Issue 46 - December 2012 - Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Issue 46 - December 2012 - Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Issue 46 - December 2012 - Southern Health and Social Care Trust
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Edition <strong>46</strong> | <strong>December</strong> ‘12<br />
<strong>Trust</strong> at a Glance<br />
Insider View of Radiography<br />
On World Radiography Day, 8 November, radiography staff<br />
hosted an Open Day in Craigavon, South Tyrone <strong>and</strong> Daisy Hill<br />
Hospitals to raise awareness of their services amongst patients<br />
<strong>and</strong> visitors. Radiography staff Julie McBride <strong>and</strong> Bronagh<br />
McCauley with Chief Executive, Mairead McAlinden at the<br />
Craigavon Open Day.<br />
Walk Ten, Belfast<br />
Well done to the staff from the Acute <strong>and</strong> Mental<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Booking centres at Craigavon Area Hospital<br />
who took part in the Walk Ten, Belfast <strong>and</strong> raised a<br />
total of £1,611.50 for Marie Curie.<br />
World Hospice <strong>and</strong><br />
Palliative <strong>Care</strong> Day<br />
On 12 October, Palliative <strong>Care</strong> staff held<br />
Information Roadshows throughout <strong>Trust</strong> facilities<br />
to raise awareness <strong>and</strong> to improve staff’s<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing of palliative <strong>and</strong> end of life care.<br />
Hospice<br />
Coffee<br />
Morning<br />
The Acute Information<br />
Team would like to<br />
thank all the staff who<br />
supported their coffee<br />
morning in aid of<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> Area Hospice.<br />
The team presented a<br />
gr<strong>and</strong> total of £540 to<br />
Tracey Muldoon from the<br />
Hospice (front centre).<br />
Visit from Chief<br />
Nursing Officer<br />
Acting Chief Nursing Officer, Mrs McLernon met<br />
with staff from specialist primary care services <strong>and</strong><br />
heard about the work of the community palliative<br />
care team, multi-disciplinary specialist diabetes<br />
team <strong>and</strong> the implementation of insulin pumps for<br />
patients with type 1 diabetes.<br />
Other teams including the fracture liaison nurse<br />
specialist, older peoples nurse specialists, heart<br />
failure <strong>and</strong> COPD teams also provided information<br />
on their services as well as a demonstration on<br />
remote tele-health monitoring.<br />
Staff at Daisy Hill Hospital Roadshow<br />
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