The members newspaper members The Delivering Quality Care, Closer to Home SEPT Welcomes Community Health Services from Bedfordshire, South East Essex and West Essex In August and September SEPT’s Community Health safety at the centre of Neuro-rehabilitation, 2011 SEPT welcomed the Services are a growing all that we do and we Acquired Brain Injury, staff and services from part of the NHS. They are are proud to provide 0-19 Teams, Health South East Essex, West focused on achieving real healthcare for a population Visitors; Children’s Services Essex and Bedfordshire and sustained change to of approximately 1.8 and Child Protection, Community Health the way that services are million people in Essex and Community Hospitals – Services. This now means designed, delivered and Bedfordshire. inpatient beds / outpatient that we are providing improved - working across clinics mental health, learning the whole health and social Altogether approximately Rapid Accesss Clinics disability and community care economy. 3000 staff (70% clinical Urgent Care health services across services) have transferred Sexual Health the counties of Essex Pivotal to the success of to SEPT, based at clinics, Community Dentistry and Bedfordshire. The this national initiative will health centres and combination of these be the transformation of community hospitals. Prison Healthcare services brings us closer to our Community Health Services are also provided Stop Smoking Service the integration model that Services in Bedfordshire in other settings such Healthy Living and other is our vision – providing and West and South East as schools and people’s health improvement From seamless and effective Essex to provide a ‘joined homes. initiatives South Essex Partnership University physical and mental health up’ approach to care for Specialist Nursing – ‘ Services include: NHS Foundation Trust services – in hospital, in the local people - from home Parkinson’s Disease, Wound Intermediate Care, District community and in your to hospital care and back Care, Macmillan Nursing home. This has increased again. We are already Nursing, School Nursing, Email: [email protected] our staff to over 6,000 and talking with GPs and Wheelchair Service, Our commitment is to Facebook: facebook.com/SEPTNHS our budget to £300 million. developing joint working Podiatry, Continence, deliver excellence in Twitter: @SEPTNHS Our services are available between health and social Occupational Therapy, everything that we do and from over 200 locations care partners to achieve Speech and Language to ensure that first class Issue 1 – bringing care closer to care without boundaries. Therapy, Physiotherapy, patient care and quality lies home. SEPT puts patients and Nutrition, Dietetics and at the heart of this. Winter 2012 Diabetes Care, Endoscopy, Election Results Congratulations to all the newly elected Governors – see the full list of successful candidates on Page 3 Saffron Walden Mental Health Day Community Hospital Celebrations Opens its Doors Monday 10 October 2011 was World Mental Health Day An open day on 15 October and SEPT alongside local mental health organisations welcomed visitors to Saffron Walden MIND and RETHINK once again participated in the latest Community Hospital. Turn to Page 5 Time to Change public event to challenge mental health for all the details. stigma. ‘ Continued on Page 9 - 12 1 Letter WE’RE ON from FACEBOOK the AND TWITTER! SEPT has joined the world of social networking and is now on Facebook and Twitter. Editor Our Facebook page is called SEPT NHS and can be found by going to It’s all change at SEPT – new staff, www.facebook.com/SEPTNHS new members, new services, new locations and a new look Our Twitter profile is @SEPTNHS. What’s Twitter? members’ magazine. We have Twitter is a real-time changed One in Four to SEPT information network that News to reflect the change in What’s Social connects you to the latest the services we now provide. information about what Contents The title One in Four was chosen Networking? you find interesting. Simply Social-networking sites “make invisible because one in four people find the public streams you social networks visible” by allowing us will experience a mental health find most compelling and to see (with pictures and links) who our problem, but now that we have follow the conversations. friends are, who our friends’ friends are, community physical health Meet your and who our friends’ friends’ friends are combined with mental health At the heart of Twitter are -- all in an easy-to-use interface. services we have changed the small bursts of information Governors name to reflect the integrated called Tweets. Each Tweet Think about what happens when you organisation. is 140 characters in length, Page 4 meet someone new. You ask where they but don’t let the small work, where they grew up, where they SEPT News is also in a newspaper size fool you—you can went to school. Eventually, you realise format so that we can cram more share a lot with a little that your childhood friend used to work news in for you and keep the space. Connected to each with this guy. Even though you’ve never costs down. Many of you had Tweet is a rich details pane met before, you’re both part of the same commented on the cost of the that provides additional social network -- a friend of a friend. glossy magazine format so we information, deeper My Story listened and have changed the context and embedded Through social networking, people design and weight of paper – media. You can tell your Page 9 can use networks of online friends which also helps with reducing story within your Tweet, or and group memberships to keep in postage charges. you can think of a Tweet as touch with current friends, reconnect the headline, and use the with old friends or create real–life I hope you enjoy this issue and as details pane to tell the rest friendships through similar interests or always we are happy to receive with photos, videos and groups. Besides establishing important contributions to the magazine. other media content. social relationships, social networking These can be a personal members can share their interests with Important story, photos or volunteering other like–minded members by joining opportunities you have enjoyed. groups and forums. Contact Please send them to me by email What Will SEPT Be to [email protected] Numbers or by post to Communications, What’s Facebook? Doing? We’ll be using Facebook and Twitter to Pride House, Christy Close, Facebook is a social engage directly with people who have Page 19 Southfields Industrial Estate, network site that started an interest in SEPT and the services we Basildon SS15 6EA out strictly for university provide. We’ll be uploading photos, students and was advertising events and sharing links, Thank you for joining SEPT and I available by invitation videos and news. hope you enjoy your magazine. only. Now, it is a cultural phenomenon stretching You’ll be able to provide us with Coming Maxine Forrest across the globe. With Editor the most worldwide feedback but please note these are open Soon users, Facebook has taken forums and therefore views expressed hold as undisputable are not necessarily the views of SEPT. Page 20 leader amongst social networking sites. Social networking sites are not a referral system. If you are worried about your health then please contact your GP. 2 Personal Healthcare Plan Website WE’RE ON SEPT in tune Winner Announced To Celebrate National Self-Help Week Improving the health and PHP is way of empowering with you – in wellbeing of people with Long individuals with LTC’s to be able FACEBOOK Term Condition (LTC) is one of to take greater ownership and the greatest challenges and responsibility for their care and hospital, in the opportunities facing the health to have more control over the service. To help those with LTC’s management of their condition”. a dedicated Personal Healthcare AND TWITTER! Personal Health Plans also Plan (PHP) website, www. community and known as Personalised Care myhealthplan.see.nhs.uk , has Planning is a key tool to support been developed to promote, the personalisation of health engage and equip patients with care and constitutes a significant in your home all the necessary information part of the Department of and support they require. Health’s NHS reforms. The Feedback from patients target is to offer those with LTC who have participated on a PHP and to empower our Welcome to our Winter 2012 where local people need it. Court is located in the the website, have found LTC patients with information edition of SEPT News. And We have had two elections Bedford Health Village which it informing, practical and through a more joined-up, and welcome to our new staff this year and details of our is where I will ‘cut the turf’ useful. Downloading their own coordinated services approach and public members. I am new governors are below. I in early 2012 for the new personal health plan (PHP) on centred on their needs. This absolutely delighted that we wish to pay tribute to those inpatient unit. This new state the website enabled them to will result in more patient have been successful this whose terms of office were of the art, modern purpose participate in an incentive draw. confidence and ability to self- year in acquiring staff and completed in 2011. Thank built unit will replace all the care. services from three highly you for your time, expertise services currently provided The prize draw gave performing community and enthusiasm. I hope you in Weller Wing at Bedford the patient the health organisations. will still be involved with Hospital and is planned for choice of an IPOD Bedfordshire, West Essex and SEPT as a member and keep completion in December shuffle or vouchers South East Essex all bring in touch.