Chatterbox 24 September 2021

24September 2021

Waheed named ‘Best Doctor’ in the ‘Who Cares Wins’ awards Congratulations to Dr Waheed Arian, who is part of our Emergency Team.

Waheed has been named ‘Best Doctor’ as part of the ‘Who Cares Wins’ Awards backed by The Sun, Channel 4 and NHS Charities Together.

Waheed founded his own charity, Arian Teleheal, to support medics in conflict-affected countries after he himself was forced to flee Afghanistan as a child and he came to the UK where he gained a medical degree at Cambridge.

Waheed said he was 'utterly humbled and honoured'

Surgeon, Blossom Lake, awarded scholarship A breast surgeon at SaTH has been awarded a scholarship to develop her breast cancer research.

Blossom Lake has been awarded a Clinical Trials Scholarship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) West Midlands Clinical Research Network.

The funding secured will enable Blossom to work with the University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Health Research, to develop her research into breast cancer over the next two years.

Blossom said: "I am really excited to work with the University of Birmingham to enable me to progress nevo breast cancer research at SaTH as a chief investigator.

“My field of interest is improving outcomes from breast cancer in particular in those who are overweight or obese. There is a growing body evidence that suggests breast cancer is more likely to recur if you have an elevated BMI. My research will be aimed at ways to enable and engage breast cancer survivors to improve their own outcomes by modifying their lifestyle and wellbeing.

“This is an excellent opportunity for the breast service at SaTH and for our patients to be involved in research and to improve outcomes from breast cancer."

Blossom is one of 22 researchers across the region to have been awarded the post to maximise research into key health areas across the West Midlands; a major regional priority for

Blossom will spend one day a week participating in research activities. She will also receive one-to-one personal mentoring.

Jane Willcocks, Learning and Workforce Development Project Facilitator for NHIR, said: “The research and scholarship programme was launched in 2018 and we have now funded 63 scholars across 29 speciality and subspecialty areas in the West Midlands. Many of them have become chief investigators or coinvestigators on studies and have secured grant success.

“The programme is highly competitive and has been extremely successful. Our scholars funded in 2018/19 have generated approximately 18 million in grant and project income to develop new areas of research and improve outcomes for patients."

Advent for Others SaTH Charity are delighted to be part of 24 charities featured in ‘Advent for Others’.

Together, we’ve taken the core idea of the advent calendar and put a charitable twist on it. Instead of getting chocolate behind each door there’s a local charity that will receive a share of the money raised from the calendar sales. So, by purchasing this advent calendar you will be supporting 24 charities—also including The Harry Johnson Trust—and will find out a bit about one of the charities each day on the lead up to Christmas.

Julia Clarke, Director of Public Participation, said “We were thrilled to be invited to join this collaborative calendar of local charities. In the past year the public have been a great support to SaTH Charity as this is a lovely way of supporting us and lots of other great charities in the area.”

One calendar costs £24.99. For this price you will receive one physical Advent for Others calendar that includes information on 24 individual local charities that will each receive an equal share of the calendar profits.

Falls

awareness week

Winner AMU at RSH

Winner AMU at RSH

Runner up Ward 4 Runner up Ward 10&11

There has been a fantastic response to Falls Awareness Week across the Trust—which saw more than 20 entries into the Falls Awareness Board competition.

The boards were judged this week by Director of Nursing, Hayley Flavell, and the winner was the board created by the team on AMU at RSH. Runners-up were the teams in Ward 10&11 and Ward 4 at PRH. There is a prize for each team that entered—funded by SaTH Charity—and an additional prize for the winner and runners-up.

The winner will now be entered into a regional competition which will be judged by Professor Brian Dolan. Well done to everyone who entered.

Throughout the week, teams have also taken part in raising awareness about delirium, encouraging patients to get up and get dressed and delivering music and movement sessions on wards.

Notice Board

Notice Board

Notice Board

Notice Board

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At SaTH your wellbeing matters and that’s why we all need to take some time to consider the factors which have an impact on our wellbeing.

The COVID-19 crisis has affected us all, whether this is within our personal life or at work. This is why week we’ve launched Wellbeing Wednesdays. Each Wednesday we will be touching on a different top ranging from exercise, nutrition, sleep, financial advice and mindfulness. You will be able to find usefu tips, resources and we will also be arranging some online sessions.

Each Wednesday our staff wellbeing team will be walking round our two hospitals to speak to you, ask how you are feeling and what we can do to support you and to promote the importance of looking afte ourselves. They will be in their purple wellbeing t-shirts so do look out for them – they are there to help you.

To find out more about the weekly activities, please look out for detail in the weekly staff information bulletin and notifications from the staff app.

These sessions will be facilitated by Team Prevent and are available for all staff to attend. To book please email l.westcott@nhs.net and you will be sent a link for the session.

As part of Wellbeing Wednesday, we’ve created a Wellbeing Wheel which is intended to help you thin about your wellbeing and lifestyle. We encourage all staff to work with a trusted colleague or line manager to complete the Wellbeing Wheel and to develop a Wellbeing Action Plan which you should review regularly. This booklet also outlines the support available from SaTH to help improve and enha your wellbeing.

Long COVID support

y this As part of our Wellbeing Wednesday’s we are pleased to launch our full Long COVID pic Support package for staff and managers. This includes a support group, information booklet, ul manager’s guidance to support staff with long COVID and a breathing techniques video created by our Physiotherapists. To access this package, please visit http:// k intranet.sath.nhs.uk/hr/health_wellbeing/long_covid_support.asp er There is a lot of research to support the role nature plays in protecting and supporting our p mental health. Nature is all around us whether it be in a garden, outside our office window, a local park or on daily walks. We are very lucky at SaTH with the surroundings we have, therefore we have put together these walking route maps and a list of common wildlife for you to enjoy on your own or with colleagues, friends and family. This could be on your lunch break or maybe schedule in a weekly walk after work in the evening. More info here.

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We have added more financial sessions to our wellbeing offer. Barclay’s Bank will be delivering seminars on “New to Investing” and “Move or Improve” throughout July 2021 and to ensure these are easily accessible to staff we will be delivering these online as well as streaming at both PRH and RSH sites.

To find out how to book on, click here. 14-19

Staff Support

Staff Support

1st prize – £264.20 - Lucy Corbett, Ward 7 2nd prize – £132.10 - Adam Knott, Oncology & Haematology 2nd prize – £132.10 - Helen Moore, Corporate (pictured) 3rd prize – £66.05 - Marta Ksaprzyk, Medical Engineering 3rd prize – £66.05 - Yvonne Herbert, KPO

The final word...

I had a fall at home, called an ambulance and was taken to A&E with humour and professionalism. I went through the system and the experience was jaw-droppingly efficient, administered by a team of individuals who obviously cared about their individual roles. What a wonderful team.

Thank you to everyone involved— you can be very proud.