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A prestigious award recognising excellence in the provision of palliative care has been presented to a team from SaTH.
new standard operating procedure along with training to ensure staff and families feel supported and safe to offer Taste for Pleasure to patients.
Representatives from the Trust received the Dundas Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), jointly awarded by the College and PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital).
The scheme has been hugely popular, receiving immensely positive feedback from families, and enquiries from around the globe from healthcare professionals looking to replicate the initiative.
14 February 2020
all pulling together to put patients first.” Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator at SaTH, said: “We are so proud and honoured to receive this award which is for all the patients and families that we have supported, and all the staff at SaTH who have embraced this work.
“We would like to thank both PATCH and the Royal College of Surgeons for this The team was chosen for its innovative The award was presented by Professor recognition of Taste for Pleasure. In end and sensitive approach to the ‘nil by Michael Griffin, President of the RCSEd, to of life care, we only have one chance to mouth’ instruction for patients at the end Jules Lock, Jules Lewis and Claire Saxby get it right and make a difference for our of life. Inspired by End of Life Care from SaTH. patients and their families at the hardest volunteer, Jules Lock, the team launched a of times. Professor Griffin said: “I’d like to ‘Taste for Pleasure’, enabling staff to use a congratulate the fantastic team from “It was an absolute privilege to attend the patient’s favourite flavours – from SaTH. ceremony and it is something that Jules, blackcurrant and tea to prosecco and Claire and I will never forget.” whisky – to dab onto their lips, providing “The Taste for Pleasure scheme is remarkable, not only as it’s a wonderful The Dundas Medal, in commemoration of moisture. idea which helps to support patients and Dr Charles Robert Dundas, is awarded for A multi-disciplinary team including End of their families as the most difficult time, efforts to improve the provision of Life Care, dental hygiene specialists and but because it represents a truly palliative care for patients when they are speech and language therapists collaborative approach by several teams, in hospital. developed new bedside signage and a
NHS Careers Live event SaTH and the Shrewsbury Colleges Group (SCG) combined forces this week to host the second NHS Careers Live event for young people in education. The event, which was held at The Shropshire Conference Centre on Wednesday 12 February, showcased a range of exciting careers available at SaTH. The event was an opportunity for SaTH to present the wide range of jobs and career opportunities in the NHS, and there was staff from the Trust on hand to discuss routes into the many job roles, including work experience and apprenticeships.
MCA/DoLs training for patient-facing staff Date 17 February 24 February 2 March 11 March 16 March 25 March 2 April
Times 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm 10am to 12 noon or 2.15pm or 4.15pm 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm 9am to 11am
Venue RSH SECC RSH SECC PRH Education Centre RSH SECC PRH Education Centre RSH SECC PRH Education Centre
Why not take five minutes out of your day to nominate someone you think is deserving?
Charity Fun Day will celebrate Year of the Nurse and Midwife We want your old uniforms
Planning is well under way for the 2020 SaTH Charity Fun Day, which this year will be part of the Trust’s celebrations of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. The Annual Fun Day will take place at the Shropshire Conference Centre (SECC) at RSH on Saturday 4 July. As usual , things will kick off with a charity 5km fun run (see bottom of page for details) before stalls and attractions open in the grounds of SECC. Part of the success of the fun day has been the involvement of teams from the Trust, who have taken up stalls so they can speak to members of the public about what they do. And that’s where you come in. We are now taking stall bookings for this year’s event and want to make sure that any teams from SaTH who want to publicise their work don’t miss out.
outcomes – to be safe and effective, kind and caring and exceed expectation. Andrew James from SaTH Charity said: “The charity fun day has proved very popular in previous years and we are looking forward to this year’s event.
If you would like a stall at this year’s event, or would like to discuss taking part on the day, please email “We are delighted to be able to use the sath.funday@nhs.net day as part of our celebrations for the International Year of the Nurse and Money from the fun day will go to SaTH Midwife and we would encourage as Charity. As a Trust we rely on our charity many colleagues as possible to get to pay for equipment, patient comforts, involved, either by taking part in the fun staff education and research, which go run, having a stall at the fun day, or above and beyond the funded services simply coming along to join in the fun.” that are provided by the NHS. SaTH Charity supports the Trust’s Vision to be The fun day takes place at RSH as it can an organisation that is continuously be ‘weatherproofed’. Events at PRH are improving patient’s experiences and also being planned.
Do you still have any of your old nurse’s uniforms? Maybe the one you had on your first day of training? Or any other interesting memorabilia from your time in nursing? Then we want to hear from you. As part of the Fun Day celebrations of Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are planning to have an exhibition at SECC looking at the history of nursing and midwifery. If you have anything you would be willing to donate for the day (don’t worry, we’ll look after it and make sure we get it back to you!) please email the team at sath.funday@nhs.net
SaTH is ranked fourth in NHS for recycling and reusing equipment SaTH is ranked fourth in the NHS for its involvement in a scheme which encourages the recycling, reusing or rehoming of old equipment.
managed to prevent 39 tonnes of waste going to landfill and 99 tonnes of carbon entering the atmosphere. Feedback includes comments like: “I found using Warp it very easy and straight forward to use and it has worked very efficiently. I will be recommending it to my colleagues within the department.”
The Trust uses a system called Warp-it to make it easy for you to give surplus items that you no longer need, to other staff in the Trust. The scheme helps the Trust to save money and reduce disposal costs, cut carbon emissions and prevent sending waste to being brand new and still in their landfill. packaging. As a result of the scheme, SaTH is now one of the few Trusts that has saved club £250,000, ranking us fourth overall in the whole NHS. Alex Ford, from the Warp-it team, said: “As a result of ‘De-clutter Days’ organised by the KPO team on both hospital sites during December, we had a huge amount of uniforms returned, with around 99%
“So we came up the idea of holding uniform rummage events, one at PRH and one at RSH. Staff where fantastic –we found homes for 105 different uniforms and the event created such a positive buzz on the day.”
And: “It is my first port of call if we need anything for the offices. It is always worth seeing if any pre-loved items could be given a home before spending unnecessarily on new items. The system works for us.”
Items that can be reused through Warp-it include furniture, electrical equipment, fixtures and fittings and office consumables (such as stationery, ink jet cartridges, new clothing). You can find our So far, more than 900 staff have joined our more at www.warp-it.co.uk/company/ recycling and re-use community and its sath thanks to your efforts that we have
‘Passworks’ being rolled out Passworks, our new IT self-service password reset tool, is being rolled out across the whole trust during February. Passworks gives you the ability to unlock and/or reset the password of your SaTH PC (Windows) login account whenever you need to, by answering three security questions that you choose yourself. The majority of staff have a login account and all will be required to register to use Passworks to manage their own passwords. If you logon to a trust device as yourself you will be prompted to register for Passworks by a little pop up window when initially logging on. For more information we have produced a Passworks webpage that includes guides on how to register, benefits of using the system and other information on Passworks. This can be found here. For more information, please contact the IT Service Desk on Ext 2522, who will be more than happy to help.
Nina calls on colleagues to don their best hats A colleague is calling on staff to wear a hat for the day next month to raise money for Brain Tumour Research. Nina Sinclair, Coroner's and Security Administration Officer, is calling on staff to donate money to support the charity's Wear a Hat Day on 27 March, as the culmination of Brain Tumour Awareness Month. Nina’s husband, David, was diagnosed with a low grade brain tumour in 2013, 14 years after his first seizure. His seizures still subsist to this day. He is currently undergoing treatment for a recurrent tumour (anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma). Nina said: “I’m hoping as many people as possible will join in with Wear a Hat day and donate so that vital research can be funded and we can work towards a cure. “I know that not everyone can wear a hat in their day job—but there’s nothing to stop you from wearing one to and from work! “I have set up an online donation page which can be found at www.justgiving.com/NSinclair2020 “If people don't want to donate to me personally, they can text the word HAT to 70450 to donate £5.” Wear a Hat Day is one of the UK’s biggest and most important brain tumour research fundraising and awareness-raising days. The idea is that wearing a hat is not only “fashionable, stylish and fun”, but it also draws attention to the head and brain tumours, a devastating and at times “invisible disease”. The first Wear a Hat Day was in 2010. In 2019, Wear a Hat Day raised over £330,000 for vital and pioneering research. Since 2010, it has raised over £1.5 million. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer. Brain Tumour Research is uniquely focused on funding sustainable and long-term research into brain tumours at dedicated UK Research Centres. The Charity is building a network of researchers and developing the next generation of world-class experts in neuro-oncology. The charity is also influencing the Government and larger cancer charities to invest more nationally into this crucial area of medical research. It is campaigning for investment in brain tumour research to reach £35 million per year, in line with breast cancer and leukaemia. The charity works to understand the origins of brain tumours in order to create personalised treatments for each patient; starve cancer cells of the energy they need to grow and expand; repurpose existing drugs in order to increase options for targeting brain tumours and identify mutations in low-grade brain tumours that dangerously accelerate tumour growth.
Training: raising awareness of exploitation and vulnerability A training session in Raising Awareness of Exploitation and Vulnerability, covering ‘County Lines’, human trafficking and modern day slavery will take place at RSH next month.
receiving a disclosure and the impact of trauma on any disclosure Understand the individual’s professional accountability and responsibility for sharing under GDPR
The free course, which is open to everyone at SaTH, is useful not just as safeguarding training but for any staff who have children or are involved in youth groups outside of work.
Recognise the importance of documentation and record keeping in the effective protection of those identified as vulnerable, ensuring non victim blaming language is used
Training will take place on 25 March in the Lecture Theatre in the Copthorne Building. There are two sessions: 9.30am-12.30pm and 1pm-4pm.
Understand the processes to get the right help at the right time for the identified vulnerable person(s)
Booking can be done through the Learning Diary on the Target Staff Intranet by looking for ‘Safeguarding’ and then following These sessions are available to any person who requires the drop-down menu to ‘exploitation and vulnerability’. an understanding of vulnerability and exploitation, a basic working knowledge of raising awareness of Course Outline safeguarding, is required to gain the most from this Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable course. adults is everybody’s responsibility. This course aims to raise your awareness of vulnerability factors, the varying On completion of this training you will be able to: areas of exploitation, thereby upskilling professionals in Identify the vulnerability factors feeling confident in recognising the signs, and Explain what the various forms of exploitation are symptoms, to know how to report concerns thus ensuring best practice is embraced. Objectives Highlight personal and situational factors of vulnerability & the impact these have on risk and harm Definitions covering vulnerability, exploitation & sexual exploitation, modern day slavery & human trafficking
Recognise the signs, symptoms and indicators of the various forms of exploitation
Training dates A series of training dates are available for all Nurses and ACPs who are Band 5 and above. Please use the training diary on the Intranet to book onto an individual session :
Understand exploitation and vulnerability and how it impacts on a young person in respect of trauma
26 February: 9am—5pm, RSH, SECC
Know how to respond, record and report concerns and how to signpost
3 March: 9am— 5pm, RSH, SECC
Trainer
11 March: 9am—5pm, PRH, Education Centre.
The trainers are jointly funded by the Police and Telford Develop an understanding of indicators that may show and Wrekin Council and have the appropriate within various forms of exploitation experience and knowledge to deliver this important training. Identify the key considerations necessary when
Join today! The February winners are: Sarah Hotchkiss: Procurement Rebecca Smith: Renal Unit, RSH Sharon Pearson: Patient Access Jane Wilde: Women and Children’s Heather Button: Clinical Trials, PRH How do I enter? You can enter the lottery by downloading a lottery entry form here. Alternatively, you can collect/request a form from the SaTH Charity office. Completed forms should be returned to sath.charity@nhs.net or the SaTH Charity Office (Suite 2, Stretton House, RSH). Providing entries are made by the end of a calendar month, deductions will be made from the subsequent month’s payroll, and you will be entered into the following month’s draw. For example, if you submit an entry form in October, payroll deductions occur in November, and you will be entered into the December draw. Your number(s) are automatically allocated and go forward into each month’s prize draw. How much do tickets cost? Tickets cost £1 and a maximum of 5 tickets can be purchased. Payment will be deducted from your salary (a minimum of £1 per month to a maximum of £5 per month). It is the responsibility of each employee to check that deductions are accurate.
The remaining 50% of the money will go into the Small Things Makes a Big Difference Fund. There may be a one-off “super draw” every year with larger cash prizes. This will replace one of the monthly draws and will be publicised in advance of the draw date. When are the draws made? The draw will take place on the second Wednesday of each month. The winners will be announced in Chatterbox that week. NOTE: To be in the first draw in July a completed application form must be submitted in May. Can I enter the new Staff Lottery? The Staff Lottery is open to all staff working at SaTH who have regular contracted hours and are on the Trust’s payroll. How is money from the Fund awarded? A panel will award the money monthly in line with income to the Fund. They will meet on: 9 May, 11 June, 9 July, 13 August, 3 September, 8 October, 12 November and 10 December.
What can I win?
Can patients/family donate to the Fund?
A prize pool will be created by the monthly contributions to the lottery. The greater the number of players, the bigger the cash prizes and funds raised for staff benefit.
Yes. Anyone wishing to say thank you to the staff at our hospitals can do this by using code ST211R in your ward paying in books. You can then bid for that money to improve your area of work.
The prize pool will be split so approximately 50% will go on prizes: 1st prize = 20% of the entry money 2 x 2nd prizes = 10% of the entry money 2 x 3rd prizes = 5% of the entry money
For further information please contact SaTH Charity Office, Stretton House, RHS on 01743 241446 (Ext 1446) or email sath.charity@nhs.net