NUH News SPRING 2017

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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