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JULY 2008 TrustNews 3Celebrations forTwo cakes, nostalgic photos, bunting, balloons – and Spam! – all added upto a special week of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the NHS at ourTrust captured in this Trust News photo special.Lina D’Italia-Riley andDave Scottat CRHcelebrate60 yearsCatering staff at HRI sample mince and potatoes 1948 styleFormer consultant surgeon, and FTcouncil member Garrick Graham withthe cake before it was shared aroundstaff in the dining room at HRI.At Calderdale, our chairman DevSharma, cut the cake and posed forphotos with catering staff in their1940s special floral pinnies andheadscarves.A&E consultant Andy Lockey wasinvited to a healthworkers’ receptionat Downing StreetSister Lesley Forrest (left) andvolunteer Wendy Sugden representedthe Trust at a service at WestminsterAbbey. FT council member GeorgeRichardson also attended.Chaplain Sue Brook organiseda Thanksgiving Service at StStephen’s, Lindley, where AngelaWalton read her commemorativepoem and former consultant nurseDianne Lewis spoke about yearsgone by with vice-chair Carol Clarklooking ahead to the future.Health Informatics organised theirown dinner dance at Berties at Ellandto mark the event.** The winners of the two M&S £25 vouchers for filling in the staff recognitionpostcards are Mrs R Allen (CRH) and Charanjeet Kaur Dogra at (HRI).n We will also be carrying more NHS60 stories over the coming months.Farewell JuneLong-serving domestic JuneSlater, second left front, retired aftermore than 32 years. June, fromCrosland Moor, has worked the last 20years on the intensive care unit at HRI.Colleagues in the domesticdepartment organised a party on July10 – her actual 60th birthday – andthere were celebrations on ICU the dayafter, her last day at work.June, who has a son and daughter, twostep daughters and two step sons, and“umpteen million” grandchildren, said:“The job has changed over the years andhas become much more in-depth. I haveenjoyed being part of the team.”Sister Tina MacNab, said: “June is anintegral part of the ICU team helping usto maintain the high standards we haveon the unit. She has been with us for along number of years and will be missed.”Face Facts: Anu RajgopalTributeAwards nightAnu RajgopalWhat is the most importantaspect of your work?To justify my role in improving patientcare.Where is your favourite place?Kerala- Gods own country, IndiaTributes to DonnaA special awards ceremony was hostedby the occupational development andtraining department at HuddersfieldRoyal Infirmary for staff who havegained their NVQ qualification.More than 40 staff and their familiesattended the event at the YMCAin Huddersfield and received theircertificates from Jan Freer, head oforganisational development.There was also the opportunityfor staff to have family photos taken,which were then framed and sent tothem after the event.Jan said: “The ceremony was a greatopportunity to congratulate staff ontheir hard work and achievements.Everyone really enjoyed the day andwe hope to run the award ceremony asan annual event.”from left to right Medical labs assistants Alison Wilson, Lindsey Tattersall, AngelaLaverick, Gemma Ellis, Donna Cocker and Jody Pickett with their certificates.Anu is a consultant microbiologistat the Trust. She qualified as adoctor and obtained her MD inMedical Microbiology from Delhi,India. She met her husband inmedical school and he is now abreast surgeon at Leeds GeneralInfirmary. She has two children, a10 year old daughter and a son whois four years old.What is your idea ofperfect happiness?A pool, a tropical paradise, a goodbook and my husband making mesome mojitos. Oh, and not to forgetthe kids-the pool’s for them.What was your best ever present?A surprise visit from my family in IndiaHow do you relax?Quite easilyWho would you most like tohave dinner with and why?My husband and our close collegefriends reliving the good old ‘mad’ times.What’s the best chat-upline you ever heard?‘Do you believe in love at first sight orshould I walk by again’What was your mostembarrassing moment?Explaining to my six-year old daughter whyI did not have a cut in my tummy whenshe visited me in hospital the day I had myson! (…‘but where did he come from?’)What would be the title ofyour autobiography?The Eternal OptimistWhat is your mosttreasured possession?My collection of Bollywood music onitunesWhat is your favourite film scene?‘Shawshank Redemption’ -TimRobbins (Andy Dufresne) raising hisarms to the sky as the rain washes himclean after escaping from the stateprison via the sewers.Friends and colleagues fromacross the Trust attended the funeralservice of nurse Donna Miller atRastrick Church and ParkwoodCrematorium.A collection in Donna’s memoryhas raised nearly £1,000. Themoney will be spent on a day out atFlamingo Land theme park for heryoung children and a donation willgo to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.There is also an ongoing fund tobuy a memorial bench for CalderdaleRoyal Hospital and contributions canstill be made.Donna’s close friend staff nurseKelly Lane, said: “Everyone hasbeen devastated yet we have been sosupportive of each other. Colleagueshave worked extra shifts to coverfor staff who have been very badlyaffected. I would like to thankeveryone from all departments fortheir support and their donations.”Donna, who worked on themedical assessment unit at CRH,died earlier this month and leaves ahusband and three young children.

4 TrustNews JULY 2008Caterers fansBack, from the left, Adrian Brown, Danny Clare, Matt McNickle, OliverGarthwaite, Ashley Robinson, Andrew Donegan.Front, from the left Kurtis Ayton, Tom Green and Curtis Israel.Team CorporateHat-trick h pesWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going,say staff in procurement, finance and radiology.They won a mock combat paintball challenge atDeltaforce in Wakefield as they celebrated KarlaCartwright’s 21st birthday.Pictured are Ben Womack, James Henderson,Karla, Susan Hellewell, Laura Tyreman, Sandra Tyreman,Anne-Marie Foster and Thomas Wareham.Board level: The word back from the Trust executive boardmeeting at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary on Monday July 21, 2008HRI caterers already have their sightsset on a treble next year after winningthe Men’s Health Week five-a-sidetournament for the second year running.It might have rained and rained (andrained and rained) at Elland but spiritswere never dampened as 14 teamsbattled it out for the trophy in atrociousconditions.The caterers’ goalie Matty McNickleconceded only four goals throughoutthe tournament earning him the title ofMan of the Tournament.The caterers beat a team from HealthInformatics in the final 3-0 and thenwent on to celebrate well until the earlyhours.Coach Andrew Donegan, said: “Theevent was excellent, well-organised anddespite the weather, a great success. Thestandard of football has improved year onyear, which meant Matty was a lot busier.“We played as a team withsquad rotation, it was a doublecelebration winning the event andMatty collecting the man of thetournament award. Obviously nextyear we will be looking to defend ourcrown and achieving the treble”.Fourteen teams from a range ofhealthcare departments took partin the event organised by the Trust’sOccupational Health team. CalderdaleUnison supported the event andprovided the team trophies and medalsOrganiser Ros Johnston, said:“Exercise is part of the whole healthagenda and we are trying to promotehealthy living amongst the Trust staff.”She came up with the idea fora Trust tournament to promotemen’s health two years ago duringthe World Cup and it has gonefrom strength to strength.Health Informatics runners upOrganisor Ros Johnson, centreTeam PhysioMedical recordsTania King gave an update on theimprovement work being done inmedical records. The tremendousamount of work that had been put inby the team was acknowledged andthe way they had taken on board thechanges needed was congratulated. Itwas agreed that benefits were alreadybeing seen within departments but itwas difficult to quantify the effects ofthe changes. The work is by no meanscomplete and will continue for sometime to come.Performance reportDirector of service developmentLesley Hill reported on the Trust’sperformance for June 2008:n For the existing national targetsour performance in 10 out of 11 wasstrong. Working is taking place toimprove our performance on cancelledoperations which was rated amber.n For the 13 new national targetsperformance was strong, includingaccess to genito-urinary medicine,MRSA bacteraemias, Clostridiumdifficile cases, the 18 weeks target anddiagnostic waiting times targetn For the Trust targets (localtargets that are not required for theAnnual Health Check) performanceagainst five of the six was strongand performance against one -emergency readmissions for fracturedneck of femur - was amber.Finance reportFinance director Mark Brearleyoutlined the financial position to theend of June 2008. He said there wasa favourable variance of £49k fromthe budgeted (and planned) incomeand expenditure position at the endof June 2008; CRES schemes havedelivered £1.7m of savings in thefinancial year which is at plannedlevels; the Trust has a cash balance of£19.9m against a planned position of£16.1m; and the financial risk ratingto the end of June 2008 is 4, which isat the planned level.Infection controlDirector of infection prevention andcontrol David Birkenhead said therehad been no MRSA bacteraemias inJune and the current total for 2008/09was five against an annual target of 19cases. The total cases of Clostridiumdifficile for June was 15. The revisedprovisional target for 2008/09 is 188(post 48-hour cases) for the Trust.Developments in cancer careDirector of operations MarkPartington presented a report onthe developments in cancer servicesand how the changes would impacton the services of the Trust. Thereare two main changes - additionalcancer standards to be achieved fromDecember 2008 onwards and changesto peer review arrangements.Action plans are to be implementedto ensure compliance with the newcancer waiting time standards:n Divisions to ensure that thesechanges are communicatedthroughout their clinical teams andensure specific pathway reviews andcapacity implications are considered byeach multi-disciplinary team (MDT)n THIS to ensure that informaticssolutions are available to support themeasurement and reporting of thenew standardsn Divisions and the CancerModernisation Board ensure that MDTscommence self-assessment reviews inline with the new cancer peer reviewproposals.The work will be co-ordinatedthrough the Cancer ModernisationBoard.Data qualityDirector of health informatics JohnRayner presented the first monthlyData Quality report. The importanceof accuracy was stressed to all staffand he said the data quality team wasavailable to provide awareness sessionsto PAS users to promote good practice,if the divisions felt this would be useful.Tea Break teaserACROSS6 Meringue dessert named aftera Russian ballerina (7)7 Perennial cottage-gardenflower in shades of white,red and pink with a sweetfragrance (5)8 High-ranking officer in thenavy (7)9 British potter who developedbone porcelain around 1800 (5)10 Queen of Castile whoestablished the Inquisition andgave financial encouragementto Columbus (8)14 One who puts forward anotherfor a public position e.g.parliamentary candidate (8)17 Tea-growing region ofnorthern India (5)18 Mountain first climbed by SirEdmund Hillary and SherpaTensing in 1953 (7)19 A leaf of a manuscriptnumbered on one side (5)20 Semitic language believedto be the one in which thegospels were first written (7)DOWN1Large mammal native to theHimalayas, China and Tibetwith black and white fur (5)2 British Earl who collectedancient Greek sculptures formthe Parthenon, which are nowin the British Museum (5)3 Large enclosed areas wherebirds are kept (8)4 Slender breed of dogresembling a greyhound (7)5 Long, narrow boat used totransport passengers on thecanals of Venice (7)11 Thickset burrowing Africanmammal with a large snout (8)1 2 3 4 56 78 91412 1310 1117 1819 2012 Lancashire town which holdscelebrations known as “TheGuild” every 20 years (7)13 Condition involving loss ofspeech (7)15 Commonly used term for theseries of summer concertsconducted until his death bySir Henry Wood (5)16 Savoury jelly often used tomake a mould for fish, eggsetc (5)15 16Competition winnerWinner of June’s crossword is LesleyArgyle, Rm 310, Learning Centre,HRI. The deadline for the nextcrossword entries is Friday, August15. Crosswords should be sent toCaroline Wright, Comms Dept,Leaning Centre, HRI.© BrainwarpName:.............................................Location:..........................................Telephone No:..................................TrustNews n TrustNews is the staff newsletter all about you. Please let the communications team have all your success stories and good news and send them to Communications,B Block, Nurses’ Residence, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary; or e-mail caroline.wright@cht.nhs.uk; or ‘phone 01484 355 253. The deadline for the next edition is Friday 15 August 2008.Trust News is published by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.Designed and printed by Geronimo Communications www.geronimocommunications.com