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Focus | Autumn 2010
Contents
Welcome to Focus 2
Safe Campaign reviews its first
six months 2-3
Update on BiB 3
Going Digital 4
Royal College of surgeons’ president
visits Bradford 5
A day in the life of...
...BRI Porter Josie Taylor 5
Pennine Breast Screen Service 6
Seaside day out 6
Trust strives for excellence 7
Dermatology gets its own art gallery 7
The Open Event 2010 8-11
- Volunteer and Charities Fair
- AGM
- ISO Awards
- Long Service Awards
- Hospital Oscars
- Team of the Year
- Volunteers of the year 2010
New adolescent service for patients with
inflammatory disease 12-13
IBD nurse or guardian angel 13
Lakhbir leads the way 14
Maternity Assessment Centre achieves
high patient satisfaction results 15
Sovereign Health Care & Bradford
Teaching Hospitals working together 16-17
60 Seconds with...Carol Mapp 16
Governors’ Update 18
Membership Calendar of Events 19
Useful Contacts 20
Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ year-long
drive to improve patient safety is entering
its final six months as staff strive to keep the
Foundation Trust at the forefront of quality
healthcare.
The SAFE! Campaign, which began in May
and is being led by the Medical Director
and Chief Nurse aims to help maintain the
Foundation Trust’s position as one of the
country’s safest hospitals.
Each month there will be a focus on a
specific topic related to different aspects of
safety and the patient’s journey whilst in our
care.
Deputy Chief Nurse, Sally Scales, said: “We are
concentrating on topics which patients have
told us are important, as well as areas where
we would like to make improvements. The
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Welcome to
Firstly, thanks to all of you who braved
the stormy weather to join myself and our
Governors at our AGM and fifth annual
Open Event on September 15.
These were the keynote events that
took place during the Foundation Trust’s
annual ‘week of special events’ which
in total attracted 2,750 attendees. A
number of events provided opportunities
for visitors to find out more about new
service developments and key projects and
campaigns aimed at improving patients’
experiences which are taking place here
at our hospitals; while awards ceremonies
paid tribute to our staff and volunteers for
their hard work and commitment to our
organisation over the years. Please see our
special report on the events which starts
on page 8. This edition also includes the
Foundation Trust’s 2009/2010 review where
you can find out more about how we got
on during the last financial year.
This month’s Focus also includes a special
section on our historical relationship with
Sovereign Health Care who have, over the
years, provided significant donations from
their Charitable Trust to key developments
here at our Foundation Trust. You can read
about the support they provide annually for
our ‘Team of the Year’ and ‘Hospital Oscars’
topics are also based on national guidelines
and patient safety initiatives.
“We hope that through Safe! patient safety
will be improved, and that the quality of our
care will increase even further to help us to
maintain our position as one of the safest
hospitals in the country.”
The topics covered so far in the
campaign are as follows:
Focus
awards on page 10. I do hope that you will
take the time to read their message to you
on page 17.
If you have any comments you would like
to share with Governors on the content of
this edition of Focus or, any suggestions for
articles you would like to see then please
get in touch with our Membership helpline.
David Richardson
Chairman
Safe Campaign reviews its first
• May: protecting patients from
thromboembolism - this means
assessing patients for their risk of
developing blood clots and ensuring
preventative treatment is given.
• Progress: Over ninety per cent of all
inpatients are now assessed for this risk.
• June: improving the quality of clinical
observations - all staff who perform
I understand that infection prevention and control is a major priority for the Foundation Trust with
significant reductions in the number of cases of MRSA reported each year.
basic routine clinical observations like blood
pressure, temperature, etc, are assessed to
ensure they are competent to do so.
• Progress - all areas now have plans in place to
ensure staff competency is being assessed.
• July: identifying and managing the
deteriorating patient - focussed on
the way in which we act upon clinical
observations in assessing a patient to detect
any deterioration in their condition.
• Progress - updated guidelines and
observation charts have been introduced.
• September: conducting effective ward
rounds - placed emphasis on the ward round
as an important aspect of patient care.
• Progress - new guidelines have been
produced to help staff on ward rounds.
Staff working in clinical areas have also been