Bulletin Summer 2017

staff magazine | Summer 2017

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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New IBD suite opens

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Bake off star visits Wharfedale

5 Celebrating International Nurses Day 6

Award winning Brain Garden

8 Transport team get Van Excellence award 9 Radiotherapy team transform masks 10

Midwife of the Year

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Nutrition & Hydration week

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Donation thanks

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Clinical Trials Day

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Parkinson’s research success

15 New mammogram machine at Wharfedale 8 6 Brain garden receives Silver Gilt award

First electric vehicle for LTHT

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Nursing conference

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Nurse’s reunion after 50 years

19 J16 opens as Dementia friendly ward 20

Saying thanks with cake

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My Job

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Farewell

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60 Seconds - Faheem Lateef

26 Paediatric surgery training simulation 9

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Radiotherapy team transform masks for young patients

International Day of the Midwife

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Royal visitor for Leeds Children’s Hospital As part of his role as patron of the WellChild charity, Prince Harry visited Leeds Children’s Hospital, where he met WellChild nurse Helen Tooby and a group of children and families who have been her patients.

Helen is a Tracheostomy Nurse Specialist and she is the main point of contact for all children with a tracheostomy and their families. She supports families from the point of diagnosis, with training and advice, helping them to learn to care for their child and gain the confidence they need to support them at home.

Prince Harry heard directly from the families how much of a difference Helen has made and helped them get home from hospital sooner.

Later he visited L40 where he spent some time meeting children who have spent long periods of time in hospital.

Prince Harry with Helen Tooby (left), patient Audrey and her family (top right) and the team on L40 (bottom right).

New IBD Suite officially opens A new IBD suite has opened at St James’s Hospital to support patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, known as inflammatory bowel disease.

who has worked at LTHT for 36 years, and in the IBD team for 12 years. Lisa was happy to cut the ribbon and declare the unit officially open!

Crohn’s & Colitis UK - Leeds and District Network formally opened the new IBD suite which is located in Lincoln wing at St James’s Hospital.

Christian Selinger, consultant gastroenterologist said: “We would like to thank the charity and all of its supporters for their fundraising and continuous support - this new unit will make a huge difference to our patients and staff.”

The charity have funded the refurbishment of the suite to provide a purpose built office space for the IBD clinical nurse specialists, but also a waiting area and three consultation rooms.

This dedicated space will allow the nurses to run their telephone clinics in a more suitable environment, but also give them the opportunity to bring patients in for examination in between their scheduled appointments should they need to be seen.

Lisa Warren, Clinical Nurse Specialist cuts the ribbon

The nurses new office has been named ‘The Warren Suite’ after nurse Lisa Warren

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‘Fiddle Boxes’ to help young patients Our play leaders and specialists at Leeds Children’s Hospital are also disability champions and work hard to ensure all youngsters being cared for in the hospital have the best possible access to play and stimulation.

Sometimes when children have specific or complex needs they require extra equipment and support, and this is where the new ‘Fiddle Boxes’ come in.

…the boxes contain a variety of stimulating and distracting items to help these young people…

Delivered to all our children’s wards and funded by our colleagues from the Leeds Children’s Hospital Appeal, the boxes contain a variety of stimulating and distracting items to help these young people, as well as acting as an information resource to help ward staff.

Prior to a planned hospital admission parents are welcome to contact the ward in advance to talk to the play leader about any special needs to ensure the team can be as supportive as possible for their child and make their stay as pleasant and stress-free as possible.

Bake off treat for patients on the Bilberry and Heather units Sandy Doherty, a contestant in the 2015 series of The Great British Bake Off, treated patients on the Bilberry and Heather wards at Wharfedale hospital to a cake to mark their opening earlier this year.

Both wards care for older patients who have finished their acute episode of treatment at St James’s Hospital or Leeds General Infirmary and are medically fit for discharge from the Trust, but are waiting whilst assessment or packages of care are put in place by alternative providers.

Sandy said: “It has been lovely to be able support Wharfedale Hospital and Leeds Teaching Hospitals; it has served my family well over the years and been in my life forever. I have worked at ‘Otley’ Hospital in Orthopaedics and also at High Royds Hospital. Every member of my family has been cared for by Leeds Trust and I owe them so very much.”

Sandy was the fourth person to leave the Bake Off tent in series six, which was eventually won by Nadiya Hussain who lives in Leeds.

Some of the play team show off the boxes.

Sandy with the cake she made for patients on the Bilberry and Heather units

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Emma Baddams, Gail Matalicia and Andrew Smith, the biomedical scientists who have been working on bringing this equipment to Leeds

Celebrating International Nurses World-first for Day with #leedsnurseheroes Pathology Patients, visitors and the wider community were invited to join in with a celebration of our wonderful nurses as part of International Nurses Day.

The pathology team have welcomed a world-first to the labs at the LGI.

Promoted annually by the RCN (Royal College of Nursing), International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12th May each year which marks the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

People were asked to share their experiences of our nurses providing fantastic care and going ‘the extra mile’ using the hashtag #leedsnurseheroes Some of the messages included: • On the Acute Medicine floor, I am surrounded by a team of highly committed, caring and enthusiastic nurses who want to provide the best care for their patients every day.

• The support from the IBD nurses is 100%. Thank you to them for the last 11 years of support, understanding and communication I truly don’t know

how I would have coped without you.

• I did my student placement at St James’s and spent time on the Oncology wards. I now hope to become a staff nurse in Oncology when I graduate.

• Thank you to the amazing nurses on Ward L8 and L24 for the exceptional care after my spinal fusion surgery.

• Hearts of gold and true heroes at Leeds PICU and L52.

• Thank you to the rheumatology nurses. Always there to listen and advise. You make life easier and much better.

• Very proud of the Corporate Nursing team for all their hard work and passion.

• Thank you to Ruth and Danielle on the neonates unit, for making it possible for me to make it into NICU to see my son.

Professor Suzanne Hinchliffe CBE, Chief Nurse at LTHT, said: “It’s a challenging time for nurses working across the NHS, and rarely do we take the time to celebrate and thank those nurses who go above and beyond for their patients every day.

I want to thank all of our nurses at LTHT for their commitment and dedication to providing the best possible care for our patients every single day.”

The thermo track is the first in the world to exclusively test blood samples to diagnose and monitor diabetes. The equipment has been brought to Leeds thanks to our partnership with Siemens and puts LTHT right at the forefront of innovation.

Around 1300 samples a day are sent in from diabetes patients across LTHT and GP practices in Leeds and Bradford, and there has been a large increase in the number of these tests we do over the last few years. Previously our biomedical scientists would individually scan and check each one which could mean a turnaround time of up to three days for results.

Getting results more quickly means doctors can identify treatment plans and help avoid the patient having to come into hospital.

This new machine will help to reduce the turnaround time to between 12 and 24 hours, automatically rerunning tests if something isn’t quite right and immediately flagging any anomalies.

Getting results more quickly means doctors can identify treatment plans and help avoid the patient having to come into hospital. This is much better for our patients managing their diabetes, as well as being an improvement in the quality of sample testing, patient safety and efficiency within the labs.

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Brain garden receives Silver Gilt award A garden designed to showcase the wonders of the human brain won a Silver Gilt award at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show ahead of its installation at St James’s.

The Yorkshire Brain Research Centre garden has been designed to raise awareness and discussion about the brain as well as to raise the profile of the vitally important work of the brain research charity appeal based at LTHT.

The garden was the idea of consultant neurologists Melissa Maguire and Helen Ford and was designed with the help of hospital head gardener Ben Williams and staff from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation.

“Making the garden a reality was an amazing experience but incredibly hard work…”

The garden celebrates brain health and vitality, with areas representing four key areas of brain function. The design and planting was linked to memory, vision, sensation and movement. A central water feature and colourful planting leads the eye to the central backdrop of a vertical brain logo garden feature.

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A nine-strong team gave up their time to build the garden from scratch on the showground in Harrogate, with the team facing some very tough competition for the judges’ vote from nine other show gardens.

Sharon Evans, Fundraising Development Manager for the charity, said: “Making the garden a reality was an amazing experience but incredibly hard work, which started with buying the plants and bringing them on to ensure they were all at peak flowering condition in time for the show.

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“A huge amount of effort went into the presentation to get everything looking its very best for the judging, and we were thrilled by the end result. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine it would end up looking so beautiful.”

“Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine it would end up looking so beautiful.”

The garden got a big boost when BBC Breakfast TV weatherman Matt Taylor broadcast to the nation using it as

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a backdrop, and feedback from the estimated 70,000 visitors to the fourday show was excellent, with many commenting on how inspiring they found it and prompting conversations about brain health and research.

The gardening team (pictured on the cover) plant over 5,000 bedding plants and maintain over 1,000 trees every year. They will be responsible for maintaining the brain garden which will be recreated at St James’s University Hospital in front of the new Research and Innovation facility near Gledhow Wing. It is hoped it will help create inspiration and hope for patients and staff for many years to come.

New team improves care for patients with spinal injuries The spinal injuries team was developed after an increase in patients who were admitted with a spinal injury, following the introduction of the Major Trauma Centre.

The team is made up of staff from the neurosciences unit who have a specialist interest in the care of patients who have spinal cord injuries. This includes nurses and physiotherapists from neurosciences and general intensive care who work closely with other members of the multi- disciplinary team.

The team have received in depth training from the specialist spinal injuries unit at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield which, alongside the years of experience they have as a team in caring for patients with spinal cord injuries in the acute setting, will make a real difference.

Zoe Lambert, Sister said: “Our aim is to provide education and specialist advice to the critical care units so that the staff feel confident and able to look after this cohort of patients using best practice. We have developed a more structured team which enables us to introduce changes to practice to ensure the best care possible.”

“By working in collaboration with the specialist centres we can ensure that the patient pathway is more fluid between acute care and rehabilitation so that rehabilitation commences sooner, therefore ensuring better outcomes for the patient.”

The team who helped to create the award winning brain garden at Harrogate Flower Show

The team are continually developing and plan to assign a named nurse to each patient to provide assurance that they are getting the best, consistent care and to provide a friendly face who can support them throughout their journey.

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First full electric vehicle Working in partnership with Leeds City Council, the Trust has launched its first electric vehicle.

The new electric vehicle, a Nissan e-NV200 van, will be used for a range of tasks, including delivering post and small goods around the different hospital sites in the city.

The van took its first trip on Clean Air Day, a nationwide campaign where the public are encouraged to leave their cars at home or switch off the engine where possible. As well as being more environmentally friendly and reducing emissions, the van will also allow the Trust to benefit from fuel savings.

It is one of six vehicles supplied by Leeds City Council to the Trust, the remaining five of which are diesel.

Trials of the electric vehicle have already been conducted for security and pathology services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and this has seen great success, with more vehicles set to be implemented in the future.

Chris Ayres, Head of Facilities said: “The new van is the first step in our aim to have 20% of our fleet electric by 2018 and we hope to continue to increase our charging points and the fleet. It’s great to be working in partnership with Leeds City Council and this enables us to contribute to the overall aim for Leeds to be a low sulphur city by 2020.”

Introducing low carbon fleet is one of a range of measures implemented as part of the Trust’s highly ambitious Sustainability Campaign, GRASP which stands for be Green, Recycle, be Aware, be Sustainable for our Patients.

Sean Dodsworth - Senior Facilities Manager, Terry Pycroft, Head of Fleet Services at Leeds City Council, Libby Moss - Environmental Manager and Dave Taylor - Facilities Manager with the new electric vehicle

The campaign aims to reduce the carbon footprint of hospitals in Leeds and save money through steps like improving recycling and saving energy and sets the vision to become one of the greenest Trusts in the UK by 2020.

Alongside this, staff in hospitals across the Trust made pledges for National Clean Air Day including walking or cycling to work, sharing tips with patients and switching off the engine.

The Transport Department have also achieved operator accreditation from the Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence scheme which promotes high standards of van operation.

To gain the accreditation the team had to take part in an audit covering 40 different categories of transport

operations and they passed all categories. This was led by Walter Pawinski, Logistic Coordinator, in conjunction with Sean Dodsworth, Senior Facilities Manager, Simon Gallagher, Logistics Coordinator and the Transport Team.

The team currently operate a fleet of 30 vehicles ranging from small delivery vans and shuttle buses to large goods vehicles. They have one of the most diverse fleet operations within the NHS, which is designed to respond to the needs of such a large Trust. This includes transporting over 200,000 staff across LTHT sites every year and running the GP Pathology Collection Service, which collects diagnostic specimens from 200 GP surgeries every day.

Walter Pawinski, Logistic Coordinator (second left) led the work for the Van Excellence accreditation

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Radiotherapy team transform masks for young patients Some of our radiotherapy patients require a mask for treatment to help them keep still. Wearing this mask, which is fastened on to the treatment bed can be challenging at any age - let alone for children!

understanding and awareness.

After some vigorous testing of the paints our team have started painting the masks for our younger patients as well as teenagers and have seen some amazing results! Patients are more cooperative wearing their mask which looks a lot friendlier than the plain white version.

“His doctor in America had told us that ‘it takes a remarkable 5 year old to manage proton therapy without anaesthesia.’ As parents we were pleased, proud and thankful that he managed it. We recognise a lot of this success is a result of the help and support we received from your team in Leeds prior to our departure.

“Our son, who turned 5 shortly after landing in America, was able to tolerate his daily proton therapy treatment without anaesthesia.

It feels more personal to the patient and for some of the children there is a degree of role play where they feel brave and ‘become’ the character painted on their mask.

Play specialist Lobke Marsden, who works in children’s radiotherapy in the Bexley Wing, said: “I really enjoy painting the masks which can take anything from 30 minutes up to a few hours. The patients have come up with some real challenges which I like!

“Although it can take up a bit of time painting them, it is so worth it if it saves the child from needing a general anaesthetic every weekday for up to six weeks!

One of the patients who has benefitted from this work at LTHT is a youngster who has travelled to the USA for

Before we flew to America, our son spent time with Lobke, his play worker, and the mask making team to make a simulation (or practice) mask. This was only 3 weeks after our son had undergone brain surgery to the back of his head, and had faced many challenging situations in between. specialist proton therapy treatment.

His parents sent a letter to Lobke, who painted him an Iron Man mask, saying: “We would like to thank you and all the radiotherapy team at Leeds for the time you took to help us through our son’s journey to receive proton treatment.

“First of all, your knowledge and experience helped to ease our worries and we were able to face the challenges that laid ahead with more

“At this point he was tired, scared, and disliking hospitals. It was a challenging day. The team at Leeds showed patience and created a safe environment where time was given to help our son first watch his dad make a mask (helping him to understand the process) and second for him to make his own mask. While still not an easy task, it was absolutely key to our son’s success in America.

Lobke’s support was amazing, for him and for us.”

Play specialist Lobke Marsden and some of the masks she has created for young patients

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Maternity research success Our Maternity Research Team have achieved great success and were recently named the top recruiter in the country for the PARROT study researching links between hormone levels and pre-term pre-eclampsia.

Lucy Lord, Clinical Trials Assistant said: “We are a small team of nine who are currently expanding. We hope to improve clinical practice by providing the evidence to change guidelines and protocols nationwide.

“Recently an Obstetrics and Gynaecology journal published findings that women involved in a clinical trial had 25% chance of improved outcome vs women not participating in a trial. Reproductive health research is the 2nd highest revenue earner in the country for the NHS and our research contributes to that. Our Annual Target was set to 1038 and we exceeded this by over 70 recruits!”

“We are a diverse group, all from different backgrounds within the NHS with a common purpose…”

International Day of the Midwife On May 5, International Day of the Midwife, the team celebrated with the Celebrating Midwifery Festival which took place across the LGI and St. James’s with a busy schedule of talks and presentations. It culminated with a very special awards ceremony dedicated to recognising the achievements and hard work of all our midwives.

The awards were split into five categories in total, with each category featuring a shortlist of several nominees.

The winners were:

received a great response. There were amazing stories of care, compassion, and skill displayed by midwives in all areas including nominations received from women who were cared for in the early 1990s.

Dr Kuldip Bharj OBE, Associate Professor of Midwifery from the University of Leeds, also won a special award in recognition of her considerable expertise in midwifery education throughout her long career.

Sue Gibson, Head of Midwifery, who gave out the awards, said: “The care midwives provide lasts with women all their lives.”

• Student Midwife of the Year: Hannah Strachan • Maternity Support Worker of the Year: Jay Wray Kent • Midwives’ Midwife of the Year: Anna Cockerham • Midwifery Team of the Year: Bramley Community Midwifery Team • Women’s Midwife of the Year: Cathy Tabner Patients and visitors were invited to nominate their midwife of the year which

Lucy continues: “We are a diverse group, all from different backgrounds within the NHS with a common purpose…to ensure better outcomes for mothers and babies in the Leeds area. For anyone interested, we welcome members of staff to come and join us for a day!”

The team provide local women with the opportunity to take part in one of 17 maternity studies currently active in LTHT. They also help to support the midwives by visiting ladies and their new born babies to collect information for studies.

Sue Gibson, Head of Midwifery (second left) with the award winners

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Raising awareness of nutrition and hydration A series of events were held across the Trust as part of the annual Nutrition and Hydration week campaign.

Food and fluid are essential to us all and ensuring that patients eat and drink well in hospital has a huge impact on their experience, wellbeing and clinical outcomes.

The week began with displays at LGI and St James’s focusing on the theme “mealtimes matter” and a promotion for fruit juice “mocktails” to add some fun to the hydration message, with people being invited to try new flavours.

Teams from across the Trust took part in Nutrition and Hydration Week Global Tea Party where afternoon tea was celebrated around the world. The aim was to show how to improve nutritional intake and many of our wards celebrated with afternoon tea parties and teddy

bears picnics for staff and patients.

Ward L16 and ward L42 were the eventual winners of the Afternoon Tea competition. L16 won for their fantastic Queen of Hearts theme, which included decorated cakes and heart decorations and L42 won for organising a week of themed events ranging from fruit smoothies, an interactive education board and a teddy bears picnic, with their very own Leeds Children’s Hospital mascot.

Later in the week Chief Executive, Julian Hartley, visited Ward J92 in Bexley Wing to help out with a lunchtime meal service. He joined ward housekeepers and ward staff to recognise the valuable work they do at mealtimes, and also had the chance to chat to a number of patients about their meals and how they contribute to the high level of care provided on the ward.

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Donation thanks

Every week we gratefully receive donations that make a real difference to our patients, staff and visitors - here are a few photos:

• Jay Jackson donated books to the CAT Unit / Ward L9 for World Book Day.

•G enerous knitters donated Twiddle Muffs to our elderly wards for Dementia Awareness Week.

•A SDA Adel donated £500 to The Friends of the Leeds Centre for Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma.

• Darren and Katy Cooney raised nearly £25,000 for equipment for the neonatal unit in memory of their twin daughters Freya and Martha.

•P anpals Yorkshire, a support group for patients with pancreatic cancer, donated £1,000 to ward J82 to refurbish their quiet room.

• Alfie Haigh and his dad James raised £2,000 to donate custom-made entertainment units to the Children’s Day Unit/Ward L49.

• 2,000 Easter Eggs were donated through the Leeds Children’s Hospital Appeal’s Easter Extravaganza.

• J onathan Pendlebury ran the Leeds Half Marathon and donated £2553 to PICU.

• Lisa Riley and the Loose Women team donated presents to young patients in the Children’s Hospital for Easter.

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International Clinical Trials Day To mark International Clinical Trials Day, research teams from a wide range of specialties working across the Trust showcased their work in a number of events celebrating their successes.

Orthopaedics. Visitors were also able to tour the centre including the MRI control room, Gait Lab and Muscle Lab.

LTHT is one of the best performing Trusts for research projects recognised by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and this year teams supported the ‘I Am Research’ campaign.

On the day a number of teams came to showcase their work, with many celebrating exceeding their recruitment targets for clinical trials - this contribution to research will make a difference to patients in Leeds and beyond.

At Chapel Allerton hospital, a team working in the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre held an open day, showcasing the wide range of research that takes place at the centre including Rheumatology, Dermatology and

New funding for research into multiple sclerosis Well done to one of our Consultant Neurologists, Dr Helen Ford and her team, who have received almost £6m to carry out research into a new treatment for multiple sclerosis.

The trial will investigate whether a widely prescribed statin drug could be used to treat MS and patients in Leeds will be invited to take part in this ground-breaking research.

There are currently no effective treatments available to slow down the worsening of disability in progressive MS.

This research will be undertaken by Helen and her colleagues including Dr Oliver Lily and Dr Maruthi Vinjam, MS Research Nurse Sally Fox and MS Specialist Nurses Gale Metcalfe and Julie Taylor.

The drug, Simvastatin, will be tested on people with the secondary progressive form of MS and recruitment for the trial will take place later in the year.

Professor Sue Pavitt, from the University of Leeds, has also been confirmed as a collaborator for the new study which will be funded by National Institute for Health Research, the MS Society UK, the National MS Society, the NHS and UK universities.

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Leeds Children’s Hospital features on BBC One documentary Staff, patients and their families on the Children’s Day Surgery unit (ward 49) and theatres at the Leeds Children’s Hospital feature on the latest series of The Secret Life of the Hospital Bed. The Secret Life of the Hospital Bed is a unique series where, across each episode, fixed-rig cameras tell the story of patients who enter four different hospitals across the country.

It was filmed over a two week period earlier this year and was broadcast in early June, highlighting the very best of what we do.

Isaac and his parents who were featured in episode 5.

Number one recruiting centre for Parkinson’s research study The neurology research team have successfully recruited more patients to Parkinson’s research study than any other site in the UK, and are the 5th highest recruiting centre out of 54 centres worldwide.

Dr Jane Alty, consultant neurologist at Leeds General Infirmary, and Principal Investigator said, ‘This is a wonderful achievement for the neurology department in Leeds and has given our patients the opportunity to take part in an important clinical trial. It has only been made possible through the hard work and dedication of all the team - especially the research

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(L to R) Dr Butterworth, Josephine Harrison (research nurse), Dr Alty (Principal Investigator), Dr Shanmugarajah, Philippa Duggan-Carter (PDNS), Eve Sacre (Trial Assistant). Other team members not present on photo: Louise Pawson, Dr Yasiry, Dr Weerasinghe, Dr Jamieson, Caroline Arnold.

nurses, neurology consultants and registrars and the Parkinson’s specialist nurses.’

Josephine Harrison and Louise Pawson are the lead research nurses on the study which assesses a new formulation of a Parkinson’s drug called apomorphine that is given as a dissolvable strip under

the tongue rather than an injection, as normally given.

The study is part of the NIHR portfolio and part of the Yorkshire Brain Research Centre’s strategy to increase the number of research studies being undertaken into neurological disorders in Leeds and the local area.

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First anniversary of the Medical Education Hub

(Left to right) Susan Cage, Deputy Team Manager; Kirsten Atkinson, Senior Radiographer; Beverley Rockett, Radiography Assistant.

New mammogram machine installed at Wharfedale Hospital Radiology The Radiology department at Wharfedale Hospital has recently installed a brand new, state-of-the-art mammogram machine, which promises greater efficiency, superior imaging, and extra comfort for patients undergoing mammography.

The machine - a Selenia Dimensions system, manufactured by Hologic cost £160,000 and was purchased for the department using the equipment replacement fund at LTHT. The system’s sophisticated mammography technology allows for much more efficient examinations, and utilises lower doses of radiation. The new unit benefits from the latest software which ensures swift development of exceptionally sharp diagnostic images.

Louise Cartwright, Radiology Team Manager, welcomed the system’s advanced features that improve the patient experience. “Patients have

commented on how comfortable and ergonomic it is - the clean, modern design of the machine is also more reassuring,” she said.

Louise added: “It’s a much quicker examination, which means more appointments can be booked per day.”

Staff have found the machine much easier to work with since it replaced the old unit in March this year.

Deborah Clayton, Service Manager for Breast Imaging, said: “The machine is ergonomically designed for ease of use.

Its controls include a footswitch and touch screen, which helps to reduce repetitive strain injuries.

Medical Education is key to the role of LTHT as a teaching hospital, and a year ago the Undergraduate Hub was set up to enhance the learning and teaching opportunities for undergraduate students and encourage inter-professional learning for all students within LTHT. A celebration event was held to mark the anniversary, complete with a very imaginative cake!

Located in Beckett Wing at St James’s, the undergraduate hub provides a safe, bright and inspirational learning environment where students have formal, scheduled teaching, can come to practice skills in our self-directed practice room or if they just need a quiet area there is a small library/study space with IT facilities and a common room to relax in.

A recent innovation is the Volunteer Patient Community - people who have been or are patients come in regularly to help the students with their revision and communication skills using “real” patients. They are a wonderful resource and really help the students with their development and confidence.

The Undergraduate team provide teaching and support to all students and clinicians in the Trust who are involved with the student journey. They are also very proud to host the OSCE student exams in collaboration with our partners the University of Leeds.

“A fingerprint login for staff allows workflow preferences and ergonomic settings to be individually memorised - this means the workstation can automatically adjust to each user’s preferred height,” Deborah added.

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Nursing conference celebrates successes for the past year

Hundreds of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals working across the Trust came together for the city’s biggest annual nursing event.

The annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference took place at the Royal Armouries, recognising the amazing work undertaken by NHS staff at LTHT. The event was an opportunity to share

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learning, discuss ideas and celebrate the successes of the previous year.

The conference also focused around developments in care and patient experience covering research; compassion in practice; and collaborative practice.

One of the key focuses on the day was on innovation and Chief Executive Julian Hartley presented Helen McGarvie, Lead Nurse for Clinical Quality with the

Innovation Award for her Code Red work in adult critical care. This involves work to bring investigation of incidents closer to the place they happened and shorten the investigation time from weeks to just a few hours by calling a multi-disciplinary team to the patient’s bedside, where possible, within four hours of any incident.

A number of guest speakers attended

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the event. Shelagh Morris, Deputy Chief Allied Health Professionals Officer at NHS England, delivered a talk about the role and impact of AHP innovations. She also presented the Newly Qualified AHP Award which went to Orthoptist Norene McBride.

Vocal coach and presenter on The One Show, Carrie Grant, spoke about the importance of engaging the expert patient in services and even encouraged the audience to take part in singing the Beatles song Let it Be.

“Everybody can make a difference.”

Other speakers included Margaret Crawley and her mother who discussed their experience of care from the perspective of someone with learning disabilities, and Jenni Middleton, editor of the Nursing Times, who spoke about being proud and celebrating success, as well as the use of social media by health professionals.

The third guest speaker was Chris King who spoke about how LTHT nursing teams changed his life following his double hand transplant, “My recovery is 110% down to the fantastic work of NHS staff,” he said.

Building upon work over previous years, the conference promoted integrated care within the city, looking at how staff can work across professions, partner organisations such as the universities, charities and other healthcare organisations, to improve outcomes for people across Leeds.

Iby Knill, author and Holocaust survivor delivered an emotional speech, sharing her message for the young of today: “Under the skin we are all the same,” and:

The highlight of the day was the awards ceremony, which celebrated those teams and individuals who go the extra mile to improve care within the local hospitals.

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The prestigious Hilda Knowles award for innovation and excellence in caring for patients was won by the Children’s Endocrinology team. Lizzie Pinder was a runner-up in the award - the story of her care and support for a dying patient touched many.

Donald Gregory from the stroke team was named the Janet Whitaker Award winner for excellence in care among newly qualified nurses. Ward J82 won the Hamish MacDonald Award for excellence in ward leadership in the Sustained Excellence category and J42 won the award for excellence in ward leadership in the category of demonstrating the greatest improvement.

Anna Hutchinson from Physiotherapy and Jordan Annakin from Theatres were successful in the two poster competitions, exploring ideas and conditions in their respective fields.

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Some of the team with James Little, the 1000th TAVI patient

Milestone 1000th TAVI procedure performed A specialist cardiovascular procedure, that enables an aortic valve to be replaced without the need for open-heart surgery, has been carried out 1000 times.

TAVI, which is Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, was first carried out in 2008 and LTHT is now one of the largest centres for the procedure.

The 1000th patient to undergo the TAVI procedure at Leeds General Infirmary was James Little, 81 from Harrogate, who needed to have his aortic valve replaced.

TAVI is still a relatively new procedure and the clinical trial that Mr Little took part in looks into the benefits of using it against more traditional open heart surgery.

Mr Little said: “The whole team have been absolutely wonderful and I can’t thank them enough for everything they have done for me.

My recovery has been better than I thought - I can walk longer distances and a lot quicker and I’m back to cooking. I feel as if I’m getting back to normal and it is such a relief not to have to take all my medication anymore.

Last year my wife and I went walking up Barstobrick Hill in Dumfries and it was a real test for me. Now, my goal is to go back to do it properly and get to the top!”

Leeds has the highest survival rates amongst patients undergoing the TAVI procedure, both in the immediate period post-surgery and longer-term.

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Nurses return to LGI - 50 years on During May a group of nurses who started training together at Leeds General Infirmary back in 1967 returned to the hospital for a nostalgic visit.

garden) as well as the doctors’ mess by the Great George Street entrance.

Half a century on it is remarkable how many have stayed in touch with each other, and one former nurse travelled all the way from the Yukon province in Canada for the occasion.

The visit stirred memories of the times they spent together, including living in the nurses’ home, working on the wards, visiting the chapel and the rather intimidating experience of being summoned to see matron for some minor infringement!

The group were particularly interested in the old part of the hospital and how it has changed over the years, identifying the site of the former matron’s office (close to the rose

Our pictures show the original 1967 intake (the picture was taken at what is now Roundhay Hall but was then part of the School of Nursing) plus today’s group outside the Infirmary.

The nurses in 1967

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J16 officially opens as a dementia friendly ward J16 in Gledhow Wing at St James’s Hospital has been refurbished to provide a better environment for our patients.

Officially opened by Suzanne Hinchliffe, Chief Nurse, and one of our patients Patrycja, the ward has been designed to be more bright and colourful but also dementia friendly.

This includes colour coded bays, nostalgic photos of Leeds on the walls and uses pictures and words to direct patients to the ward’s facilities. General information usually seen on walls in wards has been removed so that the directional signage is the only information to see and helps patients remain independent when navigating to the toilet.

Matron Alison Raycraft believes the new

additions will allow conversation to flow between patients.

She said: “Using pictures and colours instead of words is easier for patients to recognise and encourages conversation, especially with the nostalgic pictures of Leeds.

“As well as providing patients with a functional space, the added touches to the ward offer familiarity, memories and talking-points to make their stay in their hospital better.”

The opening of our new dementiafriendly ward coincided with Dementia Awareness Week and the team are hoping to encourage more people to learn about dementia and the impact it has on families.

Suzanne and Patrycja cut the ribbon

Riding the Fred Whitton Challenge in memory of Dr Simon Newell Leeds Children’s Hospital consultant paediatrician, Dr Rags Thethy, has successfully completed a demanding and at times emotional cycle ride in the Lake District in memory of his late and much missed colleague, Dr Simon Newell, who died tragically there last year.

Rags completed the Fred Whitton Challenge alongside 2500 other riders in an official time of 10hrs 8mins (which included stops) but total riding time of 9hrs 27min, cycling 183.3km, with an average speed of 19.4km/h.

He said: “It was an enjoyable ride (looking back at it now!) - sun out, excellent atmosphere but I did feel a bit emotional having come up Newlands Pass, which is where Simon died.”

Rags raised over £1500 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a charity close to Simon’s heart.

Simon’s death touched so many lives and this was a great way to remember him in the Lakeland terrain he loved.

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Saying thanks with cake Heart of the Health Service are a charity dedicated to ensuring NHS staff are thanked for the amazing work they do for patients every day. And what better way to say thank you then with cake?

The charity ran a Cakeathon campaign where volunteer bakers created delicious cakes for teams across NHS services.

Several of our teams have already received thank-you cakes as a result of public nominations including the Paediatric Allergies team at the LGI who were nominated by a patient’s mum, Jo, who wanted to thank the team for the “fantastic care” they’ve given her 2 yearold daughter since she was diagnosed with allergies at 6 months’ old.

The A&E department at LGI were nominated by Laura Jones. She said: “I spent a very icy winters day with a colleague at the A&E department at LGI where a fall resulted in a nasty broken leg. Completely inundated with casualties I was amazed at the professionalism and kindness shown by various ward staff to us and others …thank you for serving us so well!”

Rebecca Mulvany baked two beautiful

“What a gift to have such wonderful dedicated staff to look after babies who arrive early and need special care…” cakes for two departments which mean a lot to her: “I would like to donate one cake to Oncology, Ward 80, St James Bexley Wing. One of my best friends has just finished her last session of chemotherapy and will be commencing radiotherapy soon after

having a cancerous lump removed from her breast, and they have really looked after her. The second to Ward 1 at Chapel Allerton who looked after my Dad when he couldn’t move from the neck down, following a problem with his neck/spine.

He is now fine but walks with a limp.”

Finally, Karen Foxton baked a cake for the Neonatal Unit at the LGI after her grandson Brody was born at 32 weeks.

She said: “What a gift to have such wonderful dedicated staff to look after babies who arrive early and need special care, thank you to the Neonatal staff for everything that you do.”

Nasal Endoscopy is first for Leeds team The endoscopy team have performed the first trans-nasal endoscopy in Leeds.

This service, led by Dr Becky McKay and Nurse Endoscopist Julie Bowen uses an ultra-thin scope, which is passed via the nose rather than the mouth, to access the osophagus and stomach.

As this approach minimises contact with the back of the tongue, trans-

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nasal endoscopy avoids the gagging and nausea that can be experienced with standard (through the mouth) gastroscopy.

Dr Becky McKay said: “Despite the scope being ultra-thin, biopsies can still be taken and therefore this technique is an excellent addition to the portfolio of endoscopic procedures offered within the Trust.”

Julie Bowen and Dr Becky McKay

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My Job

Jennie Ormerod What else have you done in your career so far?

I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2000 and worked in a community mental health team for adults with severe and enduring mental illness for 7 years.

I developed an interest in trauma and so alongside this role I worked as part of a specialist trauma service with clients who had been through multiple traumatic incidents and developed posttraumatic stress disorder. In 2008 I became the clinical lead for the trauma service and managed a small team of clinicians. We specialised in working with people who had been in the military and I became very interested in this area.

In 2012 I had the opportunity to develop a wider mental health service for military veterans across Yorkshire and the Humber. I also ran support services for staff involved with domestic violence and supported staff across the organisation following critical incidents.

What’s the best thing about your job?

I really enjoy meeting new people and understanding how different people cope within the same environment.

I’ve always been interested in how high-risk professional groups - who are exposed to distress and trauma on a regular basis - find ways to cope.

This interest led me to my current post.

Jennie Ormerod, Senior Clinical Psychologist has worked at the Trust for two months.

Summarise the main aspects of your role?

I provide a staff support service to staff working in intensive care on Ward J54. The service involves providing individual psychology sessions to staff to provide them with a space to reflect on the impact of their work and to build resilience.

The service was put in place in recognition of the stress and demands that can be part of working in ICU and to ensure staff feel supported to manage this environment.

I am also very passionate about staff wellbeing and believe that staff perform at their best when they feel supported and appreciated.

What is the one thing you would change at LTHT to help you do your job better?

I’d really like to develop skills relevant to my role, so better access to funding for training would be a big help.

What’s your best advice to a new starter at the Trust?

This is a very large Trust and it takes time to find your feet, but stick it out!

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Farewell

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A fond farewell to our long-serving staff

Kathy Myers

Angela Bradshaw

Anne Aspin

Anne Clark

After 43 years in the Trust, Corporate Planning Manager Angela Bradshaw has retired after working on umpteen projects to develop and upgrade our buildings, particularly Leeds General Infirmary.

Anne Aspin, Neonatal Surgical Nurse Consultant has retired after a successful 39 year career within the NHS.

Anne Clark, Deputy Patient Carer and Public Involvement Officer has retired after working in the NHS since 1976.

Angela started at the LGI as a Medical Secretary and later worked in Children’s Services and at Chapel Allerton before settling into her planning role.

In her retirement Angela will be spending time with her family and in her garden as well as keeping an eye on law and order in Leeds as she expands her role as a magistrate.

Throughout her time within Neonates Anne inspired, supported and educated many of her colleagues, alongside medical and junior staff. One of Anne’s notable achievements includes the Shine Professionals Award 2015 for her outstanding contribution in establishing the Spina Bifida Care Pathway.

Anne worked tirelessly with the Yorkshire Neonatal Network to realise her vision of repatriating surgical infants with their local hospital, to ensure continuing care, facilitate early discharge and minimise parental separation. Anne’s role as Nurse Consultant and care pathway for transfer of surgical infants has been replicated throughout the country.

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Anne worked at the Trust for more than 40 years, beginning her career as a clerical officer.

She joined the complaints team in 2001 and was responsible for developing the fantastic team that we have now.

Anne is known for her shorthand skills, encyclopaedic knowledge of complaint handling and she could be relied upon to remember a complainant name after many years.

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Dianne Brown Colleagues joined Dianne to wish her all the best in her retirement after working for the Trust for 31 years.

Dianne began working as a Clerk/Typist in the Medical Records department at Wharfedale Hospital in 1986. She quickly progressed to the position of Medical Secretary and worked for various consultants and specialities over the years but mainly Orthopaedics, Gynaecology

Farewell

Domini Bryer and Colorectal.

Dianne is looking forward to a cruise in Vietnam and Cambodia later in the year but there will be no time for rest and relaxation as she is going to be kept very busy with a new puppy. She will also be spending time proudly polishing her cup from Otley Show where Dianne frequently wins prizes for her various craft hobbies.

Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Biologics, Domini Bryer has retired from her role after working in the NHS for 37 years.

Domini has led a nursing service since 1991, transferring the Rheumatology service from Harrogate to Chapel Allerton Hospital in 1994. As Ward Sister she developed the Rheumatology in-patient and day case unit into one of the largest units in the north of England and in 2003 she was one of the first three Biologics Nurses appointed in the UK. Domini travelled both nationally and internationally, sharing her knowledge and experience, undertaking her own nursing research and raising the profile of work undertaken within the award winning Biologics team in Leeds. She was the rock of the biologics group providing wisdom for the world’s largest immunotherapy group.

In her retirement Domini plans to travel, landscape her back garden, spend more time with her family and do some volunteer work in Harrogate. She will also return to her much loved speciality in Rheumatology Outpatients for a few hours a week.

Carol Robinson Carol started with the NHS in July 1978, just before her 21st Birthday, and by the time the current Trust was formed, she was already the Personnel Manager of the largest HR Department in the old LGI Trust.

Following the merger, more corporate roles beckoned and Carol soon became the Trusts’ resident expert in all things Medical Staffing, most notably leading the successful transition of Junior Doctors

onto the New Deal Shift systems (which greatly reduced Junior Doctor working hours), closely followed by the transition to the New Consultant Contract. Carol’s career took a diversion into IT with an ESR Project Lead role for several years, returning to Medical matters latterly.

Since LTHT was formed, Carol ‘survived’ three HR Directors, having been a great support to them in her various roles, both professionally and personally.

Sarah Hartley Colleagues in Cardiac Surgery said goodbye to Sarah Hartley, Patient Service Co-ordinator and Medical Secretary.

Sarah has retired after 38 years at the Trust, 16 within Cardiac Surgery.

Emma Storey, Business Manager said: “We wish Sarah all the best in her retirement and she will be greatly missed by the whole team.”

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A fond farewell to our long-serving staff Kathy Myers Kathy Myers, ward clerk on Ward L42, has retired after an astonishing 52 years working for the Trust. Kathy started in the sterilising unit at just 18 years’ old, when she told her mum she was only going to stay for a week - 52 years later she finally decided to make good on that claim!

Kathy worked as a health care assistant on Ward 27 at SJUH (Children’s Orthopaedics and Plastics) and on Ward 55 when children’s services centralised at the LGI. In 2012, she became the ward clerk on Ward 48 - now Ward L42. The current ward clerk on L42 was nursed by Kathy when she was born at the LGI! Kathy is naturally a very caring and warm person, who always finds time in her day to speak to the children and their families.

She is still in touch with many of her colleagues from throughout her career, who wish her a long and happy retirement - she will be missed by everyone.

Joan Towers Colleagues bid Joan Towers a fond farewell after she retired in March after 31 years’ service for the Trust at Wharfedale Hospital. Joan joined the Trust in 1986 as a clerical officer and enjoyed several different roles before working her way up to Assistant Patient Services Coordinator. She oversaw many changes along the way, including playing a major part as Information Officer in helping develop the original PAS system.

Joan made many contributions to ensure the smooth running of patient services and was a diligent steward of best practice in patient administration. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and colleagues, who wish her the very best in her next steps. Joan retires to spend more time with her family and to finally do justice to her enormous to-read pile of books.

as head of the Foundation school in Yorkshire. He was Training Programme Director for the specialty in the region, and nationally was Chair of the Education and Training Committee in Geriatric Medicine, and Chair of the group developing the Specialty

Certificate Examination.

Dr Oliver Corrado The department of Older People’s Medicine was sorry to lose a fabulous clinician, Dr Oliver Corrado, who has retired from clinical practice in Geriatric Medicine.

Oliver qualified from St Mary’s Medical School and came to Yorkshire as a senior registrar when there were relatively few acute Geriatrics departments in the country.

He was subsequently appointed a consultant at the LGI and was a driving force (along with Dr Peter Belfield) in revolutionising the department and changing it into a thriving centre of excellence for clinical care in the specialty.

Oliver held key roles in Postgraduate Education, both locally and regionally

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Latterly Oliver’s interest has been in the care of people living with dementia and as dementia champion he worked across the health and social care system in the city (and beyond) to improve services and care for this group of people.

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Donna Moore Friends and colleagues from Critical Care were sad to see Senior Sister Donna Moore retire after working at LTHT for 37.5 years.

Lucy the PAT dog

Donna trained at the LGI and worked on a cardiac surgical ward, she then moved to Critical Care where she worked at both St James’s and LGI. Donna was instrumental in the amalgamation of Cardiac Surgical Services in Leeds and when Killingbeck Hospital closed in 1997 she remained a senior sister in cardiac

critical care where she was a valued member of the senior nursing team.

Donna’s colleagues said that she was one of the kindest nurses they have had the pleasure of working with, always willing, hardworking, conscientious, the ‘mother figure of the unit’. Her guidance and encouragement have helped many colleagues thrive in a very competitive environment, and the team have been very fortunate to have her expertise to rely on.

Patients, staff and visitors said a very fond farewell to lovely Pets As Therapy (PAT) dog Lucy, who has now retired after more than five years bringing smiles, love and laughter to our wards.

Lucy, a Lhasa Apso and Pug cross, was a firm favourite of patients and staff and will be greatly missed, although her successor, Kara (pictured below) will be doing her best to fill Lucy’s paws.

Lucy’s owner Mel brought her in for a small farewell presentation in the playroom on Ward L41 at Leeds Children’s Hospital, where she was given a well-deserved box of treats plus a card to thank her for all she has done to cheer up patients across LTHT. Lucy’s eyesight and mobility isn’t what it was, hence her retirement, but she still had the energy to go and say hello to some of our young patients for the final time.

Sylvia Craven Sylvia Craven has retired from her role as Associate Director of Capital Planning.

Sylvia started working at the LGI 28 years ago and since then has held a number of operational and planning roles. She has played a big part in many of the big

capital projects at LTHT - the most recent being her work developing the Strategic Outline Case for the proposals at the LGI. In her retirement Sylvia will also be supporting the Trust in its celebrations for the LGI anniversary.

Lynda Hargreaves Lynda Hargreaves, Sister in ICU has retired from her role after 37 years at the Trust.

Lynda commenced her training in Leeds in 1980 and her career includes 33 years dedicated to critical care, where she worked in the general, cardiac and finally neurosurgical specialities, securing a Sisters post in 2006.

One of Lynda’s considerable achievements was the implementation of a bereavement follow up service

where she supported many families’ following bereavement, helping them to understand and come to terms with loss and grief. Lynda led staff support groups and the card and gift fund which supported staff through times of sadness, personal difficulties and celebration.

years of service she has given to the organisation and the dedication she has shown to the patients and staff on our units.”

Steve King, Matron said: “Lynda will be missed as both a colleague and a friend. On behalf of all the staff on neurosurgical critical care I would like to thank her for the considerable

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Faheem Lateef

What do you do to wind down and relax after a hard week at work?

I play tennis for my local tennis club, listen to personal development audiobooks, spend time with my three kids and follow Manchester United - the last two of which are not always relaxing!

What is your ideal holiday destination and why?

I like visiting Dubai because of the great weather, the amazing food, the multicultural environment, family friendly and spectacular attractions.

What is your favourite food?

Faheem Lateef is a Consultant Dermatologist and he has worked at the Trust for five years.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

In school I wanted to be a professional basketball player until I got the medicine bug after being inspired seeing my uncle, who is a Doctor, in action.

What is your favourite film?

Limitless – as it demonstrates the great power of the subconscious mind.

Tell us something we don’t know about you …

I grew up in Sweden and at one point Swedish was the only language I could speak! I am also one of the few doctors in the country with a Masters in Business Administration, which I have found really useful given the issues facing the NHS today.

My favourite food is Biryani, a South Asian mixed rice dish. Apart from my mum’s, the best of which I have had from a specific place in Dubai coincidentally!

Simulation Training in Paediatric Surgery The surgeons of the future are being prepared to deal with difficult situations thanks to the department of paediatric surgery at Leeds Children’s Hospital.

The department has commenced a programme of simulation training to complement existing training methods which is led by Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Miss Bhanu Lakshminarayanan supported by her consultant colleagues and Surgical Care Practitioner, Helen Carter. The programme includes multidisciplinary learning opportunities that are both ward based and using operative skills.

At a recent training day at the Leeds LIMIT centre, Paediatric Surgical Trainees from different centres took part in a mock-up surgical care pathway. This

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replicated pre-operative communication with the family of an infant having surgery, surgical checks, safeguards and surgical elements. The Trainees were also able to perform laparoscopic surgery on models, enabling them to further develop their surgical skills.

The simulation sessions provide a safe, supportive learning environment free from the stress of real situations where the trainees have time to consider their actions and the opportunity to discuss their care with senior colleagues and their peers.

Ward based training has included dealing with a sick neonate and handling difficult emergency situations and a recent simulation involved performing a surgical lifesaving procedure on a model attached to a doll.

Paediatric Surgical Trainee Elizabeth O’Connor with Consultant Paediatric Surgeons Bhanu Lakshminarayanan and Jonathan Sutcliffe.

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