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£16m invested in new P24 Summer 2010 laboratories Contents 6

Welcome everyone, to the summer edition of Link...

I hope you have all been enjoying the summer sunshine now that it is finally making an appearance.

Whatever the weather, this edition of Link includes a range of summery topics 5 7 to brighten up your day - from holiday health advice, to picnics in the park to a recipe to spice up your BBQ’s.

The magazine also includes regular features such as ‘Dr Rob’s Bug Column’ which offers advice on avoiding holiday disease - Legionnaires and also ‘Getting to Know you’ in which Mr Jonathan Chan talks about his rewarding career in Ophthalmology.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you all on the excellent results of the inpatient survey which you can read about further on page 3. Thanks to your hard work, we are once again in the top 20 per cent of 15 16 Hospitals for good privacy and dignity, quality care and high standards 4-5 Listening and responding to patients 16 Getting to Know you Mr Jonathan Chan, of cleanliness. 6 Patient helps raise awareness for Consultant Ophthalmologist ‘Osteoporosis in Men’ 17 E - Learning I would also like to thank all those who nominated colleagues for this year’s 7 New travel clinic gives free advice 18-19 Long service achievements thank you awards which I’m sure will be 8 Top prize for ‘intelligent-care’ system to 20-21 Sheffield celebrates breastfeeding yet another fabulous evening. help patients 22-23 Ready for a challenge – the 9 Cash boost for A&E relative’s room Best wishes Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust 10-11 World Hepatitis Day 2010 fundraising team 12-13 Son’s gift of life brings comfort to grieving Sheffield family 24 Investing in patient care 14 Dr Rob’s Bug Column 25 Link Lifestyle Sir Andrew Cash 15 ‘What’ve you been up to?’ 26 Clinical Directors take up their posts Chief Executive

Page 2 • Link - Summer 2010 National survey shows our patients rate care among the best in the country

Hospitals in Sheffield and I’ve always had good care. This time Joan Willers, aged 80, from I’ve come in to have an operation Patient Joan Willers and Sister Alison Wait Darnall in Sheffield is just one on my knee and all the nurses Sheffield Teaching Hospitals patient who believes the care have been lovely and the ward is in the top 20% of the UK’s she received after having a knee Good privacy and dignity, always immaculate.” best performing hospitals - replacement was second to none. quality care and high “I’ve been in and out of according to the Annual NHS standards of cleanliness are patient survey. just some of the reasons why patients have placed

Our Hospitals were rated in the top 20% of hospitals for overall experience as well as in the following categories: • Availability of hand gels for patients and visitors to use • Doctors answering important questions in a way patients could understand • Patients having confidence and trust in their doctors/nurses • Treating patients with respect and dignity • Having enough nurses on duty “I’ve come • Being given information and having the opportunity to talk to doctors/nurses in to have an • Doctors and nurses working well together operation on my • Having a member of staff to answer questions about operation / procedure knee all the nurses • Family / friends being given enough information have been lovely • Patients not feeling the need to complain about their care and the ward is immaculate.”

Page 3 • Link - Summer 2010 Listening and responding to our patients

in order to improve the overall patient experience. The department works to ensure that systems are in place for listening, responding to and learning from the views and insights of patients, both good and bad, and to ensure that patients are involved in planning, evaluating and improving the quality of our services. Alan Smith, Deputy Patient Partnership Manager, said: “The experience of patients is based upon how they and Alan Smith, Patient their families feel about their care and Services Manager support. It is important to understand that a patient’s experience starts before Patient feedback and patient they actually arrive at hospital. It will experience have an increasingly be related to their experience of being high profile across the NHS. This is referred to us, making an appointment, reflected in some of the excellent their journey to the hospital, and their work going on in the Trust aiming expectations based on what they to capture patient feedback and have heard about us from friends and improve the patient experience. relatives and also the media. Against this The Trust’s Patient Partnership background of considerations, patients Department has recently restructured in then have views on their consultation, response to new national guidelines and advice and treatment.” expectations covering issues related to patient experience including complaints, Anna Firth, Patient Partnership national patient surveys and patient and Manager, said: public involvement. “Complaints and compliments are Our team of Patient Partnership staff also important sources of information lead and coordinate a number of patient experience initiatives, as well as providing about the experience of our patients”. A advice and support to staff across the new leaflet encouraging people to give Trust. The key focus of their work is to us their comments is also available in all seek feedback from patients and families wards and departments. The “Tell us

An individual patients experience is influenced at every stage of a care pathway by every member of staff they come across.

To find out what patients think, the team use a variety of methods to capture patient feedback. These include:

• The Frequent Feedback patient surveys which involve a team of trained Trust volunteers who interview patients each week using electronic hand held devices.

• The programme of National Patient Surveys, which is coordinated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is carried out within every NHS provider Trust each year.

• Website feedback including NHS Choices and Patient Opinion.

• Mystery Shopping. This is a new initiative in which a team of Trust volunteers has been carrying out assessments in wards, outpatient departments and reception areas to try to look at services through the eyes of patients and feed back to staff

on what they find.

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The Harder Stuff Harder The Easy and Nice Quiz Time Answers: Time Quiz

Page 4 • Link - Summer 2010 Brain Injury Service saves Listening and responding to our patients Ex-Grave Digger’s Life

Patient Harry Coleshill with wife Karina what you think” leaflet explains should be returned to the Patient how to make a complaint or Partnership Department. compliment to us either in writing, The Department aims to over the telephone or via email share all information received and outlines what happens when about issues raised in complaints we receive a complaint. and compliments so that we The leaflet also provides the can ensure we learn from the opportunity for patients and outcome of any investigations and visitors to give suggestions for so that staff receive appropriate service improvements or positive recognition when their efforts feedback. The leaflet invites have been particularly appreciated. patients and visitors to hand their The new information leaflet completed feedback forms in to will also be accompanied by new any member of staff or to post “You said…We did” posters, them in the comments boxes to let patients and visitors know located in the main reception about service improvements which areas of each of our hospitals. All have happened as a result of a completed forms handed to staff complaint or suggestion.”

A new Patient Services Team

The newly formed Patient will deal with questions, team A retired grave digger who the different skills of specialists Services Team (PST) has replaced enquiries and straight forward suffered a severe head injury to provide a gold standard of the Patient Advice and Liaison low risk concerns there and then after a fall is back at home treatment to patients suffering Service (PALS) and provides a point in order to provide a speedy and thanks to a new brain injury head injuries. of contact for patients who have efficient service to callers. They can service developed at Sheffield Harry is now enjoying the a concern but don’t know which also offer advice and guidance to Teaching Hospitals. summer and the rest of his member of staff or department to any member of staff who is trying Harry Coleshill, 69, banged his retirement after weeks of raise it with, or who feel that they to provide direct support to a head after slipping on ice when rehabilitation and treatment need to speak to someone outside patient or relative with a concern.” he was putting something in the which has included an intensive of the department or ward to The Patient Services Team can dustbin at his home in Darnall. programme of physiotherapy, which their concern relates. be contacted by patients Monday He was taken to the Northern occupational therapy and Sue Butler, Director of Patient General Hospital for treatment speech therapy. Services, explained: “Our Team are – Friday 9am - 5pm where medical staff originally He said: “I only went to put the knowledgeable and experienced telephone on 0114 271 2400, feared his injuries were so bad that bins out and the next thing I knew in handling patients’ concerns via email on [email protected] they would prove fatal. However, I was in the hospital. I really didn’t and have overall responsibility or in person in the Patient thanks to the expertise of the new realise how lucky I have been until for ensuring responses to Partnership Department on B Floor, specialist brain injury team Harry my family told me. complainants are co-ordinated. RHH and the Huntsman main has made a good recovery. “I’m so grateful for the care I Wherever possible, the PST entrance on C Floor, NGH. The brain injury team, which is have received here and can’t wait a unique service in the country, to get on with my life again.”

HonoraryNews DoctorateIn Brief... for Ron

Ron Purkiss, our former Chief Pharmacist who retired last year, has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Bradford for his contributions to hospital pharmacy.

Patient Service Team – Sam Fogg, Farhana Ali, Debbie Fletcher

Page 5 • Link - Summer 2010 Sue Cockbill-Black, Sue House and Sarah Burnand from the Metabolic Bone Centre with patient David Tomlinson David helps raise awareness in Men’ of ‘Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis patient, David Tomlinson, has been helping the Metabolic Bone Centre Agency Manager has been raise awareness of the receiving treatment and support from the Centre since his ‘Osteoporosis in Men Awareness disease which caused him to Day’ on the 4th June by talking have the bone density of a diagnosis in 1998. He said: to patients about his story. “Osteoporosis is man almost twice his age. “When I first got diagnosed, I didn’t know anything about Sue House, Osteoporosis Nurse commonly mistaken David, from Doncaster, my condition which was very Practitioner, said: “Osteoporosis as being a disease was diagnosed with severe daunting as well having to deal is commonly mistaken as being Osteoporosis at the Northern with living with pain - but thanks a disease which only affects which affects women General after he suffered several to the Metabolic Bone Centre women when in fact almost 1 in when almost spinal fractures and three inches and the National Osteoporosis 5 patients are men. It is therefore 1 in 5 patients are in height loss after a fall whilst Society I have never looked back. important for everyone to be playing beach-volleyball in Dubai. Staff at the Centre taught me a aware of these risks.” men over 50.” After months of pain, tests lot about diet and lifestyle as well at the Metabolic Bone Centre as giving me excellent treatment confirmed that at 45 years old, to strengthen my bones to David had the bone density of a prevent further fractures.” man in his mid 80’s. David is eager to educate Now 56, the retired Travel other people about Osteoporosis, he helped staff at the Hospital’s

Metabolic Bone Centre wins national Award The Centre won the ‘Osteoporosis - pioneering best practice’ category, recognising the importance of using new diagnostic tests to find out about bone strength at the British Society for Rheumatology Conference Awards.

Deborah Bax, Clinical Director of Specialised Medicine with Dr Nicola Peel, Page 6 • Link - Summer 2010 Clinical Lead for the Metabolic Bone Centre Free health advice for holiday makers

Helen Lomas is jetting off to Helen Lomas with Travel Clinic Thailand for the holiday of a Staff Nurse Jenny Seaton lifetime thanks to specialists at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital’s new one stop Travel Clinic.

Helen, 24, from Woodseats and her partner, Chris Hales, were confused about what vaccinations and health protection they needed but after a short visit to the Travel Clinic they were soon on their way, worry free. Helen, an Occupation Therapist at the Hallamshire, said: “We were amazed at what the travel clinic could offer and we got an appointment almost straight away. We also were able to have the necessary vaccines the same day at a good price and were given information to take away.” The clinic offers staff and members of the public specialist, up-to-date pre-travel advice, vaccinations (including Yellow Fever), anti-malarials and travel- related equipment. Dr Cariad Evans, Travel Health Specialist, said: “We treat many patients in our Infection and Tropical Medicine department who have come back from exotic destinations with diseases such as Typhoid, Malaria and Viral Hepatitis – all of which are preventable. It is therefore very important for people to protect themselves fully and seek advice before they go away.

For more information please visit the Travel Clinic website www.sth. nhs.uk/travelclinic or phone to make an “We were appointment: 0114 271 3560 or email: amazed at what the sheffieldtravelclinic@ travel clinic could sth.nhs.uk offer and we got an appointment almost straight away.”

Page 7 • Link - Summer 2010 TOP PRIZE FOR 'INTELLIGENT-CARE' SYSTEM

win the award but stressed the main TO HELP PATIENTS thing was that it would caring for the patient - considerably help patients. more rapidly than experts currently Control and Systems Engineering He said: "This will mean patients manage. The control achieved (ACSE) at Sheffield University to take get more individual, tailored care was excellent. Sheffield Doctors have scooped the top prize in the Software and ICT in future, and potentially staff will a top prize for creating an The award recognises years of Category at this year's Medipex NHS be freed up from this task for other artificial intelligence computer work between the team led by Innovation aspects of care, or maybe to treat system which advises when Professor Mahfouf and Dr Ross Awards Ceremony. more patients simultaneously. There's and how to administer drugs in establishing and implementing The artificial intelligence system great potential for delivering more to patients following a heart successful synergies between analysed individual patients' healthcare for the same money with bypass operation. Systems & Control Engineering vital signs continuously and this technology." Consultant Anaesthetist at the principles and healthcare-medicine. recommended the drug type and Dr Ross said he was delighted to Northern General, Dr Jonathan the precise infusion rates required Ross, worked with Professor Mahdi every 20 seconds to the experts Mahfouf and Dr Mouloud Denai from the Department of Automatic LET’S TALK Staff benefits

"This will mean patients get more bookletAs part of the Let’s Talk feedback sessions, it was agreed that the Trust individual, tailored would produce a booklet full of the care in future.” benefits and perks that staff are entitled to. The booklet has now been produced at no cost to the Trust. It is available in hard copy from the Communications department – just call ext.68989 for your copy. Enjoy!

Page 8 • Link - Summer 2010 Sheffield doctors awarded first NICE Scholarships Dr Alastair Glossop Two of the Trust’s doctors Clinical Fellow in Radiology guidelines for using non invasive prolonged critical care therapy." have been awarded some are two of only ten health ventilation in critically ill patients. The awards, along with ten of the first ever scholarships professionals to be given He said: “This project could fellowships, have been presented from the National Institute scholarships for their dedication reduce the amount of time to a wide range of NHS health TOP PRIZE FOR for Health and Clinical to promoting clinically and cost- patients spend on invasive professionals, including those in Excellence (NICE). effective practice in the NHS. ventilation, reduce their General Practice, Physiotherapy, Dr Alastair Glossop Specialist The scholars will each take on risk of ventilator associated Public Health, Radiology, Registrar in Anaesthesia and a project which relates to NICE complications, and potentially Management, Paediatrics, 'INTELLIGENT-CARE' SYSTEM Intensive Care Medicine, and activities and meets a local need. reduce the financial burden to Psychiatry, Orthopaedics and Dr Stephen Goode, Academic Dr Glossop aims to produce the NHS that is associated with Intensive Care. TO HELP PATIENTS Cash boost for A&E relative’s room

Neil Strawbridge, Charge Nurse in A&E, said: “We are who are going through traumatic very grateful to receive this kind A&E Service Manager Sally Weir, Mason Barrie Sutcliffe, Charge Nurseexperiences Neil Strawbridge and I feel having and 'A&Ea mum'donation. Lynne ProvidingHulme a welcoming Provisional Grand Master’s Charity nice, warm environment will make Fund last week. He applied for the environment for our relatives is The Accident and Emergency a big difference.” important as we want them to funding to revamp the room after Lynne Hulme and Jenny Lilley (A&E) Relative’s Room is his wife, Jean - a Senior Sister in feel as comfortable as possible getting a makeover thanks are the House Keepers, known in A&E, suggested it would be nice during these difficult times. We to a kind donation from the department as “A&E mums”, to make the area more ‘homely’. also use the room to break bad the Freemasons. who provide support, reassurance Barrie, who is from the news to families so being able to and cups of tea to the patients – The Relative’s Room is an area do so in a private, non clinical Hillsborough Freemason Lodge working alongside medical staff for the friends and family of area is key.” 5444, said: “I was delighted to who keep the relatives informed bereaved or seriously ill patients to present the cheque to the A&E on the patients’ condition. receive emotional support. department. Staff here do a Worshipfull Master Barrie brilliant job in supporting relatives Sutcliffe, presented the £500 cheque from the Mason’s Page 9 • Link - Summer 2010 World Hepatitis Day 2010 experts and patients work C at the Hallamshire Hospital. He helped Ray and other experts B and C are common and together to raise awarenessto raise awareness of the undergone medical or many years without having any dental treatment where disease at the event. Richard symptoms, it is therefore very the equipment may not be was diagnosed two years ago The Hallamshire Hospital’s important to get tested especially sterilised properly after suffering some non-specific Infectious Diseases team if you think you have been at • They shared razors or symptoms including fatigue, recently visited Sheffield city risk. We provided 35 ‘quick and toothbrushes with someone muscle aches, stomach swelling, centre to raise awareness easy’ blood spot tests from the infected with Hepatitis B or C forgetfulness, confusion and and provide tests for tour bus on Fargate. If found • They had a tattoo, piercing or difficulty concentrating. Hepatitis B and C. to be positive, patients were acupuncture with equipment He said: “I think it is important The testing day was part of contacted and asked to come that was not sterilised. to raise awareness of the the Hepatitis C Trust’s week-long to our specialist department for Ray added: “Getting a infection and let people know national bus tour for the global a confirmatory blood test and diagnosis is crucial as people of the support that is available. awareness-raising event, World if appropriate, assessment and can not only be offered effective consideration of treatment.” There are a lot of things you need Hepatitis Day – 21st May. treatment to prevent liver cirrhosis You are at risk of being Our Viral Hepatitis service treats and cancer but for individuals to consider which you may need infected if: around 300 people for Hepatitis with Hepatitis C many can advice on such as – how the • They have ever injected illicit be cured. People can also be treatment drugs may affect you, B and C every year. The infectious drugs (even if this was once advised how to prevent further how being diagnosed may affect viruses are transmitted by or twice). contaminated blood and mainly transmissions of the infection your life and mental health as • They have received blood to others.” attack the liver. If left untreated (before 1991) or blood well as lifestyle changes such as Richard Douglas, aged 53 they can lead to cirrhosis, liver products (before 1986) in your diet.” from Sheffield is an outpatient cancer and death. the UK Ray Poll, Nurse Consultant in receiving treatment for Hepatitis • They have lived abroad in Viral Hepatitis at the Hallamshire, countries where Hepatitis said: “People can be infected with Hepatitis B and C for

“I think it is important to raise awareness of the infection and let people know of the support that is available.”

Page 10 • Link - Summer 2010 Check up shows Trust is in good shape The Trust has once Hepatitis Patient - Richard Douglas, Keiley Rowland - Staff Nurse in Communicable Diseases, again scored highly in Ray Poll - Nurse Consultant in Viral Hepatitis and Thea Williams, a Social Worker the annual inspection of food,cleanliness, infection control and patient environment. For 2010, the Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) has rated the Trust ‘Good’ for Environment, ‘Good’ for Food and ‘Good’ for Privacy and Dignity. PEAT assesses standards of cleanliness and food in every NHS healthcare site in England. The assessors – including patients and NHS staff – give scores between 1 (unacceptable) and 5 (excellent) for each of the three PEAT categories. A range of new initiatives are Support for Hepatitis patients helping to improve the Hospital Thea Williams, a Social runs a fortnightly support environment even further: as Worker at the Hallamshire group at the Shield centre well as keeping the Hospitals Hospital, was also at the for local patients like Richard clean and tidy, artwork is now event. Thea provides to talk to each other and displayed throughout the hospital support, advice and share experiences. to create a more welcoming counselling for Hepatitis You can be tested for setting. The Trust is also working (and those co-infected Hepatitis B and C by your to improve patient’s privacy In the testing bus: Patient Richard with HIV) patients or those local doctor (GP), drug and dignity by providing more Douglas and Ray Poll - Nurse who are ‘at risk’ and thinking service, sexual health clinic single sex accommodation and Consultant in Viral Hepatitis of having a test. She also (GUM), and ante-natal clinic. improving theatre wear.

Page 11 • Link - Summer 2010 SON'S GIFT OF LIFE brings comfort to grieving Sheffield family

The family of a young man Manchester since completing - whose tragic death led to his first degree in Physics with seven people receiving life Astrophysics and masters degree changing transplants - are in Computer Networking and spreading the message of the Engineering, was visiting his family importance of organ donation. for his sister Kristy’s 30th birthday. His mum Do said: “We are Andrew Hulse, a fit and healthy glad that Andrew had all his 31-year-old, was at a family family around him before he gathering at his parent’s home died and that we were together when he suffered a severe brain to make a decision on organ haemorrhage this Easter. donation. Sally Snowden, Despite staff at the Emma Richardson and Marian Neurosciences Critical Care Unit Scognamiglio - the Specialist at Sheffield’s Royal Hallamshire Nurses in Organ Donation, were Hospital, doing all they possibly superb in explaining exactly what could, his family were told that would happen and gave us a lot sadly Andrew would not recover. of support and reassurance. It was Andrew’s parents Pete and Do a very dignified and well-planned Hulse, from Chapeltown, were process - we were amazed at how heart-broken by Andrew’s sudden many medical teams came together death but believed organ donation to make the donations happen and was something Andrew would how many people benefited.” have wanted. Since Andrew gave his gift of Pete Hulse said: “The Hospital’s life, the family have been raising organ donation team showed us awareness of the importance of that Andrew had signed up to organ donation. At his funeral, the the organ donation register which Service Leader Michael Granville, made our decision easier and who coincidentally has received confirmed what we thought - that two cornea transplants at the he would have wanted to help Royal Hallamshire, spoke of the others. Andrew touched so many people that Andrew has helped people’s lives during his short life and encouraged people to join the - as part of his job as a Games organ donation register. Workshop Manager, he taught Grandad of three Michael, aged children how to play strategy 67, from Ranmoor in Sheffield, games and helped many of them said: “In 2005, my Consultant grow in confidence as well as Ophthalmologist, Mr Matthew helping friends through hard times. Edwards at the Royal Hallamshire Andrew Hulse Now he has given at least seven Hospital, told me that having people a new lease of life and in cornea transplants was the only some cases saved their lives with way I’d be able to see properly his donation.” again. An overnight stay and two Andrew donated his lungs to a tiny layers of tissue later - and I no 52 year old man, his liver to a 55 longer needed glasses. Thanks to year old man, one kidney to a 59 my transplants, I have been able year old woman and one kidney to continue to do my ceremonies to a 45 year old man. He has work in the Humanist Society and also donated his heart valves, his to enjoy life with good vision. The pancreas - in which cells have been word gratitude is really not strong used to help patients with diabetes enough to describe the feeling I and his corneas which have given have towards my donors - a feeling two people sight. I’m sure I share with those people Andrew, who had lived in Andrew has helped.”

Page 12 • Link - Summer 2010 Do and Peter Hulse and Sally Snowden,Specialist Nurse: Organ Donation

Sally Snowden, Specialist Nurse: and tissue donation with your Organ Donation at Sheffield family is important. As it allows Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation them to know of your wishes in the Trust, said: “Currently there are event of your death. Pete and Do approximately eight thousand knew that it was something that people waiting for a transplant and Andrew would have wanted to do We were of those waiting three people will but knowing that he was on the die everyday. Andrew’s amazing gift Organ Donor Register made their amazed at how to help others after his death has decision easier.” many medical teams saved the lives of four people. His came together to donation of skin, bone, tendons, If you would like to know more eyes and heart valves will continue about organ donation or register make the donations to give benefit to many others in as an organ donor then visit www. happen the years to come. Discussing your organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 thoughts and feelings about organ 123 23 23.

Page 13 • Link - Summer 2010 Dr Rob's Bug Column Trust Legionella.. who’s she?! asks our

the disease called Pontiac fever suppliers to What is Legionnaires’ which is a short feverish illness without pneumonia. Quick question, how do disease? The symptoms usually start be green you spot a microbiologist Legionnaires’ is an uncommon on holiday? type of pneumonia caused by the about 2-10 days after the bacteria have been inhaled but occasionally As part of the trust’s ‘be No, not by the knotted hanky bacterium Legionella pneumophila. some people develop symptoms as green’ campaign, we are on their head but by the fact that Why is it called late as 3 weeks after exposure. also hoping to persuade our they tend to be the ones spending Legionnaires’ disease? How is it diagnosed? suppliers to help reduce our a few minutes running a hot It is named after an outbreak of It is important to be vigilant impact on the environment. shower in an empty bathroom! pneumonia among people who So, I guess you’re wondering, attended an American Legion to the possibility of Legionnaires’ Over 60 local and national what is the reason for this convention in Philadelphia in disease so don’t forget to ask suppliers of hospital goods odd behaviour? The answer is patients about any recent water 1976. Subsequently, the bug attended a special event Legionella, a bacterium (bug) (which is a Gram negative bacillus) exposure and travel. People who that can cause an infection called to learn how they could be was identified and named have severe pneumonia or who Legionnaires’ disease. more sustainable and help reduce Legionella pneumophila. have risk factors for Legionnaires’ Legionella survives in water. disease because of recent travel CO2 emissions. How common is It can become a risk to health should be tested using a urine The event was organised in Legionnaires’ disease? when the temperature allows antigen test. (This test works in response to research which showed the legionellae to grow rapidly, In 2008 there were 359 cases in a similar way to a pregnancy that procurement of goods and particularly if there is stagnation England and Wales of confirmed test.) This test needs to be done services accounts for nearly 60% of of water. This can occur in water Legionella pneumonia (Health within 2 weeks of symptoms the NHS's carbon footprint. systems that are not used on a Protection Agency data) of which starting. Beyond 2 weeks of Iain Thompson, Non-Executive regular basis. The UK has strict less than half were actually related illness, a blood sample should Director, said: “As one of the regulations to ensure that water to travel/holidays. All ages can be be taken to look for Legionella largest organisations in Sheffield, systems used in commercial affected but the disease mainly antibodies which the body we have a responsibility not just buildings and hospitals are affects people over 50 years of usually starts to make 2 weeks to provide health care but also maintained to standards that age, and generally men more after infection has occurred. reduce the risk of Legionella. than women. Smokers and the to play our part in protecting the Is it treatable? Flushing of infrequently used immunocompromised are at a environment. We have recently water outlets is very important in higher risk. Yes, with antibiotics launched our Be Green initiative including erythromycin and we were delighted to have hospitals and STH has updated How do you catch it? policies for Legionella control and and clarithromycin. met with over 60 of our suppliers The infection is not Flushing Guidance, which can be What can I do to to look at how they can provide us contagious and cannot be found on the intranet. prevent it? with more sustainable products caught from another person. The So, with the holiday season disease is usually contracted by At work, you have a and services to reduce the impact approaching and the recently inhaling tiny droplets of water responsibility to help on the environment, energy use updated STH policies, we thought (aerosols) contaminated with to control the risk of and CO2 emissions. “We are it might be a good time to have a Legionella bacteria. Legionella by reading and confident that working together closer look at this bug. following the Trust’s What about symptoms? we can Be Green.” Flushing Guidance. The event, organised in In common with many So, enjoy your partnership with Yorkshire conditions, initial symptoms holidays and remember are usually 'flu-like' including Forward and the Yorkshire and if you do see someone muscle aches, tiredness, headache, the Humber Commercial running a hot shower loss of appetite, dry cough Procurement Collaborative (CPC), in an empty room, and fever. This can progress to included training and presentations they are likely to be pneumonia. About one third of from local organisations with either a microbiologist infected people develop diarrhoea experience in developing green or a reader of the and vomiting and about one projects, stalls offering information LINK magazine! half can develop confusion. and speeches encouraging There is also a milder version of local partnerships to develop sustainability in purchasing.

Page 14 • Link - Summer 2010 ‘What’ve you been up to?’ STH staff are a busy bunch. Whether it’s globe trotting to pass on expertise in health care, raising cash for local charities or taking time out to enjoy a hobbie , there’s never a dull moment… Glynis touched by trip to Nepal

Glynis Lake, Staff Nurse at the Patients Discharge Lounge at the Hallamshire, for the trip all based on health has recently returned from a and hygiene. I would like the rewarding trip to Nepal. opportunity to say a very big thank you to all who sent items She travelled for 16 nights to for the trip. The group and the teach, give medical checks and do children were overwhelmed by missionary work for children at a the generosity.” leprosy colony and in schools. “The medical facilities were so She said: “Before I left I was basic it was great to be able to given lots of gifted items help out and offer an extra pair of hands.”

Irene presents at

World Congress in Chile Photo courtesy of Steve’s catch www.bobrobertsonline.co.uk Irene Ilott, Occupational She said “It was inspiring to therapist in Learning and connect with 2,000 occupational Development, attended the 15th therapists from all over the of the day World Congress of the World world. The different ways of Federation of Occupational working were fascinating. In Therapists in Santiago, Chile. South America, therapists work Steve Newsome, Cardio Irene presented two posters at a community level, with Supplies Officer at the and a paper about the European people experiencing the triple Northern General, won the Master of Science in Occupational disadvantages of poverty, disability Green Un Club Match Angler Therapy and ‘5-activities a day’ for and living in areas prone to Championship Final with this mental wellbeing. natural disasters.” catch - a 44lb 3oz bream! Steve said, when awarded his prize of £2,000 tackle voucher and £160 cash: “It’ll sink in later.”

On yer bike

David!

David Cooke, Clerical Clerk in Microbiology is training for his sponsored cycle ride in aid of the Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity on the 30th July. David will be setting off from Weston Park, travelling through Rotherham, Darton, Thryburgh, Conisborough, Doncaster and Barnsley. The route is 50 miles and should take 5 – 6 hours to complete. To add to the challenge he will be doing it all on a 9 speed mountain bike. To sponsor David online visit: www. justgiving.com/metropolis

Page 15 • Link - Summer 2010 Getting to Know you Mr Jonathan Chan, Consultant Ophthalmologist What part of your job do you enjoy the most? from other colleagues, some of The vision improvement after them are not suitable to mention patients’ surgery is so rewarding in the public domain. What is your ideal day off? and especially in children that My ideal day off is to chill out What do you feel is your they benefit so much for the rest What inspired you to work with no paperwork or deadline best strength? of their life. for the NHS? to meet. “My best strength is to What was the last thing that The NHS is working in such achieve the highest and best a tight financial constraint but Who do you admire most? made you laugh out loud? possible care for patients and the staff is very dedicated and My mentors who started my treat everyone fairly The jokes that I come across efficient to make it work with career training in Ophthalmology and equal.” limited resources. in Dublin, Professors Peter Eustace and Michael O’Keefe. What has been the highlight in your career so far? My highlight in my career is becoming a Fellow in one of the best Institutions for my subspecialty training in Ophthalmology in the States while I was a senior registrar.

If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?

Somewhere far away with beautiful scenery, good company and food.

“My best strength is to achieve the highest and best possible care for patients and treat everyone fairly and equal.”

Page 16 • Link - Summer 2010 Karen and Vicki Allen E - Learning

News In Brief...Head and Neck Study Day

The event was organised following feedback from the E- Learning (learning on computer skills – we offer IT Head and Neck Cancer Support Group, ‘Heads Together’ a computer) can be the training to all staff and are more who felt more education was needed to support the most convenient way for than happy to support them teams caring for them within different care settings. busy staff to complete while they get the hang of it.” mandatory training. A One person who took The day attracted nearly 100 attendees including members of the wide variety of courses are advantage of one of the Open Head and Neck Support Group, nursing staff and representatives of available including Infection Learning Centres (based at the the multi-professional teams throughout Control, Blood Transfusion NGH and on Central Campus) North Trent. and Personal Safety and are was Karen Lambert, Clinical Lectures were given by members of the healthcare team and now easier to access. Support Worker in Mobility and patients describing their own personal experiences from diagnosis to treatment. The Open Learning team have Specialist Rehabilitation at the Louise Marley, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Head and Neck services, launched a new system to: Northern General. said: “The event was extremely positive both from the users and • allow staff to keep track of As well as completing all her healthcare professionals making it a very successful event. Thanks what training they mandatory training in Equality again to everyone who attended and contributed to the day.” have completed, and Diversity, Safeguarding • allow staff to look through all Adults, Customer Services and the available courses, the Mental Capacity Act, Karen • allow staff to access courses, has also completed Level 2 Open University Courses • remind staff of what training English at the centre. they need to undertake, She said: “The open learning Open University courses are now available for bands • allow managers to produce centre is brilliant – the e-learning 1-4 as part of the Trust’s work to support staff in further learning and development to help them in their job role reports on what training has courses are all relevant to and to aid career progression. been completed and by how your work and the tutors go many people. to special efforts to help and This new learning opportunity is for employees that have The new system works accommodate times that suit developed as much as they can in their job role and through through the electronic staff you. They are always there to opportunities already available and would like to take the next step record which centralises records support you with your work in their development by going into higher education through the on staff training and is available in an environment where you Open University. to all STH staff. don’t get distracted. I also think The Open University has no attendance requirements (a study Rob Bloor Open Learning it’s great that everyone is given leave form needs to be completed), all resources are on-line and Manager said: “E- learning is their own learning plan which is you can also receive hard copies. Students are fully supported by; very flexible and convenient tailored to the module lecturers who can be contacted 24/7 and through the Trust – staff can dip in and out of individuals needs.” via the Open University Facilitator, Amanda Kearsley and also the it when they have time and Karen is now completing a Open Learning Centre’s. you can study in any area of course on Successful Attitude For more info visit the Learning and Development Intranet the Trust that has a computer. Skills which she believes will help page or contact: If staff members are worried her with day to day situations Amanda Kearsley, Open University Facilitator, Rivermead Training about completing training using and interacting with patients Centre, Northern General Hospital Tel: 0114 2266652 this method due to a lack of and colleagues. Email: [email protected]

Page 17 • Link - Summer 2010 LONG SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS

“Here are just a handful of General and Vascular the many members of staff Surgery (pre merger) Lead who have shown decades Nurse for Emergency Then of dedication to the people Medicine and Lead Nurse for of Sheffield through their the Chief Nurses office. hard work in our Hospitals. In 2006, Julie was I would like to thank all our appointed as Lead Nurse/ long serving staff members for Matron in Urology for one their contribution to the Trust year before taking the post and commend the level of of Nurse Director in Critical commitment and enthusiasm Care, Anaesthesia and they have shown.” Sir Andrew Operating Services. Cash, Chief Executive. Julie Bond said: “My lasting memory of Julie was that she was an excellent Jane Wild bedside nurse who cared for her patients to an Jane began training in Sheffield exceptionally high standard, in August 1979. After qualifying in a true professional and 1982, she became a Staff Nurse in role model. She has always Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Royal been approachable, fair and Hallamshire Hospital. sensible in her approach to After several different roles in the nursing profession.” the Trust and various training courses Jane became a Julie Bond Cardiothoracic Practitioner.

Her present post as Matron / Julie qualified at the Nurse Practitioner, which involves Northern General where she combining the usual duties of a started work on a female Matron with working clinically surgical ward. She then on the ward, was praised by the Julie Whitaker, Gill Meek, Julie Bond, Jane Wild at the Royal went into Intensive Care for National Quality Board as an Infirmary in 1986 six months experience … example of effectively delivering the and left 24 years later! Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Julie was promoted to Prevention agenda. Sister in 1986 and Senior standards and is well respected month secondment. Julie Whitaker said: “Jane’s Sister in 1988. During her time as throughout the Trust.” Julie Bond said: “Gill has commitment, to firstly the Northern Sister on GITU, Jane spent a year developed into a true professional General Hospital and latterly the in the post of Lead Nurse for North leader; her standards of care have Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has Gill meek Trent Critical Care Network. always been outstanding, if I was been outstanding, and in my eyes In 2005 she left the trust to work to require nursing I would wish for she is a shining example of the Gill was born at the Northern for Sheffield Primary Care Trust as Gill or someone like her to care for Trust’s investment in staff and General 1959. She came back to a Clinical Governance Manager for me as she has a kind, considerate also in the individuals hard work, the hospital in 1978 to train as an Commissioning and Accreditation professional bedside manner.” professionalism and enthusiasm.” and also as a nurse advisor. enrolled nurse. Whilst she enjoyed her time In 1981, Gill began her long Julie Whitaker in the community and found the career spanning 24 years within experience to be invaluable, Jane Critical Care rotating around GITU, Julie trained as a State Registered missed the Northern General and CCU and Cardiac intensive care Nurse at St Georges Hospital in the acute care setting, so returned In 1990, Gill underwent a London and qualified in 1979. She to take up the post of Night matron conversion course and qualified then moved to Sheffield as a newly in 2008. as registered nurse in 1992. By qualified nurse and worked at the Gill Meek said: “I have worked 2000 Gill had been appointed Northern General on a with Julie for many years on Critical as Senior Sister on the High Surgical Ward. Care. Julie has always been a Dependency Unit. Julie has held a number of posts dedicated nurse who is very patient She was then appointed as and secondments across the Trust, focussed a great motivator and Matron for Burns Plastic Surgery including: Project Manager for the who has supported and encouraged and Orthopaedic Trauma in 2005 Booked Admissions Programme, me personally throughout my before her recent appointment as General Manager for Cardiac career in Critical Care. She is a true Lead Nurse for Head and Neck at Services, General Manager for professional with exceptionally high the Hallamshire on a 10

Jessie Ashworth with colleagues in 1969

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Jane Wild, Gill Meek, Julie Bond and Julie Whitaker at the Northern General 2010

Jessie Ashworth in 2010 Retirements

Now Jessie Ashforth (Occupational Health) Jessie Ashforth trained to be a nurse at the old Royal Infirmary from 1968. She started her career at the Northern48 General years in service 1980 where she worked nights as a state registered nurse. During her time in General Surgery on the renal wards Jessie was promoted to senior state registered nurse (equivalent of today’s staff nurse). In 1991 she began working days on Firth 1 and in 1994 Jessie completed her conversion course to become a registered General Then Nurse. In 1998 she started work in Occupational Health and has worked there ever since. After her retirement this summer, she will move to Boston to be close to family.

Wendy Burgin (Domestic Assistant) Evelyn Wendy Burgin has worked at Hallamshire as a part time cleaner for 35 years starting on June 16th 35 1975. years service Her starting pay was £0.75 pence per hour. She has worked in many different areas across the Trust including Accident and Emergency, x-ray, GUM and now currently works at the Hallamshire. Wendy is well known and loved my many members of staff and will be missed. We wish them both luck in their next step in life Jessie Ashworth with colleagues in 1969

Page 19 • Link - Summer 2010 Sheffield Celebrates Breastfeeding

Infant Feeding Specialists: Sue Cooper, Bev Ashton with Awareness Week Dotty Watkins Head of Midwifery and Maxine Spencer Lead Midwife.

Sheffield’s health community City Council and NHS Sheffield, at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals As part of Change 4 Life, and Sheffield City Council included picnics for families NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We Sheffield is working towards celebrated National and professional advice and believe that breastfeeding is the becoming a breastfeeding Friendly Breastfeeding Awareness information on breastfeeding. healthiest way for a woman to city and has recently put in place Week, starting 21st June, The Lord Mayor also announced feed her baby and recognise the paid breastfeeding peer supporters as part of our dedication the winner of the Jessop Wing’s important health benefits known in every children’s centre in the to becoming a baby photography competition - to exist for the mother and the city and also within the Jessop friendly city. launched to generate positive baby. The event was a great Wing. The Peer Supporters work images of breast feeding and opportunity to help new mothers in partnership with the midwifery The week long event, organised strong family relationships to make a fully informed choice as to and health visiting services to in partnership with Sheffield display around the hospital. how they feed and care for improve the information and Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield Maxine Spencer, Lead Midwife their babies.” support parents receive.

Luke Stelmach with baby Maya

Page 20 • Link - Summer 2010 Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (STH’s own Nicola Ashton from patient partnership) present the Naylor family with the winning prize

Baby Daisy Ashton with big brother and Seth Alexia Naylor breastfeeding

Page 21 • Link - Summer 2010 READY FOR A CHALLENGE – SHEFFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITABLE TRUST FUNDRAISING TEAM

It is an exciting time for the charity to support a range of disease and clinical research into Sheffield Hospitals Charitable important projects within STH. To the effectiveness of treatments. Trust. Despite the doom follow is a selection of recently Grants have been awarded for and gloom of the current awarded grants: projects that address research economic climate, the charity 2 Portable Echocardiogram questions in connection with a has been investing in its Machines - £76,052 variety of conditions including fundraising team, remaining A grant of £76,052 was made rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s optimistic that they can make to the Cardiac Investigations disease, schizophrenia and chronic the most of opportunities, and Unit at the Northern General obstructive pulmonary therefore continue to fund Hospital. Access to portable disease (COPD) a wealth of projects across echocardiogram machines enables Remember - most directorates Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. faster investigation and treatment and wards within STH have access of patients. The purchase of this to one of the Sheffield Hospitals Four years ago almost to the New Role: Cardiothoraic state of the art equipment will have Charitable Trust funds, which day, the charity recruited its first Fundraiser Carol Denton a major positive benefit for hold charitable money for use fundraiser, head of fundraising cardiac patients. within STH. However there is also Emma Dickens. Now, almost exactly 13 HD ready LCD a general fund to which anyone four years later, the team has who either wants to donate or help TV’s - £5,215 within STH can apply. More details, grown to five members. Fundraisers fundraise – or who knows someone A grant of £5,215 was made and the relevant forms, can all be Shasta Ashraf and Jenna Settle to purchase and install 13 TV’s for found on the Sheffield Hospitals who would like to whether staff, have joined the team in recent the Peter Moorhead Haemodialysis Charitable Trust pages on the patients or their friends and family. months, working alongside existing Unit. There are 64 patients who STH intranet. Many people want to ‘give fundraisers Isla Denoon and attend for haemodialysis 3 times something back’ but have in the Carol Denton. per week for an average of three past donated to national heart Any STH staff wanting to and a half hours per visit. This Unit NEW HEART APPEAL related charities - which do a really fundraise for their local charitable is a satellite Unit run by Sheffield In a first for Sheffield Hospitals good job - but now, by donating fund, or with any fundraising Teaching Hospitals at Barnsley Charitable Trust, Carol Denton has to the new Heart Appeal, their queries, should contact a member District General Hospital. been appointed as a fundraiser donations will stay here in the of the Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Endoscopic Ultrasound solely dedicated to promoting, and Chesterman Unit, the place where Trust fundraising team: (EUS) equipment - £46,636 raising funds for, the people from across the region Emma Dickens, Head of A grant of £46,636 was Cardiothoracic Directorate. receive their treatment and care. Fundraising – (22) 63555, emma. made to the Department of New cardiothoraic fundraiser Donating to and fundraising for [email protected] Gastroenterology as part funding Carol says: the new Heart Appeal will help to Shasta Ashraf, Fundraiser – (22) towards equipment to support the “I would like to introduce improve life for our patients and 63057, [email protected] Hepato-pancreaticobiliary service myself as the new Cardiothoracic through them their family and Jenna Settle, Fundraiser – jenna. at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Fundraiser, working full time as a friends - as well as our staff. But [email protected] EUS provides detailed images of member of the Sheffield Hospitals we all have our part to play in Isla Denoon, Fundraiser – (22) the different layers of the intestine Charitable Trust fundraising team, supporting the Appeal to make it 63415, [email protected] walls and is an essential diagnostic but exclusively on setting up and a success in this difficult economic (on maternity leave until step in planning the treatment fundraising for an exciting new climate. Support can range from January 2011) for oesophageal, pancreatic and Cardiothoracic ‘Heart Appeal’ at talking about the Appeal whenever Carol Denton, Cardiothoracic other cancers. This equipment the Northern General Hospital. A you have the opportunity, to Fundraiser, (22) 63517, carol. has doubled the capacity the name for the Heart Appeal will be organising your own small event or [email protected] or carol. Department to perform decided in the next couple coming along to one of the new [email protected] this procedure. of weeks. Heart Appeal events which will be Medical Research Projects - Although it will take a while publicised in the coming months. RECENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS £506,728 to set the Appeal up, it will be I do hope to hear from you Fundraising activity by Sheffield The charity funded 10 research officially launched in a and can be contacted on 0114 Hospitals Charitable Trust, projects totalling £506,728 few months. 226 3517 – or email carol.denton@ donations from grateful patients, including both laboratory research In the meantime, I will be shct.nhs.uk or carol.denton2@sth. and generous legacies, all enable into the biological mechanisms of delighted to hear from anyone nhs.uk.

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Director of SHCT David Reynolds with Arctic Monkeys

SHEFFIELD CYSTIC donated a guitar from their recent World tour. This fabulous Patient Ruth Palmer and Director of SHCT FIBROSIS APPEAL piece of music history is due to David Reynolds with posters Fundraising for the new Cystic be auctioned off soon to raise Fibrosis Unit at the Northern money for the appeal, but anyone General Hospital is continuing interested in making a realistic bid at pace, and the support from before then should contact Emma patients and their families has Dickens on 226 3555 or email been fantastic. The building [email protected] work is now nearing completion The involvement of daily however, making it crucial that regional newspaper the Sheffield Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust Star has been important in reach the £1million appeal target supporting the fundraising as soon as possible. effort for the Sheffield Cystic Lots of individuals and groups Fibrosis Appeal. The newspaper have come on board to help the has regularly featured charity reach its target. There stories promoting the was a fantastic contribution of appeal and various £300,000 from the national fundraising events, CF Trust charity, and Sheffield’s plus it has launched home-grown talent the Arctic a campaign to Monkeys recently visited some of get Star readers to the Cystic Fibrosis patients and “sponsor a star” on the new unit. In return for a donation of £10, £50 or £100, individuals, groups, or companies, will get a star etched on a glass wall on the unit, which will, for the larger donations, included a name or dedication. Anyone interested in supporting the appeal in this way should visit www.justgiving. com/sheffieldstar and make a donation. Names of donors will also feature on a roll call on the Star’s website.

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Investing

in Patient CareNew Gamma Knife will improve Improved Catering patient safety The Board has approved a £3.3m plan to improve the Stereotactic Radiosurgery Department at The plan includes improvements to the the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. facilities Northern General Central Production Unit, The The plans include a state-of- the-art Gamma Knife. The new A £10.5m plan to refurbish catering Jessop Wing Coffee Bar, Northern General Ward Gamma Knife, which uses 201 facilities at the Trust in underway. The Kitchens and Royal Hallamshire ward kitchens. intersecting beams of gamma aim of the work is to explore catering The Royal Hallamshire Production Kitchen on radiation to treat lesions within options to further meet the special D Floor will be refurbished meaning the new the brain, will enable faster dietary needs of patients and to also kitchen area will patient throughput, increased develop a more personal patient food only take up 50 per cent of the existing space. activity levels, improved patient service at ward level. The work will also On this floor the staff restaurant will be safety and also bring with it better use of space and replaced and modernised. enhanced income. opportunities to deliver performance and efficiency savings across the Trust.

£16 million invested in state of the art laboratories £16 million is being invested Coagulation and Virology services. in new state of the art It will also include meeting rooms laboratories to enable and areas where staff can learn more efficient working new techniques. and to eliminate The new building will provide unnecessary duplication. opportunities for different ways The new facilities, at the of working as well as the ability Northern General, will have large to develop new and efficient open plan labs to allow inter- technologies – which includes disciplinary working. dedicated areas for automated and It will accommodate the majority of the Trust’s automated, high volume work. As part of the specialised laboratories and plan Histopathology and Cytology ancillary spaces for Immunology will now be done solely from the and Microbiology, Haematology, Central site.

Page 24 • Link - Summer 2010 Link Lifestyle Our regular round-up of what’s on in the local area over the coming months... At the Theatre… Hamlet

Where? Crucible Theatre When? The production opens 22nd September with previews from 16th and runs until 23 October. Shakespeare’s masterpiece ‘Hamlet’ encompasses a Kingdom at war, a murder, a marriage, apparitions, a play, a suicide and, ultimately a moment of peace. The play opens the new autumn season at the Crucible, with British actor John Simm (Life on Mars) starring as the haunted Prince. This bold, modern production is directed by Paul Miller (True West). Tickets from £12 – £20

Sheffield Fayre Where? Norfolk Heritage Park When? 29th August 2010 to 30th The History Camp ranges from Roman times to the Second World August 2010at 10:30am - 5:30pm War, encompassing live battles and The Fayre includes entertainment displays in costume with over

for all the family, including: 600 re-enactors. Art in the Gardens children's fair rides, a communities The Horticultural Show brings Where? Sheffield Botanical Gardens tent, a craft tent, the Sheffield out Sheffield's green-fingered When? 4th September 2010 to 5th Horticultural Show, a "Through the experts, embracing competitions for September 2010 Ages" Living History show and amateurs and serious enthusiasts, 10:30am - 5:30pm a market. with classes for families and children. The 7th annual Art in the Gardens For more details call 0114 286 0400. event is supported by Main Sponsor - The Open College of the Arts. The event is held in Sheffield Botanical Gardens and is arguably the largest outdoor art event in the north of England with artists, craft makers and visitors coming from throughout the UK. There is something for everyone; with premier artists located in the glass pavilions and tents, outdoor sculpture on the lawns, an open art exhibition, workshops by the Open College of the Arts, a huge variety of artists’ stalls, a children’s village with an exhibition from the Young Painters of the Year Competition, and so much more. Admission: £5

Page 25 • Link - Summer 2010 Clinical Directors take up their posts

Six colleagues have taken up posts as Clinical Directors in recent months. Clinical Directors are accountable for the performance of their Directorate and take a lead in providing the necessary strategic direction for their services and have a prime role in service delivery and all aspects of governance.

Adrian Scott Jennifer Hill Patricia Fisher Dr Mathew Bull

Congratulations to the recently appointed Clinical Directors: Mark Donnelly – Gastroenterology Jennifer Hill – Respiratory medicine Peter Lawson – Care of Elderly Patricia Fisher – Specialised Cancer Services Adrian Scott – Diabetes and Endocrinology Matthew Bull - Medical Imaging and Medical Physics Awareness Day Gastric Cancer

Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialists' Anne Crofts and Gill Troy from the Hallamshire Hospital, were joined by colleagues from Chesterfield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster in raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of oesophageal and gastric cancer. The local health promotion event was held in Meadowhall and was supported by Macmillan

From left to right: Emma Waterfield (Chesterfield Royal Hospital) Elaine Darley (Barnsley Hospital), Gill Troy, Yvonne Elmore (Doncaster Royal Infirmary) and Anne Crofts

Page 26 • Link - Summer 2010 Awareness Day Gastric Cancer

Page 27 • Link - Summer 2010 Page 28 • Link - Summer 2010 Teaching at the School of Health and Related Research

ScHARR staff are committed to delivering challenging and flexible learning opportunities for students, in a wide range of courses related to health. Within the school, we offer ten postgraduate taught programmes, as well as extensive postgraduate research opportunities. A further five postgraduate taught programmes are offered jointly with other departments. In all, there are over 250 postgraduate students studying on MSc and research degrees in the School. Teaching in the school is ‘research-led’: staff are able to draw on extensive research experience in topic areas related to health, in order to design innovative course content and to bring real-life examples to seminars and tutorials. Students come from a wide range of UK and international backgrounds; course curricula reflect this, both through the inclusion of modules in areas such as ‘global public health’ and through the integration of inquiry-based learning elements that allow students to pursue projects related to their own experience and interests. Through the ‘EuroPubhealth’ programme, ScHARR also collaborates with partner universities in Denmark, Poland, Spain and France.

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Page 34 • Link - Summer 2010 Page 35 • Link - Summer 2010 Out of the frying pan... BBQ Southern Spare Ribs

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Enjoy in the sun (or possibly the rain…) Quiz Time Questions Nice and Easy 1. What do the initials SAS stand for? 2. What is the official currency of the Netherlands? 3. What pop star publicly sang Happy Birthday to Prince Charles when he turned fifty years old? 4. Who has daughters called Fifi Trixibelle and Peaches? 5. What was Don Diego De La Vega's secret identity? 6. 'Probate' is the legal term for the official copy of what sort of document?

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