Chatterbox: 24 July 2020

24 July 2020

Pilot scheme launched to reintroduce visiting The Gynaecology Ward at PRH will be the first to trial a new policy for visitors.

Strict rules will remain in place to protect patients, visitors and staff from the continued threat of COVID-19, and to ensure that social distancing guidelines can be met.

If successful, the new visiting policy will be rolled out across other wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.

Visitors to the Gynaecology Ward will be asked to observe the following rules: • Only one person is permitted to visit the patient throughout their admission

• Visitors must stay by the patient’s bedside at all times.

Should they require a member of staff they are to use the nurse call bell Maggie Bayley, Interim Chief Nurse, said: “We are pleased to be taking this step forward in the reintroduction of visiting to our hospitals.

“Protecting patients and staff is our top priority and while it is not the right time to lift our restrictions completely, we are working hard to make sure we reinstate visiting in a safe and compassionate way.

“We would like to say thank you for the continued understanding shown by our patients and their loved ones during this difficult time.”

• All visitors must book a time to Today’s announcement follows visit on from updated guidance for • Each visiting slot is for 50 visitors to SaTH’s Maternity minutes only Services, Fertility Services and Neonatal Unit, which was • Visitors must provide their contact details when booking an announced earlier this week. appointment • Visitors must adhere to Trust Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) policies • Visitors must ensure they are washing their hands regularly

Colouring books for fracture clinic youngsters

More coronavirus updates on Page 5

Fracture clinic at PRH has given colouring books and crayons to young patients.

Colin Lamb from the Plaster Room gave the first 25 boxes of crayons and colleagues have donated money to buy more items.

Any further donations will be gratefully received.

Feedback from the clinic has been that children have loved the thoughtful gesture.

Staff say ‘putting our patients first’ is their main aim and the reason they came up with the idea.

Best wishes as Matron Nonny retires from SaTH Respected and longserving Matron Nonny Stockdale is retiring from SaTH. Nonny has worked for the Trust for many years, most recently as Matron in Unscheduled Care, predominantly working in renal services.

Catering colleagues to brave the shave

Katy Moynihan, Lead Nurse Quality and Safety, in Scheduled Care, said: “Nonny is diligent with a great work ethic, working hard for all her patients and committed to giving them a quality service with kindness.

“Most recently, Nonny’s great love was in managing our renal service to the benefit of all our staff and patients.

“Nonny is a strong character, passionate, proud to share her beliefs and thrives in making a difference. She has supported many staff here at SaTH in her role both as a senior nurse and a Trade Union representative.

Members of the Catering Team at RSH will brave the shave to raise money for the Chemotherapy Ward.

Caroline Rosser, Caroline Erica Davies and Susan Kevan (pictured) will be shaving off their “We’d all like to acknowledge Nonny’s hard work locks on 3 October. and determination throughout her many years of nursing and her great lifetime contribution to the Brave the shave is a courageous way of standing with people going through cancer National Health Service. treatment as well as fundraising for a variety of “Many of us have worked with Nonny over the cancer related causes. years. I am sure you will all join me in wishing If you want to support the team you can make a her happiness and all the very, very best in her donation here and you can also show your retirement. support at 10am on 3 October – the shave will “Thank you, Nonny.” be taking place at the front of RSH.

Congratulations to Paediatric ward for achieving 100% compliant in mandatory transfusion training Huge congratulations to Wards 19 and 20 for reaching 100% mandatory training compliance to administer blood transfusions. CNS Janice Llewellyn and Training Sister Beckie Nock have worked really hard to ensure all staff are up-to -date.

A big thank you for all the hard work shown by the following

If you would like to know your Ward’s compliance percentage, please contact Sarah Crawford, Lead Transfusion Specialist Nurse.

The Top 5 Trust areas (June data) are:  100% - Children’s Ward  96.2% - AMU RSH

 91.1% - ITU RSH five wards that have made transfusion safety a priority, and  90.7% - Haematology Day ensured this vitally important Unit theoretical and practical training  89.9% - ITU PRH has been completed:

Are you in the SaTH Charity Lottery?

The July winners for SaTH Charity Lottery are Jessica Greenwood (Cancer Services), Samantha L’Anson (Corporate Education), David Howse (Ward 19) and Maggie Davison (Cellular Pathology).

Congratulations to the four winners—and for everyone else make sure you are in with a chance of winning August 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).

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.

The prize pool will be split so approximately 50% will go on prizes: 

1st prize = 20% of the entry money

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2 x 2nd prizes = 10% of the entry money

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2 x 3rd prizes = 5% of the entry money

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 Providing entries are made by the end of a the monthly draws and will be publicised in calendar month, deductions will be made from the subsequent month’s payroll, and you will be advance of the draw date. entered into the following month’s draw.

The draw will take place on the second Tickets cost £1 and a maximum of 5 tickets can Wednesday of each month. The winners will be announced in Chatterbox that week. be purchased. Payment will be deducted from your salary (a minimum of £1 per month to a The Staff Lottery is open to all staff working at maximum of £5 per month). It is the SaTH who have regular contracted hours and responsibility of each employee to check that are on the Trust’s payroll. deductions are accurate.

Antibody testing programme success More than 5,100 colleagues have had their COVID-19 antibody test, and we have also been able to roll testing out to our wider ‘NHS family’ – all those who have supported SaTH during the pandemic.

Special thanks goes to the following people for the success of the antibody testing programme:  Phlebotomists at RSH and PRH  Medical Assistants and HCAs who helped Phlebotomy by supporting weekend work  Booking line operators at RSH and PRH  James Nottle for his input into the booking line, reporting results via safe mechanisms  Dr Moira Kaye for her calm leadership, voice of reason and her tireless energy  Paul Corbett from Telecoms for his support in setting up the booking line.  Blood Sciences staff who have performed the analytical testing for the antibody tests  Our Microbiology department who have done a fantastic job with both the antigen and antibody testing and reporting.  All the volunteers who have been involved

 Bir-Inder Ironmonger – for her tireless enthusiasm and hard work to get the booking line and phlebotomy processes up and running.

COVID-19 study joy SaTH recently took part in the national COVID-19 PRIEST (Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage) study run by The University of Sheffield.

ED teams across both sites, led

by Dr Adrian Marsh, identified and collected vital information on each and every patient attending the EDs with COVID19 as the suspected diagnosis.

The study’s primary aim was to This could not have been done without the hard work and optimise triage of people using emergency care with suspected dedication of Kathy Gough and her team. respiratory infections and help identify the most accurate triage This key data was then method for predicting severe collected and entered onto the illness among ED patients. national PRIEST database by Nationally, 20,000 participants Sister Lucy Price (Oncology/ were recruited across 90 acute Haematology Ward Sister redeployed to Research and trusts with 660 from SaTH.

Innovation to help with COVID19 research), Sister Helen Tivenan, Research Sister, and Mike Leigh, Assistant Research Practitioner, as well as many other staff including Sister Heather Button, Research Radiographer Emma Weaver, Research Sister Emma Neeves and Clinical Research Nurse, Anita Agasou.

The Research and Innovation Team is taking part in several other COVID-19 studies and in total has recruited over 1250 patients .

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Life is sweet thanks to Lyreco

Telford-based office supplies firm Lyreco donated 640 boxes of Dairy Box chocolates to SaTH Charity as a big thank you for your hard work during the pandemic. The boxes were split between RSH and PRH with both sites receiving them from our tremendous team of Volunteers.

Caroline’s simple act of kindness goes a long way A nurse working on Ward 21 at RSH went above and beyond to help one of her patients.

generosity.”

Caroline’s thoughtfulness doesn’t stop there. She regularly purchases toiletries Sister Caroline Brierley noticed and comfort items when she’s one of her patients, who is out shopping and keeps them living with dementia, becoming in her locker to give to patients increasingly frustrated and who are brought in to hospital confused. After chatting to the without anything - or when they gentleman, she realised there have no family or friends to was a straightforward solution bring these items to them. to help him feel more Matron Corrin Dorsett said: comfortable—wearing slippers. "The compassion and kindness Visiting the League of Friends shop, Caroline bought some slippers with her own money and gave them to her patient, who immediately relaxed.

Caroline has displayed is everything that is at the heart of SaTH. By taking the time to talk to the patient and listen to his needs, Caroline discovered an easy way to make him feel Leanne Barkess-Jones, Ward better.

Got something to shout Manager Respiratory, said: about?

“Caroline’s simple act of “It warmed my heart and kindness went a long way to reminded me why we became If you have a story for ensuring the patient was happy nurses in the first place. And it Chatterbox, drop us an email. in our care. shows how beautiful actions sath.commsteam@nhs.net can really impact our patient “We wanted to highlight and experience.” celebrate Caroline’s