NHS Anniversary parkruns
To mark the 76 Year NHS anniversary, our local parkruns were held in honour of the NHS on Saturday 6 July at Telford Town Park and the Quarry, Shrewsbury.
NHS anniversary parkrun
Thank you to everyone who took part or volunteered, despite the soggy weather!
Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month is celebrated throughout July. It is a worldwide celebration and an opportunity to raise awareness of disabilities, start positive conversations and celebrate the diversity and differences of the disabled community.
Is Disability Pride Month related to LGBTQ+ Pride?
There has been much conversation and deliberation about whether the two months are related to each other. The answer is in some ways, yes, and in other ways no.
There are people that are part of both the disabled community and the LGBTQ+ community – and it’s an individual choice of how to celebrate both.
Both events celebrate overcoming obstacles and being authentic without having to hide. And both events celebrate and reclaim visibility in public, when historically (and in the present day) the communities have been pushed out and excluded.
Get involved
Help is available for colleagues who might want to access extra support. More information can be found on the intranet. The next Disability, Ability, and Wellbeing Network is scheduled for Tuesday 30 July from 1-2pm on MS Teams.
Ella Price, a Data Coordinator working in Research and Innovation, tells her story in her own words:
I was diagnosed with combined-type ADHD at the age of 23. I had suspected for a long time that I had some form of learning disability, other than dyslexia.
I have had my fair share of challenges
within the workplace especially when it came to learning and processing new information.
Due to my…forgetfulness I found that I needed written reminders for certain tasks that were outside of the core work routine. Verbal tasks, for example, I would forget quickly.
This presented challenges at previous workplaces, hospitality when I was younger, and health and social care environments, as I got older.
I have been shouted at, belittled, and embarrassed in front of colleagues for being “Stupid” or “Slow”.
Since there was no evidence or diagnosis of my ADHD, these workplaces did not make any reasonable adjustments. I felt discriminated against and excluded.
After seeking the help and advice from the ADHD nurses through my GP, I was diagnosed with combined-type ADHD.
I learnt more mechanisms to learn, adapt and control my impulses as well as increase my focus. When I was diagnosed, thankfully I was working within an incredibly supportive work environment here at SaTH. My colleagues were eager to learn with me what the practices and mechanisms were and engrained them into their everyday work practices. They were small changes but they created a whole lot of difference. I have since developed more confidence to ask questions and to investigate independently within my role.
It is vital to be aware of hidden neurological disorders. They are not always obvious and can be especially hard to recognise in females. Simple and easy changes can be implemented to help colleagues.
Annual Recognition Week will kick off on Monday 4 November, with a number of events recognising and celebrating the fantastic contribution that colleagues, volunteers and partners make, supporting our patients, families and communities, whether in frontline teams, or working behind the scenes. See the exciting programme below:
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Monday 4 November: Long Service Awards
Tuesday 5 November: Volunteer Celebration Event
Wednesday 6 November: Learning and Development Celebration
Thursday 7 November: Inclusion and Belonging Day
Monday 11 November: Remembrance Event
Friday 15 November: Trust Celebratory Awards 2024
Please remember to nominate your colleagues for the Trust Celebratory Awards which reflect the huge diversity of what you do, day in and day out, to support and care for our local communities. This is your opportunity to nominate and celebrate the outstanding dedication and commitment of your colleagues and their teams, and the truly wonderful work that they do every day across so many services in our hospitals and the wider community to support our patients and their families.
The closing date for nominations is Friday 9 August. To see all the categories and details on how to nominate, visit the Trust Celebratory Awards website
This year saw 300 people receive a nomination for a SaTH Charity NHS thank you daisy.
The daisies were personally given to nominees on both sites during Values Week. Each daisy came with a card that included the name of the colleague who had nominated them and the message which explained the reason for the nomination. Colleagues were very excited to find out who had nominated them and were very touched by what had been written.
Julia Clarke, Director of Public Participation, who personally signed every card, said: “Congratulations to everyone who received a daisy, the nominations were all very well deserved and some of the nominations were really heartfelt. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a colleague and thank them for their hard work and dedication. A really special gift.”
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Charity Thank Daisies
Charity Thank You Daisies
Alcohol Awareness Week
Raising awareness and campaigning for change
Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. It is an opportunity for charities, local authorities, GP surgeries, businesses to think and talk about alcohol harm with their communities.
Alcohol Awareness Week, which took place from 1 to 7 July, and is coordinated by Alcohol Change UK, was hosted by the Alcohol Care Team at PRH.
Each year, over 5,000 public health teams, workplaces, GP surgeries, pharmacies, hospitals, charities and other community groups across the country sign up to take part using resources provided by us. Further details can be found at alcoholchange.org.uk.
SaTH 4 Senior Leadership Programme
Nayab Shaik, Lisa Evans, Karen Bryan, Lou Graham, Mandy Carnahan, Hollie Aiston, Sally Burns, Jo Stickley, Alison Golledge, Emma Jones (not pictured)
Congratulations to participants on our SaTH 4 Senior Leadership Programme, who completed the programme on 24 June following delivery of great group presentations.
To find out more about SaTH leadership programmes email: sath.leadership@nhs.net
An important update from the Risk Management Team
The Trust’s ‘Must-do’ from the latest CQC report emphasised the need to regularly review our clinical and non-clinical risks.
SaTH’s Risk Management Team (James Webb and Holly Burrows) offer support and training to help you assess your risks and manage your risk registers on Datix.
Risk management sessions available
Please click here to book onto the two hour risk management sessions on LMS. These are at SERII, RSH and the Education Centre, PRH. We also offer evening training sessions via Microsoft Teams for night-shift workers.
In the training we will cover:
1. How risks can affect the delivery of SaTH services
2. Risk culture
3. Scope, context and criteria of risk management
4. How to identify, register, analyse, escalate and control risks
5. How to monitor and review risks using the Risk Register module on Datix.
There are opportunities for Q&A throughout the sessions.
E-learning sessions available
Risk Management E-learning has been created on LMS so that anyone in the Trust is able to understand:
1. what Risk Management is
2. what Risk Culture is
3. how to Identify and Analyse Risks
4. how to Monitor and Close Risks
Use the links below to access and complete the four modules:
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Click here to access the risk assessment form.
Please click here to view our risk management intranet page for “all things risk”.
Insulin safety week
As part of Insulin Safety Week 2024, some of the diabetes specialist nurses visited wards and departments across our hospitals. They spoke with colleagues to raise awareness and nearly 200 people took part in their insulin safety quiz. It was a great opportunity for colleagues to meet the team, ask questions and increase their knowledge.
The team completed a prize draw to win a hamper and are pleased to announce that the winner of the RSH hamper is Stella Okyere and the winner of the PRH hamper is Sharon Whitehead. Congratulations!
Five stars for catering
Congratulations to the Catering Team who have retained their five-star rating from the Environmental Health Officer (EHO).
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital’s
Key speakers include:
+ Sepsis Survivor
+ Sim Session
+ Legal Services
+ Psychology Hub
+ and more
Also included:
+ Rock Choir
+ Shrewsbury College beauticians providing free treatments
+ various stands from different areas including unions, chaplains, art club etc
To reserve a place (staff) please contact: sally.childs5@nhs.net
Are you ready to go ‘Off the Block’ at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital?
This could be your only opportunity to abseil off the top of the ward block at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and raise funds to improve the health of local people.
• Are you up for a challenge?
• Would you like to look out and take in the views across Shropshire before abseiling down the side of the five-storey ward block.
• Would you like to raise funds to support an area or service within our hospitals to improve the experience of healthcare for local people?
If you’ve said ‘yes’ to any of those questions you will love our charity event, an abseil from the top of the ward block at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 21 September 2024.
SaTH Charity, Lingen Davies and the League of Friends have come together to raise funds to improve the health care of local people through this unique charity abseil.
You will experience the views across Shropshire and into Wales and then the thrill of conquering an abseil off the five-storey ward block. By taking on this challenge and fundraising you will be supporting local people who are treated in our hospitals, helping to provide a supportive environment for our patients to improve their wellbeing and recovery.
You can choose whether you want to raise money for SaTH Charity, Lingen Davies Cancer Fund or the League of Friends. If you choose to raise money for SaTH Charity, you can choose from one of our 64 charitable funds to support. The best news is regardless of who you choose all the money raised after your registration will support patients from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and mid Wales.
The registration fee for the abseil is £78, this covers the full cost of hosting through our fully ensured and experienced delivery partner. This approach ensures every penny raised in donations goes to the hospital. We are asking that those taking part aim to raise funds of at least £100. Our team is on hand to help you reach this target.
Accept the challenge, be an inspiration and abseil for a great cause.
Join Team SaTH for an exceptional adventure! You can sign up here and if you have any questions please contact sath.charity@nhs.net or via phone 01743 492256.
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STAFF LOTTERY
Winners for JULY
1st £500
Debbie Smith, Women and Children’s
2nd £250
Elise Saunders, General Outpatients
2nd £250
Sarah Dale
3rd £100
Sam Hooper, Medical Directorate
3rd £100
Sharon Waters
3rd £100
Emily Lovell, Communications
4th £50
Sian Evans, Pre-Op Assessment
4th £50
Anita Parry, Outpatients
4th £50
Chris Bakehouse, Hospital at Night
4th £50
Emma Watkins, Microbiology
10 cash prizes every month!
Payment will be deducted from your salary; winnings are paid into your salary the following month
Why not join our lottery?
50% of profits are given out in prizes and the other 50% is adding to our Small Changes Make a Big Difference Fund all of which is spent on items for staff.
The SaTH Small Things Make a Big Difference Fund aims to improve the working environment and amenities for all employees.
Click here to download the T&C’s and enter the staff lottery
From my initial appointment with Mr Suresh Sagili on the 6th June at Telford hospital, to coming into the RSH Day Surgery on Monday 8th July to have my eyelid surgery I can quite honestly say that the care and attention I received was extremely brilliant. From walking into the reception area to leaving the same way I was treated with respect. Every part of my procedure was explained to me and all staff made me feel comfortable. The operation went smoothly and I am recovering at home, where I am waiting for all the swelling to go down so that I can once again actually see my eyelid lashes (can’t remember the last time I did) I would like to thank all staff from the reception area to the theatre team and especially Mr Sagili.