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Bradford Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
News for Foundation Trust Members | January 2013
Review of 2011/12:
special report from
the AGM
Dementia Project
Board: helps
improve care
Better Medicine, Better Health.

Patients First - Shaping our
services
Improving healthcare for all -
putting patients at the heart of
the NHS
News in Brief 5
First Da Vinci surgical robot
patient talks about his
experience of the perfect
operation
The Quality and Safety Patient
Panel
It’s time to talk about drinking 8
Chips diet ‘puts the health of
unborn babies at risk’
Plea to hospital visitors when
there’s sickness
Procurement - you have to be in
it to win it
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Welcome to our new look FOCUS. We hope
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We hope there are many articles in this issue
that you find informative and useful, however
I would just like to draw your attention to
the report from our AGM in September where
we highlighted a selection of our trust’s
achievements in 2011/2012. Finally, I would like
to say a big thank you to our staff, volunteers,
patients and visitors for their significant
efforts (both big and small) that have helped
us to achieve what we have over the past year
Maternity services boost 11
Hospitals’ charity off to a flying
start
Your guide to finding and
applying for NHS jobs in
Bradford
How therapy is giving back their
lives
Dementia Project Board helps
improve care
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14-15
16-17
David Richardson
Chairman
AGM September 2012 18-19
Week of Special Events 2012 20-21
Governor Activity Update 22-23
Notice of Elections
Back cover
Useful Contact Information Back Cover
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January 23 sees the start of our elections process for nine seats on our
council of governors. The first stage of the elections process involves the
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seat then an election will be held in that membership constituency and
voting packs will be sent out on February 27 which need to be returned
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FOCUS January 2013 page 2

“We work hard to provide
a high quality service here
in Bradford and we know
that most of the time we
get this right for patients
but sometimes we do not.
We routinely consult with
service users about specific
service improvements but
we have never previously
engaged on such a large
scale before. Patients First
is an opportunity to really
listen to and understand
what our patients and
other key stakeholders
expect from us. ”
Sally Napper,
chief nurse
Last year we launched a new quality
initiative called Patients First which will ensure that quality is at the centre of everything
we do. Widespread consultation has taken place with patients, carers, commissioners
and staff to understand in detail what they expect from us. This research is being used
to review our current services and ways of working to determine how we develop our
organisation in the future.
What is Patients First?
Patients First is our new strategy to
continuously improve the quality
of our services. It was initiated by
the chief nurse as a significant
range of work had taken place,
within the clinical divisions, to
seek the views of patients and to
improve services in line with the
areas identified by patients. The
Foundation Trust recognised that it
needed to strengthen the current
work plan for improving the
patient experience whilst ensuring
that divisions continue to lead this
programme within their teams.
The programme began
in September 2011 with a
widespread, ongoing consultation
with the various bodies who have
an interest in hospital services
like the public, Foundation Trust
members, health commissioners,
local GPs and staff. All of these
groups were canvassed for their
views in order for the hospital to
gain a greater understanding of
what everyone expects from us as
a healthcare provider.
This research is being used
as a basis to review our current
services and ways of working, and
to determine how we develop
our organisation in the future.
Patients First involves every service
and department in the Foundation
Trust, including finance, human
resources and estates. We have
used the results of the Patients
First consultation to develop a set
of patient focussed standards and
values that will be instilled across
the Foundation Trust.
Why do we need Patients
First?
At a time when healthcare
budgets are tightening, yet
demands on healthcare are rising,
we must understand what is most
important to those who have a
vested interest in our services so
that we can utilise our precious
resources in the most effective
way.
What are the timescales for
Patients First?
In 2012 every service and
department in the Foundation
Trust was asked to review how
they work and develop plans for
the future in light of the feedback
we receive as part of Patients First.
These plans are currently being
developed into work streams
throughout the hospital, tying
together plans where we know
we can improve our care to our
patients.
In 2013 we will integreating
the Patients First new vision,
mission, values and priorities with
our new corporate strategy.
Patient’s First is a long-term
initiative and whilst we expect
to implement some actions
quickly, Patients First will deliver
progressive quality improvements
over a number of years.
The Patients First initiative aims
to ensure that the Foundation
Trust listens to the public before
it decides on the priorities for the
development of future hospital
services.
Only by working together can we achieve the best choices, care and treatment... and put
patients first in all that we do.
Our Patients The reason why we are here and their views matter to us
Our Staff Committed to healthcare and doing the best they can for our patients
Our Approach To listen carefully, communicate clearly and treat people as individuals
Our Service Welcoming, professional and reassuring
Our Community Providing the best care for patients and their families, in and out of hospital
Our Commitment To keep improving what we do and how we do it, for the benefit of our
patients
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Health and social care services across the
district are changing due to new government policy: the Health and Social
Care Act 2012.
Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) like
NHS Airedale, Bradford and
Leeds, who commission services
from Bradford Teaching Hospitals,
will be abolished in April 2013
and some of their responsibilities
will be taken over by clinical
commissioning groups (CCGs).
These are groups of GPs who will
pay for and design health services
across the district, including our
hospitals.
Other services will become
the responsibility of the new NHS
Commissioning Board, and most
public health services will move to
Bradford Council.
There are three CCGs in the
district - Bradford City, Bradford
Districts and Airedale, Wharfedale
and Craven – which were set up
to prepare for the changes.
The CCGs are currently in
shadow form and will take
on their full duties, subject to
authorisation from the NHS
Commissioning Board, from this
April.
The governing bodies of
these organisations must include
doctors, a secondary care
specialist (from a hospital or
mental health trust, for example),
a nurse, two members of the
public, a chief finance officer and
an accountable officer.
The changes will mean that
local doctors – who have good
knowledge and understanding
about their patients – will
be buying and designing the
services used by local people.
This provides a much better
opportunity to improve services
for local people.
A priority for all three local
CCGs is to have patients and the
public central to decision making,
to hear what people think and to
use this information as they make
decisions about services and to tell
people how they have used their
views.
What will the changes mean?
Services CCGs will buy
include:
■ community health services, eg
district nursing, health visiting
and community hospital care
■ maternity services
■ planned hospital care
(operations, scans, etc)
■ rehabilitation services
■ urgent and emergency care,
including A&E, ambulances and
out-of-hours services
Ingleton
■ continuing healthcare (a
package of care provided
outside hospital, arranged and
funded by the NHS, for people
with ongoing healthcare
needs).
Services the NHS
Commissioning Board will
buy include:
■ primary medical services,
including community
pharmacy and NHS sight tests
■ all dental services
■ specialised services
■ high security psychiatric
services.
Introducing the clinical
commissioning groups
Settle
Airedale, Whafedale
and Craven CCG
Patient popluation: 156,000
Bradford Districts CCG
Patient popluation: 328,000
Bradford City CCG
Patient popluation: 118,000
Public health will move to
Bradford Council, which
will have responsibility
for health improvement
services including:
■ most sexual health services
■ the Healthy Child programme
for school age children –
including school nurses
■ local programmes to
promote physical activity,
healthy eating and weight
management
■ drug and alcohol misuse
services
■ stop smoking services.
Skipton
Ilkley
Keighley
Clinical Commissioning
Groups Populations
FOCUS January 2013 page 4

Bradford Districts CCG
Bradford Districts CCG is made up
of 41 member GP practices and
serves a population of 328,000
people.
Its leaders are Dr Andy Withers,
shadow clinical chair, and Helen
Hirst, chief officer designate, who
also serves the Bradford City CCG.
The area has high levels of
heart disease and respiratory
disease; smoking and problem
alcohol use and increasing levels
of mental health problems.
The CCG’s vision is: better
health for the people of
Bradford.
For more information visit:
www.bradforddistrictsccg.nhs.uk
Bradford City CCG
Bradford City CCG has 28
member GP practices and
represents over 118,000 people.
Its leaders are Dr Akram
Khan, shadow clinical chair,
and Helen Hirst, chief officer
designate, who also serves the
Bradford Districts CCG.
In the City area there is a high
level of heart disease, diabetes,
mental health problems and
deaths from cancer.
Airedale, Wharfedale
and Craven CCG
The CCG is made up of 17
member practices and serves
a population of 156,000. It
incorporates some practices
from North Yorkshire, including
Skipton, Grassington and Settle.
The leaders of the CCG are Dr
Phil Pue, the chief clinical officer
designate, and Dr Colin Renwick,
the shadow clinical chair.
In the area there is a high
incidence of heart disease and
high levels of obesity. There are
increasing levels of mental health
problems, a diverse population
– with areas of deprivation and
affluence – as well as a very high
number of older people.
The CCG’s vision is: to
be a leading CCG through
successful integration and
transformation of health
and social care, and the
CCG Andy Withers
CCG Helen Hirst
CCG Akram Khan
The CCG’s vision is: reducing
health inequalities for all.
For more information visit:
www.bradfordcityccg.nhs.uk
CCG Colin-Renwick
CCG Phil Pue
introduction of innovative,
improved clinical pathways.
For more
information visit: www.
airedalewharfedalecravenccg.
nhs.uk
Breast cancer boost
Breast Cancer support group, Bosom Friends, have donated a monitor
for plastic surgeons to use during complicated breast reconstruction
surgery. The group also donated two iPads which the surgeons and
breast cancer specialist nurses will use during consultations to show
women photos of previous reconstruction cases.
Hospital figures
Membership of the Foundation Trust is currently 52,205, against a
target for 2012/13 of 40,000. Membership is made up of the public,
patients and staff.
Painting it pink
The Pennine Breast Screening Service raised £5,76 for Breast Cancer
Awareness and the Bradford Cancer Support Centre by holding
various fundraisers during October’s breast cancer awareness month.
Yorkshire Stroke Research Network
Sue Williamson and Clive Nicholson from the Yorkshire Stroke
Research Network (based in Bradford Teaching Hospitals) have been
named as ‘team of the year’ by the UK Stroke Research Network.
Head and Neck Research
The Head and Neck Research team have become internationally
recognised and have won the international research prize for the
CRUK LIHNCS trial at the 8 th international conference on head and
neck cancer. Additionally the team have had a total of 30 abstracts
accepted and presented at either British, European or world
meetings.
Respiratory Medicine Research
Dr Dinesh Saralaya, consultant in respiratory medicine, and his team
continue to recruit to major commercial trials and have achieved a
global ‘first patient’ into a trial which is
testing the safety of a new bronchodilator
in treating patients with COPD. This is
the second global ‘first patient’ the team
have recruited from Bradford in successive
years. Dr Saralaya has recently led on a trial
which looked into the real life effectiveness
of Omalizumab, an anti-IgE antibody
in treating patients with severe allergic
asthma. The results were presented at the European
Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna on September 2, 2012
and have achieved international acclaim.
Volunteers sought by hospital
Bradford Teaching Hospitals is looking for people to become
volunteer patients. We are contacting a number of Foundation Trust
members who have already agreed to take part in PPE (Patient and
Public Engagement) activities but also wondered if any of our other
members would be interested in taking part too.
Medical students need to gain experience and confidence in
taking histories and examining patients, but when people are unwell
in hospital most people do not want to volunteer as they do not feel
up to doing it.
If you are willing to share your experience or to be examined by
a student, get in touch with the Foundation Trust’s clinical education
department by emailing Sharon.Walker@bthft.nhs.uk or telephoning
01274 382512 or 382560.
FOCUS January 2013 page 5

Trustee of the Sovereign Health Care
Charitable Trust and chief executive of
Sovereign Health Care, Russ Piper, with
consultant surgeon Sanjai Addla and
the new Da Vinci Robot
When Mike Watson found out that our new £2
million da Vinci robot with inbuilt 3D camera
was going to help perform his operation, he
was delighted if not a little apprehensive.
Consultant surgeon, Sanjai
Addla, reassured him that he
would experience little if no
pain afterwards and would
recover in under half the time
of conventional surgery, so he
was keen to go with the expert
advice and medical evidence.
Mike became the first person
to have his prostate removed at
Bradford Royal Infirmary using
the da Vinci robot.
Mike says: “I was enthusiastic
about robotic surgery as I had
done my research and learnt
that the recovery time would
be much quicker and that the
actual incisions would be so
much smaller than conventional
surgery.
FOCUS January 2013 page 6
“So I was happy to be
considered and, while not quite
prepared to be the first patient,
I was very pleased none-the-less.
“I expected to feel really sore
but now post-surgery, I can
honestly say I have felt no pain.”
The da Vinci robot is an
innovative surgical machine
which is revolutionizing
patient operations. It acts as
an extension of the surgeon’s
hands and fingers in miniature.
A high-definition 3D camera
magnifies the site of the
operation so it feels as if the
surgeon is just inches away.
Sitting at a computer console,
the surgeon performs the
procedure on the patient with
the aid of
four robotic
arms that are inserted into the
abdomen.
One arm carries the camera
and sends a 3D image of
the patient’s insides back to
the surgeon. The real-time
image is then magnified eight
times while the other robotic
arms are moved around by
the surgeon to perform the
operation and can rotate 360
degrees, allowing surgeons
more precision than they have
with their own hands. The
robotic arms are steady and
maneuverable and can even iron
out any shakes in the surgeon’s
movements.
Mike & Liz Watson
Mike, 60, from Skipton,
adds: “My wife, Liz, and I had
just returned from two years
working in Uganda and I went
to my GP for a raft of health
tests to make doubly sure I’d
not picked up anything nasty
during our time abroad.
“Given I’d just turned 60, the
doctor suggested I be screened
for prostate cancer, despite
having no symptoms I agreed as
I felt it sounded sensible.
“When the results came back
saying I had a higher reading
than normal I was sent for a
biopsy which confirmed prostate

cancer. Now I think, thank
goodness I had the test because
my cancer was moderate in
growth and by the time I would
have had symptoms, it might
have been too late.
“I count myself amazingly
lucky that I had the test and that
the doctors caught the cancer
early.”
The robotic keyhole surgery
helps to minimise blood loss.
Patients recover far more quickly
than with normal abdominal
surgery, and are likely to be back
at work in two to four weeks
rather than in six weeks to three
months.
Removal of the prostate can
sometimes result in impotence
or incontinence, but the greater
precision used during the robotassisted
technique reduces the
risk of complications.
Mike is today well and
describes his recovery from
surgery as a “huge success.”
Alongside Leeds, Bradford is
one of only two centres offering
this advanced robotic treatment
in the whole of Yorkshire.
Bradford’s machine will initially
be used to perform robotic
prostatectomies enabling men
to resume normal lives more
quickly, despite having had
prostate cancer. The city has a
high rate of late presentation
of the disease due to lack of
awareness about the availability
of screening and male
embarrassment surrounding the
symptoms.
Elsewhere the machine is
used for other types of surgery,
including colorectal, heart and
gynaecological operations.
There are plans to expand its use
to other specialties in Bradford
in the future.
“This is definitely the surgery
of the future and I envisage a
time coming when it will be
The Da Vinci surgical team who trained on
the robot in Paris before carrying out the
first robotic operation in Bradford
rare to have an open abdominal
operation, and just as rare to
have conventional keyhole
surgery,” adds Mr Addla. “The
robot’s introduction will have
huge benefits for patients across
the district and beyond. It will
not only provide a specialist hub
for urological cancer surgery
in West Yorkshire but put
the hospital on the map as a
nationally recognised centre of
excellence.”
The robot’s purchase was
made possible thanks to the
support of the Sovereign Health
Care Charitable Trust which
generously donated £200,000
towards the machine’s £2
million price-tag.
Trustee of the Sovereign
Health Care Charitable Trust
and chief executive of Sovereign
Health Care, Russ Piper, said:
“We are absolutely delighted
that as the da Vinci robot’s first
patient, Mike’s operation was
such a success. The revolutionary
robot will bring so much to the
care that the foundation trust
can offer its patients and we
are incredibly happy that our
donation has enabled this type
of advanced surgery to become
more accessible to those living
outside of the capital.
“We look forward to hearing
about the many other patient
success stories of those that are
set benefit from the incredible
surgery the robot offers.”
The Foundation Trust has also
established a charity fund to
help with the robot’s £140,000
per year running costs which
the hospital hopes will be
supported by private donations.
If you would like to make a
donation to The Urology Robotic
Fund please telephone 01274
364809.
Our quality and safety patient panel is
composed of 20 members from the local
community whose aim is to support the
research work of the Foundation Trust with
active public and patient involvement.
We meet every two months
with members from the quality
and safety research team at the
Bradford Institute for Health
Research which sits within the
grounds of the Bradford Royal
Infirmary. It’s a relaxed and
friendly get-together where
we talk about new research
ideas and help researchers
with different aspects of their
projects. In the past these
have included writing patient
information sheets for research
projects, demonstrations of
innovative medical equipment
and the chance to act in a
patient safety training DVD for
junior doctors and nurses.
If you are interested in
coming to the next meeting
or, if you would like more
information, then please
contact either Liz Thorp, quality
and safety research nurse, on
01274 383437 or email: liz.
thorp@bthft.nhs.uk. You can
also contact Caroline Reynolds,
quality and safety research
practitioner, on 01274 383940
or email caroline.reynolds@
bthft.nhs.uk
“Being part of this panel
gives me the opportunity to
be able to give something
back to the NHS, which I
feel so passionate about. I
hope my contribution and
involvement with the panel
will enable the research
department to continue with
their wonderful work which
will lead to contributing
to excellent quality and
safe healthcare for the
community of Bradford and
West Yorkshire. ”
Ruby K. Bhatti (Vice Chair
for the Quality & Safety
Patient Panel)
Ruby Bhatti
FOCUS January 2013 page 7

HAIR OF
THE DOG?
One of the nation’s defining features is that
people love to talk about drinking – but are we
having the right kind of conversation?
In January, people throughout
Bradford are being challenged
to give up alcohol for the month
with individuals being asked to
pledge money or get sponsored
to motivate them to stick to the
challenge.
This follows on from the
Alcohol Awareness Week theme
last month which was ‘it’s time
to talk about drinking’. The
week’s slogan provided all kinds
of conversations about the health
risks, social problems, stigmas and
taboos associated with talking
about the dangers of alcohol.
It also allowed local groups
here in Bradford to focus on
different areas and encourage
those with a problem to seek help.
Here at Bradford Teaching
Hospitals, consultant hepatologist
Dr Paul Southern participated in
a special news story for the BBC
Asian Network radio station in
a bid to break down the stigma
of drinking within the Muslim
community and encourage those
with a problem to seek help.
The awareness week followed
closely on from release of the
first ever map of alcohol-related
health costs in England by Alcohol
Concern which revealed that the
55 to 74 age band imposed a
greater burden on the tax payer
than other groups.
The map found the cost
of treating alcohol problems
in middle-aged people in the
Bradford district was 9.5 times
higher than the bill for treating
teenagers and young adults. It
also ensured people could see
a breakdown of alcohol-related
deaths and the number of hospital
admissions attributed to alcohol
for their local authority district.
In Bradford, alcohol-related
inpatient admissions for 55 to
74-year-olds cost £8.6 million and
those aged 75 and over cost a
further £4.5 million, while 16 to
24-year-olds cost £900,000 and
25 to 54-year-olds, £7.5 million.
The research also found the
cost for treating men was almost
twice as high as the cost for
treating women. In Bradford, male
admissions cost £13.6m, while
female admissions cost £7.7m.
The total cost of alcoholrelated
treatment in Bradford
was £35m (including £6.7m
in A&E attendances and £7m
in outpatients appointments) -
equating to £88 per adult.
Figures for the
Bradford district were
also higher than the
Yorkshire and Humber
average, with 108,190
alcohol-related
admission, compared
to an average in the region of
72,821.
In Bradford 138 died from
alcohol-related causes – 101 men
and 37 women – compared to a
regional average of 105. Of these
deaths 60 were due to chronic
liver disease (41 males and 19
women).
Consultant hepatologist, Dr
Paul Southern, said the way
Alcohol Concern had presented
the data was very powerful. “It
makes you look at our city and
see how it is being affected by
alcohol misuse – 108,190 alcoholrelated
admissions – it is in your
face. In less deprived areas such
as York, it is 35,000. But one of
the things I would say is that we
have advanced reporting systems
in Bradford and we are quite good
at picking people up, so it they
come in with a fractured leg, it
isn’t just reported as a fractured
leg if alcohol is a factor.”
Over 45s are
three times more
likely to drink
alcohol every day.
did you know that?
Around 200,000
people come to work
with a hangover
every day.
Makes you think
doesn’t it?
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
People who work
are more likely to
drink alcohol than
unemployed people.
did you expect that?
Alcohol is the
second biggest risk
factor for cancer
after smoking.
How does that make
you feel?
If you or a loved one needs help
on cutting down your alcohol
intake, here’s a few simple tips
which might help:
■ alternate alcohol with soft
drinks or water
■ use a smaller glass
■ make certain days of the
week ‘alcohol free’
■ avoid drinking in rounds and
topping up your drink
■ eat before you go out and
while you are drinking
■ drink lower-strength drinks,
half pints instead of pints,
dilute your drink to make it
last longer.
For more help visit:
www.bradfordrecoverysystem.org.uk
www.drinkaware.co.uk
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
Alcohol
Facts
■ Recommended limits are:
men: 3-4 units a day and no more than 21 units a week
women: 2-3 units a day and no more than 14 units a week.
■ It is advisable to have two alcohol free days per week.
■ If you are pregnant or trying for a baby, it’s best not to drink
at all – but if you do, you should have no more than 1-2 units
a week.
Dr Paul Southern
FOCUS January 2013 page 8

Mothers-to-be in the city are placing their
unborn children at risk as a new study by
Born in Bradford has revealed that eating
crisps and chips during pregnancy can lead
to major health problems for babies.
The research involving 186
women in Bradford found
their babies had higher levels
of the chemical acrylamide,
commonly found in crisps and
chips, than children in Spain,
Denmark, Greece and Norway.
Babies exposed to high levels
of acrylamide can have a lower
birth weight and smaller heads,
which leads to a higher risk
of heart disease, diabetes and
delayed development.
The study, which examined
the diets of 1,100 pregnant
women and newborns, found
that babies from Bradford
had almost twice the level of
acrylamide than Danish babies.
Led by the Centre for Research
in Environmental Epidemiology
in Barcelona, the study involved
20 research centres across
Europe including the groundbreaking
research programme
Born in Bradford.
Professor John Wright, of
the Bradford Institute for Health
Research which is leading Born
in Bradford, said: “A child’s birth
weight and head circumference
are important indicators for
the health of the child. The
effect of acrylamide on babies
is as strong as smoking, so our
advice for pregnant mothers
is to follow a balanced diet
and go easy on the crisps and
chips. These results should also
encourage the food industry
to look at how acrylamide can
be reduced from manufactured
foods.”
The chemical acrylamide is
produced naturally in cooking
starch-rich food at high
temperatures, such as during
baking or frying.
Professor John Wright
Every year the Foundation Trust
appeals to family and friends to
keep hospital visits to a minimum if
there is sickness in the community.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals also
asks the public for their help in
preventing the spread of nasty
winter bugs, such as norovirus,
by asking visitors who feel ill,
or have been ill, only to visit if
absolutely necessary in a bid
to minimise the risk of bugs
coming into wards from people
in the community.
People who feel ill, or have
been ill, should refrain from
visiting and if possible use
alternative methods of contact.
Remember, when it comes
to diarrhoea and vomiting,
hand-gels don’t work so you
must ensure that you wash your
hands thoroughly with soap and
water before, during and after
coming into hospital to visit a
sick relative.
FOCUS January 2013 page 9

The procurement department purchases the majority of goods and
services for our hospitals so if you are a local business how can you get
in on the act?
The procurement department’s
remit ranges from purchasing
medical and surgical equipment
to buying consumables
including bandages, syringes,
dressings and needles, facilities
management services such as
cleaning products, catering,
security, IT hardware and
software, stationery and travel.
The only things we don’t
purchase are pharmaceutical
and estates purchases.
As part of the public sector
we must adhere to rigid
regulations and guidelines
related to competitive tendering.
For example, goods and services
valued over £113,000 must
be advertised across Europe
to ensure fair competition. For
purchases under this limit, we
have more flexibility to work
with local suppliers, provided
they meet the quality and value
criteria set for the project.
“Bradford Teaching Hospitals
is keen to work with local
suppliers as it not only boosts
the local economy but helps to
support many Foundation Trust
initiatives, such as reducing our
carbon footprint,” said Ali Ali,
head of procurement.
“Many goods, including
audio visual products, white
goods, uniforms, food, furniture
repairs etc., are already provided
by local firms and we would like
to encourage more businesses
to promote goods and services
for us.
“Smaller businesses often
feel that working with the
public sector means lots of
difficult, time consuming
paperwork and red tape, but
this is not so. Do not see the
documents and processes as
a hindrance to applying for a
tender – we are here to help
all applicants, big, small, local
or national, in a fair, ethical
manner.”
Current and upcoming
tenders can be found on the
From left: Ian Rhodes, porter, Patrick Clegg,
Wolletts systems installer, David Kelk,
Wolletts sales manager
hospital’s webpage http://www.
bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/procurement
along with our
contact details.
If you are interested in
working with us, then please
contact our procurement team
and register your interest as
a provider. You can email
your details to ali.ali@bthft.
nhs.uk. You can also visit the
Delta e-tendering site, https://
www.delta-esourcing.com,
and register as our tender and
quotation requests are published
here.
We evaluate tenders in a fair
and ethical manner, and award
contracts based on the supplier’s
ability to meet the quality
and value criteria set in the
documentation. If your business
is not registered, or you do not
respond to tender requests, your
businesses could be missing out!
“We have been
involved in supplying
Bradford Teaching
Hospitals with electrical
appliances for decades.
It’s a very successful
relationship which
is good for our local
family business.”
David Kelk,
sales manager
FOCUS January 2013 page 10

Carol Dyson, birth centre manager,
and Julie Walker, head of midwifery,
beside one of the new birth pools
Maternity and neonatal services in Bradford received a £3.6million boost
this winter, starting with the opening of the new £1.2 million Bradford Birth
Centre and revamped consultant-led labour ward.
The launch of the new units
coincided with a £400,000
investment in staffing levels
with the employment of 31
new midwives and 6 midwife
support workers, which will lead
to improved quality and safety
and further enhance the service
we provide to women across the
district.
And work is due to begin in
March on the £2million neonatal
expansion which is housed
alongside the Bradford Royal
Infirmary’s labour ward and birth
centre.
Head of midwifery, Julie
Walker, said: “The opening of
our new and revamped facilities
are exciting developments for
both the Foundation Trust and for
women across the city.
“We’ve been working
towards the new Bradford Birth
Centre for the last five years and
our emphasis is very much on
normality during birth and the
provision of excellent support to
women from our dedicated team
of midwives.
“Our recent investment in new
staff will ensure that midwives
are freed up to spend more time
giving support to mothers which
is what women are telling us that
they want. It’s an exciting time to
have a baby in Bradford!”
The first baby was born on
November 26 when the Birth
Centre opened its doors for the
first time. The seven-bedded
birth unit, which will be officially
opened on February 1 by
Bradford-born TV presenter, Anita
Rani, boasts two birthing pools
as well as a relaxing environment
where women can give birth in
specially designed ‘home-fromhome’
rooms. iPod docking
stations are fixed to the walls
of every room and sit alongside
birthing aids like birth stools,
mats and balls which midwives
hope will encourage women to
remain upright in birth in order
that labour can progress quickly.
A new lift has been installed
which will take new mums and
their babies direct to the postnatal
wards, increasing privacy
and dignity.
Midwives worked closely with
the Foundation Trust’s estates
department and the Bradford
and Airedale maternity services
liaison committee, to get the
right design.
“The maternity services liaison
committee includes women who
have used our service already and
they were very involved in helping
choose the décor and colour
scheme of the birth centre and
deciding how the unit was laid
out,” added Julie.
“Their input was vital and they
worked pretty tirelessly with us in
designing the new birth centre.”
The 13-bedded consultantled
labour ward has also been
revamped and now includes a
birthing pool and refurbished
facilities and rooms.
Clinical lead for obstetrics and
gynaecology, Dr Janet Wright,
said: “We are in the enviable
position of having only the
second unit in the region where
the labour ward sits alongside the
midwifery-led birth unit.
“This not only ensured that we
are putting quality and safety at
the top of our agenda, but that
we are offering women across
the district a great choice of
where to have their babies.”
Meanwhile the £2million
A new birth centre room
neonatal expansion will lead to an
improvement in the quality of the
environment around every baby
needing expert care in the city.
The unit currently comprises
of 27 cots including five intensive
care, five high dependency and 17
low dependency (or special care)
cots. Babies delivered in other
hospitals are often transferred to
Bradford for the highest levels of
intensive care.
The first phase of the
expansion will include the opening
of two new intensive care cots
with space for a further two cots
to be opened in the future.
■ The BRI’s maternity unit is
one of the busiest in the
country
■ 6,000 babies are born there
every year
■ It’s hoped around 25-30% of
these births will now take
place in the new midwifeled
Bradford Birth Centre
FOCUS January 2013 page 11

Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Dale Smith gets the riders under starters
order at the official launch of the new Bradford Hospitals Children’s Charity
Bradford Hospitals Children’s Charity has
raised £17,000 from their first fundraiser
for the district’s sick children.
The charity was set up by doctors
and nurses at Bradford Teaching
Hospital in September and aims
to make the Foundation Trust’s
children’s facilities more child
and family friendly. It also hopes
to provide ‘home comforts’
alongside state-of-art equipment
that every doctor would choose if
budgets allowed.
Consultant paediatrician, Beccy
Bardgett, who was one of the 56
cyclists to take part in the Coast
to Coast cycle from Morecambe
Staff nurse Laura Baldwin with
patient Saad Khan who suffers
from thalassaemia, with consultant
paediatrician Beccy Bardgett and
Dr Mark Winton
FOCUS January 2013 page 12
to Bridlington, said: “The charity
has got off to a flying start with
our cyclists smashing their original
target of £10,000 by miles having
raised a final total of £17,000.
“The response and generosity
of the public along our cycle route
– many who have never been to
Bradford in their lives – was truly
awe-inspiring – from the AA man
who donated £20 after he was
called out to help with one of our
support vehicles, to the cyclists
who were riding in the opposite
direction, who donated £10 after
their puncture was repaired by
one of our cyclists! We even had
people coming up to us who had
seen the launch on ITV Calendar,
to donate money to the charity.
“Since then, we’ve had
countless offers of support from
throughout the district and we’re
keen to enlist more people to
fundraise on our behalf so that
they can sprinkle even more
sunshine on the sick children
of Bradford during their time in
hospital.”
The team who cycled the coast
to coast also had a post-cycle
party at the Aagrah restaurant in
Thornbury which raised a further
Local children, Hannah Young and
Safah Aftab, who turned out to
support the launch of the new charity
£1,000 for the charity.
Meanwhile, student, Waqas
Mohammad, raised £500 by
holding a sponsored silence at
Bradford College, and young
mum, Gemma Akram, held a
sponsored sky-dive to thank staff
from the neonatal unit for taking
care of her daughter, Amber,
who was born prematurely at 26
weeks.
In November, dozens of
runners, young and old, ran the
city’s parkrun at Lister Park in
Manningham to raise awareness
of the charity.
Beccy added: “On behalf of
Bradford Hospitals Children’s
Charity I’d like to say a huge
thank you to all those people who
have contributed in any way to
fundraising for the sick children of
this city and their families.
“I’d also like to encourage
everyone to keep coming up with
new fundraising ideas and to
continue their great efforts so that
we can all bring the best medical
equipment, home comforts and
Gemma Akram, who did a
parachute jump for the charity
with two-year-old Amber
play facilities, to our poorly children
and patients.”
If you would like to make a
general donation to the charity
you can visit www.justgiving.com/
Bradford-Hospitals-Childrens-Charity
Can you help
Bradford’s sick
children?
Bradford Hospitals Children’s
Charity is also looking for
people to undertake fundraising
events to support the city’s sick
children and babies. Could
you hold a cake sale or do a
sponsored event? If you are
interested in supporting this
worthy cause then please
contact Jane Campbell on jane.
campbell@bthft.nhs.uk or
telephone 07932 851604.

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FOCUS January 2013 page 13

EECP Therapist Pat Moore with
patient Philip Perry
Bradford is one of only five
NHS centres in the UK offering an External Enhanced
Counter Pulsation service (EECP) to patients with
refractory angina (RA).
EECP is a non-surgical,
mechanical procedure that
can reduce the symptoms of
angina by increasing blood
flow to the damaged areas of
the heart.
Nationally there is only
one recognised centre based
at the National RA Centre
in Broadgreen, Liverpool.
It is the Foundation Trust’s
vision to establish the
Bradford Royal Infirmary as
the country’s second centre
and the first in Yorkshire to
provide a dedicated service to
manage RA.
EECP has been taking place
at the BRI for more than
seven years now and patients
from as far away as Scotland,
Northern Ireland and the
Midlands have travelled
to the hospital to undergo
treatment here.
FOCUS January 2013 page 14
The patient’s
story: Philip
Perry
Retired joiner, Philip Perry, 74,
was by his own admission
“drinking in the last chance
saloon” having been told by
surgeons after both a triple and
then a double bypass that he
could have no more operations
on his heart.
So with his angina getting
worse, when doctors at the
Bradford Royal Infirmary
proposed he try a revolutionary
yet simple procedure called
Enhanced External Counter
Pulsation (EECP) therapy he was
keen to try it out.
“My situation was getting
more and more dire. I was
getting increasingly breathless
when I tried to do the simplest of
things. The GP referred me back
to Dr Morley who carried out
an angiogram on my heart last
Christmas which revealed that
two arteries were blocked.
“With surgery no longer
possible, Dr Morley sent me
to the BRI’s refractory angina
clinic which is a last stop shop
for people like me where I was
offered a number of options
including EECP therapy which
I opted for because of its good
results.”
Philip’s initial brief thoughts
at seeing the EECP bed and
cuffs were that it resembled
a contraption straight out of
Wallace and Gromit.
“I thought, ‘oh dear what is
this?’ The whole thing looked so
strange. At first the sensation of
the cuffs pulsing around my legs
and stomach felt strange and I
was tense, but now I just relax
into it and Pat (the therapist) is
magnificent as she puts you at
ease.”
Philip Perry
Now six weeks into a seven
week course Philip says the
transformation in his quality of
life has been “nothing short of
amazing.”
“Heart disease is a slow and
insidious affair where you don’t
have the same get up and go.
It leaves you not interested in
things anymore because you
can’t do much. Since having
EECP, I am going for daily walks
over a mile and a quarter long.
I walk round Yeadon dam with
a spring in my step which is
completely different to what I
could manage before.
“EECP therapy has left me
feeling sky high. I am even
decorating at home which would
have been out of the question a
few months ago. It has given me
back my life again. I am back to
what I used to be like before my
heart problems and life is great –
it is wonderful!”

The therapist’s
story: Pat
Moore
Pat Moore revels in her job as
the EECP therapist who as well
as administering EECP ensures
that each wave of pressure is
electronically synchronised with
a patient’s heart via a tracing in
their heartbeat. The increased
blood flow is delivered to the
patient’s heart at the precise
moment it is relaxing, allowing
blood flow to be delivered
through the coronary arteries at
its peak. Pat also educates and
counsels patients (with a small
‘c’) about their condition.
“I get to know the patients
very well. I talk to them about
their fears and explain how
the treatment will give them
confidence to do more.
“Sometimes it takes half way
through our seven-week sessions
before the patient feels the
benefits.
“I talk them through and
monitor their condition, while
at the same time assessing
their ECG (electrocardiogram),
oxygen saturation levels and all
the normal observations that we
need to keep an eye on.
“I help to build up their
confidence to do more when
they finish the treatment. If they
do get any angina, it is generally
not that severe and doesn’t last
that long (compared to before
they started EECP).
My job is extremely
rewarding. I get to see a patient’s
whole persona changing. They
are more confident in doing
everyday things like climbing
the stairs, not thinking twice
about walking to the shops, etc.
Everyday things that most of us
take for granted.
Seeing this transformation
makes my job so worthwhile. I
had one gentleman in his 80s
who at first entered the room on
a stick, was slow and hunched
over – by the end of the EECP
sessions he remarked that he
felt so fit and confident that he
could run round the bed - to see
the change in him was amazing.
Patients’ eyes sparkle again,
they can do more, their whole
personality becomes brighter. My
job is so worthwhile as you can
see your patients having a better
quality of life.
“There is no age limit to this
treatment nor is there a limit to
the number of times they can
come back to have this therapy
so this helps give patients a
positive feel. The commitment
on them undertaking this course
is a huge commitment but they
all say that the time flies.”
The clinician’s
story: Dr Chris
Morley
Consultant cardiologist, Dr Chris
Morley, who runs the service
alongside colleague, Dr Paul
Sainsbury, says research shows
that EECP not only improves
a patient’s quality of life
significantly, but is cost effective.
“EECP provides a new therapy
for patients who have been
told there is no other form of
conventional treatment available.
“These patients have a long
history of heart disease, usually
over 15 years, and they have
had every single bit of medical
intervention to improve their
angina. Eighty-five per cent of
them have had coronary bypass
surgery and an average of three
stents put in before they end up
with us, despite initial success.
“Coronary heart disease is a
progressive and unpredictable
condition. If patients live long
enough the angina may come
back. They are now older, may
have other serious illnesses and
are very difficult to treat. There
are no conventional treatment
options, they have simply run
out of treatments. Their hearts
are often damaged and they
are desperate as their quality
of life is extremely affected by
their inability to undertake even
simple activity like playing with
grandchildren, taking a holiday
or even leaving their home.”
“However a unique aspect
of the heart is that it is the only
part of the body which receives
blood as it relaxes, not as it is
pumped and the part of the
heart that causes angina gets
more than 90% of its blood flow
as the heart relaxes, not when it
contracts.”
“EECP originated back in the
1960s when doctors worked
out that blood flow back to the
heart could be improved when it
relaxes by pumping on the legs
to ensure that it brought blood
back down into the heart.”
The fourth generation
EECP bed works by attaching
pneumatic blood pressure-type
cuffs to the lower calf, lower and
mid thighs and upper thighs and
buttocks.
The onset of the pumping
and relaxation produces a ripple
effect which drives blood back
into the heart at an optimal rate
of 60-80 beats a minute and is
timed carefully with the patient’s
ECG monitor.
“The timing has to be
extremely accurate to ensure the
individual patients get the best
results out of the treatment but
around nine years ago, research
found that it doubled coronary
heart flow.
“Two recent independent
European publications found
that EECP therapy has led to
the growth of new collateral
blood vessels – these vessels link
the blocked and the unblocked
arteries which for angina
patients helps improve the
delivery of the blood flow and
endothereal blood vessels in the
heart.
“EECP has been shown to
improve blood flow to the heart
and stimulate the release of
hormones to grow new blood
vessels. It not only improves
heart functions but gives
vigorous, lower body exercises to
people who are no longer able
to exercise so patients are now
fit to rehabilitate.
“It has also been found to
release stem cells from the bone
marrow and the circulation.”
Each patient receives 35
hours of a one hour treatment,
five days a week, over a seven
week period. Thirty five hours
was chosen as a large Chinese
study found this was the optimal
length of treatment.
“It is the only treatment
that provides 35 hours with a
therapist (cardiac technician)
who manipulates the inflation
and deflation timing of the cuffs
which are triggered by the ECG
machine during the relaxing
cycle of the heart. The therapist
also educates, supports and aids
the rehabilitation of the patient.
Dr Chris Morley
“With any chronic illness,
patients need support,
education and extreme input
management of their anxiety
and, for that reason, we are
pleased to developed this
unique EECP pathway for this
group.”
Over the last seven years,
Bradford has treated about 180
patients – about a quarter of
those are from outside West
Yorkshire.
Please note:
EECP is available to NHS
patients referred by their
GP to our refractory angina
service. It is not available
in pregnancy, for bi-lateral
amputees, and those people
with a large aortic aneurysm,
a leaking aortic valve or those
with a history of DVT.
FOCUS January 2013 page 15

Dani Woods, dementia
project manager
Dementia affects an estimated 820,000 people in the UK and with
estimated health and social care costs of £23 billion, the condition
presents a real challenge for the NHS.
Around a quarter of hospital beds at any one time across
the country can be occupied by dementia sufferers and
experts believe these figures will rise with an ageing
population.
Yet only 42% of the people with dementia are
believed to have received a diagnosis. Having a
diagnosis is crucial, as it can greatly improve a person’s
quality of life in the extra care and support which can
be provided to both patients and carers.
So how are we going
to improve our care
to dementia patients
and their carers?
The national Commissioning
for Quality and Innovation
(CQUIN) framework allows NHS
commissioners (in our case NHS
Airedale, Bradford and Leeds)
to reward a hospital’s excellence
of care by linking a proportion
of the income they give us to
achieving quality improvement
goals.
The national dementia
CQUIN has been developed to
encourage hospitals to identify
patients with dementia, and
other causes of cognitive
impairment, to ensure that
FOCUS January 2013 page 16
prompt and appropriate referrals
to other specialist health
professionals are carried out
when patients are discharged.
NHS Airedale, Bradford
and Leeds produced their
own local CQUIN dementia
target, outlining improvements
they wanted to see us take
in promoting preventative
measures towards patient
admissions.
The Bradford dementia
CQUIN has three stages; Find,
Assess and Investigate,
and, Refer, (FAIR) and can be
broken down into three distinct
areas of action for patients aged
75-years-old and above who are
admitted in an emergency.
It encourages us to:
1. Improve awareness and
diagnosis of dementia for
patients who are admitted
in an emergency to our
hospitals.
2. Provide those patients who
have been screened as having
a positive form of dementia
with further investigations.
3. Refer those patients who
have either a positive or
inconclusive screening on
to specialists for further
investigation.
The Foundation Trust’s
dementia project board - which
is led by our dementia champion
Dawn Parkes and includes
deputy chief nurse, Sally Scales
and national dementia expert,
Professor John Young - actively
steers our improvements in
practice.
Governor involvement
in our dementia work
Two public governors are
currently involved in monthly
work-stream groups which plan
and co-ordinate delivery of the
dementia CQUIN indicators
and cover areas like education,
environment, communication
and the patient’s pathway and
assessment.
Dementia project manager,
Dani Woods, said: “Governors
Mohammed Yaqoob and
Joan Barton act as valuable
contributors to our dementia
work, encouraging good
practice around our six hospitals
and coming up with ideas. They
provide a lay perspective and
act as a critical friend which is
vital. We greatly welcome their

support in helping us improve the
care we provide to patients and
their families.”
As well as sitting on the
dementia project board, Yaqoob
is involved in the dementia
assessment pathway workstream,
having contributed to the
development of the dementia
diagnostic tool which went live
on our wards on October 1.
He is continuing to help with
improvements we are planning to
our data collection system.
Joan is a member of our
communications group workstream
which aims to improve
the service we give to dementia
patients and carers by delivering
and signposting information
and resources; monitoring and
identifying patients who have
dementia within the hospital;
promoting resources and
updating staff on information
around dementia; and the
promotion of education on
dementia to the community.
Joan has also contributed
to the development of the ‘see
who I am’ booklet designed
for patients and carers to fill in
upon admission. This booklet
helps nursing staff tailor
individualised care plans for
each patient.
“I feel really privileged
to sit on the dementia
project board and help our
Bradford citizens. There
are many people out there
with undiagnosed dementia
and if we can find them at
an early state, it is critical,
in order that they can get
the care and support they
need. As a public governor,
to work alongside doctors
and nurses as they strive to
provide a better service to
the people of Bradford is
immensely satisfying. ”
Mohammed Yaqoob,
public governor
Enhancing the Healing
Environment
Last year wards 23 and 29
were revamped in the largest
refurbishment project of its
kind undertaken to improve
the hospital environment for
elderly patients suffering from
dementia in the UK.
Our nationally acclaimed
landmark ‘Enhancing the
Healing Environment’ project
saw the Foundation Trust invest
“As a governor, I’m
interested in dementia as it
is one of the big challenges
to the NHS in the 21st
century. Decisions around
appropriate health care for
patients and their carers
are having to be made
alongside other health
priorities. Advances in
medicine have meant people
are living longer, yet it is the
quality of life which causes
concern in brain diseases,
which costs the UK economy
£23 billion a year. Research
is on-going to help people
understand this disability
and its impact on our society
- we all need to ensure
research is kept high on the
national agenda. ”Joan
Barton
public governor
more than £450,000, with
a further £50,000 awarded
from The King’s Fund, towards
upgrading facilities to create a
more calming space to influence
patient behaviour and improve
the wards for patients with
dementia, visitors and their
families.
Refurbished dementia wards
win national award
Our design for the refurbishment of two Bradford Royal Infirmary
wards, undertaken to improve the hospital environment for
elderly patients suffering from dementia, has won a national
award.
The hospital team were named winners of the 2012 Building
Better Healthcare (BBH) award for best interior design project.
These are the main UK awards for healthcare building and
design.
The judges described the team’s efforts as a “breath of fresh
air” and said: “the patients are definitely calmer and happier. It
is a very good example of using knowledge and experience to
create a very human environment.”
The award ceremony took place at The Brewery, London,
where team members Shane Embleton, of the estates
department, and Debbie Beaumont, of elderly care, picked up
the prize on behalf of their colleagues.
FOCUS January 2013 page 17

Attendees at our AGM held on 12 September heard that whilst
2011/2012 was a challenging year for the Foundation Trust in terms of
its performance targets, the financial position remained strong with an
end of year surplus of £7.4m reported.
In terms of progress against the Trust’s Corporate
Strategy, Better Medicine, Better Health, David
Richardson, chairman, announced that much of the
strategy set out been achieved earlier than anticipated
and a new strategy was now in development. The
Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors, Mark Steward,
reported on how the governors had delivered on their
statutory duties, how they had worked with the Board
of Directors and their involvement in the extended
Governor Work Programme. He reported that at the
year end the trust had reported a year-end membership
figure of 53,579 (well above the 40,000 threshold
established by governors and directors for the year).
2011/2012 progress against ‘Better Medicine,
Better Health’
■ Wards 23 and 29 were
revamped in the largest
refurbishment project of its
kind undertaken to improve
the hospital environment for
elderly patients suffering from
dementia
■ Retail services have been
improved, including the
opening a new coffee shop at
the main entrance to BRI.
■ An advanced treatment facility
with £50,000 worth of new
equipment which will benefit
patients with skin problems
from across the city opened at
St Luke’s Hospital;
■ Children’s assessment unit and
ward 16 were refurbished to
create a calm but engaging
environment for young
patients;
■ Retail services were improved,
including the opening a new
coffee shop at the main
entrance to BRI;
■ BRI became the first hospital
in the world to introduce a
revolutionary new cardiac
device;
■ Patients living with chronic
kidney disease are now
benefiting from an electronic
advice service, an awardwinning
initiative set up
by Bradford healthcare
professionals (awarded first
prize at the British Journal of
Renal Medicine Innovation
Awards).
■ A new initiative for patients
with long-term rheumatology
conditions is reducing
admissions and providing a
faster, more efficient service.
■ A Dignity Room was opened,
which improves the dignity and
care of patients by making sure
they have a change of clothes
if they are admitted to hospital
in an emergency and would
otherwise be discharged with
only their nightwear.
■ Maternity services celebrated
again this year after winning
the LSA Good Practice award
for medicines safety and the All
Party Parliamentary Award for
Home Birth Workshops.
■ Our Hosting the first North of
England training course for
bowel cancer surgery in our
technical skills laboratory
■ Holding a new ‘introduction
to medicine’ open day to help
students across the district
pursue a medical career
■ Income from research and
development increased to
£7.5m.
■ Recruitment to the Born
in Bradford project has
successfully completed, taking
the total number of BiB babies
to 14,000.
Picture credit: Asadour Guzelian
Children’s ward goes
from drab to fab
Professor Peacock (a specialist in emergency medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
in Ohio) at a training session for staff on how to use the device ahead of its
March 2012 introduction to A&E and the Medical Admissions Unit
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Major initiatives 2011/2012
Going Digital
Going Digital aims to eliminate
paper medical records and
transfer all information to
electronic medical records. This
ambitious project has huge
benefits for patients and staff.
Text message reminders for
outpatient appointments have in
some areas helped to halve the
number of patients not turning
up for routine appointments.
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In 2011/12 we set up a
ground-breaking initiative
called Patients First which will
ensure that quality is at the
centre of everything we do
and help shape the future of
hospital services in the city.
You can read more about this
initiative on page 3.
SAFE campaign!
In 2010/11 we built on our excellent track record for patient safety with the Trust-wide SAFE!
Campaign. This initiative captured the imagination of staff across the Trust and has led to real
improvements in clinical practice for the benefit of patients; from essential physiological assessment
and observation to communication between professionals and record keeping.
Foundation Trust’s Corporate Strategy
Bradford Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
The Foundation Trust has, over
the course of the past year, been
revising our current strategy
‘Better Medicine, Better Health’
to guide the future priorities for
the care that we deliver.
We have been consulting
with a wide variety of people to
identify:
■ A clear expression of our
mission or purpose for existing
■ Our values as an organisation
■ A ‘strapline’ that summarises
the core of our strategy
■ Clear vision statements to
drive our ambitions for the
future
■ Our broad objectives over the
next few years
Involvement across the
Foundation Trust has been strong
with dedicated work done with
the Board of Directors, Council
of Governors and Clinical
Management Group. In addition
draft versions of the strategy
have been shared with the clinical
divisions for consultation and
an online survey has garnered
a range of responses and
comments.
The key areas of focus that are
forming the core of our new
corporate strategy are:
■ The aims of our Patients First
programme
■ Valuing our staff
■ Our organisational
culture
■ Equality & Diversity
■ Providing the right
kind of healthcare
for our population
■ Being a sustainable
organisation
■ Getting the
basics right but
recognising our
specialist status in
many areas
■ The new ‘NHS’ environment
and our relationship with GPs
and the wider community
We plan to launch our revised
corporate strategy in the new
Better Medicine, Better Health
2008 - 2015
year and will develop measures
internally to track our progress for
the start of the new financial year
and our annual planning cycle
submission.
Governors extended work
programme 2011/2012
During 2011/2012 the
Governors Work programme
has included the following:
■ Appointment of Auditors
■ Non-Executive Director
Appointments
■ Care Quality Commission
(outcomes review)
■ Charitable Funds &
Investment Committee
■ Membership Development
and Communications
■ Governor Ward Visits
Programme
■ Young Peoples Engagement
Programme
■ Volunteers Forum
■ Regional Governors Forum
■ Foundation Trust Governors
Association
■ Bradford Institute of Health
Research Innovation Group
■ ‘Appliances Amnesty Project’
■ Patient and Public
Involvement (Quality
Account Improvement
priorities monitoring and
evaluation).
Progress against the
membership improvement
priorities was monitored in
year by the PPI Governor
working group and is
detailed in the summary of
the Quality Account which
can be accessed at www.
bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk
Quality Account
Executive Summary
Bradford Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
2011/12
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The Trust’s annual special events are delivered during
the week of the AGM, attracting a combined audience
of approximately 1500 people (staff, public and patient members, general
visitors and volunteers). Read on for the highlights of this spectacular week.
Hundreds of foundation
trust members joined staff,
governors, and directors for
the trust’s seventh annual open
event. Mark Steward, vice-chair
of governors said that “this was
again a great annual showcase
event providing a ‘behind the
scenes’ look at how our trust
is responding to the needs of
our patients. It was especially
pleasing to see some of our
community based teams taking
part alongside their colleagues
from St Luke’s Hospital and
Bradford Royal Infirmary. Each
year we are pleased to present
awards to those teams which,
in our view, best reflect the
ethos of the day through the
creativity they employ in the
presentation of their exhibits
and how well they engage with
their audience.”
“Firstly, we have to say that
all involved should be proud of
what they presented and it was
particularly difficult to select
the winners of the Governors
Awards as the standards across
the board were high.”
There were three Governor
Awards made for 2012. The
‘best stand’ awards went
to the Estates Team and the
Midwives and New-born Team.
Estates highlighted a key
investment that the foundation
trust had made in sustainable
technology through the use of
solar photovoltaic installations
(solar panels). Their stand
had a mocked up model of a
cycling velodrome powered by
photovoltaic cells, providing a
great interactive element where
visitors could not only enjoy
themselves by taking part in the
many races but also learn more
about how this source of power
was helping the Trust to reduce
its carbon footprint
and cut costs on
energy bills. The
‘Midwives and
New-born’ team
made very good
use of a new-born
baby doll which
provided some
great interactive
engagement
around the
practicalities of
parenting.
Governors
also presented
the PET CT
Scanning team
with a ‘highly
commended’
certificate,
as they had
narrowly
missed out
on one of the
‘best stand’ awards.
Midwives and the Newborn team’
Open Event 2012
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Hospital Oscars and Team
of the Year Awards
Hospital Oscar winners 2012. From
l to r Karen Moreland, Amanda
Meehan and Carol Metcalfe
Three unsung heroes were
honoured at the foundation
trust’s annual staff awards
evening. The Hospital Oscar
awards went to theatre nurse
Carol Metcalfe who works
in the ear, nose and throat
theatres at BRI; Amanda
Meehan, a medical secretary
in the Children’s Development
Centre at St Luke’s Hospital
and Karen Moreland, cleaning
services assistant at Pennine
Breast Imaging Services, St
Luke’s Hospital. The trio were
nominated by colleagues
for their outstanding
contributions to patient care.
They were presented with
their Oscars, a cheque each for
£1000, and a certificate.
The Team of the Year awards
had attracted 12 excellent
entries. The Hyperacute/Acute
Stroke and Neurology Unit
beat tough competition to win
first place and £5,000. The
Hospital Palliative Care Team
were runners up and received
£3,000, and the Midwife
Neonatal Examiners won third
place and received £2,000.
Russ Piper, Chief Executive
of Sovereign Health Care
presented the awards to the
delighted staff winners. The
Chairman, David Richardson,
expressed thanks to Sovereign
Hyperacute/Acute Stroke Team
accepting their award from Russ
Piper of Sovereign Healthcare
Health Care on behalf of the
trust for their continued support
for these very important and
highly regarded awards.
vascular
investigation
rheumatology
oncology
maternal
radiology
diabetes
TRANSLATING
RESEARCH
Open Event September 2012
INTO PRACTICE
children
stroke
Translating Research
into Practice
Research and Development was a key focus of the open event
with a number of visitors attending our special presentations
which focussed on how research was being applied to benefit
patients at our Foundation Trust and beyond.
Visitors were able to take away a copy of the special
booklet produced for the event which features teams from our
Foundation Trust and the research they are involved in. This
booklet is available electronically at www.bradfordhospitals.
nhs.uk or you can get in touch with the membership office to
request a hard copy.
vision
BiB
eye
critical
quality safety
respiratory
elderly
infection
head & neck
haematology
disease
renal
ENT
Volunteer Annual
Awards Ceremony
Volunteers who work at Bradford
Teaching Hospitals were honoured
in the annual thank-you ceremony
held for the first time at the Hilton
Hotel. Awards were given out
to 43 volunteers with five, 10,
15 and 20 years’ service at the
event hosted by chairman David
Richardson and chief executive
Bryan Millar.
Gerry Briscoe of the Friends
of Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI)
was named Volunteer of the Year
for his unstinting work at the
hospital over the past 23 years.
Gerry, 87, who has spent time
each week acting as a volunteer
guide in the hospital’s Ear, Nose,
and Throat (ENT) department,
also organises the rota for
the 12 ENT guides and has,
until recently, served as a
committee member of the
Friends of the BRI.
Second place went to
St Luke’s volunteer
guide, Brian O’Neil
Gerry Briscoe, winner
of the 2012 ‘Volunteer
of the Year Award’
who works in Horton Wing
outpatients’ department. The
audience heard how his help
with capturing patient feedback
from outpatients had enabled the
department to “monitor standards
and identify where improvements
could be made.” Joint third
place went to Alison Hudson, a
volunteer from the department
of diabetes and endocrinology
at the Bradford Royal Infirmary
and Jo Davanna a volunteer with
the Elizabeth Foundation. All the
winners received a glass plaque,
a certificate and gifts. Certificates
were also presented to 15 student
volunteers with 50 hours’
service, four students
with 100 hours’
service and one
student with 200
hours’ service.
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Key business covered by Governors at the
meeting held on 17 October.
■ Grace Alderson was
reappointed as one of the
foundation trust’s nonexecutive
directors for a
second term which runs from
end November 2012 to end
October 2015.
■ Governors agreed changes to
the constitution as required
in relation to the new Health
& Social Care Act 2012. The
changes relate to:
■ the adoption of the
new name ‘Council of
Governors’
■ the introduction of the
new legal duty to ensure
that income from NHS
funded goods and services
is greater than income
from other sources.
■ the introduction of
additional oversight and
scrutiny by the Council of
Governors over activities
generating non-NHS
income.
As well as receiving quarterly
reports regarding performance
and finance, the meeting also
received reports related to
Public Governors
Bradford North Mrs Mary Brewer
Bradford North Mr Mohammad Yaqoob
Bradford South Mr Mike Turner
Bradford South Mrs Maureen Sharpe
Bradford West Mr Abdulhamid Ismail
Bradford West Mrs Nora Whitham
Keighley Mr Ron Beale
Keighley Mrs Vera Woodhead
Shipley
Mrs Susan Hillas
Shipley
Mrs Joan Barton
Patient Governors
Mr John Speight
Mr Mike Young
the governors extended work
programme. Updates were
provided in relation to;
■ the monitoring and
evaluation underway in
relation to the ‘membership
improvement priorities’
that form part of the trust’s
Quality Account.
■ Governor involvement with
the trust’s newly established
Dementia Project and its
associated work-streams
■ Feedback on the wellattended
Young People’s
Staff Governors
All Other Staff Groups
Mr John Sidebottom
Allied Health Professionals and
Scientists
Mrs Alison Haigh
Medical and Dental
Mr Mark Steward
Nursing and Midwifery
Mrs Carolyn Butterfield
Partner Governors
NHS Bradford and Airedale Mr Shafiq Ahmed
Bradford Metropolitan District
Council
Mrs Naveeda Ikram
Bradford University
Dr Marina Bloj
Leeds University
Professor John Young
Event held on Friday 12
October.
■ The announcement that
Mark Steward, Vice-Chair
and Staff Governor, had
successfully been elected
to the FTGA (Foundation
Trust Governors Association)
Board.
The Council of Governors
welcomed Naveeda Ikram
the newly appointed Partner
Governor representing Bradford
Metropolitan District Council
and said farewell to Michael
Warr, Public Governor Bradford
West, who was attending his
last meeting. In relation to the
governor vacancy that had
arisen in Bradford West as a
result of Michaels resignation,
the Council of Governors agreed
that Abdulhamid Ismail who
was the next highest polling
candidate at the election held
in Bradford West in 2011 would
take on the remainder of the
term and serve until July 2014.
Great feedback from
our fifth annual
Young Peoples event
This annual event held in October attracted more than
250 young people from across the district came along
to this very popular event to find out more about the
NHS and what is offered in the way of jobs and careers,
training and education, and volunteering and how they
can access these areas. There was also a strong focus on
health and well-being, what our trust could to improve
communications with young people and, getting views
on issues related to equality and diversity.
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Governors Meetings
2013
Quarterly Council of Governor Meetings
They take place four times per year and are all held from 4.30pm
to 6.30pm in the Conference room, Field House, Bradford Royal
Infirmary. For 2013 the dates are; Weds 23 January, Weds 17 April,
Weds 24 July and Weds 23 October.
2013 AGM (Annual General Meeting)
Our 2013 AGM will take place in the Sovereign Lecture Theatre,
Field House, Bradford Royal Infirmary on Weds 18 September from
1.00pm until 2.00pm.
All meetings are held in public with agendas published two
weeks in advance. The associated documents are available on the
day of the meeting. If you would like a paper copy of the agenda
and documents then please contact the membership office.
Some words of advice
and encouragement
from current
governors…
I have met and worked with some very
passionate people who have wanted to
support the governance of the Trust and it has
been good to be associated with a Trust that
values staff and has maintained the ability to
meet its financial targets. ”
I think the key role of a governor is to support
the executive in trying to develop the best
healthcare they can within the current
climate. As a governor I think you need to feel
comfortable in asking searching questions of
the Trust’s Executive and Board and to expect
understandable answers.
”
I do not have an NHS background, so it was
challenging in the beginning to understand
the workings of the Trust and the wider
NHS. The role is quite demanding, but very
rewarding. I had anticipated spending time in
meetings, but as Governors we are actively
encouraged to meet patients and staff,
and to get to know what happens on the
wards, what the issues are, and to feed this
information back on behalf of the patients and
be involved in making changes.
”
“
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Governor Elections
Process underway from
23 January
Have you thought about putting yourself
forward for election as a governor
The Council of Governors has an important statutory role which
includes the appointment the chair and non-executive directors
and, a duty to represent the interests of the members of the trust
as a whole and the interests of the public. A governor’s term of
office runs for three years. Governors are able to stand for election
for a second and third term. Please see the back cover of this issue
of FOCUS for the formal ‘notice of election’ which includes all the
dates related to the elections process.
Governor information
Booklet
If you would like to find out more
about the role and responsibilities
before you make up your mind
then take a look at our Governor
Information Booklet which is available
on line at www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.
uk or contact the membership office
for a hard copy.
To get the most out of your role, for yourself
and for the benefit of the hospital and patients’
needs commitment and enthusiasm. I would
say that Directors and Governors work as an
open and supportive team and that if you
choose to go forward for election you will find
it an interesting and rewarding experience.
”
background and experience.
I have found that working with the Board
of Directors and the Chairman has been
vitally important and gives good insights
into the running of a successful Trust. I
would suggest that anyone who has the
time and has some community knowledge
to put themselves forward. This is a very
rewarding position and delivers a very high
level of personal satisfaction.
“
”
”
Most of us have either been a patient or know
someone who has and there are areas where
I know that we have really made a difference
for both patients and staff. I have achieved
much more than I expected. I would encourage
people to apply, no matter what their
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Bradford Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
The Foundation Trust gives notice that it will
hold elections to the Council of Governors of
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust.
Elections are to be held for the following
positions:
■ 7 members from the Public constituencies;
Keighley (1), Bradford North (2), Shipley (2),
Bradford South (1), Bradford West (1)
■ 2 members from the Patient constituency (i.e.
those members who live out of the Bradford
Metropolitan District Council area and have
received treatment from the Foundation Trust)
■ 4 members from the Staff constituencies:
Nursing and Midwifery Staff (1), Medical and
Dental Staff (1), Allied Health Professionals
and Scientists (1), all other Staff Groups(1).
Nominations
Nomination packs with information about how
to stand for election to these positions are
available from Wednesday 23 January 2013
from the Returning Officer at the address shown
below;
Caroline Hinchcliffe, Returning Officer,
Electoral Reform Services Ltd,The Election Centre,
33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW
Tel: 0208 889 9203.
Email: caroline.hinchcliffe@electoralreform.co.uk
All nomination papers should be received by
the Returning Officer, Caroline Hinchcliffe, by
12 noon on Thursday 7 February 2013. Faxed or
e-mailed nominations will not be accepted.
Elections
Ballot papers will be distributed to qualifying
members on Wednesday 27 February 2013.
Completed ballot papers must be received by the
Independent Scrutineer (Electoral Reform Services
Ltd) by 12 noon on Tuesday 19 March 2013.
The result of the elections will be announced at
the Foundation Trust’s offices on Wednesday 20
March 2013.
The regulations governing this election and
further information about Bradford Teaching
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can be obtained
from:
Jacqui Maurice, Corporate Governance
Manager, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust, Chestnut House, Duckworth
Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ. Tel: 01274 382685. Email:
jacqui.maurice@bthft.nhs.uk
If candidates do submit a nomination and then
decide to withdraw, this must be done in writing,
and witnessed, to the Returning Officer no later
than 12 noon on Tuesday 12 February 2013.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford Royal infirmary 01274 542200
St Lukes Hospital 01274 734744
Eccleshill Community Hospital 01274 323200
Shipley Community Hospital 01274 773390
Westwood Park Community Hospital 01274 425990
Westbourne Green Community Hospitals 01274 202485
Change of Appointments Contact Centre 01274 365910
Chaplaincy Office 01274 365819
Voluntary Services 01274 364309
Complaints 01274 364810
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) 01274 364021
Outpatients (Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital)
Outpatients ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) 01274 364111
Outpatients Gastroenterology 01274 364628
Outpatients Orthopaedics 01274 364850
Outpatients West 01274 364056
Outpatients Adult 01274 365669
Outpatients Dermatology 01274 365540
Outpatients Gynaecology 01274 364886
Outpatients Maxillofacial & Oral 01274 365200
Outpatients Peadiatrics 01274 365423
Wards (Bradford Royal Infirmary)
Accident and Emergency 01274 364658
1 Respiratory / Diabetes /
Endocrine Team 01274 364352
2 Paediatrics Surgical &
Orthopaedic 01274 364353
3 Acute Elderly Unit 01274 364355
4 Acute Elderly Admissions 01274 364357
5 Day Case Surgery 01274 364361
6 Gastroenterology / Renal /
Rheumatology 01274 364364
7 Haematology 01274 364366
8 Male Surgical 01274 364368
9 Acute Stroke/ Neurology 01274 364371
11 Female Surgical 01274 364377
12 Gynaecology 01274 364381
14 Urology 01274 364383
15 Oncology 01274 364387
16 Paediatrics Medical &
Paediatric Assessment Unit 01274 364390
17 Paediatrics Acute Medicine 01274 364394
18 ENT & Ophthalmology 01274 364396
19 Plastics & Maxillofacial Unit 01274 364398
20 Acute Surgical Admissions Unit 01274 364413
21 Progressive Care Unit 01274 364417
22 CCU and Cardiology 01274 364043
23 Elderly Care 01274 364404
24 Infectious Diseases 01274 364581
25 Breast Care Unit 01274 364622
Foundation Trust Membership
26 Vascular Surgery 01274 383011
27 Elective Orthopaedics 01274 383020
28 Elective Orthopaedic Day
Case Unit 01274 383030
29 Elderly Care 01274 383229
30 Elderly Care 01274 383230
Ear Nose & Throat Day Case Unit 01274 364863
Intensive Care Unit 01274 364126
York Suite 01274 364644
Transitional Care Unit M2 01274 364531
Maternity Unit M3 01274 364536
Maternity Unit M4 01274 364539
Delivery Suite 01274 364515
Antenatal 01274 364556
Neonatal Unit 01274 364523
Wards (St Luke’s Hospital)
F1 Pennine Suite 01274 365525
F3 Intermediate Care
Community Hospital 01274 365603
F4 Day Case Rheumatology &
Dermatology 01274 365328
F5 Elderly Care rehabilitation 01274 365632
F6 Stroke & Neurology
Rehabilitation and Inpatient
Dermatology 01274 365615
F7/F8 Chronic Haemodialysis 01274 365692
Write: Trust HQ, Chestnut House, BRI, Duckworth lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ.
Tel: 0800 280 2581 (calls free from land lines)
Email bradfordhospitals@capitaregistrars.com
Would you like to join as a Member? You can do so online at
www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk or contact our Membership office.