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Get a healthy start Staff and visitors looking for a healthier start to the day can now opt for a continentalstyle breakfast at the Plaza restaurant on Level 1 in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The new-style breakfast will be on offer alongside the traditional full-cooked breakfast to give customers another choice. The new selection will include low fat yoghurt, prepared fruit in natural juice and crunchy granola cereals. Laura Clarke, Facilities – Deputy Catering Manager, said: “We are always keen to listen to the views of our customers who are increasingly interested in managing a healthy lifestyle. “We felt that at breakfast time, we could improve the options available to staff and visitors. Many people feel that January is the best time to start a healthier lifestyle and we want to make it as easy as possible to maintain healthy choices and get a good start to the day.” The continental-style range will be available to eat in and take away from 9 January, seven days per week, with the full-cooked breakfast on offer from 07:30–11:00.

Research to benefit cancer patients Scientists at the Trust are set to receive a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) as part of a national drive to accelerate advances in early detection and treatment. Experts at the CRUK Birmingham Centre will receive around £5 million over the next five years for their ground-breaking work, as part of the development of a unique chain of cutting-edge research hubs around the UK. A further £2 million will be spent on continuing research at the city’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). The funding will provide a boost to the region’s stellar collaboration across Birmingham Health Partners, the strategic alliance between the University of Birmingham and three major teaching hospitals; the Shelford Group member University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT), Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The cash comes as CRUK announced the largest investment to date into its network of Centres across the UK. £190 million has been committed to 13 CRUK Centres over the next five years. It is part of a joint CRUK and Department of Health initiative investing £36 million over five years into 18 ECMCs. The extra funding to the CRUK Birmingham Centre and Birmingham ECMC is in addition

This huge investment is only made possible through generous donations from the public and the tireless fundraising of our supporters.” Sir Harpal Kumar to CRUK’s existing substantial investment in Birmingham’s CRUK Clinical Trials Unit. New funding will enable doctors and scientists across Birmingham Health Partners to work more closely together to help develop new treatment approaches and make them available to patients through clinical trials as quickly as possible. This includes extending the understanding of how and why cancers develop to aid the design of new drugs. “It will also support the development of personalised medicine where treatments are tailored to individual cancer patient’s needs. Professor Ben Willcox, Chair of Molecular Immunology at the University of Birmingham and Scientific Director of the new Centre, said: “We are delighted that Birmingham has been selected to be part of the CRUK Centre

and ECMC network. This will enable us to build on Birmingham Health Partners’ strong fundamental cancer research, excellent clinical resources, and expertise in clinical trials. “Our aligned Centre and ECMC will transform our ability to develop new approaches to cancer treatment and focus these on the patients most likely to respond.” Scientists at the CRUK Clinical Trials Unit in Birmingham are currently testing new drugs for lung cancer patients as part of the national Lung Matrix Trial, which recruits through the ECMC network. Sir Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive at CRUK, said: “This is an exciting time for cancer research. Emerging treatments like immunotherapy are radically changing the field, we are increasingly able to tailor more treatments to individual patients, and advances in technology mean we can collect and share more research data than ever before. “CRUK’s projections are that we will reach more than 500,000 new diagnoses of cancer a year in the UK by 2035. “By that time, our goal is that three in four people will survive their cancer. “Funding these Centres is one of the charity’s most important strategic priorities and one which will help us reach this ambition. “This huge investment is only made possible through generous donations from the public and the tireless fundraising of our supporters.”

Major investment The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is among the first wave of hospitals in England to benefit from a major national investment in NHS radiotherapy machines alongside £200m of funding over two years to improve local cancer services. NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens recently announced a £130m investment to kick-start the upgrade of radiotherapy equipment and transform cancer treatment across England. He revealed that University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the QEHB, is one of 15 Trusts where older linear accelerator (‘Linac’) machines will be upgraded or replaced, ensuring patients get access to the latest leading edge technology regardless of where they live. Around 4 in 10 of all NHS cancer patients are treated with radiotherapy, which typically uses high-energy radiation from a Linac machine. It is recommended that Linacs are replaced after around 10 years in operation. However, the last time there was a major national investment in NHS radiotherapy machines was in the early 2000s. The new £130 million fund will, over the next two years, enable half of the five year modernisation programme recommended by the Independent Cancer Taskforce. The investment will pay for over 100 replacements or upgrades of radiotherapy machines in hospitals around England. The £200m fund has been set up to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier, improve the care for those living with cancer and ensure each cancer patient gets the right care for them.

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Members’ health talks Daytime sessions: 10.00–10.30 – Registration 10.30–noon – Health Talk VENUE: Lecture Theatre 3, Education Centre, Level 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham ■ Thu 19 Jan – Mental Health Conditions ■ Thu 23 Feb – Autism ■ Thu 23 Mar – Kidney conditions ■ Thu 27 Apr – Chaplaincy in Hospitals ■ Thu 25 Jun – Ulcerative Colitis and GI health ■ Thu 22 Jul – Asthma For more information see: www.uhb.nhs.uk/health-talks.htm

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Free Wi-Fi network Patients and visitors now have access to a free WiFi network through a service funded by QEHB Charity. The new WiFi network enables patients and visitors to keep in touch, listen to music, catch up on TV or check their Twitter feed when they have to be in hospital. It also means patients can give the Trust real time feedback as they will have easy access to patient experience surveys.” The new WiFi network is available at the following locations: ■ Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham ■ Nuffield House ■ Heritage Building (majority of areas) ■ Trust Headquarters/Haematology Clinic ■ Post Graduate Centre ■ The Learning Hub To connect, just search for a network called QEHBCharity-guestWiFi, enter your email address and then agree to the terms and conditions. The WiFi has been funded by QEHB Charity for patients and visitors to use. Staff are being asked not to use this network as the bandwidth has a finite capacity – if staff use it, this will impact on the level of service which patients and visitors receive.

The audiology team at UHB

End of era for Huw Dr Huw Cooper is leaving the Trust after 25 years leading UHB’s audiology team. Huw moved to the Midlands from London in 1991 and into the new post of Head of Department/Consultant Clinical Scientist. From a team of about half a dozen, the audiology team grew under Huw’s leadership to over 30 members of staff. Under Huw’s tenure, the department consistently achieved very high satisfaction ratings and over 99 recommendations from patients via the Friends and Family Test. Huw can look back on many achievements whilst at the Trust. In 2000, he helped to write a successful bid to be one of the first audiology clinics to introduce digital hearing aids to the NHS and become part of the Modernising Adult Hearing Aid Services study. The department achieved UKAS accreditation in 2013 – the first service in UHB to achieve this recognition of high quality. In 2013/14, the team successfully gained the status of a Qualified Provider under the AQP commissioning system for hearing aids. The department also took part in the ‘Improving NHS services’ project and led the way in introducing direct access for patients with tinnitus. Tracy Wright, Hearing and Balance Therapist, who worked with Huw for 17 years, said: “I will miss many things about Huw. He had impressive attention to detail; a team meeting

Stuart Burrell, Head of Audiology, with Huw Cooper, Consultant Clinical Scientist – Audiology, Louise Craddock, Midlands Hearing Implant Programme Manager and Gemma Mole, Hearing and Balance Therapist

could not begin until the image from the overhead projector was completely straight! He was always polite, fair and made me feel my contribution to the service was valued.” As well as working at UHB, Huw was Chair of the British Cochlear Implant Group for four years, President of the British Academy of

Audiology for one year, and Chair of the British Society of Audiology for two years. Huw is leaving the Trust to take up a new role as Cochlear Implant Team Leader for UK, Ireland, and South Africa with Cochlear UK, the marketleading global developer and manufacturer of cochlear implants.

You said, we did… You Said The Trust received feedback from staff and carers that the fold-up visitor beds were not fit for purpose and weren’t always available for use. The hospital had several visitor beds which were getting old and needed replacing. Staff on the wards wanted to offer relatives and carers a more comfortable stay with their loved ones. Mandy Green, Head of Patient Experience, said: “We understand there may be times when it is best for our patients if their relative or carer is able to stay with them overnight. There are many reasons for this, such as the patient being near the end of life, calming stability for dementia patients or those with a learning disability, a very sick patient, a young patient, and for advocacy reasons.

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“Some of our patients may need their usual carer to stay with them to support their care needs.”

We Did The Friends of the QE, now part of QEHB Charity, kindly funded 16 beds, and QEHB Charity funded a further 39 beds to ensure relatives could stay close to their loved one. In total, 55 beds will be purchased. Mike Hammond, Chief Executive of QEHB Charity, added: “QEHB Charity and the Friends of the QE are very happy to fund these beds and hope that they will make a positive difference to patients’ and visitors’ experience at the hospitals. “The offer of a comfortable place to stay overnight reassures carers, friends and relatives that they are valued as an important part of their loved one’s care.”

You said we did – Visitor beds Mike Hammond with (L-R) Mandy Green and Sandra Haynes R&D

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Patients helping to make a difference Mother Jackie Watkins lived the first 25 years of her life not knowing why she was constantly ill. Growing up she was repeatedly in and out of hospital with a variety of serious ailments which took their toll on both her and her family – but no-one could tell them why. Jackie, of Great Barr, was finally diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis - but not before her mother had a breakdown brought on by all the worry. Symptoms of the rare genetic condition include seizures and epilepsy, learning disabilities, autism, skin abnormalities and the growth of benign tumours, or angiomyolipomas, on the kidneys. Jackie, 58, has now joined the groundbreaking 100,000 Genomes Project in the hope that it may help prevent other children having to go through the same ordeal in the future. The nationwide programme aims to increase understanding of certain rare diseases and cancers by collecting and sequencing 100,000 genomes from 70,000 participants. It is hoped that increased knowledge of these conditions will improve diagnosis and lead to more personalised care as well as, in some cases, new treatments and potential cures. Not all participants will personally benefit but by taking part may contribute to breakthroughs in the future as their samples and data are made anonymously available to researchers – a key factor in Jackie’s decision to get involved. “This is why the genome project is so important,” she said. “Obviously I was born with this condition, but I was 25 before I was diagnosed. My poor mother had 25 years of not knowing what was wrong. She was at her wits’ end and eventually had a breakdown because no-one could tell us what was wrong with me. “I regularly had problems with co-ordination and seizures and then my mouth started looking deformed and I began to get a facial rash,” explained Jackie. “Then I started to get urine and kidney infections which went on through my teens. I lost a lot of schooling and had trouble learning.” After meeting and marrying husband Pete, Jackie suffered a still birth and it was not until she was pregnant for a second time, with daughter Tracy, that her condition was finally diagnosed. “I was sent to the Women’s Hospital and the

If I can just help just one child be diagnosed as a baby, receive treatment sooner and they and their family not to have to go through what we did, then it will have been worthwhile Jackie Watkins

From 1 February 2017, visiting times for inpatient wards will be extended to improve patient experience and access to the hospital site. The new visiting times for all inpatient wards in both the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (except Critical Care) and the Heritage Building (original QE building), will be 10:00 to 20:00. We recognise the invaluable role that visitors play in our patients’ recovery and it is hoped that extending visiting times will have numerous benefits for patients, visitors and staff, as well as reducing the volume of people coming on to the hospital site at set times. Mandy Green, Head of Patient Experience, said: “We hope that a more flexible approach to visiting will mean that visitors can pop in at a time that suits them and, importantly, that relatives and carers will have more opportunities to be involved with aspects of their loved one’s care if they wish to.” Look out in the next edition for our Visitors’ Charter for more information. For further information on visiting the hospital, see the Trust’s website: www.uhb.nhs.uk

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gynaecologist took one look at my face and asked how long I’d had the rash,” she said. “When I told him I’d had it for as long as I could remember he said, ‘I know what you’ve got,’ and it wasn’t until then, when I was 25, that we finally got a diagnosis and began to understand why I had had so many problems.” Since being diagnosed Jackie has suffered several renal bleeds and eventually had surgery to remove benign tumours from both of her kidneys. She is now on medication to control her various symptoms and undergoes regular scans at QEHB to assess her kidneys. Jackie is an avid campaigner to raise awareness of tuberous sclerosis and supports any initiatives or research that may help to improve diagnosis, understanding and treatment of the condition. She has taken part in drug trials, regularly visits QEHB to help educate trainee doctors and was glad to join the 100,000 Genomes Project at University Hospitals Birmingham, one of 18 NHS Trusts which form the West Midlands Genomic Medicine Centre and deliver the

programme across the region. “If I can just help just one child be diagnosed as a baby, receive treatment sooner and they and their family not to have to go through what we did, then it will have been worthwhile,” she said. QEHB kidney consultant Dr Lukas Foggensteiner said: “Jackie’s story is very typical of someone with a rare disease. Patients often see many doctors and nurses over many years before a diagnosis is made. “It is understandable that doctors are not able to know about all rare diseases as there are a great many of them but overall rare diseases are surprisingly common. “Most rare diseases are caused by abnormalities in genes. The opportunity to look at all the genes in an individual patient represents a major step forward in identifying and understanding these conditions. “Thanks to the 100,000 Genomes Project doctors and patients can now look forward to a time when rare diseases can be identified quickly and easily.”

enhancing the level of care provided to patients across a broad range of specialities at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). In addition, the new centre will allow the development of research in the areas of oncology, liver disease, cardiology, neuro-science and trauma, contributing to the achievement of research outcomes delivered by the ITM. The ITM Imaging Centre is due to open its doors to the first set of patients this month (January 2017). If your team has a research idea and would like to seek funding to use the new MRI facility contact the research application support team via email RAS@uhb.nhs.uk

Did you know that Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is home to over 100 fruit trees? This special orchard needs some care from time to time, and The Conservation Volunteers are inviting volunteers to a winter pruning event to help keep the trees in top condition. It’s an opportunity to learn new skills, improve on your existing ones, or help mentor a new learner. Food will be provided for the hungry volunteers and it’s a great opportunity to have some fun and make a difference. The event will take place on Saturday 14 January 2017 from 10:00–14:00, meeting at the food growing space near the Medical School (opposite University railway station). If you’d like to know more, call Rob or email Glenn Powell who will be happy to tell you more. Email Glenn.Powell@uhb.nhs.uk or telephone: 07715 407801

Best in Care In December’s edition of news@QEHB it was stated that Therapy Services won a Best in Care Award for their outstanding physio’ services to patients requiring rehabilitation after major trauma. This should have read the outstanding services of all therapists to patients requiring rehabilitation after major trauma. We apologise for any confusion.

Centre’s new vision The purpose-built ITM Imaging Centre building is preparing to welcome its first patients who will benefit from the very latest in Siemens MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology. The new unit – situated between the Institute of Translational Medicine and East Block Day Unit, on Mindelsohn Way – was lifted in by heavy construction equipment in December, complete with its Siemens Skyra 3.0 Tesla MRI which was installed through an opening in the roof. The facility is the result of a collaboration between University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), medical charity Cobalt and the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM). It will introduce the newest techniques to routine clinical imaging appointments,

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Fisher House wins big in national awards Fisher House, a ‘home away from home’ for military patients and their families on the site of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, has received national recognition for its work supporting the brave men and women of the Armed Forces. Fisher House was winner of the Support to the Armed Forces category, at the ninth annual Military Awards. The awards, affectionately called The Millies, are a salute to Britain’s amazing Armed Forces and hosted by national newspaper The Sun. The award recognises the work providing accommodation to the families of injured and ill servicemen and women, both active and veteran. The house is an 18-bedroom property on the site of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, which is home to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and is the receiving

hospital for all UK military personnel when they are injured or taken ill anywhere around the world. Fisher House enables the loved ones of military patients to stay close by while they receive treatment on the wards, often over a long period of time. Also nominated was fellow military charity Tickets for Troops, which provides free tickets for servicemen and women to attend sporting, music and comedy events. The Military Awards took place in London and were attended by celebrities including Jeremy Clarkson, Duncan Bannatyne, Jamie Vardy and Katie Piper. Representing Fisher House were House Manager Patrick Hogan and Patient Advocate Dave Watson, along with QEHB Charity’s Head of Fundraising Justine Davy, and Chair of Trustees Brian Hanson.

QEHB Charity runs, owns and raises funds for Fisher House. Justine said: “We are absolutely overwhelmed and greatly honoured to receive this award in recognition of the important work done at Fisher House. “The house itself is beautiful, but it is the community that is built between the staff and the families who stay there that truly makes it such an invaluable source of support to so many. “Keeping families together in times of great stress and change is of the utmost importance, especially when the nature of your injury means you have a long hospital stay, potentially very far from home.” You can read more about the importance of Fisher House or make a donation at: www.fisherhouse.org.

Radiographers share their passion Radiographers celebrated World Radiography Day by taking the opportunity to share their passion for the service. The international celebration on 8 November each year marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. Radiographers worldwide can use the day and the days around the date to promote radiography as a career, as a vital contribution to modern healthcare and as a chance to increase public awareness of diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Pictured: Holly Pickford, left and Keelin Hughes

Holly Pickford, radiographer – imaging, said: “The diagnostic radiographers in the imaging department at QE are very passionate about the service we provide. We thought we would take the opportunity on World Radiography Day to share and explain our role within the hospital and the patients’ journey to those visiting and those who work here – who maybe don’t know much about the weird and wonderful world of X-rays! “I’d especially like to thank John Findlay, Donna McGillion, Keelin Hughes and Anne O’Mahony for their help on the day, and to Paul Brettle for taking this photo.”

Being physically active can help you lead a healthier and happier life. Physical activity can reduce your risk of major illnesses by up to 50% and can boost self-esteem, mood, sleep quality and energy. It can also reduce your risk of stress, depression, and dementia.

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New blood process Researchers are conducting a ground-breaking new study to investigate the effectiveness of giving patients blood products immediately after a major injury – before they reach hospital. Currently when patients have been injured and are bleeding, either clear fluids or blood products may be used to replace lost blood en-route to hospital – but the approach varies by region. This variation occurs because the effectiveness of giving blood products, such as packed red blood cells and freeze dried plasma, pre-hospital has not yet been scientifically tested and universal provision would have significant clinical, logistical and cost implications. Researchers at the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC) – which specialises in trauma research - hope to provide solid evidence one way or the other with the RePHILL (REsuscitation with Pre-HospItaL bLood products) multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT). The NIHR, the research arm of the NHS, has backed the project with £1.8 million funding over four years from its Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme. The Chief Investigators are Gavin Perkins, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick and a consultant at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and Dr Nicholas Crombie, consultant trauma anaesthetist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and a doctor with the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

“Treatment with blood and clotting factors can be lifesaving, but blood is a scarce resource and we currently don’t know when and where the best place to administer it is.” Prof Gavin Perkins Professor Perkins said: “Major trauma is a major cause of death in the UK. Treatment with blood and clotting factors can be lifesaving, but blood is a scarce resource and we currently don’t know when and where the best place to administer it is. “The RePHILL study will explore whether giving blood and clotting factors outside of a hospital is safe and more effective than giving it in the resuscitation room in hospital. “The first trial of its kind, it will help shape the future treatments of people with major

traumatic injuries treated by the NHS.” Dr Crombie added: “In the trial, air ambulances and ambulances will be randomly stocked with or without blood products. Therefore, for eligible patients, the receipt of blood products prior to hospital admission will be determined by what the ambulance that attends to them is carrying. “The research team will then look at outcomes, including mortality as well as physical and biochemical evidence of the effectiveness of resuscitation, in order to determine whether there are any differences between those who receive blood products and those who receive clear fluids. “We will ensure that people who may not wish to receive blood products, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, are identified and specifically excluded from the trial in accordance with their wishes.” The SRMRC team will be working with colleagues from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, West Midlands Ambulance Service, East Anglia Air Ambulance, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance, MAGPAS Helimedix, The Air Ambulance Service and the NHS Blood and Transplant Service. The trial will be managed by the University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU), a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered trials unit with experience in coordinating large scale multi-centre clinical trials.

Fresh approach Trauma research nurses at QEHB have begun recruiting patients into a new trial which aims to improve the outcomes of those with respiratory failure. The REST Trial is investigating whether removing carbon dioxide from blood outside of the body can reduce the burden of mechanical ventilation during treatment. UHB is one of a number of NHS trusts taking part in the study, which is being led by the Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit at The Royal Hospitals in Belfast.

We are delighted to be involved in this important trial at UHB, and the effort and commitment of the SRMRC nursing team to recruit patients so quickly has been superb. Dr Bill Tunnicliffe The aim is to recruit 1,120 patients by April 2020 and NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre nurses in Birmingham are off to a flying start, with five patients enrolled in the first two months. “Respiratory failure is common in the UK, about 100,000 people each year need treatment with mechanical ventilation,” said critical care consultant Bill Tunnicliffe, who is one of the coinvestigators and the UHB lead for the trial. “Although there is evidence that mechanical ventilation does save lives, it can be linked with

damage to the lungs. “A mechanical ventilator acts like bellows as air is forced into the lungs under pressure. If the pressure needed to help the patient breathe, or the size of the breaths is too high this can cause lung damage.” “New devices are now available to help reduce the need for mechanical ventilatory support. These devices help remove carbon dioxide from the patients’ blood, which is one of the main functions of the lungs. This may allow more gentle mechanical ventilation, causing less harm and improving outcomes.” With the new devices, blood is removed from the body and ‘washed’ to remove the carbon dioxide before being returned to the patient, in a process very similar to kidney dialysis. In the trial, patients with respiratory failure will randomly be allocated either the new treatment or the existing standard care and outcomes compared to see if the new method results in significant improvements. “We are delighted to be involved in this important trial at UHB,” added Dr Tunnicliffe. “And the effort and commitment of the SRMRC nursing team to recruit patients so quickly has been superb.”

CONNECTIONS An innovative new technique to repair the nerves of people who have suffered serious hand injuries is to be trialled on patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). The CONNECT (Conduit Nerve approximation versus Neurorrhaphy Evaluation of Clinical outcome Trial) study will evaluate the benefits of using ‘tensionless repair’ to improve the quality of nerve regeneration in injured patients. The process involves using a biodegradable nerve guide to assist the regeneration process rather than stitching severed nerve ends together directly via microsurgery, which is the current approach. The guide, or conduit, is a small tube which is fitted around the severed nerve ends with the aim of promoting and assisting regeneration, before eventually dissolving and being safely absorbed by the body. Around 170 patients will be recruited over the next 18 months with a third receiving the new treatment, a third the current standard treatment and the rest a combination of the two. They will be followed up a year later to see if the new technique has any benefits. The trial is being backed by Dutch company Polyganics, which has developed the biodegradable NEUROLAC® nerve conduit which will be used, and will be supported by the team from the QEHB-based NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre – which specialises in trauma research. Dominic Power, consultant hand and peripheral nerve surgeon at the Birmingham Hand Centre, based at QEHB, will lead the study.

GOLDEN RECOGNITION NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Jon Hazeldine, pictured, has been recognised for his work on the ground-breaking Golden Hour study. Jon picked up the prestigious award for the Best Oral Presentation at the University of Birmingham’s Postdoctoral/Early Researcher Career Development and Training (PERCAT) Research Gala, held in the Great Hall of the historic Aston Webb Building. His prize was a £500 travel grant to allow him to attend a conference of his choice in the future. Twelve presentations were spread across various topics during the event with Jon’s talk, entitled ‘Immune dysfunction within minutes of major traumatic injury: Results of the Golden Hour Study’, featuring in the Molecules and Cells section. He presented findings that he has collected so far from the patients enrolled into the Golden Hour study, which is being conducted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birminghambased NIHR SRMRC trauma research team. The study is investigating changes in the immune system that occur within one hour of major traumatic injury. “I presented data that shows that even before a trauma patient arrives at the Accident and Emergency department, their immune system is suppressed in the immediate aftermath of injury when compared to that of a healthy volunteer,” he explained. “I also presented some preliminary data that suggests that assessing a patient’s immune response 48-72 hours post-injury has the potential to identify those patients who are at an increased risk of developing infection whilst in hospital.

“Importantly, the assessment of immune function was performed before the patients contracted an infection and, therefore, our data highlights the potential that measuring the immune response post-trauma has in predicting those patients who are more likely to develop hospital-acquired infections, which are associated with a range of adverse outcomes and longer hospital stays.” Jon added: “Winning this prize will give me the opportunity to go to an international conference and showcase the research of the NIHR SRMRC to scientists from around the world. “The work was well received by those in attendance, with all attendees particularly impressed with our ability to gain and work on blood samples that have been collected directly at the trauma scene, within minutes of injury.”

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National Heart Month

Help raise money for patients at QEHB throughout February’s heart month, by visiting QEHB Charity’s atrium stands. Pick up your own heart-shaped badge and help to support heart transplant patients at QEHB.

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Do it for Brum! Make 2017 THE year you do something different for QEHB Charity and join one of our exciting events or get involved with fundraising. Here are a few ideas...

RUN FOR BRUM The coming year will see a bumper selection of running events in Birmingham, kicking off with the Morrisons Great Birmingham 10k in the city centre on Sunday 30 April. Former Critical Care patient and QEHB Charity Patient Advocate, Kelly Jackson (pictured), will be taking on the 10k using a running blade for the first time after a car accident in 2013 meant her right leg had to be amputated.

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MARCH

Join QEHB Charity for a fantastic evening of great food and entertainment, and help raise money for The Giles’ Trust, which supports brain tumour research at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Event details will be added to our website so be sure to bookmark qehb.org/events for more information, or contact cathryn.worth@uhb.nhs.uk

On Sunday 25 September, Vélo Birmingham, a 100-mile, closed-road bike ride, will come to the second city for the first time. Boasting a route that spans three counties, Vélo Birmingham tickets sold out within days of going on sale – but you can still take on the cycling challenge of a lifetime while raising money for patients at Birmingham’s biggest hospital. Cycling for QEHB Charity gives you access to training hints and tips, a fantastic cycling vest, personal fundraising support and plenty of cheering on the day! QEHB Charity has a limited number of extra Golden Bond spaces on sale. The price of entry is £40, with each Golden Bond entrant pledging to raise £400 or more for military patients, patients with cancer or the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as a whole.

2017

Danceathon at Snobs

APRIL

Get your groove on and help raise vital funds for patients, by joining QEHB Charity’s first ever Danceathon at Snobs Nightclub on Smallbrook Queensway at the corner of Hurst Street.

For more information contact cathryn.worth@uhb.nhs.uk or call 0121 371 4852.

To find out more go to bikeforbrum.org and join the more than 1,000 cyclists (including QEHB staff, former patients and supporters from across the region) who have already signed up.

Corporate networking

2017 Are you a business or individual looking to support patients at QEHB whilst meeting other professionals in the region? QEHB Charity holds exclusive fundraising networking evenings throughout the year, providing a great opportunity to network with other business professionals whilst helping to raise vital funds for the busiest hospital in Birmingham.

APRIL

DO IT FOR BRUM

To join Kelly and take on the challenge for Birmingham’s patients, please go to runforbrum.org or email laura.power@uhb.nhs.uk.

...And you don’t need to be an athlete to support Birmingham’s hospital patients. QEHB Charity has a range of events throughout the year and our fabulous fundraisers are always thinking of creative ways to get involved. Why not take on the challenge of a lifetime and join one of our QEHB Charity skydives? You’ll complete a breath-taking tandem jump and amaze your friends and family. A £30 deposit secures you a place, and we ask you

to raise a minimum of £300 in sponsorship. To find out more, go to qehb.org/events or contact laura.power@uhb.nhs.uk Why not make like Mary Berry and get your school, office or friends to come together for a bake sale? Everyone loves an excuse to eat cake for a good cause, and every year dozens of QEHB Charity supporters take to their kitchens to raise money for patients - so don your oven mitts and join in!

For more information contact laura.power@uhb.nhs.uk or call 0121 371 4852. Give us a ring on 0121 371 4852 or email charities@uhb.nhs.uk to let us know what you have planned; we can offer you advice and support.

To find out how you can support the work of QEHB Charity get in touch with the team via the website or email charities@uhb.nhs.uk

To make a donation to any of the appeals mentioned please visit qehb.org or contact the QEHB Charity team on 0121 371 4852

Discounts are available for Trust staff. Application forms and information regarding the discounted cost for these tickets can be obtained from our Travelwise co-ordinator. Email: TravelCo-ordinator@uhb.nhs.uk. Diamond Buses also sell their own range of tickets that cover their services only. Details can be obtained from their website www.diamondbuses.com.

Physical challenge Staff can step up their exercise with instructors from Outdoor Physical Training, OPT, which is offering sessions to complement the Trust’s wellbeing programme at UHB. The company, which supports Fisher House, the home-from-home for injured soldiers, will be running a taster session on Tuesday, January 10. Participants are asked to meet in the car park at Fisher House, next to the Morris Centre, for a 16.15 start. If possible please arrive 15 minutes early or complete your health questionnaire ahead of time. Decent trainers, a base layer and leggings/ shorts are all you need and some find running gloves handy. The outdoor sessions are tailored for all abilities with the aim of steadily increasing each person’s fitness level. For more information go to the O.P.T website www.outdoorpt.co.uk.

The Morris Centre Club is a light, friendly leisure club for the staff of UHB, partner NHS trusts and the friends and family of members. The club aims to provide the best facilities, services and value for money, all in a convenient location on the UHB site. Manager Shaun Docker said: “We believe the Morris Centre offers people a wide variety of opportunities which can make a healthier, more relaxing lifestyle part of your working day. “There are no expensive fees with people able to pick and choose what facilities they want to use.” The Morris Centre Club’s facilities include ■ Swimming Pool 22 metre swimming pool with lanes for lap swimming and free areas for more recreational activity ■ Gym A full fitness facility with a range of both cardiovascular and strength equipment. These include treadmills, bikes, cross trainers, rowers, a range of upper and lower body strength training equipment and a range of free weights including dumbbells and barbells. ■ Squash and Tennis Courts Two squash courts and an outdoor tennis court available to all members Please feel free to visit the Morris Centre Club for a look around or call the team for more information or see the website at www.morriscentreclub.co.uk for further details including a programme of exercise classes.

Flu jab initiative rolls out to dialysis units A West Midlands-based renal dialysis service is the first in the country to offer its patients the flu jab at their dialysis unit. This renal dialysis flu vaccination scheme was the brain-child of renal clinicians at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (which runs the dialysis service) who identified an opportunity to increase access to the national flu immunisation programme. UHB Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Clara Day and Lead Satellite Liaison Nurse, Anne Marie Phythian, worked in conjunction with NHS England to roll out flu vaccinations at the Trust’s 11 dialysis units across Birmingham and the West Midlands. The scheme has been hugely successful with almost 85 per cent of dialysis patients (over 300) having taken up the vaccination. Dialysis patients – who on average undergo dialysis treatment three to four times per week – are in regular close contact with other patients both while undergoing dialysis treatment and during transportation to and from dialysis, therefore are at an increased risk of catching and spreading the disease. Flu is highly contagious and therefore easily spread from person to person. For healthy people flu is an unpleasant but usually selflimiting disease. However, patients with kidney failure are more likely to become seriously unwell if they contract flu.

Delivering the best in care

Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Clara Day said: “We know that dialysis treatment is timeconsuming and tiring with many patients spending three days a week undergoing treatment and recovering from it. “We therefore felt that providing the vaccine at our satellite dialysis units would be more convenient for patients than making a separate trip to their GP surgery. “We are pleased to say our dialysis units are the first in England to offer this service to patients and we are delighted that this programme has been well received. “In total almost 85% of dialysis patients have had a flu vaccine this year, which means over 300 patients have had the vaccine at their dialysis unit. “Of those who didn’t have their vaccine at their unit, many told us they had already attended their GP surgery to get the vaccine, but that they would be fully supportive for the vaccine to be administered at the dialysis unit next year. This is fantastic news.” Dr Ash Banerjee, screening and immunisations lead for NHS England in the West Midlands said: “We want to make sure that as many people as possible who are entitled to the free flu vaccination are able to access it. “This year we have looked into a number of different ways of offering these, for example in schools, GP practices, pharmacies and many

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Diamond Bus Company has extended the 142 bus service to bring a welcome boost to passengers travelling between Stourbridge and QEHB. From Halesowen, the 142 service follows the route of the Hanson’s 004 service from Halesowen to Harborne High Street (via Mucklow Hill). The service then serves the Tesco supermarket on Ridgacre Road in Quinton, and will then continue on to Harborne High Street. In Harborne, the service will complete the high street, turning right at the Green Man and on to QEHB. The first arrival at the hospital is at 06:53 Monday to Saturday and the last service leaves the hospital at 18:37. This makes it ideal for early-arriving staff and all staff who leave work at normal peak-hour times. There is no Sunday service. Passengers who may previously have used Hanson’s 004 service between Halesowen and Harborne and who then had to catch a further bus to the QEHB now only have an hourly service on route 004, which is now covered by Diamond’s new 142 service which has a 30-minute service and continues from Harborne to the hospital. Staff and visitors who previously travelled by train from Stourbridge to the QEHB and who had to change trains at Moor Street and then had to walk to New Street for a second train to University station, now have a direct bus route from Stourbridge. The 142 route, along with the 99 and 48 services, is another useful route for passengers wishing to travel from the QEHB to Harborne (the 48 service only runs every 30 minutes). Some staff may currently have travel cards that cannot be used on Diamond bus services; staff wishing to use the 142 can do so with an “nNetwork” or “nBus” pass. The nNetwork pass covers all buses and trains in the West Midlands County as well as the Midland Metro, whilst the “nBus” covers all operators’ bus services.

New year, new you at centre

Bus route extension

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If you have a health condition, even one that is well-managed, catching the flu could cause you serious complicatio ns, like pneumonia. Please speak to the nurse at your satellite unit to ask about having the flu jab now.

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midwifery services. Offering the flu vaccinations to patients when they are attending their dialysis session saves them time and is more convenient.”

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Scientists support work of students Healthcare scientists are signing up for a project to help to support and inspire the next generation of NHS staff. The Access Project arranges weekly academic tutorials between students from schools in disadvantaged areas and graduate volunteers, with the aim of increasing students’ grades and helping them win places at top universities. Volunteer Coordinator, Caroline Ludden said: “We are working with five schools across Birmingham and The Black Country at present and will continue to work with more schools in the future. “Being a tutor is a great way for you to demonstrate commitment and passion as well as helping to develop communication and coaching skills, meeting number of professional competencies whilst putting your degree knowledge to good use, inspiring a young person to achieve their potential.” So what would be involved? Tutors, who have successfully undergone a DBS check, are given initial training and then ongoing support. The weekly tutorials will be offered at or near your workplace, at a convenient public location, such as the Plaza restaurant. Volunteers must all have a degree, equivalent qualification or be working towards one. Those wishing to tutor at A-level must have a degree in that subject and those wishing to tutor at GCSE must have an A-level in that subject Caroline said: “We fully support our tutors by giving you full training, an extensive bank of resources and Programme Coordinators on hand to offer advice and guidance.” For more information contact caroline@ theaccessproject.org.uk Matthew Gardner – Clinical Scientist University Hospitals Birmingham, is one of the

BHBN Hospital Radio broadcasts patient requests, music, news, live sport and a range of speciality programmes to NHS hospitals across Birmingham. The station, founded in 1952, is based in new studios in the Heritage Building (original Queen Elizabeth Hospital), they are on air 24 hours a day. They can also be heard via their website www.bhbn.net and the TuneInRadio app. MONDAY 5pm 7pm 8pm

Good Vibrations – Donna Joseph Hospital Request – Miranda Burns The Evening Show – Dale Hobson

4pm 6pm 7pm

Playing it Cool – Pete Bayliss Easy Listening – Kelly Howell Queen Elizabeth Hospital Requests – Nick Whitehouse The Evening Show – Paul Millington

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8pm

WEDNESDAY 6pm 7pm 8pm

Words & Music – Brian Henderson Good Hope Hospital Requests – James Chew The Evening Show – David Elliot THURSDAY

5pm 7pm 8pm

Thursday Tea Time Show– Ben Selvan Solihull Hospital Requests – Rhian Sprague The Evening Show – Chris Friday FRIDAY

Matthew Gardner, Clinical Scientist who is mentoring students

project’s volunteers. His first student Omar Mustafa has gone on to study medicine at University of Birmingham and Matthew is now working one-to-one with another student. “Tutoring with the Access Project allows me to really see the impact of my volunteering, seeing the growth and development in a student. I think this is an opportunity to see them grow. “We regularly go in to schools to talk to groups of students but this is something

different. The option to be flexible about when and where tutorials happen also helps to schedule around my other commitments. “It’s wonderful to see a young mind come closer to achieving their potential especially when that extra support and confidence boost could make such a difference to the outcome.” For more information go to: www.theaccessproject.org.uk

Sepsis awareness campaign A nationwide campaign, launched by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, will help parents spot the symptoms of sepsis to protect young children and save lives. The campaign is principally aimed at parents and carers of young children aged 0 to 4. It includes a film featuring mother and campaigner Melissa Mead, who lost her baby son William to sepsis in December 2014. The UK Sepsis Trust estimates that there are more than 120,000 cases of sepsis and around 37,000 deaths each year in England. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “Sepsis is a devastating condition that we need to get far better at spotting across the NHS. By raising awareness and improving clinical practice we will save lives in the fight against this horrible illness. I’d like to thank those who have worked with us to campaign for better awareness of sepsis, including Melissa Mead and other families who have tragically lost children to sepsis.” Leaflets and posters are being sent to GP surgeries and hospitals across the country. These materials, developed with experts, will urge parents to call 999 or take their child to A&E if they display any of the following signs: ■ Looks mottled, bluish or pale ■ Is very lethargic or difficult to wake

BHBN AUTUMN/WINTER RADIO SCHEDULE

Feels abnormally cold to touch Is breathing very fast Has a rash that does not fade when you press it Has a fit or convulsion Campaign supporter and UK Sepsis Trust ambassador Melissa Mead said: “Sepsis is a cruel, ruthless condition which doesn’t discriminate and can affect anyone. I hope this campaign reaches as many people as possible, so all parents out there know about sepsis and how serious it can be. The more parents know, the quicker they can act if they suspect their child may be suffering from sepsis – it could be life-saving.” The campaign, delivered by Public Health England and the UK Sepsis Trust, follows a number of measures already taken by the NHS to improve early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis. This includes a national scheme to make sure at-risk patients are screened for sepsis as quickly as possible and receive timely treatment on admission to hospital. We are also working with Health Education England to make sure all health professionals have the knowledge and skills to identify and treat sepsis. Professor Paul Cosford, Director of Health Protection and Medical Director at Public Health England, said:

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“We know that acting quickly in cases of sepsis can save a child’s life and it is important parents have the information to take action. This campaign gives parents vital information about sepsis, helps them identify the symptoms of sepsis and encourages them to seek the appropriate medical attention. “It is important that these messages are widely received which is why I am writing with Sir Bruce Keogh to all NHS medical directors to highlight this campaign and the importance of making all staff aware of the signs of sepsis.” Dr Ron Daniels, Chief Executive of the UK Sepsis Trust, added: “With sepsis claiming over 37,000 lives annually in England, this awareness campaign is a crucial step forward. Clinicians and members of the public can save thousands of lives every year if they just ask: ‘could it be sepsis? “The UK Sepsis Trust welcomes this initiative, but system-wide improvements to sepsis care must follow. We’re delighted to have developed campaign materials that will empower parents to identify sepsis symptoms in their children and seek medical attention immediately.”

4pm 6pm 8pm

Let’s Get Quizzical – Emma Boydell Pick & Mix – Brendan Delaney The Evening Show – Bill Waldron CBSO Concerts when broadcast are on Fridays from 7pm

SATURDAY

5pm 8pm

Weekend Breakfast – Dave Horton BHBN Gold – Colin Monnaf The Frock Show – Sarah Morris Queen Elizabeth Hospital Requests – Anita Shah, Michelle Woodhouse (Military Ward) (Alternate Weeks) Birmingham Sport – Live Commentaries from Villa Park, St Andrews or The Hawthornes Saturday Disco – Marky B Saturday Alternative – Olya Jeneson

9pm

The Reggae Selection

7am 9am 11am 1pm

2pm

SUNDAY 8am 10am Noon 1pm 4pm 6pm 8pm 10pm 11pm

Laid Back Sunday – Bill Waldron Kitch & Kool – Brendan Delaney Mystery DJ / Music Selection The Sunday Bash – Graham Allen Hospital Requests & Duets From The Decades – Shaz Hill Asian Mix – Raveeta Banger The Evening Show – Doug Jackson BHBN Country – Dave Horton BHBN Classical Collection

ALL OTHER TIMES – THE BHBN MUSIC SELECTION – including the light lunch weekdays at 1pm and three hours of late night love songs from 11pm Available on channel 9 on the premier bedside units and in all parts of the hospital by logging onto the qe charity-guest wifi and following the listen live links on bhbn.net bhbn.net

to donate:

For further information on sepsis, visit www.nhs.uk/sepsis or www.sepsistrust.org

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National exams test teamwork A committed team of staff working with an eye-watering 460 ‘volunteer’ patients, 60 examiners and 110 candidates all came together to enable the Trust’s Ophthalmology Department host national exams. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham welcomed the Royal College of Ophthalmologists to spend nearly three days at the Trust once the team gave their support to the logistical challenge. Lt Col Andrew Jacks, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, said: “It was a big deal and a real challenge for everyone involved but thanks to the commitment of our team we were able to pull it off.” Examiners from across the United Kingdom, the college representatives liaised with the team who took on a wide range of roles from meet and greet in the atrium to ‘minding’ the belongings of candidates while they were put through their paces. Lt Col Jacks said: “I think the issue that has stood out for me is the amazing team I work with, how they all pulled together and took on any job with enthusiasm. The delivery of organising this over 2.5 days, with 460 patients, 60 examiners and 110 candidates, required that we all pulled together. I really enjoyed the exams and feel very proud to work with such a great team!”

Pictured above: The exam team, from left to right, Susannah Grant (Royal College of Ophthalmology examinations officer), Jacqui Orpe (medical secretary), Andrew Jacks (clinical service lead ophthalmology) and Anne Burdon (medical secretary) Left, pictured from left to right: Imad Badran (head nurse), Carmel Nyoka, Nigel Coote, Linda Sumner, Kyah Roulston, and Mark Bowring

Groups offer help: Patients, families and staff can turn to support from a range of groups at the Trust ALOPECIA Impartial information and mutual support to cope with hair loss Contact Jenny: 07760 95885, 0121 440 5794. Email: jen@araucaria.demon.co.uk Website: www.alopeciaonline.org.uk ANN CONROY TRUST Support and education for patients living with Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation. Website: www.annconroytrust.org Tel: 0300 111 0004 BECHET’S SYNDROME SOCIETY Helpline: 0845 130 7329. Email: Info@bechetsdisease.org.uk. Website: www.bechets.org.uk. Birmingham group contact: 07886 304018 or email: anishaz@hotmail.co.uk BIRMINGHAM ARTHRITIS RESOURCE CENTRE The resource centre is located at Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Central Birmingham. Tel: 0121 464 2708 Email: barccentre@bham.ac.uk or Website: www.barc.org.uk BREATHE EASY – THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF THE BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION For everyone living with lung disease. Birmingham South Group meets monthly at Moseley Hall Hospital 2-4pm. Contact BLF Direct on 03000 030 555 or go to w ww.blf.org.uk BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION (BANA) BANA’s friendly West Midlands group meets 3 or 4 times a year for mutual support, information exchange and talks by specialist guests. Group contact: Janet Mercer Email: janet@bana-uk.com Tel: 0121 604 2454. National website and headquarters: www.bana-uk.com Tel: 01623 632143 BRITISH SJOGREN’S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION Support group for sufferers of the auto-immune rheumatic disease. Tel: 0121 455 6532. BUSY B’S Support group for people with stomas and bowel disease. Tel: 0121 627 8343. CYSTITIS & OVERACTIVE BLADDER FOUNDATION Advice line: 0121 702 0820. Email: info@cobfoundation.org and website at www.cobfoundation.org DIABETES UK Has regular support group meetings in King’s Heath for people with diabetes, family members and friends. For further info see www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/Midlands and follow link to Birmingham or email racheltier@btinternet.com DIGNITY IN CARE SUPPORT GROUP The group run the Memory Lane Cafe for patients with cognitive impairment and their carers. Cafe is open Wednesday afternoons. Email: memorylanecafe@uhb.nhs.uk Website: www.dignityincare.org.uk D.I.S.C (DEMENTIA INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR CARERS) A service offered specifically for CARERS of people with confusion and memory (DEMENTIA) problems. Tel: 0121 553 6483. Email: carers@discbirmingham.co.uk Website: www.discbirmingham.co.uk GET-A-HEAD Fundraising and support group for patients who have had head and neck cancer. Tel: 0121 371 5046 www.getahead.org.uk

GROWN-UP CONGENTIAL HEART PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Supports young people and adults born with a heart condition. Tel: 0800 854 759. HEADSTART BIRMINGHAM Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation Support Group Meetings are held on the first Friday of the month 7pm-9pm. Seminar room in outpatients department at QEHB. Contact: Patricia Hewlett Tel: 0121 459 7147. HEADWAY Acquired brain injury drop in service. Wednesdays 1.30pm4.30pm wards 407, 409 & 411. 4:30pm-5:30pm. Second floor restaurant, QEHB. Tel: 0121 457 7541. HAEMATOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP Meeting at the Centre for Clinical Haematology on a monthly basis for information, social events, friendship and mutual support. Tel: 07766 875111 Email: Haematologys@yahoo.co.uk. HAEMOCHROMATOSIS WEST MIDLANDS SUPPORT GROUP Offering support and raising awareness. We hold regular local meetings. Tel: 0121 457 8986 Email: info@Haemochromatosis WM.org.uk Website: www.HaemochromatosisWM.org.uk HOME FROM HOSPITAL CARE Free support to Birmingham patients on discharge from hospital Including information, shopping, befriending and respite care. Tel: 0121 472 4499. INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES TRUST Listening to people with diabetes and their carers. Tel: 01604 622 837 Email: enquiries@Iddtinternational.org Website: www.iddtinternational.org KIDNEY PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Runs local groups across the West Midlands. Tel: 01922 644 982 Email: flintnf@aol.com Website: www.kidneymatters.co.uk LARYNGECTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Meets monthly at British Legion social club, Quarry Lane, Northfield. A patient led group. Organised speakers at each session. Tel: 0121 627 2360 or 0121 627 2248. LET’S FACE IT Support group for people with any form of facial disfigurement Tel: 01843 833 724. MILITARY PATIENTS Military patients will be visited by a representative from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) who will attend to their administrative, welfare, pastoral and spiritual needs. NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION Birmingham group at www.brasg.org.uk, Heart of England group contact 01628 823 524, national website: www.nras.org.uk OESOPHAGEAL PATIENTS ASSOCIATION (OPA) National charity offering support and information to patients and carers affected by oesophageal and stomach cancers. Birmingham group hosts two meetings per year. For information contact 0121 704 9860 Email: enquiries@opa.org.uk Website: www.opa.org.uk

PAIN FATIGUE SUPPORT Meets first Thursday of the month. Noon to 2pm, Erdington Methodist Church. Tel: 0300 330 0640. Email: painfatiguesupport@hotmail.co.uk. PATIENTS’ READING GROUP Meets Tuesdays, Weoley Castle Library. 2pm-3:30pm. To book call 0121 464 1664. PITUITARY FOUNDATION This group for patients, carers and friends meets at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. For details of the dates of the meetings please visit our website: birminghampituitarygroup. weebly.com or tel: 0845 450 0375 QE LIVER TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP The group meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Monday of every month (except July and August) in the Faith Centre, Meeting Room level 1, QEHB. Tel: 0121 627 2089 or 01902 679 333 (after 7:30pm). ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held 1st Tuesday of every month, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. Tel: 0121 424 1433 Contact: Lynne Reaper. THE NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY The National Osteoporosis Society runs a local support group based in Birmingham. Tel: 0121 429 7366 www.nos.org.uk THE STROKE ASSOCIATION Supporting people affected by stroke. Tel: 0303 303 3100 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) Email: info@stroke.org.uk Website: www.stroke.org.uk TINNITUS Practical support and advice for sufferers including group sessions and newsletters. C/o Birmingham Institute for the Deaf, Ladywood Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8SZ. Eileen: 01384 831032. Email info@tinnitusbham.org.uk TRACHEOTOMY SUPPORT New group for patients following tracheotomy. 0121 627 2248. VASCULITIS SUPPORT GROUP WEST MIDLANDS (VSGWM) Support group for sufferers of Systemic Vasculitis (e.g. Wegener’s granulomatosis) as well as support for carers. The VSGWM circulates useful information and ideas, with friendly meetings held at least once a year. 0121 243 5621. WEST MIDLANDS BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT GROUP The support group meets in the Faith and Community Centre, first floor, QEHB on third Monday of the month, noon to 2pm. Contact Sue Wreglesworth on: 0771 7175 236. Email: sue.wreglesworth@braintumouruk.org.uk WILSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP – UK National charitable group offering support and information to patients with Wilson’s disease and their families across the UK. For information and local support contact jerry@wilsonsdisease. org.uk or visit the website www.wilsonsdisease.org.uk YOUNG ADULTS CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Is run by a group of young adult cancer patients to offer support for people who have similar needs. No strict age limit but current members in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Meetings usually held last Wednesday of month at The Plough, Harborne. Contact Vicky Stock on: 0784 589 7760. Email: stock.vicky@yahoo.co.uk

Steps have been taken to ensure this information is up to date but please contact the group directly before undertaking a journey. Support group coordinators can email revisions to their entry to: communications@uhb.nhs.uk. Please mark the email – support group revision.

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No. 3611

Your monthly puzzle challenge Quiz Challenge

CROSS CODE 5

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20 24

1. What is the main ingredient of the French dish bouillabaisse?

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20 4

8. Which US outlaw was killed by lawman Pat Garrett?

4. Which female singer had a UK No 1 hit with Wuthering Heights in 1978?

9. With whom did actress Cameron Diaz star in the 2010 film Knight and Day?

5. Which former American football star was acquitted of murder in October 1995?

10. Which traditional North African dish is based on steamed semolina granules?

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EACH number in our Cross Code grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have three letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check off the alphabetical list of letters as you identify them.

MAGIC SQUARE

NEUTRAL PLAIN AREA

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and each letter may be used only once. At least one word using all nine letters can be found. Guidelines: 22 Good; 26 Very Good; 30 Excellent. Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is eligible with the following exceptions: proper nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words; variant spellings of the same word (where another variant is also eligible).

USING all 16 letters of the phrase above, form four words each of four letters which will fit in the grid to form a magic square in which the words can be read both horizontally and vertically.

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EACH row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.

4 9 2 1 7 6 5 9 1 8 3 4 8 9 2 6 4 7 1 6 3 2 8 4 9 5 6 1 3 1 8 5 6 2 8 7 3

1 9 5 7

2 9 4 1 8 3 5 5

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2 5 7 8 9 4 6 1 3

9 3 4 6 7 1 8 5 2

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6 7 9 4 3 2 1 8 5

EASY SUDOKU 1 8 6 3 2 5 7 4 9

HARD SUDOKU 8 4 5 7 1 9 3 2 6

7 9 8 2 4 3 5 6 1

5 6 1 9 8 7 2 3 4

4 2 3 1 5 6 9 7 8

2 6 4 3 1 5 9 7 8

9 5 3 8 7 6 4 2 1

7 8 1 4 2 9 3 6 5

5 1 9 6 4 3 2 8 7

6 3 7 2 5 8 1 9 4

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MAGIC SQUARE: clip; lane; into; peon. WORD PYRAMID: Round-shouldered. EQUALISER: Clockwise from top left – divide; add; subtract; multiply. Total: 8.

(1) Across – Miser; Rabbi; Halve.

Down – March; Sibyl; Raise. CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: Across – 1 Exempt; 4 Heifer; 9 Shampoo; 10 Deism; 11 Odd-jobber; (2) Across – Crane; Aside; Money. Down – Charm; Alien; Every. 12 Won; 13 See eye to eye; 18 Off; 19 Bartender; 21 Gecko; 22 Saffron; 23 Result; 24 Adhere. NONAGRAM: Down – 1 Euston; 2 Eland; 3 Papoose; 5 Elder; 6 Fairway; 7 Rimini; 8 alcove; alive; calve; cave; cavil; clave; Double-cross; 14 Effects; 15 Overfed; 16 Dodger; 17 Fringe; 19 Broil; clove; coeval; cove; EQUIVOCAL; evil; 20 Dirge. lave; live; love; olive; oval; ovule; uvea; QUICK CROSSWORD: uveal; vacuole; vail; vale; value; veal; Across – 1 Black mass; 9 Phobia; 10 Onus; 11 Rear; 12 Millet; 13 veil; vial; vice; vile; viol; viola; vlei; Ceramic; 16 Oral; 17 Name; 18 Kin; 20 Lye; 21 Afar; 23 Clot; 25 vocal; voice; voile; vole. Tetanus; 26 Smooth; 29 Logo; 30 Bard; 31 Olives; 32 Respiring. Down – 2 Lancer; 3 Casual; 4 Marlin; 5 Spam; 6 Shrivel; 7 Abel; 8 Castanets; 13 Collusion; 14 Race; 15 Carat; 18 Kiln; 19 Rattler; 22 Recoup; 23 Camber; 24 Outrun; 27 Ohio; 28 Hose.

DOWN 2. Hire a temp, loyal worker to some extent (6)

6. Old boy in the French listener’s part (4)

3. Obedient when the said task was almost complete (7)

8. Bit of a rash place (4)

4. Deduce it’s a finer mixture (5) 5. Did another’s work for him in spirited fashion (7) 6. Composer Ravel turned up with a change of heart (5) 7. Worker took Elizabeth into a Central American country (6)

13. Going into the lead afterwards? That’s silly (4)

12. Highest speed going to one’s head? (7)

17. Angry when one’s desired goals are leading to a misunderstanding (5-8)

14. Baffled, having been knocked down (7)

20. Sent back another runt in a rush (8)

15. Pressing old city fellow (6)

21. Overwhelming defeat for a disorderly crowd (4)

16. Unable to remove a little cloudiness (6)

22. At work above (4)

18. Fifty in the pool fall suddenly (5)

23. He was able, we hear, to be on the cricket field (5,3)

19. More than one spoke (5)

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11. Surfeit of grain left until tomorrow primarily (4)

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FIVE ALIVE:

10. Gained top recognition in a competitive field (3,5,5) HERE are two miniature fivesquare crosswords using the same grid – but the letters have been mixed up. You have to work out which letters belong to which crossword.

9. Twelve-inch elevation? (8)

QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Stephanie Zimbalist; 2 A newt; 3 Portmanteau; 4 Hansard; 5 George Foreman; 6 Captain James Cook; 7 Celsius (or centigrade); 8 Bath; 9 Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services; 10 Celebrity Big Brother.

ACROSS 1. Minding someone else’s business? (8)

Perform the first calculation in each line first and ignore the mathematical law which says you should always perform division and multiplication before addition and subtraction.

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PLACE the four signs (add, subtract, multiply, divide) one in each circle so that the total of each across and down line is the same.

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WORD PYRAMID SPELL out a 15-letter word or phrase by moving from one chamber to another within the pyramid. You may only enter each of the chambers once and may only D proceed through openings in the N walls. The first letter may appear in any I E chamber.

7. In Greek myth, who was the mother of Hector and Priam?

3. Which childhood illness is also known as varicella?

NONAGRAM

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1

6. Which French leader is alleged to have described England as “a nation of shopkeepers”?

2. Which actress starred as Edna, The Inebriate Woman on TV in 1971?

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ACROSS 1. One who checks accounts (7) 8. Arrogance (7) 9. Colonnade (7) 10.Fate (7) 11.Spartan (7) 14.Venomous snake (3) 16.Unhurried (4) 18.Seeds (4) 19.Wheel shaft (4) 20.Freshwater duck (4) 21.Writing implement (3)

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23.Make good (7) 26.Threats (anag.) (7) 28.Idiotic (7) 29.Mischievous goblin (7) 30.Natural gifts (7) DOWN 1. System of letters (8) 2. Ventures (5) 3. Clan (5) 4. Greek island (6) 5. Commotion (4) 6. Conveyance (7)

7. Military force (4) 12.Animal appendage (4) 13.Coarse file (4) 15.Sheet of glass (4) 16.Thin wooden strip (4) 17.Radio (8) 18.Universal remedy (7) 22.Wandering (6) 24.Accomplishment (5) 25.Constellation (5) 26.Exhale loudly (4) 27.Levy (4)

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