
series of monthly ‘Health
Matters’ talks. Each month,
one of our clinical experts
provides a talk on their
specialist field. The talks are
open to everyone.
Forthcoming events are
as follows:
• 21 April 2010, 12 noon
Irritable Bowels:
Prof Whorwell
• 19 May 2010, 12 noon
Urological cancers
(prostate and bladder):
Mr Sangar and Mr Ramani
• 16 June 2010, 12 noon
Asthma and asthma services
at UHSM: Dr Rob Niven
• 21 July 2010, 12 noon
Stroke Services:
Dr Ed Gamble
If there are specific
health-related
topics you would like to see
covered, please contact the FT
office on 0161 291 2357
or email
foundationtrustoffice@
uhsm.nhs.uk
• reduce the minimum age of
membership from 16 to 7 to enable
us to work more closely with young
people in the local and surrounding
areas.
For more information, please see
www.uhsm.nhs.uk or contact the
FT office on 0161 291 2357.
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STAFF AWARDS 2010
UHSM is proud of its
staff. It is thanks to
them that we continue
to provide outstanding
care to our patients.
Our high profile
Staff Awards are an
opportunity to
recognise and thank
our staff for their continued
dedication and hard work.
The awards ceremony will
be held on 23 April, at the
University of Manchester’s
elegant Whitworth Hall.
For one night of the year,
our staff will hang up their
uniforms and white coats
and we allowed a little
indulgence to reflect on the
achievements of our staff
over the preceding twelve
months.
We are exceedingly grateful
to all of our sponsors for
their support, without
which, we would be able to
recognise staff in this way.
Here is a full list of the
shortlisted candidates
and details of our awards
sponsors:
Laing O’Rourke
Main sponsor
The candidates
1. Team of the Year Award
• AMU team – all consultants, nursing
and administrative staff
(A8/A10)
• Breast cancer services team – Rachel
Green, Stephanie Gilbert, Yvonne
Loughley, Susan Green, Miriam Griffiths
and Louise Harrop
• Emergency Nurse Practitioners – Val
Beaumont, Evelyn Simpson, Mary Keenan
and Sue Houghton
2. Making a Difference Award
• Birth centre team – headed by Cathy
London
• Christine Harris – Senior medical
Secretary, Respiratory Medicine
• Karen Sheen – Cancer Pathway Coordinator
3. Leading and Inspiring
Others Award
• Andrew Smith, Head of Professional
Practice, Nursing
• Graham Gledhill, Matron
• Dr Paul Taylor, Consultant Oncologist
4. Trust Educator of the Year
Award
• Bhuvaneswari Bibleraaj, Lead Surgical
Care Practitioner
• Certificate in Professional Studies
(Burns Care) team
• Karen Moore, Practice Educator, Division
of Medicine
5. The Big Idea Award
• All staff - Infection Prevention: It’s
Everyone’s Responsibility campaign
• IT Development Team / Emergency
Department – Whiteboard project
6. Clinical Excellence Award
• Acute Coronary Care Unit, all staff
• Michael Cullen, Cardiology Specialist
Nurse Practitioner
• Team for nurse-led Cardioversion –
Simon Jesson, Christine Gill, David Green
and April Hopkins
7. Outstanding Partner Award
• Frank Tooth, Domestic Operative,
Sodexo
• Jean Hamilton, Domestic Operative,
Sodexo
• Neville Griffin, Engineer, Atkins
8. Clean, Safe Care Award
• AICU Nursing staff
• Housekeepers, Division of Heart & Lung
– Stephanie Woodsworth, Jayne Gooding,
Nicola Green, Carol Toner, Steven Keen,
Helen Lamonby, Jackie Whalley, Susan
Whitton and Elaine Cookson
9. Individual Volunteer of
the Year
• Bert Greenhalgh, Volunteer, Main
Entrance
• Bill Sullivan, Volunteer, NW Heart
Centre
• Catherine Faye, Volunteer, Starlight
Children’s Ward
• Mike George, Volunteer in NW Heart
centre and DJ for Hospital Heartbeat radio
show
10. Volunteer Team of the
Year Award
• Active Therapy Team, based at
Withington Community Hospital
• Nightingale Community Led
Research Group – Chris Stead, Sheila
Nowak, Cathy Jones and Eileen Tupling
• Ticker Club Ward and Clinic Visitor
Team
11. Employee of the Year
• Debbie Cope, Senior Healthcare
Assistant
• Safeguarding Children Team, Anna
Berry and Rebecca Jones
• Tina Foley, Clinical Nurse specialist
12. Researcher / Research
Project of the Year Award
• Prof Adnan Custovic and team –
Peanut study
• Ben Bridgewater, Consultant Cardiac
Surgeon - Demonstrating Quality: The
Sixth National Adult Cardiac Surgical
Database Report
• Breast Cancer Research Team –
various projects
• Professor Gareth Evans and team -
PROCAS study
• Professor Nigel Bundred and team -
ERISAC Study
• Professor Peter Whorwell – various
projects
• Respiratory Research Team –
various studies adopted by the
Respiratory Translational Research
Facility (TRF)
Bryan Corke, winner of the 2009 Outstanding Partner Award
13. Community Engagement /
Outreach Award
• Open Day Committee – Governors:
Harry Lowe, Hugh Downie and Chris
Laithwaite, UHSM Staff: Liz Cain,
Bernie Shiels, Victoria Howarth,
Colin Potts, Amanda Higgins, Fiona
Merriman, Jan Owen, Gill Pratt, Colin
Owen, Val Parsonage, Laura Parker
and Susan Osborne; and Sodexo Staff:
Rachel Hughes and Michael Ault
14. Patient’s Choice Award
Nominations from our patients for
members of staff they would like
to see recognised for going the
extra mile or creating extraordinary
patient care
• Daniel Tasker, Staff Nurse, F11
• Mary Quinn, Healthcare Support
Worker
• Rob Niven, Consultant Chest
Physician
The sponsors
Laing O’Rourke, the UK’s largest
privately owned construction
firm is proud of the projects
it has delivered and the
partnering relationship it has
with UHSM. Laing O’Rourke
has played a key role in the
delivery of the NHS ProCure 21
Health Framework and with its
PFI and LIFT programmes it is
helping transform the country’s
health estate. At Wythenshawe
Hospital, it has delivered
the Cardiac and Genesis
Cancer Centres; most recently
completing the extension to
the Cystic Fibrosis Unit and
is currently redeveloping the
maternity facilities.
A&E Agency
The Accident & Emergency Agency is
the only specialist A&E Agency in the
medical market offering a specialist
recruitment service, tailor made for
the dynamic and intricate sector of
A&E. Doctors and hospitals alike can
benefit from the unique A&E Agency,
which concentrates solely on providing
the best A&E doctors to the NHS.
Seddon
Seddon is one of the UK’s premier
construction and maintenance
companies. It specialises in a broad
range of services, including, design
and build, new build, partnering
and responsive maintenance &
refurbishment.
Pathology Group
As the leading provider of Consultant
Haematologists, Histopathologists
and Microbiologists to the NHS, the
Pathology Group has secured a name
for itself as a professional, reliable
and innovative medical recruitment
agency that truly understands the
needs of its clients.
Copeland Group
Copeland Group delivers Building
Service Solutions to a wide range of
clients, from independent companies
and blue chip businesses to schools,
the NHS, Police and Prison Service.
At UHSM they provide Electrical and
Fire Alarm Design, Install, Test &
Commission and Project Management
expertise. For further information see:
www.copelandgroup.co.uk.
Drägerwerk AG & Co
An international leader in the fields
of medical and safety technology.
Dräger products protect, support and
save human life. The Dräger Medical
subsidiary offers products, services
and integrated system solutions
which accompany the patient
throughout the care process.
Karomed
Karomed specialise in pressure care
with more than 30 years experience
in supplying both the NHS and private
sectors with a wide range
of CE marked products and support
services. Karomed’s equipment and
services are well known and much
used in the UK, they are experienced
at managing large hospital and
community contracts and they
operate a high quality rental service
24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
UHSM Academy
The UHSM Academy has been created
to pioneer a vision of education
in health care which breaks down
divisions between professions. It is
the only organisation in the UK to
unify every aspect of health education
– from specialised consultant training
to basic fire safety courses - under
one umbrella.
Property Tectonics
Property Tectonics (pt) is a multidisciplinary
property and construction
consultancy providing an impressive
range of services in the planning,
design, procurement and statutory
approval of building projects to new
and existing buildings. pt deliver a
comprehensive collection of related
asset management, property care
and maintenance services that ensure
buildings are managed efficiently and
economically.
For further information see:
www.property-tectonics.co.uk
Helix Roofing Contractors Ltd
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FUNDRAISING & VOLUNTEERING
Go Team UHSM!
UHSM is proud to announce that
17 runners have secured places in
the BUPA Great Manchester Run
on 16 May 2010.
Through sponsorship they will
be raising funds for our ‘One In
A Million Appeal’, which aims to
raise £1million for our Maternity
Services.
It will be the first time the Trust
has entered a team in any
sporting event, and Team UHSM
are determined to do us proud.
Many are first-time runners, but
with training tips from the elite
sports science department at Liverpool John Moores University; a masterclass from
a leading Olympic medallist planned and with the One in a Million mascot Millie
cheering them on, they can’t fail. Says Amy Durrant, assistant Finance Director, “I
want to see the maternity development become a big success and therefore raising
money to support this is something close to my heart.” Please show your support by
sponsoring the team on www.justgiving.com/oneinamillion10kteam and if you are
able, join us on the day to cheer them on. Contact the Fundraising Dept on 291 5961
for further information.
Volunteer Update
We need willing volunteers
The NHS Constitution makes clear that all patients have a right to privacy and to be
treated with dignity and respect. We believe that providing same-sex accommodation
is an important way of ensuring that patients
have the best possible experience while they
Volunteer Fundraisers
We are also in need of your help to
assist with fundraising projects.
Recently we launched the ‘One In A
Million’ appeal and need volunteers to
assist us in sales of our ‘Millie Bear’.
We also have events in the hospital
such as the Easter Fayre where we
need your help. If you are interested
then speak to Gill or Lynn on 291
5962 or call at the office for
a chat.
Amy Durrant and mascot Millie, and from
left to right Paul Buckley; Jo Robson; Ann
Bracegirdle; Sarah Bolton Paul Williams;
Matthew Jones and Debbie Jackson
The Trust would like to say ‘thank you’ to all our volunteers – you kindly turn up
each week come rain or shine. We continue to complete tasks with your help.
You are ‘One in a million’ – thank you.
“All volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the
heart.”
Elizabeth Andrew
All UHSM’s volunteers are required to attend Trust Induction. This course
involves training which is mandatory. If you have not attended a course since
joining the Trust then please contact the office to book yourself on one.
The courses take place on the following dates: 26 April, 7 June, 5 July,
9 August, 6 September, 4 October, 1 November, and finally 7 December 2010.
are in hospital. As I’m sure you are aware,
the hospital is continually trying to
improve its services to our patients.
To do this, we undertake surveys.
The results of the surveys are
looked into and where necessary
changes made.
Could you spare an extra two
hours each week to visit the
wards or to go to the outpatient
clinics to help us?
fundraising
in brief
Wear Red Day
On 26 February staff
were invited to join in the
fun of “Wear Red Day”
to raise awareness of
National Heart Month and
raise some funds for the
related hospital charities.
The day was a big
success with many staff
donning red and making
a donation. Thank you to
all those who helped to
raise over £480 for The
Ticker Club, New Start
and the North West Heart
Unit.
Hand Knitters
We continue to be very
grateful to a handful of
lovely ladies who are
supporting the Neonatal
Unit and Snowdrop Unit
by knitting small baby
clothes and blankets.
If you have any spare
wool or suitable knitting
patterns our knitters
would be grateful to
receive them. New
knitters always welcome.
Donations
Mr Birks, a patient and
regular visitor to the Chest
Clinic has very kindly
presented a digital box to
Sister Julie Martin in the
North West Lung Centre.
This thoughtful gift will
mean that once again the
Chest Clinic waiting area
will have the benefit of a
working television.
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