InTouch magazine - July-August 2021

July - August 2021

InTouch Celebrating the NHS's 73rd birthday Awards for our #PAHTPeople CQC visit Quality improvement

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Welcome to InTouch magazine

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Marking the NHS's 73rd birthday together

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Surgeon awarded MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours

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Teams shortlisted for prestigious accolade

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PAHT2030

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PAHT2030 (continued)

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Department recognised for training excellence

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New director of midwifery reelected as chair of RCM Healthcare group update: surgery

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Getting ready for our CQC visit

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Our patients said...

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Quality improvement

Welcome to InTouch magazine – your insight into the latest news and updates from across PAHT. Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone for your hard work over the last few months in managing the ongoing pandemic, getting our non-COVID services restored so effectively and quickly, dealing with the issues caused by the recent flooding and managing the dramatic changes in weather that we have experienced in recent weeks. I know many of you have been working extra hours and shifts to make this all possible and to continue to support all of our patients. Thank you.

In this edition, you can read about how we celebrated the NHS's 73rd birthday together, with an opportunity to look back on developments over the years and to look forward to the future. It is also a moment for great celebration across PAHT, with a range of accolades for colleagues.

Please ensure that you read our advice about getting ready for our Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit, focusing on how you support patient safety, thinking about your proudest moment, and making sure you are covering the basics.

You can also read about our plans for the future and what our PAHT2030 strategy means for you, together with the latest healthcare group update, this month from surgery.

We cover the variety of recent quality improvements, from patient care to technology and finance.

It’s time to also save the dates in your diary for our annual staff recognition event, Event in a tent, from 14-16 September. More details will follow soon - I look forward to seeing you there.

New Extranet

This magazine is for and about you, our #PAHTPeople – please contact the communications team if you would like to see your team featured, at paht.communications@nhs.net.

Money matters

I hope you enjoy the read.

Call for cricket players

Best wishes

Event in a tent

#PAHTPeople

Lance McCarthy Chief executive

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Marking the NHS 73rd birthday together On Monday, 5 July, the NHS marked 73 years since it began.

The last year has been unprecedented as we worked together in the fight against COVID-19.

You have responded with extraordinary dedication to support our patients. The 73rd birthday of the NHS was an opportunity to reflect on the challenges we have faced and to say thank you to you all.

It was also a poignant time to remember the loved ones and friends who have passed away.

We held an InTouch briefing with an opportunity to look back on developments over the years, with changes in technology and working practice. Jim Mcleish, director of quality improvement; Cherie Beckett, biomedical scientist, microbiology; Daniella Pritchard, sister in ADSU and staff side secretary; Natalie Gray, matron for cancer, cardiology and clinical support services; and Phil Holland, chief information officer, discussed their experiences.

The NHS birthday was an opportunity to say thank you for the support we have given each other. The last year has been extremely difficult – thank you to you all for your ongoing commitment.

Above: The Princess Alexandra Hospital – the beginning Left: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy at the opening ceremony Below: An aerial view of the hospital

This included sharing photos of The Princess Alexandra Hospital over the years (right).

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Surgeon awarded MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List We are delighted to share that Mr Ashraf Patel, associate specialist in breast surgery, has been awarded an MBE.

Memorial Trust and The Kerrie Fitzjohn Memorial Trust.”

Lance McCarthy, chief executive, said: “Congratulations to Ashraf on this wonderful, well-deserved accolade.

Mr Patel was recognised for services to funding and research for breast cancer in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

“I’m absolutely delighted for him and the recognition for his outstanding work to support our patients with breast cancer over many years. Everyone at PAHT is extremely proud to see his dedication to improving the experience and lives of our patients recognised in this way.”

He has worked At St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping and The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow since 1993.

Prior to this he completed his medical education at Grant Medical College and surgical training at Tata Memorial Hospital, both in Mumbai.

At the Breast Unit, with the support of his patients, their families and friends and partner charities, he has helped to raise more than £4.5million for The Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Charity.

This has funded fantastic improvements including breast cancer clinical trials, specialist equipment and health and wellbeing programmes, benefiting patients with breast cancer.

Mr Patel said: “I am delighted and humbled to be awarded an MBE. This award is also a recognition of the immense work put in by our charity, research, clinical, administrative and management teams at PAHT.

“I am lucky to be surrounded by hard working team members trying at all times to do their best for our patients.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family and friends, my colleagues at work, the advisory board members and my patients.

Special thanks go to the executives and PAHT trust board for their support of research and letting it flourish and the trustees of all the charities that support our work in the Breast Unit; The Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Charity, Quest Cancer Research, Together in West Essex, The Maria Falco 4

Gastroenterology inflammatory bowel disease and pharmacy team shortlisted for prestigious accolade The gastroenterology inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) service and pharmacy team have been shortlisted for a prestigious accolade in recognition of their partnership working to improve the experience of patients.

conditions, supporting patient safety. This included providing expert pharmaceutical guidance for the IBD team, responding to IBD helpline calls from patients, running clinics for patients on complex medication and supporting GPs with shared care medicine management.

Their inflammatory bowel disease service project has been shortlisted for the Improving Safety in Medicines Management Award at this John Biddulph (pictured), year’s Health Service Journal chief pharmacist, said: (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards. “Our approach has given patients the opportunity to The teams focused on be proactively involved, firstimproving the care of patients hand, in their care. It has also with inflammatory bowel enhanced partnership working disease (IBD) who were taking between our hospital and GP immunosuppressant and surgeries. We are proud of biologic medication. Biologic the many positive messages medicines (produced by and comments from our biological rather than chemical patients who often refer to the processes) are treatments improvement in their condition for people with moderate to and symptoms as being lifesevere Crohn’s disease or changing.” ulcerative colitis. They may be an option when other drugs Monica Bose (pictured), such as immunosuppressants consultant gastroenterologist or steroids have not been and associate medical director effective, or side effects have for cancer, cardiology and been hard to manage. clinical support services, who clinically led the development A specialist pharmacist of this programme, added: was embedded within the “It is excellent to see what inflammatory bowel disease we have achieved, working service in gastroenterology as one team, to improve the to advise, where appropriate, care and experiences of our on alternative medications patients. (biosimilars) which could effectively manage these “Thank you to everyone who

has been involved in this fantastic project.”

Lance McCarthy, chief executive, added: “I am extremely proud to see the work of our gastroenterology inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) service and pharmacy teams acknowledged nationally. This is amazing recognition of their commitment to improving the experience of our patients.

Congratulations to John, Monica and all of their teams on this achievement - we look forward to the awards ceremony.”

Winners will be announced as part of the Patient Safety Congress and Awards in Manchester in September.

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Our future PAHT starts here You will be supported to learn and develop, fulfilling your personal and career ambitions.

We are on the verge of a defining moment in PAHT’s history as we set our sights on our vision to be modern, integrated and outstanding.

This summer, there are number of key projects that are aimed at transforming the way we work in order to deliver this vision by 2030.

First, is our PAHT 2030 strategy: an ambitious road map for the future which we want to hear your views on before we launch it this September at Event in a tent.

Second, the roll out of our new values which you’ve said are most important to you. From the autumn, we’ll set out how we plan to embed our values across PAHT – including appraisals and our behaviour charter, but for now, please familiarise yourself with them, and think about how they will guide your work and the work of your team going forward.

Everyone has a role to play, and without your help we can’t deliver these projects successfully. So please:

y get to know the PAHT 2030 strategy y familiarise yourself with the values you’ve chosen We encourage you all to speak up, share your views and ideas, and more than ever, tell us what you can do to help.

Your uniqueness will be celebrated, and you will have equality of opportunity to grow, develop and achieve.

You will work in a high quality environment with world leading technology that helps you deliver excellence everyday.

You are key to driving this strategy forward, and through creative collaboration we will achieve our vision.

You will be proud of the work that you do and feel valued and respected.

You will be listened to, and your ideas, issues and concerns acted upon to deliver real change.

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Our values are our guide through the exciting and challenging times that lie ahead, and they will help us achieve our vision for a modern, integrated and outstanding PAHT.

Patient at heart: always holding the patient and their wellbeing at

the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence: sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration: knowing strength comes from diversity,

we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

What we need from you

deliver the strategy the right ones, or are there Whilst we encourage you more?

3. What will your team to start thinking about do this year to achieve how to embed our new values, we are particularly them? looking for your feedback 4. What support do you need to achieve them? on the PAHT2030 strategy over the next few We don’t expect every weeks. aspect of the strategy to We’ve shared discussion be relevant to every team. guides with line managers Decide what is relevant to kickstart conversations to you/your team and then feedback to paht. between you and your teams. We would like you strategyteam@nhs.net by 23 August 2021.The to consider: strategy team will then 1. Is it clear enough how we’ll deliver the strategy? collate all the information to update the final version 2. Are the ways we’ll

of the strategy, which will be launched at our annual Event in a tent.

Please look out for other engagement events running throughout August and engage as much as you can. You can read the PAHT2030 strategy on Alex.

More information on our values, our new strategy and the hugely exciting times ahead will be discussed at Event in a tent on 14-16 September.

Don’t miss the chance to have your say.

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Our PAHT 2030 vision is to be modern, integrated and outstanding.

We are on the verge of a defining moment in PAHT’s history.

What lies ahead is a journey of transformation and improvement that will lead us successfully into the future, enabling us to deliver modern, integrated and outstanding care that keeps our growing and ageing population healthier.

Against a backdrop of NHS and system transformation, the relentless pace of scientific, technological and clinical innovation, and our amazing opportunity to build a brand-new hospital, we need a strategy that is big, bold and ambitious.

This is that strategy. PAHT 2030 is our organisational roadmap for the next 10 years. It is designed to inspire and challenge us, to guide and unite us in working smarter and better to achieve our vision.

We have already made great progress, thanks to your hard work.

But there is much more to do. Now, more than ever, we need to come together as one team, working with our local, regional and national partners, our patients and our communities to make PAHT the centre of excellence we know it can be.

We hope you are excited by this strategy, and eager to embrace the challenges ahead.

Lance McCarthy, Chief Executive

Our vision To be modern: always using up to date treatments, technology and facilities.

To be integrated: working as one to provide joined up healthcare that always puts patients first.

To be outstanding: delivering healthcare that our patients deserve and that makes us proud

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“I have never been in a hospital where I have witnessed such teamwork. They say laughter is the greatest medicine, if that’s the case then PAHT staff must be overflowing with it.” Patient

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Our priorities Our five priorities provide the focus to achieving that vision over the next 10 years: transforming our care, our culture, digital health, corporate transformation and our new hospital.

Our objectives Our five core objectives: patients, people, performance, places and pounds hold us to account, keeping us grounded in reality and challenging us to keep improving the experience for our patients, visitors and people.

“PAHT 2030 is about transforming the way in which healthcare is delivered for our communities and creating a much more modern, much more welcoming place for our patients to be treated and our people to work.”

Lance McCarthy, Chief Executive

Our values What this means for our people You will be proud of the work that you do and feel valued and respected.

You will be listened to, and your ideas, issues and concerns acted upon to deliver real change.

And throughout everything we do, we are guided at all times by our values: patient at heart, everyday excellence and creative collaboration.

You will be supported to learn and develop, fulfilling your personal and career ambitions.

Your uniqueness will be celebrated, and you will have equality of opportunity to grow, develop and achieve.

You will work in a high quality environment with world leading technology that helps you deliver excellence everyday.

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Trauma and orthopaedics department recognised for training excellence

trauma and orthopaedics department acknowledged for the amazing training they offer. High quality training is vital for the future of the NHS. We are extremely proud of the programme.

The trauma and orthopaedics department has been recognised for their training excellence by the East of England Trauma and Orthopaedic Training Programme, Health Education England.

There have been a range of recent plaudits for the team, following a longstanding tradition of outstanding achievement.

“Congratulations to Satish and to all of the department.”

The latest successes for the department follow Mr Jehangir Mahaluxmivala, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, being named the Trainer of the Year 2020 by the Royal London Rotation for Trauma and Orthopaedics.

The department was awarded second place in the East of England Trauma and Orthopaedic Training Programme’s Trainee Led Training Hospital of the Year Awards for the third year Mr Satish Kutty said: “It is running. absolutely fantastic that the department has been given Additionally, Mr Satish this prestigious recognition.

Kutty (pictured), consultant trauma and orthopaedic “I am also humbled to have surgeon, received the received the Trainer of the Regional Trainer of the Year Award for the region Year accolade. This follows and the ASG Fellowship. the achievement of being awarded the Austrian“We are all dedicated to Swiss-German (ASG) supporting and developing Fellowship for 2020. This the orthopaedic surgeons of is a prestigious award from the future.” the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) which Dr Fay Gilder, medical selects one surgeon every director, added: “I am two years for this fellowship. delighted to see the 10

New director of midwifery re-elected as chair of The Royal College of Midwives Our new director of midwifery has been re-elected as the chair of The Royal College of Midwives.

Giuseppe Labriola (pictured) joined PAHT on 21 June from his previous role as associate director of nursing and midwifery at Newham Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.

He has been on the board of The Royal College of Midwives for four years, and he has been the chair for the last two years. He has now been re-elected for another two-year term.

RCM headquarters to its new home in Borough.

“I am delighted to have now joined PAHT and I am committed to continuing to improve the maternity services we provide. My role as chair of the RCM gives Giuseppe said: “It is a privilege me the opportunity to share to have been re-elected to the feedback we receive at this important role, ensuring PAHT to help shape services that the voice of midwives and nationally for the future.” those who work with maternity services are represented.

Sharon McNally, director I have thoroughly enjoyed of nursing, allied health working as chair of the RCM. professionals and midwifery,

“During this time, we have been successful in ensuring that maternity support The Royal College of Midwives workers are eligible to stand (RCM) is the national voice for board members and we of midwifery. They are the have increased diversity on only professional organisation the board. We have also and trade union dedicated campaigned for better pay and to serving midwifery and the provided evidence to the pay whole midwifery team. review board, and moved the

added: “Congratulations to Giuseppe on this fantastic achievement. I am pleased to welcome Giuseppe to PAHT, and look forward to working together to enhance the experience of women, babies, their partners and families at PAHT.”

Healthcare group update: surgery "We have been recognised nationally for the progress we are making with post COVID-19 elective recovery. Our Integrated Care System (ICS) is the best at this in the East of England and are leading the way for the ICS. This is a real achievement and we would like to thank all of the teams both leading and delivering the work.

Surgery have also moved back into the newly refurbished Penn Ward, with Sister Anna Mawbey leading the team. The ward has been transformed and provides a fantastic environment for both our patients and our people."

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Getting ready for our CQC visit As you are aware, CQC colleagues will be inspecting the whole organisation against the well-led domain through the second half of August. In addition, under the new CQC inspection format, they will be undertaking a series of ‘core service’ visits.

We have developed a series of resources to help support you with your preparation for the visit. This includes:

How you support patient safety

The patient safety team have identified the top five areas on y A Getting ready for our Care which we need to focus: Quality Commission (CQC) y Falls prevention: to reduce visit guide - digital and print falls with harm y Pick and mix companion y Venous guide – clearly setting thromboembolism: to out where to access each become an exemplar resource trust for venous y Videos: What was your thromboembolism in the UK proudest moment? This is by 2023 an opportunity to reflect on y Diabetes: to run an what you would tell a CQC outstanding service for colleague about your work all patients with diabetes, y Alex - dedicated CQC whether or not diabetes is resources section, the reason for admission accessible from the button y Pressure ulcers: To on the front page reduce all hospital acquired y Website - a private webpage pressure ulcers that could where you can access all of not otherwise be avoided, the CQC resources: www. and to reduce moderate and pah.nhs.uk/CQC severe pressure ulcers by y YouTube playlists with CQC 50% by 2021/22 related content, available on y Medicines optimisation: our channel - PAHTPeople to increase the reporting of y Copies of Our year medicine incidents, while magazine, which charts our reducing the harm achievements - digital and What is your proudest print moment? y Copies of InTouch magazine We have seen some fantastic - digital and print achievements across PAHT over the last year – what is your proudest moment, as an individual or as a team? Achievements of our #PAHTPeople in the last year Please think about:

have included: y Dr Shico Visuvanathan, consultant microbiologist and director of infection prevention and control, was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to microbiology, infection prevention and control, particularly during the COVID-19 response y Francina Mushaninga, matron, and Victoria Andrews, lead nurse for practice development, were recognised for the outstanding patient care they give and the support they provide for colleagues

by Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England Making sure you are covering the basics We must all ensure that we are covering the ‘must do’s’ at all times – this includes: y y y y

Maintaining social distancing Good hand hygiene Wearing PPE correctly Following our uniform policy – not wearing scrubs off site e.g. travelling to and from work We will be sharing more updates soon.

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Our patients said...

"Booking appointments online is so easy, then when you get there checking in on the iPad is effortless and you are seen almost immediately - no taking a ticket and queuing as in pre-pandemic times. Staff were quick and highly skilled."

"The day case team are utterly fabulous. I had a procedure done under the day case ward/unit and every single member of the team was just brilliant.

The anaesthetists, the nurses, the hospital support staff, and the cleaner were lovely . The hospital was clean and the windows were open due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so I felt safer too.

"Everyone had time to explain or just talk, and they were kind and had a good sense of humour. I can't thank them enough as these things really make a patient feel at ease. Even though I was last on the list, the hours waiting went fairly quickly. I have been in hospital so many times over the years and this was one of the best hospital experiences I've had. Thank you, really thank you."

"The lady I spoke with could not have been more pleasant, professional and kind. She gave the kind of experience one would usually expect at a five star hotel. It was important to me to let you know how fantastic she was."

"I want to take the time to thank all members of staff in the early pregnancy unit (EPU). This whole team of people basically saved my life.

They have all been incredible and nothing I say can show my thanks for this incredible team of people."

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Congratulations to the Patient Panel Our Patient Panel were honoured to be presented with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service at a longawaited ceremony on Tuesday 20 July.

The Queen's Award is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK and aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

The Patient Panel were awarded the accolade last year in recognition of their dedication to representing the voice of patients at PAHT. The ceremony was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

They have been acknowledged for the full range of their work to benefit patients, including hosting conferences, community meetings and directly supporting the care of patients by volunteering their time to initiatives to improve patient experience, such as offering tea and cakes to long stay patients in hospital. The panel has established strong networks and relationships with voluntary organisations, colleges, schools and local businesses in joint efforts to improve services at the hospital.

The team were presented with the award by Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, the Lord Lieutenant of Essex at the ceremony, pictured, right.

Diabetes conference

Our Patient Panel hosted a conference on Wednesday 7 July that focused on a wide range of topics relating to type one diabetes.

At the conference, senior healthcare professionals, researchers, and scientists shared their knowledge and expertise in the diabetes field; it was also an opportunity to hear patient stories about their experience of living with diabetes.

The aim of the day was to share a better understanding of diabetes among our patients, people and the wider community.

The sessions included: y Patients' perspectives on how they have experienced diabetes y Plans for future diabetes care at PAHT y Diabetes across the wider health and care system and looking forward on our journey towards the new hospital y What does good patient care look like for our diabetes patients? y An insight into groundbreaking technology of how the artificial pancreas was created, hosted by world leader, Professor Hovorka y An insight into the

automated closed-loop insulin delivery system, hosted by pioneer Lane Desborough, chief operating officer of NudgeBG in California Thank you to everyone involved.

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Quality improvement We are pleased to share a variety of recent quality improvements to benefit our patients and our people. Thank you to the quality first team (antibiotic App and stoma care project) and everyone involved.

Antibiotic App enables more effective prescribing

Have you tried the App that will make antibiotic prescribing more effective? Clinicians can download a MicroGuide App to enable them to have easy access to the trust's antibiotic guidelines.

The App was introduced as part of the ongoing improving patient outcomes programme of work. It ensures appropriate antibiotic prescribing for patients, and should result in a reduction in antibiotics.

It is available on Apple and android devices; you can search and download 'MicroGuide' on the Apple and Google Play App store. The App is available on all trust devices, including phones, iPods and iPads under the apps at work icon - it is important to note that the antibiotic guidelines remain on Alex.

Coming soon: new clinical and corporate communications tool

We have recently invested in a new clinical and corporate communications tool called

Alertive. The new system will replace non-emergency bleeps in the first instance; however, it also has the functionality to be used as a clinical messaging tool, with exciting future innovations planned. If you would like to be part of the pilot group to test the new system, please email paht.alertive@ nhs.net.

Your questions answered Is the App secure and will it be able to access my personal data?

The Alertive App is very secure and operates all clinical messaging within its own container. No data or images are stored in your private storage areas. The Alertive app does not access or use any personal information e.g. images, contacts or messages from other Apps.

Why should I use my own phone?

The feedback from most users is that they would prefer not to have to carry a different device for work. Using your own phone allows you to use something you are familiar with.

users, otherwise the App will obey the volume and device settings.

Will the App use all my battery and personal data allowance?

No. The Alertive App is capable of running in the background or not at all. The application registers with the phone and will activate when needed, similar to an SMS or phone call.

New stoma care referral process A new electronic referral pathway system has been introduced that will improve the stoma referral process, turnaround times, patient length of stay and reduce the risk of hospital acquired infection.

The referral form should now be used instead of referring a patient via the telephone or email. You can complete the electronic referral form via the internal referrals page on Alex.

Will I be disturbed when I’m at home or not working?

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Event in a tent: save the dates will be recorded and available on our YouTube playlist.

This year, our three-day celebration of our amazing PAHT people returns to the tent, following our virtual celebration last year.

Remember to mark the dates in your diary, Tuesday 14 – Thursday 16 September.

We are fast approaching our fifth annual staff recognition event that will offer a great range of in person events that

We have a variety of events and sessions planned that will focus on health and wellbeing, learning and organisational development, resilience, and improvement as well as our Long Service Awards on the Tuesday evening (14 September) and our annual Our Amazing People Awards on the Wednesday evening (15 September).

Keep a look out for the full agenda and awards nomination process that will be shared in due course.

know if you have completed 20 or 25 years' service at PAHT. Please also state in your email your full job title and your preferred name.

This will help to ensure that we have the correct service record listed for you.

Long Service Awards As we move towards our annual recognition event to celebrate our long service colleagues, please email paht. communications@nhs.net by Wednesday 11 August to let us

Have your say on the new Extranet Alex, our current Intranet, is retiring soon and will be replaced with a new, modern Extranet. It will be fully mobile enabled to access on smartphones and tablets too, wherever you are.

It’s now time for you to get involved and help shape the new Extranet. To be part of one of the design sessions with the Extranet development team, please contact paht. communications@nhs.net.

opportunity to feedback about what you would like to see as part of the new Extranet, such as functionality and the look and feel of the site. We look forward to you joining us at one of the engagement sessions - more details are to follow.

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Money matters approach based on a business case structure. The new business case process is already underway and is being used across the organisation.

Since the 1 April, this year, five business cases have been approved, including: This is a significant amount of y Mortuary refurbishment y Training and education money and it is vital that we centre manage each investment well and that we make sure that we y Ward refurbishment (Penn, Saunders and Winter ward) get the best value and results as well as the best benefit for y The Williams Day Unit our patients and our people. y Back-log maintenance Every year, as an organisation, PAHT invests £millions in improvements to our estate, buildings and equipment alongside the investment in our people through their salaries and every day running costs.

In-line with the modernisation and transformation that is taking place across our corporate teams, our finance colleagues are currently implementing a new way of working for the way money and its investment is managed by putting in place a new

Managing our money and how it is used to best effect is critical to the transformation and growth of PAHT as we get back to better and deliver the goals of PAHT 2030. Business cases provide a fair and equal way for all requests for capital or revenue investments to be

evaluated and approved.

The new business case approach will affect you if you are part of any request for additional capital or revenue money. If you are part of a project group team, a member of the finance team will work with you and your colleagues to support you in putting together the correct business case application.

More details are available on Alex.

If you have any questions please contact your head of finance.

Call for PAHT team cricket players Nightingale Disabled Transport have generously offered to host a Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity fundraising cricket match for our Epping Breast Unit based at St Margaret's Hospital at Matching Green Cricket Club on Monday 30 August.

Are you a cricket player? This is a call for all cricket players who would like to take part and be part of a PAHT winning team. Ex-England player, Owais Shah, will be an honorary member of the PAHT team too. Tops and equipment will be provided. We need ten (or more) players. A huge thank you to those who have already stepped up to play.

Interested? Please contact paht.communications@nhs.net and join the #PAHTPeople team.

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Supporting our #PAHTPeople Please remember that there is a wide range of health and wellbeing support available for you, including: Your line manager to support with work and personal concerns.

Trade unions Provide workplace guidance and advice.

Freedom to Speak Up Guardians To report unsafe working conditions, patient care, inadequate training and insufficient resources, to safety incidents and bullying. You can contact

our Freedom to Speak Up Guardians via email at freedtomtospeakup@ nhs.net or call Lorraine: 07580 359 941 or Lisa 07580 359 951.

pay, policies and processes. You can get in touch with the team by emailing paht. peopleinformation@nhs. net.

Equality, diversity and inclusion champions To provide support, advice and guidance on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Wellbeing champions Wellbeing support at department level and signposting you to a wide range of health and wellbeing offers.

Staff health and wellbeing Provide support, advice and guidance on your health and wellbeing. You can call the team on x 7015.

People team Advice on employment,

Chaplaincy team Here to listen to your concerns and worries – you can contact our chaplaincy team by calling x 2717 or via switchboard.

Photoshoot with our #PAHTPeople Thank you to everyone who took part in our latest photoshoot with our #PAHTPeople on Monday, 19 July.

It was a great opportunity to refresh our image library - please look out for your photos appearing in our communications soon. You can see a preview of some of the photos, pictured right.

We have arranged a further photoshoot for Wednesday, 22 September - if you and your team would be interested in getting involved, please contact paht.communications@nhs.net.

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