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Heart Soul www.heartofengland.nhs.uk & Summer 2010 New Trust chief executive Newborns in need charity launch Psoriasis - the facts Sleeping easy with new research unit Lorraine Kelly fit and fabulous at 50 Heartlands Health Solihull in Hearing aids friendly profile - sun fete online Sirens obesity fun danger p2 p6 p11 p12 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - Solihull Hospital - Good Hope Hospital - Birmingham Chest Clinic TRUST NEWS Firemen make a new friend 3D boost for cancer treatment Patients at Good Hope have welcomed a new piece of equipment to help doctors diagnose bowel cancer, the third most common form of One lucky young patient out of hospital for most of cancer in the West Midlands. had an extra special treat his life. The 3D endorectal when two fire engines paid Chris Morrell, play ultrasound machine was him a visit. specialist at Heartlands donated by Sutton Coldfield Fire officers from Sheldon Hospital said: “I would bowel cancer charity, The Community Fire Station like to thank the firemen came to see Amun Ali, who for taking the time to Holly Trust. The equipment suffers from a rare immune visit Amun and put a huge is used to detect and assess deficiency disorder. Amun, smile on his face. He had a cancer early, meaning major aged 10, has been in and fantastic time.” surgery may be avoided. Finding a way to shorten the stay When you are in hospital, it’s important for us to ensure you receive the best possible care, in the best possible time. This also means making sure you only stay with us for the time you need to, giving you valuable recovery time in your own environment. Timely discharge allows the Hospital to have beds available for new patients, making sure there is no wait for treatment and health and wellbeing is not at risk. This summer, the Trust has launched its ‘Every Hour Counts’ promotional campaign, to raise awareness of length of stay and ensure a safe and appropriately timed discharge for patients in hospital. By working together, sharing knowledge and supporting each other, we can improve the quality of care and your experience as a patient, by making sure you get the right bed, at the right time. 2 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Trust welcomes new chief executive The Trust is delighted to last three years consistently announce Dr Mark Newbold improved its ratings. Mark as its new chief executive. has led KGH from a Trust Mark’s appointment just out of turnaround, followed a fiercely successfully through competitive interview the Foundation Trust process and was authorisation process and unanimously supported by into a position of strength. the Trust’s governors and Heart of England look chairman, Clive Wilkinson. forward to welcoming him Mark is an experienced in the summer and are chief executive, a clinician confident his experience will by background, and joins prove invaluable as the Trust us from Kettering General continues to build strength Hospital NHS Foundation in a rapidly changing Trust (KGH). Under his environment. leadership, KGH has for the New charity founded to support poorly babies Heart of England has launched a new charitable fund called Newborns in Need, designed to raise funds to support the care of poorly babies at the Trust. manager for Newborns in several months. Need, said: “The babies “Donating to Newborns on this unit are extremely in Need will ensure the vulnerable, and require Hospital can access the 24 hour care by an expert latest equipment and team of staff. Many require facilities to support babies breathing machines, who desperately need The fund has been set incubators and sophisticated care.” up for the neonatal units monitoring equipment. Newborns in Need benefiting the Trust’s “The unit also cares undertakes a range of sickest babies. Every year for a number of full term fundraising activities the neonatal units at Good babies who are born either including sponsored runs Hope and Heartlands care with problems known and bike rides, coffee for as many as 1,400 babies about before birth, or who mornings and cake sales. It born early – some at just 23 develop problems after also receives donations from weeks and weighing as little delivery. families, groups, companies as one pound. “We have fantastic and individual benefactors. The babies often have neonatal units, but running For further information highly complex care needs them comes at a price. It about Newborns in Need and require specialist costs about £1,000 per day contact Julie Collier resources in order to have to run a cot for a sick baby on (07837) 388 818 the best chance of survival. in intensive care, and some or email julie.collier@ Julie Collier, fundraising babies may require a stay of heartofengland.nhs.uk. Heart&Soul Summer 2010 3 TRUST NEWS Cooking up a storm with Voices of new catering facility Solihull Hospital has catering team worked reopened its catering extremely hard to help the department after a thirteen development go smoothly Thanks to funding from week, state-of-the-art and efficiently. Birmingham Cultural upgrade to benefit both “This upgrade, as well Partnerships, Heartlands arts patients and staff. as the new pieces of team are hosting a singing The catering department’s equipment, will help us as project aimed at bringing central production unit we strive to continue to together elderly and youth (CPU) produces nearly six provide an excellent service residents of the Hodge Hill million food portions per for our patients and staff.” year and now has a quicker, district. more efficient service. For more details, please The project, starting this Mike Towler, catering contact Mike Towler September, aims to bring manager, said: “I am very on (0121) 424 5439 or locals together in a fun and pleased with the redesign e-mail michael.towler@ creative way, whilst also of the unit. The whole heartofengland.nhs.uk. giving people a chance to get involved with their local hospital. Transport will be provided for those who need it and Calling all volunteers! singing workshops will be Could you be a hospital hospital sites. If you can based on music reflecting volunteer? Do you have a spare just three hours a week the district’s cultural few hours to spare to make between the hours of 9am diversity. a difference? Heartlands and 5pm, please contact the Workshops will take Hospital are looking for volunteering team on (0121) place in community venues dedicated day time volunteers 424 5640. and will culminate in to help support our patients Home From Hospital Care, a performances for residents, and visitors. There are volunteer service supporting friends and families to enjoy. many positions available, elderly people in their homes from meeting and greeting, during their first four weeks volunteering on the wards, after leaving hospital, are also To register your interest, to playing music in our main looking for volunteers.. Please contact Esther Jackson, entrance foyer. There are also contact Natalie Roberts on music co-ordinator, on opportunities at our other (0121) 424 1622. (0121) 424 0113. 4 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Local students’ splash of colour for Locals to sleep easy new ward block with new unit Budding young artists were given the chance to have their work displayed in an outdoor art gallery at Good Hope, as the Hospital unveiled the winners With up to one in four indebted to the support of its local schools art people in the Midlands given to us by Philips competition. suffering from some kind Respironics and Advantage Thirteen schools took part of sleep disorder, the West Midlands to allow us in the competition which brand new unit for sleep to undertake important was organised by Mona and metabolism research research in this field.” Campell, hospital project at Heartlands will allow The unit was officially manager, and Rebbeca doctors to discover the opened by the president of Maiden, assistant deputy reasons behind why these the World Sleep Federation, headteacher at Sutton conditions occur. Professor Ron Grunstein. He Coldfield Grammar for Girls. Research will focus said: “The launch of this unit The winning pupils’ works on disorders such as is a landmark event in sleep were selected from more sleep apnoea, insomnia, research in the UK.” than 250 pieces entered and narcolepsy and obesity- Forming part of the will adorn the walls of the related sleep conditions. Medical Innovation outdoor gallery. The art will Dr Dev Banerjee, Trust Development and Research be moved into Good Hope’s lead specialist for sleep Unit (MIDRU), based at new £26m ward block when medicine, said: “Bringing Heartlands Hospital, it opens early next year. NHS and academic sleep the unit consists of four Winners from each school facilities together can fully dedicated sleep and were invited to a special only enhance the Trust’s metabolism rooms. ceremony where the art reputation in providing top- work and outdoor gallery class sleep disorder services Contact the sleep study were officially opened for patients.” enquiries line on by Trust chairman, Clive Specialist in weight (0121) 424 0835 for more Wilkinson. management, Dr Shahrad details. Taheri, said: “We are Heart&Soul Summer 2010 5 HEALTH PROFILE Health profile obesity Did you know Heartlands Hospital is a Centre of Excellence in dealing with those who are overweight? Doctor always work and they are Taheri says: offered drugs to help lose How to calculate “Doctors, weight, alongside the your body mass including changes they make to their myself, diet and exercise. index (BMI): are really “In some cases even this Divide your weight in worried may not work and patients kilograms divided by your about may then be offered surgery height in metres squared.