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2 TrustNews APRIL 2009News in briefUp for the cup!The FA Cup visited CalderdaleRoyal Hospital as part of a nationaltour. The famous silverware wasparaded on the children’s wardwhere staff and patients got a closerlook. The cup also visited hotels,sports clubs, and Overgate Hospice,Elland.Above – staff from left: StephanieJones, Brenda Bartholomew, KarenFoster, Liz Cocker, Rebecca Bedfordand Jo InsonInspired?Do you know someone working forCalderdale and Huddersfield NHSTrust who has identified a problemand come up with an inspiredsolution? If so you can nominatethem for a Medipex Innovator of thequarter award.To nominate someone simplydownload an application form athttp://www.medipex.co.uk/news.aspx?Group=news and explain,in no more than 250 words, yournominee’s innovation and the impacttheir idea had.Send completed applicationsforms to Stephanie.bridgford@medipex.co.uk or via the post toStephanie Bridgford, MedipexLtd, Icon Business Centre, 4100Park Approach, Leeds LS15 8GB.Applications must be received byMonday May 25 2009.New NHSleadership awardsA new awards scheme has beenlaunched to recognise outstandingleaders at every level of the systemacross the NHS in England. Theawards recognise outstandingleadership in seven categories:n NHS Leader of the Yearn NHS Quality Champion ofthe Yearn NHS Innovator of the Yearn NHS Change Leader of the Yearn NHS Mentor of the Yearn NHS Partner of the Yearn NHS Award for Inspiration.Nominations are now openuntil 15th May. For moreinformation please visit www.nhsleadershipawards.nhs.ukSpring into actionNHS Kirklees and Kirklees Councilhave teamed up to hold an eventat the Brian Jackson CentreHuddersfield on Thursday May 21between 1pm and 4.30pm whereyou will be able to find out moreabout mental health and wellbeingservices.‘Spring into Action’, will givepeople the opportunity to find outabout mental health services offeredby the local NHS, Kirklees Counciland voluntary and communityorganisations in Kirklees.To book your free place,please complete the formonline at www.kirklees.gov.uk/springintoaction. Alternatively,call 01484 225274 or emailmarketingandpublicinformation@kirklees.gov.ukMeet the team: Occupational HealthLooking after the health and wellbeing of staff in the Trust is the mainaim of the occupational health team.Based at Calderdale Royal Hospital,the team is made up of 11 membersof staff including four nurses, fiveadministration staff, a doctor and atherapeutic masseur. Counselling isoffered either on a self-referral basisor for staff who are referred by theirmanagers.Staff can also use the therapeuticmasseur, which has to be paid for, but isa service available at both sites.The team is also responsible forassessing staff before they start in a post,screening staff who may be exposedto harmful substances, organisingThe specialist prostate cancer service at Calderdale Royal Hospital is celebrating its10th anniversary.The Urology Investigations Unit (UIU) was first set up at the Royal Halifax Infirmaryin 1999 before moving into the Calderdale Royal Hospital and was one of the first ofits type in the county.It sees around 400 new patients in Calderdale referred by GPs every year. Theteam is made up of urology consultants Mr Karol Rogawski, left, and Mr SivaNamasivayam, specialist clinical nurse Angela Khan, right, staff nurse Angela Leeand healthcare assistant Paula Smedley, second left and Janet Redman, second right,providing secretarial support.Mr Rogawski, said: “ We are very proud of the clinic. It is a nurse-led clinic workingat its very best and supported by consultants offering fast and comprehensive carefor our patients which we believe is amongst the best there is.”A TEAM from our Trust joined forces with York HospitalsNHS Foundation Trust to co-hosted a national event onpatient safety.The event was sponsored by the Patient Safety FirstCampaign and was aimed at sharing the good work we havebeen doing both here and at York to improve patient safety aspart of the Safer Patients Initiative.The day started with a joint presentation by the Trusts chiefexecutives, Diane Whittingham and Patrick Crowley on whypatient safety is so important to them and their organisations.This was followed by a session on the model forimprovement and measurement. Trust staff Sandraimmunisations and carrying outassessments when staff are unable towork due to ill health.Senior occupational health nurse,Christine Bouckley, said: “Occupationalhealth is a vital department within theTrust. We are here to give advice andsupport to staff and managers withregards to the relationship betweenhealth and work, and to help andencourage staff in looking after theirown health and well being.”If you would like to contactoccupational health call CRH 2037.From left: Anna Maffin, Lisa Boddy,Christine Bouckley, Audrey Haigh,Rachel Wood, Maria Ferris, BarbaraSmithiesStaff sweepthe board atnational eventSTAFF from our Trust triumphed at theNursing Times Leadership Challenge.Matron for emergency care, Jo Middleton, andpatient flow manager, Lidia Holroyd, were partof a team that won three awards at the event inCoventry in March.A total of 36 teams from across the countrytook part and were put through differentscenarios, including a sewage leak onto a hospitalward and an outbreak of legionella.The teams were assessed throughout the dayand our team was nominated for four out of fiveFind out moreA Stand has been set up at CalderdaleRoyal Hospital to highlight lymphoedema– a relatively unknown disease whichaffects thousands of people.Lymphoedema is swelling of limbs andbody due to the accumulation of lymph,which is a colourless fluid which forms inthe body naturally.Tracy Green, clinical nurse specialistfor lymphoedema, based at CalderdaleRoyal Hospital, is the vice chair of theBritish Lymphology Society and is keen tohighlight the disease.Tracy contracted lymphoedema 20years ago after an insect bite but it was sixmonths before she was diagnosed. I hadjust a normal insect bite on the back of myleg,” she said. “It then started to swell upand I didn’t know what it was.”Tracy was told by a consultant that sheshould think about changing her career,as she could be in a wheelchair by theMedical secretary EmmaEvans is in training for the 26-mileMoonwalk round London nextmonth. (May)The 39-year-old, from Siddal,Halifax, has already shed fourstones after seeing a photo ofherself and vowing: “I’m notgoing to be fat and 40!”And now she’s poundingthe canal between Brighouseand Todmorden training for theevent to raise money for BreastCancer Research.Emma, formerly at the post-gradcentre at CRH and now Mr Ilsley’ssecretary at HRI, said she was takingpart after two colleagues and a familyfriend have recently been diagnosedwith breast cancer and are undergoingtreatment.She said: “It makes you humblewhen you see what some peopleare going through. It also makesyou very aware of the conditionand to an extent, grateful that itis not you. I like a goal and thisis mine.”Emma, a self-confessedformer couch potato, used toweigh nearly 16 stones but hasTrust co-hosts national Patient Safety First Campaign eventSenior Theatre Matron, Eileen Haigh divisional clinicaldevelopment manager, Michael Howard , senior nurseICU and senior pharmacist Fiona Smith then ran a series ofsessions sharing our journey improving patient safety overthe past couple of years with other Trusts from all over thecountry .Comments from delegates were very positive for example:“talking to, hearing from people who have implemented,including the difficulties-not just the theory of what to do”For further information on the Patient Safety FirstCampaign please log onto patientsafetyfirst.nhs.uk or contactMel Johnson on HRI 7315awards. They won best team, best strategy andbest health economy.Lidia said: “It was a really challenging and funday that called upon a wide range of skills. Wewere thrilled to win three of the awards.”The team was also made up of Janet Brooker,community matron for Kirklees, Maggie Shepley,complex discharge matron, Sheila Kalanovic,complex discharge matron and Sue Clarke ofsocial services. The team was presented with theawards by the Chief Nursing Officer, Chris Beasley.time she was 30. When she was diagnosedshe decided there was a need for a betterservice and put a business case forward.She set up the service at CRH, whichnow treats hundreds of patients acrossCalderdale and Huddersfield. If youwould like more information about theservice Tracy can be contacted on CRH2718.Walk on, Emma!shed around four.She added: “ My training partnerhas had to drop out as she has hada gallbladder operation but I amdetermined to keep going and take parton May 16 because it means so much tome right now.”To sponsor her go to: www.justgiving.co.uk/espresso
APRIL 2009 TrustNews 3New offices for appointments teamNews in briefSTAFF in appointments now have new, state-of-the-art offices to work in.The offices, which are based at HRI, bring together three sections of the appointmentsteam under one roof. Previously administration, follow up appointments and new patientsappointment teams have been spread over three different areas.Now the team, which takes more than 1,000 calls a day from staff and patients, will beworking in one office.General manager of appointments, Katharine Fletcher, said: “We have been working closelywith the architect to create a state-of-the-art call centre environment.“Staff in the department are very busy and these new offices will create a much niceenvironment for them to work in.” The new offices opened on March 30.Eighty-nine-year-old Fred Yates performed the opening ceremony after being randomlyselected when he rang in for an appointment.Fred’s wife of 62 years Kathleen and his daughter Linda Walsh, of Cowlersley, accompaniedMr Yates.Linda, said: “ We have always had an excellent service as a family at Huddersfield RoyalInfirmary over the years and were delighted to be asked along for the event.”Picture courtesy of the Huddersfield ExaminerCharity marathonrunnerNurse Sue Manning will bedonning her trainers and running 26miles for charity. The mother of three,who works in the intensive care unitat Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, willbe one of thousands of people takingpart in the London Marathon.Sue, who runs with Stainland Lions,said: “ I ran the marathon two yearsago and I thought I would do it againbut this will be the last time. I decidedto do it for Overgate Hospice as it isa local charity and people tend to runthe marathon for big charities.”Travel Survey 2009The Trust’s travel department wouldlike to thank all those who took partin the 2009 travel survey.More than 300 took part and thewinner of the fruit basket was LynnChivers, manual handling advisor forthe Trust.The Trust is asked to take part inthe annual survey which is used byMetro to look at the trends of thoseworking at large organisations.Get yourentries innow!THE winners of last year’s CelebratingSuccess top award are encouragingothers to get their applications in. BevWaller, Bernie Coll and Sian Bloomfield- dubbed the cannulae police - collectedthe Gordon McLean £5,000 bursary atthe 2008 event.They won for their work creatingnew documentation, standardisingequipment and setting up a dedicatedIV trolley specifically to target cannulause and bring down the number ofinfections linked to themThe said they were totally shocked theywon and encouraged others to get theirapplications in. Bev said: “We did notthink we would win, we just wanted theopportunity to present. We were totallyshocked and it made us realise that theTrust values the work that we were doing.“Even now we can’t believe we werethe winners, it was such a lovely day andwe all really enjoyed it.” The team usedthe money to attend a conference inAmerica about invasive devices.Staff’s NVQachievementscelebratedSTAFF from across the Trust celebrated their achievementsat an awards ceremony in Huddersfield. More than 20employees who had a achieved NVQs levels 2 and 3 weregiven their certificates by Head of Patient and PublicInvolvement, Angela Bradshaw. The NVQs were achievedin a number of different areas including healthcare,customer services and business administration. About 70members of staff study for these qualifications each year.And thesurvey said...THE latest staff survey results for our Trust have been revealed.The Healthcare Commission survey was carried out betweenOctober and December last year across all NHS organisations.At the Trust 850 questionnaires were sent out to randomlyidentified staff and 55 per cent were returned – an aboveaverage result for acute trusts in England.Our Trust was placed in the top performing 20% of acute(hospital) trusts for staff feeling valued by their work colleaguesand also for its low incidences of staff experiencing harassment,bullying or abuse from other staff and staff intending to leavetheir jobs.Director of personnel and development, Julie Hull, said: “Itis really important to us that our staff feel valued, enjoy theirwork and feel that there is always support available should theyneed it. It is encouraging to see that the work we have done,such as introducing workshops to tackle stress, is starting tobring about real benefits.”The Trust also performed well compared to others in jobsatisfaction, staff feeling there are good opportunities todevelop their potential at work, staff believing there are equalopportunities for career progression or promotion, staff feelingable to contribute towards improvements at work and qualityof job design.One area the Trust is addressing is the numbers of staffreceiving annual appraisals and personal development plans.However our figures were good for staff receiving job-relevanttraining in the past 12 months.Face Facts: Bob ForrestBob Forrest has worked forthe trust for over 42 yearsand is currently in coronarycare. He has previouslyworked in intensive care unitand cardiology, and spent 20years on night shifts. He is amarried father of two and agrandfather of six.What is your idea of perfecthappiness?Sorry I don’t think it exists. Ienjoy happy times and endure allthe rest.Bob ForrestWhat was your best everpresent?Perhaps not the best but themost memorable was a Christmaspresent from my 11-year-olddaughter. It was a box of winegums, which are my favourites, witha note inside saying ‘no need tooffer me any, I’ve already had myshare.’How do you relax?I sit at home read, drink a beer ortea, and generally annoy my longsufferingwife.What is the most important aspect of yourwork?Making sure the patients get what they need -and the staff go home sane!Where is your favourite place?I don’t have one - anywhere I can relax in peaceand quiet.Who would you most like to have dinnerwith and why?The cardiology team and the girls I spent 20years on night duty with. We work and playtogether and support each other through thickand thin.What’s the best chat-up line you ever heard?I’ve never heard a good one.What was your most embarrassing moment?There’s too many to mention.What would be the title of your autobiography?Bob who?What is your most treasured possession?My family and friends.What is your favourite film scene?Just to add one intellectual moment to this epistle.The king of the swingers scene from the Jungle Book.
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