Foundation Focus Spring 2006 Issue 1 Magazine for members of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
In this issue
Elect your Governors – Pages 4 & 5 • Will Hope Hospital continue to provide services for women and babies? – Page 6 • Details of our future plans – Page 8 Welcome...
Thank you for supporting us and becoming a member of our future Foundation Trust.
You now have an ownership stake in the hospital and we are very much looking forward to working with you.
Treating an average of 320,000 people a year, the Trust offers general hospital services to the people of Salford and also provides specialist care for residents of Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond.
Specialist services include dermatology or skin treatments and complex treatments for bone injuries. The hospital is a national treatment centre for intestinal failure and is also a kidney disease centre for the west of Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre is located at Hope Hospital, so we treat thousands of patients with specialist brain conditions. The Trust also has an expert pain centre.
Becoming a Foundation Trust is an extremely exciting development. All NHS Trusts report to government, who direct which services they should run and how they should be managed.
As a Foundation Trust we will work to national standards but we will have greater freedom to work locally, with you, to design services that meet the needs of our patients and others who come into contact with our hospital.
We hope to be established as a Foundation Trust on 1 August 2006 and we are currently working towards this date.
This edition of your members’ magazine, the first we have produced, will introduce you to the work of the Trust and give you an overview of some of the key things that will be happening in the coming months. It also gives you a taster of some of the things you can look forward to as a member.
We hope you enjoy it – the next edition will be published in the autumn.
Margaret Morris, Trust Chair
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2 Foundation Focus Trust you will enjoy working with us
On an average day Hope Hospital:
Sees 1,000 Outpatients Treats 192 - 250 patients in the Accident & Emergency Department Cares for 840 Inpatients Treats 74 patients on a day case basis Performs 622 Radiology examinations Dispenses 1,240 prescriptions containing over 99,000 doses of medicine
Award winning World-class employer Last year the Trust achieved the highest performance score For the second year running the Trust has been short-listed for out of all the acute hospitals in Greater Manchester and was an award by the Greater Manchester Employer Coalition, in also awarded the top rating by NHS Estates in the annual recognition of the Trust’s partnership working with Job Centre assessment for patient environment and hospital food. Plus, to help people with disabilities return to work and move into employment. More recently The Nursing Times has ranked the Trust as one of the top ten places for nurses to work. Last year the Trust was named Large Employer of the Year at this awards ceremony. The 2006 Greater Manchester NHS awards will be held in April and the Trust has submitted a number of entries that showcase the talent and innovation of staff, watch this space for updates on winners. At the cutting edge of research and education Investing in the future Hope Hospital is a major teaching hospital that trains two A new £30 million cancer centre is to be built on the hospital hundred and twenty two doctors every year. The Trust has site and services will be provided in conjunction with the recently applied to the Department of Health to become the Christie Hospital and other organisations across Greater home of the North West’s local research networks for Manchester. diabetes, stroke and alzheimers.
In April 2006 the Trust’s cleaning contract will be brought Our application has been shortlisted and if successful the in-house and the role of domestic services will be Trust will lead the way in researching these conditions strengthened throughout the hospital. and their treatment.
Foundation Focus 3 Council of Governors is coming together
Nine governors of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust have now taken up their posts. The individuals were elected to the Council of Governors unopposed as their nominations were uncontested.
Elected Public Governors
Brian Myles, Ida Seddon, Thomas Michael Price, Irlam and Cadishead Little Hulton and Walkden Swinton
Rosemary Margaret Knights, Gordon Parker, Worsley/Boothstown Worsley/Boothstown
Elected Staff Governors
Lindsay Stewart, Ian Carter, Carl Gwinnutt, Steve Smith, Lead Nurse in Critical Trust Chaplain, Consultant Anaesthetist, General Manager for Care, Critical Care and Corporate and Surgery and Women’s Medicine and Elderly Clinical Diagnostics General Services and Children’s Services Care, Medicine and Elderly Care constituency
4 Foundation Focus Members from five Nominated for the Eccles different constituencies constituency: will choose their governors Peter Dempsey Stephen Alan Sutcliffe in March's election. Diana Tyldesley
Public members in East Salford, Eccles and Claremont, Standing for election in Claremont, Weaste & Seedley will elect two governors to represent them when voting begins on Monday 6 March 2006. Weaste & Seedley: Foundation Trust members from outside the Salford area will elect five governors from the ten people who Jackie Flynn Valerie Iverson have been nominated and staff members working in Michael Halsall Neurosciences, Orthopaedics and Ear, Nose and Throat will be voting for one governor for their constituency. Nominated for East Salford: Members can only vote to elect governors of their own constituencies. Voting will run from Monday 6 March Elizabeth Judge Mike Thorpe until Thursday 23 March 2006. Everyone who is eligible Elaine Pinczewski to vote will receive ballot papers and detailed Norman Tomlinson information on their candidates from the Electoral Reform Society. If you do not receive this information please contact them on 0208 889 9203. A total of twenty three people are standing in the Trust’s first Standing to represent members outside ever elections the Salford area: We are confident that the Foundation Trust will be successfully established on 1st August 2006 and Sandra Mary Breen Lenny Cope governors will have a unique role in the new Michelle Byrne organisation. They will work closely with the Board of Sheila Mary Cronin Directors and will support and represent members as Marina Hanrahan they help to develop the hospital. Bernard Peter McDermott Michael John Harnor Posts for one governor in Irlam and Cadishead, one in Jon Mizsei Little Hulton and Walkden and two in Ordsall and Peter Rose Langworthy have yet to be filled as no nominations Clare Smith were received for these positions. A by-election will be held to find the remaining governors for these areas. More details will be made available following March’s Standing as governor for Neurosciences, elections. Orthopaedics and Ear, Nose and Throat:
Denise Bradshaw Lorraine Lawton Gill Lewis
Election results will be announced on Friday 24 March and will be posted on the Trust’s website www.srht.nhs.uk.
Foundation Focus 5 Have Hope in the future
Maternity and neonatal services at Hope Hospital may close as part of a major review into Greater Manchester’s services for women, children and babies.
The review, Making it Better, Making it Real, which is led by the The Strategic Health Authority is now consulting on the proposals Strategic Health Authority, aims to streamline services across and wants to hear peoples’ views on the five options before Greater Manchester so that there are fewer, larger, maternity and 12 May 2006. children’s units. Reducing the number of hospitals that currently provide services Representatives of the Primary Care Trusts, whose local for women and children is crucial to developing the future of residents will be affected by the changes, have chosen five these services and will lead to the services being safer and more options for the future of services. Only one option includes effective. Hope Hospital wants to be one of the 8 hospitals in keeping and developing maternity and neonatal services at Greater Manchester that continues to provide services for Hope Hospital – this is option C. women and babies in the future. We believe that the hospital can offer a positive contribution to the future pattern of services. Other options do not include Hope Hospital in the future. If these options were to be chosen the maternity and neonatal services at The full consultation document is available on Hope would close and women would be offered a choice of www.bestforhealth.nhs.uk and responses can be submitted alternatives in Bolton or Manchester. through the website or to Freepost, Making it Better or [email protected]
6 Foundation Focus Why have Hope in the future?
Hope Hospital currently provides safe and effective services for women and babies in Salford and beyond. 2776 babies were born at Hope Hospital in 2005. 380 newborn and premature babies were cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit. We can easily expand our services providing a cost effective solution to the future development of women and children’s services
Salford has the fifth highest birth rate in Greater Manchester and a high number of very low birth weight babies are born in the city. It is important that these babies and their parents are able to easily access the special care that they may need
Salford has the highest percentage of people in Greater Manchester without a car, making it essential for parents and expectant mums to have a local service
Maintaining maternity services is critical to allow us to pursue our plans to offer increased hospital services for children. When Pendlebury Children’s Hospital closes in 2009 we will need 24 hour observation and assessment facilities for children and also plan to establish children’s day surgery
Hope Hospital provides unique care to about 120 pregnant women every year who have brain, kidney and endocrine problems
Hope Hospital has a good record of partnership working and wants to extend its specialist services, for example offering increased care to women with high risk pregnancies
Hope Hospital makes a major contribution to women and children’s services across Greater Manchester by training more midwives and neonatal medical staff than most other hospitals
Building on our existing strengths we want to contribute to future services. To have Hope in your future make your views known and support option C.
Foundation Focus 7 AA foundation Foundation for tomorrow for tomorrow
Monitor, the independent organisation that regulates all Foundation Trusts, will soon be rigorously examining our application and plans for the future.
In the next five years we intend to strengthen the role of our specialist services, increase the number of patients we treat and continue our work with the SHIFT programme, Salford’s Health Investment for Tomorrow.
Patients are at the centre of all that we do and we are applying to become a Foundation Trust because we believe it will help us provide even better care for our patients.
Talking about the Trust’s future plans David Dalton, Chief Executive said:
"Our vision for the future is to ensure everything we do adds value to the patient experience and helps in some way, small or large, to make it safer, more effective, more efficient, more convenient and more centred around the patients’ needs. We will deliver this by focusing on eight key areas:
1. Strong corporate governance and organisational 6. Education and research – supporting our staff in development – making sure we minimise any risks undertaking further education and pursuing that may face the Trust and learn from our research opportunities to help us learn more about mistakes. caring for our patients.
2. Clinical and organisational performance – ensuring 7. Satisfying the needs of Primary Care Trusts, who the performance of the Foundation Trust is effectively commission services, our patients and the public - managed and we improve the patients’ experience. ensuring our care is personalised and meets patients’ individual needs and requirements. 3. Financial reform and the control of costs – the Trust has a strong track record in managing finances. We 8. Partnerships and Joint Ventures with other service need to maintain this and build upon it. providers – working with partner agencies such as Social Services and Salford PCT to improve the 4. Service Developments of the SHIFT programme – way we operate and the care we provide our working with Salford Primary Care Trust (PCT) to patients. As part of the SHIFT programme we are support the development of health and social care currently exploring the possibility of working with centres in Salford, redeveloping our hospital site more social enterprises to obtain goods and and improving care for patients with long-term services. This will ensure the money we spend is conditions such as diabetes and kidney disease. reinvested in our communities.
5. Strategic Service Change and Developments – Members will play a key role in helping the implementing new medical practices will add value Foundation Trust work towards its future plans to the patient experience. and vision. More details of the Trust’s service development plans are available on http://www.srht.nhs.uk/foundation/
8 Foundation Focus Meet the Board of Directors
Margaret Morris David Dalton Peter Barnes Martin Hyman Chair Chief Executive Medical Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director
Elaine Inglesby Raj Jain Hugh Mullen Simon Neville Director of Nursing Director of Workforce & Director of Operations Director of Strategy & Corporate Affairs Development
Katharine Perera Jim Potter, David Thompson Tony Whitfield Non-Executive Director Deputy Chairman Professor Finance Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director
Foundation Focus 9 Membership Circles
The Foundation Trust now has over 7,500 registered members. This includes Trust employees and more than 3,700 public members from Salford, Greater Manchester and other parts of the UK.
Members make Foundation Trusts unique and some of our new members and our Board Directors have told us what membership means to them and why they are looking forward to the new way of partnership working:
"Foundation Trust status will allow Hope Hospital to continue to expand its reputation, both locally and nationally, as a centre of excellence providing care to Neurosciences patients of Salford and Greater Manchester. Having greater financial independence and a large public and staff membership will enable us to respond quickly and easily to local needs." James Leggate, Consultant Neurosurgeon
"Never before have we been able to offer our staff, patients and community members the opportunity to get involved in the organisation on this scale and have a real say in its future. I’m delighted that we will now be working much more closely with these key groups and I’m sure this will help us to make our services stronger and even more patient focused" Elaine Inglesby, Executive Director of Nursing
"Membership of the Foundation Trust has given me a wonderful opportunity to involve myself in the future of healthcare. A hospital is as much about its staff as it is its facilities and the equipment it possesses and I am looking forward to the fact that I can now work with staff from cleaner to consultant, driver to healthcare assistant to make this already great organisation a greater success." Howard Thomas, Chairman of the Hope Hospital Kidney Patients Association
"Membership is a great opportunity for me to play a bigger part in the way the organisation works and the healthcare it provides." Lilian Thornley, Hospital Domestic Be involved and make a difference Depending on your interests and the level of involvement you are able to provide, you will have lots of opportunities to help us further improve services at Hope Hospital.
The Foundation Trust’s Council of Governors will soon be fully Foundation Trust and will also give you an insight into ways to established and they, in conjunction with the Chair of the Trust, make your own lifestyle more healthy. will be asking members to take part in many areas of work. Aside from the things you are actively asked to play a role in we also want to hear your views on areas where you feel you can Help improve patient communication help us make a difference. Your governors will be responsible for Communicating effectively with the Trust’s patients is crucial and representing your views to the Trust’s Board of Directors and we want to hear your views on how we can improve the standard ensuring you are actively involved in the organisation in a way of our written patient communication, including appointment that suits your needs and helps us improve the way we work. letters and signage around the hospital. In 2006 we will be organising a series of Medicine for Members events giving you the opportunity to meet other members and Once our remaining governors are appointed we will be asking the chance to learn more about your Foundation Trust. members and governors to work together and find ways that we These interactive sessions will see the Trust’s medics sharing can strengthen our efforts in this area. information on key aspects of the healthcare provided at the
10 Foundation Focus Smoke free steps
National No Smoking Day was the 8 March this year and with smoking soon to be banned in all workplaces and enclosed public places, Salford's Smoking Cessation Advisers and dieticians have teamed up to offer support and advice to people who want to kick the habit and generally become healthier in 2006.
Why give up smoking? Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of developing many smoking related illnesses including lung cancer and heart disease. Within 10-15 years of giving up, an ex-smokers' risk of developing lung cancer is only slightly greater than someone who has never smoked. Giving up smoking also saves they want to give up smoking and that they are ready to stop as a lot of money! At today's rates, a 20-a-day smoker will spend lack of preparation can be one of the most common £31,025 over the next 20 years. reasons for relapsing.
Smoking doesn't just affect smokers but also impacts on Smoking Cessation Advisors are available to support people who people around them. Non-smokers who breathe other people's wish to quit, helping them understand their habit and giving them tobacco smoke are exposed to the same 4,000 chemicals that a practical advice as well as nicotine replacement therapy on smoker inhales, putting them at risk of the same serious prescription. Your GP practice can put you in touch with a diseases as smokers. Smoking Cessation Adviser. Salford has a dedicated team of advisorsbased in the community and also at Hope Hospital to To prevent second hand smoke from affecting patients and staff, help those in the hospital give up and get healthier. smoking at Hope Hospital is only permitted in designated smoking shelters, that have been put outside the main entrances More information about giving up is available on the of the hospital. We will soon be asking members to help review following websites: and develop our current policy on smoking within the hospital grounds. www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
www.salford-pct.nhs.uk A recipe for better health
This recipe for vegetable soup, devised by our dieticians, is low calorie and full of vitamins and minerals. The soup is particularly rich in vitamin C and potassium, which most smokers are likely to have low levels of. With relatively cheap ingredients it can be made in bulk and frozen, proving a quick nutritious snack when there is little time to cook.
Vegetable Soup Serves 6 (approx. 50 kcals per portion) Method
1 medium-sized onion Prepare and chop all vegetables. 1 medium-sized potato 1 leek Add vegetables and stock to a large pan and bring to the 2 large carrots boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. 1 large courgette (optional) 2oz / 50g lentils Adjust the seasoning to taste. 1 tin of tomatoes 2 pints vegetable stock The soup can either be served as it is or liquidised until 1 garlic clove (optional) smooth, or use potato masher to blend all vegetables. 1 teaspoon mixed herbs (optional) Salt and pepper to taste A combination of vegetables can be used depending on what is seasonally available.
Foundation Focus 11 Anyone who would like to be a member and support their local hospital can contact [email protected] or 0161 206 5249. Membership forms are also available on our Foundation Trust website www.srht.nhs.uk
Please let us have your feedback on the magazine and let us know if there is anything you would like to contribute. Comments and information should be directed to the Editor, Michelle Forsyth, 0161 206 5861 or [email protected]