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<strong>News</strong>Bites<br />
Merger<br />
We have a dedicated website<br />
and twitter handle for merger<br />
updates:<br />
www.futuretogethernotts.nhs.uk<br />
@nottsmerger<br />
What does patient<br />
safety mean to you?<br />
<strong>NUH</strong> and Sherwood Forest<br />
Hospitals (SFH) have launched a<br />
new patient safety partnership as<br />
part of their closer working.<br />
The campaign takes on board the<br />
views of everyone – staff, patients<br />
and members of the public – to help<br />
hospitals focus on what they are<br />
doing well and where they can make<br />
improvements.<br />
People are invited to join the patient<br />
safety conversation by adding<br />
comments to a large pillar installed in<br />
the hospital entrance.<br />
At the launch of the campaign at<br />
King's Mill Hospital in Mansfield,<br />
Consultant Surgeon Nick Watson<br />
said: “We want as many comments<br />
as possible from patients, visitors and<br />
staff at all levels across the whole<br />
Trust.”<br />
The ‘patient safety pillar’ will be used<br />
to gain views at Mansfield Community<br />
Hospital and Newark Hospitals before<br />
arriving at our City Hospital and QMC<br />
later this year.<br />
Pre-op visiting plan<br />
reduces stress for<br />
vulnerable patients<br />
Staff in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat<br />
Theatre Recovery have designed<br />
and developed a pre-op visiting plan<br />
specifically for patients who, because<br />
of specific needs, are unable to access<br />
dentistry in the community and instead<br />
come to hospital to have dental work<br />
done in theatre.<br />
Staff visit the ward to introduce<br />
themselves to the patient and their<br />
carers before they go to theatre to build<br />
a relationship and discuss any concerns<br />
or specific needs. The same staff will<br />
take the patient and carer to theatre<br />
and back again after the procedure<br />
to ensure continuity of care. Carers<br />
will be there throughout the whole<br />
process. They go to theatre and stay<br />
until the patient falls asleep and will<br />
be called back in time for when the<br />
patient wakes up. While the patient is in<br />
theatre, carers are encouraged to relax<br />
or grab a drink, knowing that they will<br />
be called back before the person they<br />
care for wakes up.<br />
Jeremy Walker, Theatre Recovery<br />
Support Worker, said: “We’ve had<br />
excellent feedback from staff and carers<br />
about this visiting plan. Speaking to<br />
carers I know how important this is<br />
for them and the patient. Some carers<br />
dedicate their life to the person they<br />
care for and they need to know they<br />
can be there at every step to support<br />
the person they care for in hospital.”<br />
New Maternity service offers<br />
mums-to-be more choices<br />
Our Maternity department<br />
has launched a new service<br />
that aims to offer a greater<br />
range of options to women in<br />
the final stages of pregnancy.<br />
The Outpatient Induction of Labour<br />
Service promotes normality and<br />
choices for low-risk women during the<br />
induction process.<br />
Michelle Beazer, Induction of Labour<br />
Lead Midwife said: “Ladies are given<br />
the opportunity to go home overnight<br />
following insertion of a prostaglandin<br />
agent (Propess) if they meet specific<br />
inclusion criteria.<br />
“We have now had several ladies go<br />
through the service, with very positive<br />
feedback. They watched films at home<br />
while they started to establish in labour<br />
and were able to go to the park and<br />
keep mobile. All felt it helped them<br />
through the process.”<br />
The new service has been launched at<br />
QMC, and is available to all women<br />
with uncomplicated pregnancies or<br />
following discussion with their individual<br />
consultant.<br />
The service will soon be offered at City<br />
Hospital.
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