Trust Today June 2012 - Bradford Teaching Hospitals

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TRUST’S CARERS WORK CONTINUES The Standing Commission on Carers (SCOC) recently visited nine areas across the UK as part of their government-initiated fact-fi nding mission. Bradford, alongside Thameside near Manchester, were the only northern cities included in the group’s itinerary. Following the SCOC visit, carers’ lead Ruth Dixon was invited to London to hear the commissioners’ feedback alongside Bradford’s other representatives, deputy director of NHS Airedale Bradford and Leeds Ali Jan Haider, carer Lisa James, Adult Social Care team manager Margeret McEvilly and joint commissioning manager for carers in Bradford district, Ian Brooke- Mawson. Here she explains more… The purpose of SCOC’s London conference was to discuss what they had found during their Bradford visit and to bring back key points to develop services for carers in Bradford and Airedale. One of the commissioners who visited the BRI described the initiatives from our carers work stream as “enthusiastic, encouraging and full of energy”. We’ve also since received interest from Westminster Carers Network and also Luton & Bedfordshire NHS who wish to emulate some of the work being done here at Bradford Teaching Hospitals. The purpose of the carers work stream which I lead is to deliver aspects of the national and local carer strategy as well as developing and implementing processes which will enable carers of all ages to; ■ Be identifi ed and recognised ■ Be valued as partners in hospital discharge, and ■ Be signposted to services in the community. As part of this vital work, a support worker from Carers Resource visits the BRI and St Luke’s every week to provide information and face-to-face support for carers who are visiting their relative or friend in hospital. The number of carers in Bradford is rising in line with national trends due to the increasing elderly population. Bradford also has higher than average rates of illness and disability among children which leads to more carers of children with disabilities, and caring relationships which continue as those children reach adulthood. These carers are very often parents but may also include grandparents, sibling young carers and other family, neighbours and friends. There are 48,000 unpaid carers in the Bradford district and around 500 12 Trust Today June 2012 staff are carers of family or friends outside work. If you look after someone and are in need of help, advice or support you can contact either the Carers Resource (01274 The honour was given to organisations who act as an examining centre for the College’s part two membership exams, which are more commonly known as PACES. Exam hosts, consultants Robin Jeffrey and John Stoves, are pictured above with Chief Executive Bryan Millar, postgraduate medical education lead Katie Manuel and administrator Vicky Baxter receiving the plaque. Also included in the picture is Airedale consultant and exam chair, Cornelle Parker. MRCP (UK) Examinations’ medical director, Professor Jane Dacre, added: “None of this would have been possible Ruth Dixon with Carers’ Resource support offi cer, Christine Gleave, who visits the BRI and St Luke’s weekly to provide information and face-to-face support for carers. 449660) or Carers Connection, (01274 323323). Both organisations provide support services to carers across Bradford and Airedale. ROYAL COLLEGE HONOUR The Royal College of Physicians has presented the Foundation Trust with a plaque to celebrate their tenth anniversary. without the support of the examination centres and examiners in hospitals. “To mark the tenth anniversary of the PACES examination, MRCP (UK) wishes to thank in particular those centres who consistently dedicated their facilities to the examination by assessing more than 100 candidates / hosting the examination for seven days or more over the last three years. “The presentation of this plaque is in recognition of your continuing commitment to PACES.” Over the last decade, MRCP (UK) has assessed over 22,800 candidates in 256 examination centres in 11 countries. From left, Robin Jeffrey, Bryan Millar, Katie Manuel, Vicky Baxter, John Stoves, Cornelle Parker, (Airedale consultant and exam chair)
CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENTS GETS A MAKEOVER Childrenʻs outpatients at St Lukeʻs has gone from “drab to fab” thanks to new chairs in its waiting area. DOCTORS ‘GO DIGITAL’ Doctors at Bradford Teaching Hospitals could soon be using iPads to check patient records on ward rounds, under plans to get rid of paper documents. A s part of the Foundation Trust’s transfer to electronic medical records, the Trust has signed a deal with technology fi rm Kainos to supply an iPad-compatible version of their ‘Evolve’ electronic medical record system. Brent Walker, chief information offi cer, said: “The Trust hopes to go live with the Evolve system in the Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Service this summer and once lessons are learnt from that launch, we’ll make improvements before going live across the rest of ENT/ Eyes in the autumn. “We think it’ll take about two years to roll out the rest of the electronic medical records programme throughout the organisations but work will begin on its implementation from 2013 with a phased roll-out around the rest of the Foundation Trust and as part of this work is currently on-going to implement barcodes on all clinical stationery. “This work will mean that every patient’s clinical records will be scanned into the system on demand prior to a consultation or elective inpatient or day case visit ensuring easy retrieval of information at the touch of a button.” The ‘Going Digital’ project will see up to 1000 iPads distributed to staff as part of the major digitisation project. “The traditional way of working on paper is quick and easy but has many obvious fl aws, such as the records being only in one place at a time and easily lost or damaged,” continued Brent. “The iPads are an attractive device as they should be quicker and easier to use than desktop PCs, especially on the wards, and from a business perspective they are very cost effective as they cost a third of the price of traditional hand-held PCs. Sister Trudy Booth, pictured with her staff, said: “The makeoverʻs taken place in a bid to make it more childfriendly and everyoneʻs been saying that the space provides staff, patients, and their families with a brighter, clearer and more vibrant environment.” Drs Anand Padmakumar and Sarah Hennell of BRI’s ward 16 get a sneak preview of how patient records will look on the Trust’s new iPADs “We are now potentially going to be rolling out iPads to every single doctor.” The iPads will be fully protected from data loss via the use of encryption and passwords. We are also making sure that the Evolve system itself is very wellsupported to make sure it is appropriately resilient and available when clinicians need it. Brent anticipates that it could take up to 10 years to get rid of all paper records around the Foundation Trust and encourages all staff to join the cultural revolution that will ultimately lead to increased effi ciency and a speedier service for our patients. Trust Today June 2012 13
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