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JUNE 2016 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Surgeon’s mission wins star honour A transplant surgeon from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) who has encouraged thousands of Asian people to sign the organ donor register has won a top TV award for his work. Majid Mukadam was told he had won the ITV1 Good Morning Britain Hospital Health Star Award by presenter Dr Hilary Jones when he made a surprise visit to QEHB in April 2016. The father-of-two was presented with his prize when he attended a glittering awards ceremony in London a few days later.
The award gives us another impetus in our work to achieve our objectives of increasing awareness of organ donation Majid Mukadam The 53-year-old, who has worked at QEHB for 16 years, said: “I am delighted to receive the Health Star Award and grateful that it gives me, and the excellent team here at the Trust, another opportunity to convey the important messages about organ and bone marrow transplant and donation. “The award gives us another impetus in our work to achieve our objectives of increasing awareness of organ donation to save and prolong even more lives.” The surgeon was nominated for the award by his wife Shaista, who was keen to have his work recognised. The awards were set up to reward those who have gone the extra mile to help someone’s health or save a life and are voted for by Good Morning Britain’s viewers.
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Cardiac project update The Cardiac Project (formerly the Cardiac Surgery Quality Improvement Programme or CSQIP) is well underway with staff across the Trust working hard to review all areas of the cardiac patient pathway. A new look monthly newsletter, Cardiac Project News, has been launched and the cardiac surgery intranet pages have been revamped and now include useful links and resources. This will help keep staff up to date and engaged with the project. The Cardiac Project launched in September 2015, prior to a short notice Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection last December. After visiting QEHB, the hospital watchdog published its report in March 2016.
From left to right: Piers Morgan, Suzanne Reid, Lesley Ash and Debbie McGee with surgeon Majid Mukadam and wife Shaista, far right
How to become a donor There is no age limit to signing the NHS Organ Donor Register. For more information visit the website: www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 123 23 23. Remember to let your friends and family know when you have signed The Organ Donor Register and join the conversation online by using the campaign hash tag #organdonor.
To join the NHS Organ Donor Register Call: 0300 123 23 23 Text SAVE to 62323
Young people in the frame A piece of art that explores ‘the self’ and was created by young people has been unveiled at QEHB by the Trust’s Chair, the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith. The artwork, Image, was put together by 16 – 25 years olds including patients at QEHB, and members of the Trust’s Young Person’s Council. Created over two sessions of brainstorming different ideas of selfexploration, the art looks at what makes each and every person individual and unique. This included each person’s hobbies and what was important to them, such as music, family, friends or careers, with each offering their own images such as flowers or tattoos to create a work that is very personal and unique. The sessions were facilitated by Nina Mills and artist Pete Nickless from 1UpDesign, and was about young people working together to produce art through digital imagery. The unveiling was tinged with sadness as one of the young people who took part in creating the project has since sadly passed away. Lauren Dowery was important in helping complete the work and wrote the artwork’s blurb next to the piece. At the unveiling, Jacqui Smith said: “I was really delighted to be able to come to one of the sessions for this project. I was very taken about how wholly appropriate it is that this is an artwork based both on the collaboration of young people and on how people see themselves. “This is a fabulous hospital but it is a hospital that focuses more often on caring for people that are often older, than those at the younger end. But we realise there will be different needs and priorities for those at the younger end and I hope we can pride ourselves on treating each patient as an individual.” Thanking former associate director of patient affairs, Carol Rawlings for
How can staff get involved? ■ Read Cardiac Project News (available as hard copy and on the Trust intranet) ■ Attend the RTG meetings held every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 15:00 in the Chris Pugh Seminar Room on the Theatres corridor ■ Email cardiacproject@uhb.nhs.uk if you have any ideas of improvements you would like to make, or have any queries.
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her support with the project, Elizabeth Rankin, consultant rheumatologist at QEHB, said: “This is a wonderful combination of the personal and the collaborative and is a lovely example of what young people achieve.” To view the art which is styled in the silhouette of Her Majesty the Queen’s profile, visit Level 4, QEHB and walk towards Ward 410 – it is on the right hand side.
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