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Issue 135 • July 2015
Pennine News
New hybrid theatreat Oldham enhances care
INSIDE this issue:
• Trust to work with Perinatal Institute on maternity care
• New dedicated clinical research unit
• Point of care testing for patients at Rochdale
• New porter request systems wins national award
In the news2 July 2015
A NEW integrated community pain service that puts the emphasis on people to manage their own pain was launched across Oldham in June.
The new joined up ‘patient centred’ service will be delivered by a partnership that includes The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Pennine MSK Partnership and the Psychological Medicine Service at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
People suffering from persistent pain that is hard to manage despite treatment will benefit the most from the new pain service, which has an emphasis on supporting people to make informed decisions, manage their care and have an improved quality of life.
The new three tier service is run by a highly experienced multidisciplinary team of health professionals who are all specialists in pain, including pain specialist nurses, pain specialist physiotherapists, cognitive behaviour therapists, and clinical psychologists supported by pain consultants and liaison psychiatrists where necessary.
Tier one will be coordinated by the patient’s GP practice and patients will see community physiotherapists and psychological therapists.
Tier two will be delivered by Pennine MSK Partnership at the Integrated Care Centre in Oldham town centre and at Oldham Community Leisure gymnasiums. All patients will be assessed by a pain specialist clinician and a self help care plan will be developed in partnership with each patient.
The team in tier two comprises pain specialist physiotherapists, pain specialist nurses, psychological therapists and a GP with a special interest in pain. This
team is integrated with the community rheumatology service and the community orthopaedic service within Pennine MSK Partnership.
Most patients with persistent pain will receive their care in either tier one or tier two in the community, but those with the most complex needs will receive additional care from tier three at The Royal Oldham Hospital, where they will be assessed by a clinical psychologist, liaison psychiatrist, pain consultant and pain specialist nurse.
The new three tier service will help patients develop strategies for coping with their pain and reduce the distress that can sometimes go along with it. Interventions on offer include one to one appointments and group work.
Persistent pain may never be cured, but there are options to help people cope with pain better and live more fulfilled lives. The three tier
approach addresses the physical, social and psychological effects of pain to give patients the best outcomes.
Paula Bragg, lead pain nurse at Pennine Acute said: “It has been a pleasure to work with our colleagues from Pennine MSK Partnership and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust to develop this new service for people with persistent pain in Oldham. It has been a longstanding vision and we are all very excited to be part of a new way of working that will have such positive impact on people’s quality of life.”
Dr Hugh Sturgess, executive director at Pennine MSK Partnership said: “The service is now designed to deliver the support for each patient that is tailored to help them to reduce the impact on the quality of their lives of the pain that they live with 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.”
New ‘patient centred’ pain service in Oldham goes live
Pictured are Jayne Braithwaite, clinical nurse specialist, pain management service with patient.
Persistent pain may never be cured, but there are options to help people cope with pain better...
Inside NewsTHE Trust has several communication tools to help keep staff up to date:
Team Talk is sent round monthly, for use in all team briefings.
The chief executive’s Monday Message is emailed on Mondays and contains Trust, local and national key issues.
Weekly bulletins are emailed on Mondays and contain a range of operational and site information.
Online copies of all the bulletins and Team Talk, plus more, can be found on the Trust intranet at nww.pat.nhs.uk/communications
You can send your stories for either Pennine News or for local media to Trust communications at [email protected] or call Nicola Berry on 44284.
If you have any ideas, views or suggestions regarding communications across the Trust, please email [email protected]
ContentsTrust thanks MedEquip4Kidson its 30th birthday ..........................Pg 4
New service to supportpalliative care in NM .........................Pg 4
Encouraging patients tosign up to clinical research ...............Pg 5
Walking group for peopleaffected by cancer .............................Pg 5
The Perfect Week continues ............Pg 5
Gold standards in handhygiene ...............................................Pg 6
Dementia awareness week ..............Pg 6
Trust to work on SaBINE .................Pg 7 programme
New PACs is crystal clear ..................Pg 7
Team Talk ...........................................Pg 8
Team focus on interventionaland fluoroscopic radiology ..............Pg 9
Point of care testing at Rochdale ....Pg 10
Trust chef works with TV chef .........Pg 10
New dedicated clinicalresearch unit .......................................Pg 11
Parking on streets around NM ........Pg 11
Thought for the month ....................Pg 12
Pennine porter requestsystems wins prize .............................Pg 12
Highlighting bowel screening .........Pg 12
HMR intermediate tier services .......Pg 13
Stepping up to the walkingchallenge ............................................Pg 15
Staff notice board .............................Pg 16
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3News - Trust stories
A £1.3M investment by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has seen the creation of a new high tech hybrid operating theatre at The Royal Oldham Hospital.
Known as the specialist vascular service theatre, the hybrid operation room is a state-of-the-art environment where high definition imaging and surgical tools are available.
A full range of procedures can be carried out in the single room, ranging from endovascular procedures to hybrid, minimally invasive or open surgery.
The surgical theatre is equipped with an advanced medical imaging scanner which allows for advanced imaging to be available at all times during invasive procedures on patients undergoing endovascular operations such as aneurysm repairs, peripheral arterial and venous re-vascularisation and gastro-intestinal bleeding management. This means that patients will be able to have any imaging and surgical procedures simultaneously, rather than having to go through two different procedures on separate occasions.
Theatre, surgical and radiology staff will all work together in the theatre to quickly adapt the room to different setups required for diverse procedures, which will allow the Pennine Acute Trust to use the room to its fullest extent and enhance patient care. It will also help the Trust to develop services like urgent thrombolysis (clot busting) of blocked arteries and veins, and thoracic aneurysm repairs.
The room consists of an operation table with a radiolucent top; anaesthesia equipment; screens for monitoring; lighting for open procedures; an injector which injects x-ray dye into patients and an ultrasound machine.
Mr Riza Ibrahim, consultant vascular surgeon, said: “This is a very exciting development for the Trust in terms of offering a new high tech theatre which combines a normal operating
New hybrid theatre at Oldham enhances care
theatre with an interventional radiology suite. It can function as either a conventional operating theatre, or as a radiology facility, but crucially allows intra and post operative imaging and intervention on the operating table.
“The new treatment options have the potential to enhance patient care and shorten recovery times, reducing the overall cost of treatment.”
Staff from across different disciplines took part in a training simulation day to familiarise themselves with the new equipment (pictured above). Sister Sue Longden, vascular senior specialist theatre practitioner, said: “This has been an excellent collaboration from all disciplines including surgeons, radiology staff, theatre staff, the estates department and GE (the installation company). Due to the blend of ideas and considerations we now have a high tech theatre suitable for more advanced procedures, a theatre in which everyone has been involved in the planning and design of, making this a real ‘team theatre’.”
Tim Barrett, lead radiographer said: “The Trust now has state-of-the-art imaging equipment, planned and installed in record time which means that our vascular theatre is on a par with any in the country.”
Patient Christopher Walsh was the first to have his operation in the new theatre. He had a large abdominal aortic aneurysm and was deemed high risk for an open procedure and moderately high risk for an endovascular (keyhole), procedure as he had very poor kidney function.
Mr Ibrahim added: “With this new state-of-the-art equipment we were able to fuse his pre-operative CT scan and the on-table live imaging. He was discharged the day after his major operation.”
The work to convert the theatre into a specialist hybrid theatre was carried out by GE Healthcare and their supply chain who supplied, installed and commissioned the scanner, and Maquet who supplied the new theatre light and pendants. It was completed within a very tight programme of three months whilst keeping the remaining theatre suite operational at all times. This required a great team effort involving contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, estates and theatre staff.
Pictured on front page: Sr. Susan Longden, Sister in charge of vascular theatres; Dr Simon Chadwick, consultant vascular anaesthetist; Sr. Susan Ashworth, theatre manager; Riza Ibrahim, clinical director of vascular surgery; Tim Barrett, chief radiographer and Dr Ranjeet Narlawar, consultant radiologist with patient Christopher Walsh.
Hands on for ICU course CHIEF executive Dr Gillian Fairfield and chief nurse Gill Harris had some hands on clinical experience when they took part in an interactive course, facilitated by staff at the Trust.
The BASIC (Basic Assessment In Critically ill) course was held for the second year in the simulation suite at North Manchester General Hospital and was deemed a great success.
Aimed at mainly novice medical doctors and nursing staff with some experience in intensive care, the course had a series of lectures, followed by practical sessions and one-to-one discussions over a two day period. The faculty included nurse educators and ICU staff from The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield and North Manchester General Hospitals.
Dr Gillian Fairfield, said: “I had a fantastic afternoon on our simulation course at NMGH where I joined some of our staff and external candidates working through clinical scenarios. It was really interesting to see how beneficial working through difficult clinical cases as a team and using ‘live’ scenarios with models and equipment can be. I really enjoyed the airway station and had a go at a difficult intubation. I was very pleased that after all my years in management I can still successfully intubate. However, I am sure you will all be relieved to know that I won’t be volunteering any time soon to try this out on real patients. My thanks go to the simulation team and also to the nurses and FY1 doctors who allowed me to watch their sessions and join in.”
Dr Nagaraja Ravishankar, consultant in anaesthetics and critical care, said: “The overall feedback on the course was very good from the junior doctors and was approved for 12 CPD points by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. It is envisaged to conduct the course again next year.”
In the news4 July 2015
New service to support palliative care in North ManchesterA NEW North Manchester Macmillan palliative care support service has been launched, led by specialist staff from Pennine Acute in partnership with local health and voluntary agencies.
The Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership (MCIP) has funded the project to expand the current service provision within the area and the service change will ensure that all patients registered with a North Manchester GP will have better access to holistic palliative care. The service will function as ‘a hub’ for the co-ordination of supportive and palliative care.
North Manchester has a higher than national average hospital death rate for palliative and end of life patients and so Macmillan, St Ann’s Hospice, CALL, Manchester City Council, North Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), GP practices and Pennine Acute have worked together to have a service which operates seven days a week from 8am to 8pm.
The aims of the service include:
To develop a consultant-led community and home based service for all people with palliative and supportive care needs.
To increase the number of patients being supported in their preferred place of care and enable patients, where possible, to die where they would choose.
To provide a single point of access for all referrals for this cohort of patients. All referrals will be prioritised and triaged.
To reduce unnecessary hospital admissions that would be avoidable with better planning and support in the community.
The service will also include access to telephone advice for patients, carers and professionals. Enhanced provision of care in the home especially in last days of life and in the future has the potential to support interventions such as IV infusions in the home.
Victoria Thorne, divisional nurse manager, North Manchester community services said: “The new extended service will greatly enhance end of life care and support for patients and families in North Manchester.”
Pennine Acute says thanks to MedEquip4Kids on its 30th birthday EIGHT years ago The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust started working with MedEquip4Kids, the children’s health charity that provides kids’ medical equipment and facilities for hospitals and community health teams.
Over that eight year period MedEquip4Kids has helped the Trust by donating over £400,000 worth of much needed additional medical equipment for children and young people in many different wards and departments across its four hospitals.
The Trust wished MedEquip4Kids many happy returns on its 30th birthday which was celebrated on 11 June, and said a big thank you for everything the charity has done for the Trust and all the poorly children who have benefitted from its generosity.
John Jesky, chairman at the Trust, said: “MedEquip4Kids does a huge amount of work across the country to make sure children get the best possible care when they are sick or injured and I consider it a great privilege to have worked with them at our hospitals and seen for myself what a great difference they make to people’s lives. I would like to say a huge thank you to MedEquip4Kids on behalf of the Trust and on behalf of our patients and I look forward to working with them for many years to come.”
Shelley Owen, charitable fundraising coordinator at Pennine Acute, said: “Since joining the Trust in January I have had the pleasure of working alongside MedEquip4Kids as they provide further support to children’s services across our hospitals. The volume of donations we have received from them over the years is truly overwhelming. I would like to thank those who have supported the work of MedEquip4Kids by giving so generously and congratulate the charity on reaching this remarkable milestone.”
In March this year the Trust officially thanked MedEquip4Kids for its contribution towards equipping the new emergency paediatric unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital (pictured). MedEquip4Kids provided a variety of medical equipment, seating, toys and distraction items to make sure the hospital’s new purpose built facility was fully kitted out and child friendly.
Over a year of fundraising saw A&E staff and their families organising bake sales, sponsored runs, a sponsored leg wax and even a trek to the Himalayas. The funds were also boosted by local groups and businesses.
Also in March MedEquip4Kids donated some new cognitive testing kits to the children’s HIV clinic at North Manchester General Hospital.
Last year the charity donated money and ordered new equipment for the new dedicated emergency paediatric department at Fairfield General Hospital following the multi-million expansion of the A&E department. The equipment includes a portable ventilator to treat babies and children who are having difficulty breathing, a defibrillator which can save lives in the event of cardiac arrest, and ophthalmoscopes for examining children’s eyes.
Staff were over the moon to receive the new set of specialist cognitive testing kits, worth in the region of £2,500, which were handed over to grateful staff at a special event at the children’s HIV clinic, part of children’s outpatients.
5In the news
Encouraging patients to sign up to clinical research
STAFF at the Trust encouraged members of the public to get involved in clinical research trials as part of an international day of celebration.
Every year, 20th May marks international clinical trials’ day, which commemorates James Lind beginning a controlled trial comparing different treatments for scurvy in 1747.
Information on clinical research trials was available from members of the research and development team on each of the Trust’s hospital sites, where patients were encouraged to take an interest in the extensive research that goes on within the Trust.
They were assisted by the Help Beat Diabetes team from the clinical research network. Participation in high quality diabetes and cardiovascular research has grown considerably over the past 12 months at the Trust with over 300 patients participating in a high quality diabetes and/or cardiovascular study during 2014/15.
Simon Kaye, senior clinical research nurse, said: “During 2014/15, we recruited patients to 123 National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) clinical research studies. The number of patients receiving NHS services provided or sub-contracted by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in 2014/15 that were recruited to participate in research that was approved by a research ethics committee was 2363. This reflects an 18% recruitment increase on the previous year.
“In October 2014, the Trust received national recognition for demonstrating a commitment to supporting high quality research and we were extremely proud to be shortlisted for the highly prestigious ‘Clinical Research Impact’ award at the 2014 Health Service Journal Awards.”
Simon Kaye and Tracey Hodgkiss from the R&D team are pictured at the information stand.
New walking group for people affected by cancerTHE Trust has helped set up a new walking group for people who have experience of cancer.
The group has been formed by Bury’s I Will if You Will initiative in conjunction with the Macmillan Information and Support Centre at North Manchester General Hospital, and it is open to patients who have or have had cancer, their relatives, friends and carers.
Walks take place every Tuesday at 11am at St Mary’s Church in Prestwich.
Anyone can join the walking group, but people who have experienced cancer at any of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s four hospitals, The Royal Oldham Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary are particularly welcome.
Walking is one of the simplest ways to get fit, lose weight and become healthier, with the added bonus that it is free. It is a much underrated type of fitness activity, but anybody can participate, from children, to pensioners or anyone who just wants to become more active.
Regular walking has been proven to reduce the risk of chronic illnesses including some cancers, as well as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma and stroke.
Felicity Keeling, Macmillan information and support service manager at Pennine Acute said: “Exercise has been described as a wonder drug for people who have been treated for cancer, in contrast to the days when it was thought they should rest up. This is a fantastic opportunity for some gentle exercise for those looking to improve their fitness, in the company of others who have been through a similar situation including carers and friends of people who’ve had cancer.”
Anyone wanting more information about the walking group or about cancer in general can contact the Macmillan Information and Support Centre at North Manchester General Hospital on 0161 604 5244 or email [email protected].
The Perfect Week for PatientsTHE first of our Perfect Weeks for Patients was held at The Royal Oldham Hospital from Wednesday 11th June until 16 June. We are now part way through the Perfect Week for Patients and Fairfield and Rochdale (24 to 30 June) and will start at North Manchester on 8 July.
Each Perfect Week will enable staff to focus on the patient pathways and to think about whether our patients are in the right place, at the right time and receiving the right care.
Take a look at the two minute video on our intranet or on YouTube which explains more about the Perfect Week for Patients and what we are trying to achieve, and why.
The next edition of Pennine News will include a report on what happened during the weeks.
People6 July 2015
Dementia awareness week at PAT
STAFF throughout the Trust took part in its annual Hand Hygiene week which took place in April.
Effective hand hygiene is the single most effective measure in reducing healthcare associated infection (HCAI), and so for the fifth year running, members of the infection prevention and control team (IPCT) held roadshows and drop-in stands to educate staff on this important aspect to patient safety.
Claire Chadwick, head of infection prevention and control, said: “Throughout the week, staff across the Trust were assessed to ensure that they provide the gold standard in hand hygiene to their patients.
“Special hand washing stations were set up during the week and infection
control teams demonstrated the effectiveness of hand decontamination with the use of a light box. This highlights the areas that have been missed on the hands with a fluorescent alcohol hand gel.
“Staff were assessed by the IPCT in partnership with Bbraun, the Trust’s hand hygiene products provider, as well as a significant number of cascade trainers who will now individually target their departments for assessment.
“In previous years almost 5,000 staff members were assessed and so the aim this year is to achieve an even higher number.”
Claire Doggett, infection prevention nurse at TROH is pictured demonstrating the correct handwashing technique.
Gold standards in hand hygiene
Diary dates8 to 14 July - The Perfect Week for Patients at North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH)
25 Aug - Technology, helping our doctors connect better with patients’ health presentation. 2pm to 3pm, postgrad centre, NMGH
3 Sept - A breath of fresh air, COPD talk. 2pm to 3pm, postgrad centre, NMGH
STAFF across hospitals and services run by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust supported this year’s Alzheimer’s Society’s annual Dementia Awareness Week, raising awareness that dementia can affect anyone and, as yet, there is no cure.
The Mayor of Bury, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, met with staff and patients on a dementia friendly ward as part of her visit to Fairfield General Hospital.
The 23-bedded unit is a general medical ward that has been made less daunting for patients with dementia through the use of lighting, floor coverings, artwork and signage.
The Mayor of Bury, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, said: “I was very impressed with the high standard of care on ward 21. I feel that you should always put yourself
in the position of the patient and think about whether you would be happy and comfortable to receive treatment in the place that you work. If the answer is yes, that is how you should deliver the service. I think that ward 21 at Fairfield General Hospital is a credit to the staff who work on it and the Trust.”
Sister Judith Maden, ward manager at Fairfield General Hospital, said: “Dementia is a medical condition where quality care is the most important ingredient. The environment in which we care for patients with dementia can make a huge difference and we have invested resources with the aim of making the ward less alienating for people with cognitive problems.”
Pictured: Sister Judith Maden with Mayor Cllr Michelle Wiseman and members of the team on ward 21.
Handover of care success continuesFOLLOWING the efforts of staff across the Trust, at the end of the last financial year we met our contractual KPI compliance target for sending out 95% of handover of care communications, formerly known as discharge summaries, within 24 hours. We have also continued to meet the 95% contractual KPI compliance for April and May.
Pennine Acute Trust is, in fact, exceeding the target, with many wards achieving 100% compliance. This is a fantastic achievement and the result of hard work and dedication of all our junior doctors, ward staff and IT implementation staff who have supported throughout.
NEW PACS (picture archiving and communication system) workstations being trialled in radiology have met with praise from staff in the directorate for the quality of their imaging as well as their speed.
Paul Barker, clinical radiology manager, said: “I have been using the test workstation at Fairfield General Hospital for my clinical reporting sessions and so far I can report that the quality of the new monitors is unbelievably good; radiographic images are crystal clear and subtle abnormalities more easily demonstrated.
“The system is much faster; both on initial boot-up and between cases. The new navigator function is very useful for multiple cases or cases with extensive previous imaging. Ergonomically, the larger CRIS screen means I do not have to waste time manually zooming each request, and I can easily see more of my work list without scrolling.”
He added: “It might sound ridiculous, but just the ability to plug the headset into the monitor has made my life so much easier – I was always running the chair over the lead, pulling it out of the socket accidentally, or tangling it around my leg and nearly pulling my ear off when I stood up.”
Three workstations are being tested in Fairfield and North Manchester prior to around 40 machines in radiology being replaced, with the installation being finished by mid-June.
Christine Walters, director of IM&T, added: “The Trust has invested a huge amount of money in the new workstations and it is always encouraging to get this kind of positive feedback from colleagues and to know that we are able to help them deliver excellent patient care.”
PACS is a system for electronic storage and retrieval of x-ray images and reports. The system is Trust-wide, allowing clinicians to view x-ray images from any PC within the Trust.
Paul is pictured with Leighan Beesley, radiology systems and IM&T project manager.
7News - Trust stories
Trust to work with Perinatal Institute on saving babies’ lives programmeTHE Trust has been invited to work with The Perinatal Institute on a national quality programme to help improve the detection and management of babies who are smaller than would normally be expected, and to reduce stillbirth rates and early neonatal death across the region.
Stillbirth rates in the UK used to be the highest in western Europe and remained unchanged for 20 years. The Perinatal Institute, a national not-for-profit organisation, was therefore set up to improve the quality and safety of maternity care.
Professor Jason Gardosi and his team at The Perinatal Institute were awarded the 2015 British Medical Journal (BMJ) Award for Clinical Leadership for its work in preventing babies dying before birth, also known as stillbirth prevention. Their pioneering work led to the first reduction of stillbirths in England for 20 years, and England stillbirth rates are now at their lowest ever levels.
The Trust and the Perinatal Institute are set to launch the implementation of the SaBINE project across Pennine Acute’s maternity services at North Manchester General Hospital and The Royal Oldham. SaBINE is the Saving Babies’ Lives in the North of England project which is linked to the development of NHS England’s national Saving Babies’ Lives: Reducing Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Death Care Bundle.
Gill Harris, Chief Nurse at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said:
“We are all very excited and looking forward to being one of the early implementers of this important and lifesaving piece of work across this region, which is also a key aspect and contributor to our programme of work to improve our maternity services.
“It is important we are able to identify those babies that may be in need of help as early as possible so that our doctors and midwives can offer further
investigations such as a scan, or in some cases bringing forward the birth of a baby at higher risk of stillbirth, to help keep babies safer.
“As part of this project we know we can learn from good practice, share our skills and knowledge, introduce better multi-disciplinary training of doctors and midwives, and a more strengthened pathway for managing babies identified as smaller than expected. We are also committed to introducing other elements of the national Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle which includes raising awareness among women and families of the risks of smoking, offering smoking cessation support for pregnant women, patient advice for reporting reduced fetal movement, and improved fetal monitoring training for our staff.”
Professor Jason Gardosi, Director of The Perinatal Institute, said:
”We welcome the opportunity to work closely with The Pennine Acute Hospitals and their staff in relation to the Saving Babies’ Lives: Reducing Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Death Care Bundle. The team at Pennine were already important regional NHS England stakeholders helping to bring this prevention programme to the North of England, and it is fitting that the Trust will be one of the leaders in implementing these new measures to help improve safety for women and babies.”
In 2013/14 the Trust delivered 9,899 babies across the two purpose-built women & children’s facilities at North Manchester and The Royal Oldham Hospital.
New PACs is crystal clear
Team talk8 July 2015
Have you been briefed?Team Talk takes place once a month and is a way of updating you about the latest news from the Trust.
JUNE TEAM TALK
New operational management structuresTHE Trust has published new operational management structures for each of our five Divisions. The new structures have been designed to provide high quality clinical leadership by putting clinicians at the heart of decision-making, with support from strong and well-aligned corporate management functions. Each division and clinical directorate will now be managed by a ‘triumvirate leadership team’ comprising a doctor, a nurse/lead professional and a manager. Details of the operational structures and revised structure charts for each division are available on the intranet in the Vision, Values & Structures section via the homepage.
Team Talk
Elective activity AS part of the last two years’ commissioning negotiations with the local CCGs there has been a significant investment by CCGs into the purchase of additional activity from the Trust. Last year this was predominantly to ensure that the medical workforce was right sized to meet the demand and this year to ensure that Referral To Treatment (RTT) times including cancer standards are met on a sub speciality basis. Whilst there may be some areas that have outstanding workforce issues the majority of the directorates now have additional consultants in post and therefore as a Trust we have to deliver the additional activity as agreed with each CCG.
In order to ensure a suitable position moving the Trust forward, each directorate triumvirate is currently working on revising their activity plans in order to over deliver in the region of 5% additional activity for this financial year.
Over achievement on activity will secure the Trust’s financial position moving forward. In reality, this means that each team has to see and treat more patients this year than last and in order to do so there are several efficiency workstreams in place to support this; the main one being on theatres.
GM DevoTHE Greater Manchester Devolution Agreement was settled with the Government in November 2014. It brings both the decisions and the money far closer to the people of Greater Manchester, giving them and local representatives greater control over decisions. This includes the devolution of powers for significant areas such as transport, planning and housing. Health and social care are a large part of this work and, following the wider agreement, NHS England the 10 GM councils, 12 CCGs and NHS Trusts developed a plan for further joining up and integration of health and social care.
In February 2015 this work resulted in an MoU between the Government, the GM health bodies and local authorities and NHS England, with the aim of our region being given direct, local control over an estimated budget of £6bn each year from April 2016. The agreement covers: acute care, primary care, community services, mental health services, social care and public health.
As part of the wider devolution agreement Greater Manchester will, in 2017, have a directly-elected mayor, who will become the 11th member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Tony Lloyd has been appointed Greater Manchester Interim Mayor, with elections in 2017 for the permanent role. He is responsible for transport, planning and housing, as well as the role currently carried out by the Police & Crime Commissioner. The Mayoral function will not include control of health and social care budgets – this will remain with the GMCA for social care and GM CCGs for health as it does now but exercised through a new GM Health & Social Care Partnership Board.
Chief executive challenge - “Healthy, happy, here”THE first Chief Executive’s Challenge for 2015 has been to listen to the views of staff and focus on identifying practical solutions that the Trust needs to do to improve staff health and wellbeing and reduce staff sickness. The two Pride in Pennine online workshops held during April and May generated over 27,000 contributions from staff including many views and ideas. This fantastic contribution has enabled the executive team to prepare a draft plan of actions under the headings “Healthy, Happy, Here” which was tested out with 200 staff at the recent Pride in Pennine summit on 22nd May. Those staff who were selected to attend the event were drawn from all staff groups and divisions. The next stage will be to open up a third and final online staff workshop for final views and to check there is staff support for the plan before it is agreed at the June Trust Board meeting and then launched in July.
A typical dayThe early staff start the day by checking equipment eg x-ray equipment, resuscitation trolley, oxygen and suction, blood glucose and medicines, to ensure we have a safe environment for our patients. There is then a flurry of telephone calls to relevant wards to plan the list activity determined by which patients have been prepared. Each patient is greeted and safety checked by the team and the procedure performed. The patients are kept informed throughout the procedure by a dedicated nurse who is also able to administer sedation and/or analgesia as required; and into the recovery period so that the patients have the opportunity to ask any questions. Patients are transferred to and from the department with nurse escorts from the wards following a procedure so that we can provide a hand over of care and ensure patient safety on route back to the ward. We offer a whole range of different interventional and fluoroscopic procedures that require different patient preparations and recovery instructions. Accurate communication between referring teams and us is essential in being able to provide the ‘best’ experience for the patient.
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Team focus - a day in the life of
We now provide an interventional radiology service for Pennine patients 24 hours a day through core hours and on-call provision. The team have worked hard to ensure that all members have the skills to care for patients in emergency situations at any time of the day or night.
We have the right skill mix of specialised staff that enables us to focus on each patient during each procedure, to ensure the patient is safe and comfortable by monitoring and administering sedation/ analgesia as required. We can see improvements in the patient condition following intervention and we can discuss the impact of the intervention with the patient and the referring teams. Our job isn’t always about making patients ‘better’, although that is rewarding to see; we also carry out interventions to make patients more comfortable and able to carry on living during the last months or years of their life – that is rewarding to be part of!
We are fortunate that within our team we have radiographers and nurses that are willing and able to partake in the appropriate training to be able to provide some of the interventions that historically have been provided by a radiologist. This could not happen without the continued support of the radiologists through mentoring, encouragement, training and assessing.
Being able to provide an interventional radiology service accessible to all Pennine patients but based only at Oldham and North Manchester. Regular service revisions across the sites has meant that we have had to adapt frequently to change and it is only with a dedicated and patient focused team that these changes are successfully implemented.
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Outside of radiology there is a lack of awareness about what we actually do. Our team has specialised roles that are not easily comparable to other roles within the Trust and it can be frustrating when others don’t understand our role.
As a team we work with like-minded professionals that are patient focused, committed and dedicated to achieve the best for our patients. There is tremendous satisfaction when a patient says ‘thanks for holding my hand, explaining that to me’ or ‘thanks for talking to me through the procedure; I couldn’t have done it without you being there’. We provide continuity of care for patients before, during and after interventional and fluoroscopic procedures.
We have state-of-the-art equipment to provide a safe environment and the new hybrid theatre is the latest addition to the equipment list and will enable a better service provision for patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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We would like the opportunity to look after our day case patients from their admission in the morning to their discharge in the evening with the addition of a pre-procedure patient assessment clinic and possibly a follow clinic. Many of the interruptions in the smooth running of our lists are caused by delays in getting the patients admitted and ready for their procedures and getting the patients to the department.
Team focus on interventional and fluoroscopicradiology
The 60 second interviewAndrew Mayes belongs to an integrated team of nurses, radiographers and radiologists providing interventional and
fluoroscopic radiology. The team is made up of four interventional consultant radiologists, one radiology matron, five radiology nurses and 10 specialist and senior radiographers.
News - Trust stories10 July 2015
PATIENTS attending the clinical assessment unit (CAU) at Rochdale Infirmary can now have blood tests carried out and processed on the site in the same department.
The pathology point of care team has been involved in setting up a Point of Care testing (POCT) facility on the CAU at Rochdale which will process blood tests on the Rochdale site and have a significant impact on patient pathways by providing the right test in the right place, at the right time.
POCT is defined as analytical testing that is performed by a healthcare professional outside the conventional laboratory, near or at the site of the patient, with the immediate result leading to possible change in the care of the patient.
A purpose built POCT facility has been developed on the CAU which houses diagnostic analysers which can perform test results for urea and electrolytes, full blood count (including a 5 part differential), blood gas analysis, glucose testing, INR, D-Dimers and Troponin. This means that patients can have more or less immediate results for conditions such as DVTs and dehydration.
The testing is carried out by the staff on the CAU with support from the POCT team, especially Jo-Anne Bayliss, the POCT advanced practitioner on the Rochdale site.
Jackie Whitehurst, POCT manager, said: “The evaluation of the analysers has been carried out by the biochemistry and haematology biomedical scientists, ensuring that the results obtained compare directly with the results produced in the pathology laboratory
and do not compromise patient safety. All the analysers are monitored remotely via IT systems by the POCT team and are password protected so only trained staff can access the equipment.
“This working together has firmed up cross-divisional collaboration, moving away from historic ‘silo working’ that does not facilitate high quality care. In the future the two teams are looking
forward to working together to improve patient pathways.“
Sarah Ramsden, acting pathology directorate manager, who worked on the business case in partnership with the commissioners at NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said: “This has been a very exciting and innovative project to be involved with. We have worked closely with our colleagues at the CCG, clinical and nursing staff from the CAU and our suppliers to ensure we will be providing a service that is fit for
purpose and will ensure patients have rapid access to pathology testing at Rochdale Infirmary.”
Clinical matron for Rochdale services, Lou Harkness-Hudson, said: “The new POCT
facility which facilitates blood tests to be processed on site has enabled our patients to be seen in a much more timely manner, reducing their length of stay and their time to be seen. It is also used by the Urgent Care Centre supporting decision making and also speeding up the patient journey.
“It has been a fantastic addition to our service and working together with our Pennine Acute colleagues in the lab and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group, who commissioned the service, has been very rewarding.”
Point of care tests speed up pathology results time for patients
“... our patients to be seen in a much more timely manner, reducing their length of stay and their time to be seen.”
Cooking up a storm with TV chef!A HEAD chef at the Trust has worked with a celebrity chef for the second time in his career!
Christian Bull, who works at The Royal Oldham Hospital, was invited to work alongside James Martin at the national Hospital Caterers’ Association learning and development forum in April.
He had previously met the host of the BBC1 programmes Saturday Morning Kitchen and Operation Hospital Food when James came to take a look at what The Royal Oldham Hospital was doing in terms of children’s menus in 2014.
He worked with the catering department to devise new children’s menus which incorporated food items which children had asked for, and allowed flexibility around individual choices at the point of food service.
James requested that some of the NHS chefs who had been involved in the TV programme come and cook some of his recipes for delegates at the forum so that it would highlight the work which James has carried out in various NHS hospitals over the last five years.
Preparing roasted vegetable cous cous and butternut squash and lime soup, Christian also helped with the chicken thighs for a tagine and in portioning the sticky toffee pudding.
He said: “I was happy to be invited and that I could help the Trust, and also get to work with James again. I felt that it went very well and that it was very informative and inspiring to listen to some of the speakers and to talk to people at the event.”
Howard Cartledge, Trust catering lead, was presented with the Hospital Caterer of the Year award at the event.
PATIENTS participating in high quality clinical research trials at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust can now attend their appointments in a purpose-built research unit.
The specific unit at Fairfield General Hospital is housed in the former ward 19 and provides a bespoke unit for conducting clinical research, which provides most of the services for research staff to carry out research effectively.
Previously participants were quite often seen in outpatient clinics which sometimes lacked capacity in terms of space to carry out research activities. The new unit however, allows a number of participants to be seen at any one time for screening, randomisation, study visits and procedures, and follow-up visits.
Within the unit there are two bays which can accommodate up to eight participants in each, a research office, a quiet office, staff room, laboratory, treatment area, archive space and a lounge for patients.
Staff working on the unit include research nurses, doctors working as principal investigators, a clinical trials administrator and an occupational therapist.
Linda Kent, senior research nurse at Pennine Acute Trust, said: “Before we had access to this unit it was very challenging trying to use clinic space for complex phase II and phase III randomised controlled trials. We can now carry out most research procedures in a comfortable and reassuring setting for our participants.
“The unit provides a pool of expertise in the running of clinical research for both medical and nursing staff. It is a bright, but quiet and comfortable place for our participants and they also have the benefit of a lounge area separate from the clinical space, which is great for them to use, as
some of their research visits can last a full day.”
Staff involved in clinical research at the Trust have welcomed the new unit. Maria Khan, clinical research administrator, said: “The research unit brings the administrative and clinical requirements of research altogether in one place. It is patient friendly and therefore provides a much better patient experience.”
Dr Steve Woby, director of research and development at Pennine Acute Trust, said: “The amount of research being supported by the Trust has significantly increased over recent years with over 2,500 participants being recruited into high quality studies in 2014-2015. This new research unit at our Fairfield site is a fantastic development and will help us attract more high quality research to the Trust. This will not only further enhance our national and international reputation as a ‘go to’ Trust for high quality research, but more importantly provide our patients with better access to high quality research and ultimately better care.”
The research unit has also had the thumbs up from patients taking part in research trials. Hannah McCarthy said: “The ward is comfortable and airy, the perfect setting for this type of treatment.”
Glenn Brooks said: “The new research unit is a great facility. It is close to home, a global service in a local regional hospital serving the local community.”
Pictured left to right are: Linda Kent, senior research nurse at Pennine Acute Trust; Joe Ogor and Jo Taylor, research nurses and patients (seated) Hannah McCarthy and Glenn Brooks.
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Leland’s mini challengeTHANK you to four year old Leland, who on Saturday 9 May put on his running shoes and completed the mini Great Manchester Run to raise funds for the Trust.
Held in Heaton Park, the event had a 2k course for participants aged three to eight years.
Shelley Owen, charity fundraising co-ordinator, said: “As our youngest fundraiser, Leland was very excited to take part in his first event so he could help make the poorly people of Manchester better. We are pleased to announce his mini challenge raised over £230 in sponsorship for the Pennine Acute hospitals. Well done Leland.”
Trust’s new Pennine porter request system (PPRS) scoops innovation awardTHE Trust’s new porter request system has been named the overall winner of the Innovation Award at the Health Estates & Facilities Management Association (HefmA) annual conference.
The Pennine Porter Request System (PPRS) launched on 15th December 2014 and is a revolutionary new computer system, which is used by the Trust porters to manage the booking of porter services across its four hospitals.
Staff can request porter services through an online portal and the work is then allocated and updated by the porters while they are out on site using their new iPod touch devices.
Departments book in their requests at a time that suits them, which can either be in advance or as an urgent request. Staff can then check the status of the tasks they have booked online, where they can view the jobs booked and highlight any special requirements for the porter request.
Dan Reason, site services manager at North Manchester General Hospital, said: “The porter service is much more efficient now and provides improved levels of service. The input from the porters themselves into how the system should act, look and feel was amazing. Ultimately they know how the service runs and they were pivotal in moulding the system to the service and the Trust’s requirements.”
Pam Miller, deputy director of estates and facilities at Pennine Acute said: “Winning this award is a fantastic scoop for the Trust and well-deserved recognition for a really excellent system that has proved successful in supporting patient care and improving the patient experience. It has also demonstrated great work between the Trust’s facilities and IM&T departments.”
The 2015 Annual HefmA Conference was held in Blackpool on 14th and 15th May and the theme of the conference was Better, Brighter, Together, which incorporated the use of new and innovative technology to deliver a safe environment.
Porters Peter Worrall and Anthony Norman are pictured with the new equipment.
Thought for the month
by Rev Ian Inglis
WEATHER’S here, wish you were lovely..!
This time of year is when a lot of us are looking forward to having a break in the summer. We may be going away or perhaps indulging in some recreational activity? I think the idea of recharging our batteries is essential in our busy and pressured lives. Recreation and re-creation are closely linked; holidays were originally holy days, and many people still go on ‘pilgrimage’; whether to Mecca, Lourdes or even something strongly associated with their ‘idol’ (think Graceland and Elvis Presley for example).
The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer can be a good reminder that we all need time and space for rest, recovery and perhaps rediscovery of our creativity and sense of purpose.
Many of the world’s religions recognise the need for a regular day of rest or reflection or of mindfulness. My son learned the violin when he was young; one of his first lessons was about caring for the bow. Before playing, the bow needs to be put under tension to produce the music, and at the end of playing the bow is slackened otherwise it would lose its spring and its usefulness.
A body without exercise tends to seize up, but it needs to have periods of rest and recovery too; the human spirit needs to work, rest and play as well. Whilst I enjoy my work, as part of the spiritual care team it is still important to be able to get away from it and come back refreshed and enthusiastic. When we are all under pressure at busy times this is even more important to have restorative rest, after all you can’t run a marathon at sprint pace.
Have a good summer!
News - Trust stories12 July 2015
STAFF from the bowel cancer screening team have highlighted the importance of regular bowel cancer screening at a special awareness stand.
Sr Michele Worrall, bowel cancer screening practitioner from Pennine Acute and Natalie Smale, health improvement practitioner from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, hosted the information display at North Manchester General Hospital.
They encouraged people to use simple home-testing kits to spot the early stages of the illness as one in 18 people will get bowel cancer at some point in their lives.
The bowel cancer screening kits, which detect any potential symptoms of cancer and act as a valuable early warning sign, are available to everyone aged 60 to 74 registered with a GP in Greater Manchester, and are sent through the post. People aged 75 and over can request a kit by phoning the Freephone number 0800 707 60 60.
On completing the kit, people receive their results within two weeks and nine
out of ten get the all clear. With early detection, there is a 93% chance of successful treatment.
Michele said: “We had really good feedback from members of the public who visited our stand. We explained that bowel cancer screening is all about the early detection of abnormalities such as finding polyps before they turn in to cancers.
“Signs and symptoms to watch out for are blood in your faeces, abdominal pain, a change in bowel habits and unusual weight loss. Any of these symptoms should be brought to the attention of your GP.”
Highlighting bowel screening
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Launch of Expression of Interest in Pennine Acute Trust Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS)AS you are aware, our Trust, along with many organisations in the NHS, is facing unprecedented challenges as we focus on delivering high quality standards of care and maintaining performance whilst achieving financial balance.
As part of the Workforce Planning process for the coming year, early indications are that we may need to reduce our workforce headcount. In order to mitigate the effects of such a reduction, we will review all vacant posts to determine whether they need to be filled. A review of the use that is made of Bank and agency workers will also take place. In addition, the Trust intends to invite expressions of interest to apply for the NHS Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS). The availability of MARS has been formally approved by the National Trust Development Agency (NTDA) and has been shared with the Staff Side.
The scheme follows the NHS national terms and conditions. Subject to certain eligibility criteria being met, the scheme allows for a member of staff to leave the employment of the Trust with a MARS payment.
Expressions of interest in MARS are open to all eligible staff who may wish to take up this opportunity, but applications must be submitted by no later than 30 November 2015.
Please note that the following staff groups where there are recognised national recruitment and retention pressures will not be eligible for MARS:
• Qualified and Unqualified nursing staff involved in direct patient care
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Radiographers
• Sonographers
• Biomedical Scientists
• Associate/Assistant/Advanced Practitioners
• Qualified Engineers and qualified tradesmen (eg electricians, plumbers, fitters etc)
On receipt of your application you will receive confirmation on whether your application has been approved within 6 weeks.
Details of the scheme, including the payment levels applicable, are available on the HR pages of the intranet.
Abbi’s gift to other childrenA LITTLE girl who appreciates how important toys are whilst in hospital, has given something back to the children’s ward at North Manchester General Hospital.
Five year old Abbi Holland and her family have donated a selection of toys to the children’s ward following Abbi’s stay at the hospital.
Abbi’s mother, Caroline Holland, who works in the catering department at the hospital organised a family disco night in April to raise funds for the children’s ward as a special thank you for the care that Abbi received there.
She has spent four months on the children’s ward at North Manchester General Hospital after she first became poorly in September 2013. Following a cut on her knee which became infected, doctors found that the infection had set in her aortic heart value, causing the value to leak and resulting in Abbi needing open heart surgery to replace the valve. Abbi is still awaiting open heart surgery.
Caroline said: “Abbi was very poorly during her stay, some days she couldn’t even get dressed because she was too poorly. We have therefore chosen to do some charity events to try and give a little back to the people who have cared so much for Abbi and supported us as a family.”
So far, £2,000 has been raised for North Manchester General Hospital and Alder Hey Hospital, where Abbi has also spent time.
The Holland family are now busy planning their next big event which is a Christmas fancy dress night on Saturday 28 November. Tickets go on sale in July. Further details will be available in the weekly bulletin.
Joanne Berry, hospital play specialist, said: “The play sets/ creative activities are proving very popular with the children/young people, providing hours of play which helps bridge a gap between hospital and home and also creates fun. It is amazing what Caroline and David have achieved. On behalf of all the staff and children/young people on the unit I would like to say a massive thank you for your donation and continued support.”
Pictured are David and Caroline (Abbi’s parents), Abbi, Joanne Berry and Kimberley Salmon-Jamieson, deputy chief nurse.
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) intermediate tier servicesTHE Trust, as the lead provider within a partnership, has been successful in its bid to provide Intermediate Tier Services for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG from September. The total cost of the new tender is £5.5m. The new service will join our division of integrated and community services and provide the following services for Rochdale borough residents:
intermediate care beds at Tudor Court in Rochdale and Springhill at Rochdale Infirmary;
urgent care community response and home care pathway;
enhanced medical and pharmacy support, and
improved discharge and care navigation.
A key strength of the service is the integrated health and social care delivery model and its management and leadership arrangements. This will be the Trust’s responsibility as the lead provider. This is an exciting and innovative integrated model which will be able to support more people to regain independent living, through a period of short term care, in either their own homes or in one of the intermediate care beds. This can be either as a step up from community based services or as a step down from hospital or urgent care.
The service will start from the beginning of September and mobilisation plans are underway. HMR Care Collaborative (the partnership) is made up of the following organisations: PAHT, Age UK Metro Rochdale, BARDOC, GP Care Services, Pennine Care FT, Rochdale Borough Council and The Big Life Group.
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Blossom Charity receives generous donation for Oldham and North Manchester breast cancer units
EMPLOYEES at Failsworth-based direct mail order specialists Express Gifts Ltd presented a cheque for more than £2,600 to the Blossom Appeal, an independent charity which raises money for the breast cancer care units at The Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.
Charity chairperson Iris David said: “This is a fantastically generous sum which will be used to help provide complementary therapy sessions for patients like aromatherapy massages and also acupuncture which has been shown to be very effective at combating the side effects of both chemotherapy and medication.”
Express Gifts employee Sue Beddow, who has received treatment for breast cancer at North Manchester General and The Royal Oldham Hospital, added: “I really couldn’t have got better treatment anywhere else. I felt so well looked after so it’s nice to be able to give something back.”
The money was raised across the company’s sites in Accrington, Clayton, Chadderton and Failsworth over the past 12 months through various fundraising activities - including dress down Fridays, clothing sample sales, cake bakes, tennis cards and name the teddy competitions.
To make a donation, please visit www.blossomappeal.org
Pictured left to right: Sue Beddow, Judith McEvoy, Frances Rosenberg (Blossom Appeal Treasurer), Iris David (Blossom Appeal Chairperson), Vivien Marcus (Blossom Appeal volunteer) and Becki Lawton.
Diane’s pedal power to buy new equipmentAN award winning midwife from the Trust and a team of her midwifery colleagues donned their cycling gear and pedalled all the way from Shaw to Blackpool to raise money – on their cycling machines!
Diane Chadderton, community midwifery matron based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, and some of her midwifery colleagues, took part in a sponsored spin to raise funds to buy new rocking chairs for the Birth Centre at Oldham.
The sponsored spin which had 25 people taking part in Elite Fitness in Shaw, took over five hours to complete.
Diane said: “I was really excited about the sponsored spin because I knew that we could do it and I am really looking forward to seeing the faces of the patients and families that we treat in the Birth Centre at The Royal Oldham Hospital when they see the super new rocking chairs we have purchased for them.
”Thanks to everyone who helped with the organisation of the event and who supported us.”
SPREADING the word about our services is something we like to do in the integrated and community services division!
Staff from the Urgent Care Centre, the Clinical Assessment Unit and the Oasis Unit at Rochdale Infirmary were invited by Stewart Dobson of The Council of Voluntary Service to attend a service fayre in the community at Kirkholt, Rochdale.
Staff nurse Sarah Hill represented the Urgent Care Centre, Sister Julie Archibald the Clinical Assessment Unit and staff nurse Katie Pritchard, the Oasis Unit. Setting up a stall within Kirkholt Church, the staff displayed a brief synopsis of what each department does, including photographs, health promotion material and even special colour coded crockery that is used in the Oasis unit for patients struggling with dementia.
The event was very well attended by the community and included fire and police departments, the local authority and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Sarah, Julie and Katie spent time integrating with the population of Kirkholt explaining what services the Rochdale Infirmary site has to offer. Julie said: “Service users were surprised to learn that we provide inpatient beds
on the Clinical Assessment Unit, that the Urgent Care Centre is open 24 hours a day and that The Oasis Unit provides mental health support alongside medical care.
“The event was a great networking opportunity for us as we met and talked to people from a varied selection of service providers and members of the public.”
Clinical matron for Rochdale services, Lou Harkness-Hudson, said: “The invitation to the event provided us with a fantastic opportunity to promote some of the excellent services we have on the Rochdale site. The team came back with renewed vigour and we are now on the look out for the next event. Thank you to Stewart for inviting us.”
Services at Rochdale - spreading the word
Pennine Acute staff step up to the pedometer challenge during national walking month
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Results of the challenge - the winnersMost steps walked as an individual - Martina Carroll topped the overall leader board with an outstanding 484,523 steps for May 2015. Congratulations and well done Martina.
Most steps walked as a team - Overall team figures proved difficult due to the varying number of team members in some teams each week. But teams who topped the leader board for each week during the challenge were: L&OD with team leader Jill May (week 1); Fat free with team leader Jo Stinson (week 2); Theatre strutters with team leader Keely Thwaite (week 3) and Fat free with team leader Jo Stinson (week 4).
Best team name - It was a tie for the top spot with three teams each receiving the same number of votes. They are all brilliant names and deserve the best team name title - Blister Sisters; Pay City Strollers and Red Hot Chilli Steppers.
Best walking tip - Roz Lawson: “Wear your pedometer with pride and tell people about what you are doing.”
Best team photo – there were so many good ones to choose from so it was split into three categories: Most creative photo – Oldham Globe Trotters; Most fun photo – Peds of Fire; Most scenic – Martina Carroll / Mohammed Towhasir.
Most improvement team – Five teams stand out as completing all four weeks and improving their weekly step count week on week. They are: OHS Team 1; Maxfac; George ‘Billy No Mates’ +3; Pay City Strollers and This team was made for walking (and that’s just what we’ll do!).
Most improved individual – 41 participants recorded a week on week improvement having recorded a week on week improvement having completed at least three consecutive weeks of completed at least three consecutive weeks of the challenge.
Most steps in one weekMost steps in one week – Rosemary (Oldham Globe Trotters) took an incredible 361,712 steps Globe Trotters) took an incredible 361,712 steps in week three. The figure is correct and not a mistype. Rosemary did an awful lot of hiking in mistype. Rosemary did an awful lot of hiking in Cornwall that week.
ON average, people take between 3,000 and 5,000 steps a day. However it is recommended that people should walk 10,000 steps a day to achieve the health benefits associated with physical activity.
Walking for just half an hour each day can transform your fitness levels, reduce stress, and vastly improve your concentration levels for the day ahead.
With stress being the biggest cause of work place absence, a walk to and from work, or a lunchtime stroll can make all the difference to employee wellbeing as physically active employees are also less likely to suffer from major health problems, less likely to take sickness leave and less likely to have an accident at work.
May 2015 was national walking month and Pennine Acute challenged its staff to take part in the Trust’s first pedometer challenge. Fifty-one teams totalling 268 staff from all divisions, across all sites including community, stepped up to the challenge.
Whether it was swapping their usual commute for a cheaper and healthier option and travelling all or some of their journey to work on foot, stepping out of the office for a lunchtime walk, getting out and about before or after work, on days off, or using the stairs rather than the lift, the enthusiasm and commitment was fantastic.
Challenges were taken up for the most individual and team steps (including the 10,000 steps a day challenge) as well as most improved team, best photo, team name and more.
After week one of the challenge, team leader Janet Coombes said of her team ‘Peds of Fire’ (pictured below): “I have to say I think they have been very enthusiastic and have done really well considering our job consists of sitting at a desk coding for 7½ hours a day. We have upped our game this week and have started to walk outside the hospital, taking advantage of the sun although it is very windy!! I’m really
proud of our team because we are all used to sitting at our desk all day and even eating our dinner there.”
Although the challenge has now finished it is hoped that staff will continue to increase their walking and make it part of
their everyday lifestyle going forward. You can plan free walks using the following website: http://walkit.com/ http://www.walk4life.info/
For more information, advice and support visit the physical activity section of the Trust’s health and wellbeing intranet pages or travel choices on the estates and facilities intranet page.
What the Trust teams walked in May
Week 1 - total number of steps taken
Week 2 - total number of steps taken
Week 3 - total number of steps taken
Week 4 - total number of steps taken
7,670,879 9,969,673 9,469,014 9,083,943
Equivalent in miles (average 2000 steps per mile) 3,835
Equivalent in miles (average 2000 steps per mile) 4,985
Equivalent in miles (average 2000 steps per mile) 4,735
Equivalent in miles (average 2000 steps per mile) 4,542
Total number of steps walked in May - 36,193,509
Equivalent in miles (average 2000 steps per mile) 18,097
Martina Carroll, theatres, Rochdale Infirmary, topped the overall leader board with an outstanding 484,523 steps for May 2015
Staff noticeboardStaff room - noticeboard16 July 2015
Thank you and farewell DEBORAH Pullen, head of corporate governance has left the Trust to take up a post at Wigan.
She said: “Over the last 15.5 years I have worked with many amazing people at the Trust. As I leave Pennine to work closer to home, I just want to say a huge thank you to my friends and colleagues; there were too many of you for me to individually speak to before I left, despite my best efforts!”
Fond farewell to Trust coupleTHE infection prevention and control team would like to bid a fond farewell to Marie Boswell who retired from nursing at the end of May. Marie is joined in her retirement by her husband Steven Boswell, a receipt and distribution supervisor in supplies.
Marie qualified as a nurse in 1984 and was based at the Oldham Royal Infirmary. After a short stint on A&E, she moved to the Lees and Fawcett orthopaedic ward. After a period of time as a relief sister, Marie then became the ward manager of Lees and Fawcett which was the first ward to move over to the new Royal Oldham Hospital in 1989 as ward 12 (later changed to T4). Marie remained with T4 until December 2004 when the Hospital at Night project started, which worked to implement the European working time directive, with Marie at the helm.
When the project finished in November 2007, Marie joined the infection prevention team and was based at Rochdale Infirmary for three years but moved back to Oldham in December 2010.
Marie takes great pride in her work and her input and enthusiasm will be missed. The IP&C team wish Marie and Steven, who will no doubt spend their time actively with their family and friends, all the very best for their future.
Happy 50th to FGH staffJANE McGlynn from the cardio respiratory lab has celebrated her big 50! All her friends and colleagues wish her many happy returns for her half century milestone. You don’t look a day over 49! xx
Staff nurse Cath Burton has also celebrated her special birthday. All the best from your friends on ward 5.
Wedding bells on Floyd UnitTHE Floyd unit at Birch Hill has been hit by Cupid after three members of staff recently got married.
Healthcare assistant Michelle Dawson married Barry Mason on 11 April; medical PA Carolyn Sugden married Jonny Harrison on 9 May and unit manager Karen Gaunt (pictured) married Ted Archibald on 23 May. Congratulations and best wishes to them all.
Riding in memory of RayTHE renal unit at North Manchester is riding high after a donation of £565.30 was raised for a scooterist ‘guvnor’.
Hundreds of scooterists from across the North West attended a St George’s Day parade in Manchester and after the parade attended a fundraising event to raise money for the unit as this was where Ray Longden was being treated. Ray who was one of the founder members of the North and Central Manchester Scooter Club has since passed away.
Bench dedicated to CarolA POPULAR member of staff has had a memorial bench placed within the grounds of North Manchester General Hospital
Carol Kelter, who worked as a supervisor in linen services and as a cleaner, sadly died in December 2014. Her friends and colleagues held a collection in her memory across the Trust and over £200 was donated to St Ann’s Hospice in Little Hulton and used to buy a bench dedicated to her. Thanks to everyone who donated.
Family, friends and work colleagues gathered to attend a short service in the breathe easy garden at North Manchester, where the bench and plaque was unveiled.
In memory of PatriciaPATRICIA Challinor, former telephonist at The Royal Oldham Hospital switchboard, has died peacefully following surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital.
She joined the switchboard team at what was then Oldham Health Authority in 1980 and retired in 2009. She then returned to work on the bank until her sudden death.
Our thoughts are with her family. She will be sadly missed.
Farewell BobCOUNSELLOR at Mediscreen Bob Brierley has retired after many years working for occupational health. He will be missed as he is a lovely man with a cheery smile. His friends and colleagues wish him a long and happy retirement.
