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SPRING 2017
Forty years young
They say that life begins at 40, and for
staff at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical
Centre life changed 40 years ago this
year. QMC has been at the centre of
birth, life and amazing advances in
healthcare ever since.
QMC was officially opened on 28
July 1977, when Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth performed the opening
ceremony for the new teaching hospital
and Medical School. It had taken over a
decade in the planning and construction
but finally in 1977, QMC was opened
including the first medical school to be
established outside of London in the
20th century.
Since 1977 so many things about life in
Nottingham have changed, including
new advances in technology, treatment
and therapies for patients at QMC.
See centre pages for more
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Foreword
QMC40
There’s nostalgia in the air as we
start a year of celebration marking
the anniversary of the opening of
QMC in 1977. Please turn to the
centre pages for more information
and see below how to share your
stories and memories with us.
We’d also like to receive your
nominations for our Nurse and
Midwife of the Year Awards. If you
know of a nurse, healthcare assistant
or midwife who deserves to have
their outstanding work recognised,
then please visit www.nuh.nhs.uk to
nominate them. Nominations open
late February.
This year we will welcome the first
Trainee Nursing Associate students,
a new route into the nursing
profession. The new role combines
study with hands-on patient care,
and the new Trainee Nursing
Associates will be an invaluable
addition to our existing nursing and
healthcare teams.
Finally, as we look forward to the
year ahead, I would like to thank
you all for your commitment and
professionalism over the winter
period. This has been an extremely
challenging time for NUH (and wider
NHS) due to the high number of
patients seeking our help.
Peter Homa
Chief Executive
Chief Executive and
Medical Director to retire
Peter Homa
Chief Executive
Dr Stephen Fowlie
Medical Director
One of the longest
serving Chief Executives
in the NHS, Peter Homa
will retire later in
2017, after almost four
decades of service to
healthcare. Peter joined
NUH in 2006, the year
QMC and City Hospital
merged to form NUH.
Dr Stephen Fowlie, Medical
Director and Deputy
Chief Executive at NUH,
will retire in May, after
spending more than 35
years in the NHS, including
20 years as a Consultant
in general and geriatric
medicine at City Hospital,
where he became Medical
Director in 2004.
Louise Scull, NUH Chair,
paid tribute to the
contributions both men
have made to the NHS:
“Nottingham is incredibly
fortunate to have in
Peter one of the finest
leaders in the NHS. He
is inspirational, visionary
and relentless in his
commitment to our values.
Peter excels at working
in NUH and across health
and social care to do the
best for patients and their
families. Under Peter’s
and Stephen’s exceptional
leadership, NUH has
become a continuously
improving and high
performing organisation
over the last decade."
NUH Chair stepping down
The Trust’s Chair Louise
Scull will step down this
summer after almost 12
years on the Board of
Nottingham's hospitals.
Louise said: “The
relationship between
Chair and Chief Executive
is an important one for
any organisation, and
bringing forward the end
of my tenure as Chair will
allow my successor to be
involved in the recruitment
of NUH’s new Chief
Executive; a process which
is now underway. The Trust
Board continues to review
arrangements for the next
phase of our strategic
partnership with Sherwood
Forest Hospitals, looking
at how the two Trusts will
work with each other in the
longer-term. A new Chair
and Chief Executive will be
best placed to shape this
future relationship.”
Peter Homa said: “I would
like to thank Louise for her
unwavering commitment
to NUH and focus on
improving patient and
staff experience. Much
has been achieved during
Louise’s time as Chair, not
Louise Scull
Chair
Do you have fond memories
of your time at QMC?
least NUH’s Care Quality
Commission ‘Good’ rating
in 2016.”
Louise will remain as Chair
until a permanent successor
is appointed.
If you are or were a patient, visitor or member of staff, past or present,
please get in touch with us... we'd love to hear from you.
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As we start to celebrate 40
years of QMC, we take time out
with Peter Homa to find out his
highlights and memories from his
long career in the NHS:
What are your memories of your
first day in the NHS?
Working as a general porter at St.
James’ Hospital, Balham, London and
crashing a huge trolley full of patients’
food into a lift!
What advice would you give to
someone just starting out, hoping
to be a Chief Executive?
Always treat others as you would wish
to be treated. Always do what is right
for patients.
If you hadn’t had the opportunity
to work in the NHS, what other
profession or career might you
have gone into?
Immediately after University, I worked
as a self-employed driver, picture
framer and painter and decorator.
However, I always wanted to be a pilot.
Unfortunately, poor eye sight prevented
me from pursuing this. In retrospect,
I consider it a privilege to have had
the great fortune to have had such an
interesting, challenging and fulfilling
career. “We live life forwards, but
understand it backwards.”
What will you miss most about
NUH?
The people: patients, their loved ones
and, of course, staff.
In the last 40 years since it opened,
QMC has seen major developments
and changes – which one of these
stands out for you?
It is very difficult to choose, the Major
Trauma service and the exceptionally
strong research provided in partnership
with the University of Nottingham.
The day QMC was officially
opened, the top selling single in
the UK was, “I feel love” by disco
queen, Donna Summer. What
music has inspired you over the
years?
“Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3” Ian
Dury and The Blockheads
NUH has developed a national
and international reputation for
the quality of its care, innovation,
research and development. What
for you makes Nottingham such an
outstanding place for healthcare?
The staff and the excellent partnership
between NUH and the University of
Nottingham.
Finally, what was the best piece of
advice you have been given in your
career?
Always appoint people more able than
oneself and enable them to excel.
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NewsBites
Building a bridge
Helpline answers
your questions
on medicines
Patients who have recently been
discharged from NUH/attended an
outpatient appointment can now get
extra support if they have any queries
about their medication.
The Pharmacy Medicines Information
Department helpline is available
to answer any questions including
information about side effects, dosage
or interaction with other medications.
The helpline details are below and
arealso included on the back of
discharge letters, as a handy reference
for patients as they leave hospital.
Work has started to build the new
link bridge that will connect patients,
visitors and staff using QMC's tram
stop directly with the hospital.
to the tram
For your patients, once home
0115 9249924 x64641: Mon–Fri, 1-5pm
NUH became the first hospital trust in the
country to be connected by tram when
services started running on 25 August
2015 to QMC. Since then, over 100,000
trams have passed through QMC with an
average of 2,200 passengers using the
tram each day. The tram is also helping to
reduce the number of car journeys, with
an estimated 112 fewer journeys by car
a day.
Preparatory works on the pedestrian
link bridge began in January. The new
walkway is expected to open in the
summer and will provide direct access
from the existing tram platform to the
south side of the hospital.
Director of Estates and Facilities for NUH,
Andrew Chatten, said:
“The tram has already made a significant
difference to staff, patients and visitors
travelling to QMC. Now that work has
started on the link bridge, we are well on
the way to providing a dedicated entrance
directly into the hospital, which will make
journeys by tram even more convenient.
“During construction works, disruption
will be kept to a minimum and staff,
patients and visitors will be able to use
the tram stop as usual throughout.”
The new bridge is being built at a cost of
£1.4million, which has been supported
with £300,000 funding from Nottingham
City Council. The 8 metre high bridge
will be around 90 metres long and there
will be two rest areas with seats along
the route.
March is Ovarian Cancer Month
Did you know that ovarian cancer
is the fourth most common form
of cancer death in women, after
breast, lung and bowel cancer?
Each year in the UK there are
approximately 7,300 cases of ovarian
cancer. That adds up to around 140
women each week.
Find out more about spotting the signs
and getting the right treatment at:
ocam.org.uk
Hi-tech
MRI opens
at City
Hospital
Patients at City Hospital are benefiting
from the latest imaging technology,
with the opening of a cutting-edge
new MRI facility.
The brand new, purpose-built building
replaces the old facility, which closed in
March 2016 to enable the work on the
new building and equipment to take place.
A temporary MRI facility was provided
near to the hospital’s maternity
building whilst the new facility
was under construction. As a
result of the new £4.27million
project, critical care patients
at City Hospital will now have
access to MRI scans for the
first time, rather than having
to be transferred to use the
scanners based at QMC.
Jonathan Coupland, MRI
Modality Manager at NUH,
said: “The new MRI scanner
is much better than the one
that we had before, and offers
a better quality of diagnostic
imaging.
“The way the new facility is set up
means that patients have more space
in the room where we have the scanner
set up. Having an MRI scan can feel
claustrophobic, but we’ve aimed to make
it feel much less intimidating.
“Along with the MRI scanner itself,
we have also invested in all the latest
equipment and software. One of the great
benefits of this is that we can now offer
a critical care MRI service at City Hospital,
which is something we were unable
to do with our previous MRI facility on
the site. Instead, all critical care patients
were having to be transferred to QMC –
which obviously presented both logistical
complications and risks.”
Built in partnership with contractors
Interserve, the new MRI facility will be
open seven days a week. The new scanner
is a Siemens Aera 1.5T, which NUH is
leasing.

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SpotlightOn
Did you know?
5,000
is the estimated number of doors
across QMC
The brave
families who
give the gift
of life
You can be an organ donor at
any age; Charlotte Chevli was
the youngest of three daughters,
the family joker, and known for
her kind attitude towards others.
Despite her sudden death in 2014,
aged just seven, her family believe
something positive has emerged
from the tragedy.
Charlotte, who lived near Lincoln with
her two sisters Eleanor and Sophia,
mum Kate and dad Bob, became an
organ donor, which gave the gift of
life to four people after her death.
Her lungs went to a girl aged around
10; her liver went to a one-month-old
baby boy; one kidney and pancreas
to a woman in her thirties, and her
other kidney was donated to another
woman who was also in her thirties.
Charlotte’s father, Bob Chevli, said
the donors have described how
“transformative” this experience had
been for their lives. “This really was
uplifting,” he added. Reading about
the effect of Charlotte’s donation,
“had a big impact on us” said Bob,
who explained that the family had
decided to donate organs because, “it
seemed like doing something positive,
out of a wholly negative situation."
When Charlotte was taken
into Paediatric Intensive Care at
Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Bob
says: “It was a terrible situation but
(organ donation) was something we
could do to help other people."
Charlotte, who was a pupil at
Potterhanworth Church of England
Primary School in Lincolnshire, suffered
a cardiac arrest in September 2014.
Among many other things, the Chevli’s
youngest daughter is remembered for
being “kind, helpful and funny; always
laughing” and having an “incisive
wit”. She loved dancing and attended
several after school clubs.
Her father Bob, who works in the
defence industry and was previously
a distinguished RAF pilot, said: “Our
motivation was to do some good.
There was a net positive because the
small amount of pain and difficulty
we had to experience going through
the organ donation process was more
than outweighed by the positive effect
of hearing the recipients’ stories.”
Sign up to save
lives in 2017
Over the last five years in
Nottingham, 123 people have
donated their organs to provide
the gift of life to others, after their
deaths.
However last year, nine people died in
Nottinghamshire because there wasn’t
a suitable organ available when they
needed it. Every day in the UK, around
three people who could have benefited
from a transplant die because there
aren’t enough organ donors.
Nationally in the UK there are over 6,500
people waiting for an organ, with most
– over 5,000 of these people – waiting
for a kidney transplant. Last year in
Nottinghamshire there were 148 people
were waiting for a kidney transplant.
Now for 2017, NUH is asking patients,
Joyce’s story
Teacher and mother Joyce Francis,
who lives in Nottingham, had a second
successful kidney transplant in June
2015 at City Hospital.
After being on dialysis for two years -
which saw her hooked up to a dialysis
machine for almost nine hours a night,
seven nights a week – Joyce said,
“I feel I am coming back to life. I have
more energy and feel much better in
myself. Since my transplant, I have
completed a Master’s Degree in Theology
which I would not have been able to
consider before. As a parent, I have the
health and freedom to be fully involved in
family life.
“I have a new lease of life; it’s amazing
what I have achieved. I’ve also been able
to go out and socialise with members of
my church, friends and family, particularly
on special occasions such as birthdays.
Before, while I on dialysis, I was almost a
recluse.”
Joyce strongly urges people to sign the
organ donor register. “You have the
potential to help individuals who want to
do amazing things, and your legacy will
continue.”
visitors and local people to help more
people to transform their lives. There
is something that every one of us can
do to increase the numbers of patients
who can be helped – and it is as simple
as logging on and signing up to the
NHS Organ Donation register. Joining
the Organ Donation Register means
that your wishes and preferences will be
officially recorded, so that your organs
can be used to help save lives in the
future. By signing up to the register, and
sharing your decision with your family
so that they are aware, you could be
helping to save more lives.
NUH is the regional centre for organ
donation and the specialist team based
at QMC works tirelessly to ensure that
all suitable organ donations go to help
Organ donation
– how it changes lives
Janet’s story
Janet Tilford became ill at the
beginning of May 2015 with a liver
problem which it shortly became clear
was a serious condition, resulting in
liver failure.
Janet explains how, given just days to
live, her life was transformed thanks to
a liver transplant: “I had a very rare liver
condition. My family had to watch me
get worse and the only thing that could
save my life would be a transplant.
“It was a traumatic time for them, but
because someone had decided to be
on the donor register, and their family
agreed, my life was saved.In fact the
donor potentially saved or changed 4
peoples lives.
“These sort of things seem to happen
to other people, but it could be anyone
of us needing a transplant – look at me!!
I am sharing my story in the hope that
you would consider going on the Donor
Register, talk to your family and join
online.”
Janet says, “I am so lucky and grateful to
be alive.”
patients waiting for transplants here in
Nottingham, and across the country. City
Hospital is a specialist centre for kidney
transplants, with many lives transformed
and saved thanks to people who make
the commitment to donate.
Lorraine Hogg, Specialist Nurse-Organ
Donation at NUH, said:
“Whilst we encourage people to register
their wishes on the Organ Donor
Register, it is important to inform family
and friends of your wishes. Many donor
families say that donation helps with
their grief and they feel enormous pride
knowing that their loved ones have gone
on to save lives after they died. This also
makes the decision to support organ
donation easier at an emotional time,
knowing your loved ones wishes.”
If you needed an organ
transplant, would you have
one? If so, please help those
in need of a transplant by
opting to donate organs
and tissue. The reality is that
any of us are more likely
to need a transplant than
we are to become a donor.
It is Important to make
a decision about organ
donation in life and to share
that decision with your
families and friends.
Keith Rigg, Consultant Transplant
Surgeon, City Hospital
Infobox
It takes just two minutes to join
the NHS Organ Donor Register.
Register online at:
www.organdonation.nhs.uk
Or call 0300 123 23 23
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SpotlightOn
It’s time to nominate
Everyone likes to receive a thank
you for a job well done. So –
what better way to express your
appreciation for the dedication
and care shown by our NUH
nurses, healthcare assistants and
midwives than to nominate them
for a prestigious award?
Nominations for the Nurse and Midwife
of the Year 2017 Awards open at the end
of February. We’d love to hear from you
whether you’re a patient, carer or family
member who has received exceptional
care in our hospitals in the last 12
months. NUH staff can also nominate
colleagues as part of the annual awards,
now in their fourth year.
We’re looking for individuals who have
made a real difference to you, by showing
outstanding care, dedication and going
the extra mile to help.
It’s easy to nominate. There are eight
categories to choose from right –
covering the different aspects of nursing,
healthcare and midwifery at NUH.
To qualify for the awards, each person
nominated must work at NUH. You can
make your nominations at any time before
Sunday 12 March. A panel of experts
will then narrow down the nominations
to the three shortlisted entrants in each
category, before a public vote decides the
winner of each category.
The winners will be announced at the
awards ceremony on 18 May.
The overall winner, who will have the
honour of having a tram named after
them, will be the person with the most
public votes.
Last year the overall winner chosen by
the public was staff nurse Aprille Jones,
who also won the International Nurse or
Midwife of the Year category in 2016.
Born in the Philippines, Aprille works
in the theatre recovery ward at QMC,
helping patients get fit again after often
life-saving or life-altering procedures.
She explained why she enjoys working
for NUH: “At first it was a culture shock
because the NHS is completely different
to what we have learnt back home.
“But once you have time to settle in it’s
fantastic. There’s only one place I’d like to
work, and that’s QMC.
“It’s not easy at QMC because the
standard is high. You need to keep up,
do your best and be committed to what
you do. They never stop looking for
improvement and giving the best quality
of care to the public.”
Aprille summed up what had made the
difference to her patients: “You just have
to give your best possible care and make
them feel as comfortable as possible and
put them at ease. Sometimes you need
to be a good listener but other times you
just have to hold their hand.”
Mandie Sunderland, Chief Nurse at
NUH, said that as 2017 marks the 40th
anniversary of QMC, the awards are a
great opportunity to recognise the many
years of dedicated service that nurses and
midwives at NUH have provided. We also
have a dedicated 'QMC 40th Anniversary
Award' category this year recognising
a nurse or midwife who has made an
exceptional contribution over the last 40
years.
“From the next generation of nurses
and midwives to colleagues who have
provided sustained and dedicated service
over the years, we truly want to recognise
the fantastic contributions across adult
and children’s services at NUH made by
our nurses, healthcare assistants and
midwives.
‘We are so grateful for the support of our
sponsors and partners who make these
awards possible. We have heard from
our previous winners what a real boost
it gives them to know that their work is
appreciated by their patients and their
colleagues.
“I’m personally so proud of all that we do
at NUH and it means so much that once
a year we get to focus on what really
makes a difference to the care we offer
our patients.
“Please take a few minutes to nominate
someone who has made a difference to
you – it means so much to our nurses and
midwives to know that you appreciate
them.”
This year’s awards are again being run in
conjunction with the Nottingham Post
with main sponsors Nottingham Express
Transit (NET).
Categoriesinfo
• Children’s Nurse of the Year
• Midwife of the Year
• Adult Nurse of the Year
• Student Nurse or Midwife
of the Year
• Healthcare Assistant of the Year
• International Nurse or Midwife
of the Year
• Nurse or Midwife Leader
of the Year
• QMC 40th Anniversary Award –
this recognises a nurse or midwife
who has made an exceptional
contribution over the last 40 years
• Overall winner – the person who
receives the most public votes from
the shortlisted candidates

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FeatureStory
Being offered this
surgery gave me
some hope to cling
onto that I would
one day be able to
become a mum
Giving NUH hope to
women with cancer
A consultant at NUH is giving
young women with cervical cancer
the hope that one day they could
still become mums.
Mr Jafaru Abu is helping women in the
East Midlands to preserve their fertility
by providing Total Laparoscopic Radical
Trachelectomy surgery.
This procedure, for early stage cervical
cancers, preserves the womb, fallopian
tubes and ovaries, giving women a chance
of going on to have children once they
recover.
NUH is one of a small number of hospitals
in the UK to provide this operation using
keyhole surgery. Before this technique
was developed, women were faced with
much more radical surgery, which whilst
treating the cancer, often involved a full
hysterectomy and so ending their chance
to have children.
Mr Abu said: “I’m pleased that I can help
these young women and give them the
chance to have a child. Early detection of
cervical cancer through a smear test can
save lives and fertility. The cervical cancer
vaccination can help but it doesn’t give
100% protection against cervical cancers,
so women should never ignore their call
for a smear test.”
Incidence of cervical cancer has fallen in
the UK as a result of the successful NHS
screening programme, however, more
women in their late twenties and early
thirties are being diagnosed with early
stages of cervical cancer. According to the
latest cervical cancer statistics from Cancer
Research UK, the peak rate of cervical
cancer cases occurs in women between
25-29 years of age. Many of these women
have not had the chance to start or
complete their families.
Total Laparoscopic Radical Trachelectomy
surgery gives this group of women the
chance to be able to conceive either
naturally or by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
and with careful monitoring they can
have a healthy pregnancy and delivery by
caesarean section.
Not all young women with this type
of cancer are eligible for this fertility
preservation surgery but for patients
who are suitable, the overall long-term
survival is the same as having a radical
hysterectomy.
Rebecca, from Nottingham, underwent
Total Laparoscopic Radical Trachelectomy
surgery after being diagnosed with cervical
cancer.
Rebecca, 35, said: “I received my diagnosis
shortly after getting married, while my
husband and I were in the process of
trying to start a family.
“Being offered this surgery gave me some
hope to cling onto that I would one day
be able to become a mum. Along with
the amazing support from Mr Abu and
his colleagues at NUH it also made the
treatment for the cancer easier to deal
with.”
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NewsBites
Carole Devenport
Experience counts for
nurses after retirement
After a lifetime of training, knowledge and developing
specialist skills, many of our nursing staff are now choosing
a different approach to planning their retirement.
Patients at NUH are benefiting from
an increasing number of nurses who
rather than go from working full-time
to full-on retirement, are choosing
to continue to make full use of their
skills, whilst also enjoying the benefits
of working less.
Carole Devenport, a staff nurse on Fletcher
Ward at City Hospital (which cares for
renal patients), retired in December 2014,
but didn’t want to give up her career
completely, so with the support of NUH,
she was able to return to nursing and tailor
this to better suit the changes in her life.
Carole, 57, from Mansfield, decided that
she would retire from her senior nurse
manager role, but return part-time to
continue as a nurse, this time working
with haematology patients. Working fewer
hours meant that Carole could help look
after her grandchildren when her daughter
was at work and also meant she had more
time at home with her husband.
“Becoming a nurse had been a desire of
mine since I was eight years old and I’m
pleased that I’ve been able to still continue
this in a reduced capacity. I’d find it hard
to give up nursing completely,” explains
Carole.
“I still felt like I had a lot to offer as a nurse
and didn’t want to fully finish. I wanted
to pass on my knowledge and experience
to other nurses and to continue providing
care to patients. However, when I was
55-years-old I wanted to step down and
start spending more time with my family.
“I also wanted to have more patient
contact, something that I really enjoy,
which I wasn’t able to do as much as a
manager.
“Being able to retire and return has also
meant that I’ve been able to keep on my
nursing registration, I would have found
this really hard to give up after 40 years’
service.”
Carole has now decided to retire fully,
but her example is now being followed
by other colleagues who want to step
down from full time work gradually, whilst
continuing in the career they love.
Sue Haines, Assistant Director of Nursing,
added: “We really value the expertise and
knowledge of our experienced nurses.
This is a fantastic option for them to enter
a new phase of their career. They can
continue to be successful and influential in
the work place but reduce their hours for a
greater work life balance.
“Our preceptorship team can help them
integrate into new teams and different
roles and as specialists in their field we
believe they can provide a lot of support
to our newly-qualified staff and other
learners in practice.”
A pioneering new
approach to treating
osteoporosis, which
could reduce fractures
of the spine by up to
65%, could be a winner
in a national healthcare
awards later this year.
Developed in Nottingham
through a partnership
between NUH and
Rushcliffe Clinical
Commissioning Group
as part of the national
Vanguard programme
which supports innovation
in local healthcare, the
new approach replaces
daily medication with a
treatment needed only
every 18 months. Early
results show that the new
treatment could reduce
fractures of the spine by
65% and fractures of the
hip by 20% in older people
with osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a condition
in which bones lose their
strength and are more
likely to break, usually
following a minor bump
Did you know?
Osteoporosis
treatment
winning ways
Forever Stars charity sets
sights on next milestone
A charity set up in Nottingham to
support families affected by the
loss of a baby is looking to its next
fundraising milestone in 2017.
or fall. One in
two women and
one in five men
over the age of
50 experience
fractures, mostly as
a result of low bone
strength.
Forever Stars was set up by Michelle and
Richard Daniels, after the loss of their baby
Emily in 2013. Initially the charity raised
money for a dedicated bereavement suite
at QMC for families affected by still birth.
The Serenity Suite was officially opened in
April last year.
Now the charity is working hard to provide
similar facilities for families at City Hospital.
Like the Serenity Suite it will provide a
space for families to come to terms with
their loss, in an environment where they
can spend time together away from the
main maternity facilities.
Richard explains that 2017 will be a year
when they hope that even more families
Treatment for
osteoporosis is
generally taken on a daily
basis, but research has
shown that not all patients
continue to take their
medication over time.
After three years around
70% of patients no longer
take their medication
regularly, increasing their
risks of breaking a bone.
NUH has developed a
different way to administer
the medication; rather
than daily doses, patients
receive an intravenous
infusion once every 18
months. This is much
easier for patients and can
be administered at home.
Using this approach, the
Nottingham project has
shown that 100% of
40,000
children are cared for a year
at the Nottingham Children's Hospital
Professor Opinder Sahota
will benefit from the Forever Stars charity’s
work: “People in Nottingham have
been really supportive, doing all sorts of
things to help us raise money. Lots of
the families who have used the Serenity
Suite at QMC have been inspired to raise
money for Forever Stars. This year the
fundraising doesn’t stop – and we’ve got
lots of brilliant ideas to raise money, as
well as individuals, families, groups and
organisations who are being so generous
with their support.”
For all the latest news on the Forever
Stars Charity and forthcoming fundraising
events visit the Forever
Stars website:
www.foreverstars.org
patients are able to keep
up their medication.
Professor Opinder Sahota,
from NUH, said: "We
feel honoured to have
been shortlisted for the
award and for the work
that we are doing to be
recognised. The simplicity
and safety of this service
ensures that it can be
easily adopted, helping
to prevent fractures and
improve the quality of life
for many older people."
The project has been
selected as a finalist
in the Health Service
Journal national Value in
Healthcare Awards. The
winners will be announced
on 24 May in London.

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SpotlightOn
Celebrate our 40 th
40 years ago:
1977
One of the first MRI scanners
installed at QMC. Since then,
the strength of the images has
increased 70 times. Now across
QMC and City Hospital, there
are 41,000 MRI scans carried
out every year and the latest
generation MRI scanner has just
opened at City Hospital
1977 1979 2001 2003 20
16 years ago:
The new Ear Nose and Throat
(ENT) department opened
11 years ago:
NUH is created,
together QMC, N
Hospital and Rop
under one organ
40 years ago:
QMC officially opens, the first
purpose-built teaching hospital
in the UK
38 years ago:
2017 marks a significant year in the life of
QMC, the first purpose-built teaching
hospital.
Plans for the new University Hospital
and Medical School began in
the 1960s; it was to be the
first medical school to be
established outside of
London, in the 20th century.
Building work began in
May 1971 and the new
hospital was officially
opened on 28 July 1977.
QMC famously has over
26 miles of corridors
and is built around 4
connected blocks –
one of which houses
the Medical School.
Things haven’t stood still
since summer 1977, and
staff and patients have
seen a huge number of
developments over the last
40 years.
We’re planning a year of
celebrations this year, and we’d love to
hear about your experiences of working,
or being treated at QMC over the years. Here
are a few memories to get you started.
Accident and Emergency
services transferred from
Nottingham General Hospital
to the new department at
QMC. Around 65,000 patients
a year were expected to use
the department. Today the
number of patients is over
200,000 a year
At 40 years old, the Queen’s Medical
Centre campus is very much the
youngest of the sites compared to the
other hospitals which now make up
NUH.
Healthcare provision in Nottingham
originally started as part of what is now
Nottingham City Hospital in 1729; in those
days this was the site of a workhouse
for the poorest members of society. The
hospital as we know it was opened 114
years ago; and Ropewalk House, which
was built to house the former Nottingham
Eye Hospital, which opened in 1912.
2017 is also an historic year for HM Queen
Elizabeth who officially opened the new
QMC building as part of the celebrations
for her Silver Jubilee year. Her Majesty will
14 years ago:
The last of the services from
the former Nottingham General
Hospital were fully transferred
to QMC. The General Hospital
site next to Nottingham Castle
was redeveloped in the 1990s
for housing, commercial and
healthcare use. The General
Hospital building is now the
headquarters for Nottingham
City Clinical Commissioning
Group and Nottingham CityCare
Partnership which provides
community care services
And many more
years to come
be the first ever monarch to reign for 65
years. The “sapphire” anniversary is on
February 6 1952, the day she acceded to
the throne.
Meanwhile, QMC has some way to go
before it can celebrate like Canada;
Canada is 150 years old in 2017.
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year with us in 2017
bringing
ottingham City
ewalk House
isation
9 years ago:
The first dedicated ward for
people with dementia was
opened; NUH has gone on to
be recognised nationally for its
work in developing dementia
care including specialist training
for staff, pain assessment tool,
using coloured crockery to help
with mealtimes and working
with carers and families to
ensure that all of the needs of
individual patients are taken into
account as part of their care
2 years ago:
QMC is the first hospital to be
linked by tram with the opening
of Nottingham’s second tram line
06 2007 2008 2012 2015
10 years ago:
NUH became the only NHS Trust
and University partnership in
England to be awarded three
Biomedical Research Units in
Hearing, Gastroenterology and
Respiratory Medicine
40 years ago...
5 years ago:
The Major Trauma Centre
opened; serving the whole of
the East Midlands, the Centre
is part of a national network
which concentrates expertise
and resources to give the best
possible care, including intensive
care and brain surgery. The
Centre, based at QMC, has
already saved the lives of over
200 people
2017
QMC is in good company this year.
Also celebrating being 40 years young in 2017 are:
Williams Formula 1 Team
founded by Sir Frank Williams
M5 Motorway
from the West Midlands
to the South West was
officially opened
Red Rum
won the Grand National
for the third time
Nottingham Forest
gained promotion to the
(then) English First Division
and would go on to win the
league championship and two
European Cups over the
following three seasons.
Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Jenson Button,
Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna
and Jacques Villeneuve
Star Wars
the force has been with
us all since 1977 and
is still going strong
Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers
were formed
Concorde
British Airways began operating regular supersonic
flights between London and New York City
Ford Fiesta
went on sale
in the UK
Geoff Boycott
scored his hundredth
century for England
Celebrities who were born
Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy,
Samantha Morton as well as
Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin
Celebrities who died
Elvis Presley, Marc Bolan and
Charlie Chaplin
Share your stories & memories of QMC with us
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NewsBites
Did you know?
7,000
tonnes of steel was used
in the construction of QMC
NUH leads the
way for new
nurse training
The first of a new generation of
nursing professionals have begun
their training at NUH this year.
NUH is one of 11 test sites in England
to be piloting the new Trainee Nursing
Associate role, which will complement
the care provided by our fully-qualified
registered nurses and care support
workers. Twenty new students who
successfully applied to undertake
their training at NUH took their first
steps towards the Nurse Associate
qualification on 30 January.
Their training will include a two-year
programme of study, along with
hands-on care working with patients
across our hospitals. They will attend
the University of Derby one day a
week to study for a foundation degree
as part of their training. The rest of the
time they will be working in clinical
practice as a member of the nursing
team. At the end of their training they
will qualify as a Nursing Associate.
Once qualified Nurse Associates will
help to plan, coordinate and deliver
care in different parts of the NHS,
supporting the existing teams in
primary, hospital and community care.
There are 62 places available across
Nottinghamshire and 230 in the
East Midlands, with a total of 1,000
students going into training across
the country for the new qualification.
Candidates can choose from a
range of health and social care
services to complete their training; in
Nottinghamshire that includes NUH as
well as Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust, Nottinghamshire
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
Nottingham CityCare Partnership,
Social Care and Primary Care.
Mandie Sunderland, Chief Nurse at
NUH, said:
“This is a great opportunity for
colleagues already working in
healthcare roles to progress their
careers and to learn whilst working
directly with patients.
Our first twenty students will be
joining a wonderful, dedicated and
committed team of nurses here at
NUH, and we very much appreciate
the help and support they will be
bringing to colleagues and most of all
our patients.”
Planning the future
of health and
social care
Over the next five years, NHS and social care
organisations will be working together to
improve the services that local patients, carers
and families receive across Nottinghamshire.
At NUH we are working on and supporting
these plans, together with the NHS Clinical
Commissioning Groups and local authorities.
The plans – called Sustainability and
Transformation Plans (STPs) – are being
developed now to plan the way that
services can be improved wherever you
live, work or receive treatment by 2020/21.
For Nottingham and Nottinghamshire,
there are five main areas that are initially
being developed:
1 Promoting wellbeing, prevention,
independence and self-care
2 Strengthening primary, community,
social care and carer services
3 Simplifying urgent and emergency care
4 Delivering technology enabled care
5 Ensuring consistent and evidenced
based pathways in planned care
The plans were published at the end
of November 2016, and here at NUH
we invited our Trust Members to get to
know more about them and give us their
thoughts and ideas at a special event
which took place at the end of January.
This was one of a series of events held
in January and early February across
Nottinghamshire inviting local people to
find out more and give their views.
David Pearson, STP lead for Nottingham
and Nottinghamshire, said: “The health
and care organisations in Nottingham
and Nottinghamshire have come together
over the last few months to find ways to
change services in our city and county -
using the money we have in the best way.
To get this right, we want to work closely
with local people to inform how our draft
plan is developed and delivered.
“We want to talk to those people
who live and work in Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire about how our draft plan
can be improved and what needs to be
done to make this happen.”
Furtherinformation
Find out more
You can find out all about the plans
for your health and social care services
online at: www.stpnotts.org.uk
If you have any comments you can
send them by email to:
STP@nottscc.gov.uk
or by post to:
STP FEEDBACK
David Pearson
County Hall
Loughborough Rd
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
Sustainability and Transformation Plan public meeting
Our Chief Executive, Peter Homa,
hosted a session on 31 January to
update members and patients on
NUH’s two-year strategic plan, which
sets out the Trust’s priorities over the
coming years.
NUH’s plan also describes how the Trust will
contribute to the delivery of the recentlypublished
Nottinghamshire Sustainability
Transformation Plan (STP). The STP is the
five-year plan that describes the future
strategy for health and social care in our city
and county. The plan considers how we can
best improve the quality of care, the health
and wellbeing of local people, and the
finances of local services.
The meeting was an opportunity to ask
questions about the NUH plans and the
STP and for members to have their say on
the delivery of future health and social care
services our community.
The key themes members raised during
the meeting were funding, the closure
of hospital beds and proposals for the
decommissioning of a number of services
currently provided by NUH. Members
suggested that holding more regular
meetings and providing more information
on the plans would be useful. We
confirmed that these events are the start
of an ongoing programme of engagement
with the public and details of these will be
published through the wider health and
social care network. To read the full Q&A’s
from this event please visit:
www.nuh.nhs.uk/members/events/previousevents
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Did you know?
300,000
gallons of water
can be stored at QMC's three reservoirs
Sleeping
Beauty
If there’s one thing that most
people say they would like more
of – it is sleep.
Research by the national charity,
the Sleep Council found that
nearly half of us are getting just
six hours sleep or less a night.
And an alarming four out of five
people complain of disturbed or
inadequate – or ‘toxic’ – sleep.
(Sleep Council ‘Toxic Sleep’
survey, January 2011).
Busy lives, shift working, too many
distractions like social media and unhealthy
lifestyles, as well as illness can all add up
to poor sleep. Some sleep experts believe
one way to a good night’s sleep is through
cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT
is a talking therapy that can help you
manage your problems by changing the
way you think and behave; it is regularly
used as part of helping people to manage
anxiety, for example. Now it is being
used to help improve sleep. One such
programme, Sleepio, combines technology
and CBT to treat people in the comfort of
their own home.
At NUH we’re tackling the need for sleep
on several fronts – we’re about to launch
our Quieter Wards initiative, to reduce
the amount of noise and disturbance to
patients on our wards. This will help to
create a calming and restful atmosphere,
to help patients rest and recuperate better.
We’re also helping our staff to get better
sleep – over 2,200 members of staff have
started using the Sleepio programme,
which is available to them free online
(www.sleepio.com/healthyworkforce).
It is part of our Health and Wellbeing
programme for staff, to support everyone
to lead healthier lives through a variety
of information, resources and activities.
NUH is also helping to support staff
working in other hospitals around the
country. Focusing on better sleeping as
part of a range of support to help staff
improve their health is part of a national
pilot programme, funded by NHS England
across 11 NHS Trusts. The results of the
pilots in hospitals like NUH, will help to
develop a comprehensive health and
wellbeing programme for everyone
working in the NHS.
Steph Knowles, Health and Wellbeing Lead
for NUH says: “When we asked our staff
what was important to them about their
health, 37% told us that they regularly
sleep for less than seven hours a night.
Using the Sleepio programme can help to
develop improved sleeping patterns, as
well as transform sleep for anyone who
has experienced longer-term problems. It’s
flexible, so they can fit it in around work
and homelife. Hundreds of our colleagues
are now using it, with great results.
“Our health and wellbeing programme
for staff has been going since 2005
and is always developing to provide the
things that help our colleagues to feel
healthier and happier. Now as part of
the national pilot we are also helping
to shape the programmes that will
hopefully be available to all NHS staff.”
So important is sleep to all of us that
Oxford University is conducting the
largest ever survey of the nation’s sleep.
The results of the Great British Sleep
Survey will be used to aid research
by some of the world’s leading sleep
scientists and raise the profile of the
importance of sleep.
If you would like to find out more about
your sleeping patterns – and take part in
the national research study on sleep, you
can visit the Great British Sleep Survey
online at:
www.greatbritishsleepsurvey.com
Tiger, tiger burning bright
A doctor at Nottingham Children’s
Hospital helped inspire the hit
international film, Tigers.
Dr Diamond Emmanuel is a Community
Paediatrician, who has worked at
Nottingham Children’s Hospital since 2008.
Originally from Pakistan, Dr Emmanuel
inspired a character in the film, which is
based on a real-life story, about a salesman
working the pharmaceutical industry in
Pakistan, who tries to fight against the
system. When practicing in Pakistan,
Dr Emmanuel witnessed first hand the
aggressive marketing of formula milk in
Pakistan and other countries, offering
doctors huge incentives to persuade new
mothers to use formula milk instead of
breastfeeding. The knock-on effects of this
on the health of infants is thought to be a
major contributory factor in high levels of
infant deaths and for causing widespread
health problems among babies.
It was an encounter with a salesman from
one of the companies selling formula milk
that ultimately inspired the film.
Dr Emmanuel explains: “From the start of
my career, I was very aware of the way the
formula companies would target doctors,
and I was approached many times myself.
They would even go as far as refurbishing
their private clinics. In return though, they’d
demand that monthly sales of the formula
should go up.
“I became very critical of the companies, and
started to do a lot to promote breastfeeding.
Then one day, I actually had a visit to my
outpatient clinic from a representative from
one of the companies; during his visit, a
baby was rushed into my clinic suffering with
severe dehydration. Sadly we were unable to
save that baby’s life.”
Witnessing the death of a child had a
profound effect on the salesman. He
decided to resign from his job and began
campaigning to try and influence the
formula milk companies into changing the
way they operated.
The film Tigers, which was directed by Danis
Tanović, a Bosnian director best known for
directing the 2001 Bosnian movie‘No Man›s
Land’, which won an Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film. Tigers was shot
in India, with an actor playing the part of Dr
Emmanuel. So far, the film has been shown
at a number of film festivals around the
world and a special screening was recently
held in Nottingham, featuring a Q&A session
with Dr Emmanuel after the film.
Now almost 30 years later, Dr Emmanuel
believes the film is an important part of
learning the lessons, he said:
“I’m not an activist. I agreed to co-operate
with the film as I wanted to show people
what the situation was, and then they can
make their own minds up. The positive thing
is that since the 1990s, there has been a
change in the approach of the formula milk
companies.”

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Did you know?
36,000
cubic metres of concrete
was used to build QMC
Shhhhh…
baby (and
Mummy) are
sleeping
Maternity wards are very busy
places. On Ward C29 at QMC
recently they had five sets of twins
on the ward at the same time! So
for new Mums wanting a little bit
of peace, quiet and space of their
own, the staff have come up with
a neat solution.
They have opened up the side rooms
on the ward for women who are
planning to have their baby at QMC
and who want the option of a private
room. When the rooms aren’t in
use for patients who need them,
new Mums can request one of the
“amenity rooms” for their own use.
The amenity rooms offer all of the
same equipment and facilities you will
find on the main ward, and the care is
just the same. There is a charge for the
use of the room, which is £40 a day,
payable on discharge. Women can
request the room when they have their
baby and the midwife will advise if this
is possible and if a room is available.
Infobox
Hospital Hotel
Did you know that City Hospital
has its own 52 bed Hospital Hotel?
Rooms can be booked here by
relatives or families who need
to be close to the hospital, or by
patients who are able to look
after themselves before or after
treatment.
For more information about our
facilities and prices, for any other
queries or to book a room call
0115 840 5822 or
0115 969 1169 ext. 55231/54022
or email:
hospitalhotelreception@nuh.nhs.uk
Excellence
through
the years
At NUH we’re very proud of the
number of colleagues who dedicate
their whole careers to caring for
patients here in Nottingham. You
may be surprised to know that
amongst our staff there are people
who have given over 40 years service
and many who have decades of
experience working in our hospitals.
We don’t let this dedication to healthcare
go unnoticed. Once again we are
planning to recognise those members
of staff who will have reached their
milestone years of 25, 30 and 35 years
service. In addition, to celebrate QMC’s
40th Anniversary, we will also be inviting
members of staff who celebrate 40 years
of service to our celebratory event.
So if you started working at Nottingham
City Hospital, QMC or Ropewalk House
in 1977, 1982, 1987 or 1992, then 2017
could be a red-letter year for you. If you
or a colleague you know of started work
here in any of those years, then you will
New plans for
helipad take off
Plans for a dedicated helipad to be
used by air ambulances bringing
critically-injured patients to the East
Midlands Major Trauma Centre have
taken another step forward.
Plans for the construction of the new
facility were submitted to Nottingham
City Council for consideration at the
beginning of January. The plans will need
the approval of the planning authority
before they can progress.
Andrew Chatten, Director of Estates
and Facilities at NUH, said: “We are
developing plans for an onsite, raised
deck helipad at QMC to support the East
Midlands Major Trauma Centre, where
the most critically-injured patients receive
their care. Subject to planning permission
and other necessary approvals, it is hoped
the helipad will be operational in 2018.”
QMC does not presently have an on-site
helipad. As a Major Trauma Centre for the
East Midlands the hospital treats criticallyinjured
patients from across a wide
geographic area and every second counts
be invited to mark the milestone at a special
Long Service Awards dinner in June.
Following the successful first Long Service
Awards celebratory dinner in 2016, when
78 long serving colleagues were presented
with certificates to mark their achievements,
we are now well on the way with planning
this year’s event. Please follow our social
media channels and enjoy stories from
some of our long-serving colleagues leading
up to the event.
in getting them to QMC
for the specialist care that
they need. Air ambulances
travel at speeds of up to
160mph, transporting a
patient from the scene
of an incident to the
Major Trauma Centre in a
fraction of the time taken
by road ambulance.
Over the last couple of years, a number
of options and potential locations for the
£3.2million helipad development have been
considered and the Nottingham Hospitals
Charity has been running a successful
appeal to raise £2.5million to help fund the
costs, meeting its fundraising commitment.
The plans that have been submitted
propose a raised helipad which will be built
over part of Car Park 3 at QMC, which
has a number of advantages, including
transferring patients directly into the
hospital as quickly as possible. The number
of available car parking spaces will stay the
same, with no spaces lost.
Infobox
If you want to check that you are on
the invitation list – or if you have a
story you’d like to share with us about
your time working here, then please
contact us by email:
aimi.townsend@nuh.nhs.uk
Currently an average of 1.2 air
ambulances a day bring patients to
Nottingham and have to use nearby
playing fields as a landing pad, with
patients then transferred to QMC by
road ambulance, adding extra time to the
journey.
The new helipad this is expected to
increase the number of air ambulances
that can use the facility, meaning that
more lives could be saved. Critically-ill
patients will be bought directly to QMC,
saving time and potentially saving lives.
You can find more details online at:
www.savetimesavelives.org.uk
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CharityNews
Nottingham Children's Hospital's
'Big Appeal' goes to the movies
Nottingham Children’s Hospital will have top billing at city cinemas alongside Oscars contender La La Land, Star
Wars Rogue One and Trainspotting with the launch of a short animation film about the hospital’s Big Appeal.
Fundraising
by staff set to
top £100,000
The film, produced by Nottingham
Hospital’s Charity, tracks the hospital’s
Robin Hood mascot showing audiences
what the Children’s Hospital at QMC
does and how to help raise £3million to
enhance children’s services. Launching at
Nottingham’s Showcase Cinema on 24
February, the film promotes challenges
from skydiving to salsa dancing which
put the fun into fundraising.
The Big Appeal – launched
last November by Chief
Executive Peter Homa abseiling
down a 100-foot wall – will fund
much-needed parent and family
accommodation, state-of-the-art
X-ray and scanning equipment and
life-saving research into childhood
illnesses as well as complementary
therapy and improved play-spaces.
Hayden Whitehead plans to back the
Appeal by cycling 300 miles from
Nottingham to Edinburgh, inspired by
his son’ George’s illness. George, 4, was
diagnosed with leukaemia after collapsing
at playgroup last year. He immediately
needed blood and platelet transfusions
and is now on a three-year programme of
chemotherapy, weekly home visits from
community nurses and frequent visits to
the Children’s Hospital.
Hayden says: “Visiting Daycare Oncology
several times a week opened my eyes to
the fantastic work all the staff do. They
are there 24 hours a day, seven days a
week helping children as young as three
months old battling cancer and offering
kind words of support and encouragement
to parents.”
NUH staff have proved they are
not only committed to caring for
patients but are also on track to
raise £100,000 this year to enhance
services.
UPCOMING EVENTS
There is a whole host of events
to get involved in support
Nottingham Hospitals Charity –
here’s just a few:
Skydive, Langar Airfield, 22 March
An amazing opportunity to jump out of a
plane from 10,000 feet.
London to Paris Cycle, 19 – 23 April
This 300 cycle challenge takes you through
beautiful English villages and stunning
French countryside to the iconic capital
of France.
The Longhorn, 23 April
We have 20 free places available for this
event in the beautiful grounds of Thoresby
Hall. You can choose to run a 5k, 10k,
half marathon, full marathon or 60k ultramarathon.
Asda Foundation Nottingham 10k,
21 May
There are 30 free places available to
fundraisers who commit to raising £150.
For details see the Charity events page
nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/
events/
The efforts of nurses, therapists,
administrators, doctors, managers
and even senior clinical directors have
ensured NUH is well on the way to
meeting a challenge of raising £1,000
per ward.
The Hospital’s ‘Challenge 1000’ target
of raising £100,000 by 31 March has
sparked a brilliant range of fundraising
ideas – from the Breast Institute’s Think
Pink day which brought in £3,000, to
the Radiotherapy team raising £5,000
by entering a team in the Robin Hood
Marathon, and Hayward House, last
year’s Challenge winners, raising over
£2,000 at their Christmas Fayre.
Money raised will fund specialist
medical equipment, staff development,
life-saving medical research and
improved spaces for patients and
families.
Naomi Walters, our Senior Community
Fundraiser, says: “Hospital staff have
yet again blown us away with their
fundraising efforts. Everyone has
worked incredibly hard towards the
toughest target yet, and collectively
have already beaten last year's total.”
Full information about all our appeals is available on our website.
Stay up-to-date with the charity and latest news on Facebook and Twitter
(@NUHCharity).

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Feedback
Yourviews
Some of your feedback from social media, NHS Choices
and Patient Opinion websites...
Following a fall at home early on the morning of 27
December, when my mother sustained a bad cut to her
head, we were transported to the ED at QMC by a wonderful
ambulance crew. On arrival at the ED my mother was taken
straight to the triage department for assessment. I was
given clear instructions at all times and was allowed
to join her after a short wait. We would like to praise
the whole department, under the auspices of the doctor,
for its efficiency, care, compassion and calm atmosphere.
This was our first ever visit to an ED and we would have
no hesitation in recommending its services in an
emergency situation. Thank you all!
My sister developed sudden severe stomach pain and was
keeling over and was advised by 111 to immediately go to
A&E. My husband took her to A&E at 4am this morning after
driving for 1 hour as we live in rural Rutland. It is over
five hours of wait in the A&E and she has not been seen and
treated by a physician. The last time I heard from them,
they were still waiting in A&E. I think it is appalling
that an emergency issue is handled in this manner. I
have never experienced this in any hospitals so far.
@nottmhospitals Thank you to ED department you cared for my
brother last week when he fell on the ice and broke his arm.
#Amazingservice
Many thanks for the great staff on D56 HDU QMC
@NHSNottingham for the care of my dad.
@nottmhospitals great care in a very busy ED for my husband
who's bike didn't appreciate the ice!!
@nottmhospitals excellent culturally sensitive end of life care
received for brother in law. Thank you so much to all staff on
stroke unit.
My hero is lovely nurse Roz on ward F20 at #qmc Caring,
compassionate and looking after my dad, 95. Thank you!
@NUHstaff @nottmhospitals
The care I've had over the last two days through your surgical
triage unit is world class. Thank you.
Four and half hours wait for an ambulance followed by five hour
wait to see Dr in A&E at QMC. Poor mum!
Stopping the lines of smokers outside QMC at end of day would
be a nice start @nottmhospitals
@nottmhospitals whilst visiting City Green Entrance I counted
four cars not displaying blue badges parked in bays. My dad has
restricted walk.
Sad to hear Peter Homa retiring as Chief Executive
@nottmhospitals – an impressive, and ultimately very decent,
leader and man.
Just heard about planned retirement of @PeterHoma CEO at
@nottmhospitals. Another BIG loss to the NHS.
Peter Homa has made an outstanding contribution to our
community. I will really miss his leadership, progressive thinking
and good humour!
My mother, aged 93 was admitted to D55 in QMC in early
November. She wasn’t the easiest of patients and as her
illness progressed she became more aggressive, noncooperative
and depressed. However there were short times
also when she reverted to the person we knew. The support
from all the staff, both to her and to the family, was
wonderful and deserves a huge thank you. We cannot speak
highly enough of the help, support, kindness and medication
she received in D55. I hope that this gets you some
recognition that you all deserve.
I visited Nottingham City Hospital for an outpatient
appointment on 17 January. I parked in the Yellow Car Park.
This place is nothing but a quagmire when it rains. I saw
several people holding on to cars to steady themselves.
My shoes were absolutely caked with thick mud which I had
to clean off with wipes before going into the hospital
building. The place is an absolute disgrace. Why has no
tarmac been put down? I paid £4 to park and then
£4.99 to have my car cleaned!
GetIntouch
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An exciting year to come
This year, we’ve started our
programme of events for Members
with two milestone topics from the
past and for the future.
To mark QMC 40, we delved into a
Potted History of QMC presented by
Paul Swift, Honorary Archivist for our
hospitals. Look out for many more
celebratory events coming up to mark
QMC’s 40th birthday this
year. In the meantime
if you have memories
of working at or
visiting QMC from
1977 you’d like to
share, then please
get in touch.
UPDATES
&
EVENTS
See the intranet for more info
www.nuh.nhs.uk
Coming soon
We’re putting together our programme
of events for 2017, so please let us
know if there are topics you’d be
interested in knowing more about.
Already on the list are events about
tinnitus and NUH research activities.
If you’d like to suggest something you
think Members would be interested in,
please email us on: ft@nuh.nhs.uk or call
us on 0115 924 9924 ext. 63953.
From the past to the future, at the end
of January we looked at the plans and
proposals for health and social care for
the next five years. To meet the needs of
patients and families in years to come,
the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Sustainability and Transformation Plan is
developing proposals for improving the
health and wellbeing of local people by
2020/21.
Next events
Focus on your Heart
Wednesday 22 February, 10am-12
Seminar Room, Trent Cardiac Centre,
City Hospital.
Hear about service developments and the
latest innovations, including Mitral Valve
surgery where NUH are leading the field in
the region.
Meet Maggie's
Tuesday 14 March, 4-6pm
Maggie's Centre, City Hospital.
Find out how Maggie’s unique approach to
cancer care has helped support hundreds
of thousands of people affected by cancer
in the UK.
Please confirm your place by
email or phone from the
information provided here.
Book your place now using the details here
Nottingham's Biomedical
Research Centre
Meet the winners of the
2017 Nurse & Midwife of
the Year Awards
Save the Trust valuable
resources – update your contact
details and provide us with your
email address to hear about more
involvement opportunities
If you receive this newspaper through
the post then you may have seen that
we have recently asked you to let us
know if your details have changed.
To help save the Membership Team
and the Trust valuable resources,
please update your details on a regular
basis using the information on this
page.
Thank you for your continued
support towards our Foundation Trust
application.
Why not join us?
Become a member of NUH today!
Last year, Members had opportunities
to learn more about a wider range of
topics from dementia and the health
of older people, nursing development,
how digital technology is transforming
care at NUH.
Members also visited the Nottingham
Children’s Hospital, met the Clinical
Trials Team and helped to design the
future of patient-based research in
Nottingham.
Becoming a Member is as simple as
filling in the online application form,
it’s free to join. Check out all the
details on our website at:
www.nuh.nhs.uk/members/
To update your details
or find out more about
becoming a member,
please email
ft@nuh.nhs.uk or call
01159 249924 ext 63953.
Nottingham Children's
Hospital Big Appeal
Volunteer for
Readers' Panel
Do you have an eye for detail and
a good understanding of how
to communicate to patients and
carers in writing?
The NUH Readers' Panel are a group
of members who have volunteered to
receive draft copies of the information
leaflets NUH publishes for patients
and carers, to read them and help
make sure they are clear and easy to
understand for all readers.
The Readers' Panel helps NUH to
produce high quality leaflets, and is a
vital part of our work in retaining the
NHS England Information Standard for
patient information.
Panel members typically receive
around one or two leaflets per month
(either by post or email) to read and
submit their comments back to the
patient information office – there are
no other commitments.
The Readers' Panel is always looking
for new members of all ages and
backgrounds. If you are interested in
joining, or would like to find out more,
please contact the patient information
office: patientinformation@nuh.nhs.uk
or call 0115 924 9924 ext. 67184.
March for men
Prostate cancer is the most
common cancer amongst men.
Over 47,000 men are diagnosed with
prostate cancer every year – that's 130
men every day. 1 in 8 men will get
prostate cancer in their lifetime. Over
330,000 men are living with and after
prostate cancer. The month of March
is Prostate Cancer Awareness month.
To help raise awareness and also to
check your own health visit:
prostatecanceruk.org
March 8 – the day for quitters
Just under 1 in 5 (19%) of adults
in the UK smoke – over 9 million
adult smokers. But smoking rates
have more than halved since 1974.
Surveys show that about two-thirds
of current smokers would like to stop
smoking. If you have been thinking
about giving up smoking, then March
8 could be the day for you. It’s No
Smoking Day and all the help you may
need to help you give up will be even
easier to find.
For more information call 0800 561
2121 or text 'NEW' to 80800.
For more information, visit:
www.newleafstopsmoking.co.uk

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