April 2013 - Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust

Focus on . . . Putting Patients First: Our Vision and Strategic Priorities for 2013/14Financial StrengthBuilding a sustainablefutureOur plans for the futuremust be built on firmfoundations. We will build afinancially strongorganisation that can investin future services andinfrastructure whilstcontributing to the overallplans for a clinically andfinancially sustainablehealth community.This will enable us to be ahighly efficient,streamlined, productive NHSFoundation Trust that willconsistently deliver itspromises to ourcommunities.Building for our FutureWork is continuing on our state-of-the-art Women andChildren’s Unit, which is due to open at PRH in summer 2014as part of our efforts to ensure our services are sustainable.The unit will be for all women and children who need tostay in hospital overnight. It will include a children’soutpatient department, children’s assessment unit and anew children’s cancer and haematology unit. It will also befor women who require a consultant-led delivery and babieswho need special care. In addition, all gynaecology servicesthat require an overnight stay will take place here.A special ground breaking event was held in February tomark the start of work on the unit, including a symboliccutting of the ground.Work on the new unit began in December. It followed theopening of a new Surgical Assessment Unit and Surgical ShortStay ward at RSH last summer and the transfer of inpatientHead and Neck facilities to PRH in September.Cathy Smith, Head of Midwifery and Deputy Centre Chief ofJoseph wins our hard hat competitionA mid Wales pupil’s colourfuldesign has won our Hard Hatcompetition to mark the startof work on the new Womenand Children’s Unit.Joseph Dowle, aged 16 and apupil at Cedewain School, aspecial school in Newtown,entered the competition after itwas launched last year ahead ofbuilding work starting.Pupils from 14 schools acrossShropshire, Telford & Wrekin,and mid Wales decoratedbuilders’ hats based on thetheme of ‘keep fit and healthy’.Schools each put forward oneof their pupils’ designs andattendees were asked to helpchoose a winner at our groundbreaking event.Joseph was presented with a prize of £100 in book tokens for his schoollast month during a visit by Adrian Osborne, Communications Director(pictured with Joseph, his prize and the winning design) and membersof the Balfour Beatty team who are building the new unit.the Women and Children’s Centre said: “Thousands ofwomen and children over the years will benefit from thisfantastic new facility at PRH and improved services at RSH.”For the latest on the new unit visit www.sath.nhs.uk/futureor to get involved call 01743 261183.Pictured at the symbolic ground breaking event to mark the start of workon the new Women and Children’s Unit at PRH are (from left): Sister GinaPowell; from the Neonatal Unit at RSH; Health Care Assistant PathyHobbs; from the Children’s Wards at PRH; Cathy Smith, Head ofMidwifery and Deputy Centre Chief for the Women and Children’sCentre; and Staff Nurse Rachael Elson, from the Children’s Wards at PRH.“Together we can make a real difference” - improving our sustainabilityImproving our sustainability is an important part of being a Good Corporate Citizen, whichinvolves looking at how we can reduce any negative impact we have on theenvironment, take an active role in local sustainable development, improve health andreduce inequalities in health in the communities we serve through our day-to-dayactivities.This essentially means using the resources we have available to us in ways that benefit,rather than damage the social, economic and environmental conditions in which we live.Work is ongoing to ensure we improve our sustainability — and some of this can be found inlast month’s “green” edition of our Putting Patients First newsletter (pictured right),available from the intranet. Being a Good Corporate Citizen is about us all doing our bit toimprove our sustainability — if we are all involved we can make a real difference.Picture courtesy of The County Times6