My part in Midland Met

How are you preparing for the opening of Midland Met in your team/ department?

We regularly inform our nursing apprenticeship associates about what Midland Met will bring to the community and the Trust.

We have regular meetings and share updates on the hospital. Information is available on the Midland Met pages on Connect, and Heartbeat articles provide helpful updates on the programme and work that is being undertaken by various teams as we all prepare for our move into our new acute hospital in 2024.

In what ways will our new hospital help to shape your role for the better?

We aim to make 25 per cent of Midland Met’s workforce nursing associate apprentices. It is a big ambition for the team, and we are developing plans to help us make this ambition a reality.

The biggest benefit that Midland Met will bring in your opinion is...

Collectively we are promoting Fundamentals of Care and our 3Ps strategy that focuses on our people, patients and population. We feel that Midland Met will bring these groups together.

There is something for everyone at Midland Met. You do not need to be a patient to visit the hospital – the community focus is impressive with the Winter Garden, outdoor green spaces and the art gallery.

How long have you been at SWB and what is your current role?

My role is a nursing associate educator, and I am part of the nursing and midwifery clinical education team. I have been in my role for ten months as this is a new role for the Trust.

What part does your role contribute to the Midland Met project?

I help train and educate nursing associate apprentices (NAAs) in the organisation.

Nursing associates work as part of the nursing team and play an important role that helps to bridge care between healthcare support workers and nurses. The focus is to deliver patient care, and our nursing associates will help shape and support the care we provide at Midland Met.

It offers a lot in the way of new opportunities, such as career development and new ways of caring for patients. I also like that it brings both Sandwell and City Hospitals together to provide all acute care in one place, effectively bringing two communities together.

Have you been on a site tour? If so, can you share any photos and your feedback with us?

I had the privilege of having a guided tour and can say it is AMAZING! There is so much space, and there will be a lot of new facilities. The Trust has put a lot of thought into making the hospital fit for purpose and bringing our patients, people and population together.

Making positive change within the communities we serve has always been one of the main strategic drivers behind our plans for Midland Met. Alongside supporting regeneration initiatives and implementing an inclusive arts campaign, our new hospital will provide employment opportunities and help to support continued growth in the neighbourhoods surrounding the hospital.

Our ambition is for Midland Met to become #morethanahospital in every sense. One of the ways we are working to make this a reality is through our arts strategy. Our plans include having an art gallery housed within Midland Met and an arts programme encouraging community groups, staff and patients to get involved.

Amy Campbell, Creative Producer at SWB, told us: “Supported by a development grant from Arts Council England, we are currently testing and developing ideas for

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the development of a creative working partnership between Trust clinicians, Brushstrokes - a specialist migration community organisation and MotherShip’s team of creative practitioners with expertise in working in the community, and with migrant mothers in particular.

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“We are developing an approach that centres around migrant women, for whom English may not be their first language. We are developing pop-up creative sessions in the community ahead of the hospital’s opening, aiming to use creative tools to empower migrant mothers to have the confidence to advocate effectively for their experiences and others of maternity services.”

On a recent visit to Midland Met, one of the team at MotherShip explained: “I’m so happy and feel privileged to see the hospital whilst under construction. I’m impressed with the building and the thought that has gone into the design. The rooms are fantastic, especially the light coming into the rooms from all sides of the hospital.”

For more information or to get involved please contact Amy Campbell via amy.martin31@nhs.net

Corporate And General News

Shout out has been a regular feature in Heartbeat and it is fantastic to see colleagues regularly taking the time to give positive feedback to each other.

We regularly receive positive feedback from our patients too, and this month we wanted to share some of those heartwarming messages which have been sent via our website and social media platforms.

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Aisha has been a great support whilst I've been working on D27, she has helped me with drug histories and promptly resolves any issues that I hand over. She also dealt with a Clozapine patient recently and managed to resolve it quickly, ensuring all the correct places were contacted. Thankyou for all your help and support it is greatly appreciated!

Natalie consistently goes above and beyond to support the timely 2WW NSS RDC pathway by ensuring timely imaging results are ready for MDTs. This aids the team in getting quicker diagnosis for patients, results to patients sooner and if required pathways, investigations and or treatment commenced in a timely manner.

We have experienced challenges in paediatrics with a significant increase in demand over the past 2 weeks, regionally and well as within our hospitals, Fatema, Jo and the paediatric nurses across the unit and sites, doctors and ANPs have worked tirelessly this week to respond to the demand. Thank you for all of your hard work and for your flexibility in caring for our children and their families - your hard work is very much appreciated.

I would like to send some feedback regarding HCA Joanne Withers working today in AMUa 27th December 2022. It was really nice that she actually remembered me and my family from my many unfortunate stays with you at both Sandwell and City hospital during 20132015 when I was very poorly. This lovely lady is a massive credit to the NHS service. Always smiling and helpful no matter however busy. I've noticed in particular her exceptional patients with difficult patient's whom can be quite testing and demanding at times usually dismissed by other nurses on duty. She is a calming, friendly and extremely kind influence on others with her wonderful bedside manner.

The Cancer Hotline Team cannot thank Sandra enough for the support and time spent sharing her knowledge with the project she is currently working on, helping to progress our new service. Not only spending time demonstrating but also being the go between with IT to get us the access we all needed.

Following contact with a vulnerable young person and needing support- I made contact to Heidi for help . Heidi checked in with me to see that I was okay and listened to my worries and concerns about the young person. Heidi reassured me and gave me sound advice. Heidi is extremely busy and but took the time out to ensure that I had the support and was heard. Heidi made me feel valued and really appreciated and that was really rewarding.

I work with Nargus in HBIC and she has shown a continued passion for holistic and empathy driven care. Nargus will always seek the best for her patients and ensure family are kept up to date with HBIC's input. She works so well as part of the MDT and often supports me with nursing aspects of rehabilitation. She shares her knowledge and skills to ensure that our approach is the best for patients.

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Just to say big thank you to your guys Anton Todd, Alex Cashmore and Ibrahim Suliman for clearing the snow/ice at Sandwell ED ambulance bay.

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I would like to thank the Matron and the ward team along with the urology Reg - as my father was recently a patient on this unit and his experience was fantastic. Well done and keep up the excellent work.

Wanted to flag how helpful and caring the phlebotomy team, particular Kiera Simcox and Sukhvinder Atkar have been when dealing with a distressed mother of a patient, who needed help following a blood test. Both went out of their way to try and ensure that the mum got the help she needed and were extremely caring in the way they handled the situation.

From – Anuji Evans