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Bradford Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Today
PANTO STARS
BRING PATIENT
CHEER!
March 2011
Trust welcomes BACHS staff
Midwives scoop top award
Cost improvement success
stories
New Temple Bank extension
opens
Staff support - what’s on offer?

Trust
Today
Welcome to the latest edition of
Trust Today which is packed full of
your stories with news from around
the hospitals.
We always welcome your news –
whether big or small - so if you have
a story please email communications
manager, Jason Joy (ext 4022) or
communications offi cer, Tanya Tarry
(ext 4700).
CONTENTS
SAFE! CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE
BRADFORD ALHAMBRA PANTO STARS VISIT
2
BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY
INTEGRATION OF BACHS SERVICES AND STAFF
3
FROM 1 APRIL 2011 3
BRADFORD TEAM CONTINUE MAURITIUS HELP
INVESTIGATING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
4
INSULIN-PUMP THERAPY 4
HOSPITAL ROBOT UNVEILED
WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH CENTRE SHOWCASES
4
HEALTH PIONEERS
BRADFORD HOSPITALS IN LANDMARK CLIMATE
5
CHANGE STUDY 6
BRI UNVEILS NEW MRI SCANNER
TOP AWARD FOR CARERS’ CHARITY AFTER
6-7
BRADFORD HOSPITALS LINK-UP 7
COST IMPROVEMENT UPDATE 8-9
BRADFORD MIDWIVES SCOOP TOP AWARD 8-9
MOVES TO MAKE MEDICINE PATIENTS SAFER 10
NEW SERVICE MEANS LESS WORK FOR GPS 10
NEW PROGRAMME TO FIGHT HEPATITIS 11
HOSPITAL EDUCATION IS PRAISED
‘BEING OPEN WHEN PATIENTS ARE
11
HARMED’ POLICY 12
A PIECE OF CAKE! 12
STAFF SUPPORT: SO WHAT’S AVAILABLE? 13
THE DISABLED STAFF NETWORK GROUP 13
HOSPITAL TRIO WIN LOCAL AWARD
EVALUATION OF THE BRADFORD PAIN
14
REHABILITATION SERVICE 14
NEWS IN BRIEF 15
APPOINTMENTS 16
OBITUARIES 16
IT’S QUIZTIME 16
SAFE! CAMPAIGN TO
IMPROVE PATIENT CARE
BY KAY PAGAN
It has been eight months since the launch of the SAFE! campaign focussing
on patient safety for acutely unwell and / or deteriorating patients.
Since the launch last May we have introduced seven topics – a new one
is launched on a monthly basis. These topics concentrate on elements of
patient safety identifi ed by national and local guidance and also by staff
and patients.
June
Improving the quality of
clinical observations.
May
Protecting patients from
thromboembolism.
Over 90% of patients are
risk assessed and receive
appropriate prophylaxis.
Measures for these three topics are in
place and will be reported on in future
updates.
There are three remaining topics yet to be
launched.
The launch of the SAFE! dashboard took
place in December 2010. This has been
designed to display all SAFE! audit and
spot check results, to illustrate overall
improvements and enable benchmarking
July
Identifying and managing the deteriorating patient.
MEWS (Modifi ed Early Warning Score) is now performed
in all adult in-patient areas with the introduction of
guidance in the escalation process.
PAWS (Paediatric version of the early warning score)
has been successfully launched and are
now in use.
October
Improving communication in health
records and at handover.
December
We now have well over 50% of relevant
permanent staff trained and competency
assessed in physiological observations
and work is ongoing to achieve
100% compliance.
September
Conducting effective ward rounds.
The feedback from the Directorates is
that there are improvements in the ward
round process including documentation.
This improvement process will
continue to be implemented.
Eliminating delays in
investigations.
January
Ensuring best practice for
oxygen therapy.
between areas. The dashboard is available
to view via the SAFE! website.
There continues to be engagement and
enthusiasm from staff towards the SAFE!
campaign.
Focussing on the monthly topics has
helped staff to improve practice resulting
in better patient outcomes.
BRADFORD ALHAMBRA PANTO STARS VISIT
BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY
HCA Marie Tommis and play leader
Jeanette Sunderland with Prince Michael
The cast of the Alhambra pantomime
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
brought laughter and smiles to the
BRI recently.
In full colour costume and make-up, they
paid a welcome visit and entertained staff
and patients on ward two’s paediatric
surgical unit in January.
The Magnifi cent 7, made up of Michael
Walter, Pete Bonner, Stephen Boyd, Craig
Salisbury, Phil Searle, Jason Tompkins
and George Appleby, were joined by
INTEGRATION OF BACHS SERVICES AND
STAFF FROM 1 APRIL 2011
Next month we will be welcoming
some new members of staff into
the Trust as a range of community
and intermediate care services will
be integrated into Bradford Teaching
Hospitals.
We are continuing to hold open meetings
with Bradford and Airedale Community
Health Services (BACHS) staff and Board
members from our Foundation Trust and
would like to thank everyone who has
attended these meetings.
In preparing for the transfer we would
encourage BACHS staff to have a look at
our intranet pages for further information
on departments, personnel, policies and
our existing plans and priorities.
From 1 April services that will be
transferring include those delivered from
the local Community Hospitals (Westwood
Park and Eccleshill), a range of services
delivered by GPs with Special Interest in
Ward 2 staff with the cast
Bradford’s favourite panto star Billy Pearce
(Muddles) and fellow cast members, Sian
Reeves (Queen Lucretia), Kelly Chinery
(Snow White), Stephen Craig (Prince
Michael) and Peter Piper (Oddjob) for the
annual visit.
The visit was a welcome distraction
for fi ve-year-old Kayden Hewitt, of
Undercliffe, who was in gales of laughter
at the antics of the seven dwarfs. The
youngster, who underwent an ear
operation the week before, declared them
“funny guys!”
Gynaecology and Urology, services for
Stroke, TIA, Sexual Health, Heart Failure,
Cardiac Rehab, Diabetes, Parkinson’s and
Haemoglobinopathy.
On 1 April patients will not notice any
change in their care or the services they
receive as operational practices and
working arrangements will not change.
In order to ensure a smooth transition it
is important that BACHS staff continue
their working relationships with BACHS
colleagues who are transferring to other
providers.
The rationale for these services coming to
Bradford Teaching Hospitals is that we will
be able to redesign services and patient
pathways to improve quality, safety and
productivity. The transfer of such a large
group of staff will be a major undertaking
for us, and given the scale of change for
all of us we will are currently reviewing
management arrangements.
Patient Kayden with Oddjob and
Muddles (Billy Pearce)
Hard-working staff on the ward were not
left out and enjoyed the visit as much as
the children and their families.
The panto normally comes to the wards
before Christmas and David Menebhi,
senior charge nurse, who has worked
at BRI for 23 years, said: “I was worried
they weren’t coming this year! Our
children look forward to it and it is always
fantastic.”
Billy Pearce added: “It is lovely we can
brighten people’s day.”
While we recognise that staff may feel
anxious about the proposed changes, we
do believe the proposals offer us a real
opportunity to transform the district’s health
care for the benefi t of patients.
We would like to take this opportunity to
thank staff for their ongoing support and
cooperation during these changes and once
again give a warm welcome to the BACHS
staff transferring to Bradford Teaching
Hospitals.
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BRADFORD TEAM CONTINUE MAURITIUS HELP
Mauritian medics and nurses are
continuing to benefi t from the
kindness and skills of staff from
Bradford hospitals.
Deputy Director of Medicine, Sulleman
Moreea, and nurse Nemia Domondo
recently returned to the island to carry out
a third endoscopy workshop at the island’s
main SSRN hospital.
Dr Moreea provided one-to-one
endoscopy training to 17 endoscopists
while Nemia helped train 15 nurses
to assist in the advanced endoscopic
procedures.
Dr Moreea said: “This visit was one
more step in the continuing relationship
between Bradford Teaching Hospitals and
our colleagues in Mauritius. The emphasis
this year was threefold: Firstly, to teach the
basic skills of endoscopy to doctors from
the fi ve hospitals around the island.
INVESTIGATING
THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF INSULIN-PUMP
THERAPY
An innovative research study is underway at
Bradford Teaching Hospitals which aims
to examine the psychological wellbeing
of patients undergoing insulin-pump therapy for
diabetes.
By exploring the relationship between psychological
factors and diabetic control among 68 current
pump-users, the research team hopes to be better
able to identify which patients may be most suited
to using a pump, as well as developing further the
psychological care provided to current patients.
For more information on this project, please contact
Graham Thew on graham.thew@bradfordhospitals.
nhs.uk.
“Secondly, we helped the leading
gastroenterologist Dr Farouk Bholah with
his diffi cult cases as prior to him training
at the BRI last summer, there were no
ERCP performed in the public hospitals in
Mauritius.
“Thirdly, I was invited by the Mauritian
Ministry of Health and Quality of Life
to help in the development of future
endoscopy units on the island with a long
term view of making Mauritius a centre of
excellence in the Indian Ocean.
“It was a great privilege and extremely
satisfying to be able to pass on our skills
to a country which is really seizing the
benefi ts which endoscopy can bring to its
patients.”
During their seven day visit, Dr Moreea
also met with the Mauritian Prime
Minister who is keen for the Bradford-
Mauritius link to continue.
HOSPITAL ROBOT
UNVEILED
The High Sheriff of West
Yorkshire, Richard Clough,
has unveiled the Trust’s new
pharmacy robot.
It’s hoped the addition of the
machine to the pharmacy
department will cut dispensing
errors and free up pharmacists to
go onto the wards and support
patient care.
The robotic pharmacy – which
looks like a very large vending
machine and cost £130,000 –
will lead to improved safety and
reduce the medicines bill at the
Trust.
The new unit will also help with
stock control by memorising
expiry dates and selecting the
medicines with the closest date fi rst
to cut waste.
The launch was the fi rst offi cial
engagement for the new Director of
Pharmacy, David Smith, who said:
“As well as improving the speed at
which medicines can be dispensed,
the robot will also free up huge
amounts of staff time which would
otherwise need to be spent locating
drugs by hand.”
Dr Moreea, along with fellow consultant
Dr Conrad Beckett, have been bringing
the revolutionary and
new techniques
of advanced
endoscopy
(colonoscopy
and ERCP) to
the patients of
Mauritius by
training island
staff in this hitech
surgery since
2008.
Dr Sulleman Moreea
High Sheriff Richard Clough chats with new
Director of Pharmacy, David Smith
“This will mean our pharmacy staff can
spend more time on the wards, improving
the service we offer to our inpatients.”
“It’s a complete change to our working
practice, but one which is working very
well and providing great benefi ts to
patients and staff.”
WORLD-CLASS
RESEARCH CENTRE
SHOWCASES
HEALTH PIONEERS
The world-class work being
undertaken by researchers from
the Bradford Institute for Health
Research will be showcased during the
offi cial opening of the new £2.25 million
extension in March.
Professor Dame Sally Davies, director
general of research and development and
chief scientifi c advisor for the Department
of Health and the NHS, will offi cially open
the new building, which will house 70
research staff from NHS Trusts in Bradford
and academic staff from the universities
of Bradford, Leeds and York on March 16
at 1.30pm.
Prof John Wright
Artist’s impression of the extension
The extension
opening will
coincide with
the Institute’s
fi rst inaugural
conference, which
will take place in
the BRI’s Sovereign
Lecture Theatre
and showcase
the work of the
centre’s health
pioneers.
Work underway on the site
Professor Davies
will also make
one of the the key key note note presentations on Since its inception fi ve years ago, research
research in the NHS. While the Institute’s income from national and international
director, Professor John Wright, will join funding bodies has grown to £5 million
Professor Neil Small to give a presentation a year.
on the Born in Bradford project.
Professor Wright said: “We are developing
Other conference highlights include a world-class centre for medical research
Professor Anne Forster on stroke research for the benefi t of local people.
and how research trials are improving the
care of patients, Professor John Young on
community hospitals, Dr Rebecca Lawton
on patient involvement in research, Dr
Ghazala Mir on addressing depression in
Muslim communities and Professor Des
“The Institute is good for local people as
they will benefi t from our research and
good for staff in that it enables talented,
bright researchers to stay in Bradford
instead of going to Leeds or Sheffi eld.”
Tobin on Bradford as a centre of research Alongside a number of high-profi le public
excellence in skin sciences.
health research programmes such as Born
Professor Trevor Sheldon, Deputy Vice
Chancellor of York University, will also
deliver a keynote speech.
in Bradford, stroke and elderly care, and
maternal and child health, the Institute
also focuses on research, which directly
contributes to improved patient care
The Institute, which is based at the in a range of areas including diabetes,
refurbished Temple Bank House, is a genetics, cancer and wound care.
partnership between the primary and
secondary care NHS Trusts in Bradford and
Airedale and the universities of Bradford,
Leeds and York.
There will also be a poster exhibition
throughout the day at the BIHR, Temple
Bank House, so staff are welcome to
come for a look-round.
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BRI Main Entrance Listening for Life Centre St Luke’s Front Entrance
BRADFORD HOSPITALS IN LANDMARK
CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY
How Bradford’s hospital buildings react to climate change is forming part of a multi-million
pound landmark design and engineering study being led by Cambridge University.
The project, called ‘The Design
and Delivery of Robust Hospital
Environments in a Changing
Climate (De2RHECC)’, is investigating
new economical and practical strategies
into how we can increase our resilience
to climate change while at the same
time meet the stringent carbon reduction
targets over the next decade.
The scheme’s fi ndings could have farreaching
national and international
signifi cance according to the Trust’s
Deputy Director of Estates, Ian Hinitt.
Ian, who is the Trust’s representative for
the scheme, said: “The research is taking
place over three years and will assist the
international healthcare community to
adapt and redesign hospital buildings to
better withstand the world’s changing
climate.”
“Bradford is exceptional as both
the Bradford Royal Infi rmary
and St Luke’s Hospital sites have
6 Trust Today | March 2011
seen continuous development
and expansion since the 1930s.
Our buildings cover every kind of
architecture and design decade
over that period, so all the
theories can be tested on one
site – making us ideal participants
as researchers can examine the
impact of climate change on our
buildings.”
“We expect the fi ndings will be of utmost
importance to architects across the UK
and indeed further afi eld. This type and
length of study has never been carried
out and it could have huge ramifi cations
for those tasked with designing new
buildings in the future.”
Data from the estates’ weather station
is being reported back to Cambridge
on a daily basis and sensors measuring
temperature, daylight and humidity
situated on the wards and throughout
the Trust are being monitored and
BRI UNVEILS NEW
MRI SCANNER
Thousands of patients will benefi t
from the latest technology after
one of the world’s most advanced
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
scanners offi cially opened at Bradford
Royal Infi rmary.
The £1 million scanner will offer faster
and more in-depth information and will
see up to 30 patients a day.
Jonathan Barber, Clinical Director for
Imaging, welcomed guests to the offi cial
launch in November and a plaque was
unveiled by former Telegraph & Argus
journalist Martin Wainwright, who is
now northern editor of The Guardian
newspaper.
Mr Barber said: “Bradford had one of the
very fi rst onsite MRI scanners installed
in 2000. This machine has examined in
excess of 100,000 patients in its time and
had to be replaced.”
“We have installed what is one of the
most advanced MRI scanners on the
market, which has capabilities that will
allow us to signifi cantly increase our
diagnostic accuracy.”
downloaded
frequently. The
data is allowing
a comprehensive
understanding of
how the buildings
perform now.
Their performance
in the future is
being modelled,
and possible
refurbishment
strategies will be
designed accordingly. These strategies
will aim to reduce energy use and save
money whilst also being resilient to
extremes of hot and cold weather.
A fi lm about the project is also due to
begin fi lming in Bradford in April.
Bradford is collaborating with other Trusts
taking part in the study, which is being
funded by the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council with support
from the Department of Health.
Ian Hinitt
Martin Wainwright, the Guardian’s northern
editor, unveils the plaque
“The new MRI scanner will allow us to
offer new services to our patients in
Bradford. One area of particular interest
is MRI-guided breast biopsy, a technique
to aid the diagnosis of breast cancer.
This technique is scarce in its provision
in the UK.“
TOP AWARD FOR CARERS’ CHARITY
AFTER BRADFORD HOSPITALS LINK-UP
ABRADFORD charity, which works
closely with the Foundation Trust
to improve the patient experience
for the city’s growing number of carers,
has celebrated its fi rst birthday by
scooping a top award.
The important community role which
Shipley-based Carers’ Resource plays in
offering advice and support to carers and
other vulnerable people was recognised
recently at NHS Bradford and Airedale’s
Oscars’ ceremony when the charity’s
founder, Anne Smyth, was honoured for
her ‘Outstanding Contribution to Social
Care’.
The award took into account the groundbreaking
work Carers’ Resource has
developed successfully in partnership with
the Foundation Trust, including:
■ Supporting carers of a person
approaching end of life – the charity
secured funding for a fi ve-month pilot
project offering 25 hours of dedicated
carer support. The Trust is aiming to
raise awareness of the needs of carers
when caring for someone who is
approaching the end of their life. If any
ward staff know of carers who need
support, please contact the Discharge
Team who work closely with Carers’
Resource or Carers Resource direct.
■ Improving the outpatient
experience – as part of its membership
of this working group, the charity
has launched a ‘Gateway to Services’
information guide. The directory is
Miles Scott, David Richardson, Martin Wainwright
(seated), Dr Jonathan Barber
“In addition to the new technology, we
are delighted that we have been able to
signifi cantly re-model the department in
order to improve patient throughput.”
The patient’s journey to the scanners also
received a boost after Yorkshire artist, Ian
currently being circulated to all clinical
areas and aims to help staff better
support patients using services in areas
they are not used to. For example,
a person with dementia requiring
specialist eye treatment or someone
with a sensory impairment after a fall
with broken bones.
■ Extending its ‘Message in a Bottle’
scheme – a scheme encouraging
vulnerable people to help emergency
services by storing important
information about their medical
conditions in a plastic can kept in
the fridge. More than 3,000 tubs
containing the charity’s contact details
for people to access more help and
advice are being handed out to patients
as part of the Foundation Trust’s dignity
campaign.
■ Enhancing the healing environment
for people with dementia - this
King’s Fund-aided project currently
being developed at the Trust will
improve the environment by using
colour, artworks and increased
patient ‘way fi nding’ around the
clinical area.
Anne said: “We are determined to
draw upon our pool expertise
and knowledge to help carers
in whatever ways we can and
ensure their changing needs
are met, however complex they
may be.
From left, Dr Jonathan Barber, Gavin Bainbridge,
Nigel Lewis, Doranne Beresford and
Dr Elizabeth Loney
Beesley, was commissioned by the Friends
of the BRI to provide artwork to the
corridor which links the Trust’s two MRI
scanners.
Carers’ Resource
founder Anne Smyth
with her award
“Our work in partnership with the
Foundation Trust is a good example of
what can be achieved when there is an
understanding of the needs of carers, and
a joint determination to put them fi rst.”
For more information, contact the
Discharge Team on ext 4576 or call The
Carers’ Resource on 01274 449660.
From right, Discharge team leader, Ruth
Dixon with Carers’ Resource support offi cer,
Christine Gleave
Artist Ian Beesley with Friends of BRI
chairman, Trevor Constantine
Trust Today | March 2011
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COST IMPROVEMENT UPDATE
The Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) was launched by
the Foundation Trust in 2009 in a bid to make £50m of
savings over the following three year period.
Chief Executive, Miles Scott, has stated that the CIP
implementation will help safeguard the hospital fi nances
in the face of reduced annual growth in Government
spending on health.
GREENER HEALTHCARE, SMALLER BILLS
By Dr John Stoves
Renal Services have made a ‘win-win’
contribution to CIP by implementing
initiatives that not only save money
but also reduce their carbon footprint.
The unit, which is based at St Luke’s,
produces purifi ed water to support the
provision of haemodialysis treatment for
patients with advanced kidney disease.
The challenge of reducing water
consumption has been pursued by chief
renal technologist Andrew Owen, senior
renal technologist Brett Thompson and
renal consultant Dr John Stoves, with the
support of the Trust Estates and Finance
departments and the Campaign for
Greener Healthcare in Nephrology.
Andrew and Brett produced a detailed
business case for replacing two of the
original
From left, Andrew Owen and
Brett Thompson in front of
the new acid storage tanks
BRADFORD
MIDWIVES
SCOOP TOP
AWARD
8 Trust Today | March 2011
water treatment plants which generate
purifi ed water for dialysis. These plants
waste 15,000,000 litres of water per year.
The new facility will reduce the amount of
waste water by more than half. There may
also be scope to reuse some of this water in
the future.
Andrew Owen said: “The implementation
of the upgraded water treatment
system, which was installed last month,
will result in a cost saving of more
than £20,000 a year and reduce carbon
emissions linked to water usage by
more than half.”
A second component of the renal strategy
to reduce costs has been the procurement
of a central acid delivery system. In
haemodialysis units, concentrated acid is
diluted with purifi ed
water to produce
dialysis fl uid with an
appropriate electrolyte
composition. This
fl uid is then used to
help ‘clean’ the blood
of impurities that
accumulate in patients
with renal failure.
Traditionally, acid has
been supplied to the
dialysis unit in 6 litre
plastic containers.
The volume of acid
that is required for a
single haemodialysis
Bradford consultant midwife Alison
Brown and her team have won one
of the UK’s top midwifery prizes for
a home birth education service promoting
normal birth.
Alison and her colleague, Deborah
Hughes, attended the prestigious Royal
College of Midwives (RCM) annual awards
in London to hear they had scooped
the award for Promoting Normal Birth,
sponsored by Bounty Parenting Club.
In order to keep the programme on track, each department
and directorate has been tasked with making 5% savings
year on year.
Savings have been made through a number of initiatives
and below are three examples of how three directorates
have seized the initiative.
treatment is usually
less than 6 litres and
consequently the
renal unit was left
with approximately 40,000 litres of acid
each year that could not be used.
The new central delivery system allows
acid to be pumped from large holding
tanks straight to all dialysis stations, rather
than staff having to place individual acid
containers next to each dialysis machine.
Brett Thompson added: “We estimate
that the use of a centralised acid
delivery system will reduce the
wastage of acid by 27% in both
volume and cost terms while the
reduction in acid usage equates to a
saving of £21,000 per year.”
There are important additional advantages
of the new system which include freeing
up storage space previously used for acid
containers, reducing the time taken by
nursing staff to set up dialysis machines
and minimising both landfi ll costs and the
carbon footprint associated with transport,
packaging and incineration.
Dr Stoves said: “This has been a
collaborative effort involving colleagues
from several Trust departments and also
greener healthcare champions from the
UK renal community, all of whom share a
commitment to reducing the running costs
and carbon footprint of our haemodialysis
service.”
Dr John Stoves
The award was given for Bradford
Homebirth Workshops which delivered
sessions about homebirth to boost the
city’s low homebirth rate of 0.5 per cent.
Nationally the rate is three per cent.
As a result of the project, by September
2010 the homebirth rate had risen to two
per cent.
A collaborative effort, the workshops
involved midwives and parents who chose
homebirth and were held in community
HEAD AND NECK INTRODUCE NEW
THEATRE TRANSFER TEAM
The Head and Neck directorate has
improved effi ciency, saved money
and increased productivity by
devising a new system which ensures
better utilisation of their theatre times.
Previously the directorate wasn’t using
all of its three-and-a-half hour theatre
sessions - covering ENT, eyes, plastic and
maxillo-facial surgery –
in theatres 5 & 6 and ENT/Eye theatres.
Hold-ups were being caused by delays in
ward staff being released from their duties
to carry out pre-operation checks and to
bring patients to and from the theatres.
Now, as part of the directorate’s Cost
Improvement Programme (CIP), a new
theatre transfer team - dedicated to
bringing patients to and from the wards
to their surgery - will become permanent
following the success of the 2010 trial.
Patient Services Manager, Carol Jevons,
said: “The new team originated out of a
WEB DEVELOPMENT POST
The Foundation Trust’s dynamic web
development team are looking
at innovative ways to streamline
processes for clinicians and back offi ce
staff in a bid to save tens of thousands of
pounds for the Trust.
Building on the achievements generated
by web-based projects such as the
Knowledge Tree portal, the Innovation
website and the Clinical Audit registration
system, the web development team
will be working on ideas to produce
web-based applications which will
generate signifi cant savings in areas such
as software licence costs and enable
Trust staff to work more effectively,
conveniently and effi ciently.
Approved by the Trust’s Corporate
Improvement Portfolio board, this
settings and promoted normal
and natural childbirth.
Alison Brown said: “Winning
the Bounty Award for Promoting
Normal Birth is a great honour
for our service. In Bradford,
we like to think of new and
innovative ways to engage with
women and their partners and
these workshops have proved a
real hit.”
joint approach between the Head and Neck
directorate, the Anaesthetic directorate
and the Service Improvement team.
“We all sat down, decided how we could
start our theatre sessions on time and
make better use of our three-and-a-halfhour
surgery sessions.
“We then came up with the idea of
developing a theatre transfer team
consisting of two staff nurses and two
healthcare assistants, to take over the
responsibilities of the theatre transfer
process which was previously carried
out by ward 18 and 19 staff.”
The new team - which is aided in its work
by a team of fi ve porters - collects and
delivers patients to the wards, as well as
carrying out the pre-operation checks.
“Straight away morale and communication
between theatres and the transfer team
greatly improved,” added Carol. “The new
system means everyone is happier and
more productive.
one year pilot is aiming to save at
least £30,000 and to identify further
opportunities to save time and
money through the use of web based
applications.
If you have an idea to save money or make
your area more productive through online
working then please go to the home page
of the Trust Intranet, click on ‘App Proposals’
Health Care Assistant Michelle Fox with
Nurse Helen Peacock
“The average start times for theatres 5 and
6 and ENT/Eyes theatres have signifi cantly
improved, lists are being better utilised
and feedback from ward nurses has been
very positive as it has taken the pressure of
transfers away, allowing staff to stay on
the ward to care for patients.
“The new transfer team nursing staff
now carry mobile phones so that
communication between theatre and ward
staff is better and more effective.”
Funding for the new team has been
pulled from existing money so there is no
additional cost to the directorate.
under Spotlight and complete the online
ideas form. The team will then give you a
ring to discuss your idea and how they can
help further.
Ideas so far include: online completion
of occupational health and HR forms,
developing in-house software instead of
using expensive, out-sourced systems,
designing web-based template letters
to send to GPs and touch screen patient
surveys with real-time collation of data.
The web development team look forward
to hearing from you!
From left, Alison Poole,
of Bounty Parenting Club,
Cathy Warwick, mum
Deeanne Binns, Alison
Brown and TV presenter
Natasha Kaplinsky
Trust Today | March 2011
9

MOVES TO MAKE MEDICINE PATIENTS SAFER
The move of acute patients
from St Luke’s to the BRI is to
take place over the next year
as part of our aim to improve patient
safety and reinforce our position as
one of the safest organisations in the
country.
Throughout 2011, Medicine will
centralise all their acutely ill patients
who are in need of the full range
of medical, diagnostic and support
services, such as critical care facilities,
improved out-of-hours diagnostics
and more senior medical cover which
is available at the BRI.
General Manager Chris Durkin said:
“St Luke’s Hospital (SLH) continues
to play a key part in the delivery
of services for Bradford Teaching
Hospitals, but beds at SLH will not be
used for the management of acutely
unwell patients likely to require
out-of-hours medical assessment,
investigation or treatment as services
to support this level of care will not
be available on this site in the future.
“However should patients based at
SLH require this level of care they will
be transferred to the BRI.
“The services that will be re-located
as a result of these changes are
those delivered from ward F2 and
F4 at St Luke’s Hospital. These wards
accommodate renal, acute medical,
rheumatology and dermatology
patients.”
In 2011:
■ Renal and Rheumatology inpatient care
will be provided on ward 6 at the BRI
■ Acute Haemodialysis and the Peritoneal
Dialysis Unit will be located in the new
Dialysis Unit (situated in the old Cochlear
Implant Centre) next to Accident and
Emergency.
■ Dermatology inpatient care will, in the
main, be provided on F6 at St Luke’s
Hospital, although those patients who
are not medically stable enough to be
managed at SLH will be cared for at the
BRI.
■ Day Case Rheumatology and Dermatology
will be provided on F4 at SLH
■ Chronic Haemodialysis will continue to be
provided at SLH.
The following services will remain at
St Luke’s Hospital in the Horton Wing
wards
Ward F1 Pennine Breast Screening Unit
Ward F3 Intermediate Care Community
Hospital
Ward F4 Day Case Rheumatology &
Dermatology
Ward F5 Elderly Care rehabilitation
Ward F6 Stroke & Neurology
Rehabilitation and Inpatient
Dermatology
Ward F7/F8 Chronic Haemodialysis
NEW SERVICE MEANS LESS WORK FOR GPS
AAntibiotic Therapy (OHPAT) Service
means GPs can now refer patients
direct to the clinic where they will receive
their treatment more quickly and effi ciently.
come in daily and go home between
treatments.”
“This makes perfect sense especially
when, in some cases, treatment may last
only 30 minutes a day.”
The OHPAT scheme which is currently
being trialled on the BRI’s ward 4 delivers
medication to patients with soft tissue and
long standing infections on an outpatient
The service, which was established in
December, will run for three months
before a decision is taken into its future.
basis.
Phil continued: “The service offers
“It’s important for local GPs to be aware of
the new OHPAT service because it means
they can refer patients directly to our Clinical
Nurse Specialist, Phil Batch,” said Dr James
Dunbar, Infectious Diseases and Acute
Pyshician. “This means less work for the
the fl exibility for patients who would
ordinarily be kept in hospital, often for
prolonged periods of IV therapy, to be
treated either on the ward as a day case
or as an outpatient in the comfort of their
own home.”
GP, less work for the hospital and a quicker, “The initiative not only frees up bed
more effi cient service for the patient.” days but allows patients to return home
“Patients no longer need to come into
hospital for week-long stays – they can now
allowing as little interruption to their lives
as possible”.
Charge Nurse Phil Batch with
Consultant James Dunbar new Outpatient and Home Parental
Beds which are part of the Medicine
Directorate at the BRI will be as follows:
Ward 1 Respiratory Team and Diabetes/
Endocrine Team
Ward 4 Medical Admissions Assessment
Unit
Ward 6 Gastroenterology Team
Renal Team Rheumatology Team
Ward 9 Acute Stroke and Neurology Team
Ward 22 CCU and Cardiology Team
Ward 24 Infectious Disease Team
Ward 3 Acute Elderly Unit
Ward 29 Elderly Care
Ward 30 Elderly Care
NEW PROGRAMME TO FIGHT HEPATITIS
Apioneering community testing
programme which could save the
lives of hundreds of Bradfordians is
being rolled out thanks to the support of
Bradford hospitals.
Liver expert, Dr Sulleman Moreea , has
joined forces with national charity, The
Hepatitis C Trust, to be the fi rst in the
country to train a member of the public to
offer testing for hepatitis B and hepatitis C
in the community.
The scheme, which will be rolled out
across the city in the coming months, will
target Bradford’s Eastern European and
South Asian communities where the virus
is most prevalent – the test is just a simple
fi nger-prick blood test.
Consultant hepatologist, Sulleman
Moreea, said: “We currently have only
1,200 patients on our books at the
Bradford Royal Infi rmary, yet we know that
as many as two to three thousand more
people in Bradford have Hep B or C.
“These people don’t know they have
hepatitis because symptoms often don’t
appear for years. If we can catch the
condition early then we can give treatment
now, before the situation deteriorates to
the point that the patient is presenting
with cirrhosis or liver cancer.”
Education for children who stay in
Bradford hospitals for treatment has
been praised by inspectors.
Ofsted sent inspectors to assess the
effectiveness of the provision at Bradford
Royal Infi rmary’s hospital school based at
ward 17.
Twenty six children, from across the
hospital’s three paediatric wards, were
taking lessons at BRI’s pupil referral unit.
Inspectors found the provision at both
units to be ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding
arrangements for care, guidance and
support for pupils’.
The school’s three teachers - Nazranah
Riaz, Daniel Bolton, John Fullen – who
are supplied to the hospital by Education
Bradford, work a rota system to provide
education for the children who are well
enough to study. There is also a legal
requirement to provide for the educational
needs of children with medical needs.
Ms Riaz added: “While some children who
are otherwise healthy, may be admitted
because they have broken a limb, there
Shabana Begum (centre) being trained by clinical educator, Memory Van Beek (left)
while manager Tannith Turner-Lumb looks on
The testing will be carried out by Shabana
Begum, who was herself been successfully
treated for hepatitis that she contracted
through medical treatment in Pakistan in
the 1970s.
She was trained at the BRI by clinical
educator, Memory Van Beek and assessed
and certifi ed by clinical education manager,
Tanith Turner-Lumb to conduct testing.
Shabana now plans to start working soon,
on behalf of the hospital and the Hep C
Trust, in Bradford’s mosques.
HOSPITAL EDUCATION IS PRAISED
are others who
have chronic
conditions and
may be admitted
frequently while
others may attend
once a month for
blood transfusions
because of a
hereditary blood
condition.
“All these children
make use of the
Hospital School’s
services to receive
education at
an appropriate
level for them
which they may
receive in the
schoolroom or at
the bedside.”
Daniel Bolton and Nazranah Riaz with
pupils, Hanisa Kauser and Danish Hussain
The BRI hospital school has its own
management committee which oversees
its smooth running and is chaired by
Consultant Paediatrician, Dr Shaun Gorman.
If successful, she will then take
the testing into community centres, events
and meetings.
Dr Moreea now hopes the pioneering
scheme will be replicated across the
country, especially in areas with large
South Asian populations.
Hep C is common in countries like Pakistan
but as yet there is currently no national
programme to test for the virus in the
populations at risk in the UK.
The school is supported by administrator,
Sara Suleman and Head Teacher, John
Nixon.
10 Trust Today | March 2011 Trust Today | March 2011 11

‘BEING OPEN WHEN PATIENTS
ARE HARMED’ POLICY
Each day more than a million people are treated
safely in the NHS. But occasionally something
goes wrong and a patient is harmed.
The Foundation Trust recently revised
its policy on Being Open When
Patients Are Harmed following a
National Patient Safety Alert enshrining the
values and principles around communicating
with patients in these sometimes diffi cult
circumstances.
The Policy aims to guide us in the way we
work and in how we deal with patients in the
rare incidents when they receive injuries or
die during their course of treatment or stay at
Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
Being Open involves:
■ Explaining and apologising for what
happened to patients who have been
harmed or involved in an incident as
a result of their healthcare treatment.
It ensures communication is open,
honest and occurs as soon as possible
following the incident. It encompasses
communication between healthcare
organisations, healthcare teams and
patients and/or their carers.
■ Conducting a thorough investigation into
the incident and reassuring patients, their
families and carers that lessons learned will
help prevent the incident recurring.
■ Providing support for those involved to
cope with the physical and psychological
consequences of what happened.
A PIECE OF CAKE!
Two hospital workers who tied the
knot in a civil partnership are raising
funds for the new Birth Centre by
donating a tier of their wedding cake.
Cleaning services assistant, Sharon Widdop,
and porter, Sheena Walker, held their
ceremony at Bradford Register Offi ce
followed by a reception at The Tyke Pub in
Thornton Road.
The pair met at the BRI and felt they
wanted to give something back to the
place where they met. Sharon has worked
at the Trust for 22 years and Sheena’s been
a porter for 7 years.
12 Trust Today | March 2011
Being Open is a process rather than a oneoff
event. The following principles involved in
the communication of patient safety incidents
are essential to support the policy:
■ acknowledgement;
■ truthfulness,
■ timeliness and clarity of communication;
■ apology;
■ recognising patient and carer expectations;
professional support;
■ risk management and systems
improvement;
■ multidisciplinary responsibility;
■ clinical governance;
■ confi dentiality;
■ continuity of care.
Being Open is also about following
all our professional codes of conduct.
All staff should practise and acknowledge
the principles that effective, constant and
empathetic communication with patients
begins at the start of their care and should
continue throughout their time in hospital.
This communication should be no different
when a major or catastrophic incident
occurs. Openness about what happened
and discussing incidents promptly, fully and
compassionately can help patients cope
better with the after-effects.
Promoting a culture of openness is often
a prerequisite to improving patient safety
and the quality of healthcare systems.
The bottom tier of the
cake will be available for
sale on March 16 at a cake
stall in the foyer of the
Women’s and Newborn
building. There will also
be a fundraising raffl e
with prizes including a
hamper and a teddy bear
for the new unit. For more
raffl e information contact
Carol Dyson on ext 4515
or email carol.dyson@
bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk
The revised Being Open When Patients
Are Harmed Policy relates to those patient
incidents which are graded major or
catastrophic on the risk consequence grading
scale and extreme complaints.
Incidents which are graded moderate,
minor or insignifi cant do not have to be
managed under this policy but the Being
Open principles must apply. There may also
be occasions where senior management
wish to instigate the Being Open process on
moderate incidents.
Extreme complaints and their subsequent
investigation will also take into account the
Being Open process.
If you would like to fi nd out more, the
Being Open Policy can be found on the
staff intranet. More NPSA information and
guidance on Being Open, an e-learning tool
and a video based on a training workshop
for staff can be found at www.nrls.npsa.nhs.
uk/beingopen
In our aim to provide the citizens of Bradford
and beyond with the very best healthcare
we can offer, the new policy on Being
Open When Patients Are Harmed has been
endorsed by the Board of Directors who will
support and encourage staff as they strive
to deliver and increase a greater culture of
openness at all times, especially when things
go wrong.
Sharon and Sheena with their wedding cake
STAFF SUPPORT: SO WHAT’S AVAILABLE?
By Mark Pitkethly, Consultant
Clinical Psychologist
Stress-busting:
Did you know that stress is one of
the main causes of employee sickness
absence in the NHS and our Trust is no
different? In fact, of the known reasons
why staff are off work due to sickness,
stress was the reason cited in 13% of
cases in the last three months.
Some pressure and stress in a working
environment is unavoidable and
for many of us is a positive thing
because it helps us feel challenged
and stretched. However, the effect
of too much stress can be damaging.
The Trust has been looking at how
to better support staff who fi nd
themselves in that position.
So what’s new?
We want to promote a more open and
responsive approach and the measures
below will help to support individuals
with stress related issues:
1) Staff are encouraged to be as open as
they feel they can about sharing any
concerns they have regarding their
work and any stress they are feeling as
a result of their working environment.
2) Once a manager knows one of their
team is experiencing some degree of
stress they must make time as soon as
is reasonably practical to sit down with
that person and discuss their concerns
in confi dence. The manager should give
the member of their team time to talk
through what is giving them concern
and also discuss any realistic actions
that can be taken to help reduce the
feelings of stress and anxiety that
the employee feels. This is a critical
conversation and should be handled
with sensitivity and compassion.
The Disabled Staff Network Group is
looking for new members.
The group is a confi dential, self-governing
body which provides support and helps
raise awareness of issues affecting its
members.
The group holds regular meetings and
encourages those with disabilities to come
along, share their experiences and explore
what the group can do for them.
Advice for managers is available in the
Stress Policy which is available on the
intranet:
3) For staff who indicate that they are
feeling stressed and that this is having
an impact on their emotional and
physical wellbeing, an early referral to
the Occupational Health department
should be made. This should be done
using the normal management referral
form. Please be assured that the input
from Occupation Health is intended
to be supportive and this is not about
managing a member of staff’s absence,
but rather working to help them
improve their wellbeing.
4) Once Occupational Health receive a
referral they will contact the member of
staff to arrange an appointment. The
appointment will normally be with an
Occupational Health Adviser who will
talk through with the member of staff
what their concerns are, what support
has already been put in place by their
manager and what the employee is
doing to help alleviate their stress.
5) The Adviser will also be able to
signpost the member of staff to
other avenues of support, such as
the Employee Assistance Programme,
free counselling and possibly referral
to appropriate policies and resources
depending on the nature of their
concerns.
6) Following the appointment, the
Adviser will write to the manager
and the appropriate HR Adviser with
recommendations on what actions
may be taken to support the member
of staff at work.
THE DISABLED STAFF NETWORK GROUP
You may not personally feel that you need
any support, but the organisers would
urge those staff concerned to come along
to the next group meeting as everyone’s
life and work experiences may well be
useful to another colleague.
The next meeting of the Disabled Staff
Network Group takes place on May 17 at
2pm in the BRI estates meeting room. Tea
and biscuits will be provided.
If you would like more information or
need assistance to attend please contact
Adele Woollin on ext 3325 or John
Sidebottom on ext 4429. Alternatively you
may email disability@bradfordhospitals.
nhs.uk, adele.woollin@bradfordhospitals.
nhs.uk, or john.sidebobttom@
bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk in the strictest
confi dence.
Trust Today | March 2011
13

HOSPITAL TRIO
WIN LOCAL
AWARD
Ahospital team have triumphed at
the city’s Inspiration Awards hosted
by NHS Bradford and Airedale.
Consultants Eduardo Moya and Felicity
Todd, along with clinical nurse specialist
Dawn Woodward, were overall
Bradford patients who completed the
Pain Rehabilitation Programme have
showed signifi cant improvements in
many areas, a recent service evaluation
has revealed.
The study, which was carried out by
psychologists from St Luke’s Hospital,
found that patients benefi ted from fewer
self-reported ‘pain days’, lower levels of
depression and increased confi dence to
manage their lives, despite their pain.
They also experienced important
improvements in lower levels of
catastrophic thinking about the pain,
reduced levels of self-rated pain severity
and reduced levels of self-rated distress
linked to pain.
Dr Sarah Woods, Clinical Psychologist,
explained: “There is substantial
evidence in the literature for
the effectiveness of cognitive
behavioural pain management
programmes in improving pain
experience, coping, mood and
outlook on pain.”
14 Trust Today | March 2011
winners for their part in the district’s rapid the local NHS and other organisations,
improvement programme for children and provides a whole system approach to
young people with acute asthma/wheeze. the care of children and young people
The innovative new care plan aims to
reduce the risk of asthmatic and wheezy
children in Bradford and Airedale being
admitted to hospital.
with asthma and wheeze. The scheme
aims to ensure all children attending
the district’s GP practices, schools and
hospitals have access to the same,
consistent care and treatment in order
The new asthma and wheezy for them to avoid severe attacks and un-
child care plan also helps necessary hospital admissions.
GPs and parents manage this
debilitating condition better
and more confi dently so that
emergency hospital admissions
can be avoided, along with
all the distress and disruption
it causes children and their
parents.
The Judges’ praised the winners saying:
“This is a successful development of a
new model of care; getting clinicians
across the system working together to
design a new way of providing a service.
We expect this is transferable to other
areas and it’s a real success in getting
teams across the whole system to work
The project, which has
involved many partners in
together.”
EVALUATION OF THE BRADFORD PAIN
REHABILITATION SERVICE
”The Bradford study aimed to assess the
benefi ts of the Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
Programme at a local level.”
“The scheme is a group programme
aiming to give patients information
about pain, to teach them skills including
relaxation, pacing and problem solving
and to help them to understand and
manage their moods.”
The programme, which has been running
for 14 years is a joint service between
the physiotherapy and psychology
departments.
The evaluation, which included 190
patients, aimed to answer two main
questions:
Does attending the Pain Rehabilitation
Programme have any effect on patients’
pain experience or levels of self-effi cacy
and depression?
Are any changes maintained at the 12
month follow-up?
Dr Woods added: “Between one third
and one fi fth of patients made an
improvement that was reliable, falling
beyond the range that could be
attributed to measurement error.”
“At the end of the programme, between
1 in 4 and 1 in 8 patients had made
a clinically signifi cant improvement. It
appears that patients make statistically
signifi cant improvements in their coping
with chronic pain, both over the course
of their attendance
on the Pain
Rehabilitation
Programme
and at
12-month
follow-up”.
Dr Sarah Woods
NEWS IN BRIEF
Innovation brain-storm
A regional innovation interactive
workshop took place in Bradford
recently.
The workshop included participants
from Bradford Teaching Hospitals,
the District Care Trust, Airedale NHS
Foundation Trust and NHS Bradford
and Airedale, as well as the University
of Bradford and Medipex, our regional
innovation hub.
Local Local produce produce increase increase
The The Trust Trust is is increasing increasing its its use use of of local local
produce in a bid to reduce our carbon
footprint and support Bradford businesses.
The catering department now use local
suppliers:
■ Tiffi n’s – supplies sandwiches
■ Medina – provides halal meals
■ Swithenbanks – provides our fresh fruit,
vegetables, milk and bread
■ Seabrook – supplies crisps
■ Bishops – supplies confectionary
The computer system, including
menu generation, has been supplied by
Sandersons of Rooley Top.
Urgent: Urgent: Urgent: McKinley McKinley McKinley T34 T34 T34
syringe syringe pump pump
On April 4 all the Graseby MS26 Syringe
Drivers Drivers will will be be withdrawn withdrawn from from all all adult adult wards wards
and replaced with the new McKinley T34 syringe
pump as part of a district-wide changeover in
response to a National Patient Safety Alert report.
Training on the use of the new pump will be
provided by McKinley at the BRI during March
only and places can be booked via SUM Total.
For advice or any problems please contact the
Palliative Care Team on ext 4035.
Bizarre Bizarre ER: ER: Transmission Transmission Date Date Revealed Revealed
The new series of BBC 3’s Bizarre ER will start
broadcasting on March 28 at 10.30pm.
The series, part of which was fi lmed at the Bradford Royal
Infi rmary’s A&E Department, also followed some patients
treatment journey’s throughout the hospital.
Bizarre ER is one of BBC 3’s most successful and popular
shows, with high viewing fi gures and a global audience. It
is made by the same people who make TV’s Embarrassing
Bodies, Children’s Hospital and Born Too Soon.
Angela Angela Grange, Grange, the the Trust’s Trust’s innovation innovation
lead lead based based at the the Bradford Bradford Institute Institute
of Health Research, said: “It’s the fi rst
time people from across the district
and further afi eld have got together to
talk about innovation in healthcare
and to see if we can work together to
share ideas and develop new systems to
support innovation across Bradford and
Airedale.”
From left, Friends of SLH chairperson,
Barbara Cawood, chef Jan Falencki and
retail supervisor Joanne Ellison beside one
of the new hotplates.
Thanks to the Friends of St Luke’s the
Horton Wing Servery has now been fi tted
out with three brand new hot plates and a
new work station.
During last summer the original serving
hot plates fi nally came to the end of their
working life after serving staff and
visitors since 1992.
Plans for a new women’s running
club are underway at the Trust.
It’s hoped the new group, which is
being organised by Staff Gym
Manager Claire Hartley and
administrator, Louise Clarkson,
will be ‘up and running’ by early
summer.
Claire said: “We’re interested in
organising a beginners running
group for female members of staff
at the BRI, with a couple of sessions
a week.
“We envisage that shorter runs will
take place over the Trust’s marked
walking routes, while longer runs
are being planned off-site.”
St Luke’s Catering donates
to Neonatal Unit
Staff at St Luke’s Catering Department
handed over a cheque to Consultant
Neonatologist, Sunita Seal (far left) after
raising money for the BRI’s neonatal baby
unit.
Staff made donations instead of sending
Christmas cards to each other and say
they’re intending to do the same this year.
Friends Friends Friends of of of St St St Luke’s Luke’s Luke’s
to the Rescue
“The Catering Department was in dire
need of a new servery but we’d just
funded a new salad bar and sandwich
counter so money was running low,” said
catering manager, Roy Hannam. “That’s
when the volunteers at St Luke’s stepped
in and kindly offered to pay nearly
£17,000 for a replacement servery as well
as the removal costs of the old one.”
“Now the restaurant feels as if it has
been given a new lease of life – we can’t
say enough how grateful we are to the
Friends of St Luke’s for all their help
and support.”
New New Women’s Women’s Running Running Club Club planned planned
Louise Louise recently recently completed completed the the
English Athletics Leadership
course in Running Fitness as well
as being a qualifi ed fi rst aider
and gym instructor in her spare
time.
For more information contact
Claire Hartley on ext 4270
Trust Today | March 2011
15

IT’S QUIZTIME!
Welcome to the Trust Today staff quiz.
Each issue will feature a different
quiz. Entries should be sent to Jason
Joy, Foundation Trust HQ, Chestnut House, BRI
by 25th April, 2011. Entries with the highest
number of correct answers will be entered into
a draw and picked at random. The winner will
receive £50 worth of vouchers. The winner will
be published in the next issue of Trust Today.
Last issue’s winner was Kelly Coubrough,
Complaints Offi cer.
APPOINTMENTS
New renal appointment
Tahira Akhtar has recently been appointed
to the newly-created post of Ethnic Liaison
Support Worker with the Foundation
Trust’s Renal Unit thanks to a start-up
grant awarded to renal consultant, Dr John
Stoves, from the British Kidney Patient
Association.
There are around 500 patients from the
South Asian community living in Bradford
and Airedale who have kidney disease
and are dependent on the district’s renal
services.
Tahira’s main responsibility is to work
closely with patients, their relatives and
the hospital’s renal team to ensure that the
holistic needs of each person are met. She
works part-time and is based in the nurse
specialists’ offi ce on F7 at St Luke’s.
She said: “I aim to provide an environment
of understanding and trust, working within
a patient’s own cultural, religious and belief
systems and responding
appropriately and effectively
in situations which may
be highly sensitive,
emotive, unpredictable and
stressful.”
Tahira Akhtar
Name:
Job title:
WIN £50
Contact number/email:
Tahira can be
contacted on ext
5536 for more
information.
New Director of Pharmacy,
David Smith.
David, who is originally from Ilkley,
qualifi ed from Bradford University with
a pharmacy degree before undertaking
further courses at Keele University and a
supplementary prescribers qualifi cation
from Liverpool John Moore’s University.
He began working life with national
pharmacy company, Moss Chemists, at
their Bridlington branch before moving on
to become one of their North West area
managers.
David moved to the NHS 10 years ago,
working at Southport and Ormskirk
Hospital NHS, Warrington and Halton
Hospitals and fi nally St Helen’s and
Knowsley Hospitals where he was Deputy
Head of Pharmacy.
A Clinical Pharmacist by profession, David
has extensive operational experience with a
special interest in automation.
“My key aim is to push Pharmacy out
onto the wards and embed it with the
Directorate
Teams in order
to deliver
improvements
in patient care,
safety and
governance,”
he said.
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OBITUARIES
John Fenlon, Chaplaincy
Visitor, 1954 – 2010.
John Fenlon, one of the Chaplaincy Visitors
died peacefully on December 31, 2010.
A Buddhist, John attended the Volunteer
Visitor Training Course in early 2004 and
quickly became a valued member of the
team, as well as a faith visitor for the
Buddhist faith. He had
been a regular visitor, at
different times visiting
the paediatric wards
and wards 5, 20 and
21, bringing comfort
and strength to the
many patients. In John’s
passing we have lost a
committed and loyal
friend and colleague.
Dr David Ball Obituary:
It was with great sadness that we learned of
the death of Dr David Ball on December 17.
Dr Ball was appointed as Consultant
Anaesthetist in 1961 and played a major
role in the development of the anaesthetic
service in Bradford’s hospitals.
He was also a senior member of the Health
Authority. Dr Ball was an active member
of the Anaesthetic Department until his
retirement in May 1994.
If anyone wishes to send condolences to his
wife, Margaret, Dr David Dawson can be
contacted for the address via email: david.
dawson@nhs.net
SPRING CLEANING
WORDSEARCH
John Fenlon
Can you fi nd the listed words in the grid?
They may read across, down or diagonally in any
direction and may overlap.
B L U E A G L E B A S K E T
R U B B E R G L O V E S O E
E W R D H E A F B C L O C K
R H O O V E R D A M P A H C
U E O V E N D I N M A P I U
O E M E J K E S A Q I T P B
C L O W N I N H N Y N O S E
S E P T U L S C A R T U B E
P A R R O T V L Z H
B O O K
B A R R E L O O W E R I W D
O Y G P L A N T X B U G L E
A X R E T A W H D U S T E R
T A N G E R I N E C H A I R
C P T N E G R E T E D B O X
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