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Heartwww.heartofengland.nhs.uk SoulSpring 2011 Heartlands ice babies & Introducing Lord Hunt, new Trust chairman Elderly care team receive excellent care award Transforming community services Elections results Football and television star Gary Lineker on family and well-being Staff Hats off to Free Health recognition new ward hospital profile...pain awards block parking trial management p3 p4 p11 p14 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - Solihull Hospital - Good Hope Hospital - Birmingham Chest Clinic TRUST NEWS Introducing Lord Ice Hunt, new Trust babies at chairman Heartlands Heartlands Hospital is now Lord Philip Hunt has been in the last Government home to an innovative appointed the new Heart and chaired the National new treatment that could of England chairman, Patient Safety Agency prevent brain damage for after the Trust governors between 2004 and 2005. newborn babies. unanimously agreed the Roy Shields, lead appointment following governor and chairman Therapeutic hypothermia a formal Governors’ of the Governors’ or ‘cooling babies’ is a Consultative Council Appointment Committee treatment where babies meeting. said: “Lord Hunt will who are at risk of brain Lord Hunt will take up prove to be a great asset damage due to oxygen his new post on 1 April to the organisation. His deficiency and reduced 2011 and brings with him vast healthcare experience blood supply during birth, a wealth of experience in and passion for local are cooled from a normal healthcare at national and engagement will ensure body temp of 37 degrees local level. that each of our hospitals down to 33.5 degrees. He has been working remain strong within the The process of cooling with the Trust since communities it serves.” reduces the risk of long- October 2010 as a non Lord Hunt, from Kings term neurodevelopment executive director and is Heath, Birmingham, said: disabilities including also the current president “I am delighted to have blindness, deafness and of the Royal Society been asked to chair the cerebral palsy, which is often of Public Health and Trust. Clive Wilkinson has undiscovered until later on chairman of the All Party done excellent work and in the child’s life. Parliamentary Group on will be a very hard act to Heartlands is proud to be Primary Care and Public follow. My entire focus the official cooling centre Health. will be on ensuring a high for the Southern West A former chief executive quality of patient care and Midlands Newborn Network of the NHS Confederation, enhancing the contribution and has been using this Lord Hunt has also had two of our dedicated staff.” treatment since May 2010. spells as a health minister 2 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk HEALTH PROFILE Free hospital parking trial Beating a free of charge parking option. It will also help determine to what extent the bugs free parking in the evening will help ease car park congestion during the day, when the car S parks are at their busiest. A A free parking trial is The trial will initially last y now in operation at Good for a three month period, n o Hope. This will apply to ending 13 May 2011. to all the main visitor areas Noro! between the hours of For more information 6pm and 9pm, Monday to about the trial, contact the Anyone who has displayed Friday. Good Hope car parking symptoms of sickness The aim of the scheme office on 0121 424 7877. or diarrhoea in the last is to provide visitors with 48 hours, or has been in contact with anyone who has had the illness, is always Garden is a stroke of genius for patients asked to stay away from our Stroke patients at Solihull providing solace for those Hospitals to help prevent Hospital will benefit from looking for some quiet the spread of norovirus. therapeutic surroundings as time. It was this thinking Symptoms include: the Hospital sets to build a that first gave me the idea • Nausea and vomiting garden to help aid recovery. to raise funds for such a • Diarrhoea The garden designed garden.” • Fever by local designer, Linda Following months of • Headaches South from Blythebrook fundraising, Rachael and • Stomach cramps Designs, comes following the team have raised • Aching limbs an idea conceived by £30,000 and hopes to ward manager, Rachael continue raising funds There is also a wide range Morris, from the stroke towards the maintenance of information and out- unit at Solihull Hospital, and up keep of the garden. of-hours support and who wanted to turn the Dave White, commercial treatment that is available disused ground into a director at Earlswood said: across Birmingham and the rehabilitation area for “We have a great and West Midlands, aside from patients to enjoy. generous team with an the A&E. This includes Senior sister, Rachael eye for detail from design, NHS Direct and local Morris, said: “The power through construction to Walk-in Centres for minor of plants and flowers completion and the end ailments. has been found to be result will be an enduring therapeutic in stroke legacy for the benefit of NHS Direct is also available recovery. Gardens tend to stroke patients for many all day every day on (0845) be an area for socializing decades to come.” 46 47 or by visiting and companionship while www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk Heart&Soul Spring 2011 3 TRUST NEWS Help us raise Staff recognition funds for the awards 2011 children’s unit The Children and Family Centred Care appeal aims to raise £85,000 to complete the refurbishment of the children’s ward at Heartlands, including completely refurbishing the high dependency unit, improving the parent accommodation facilities and decorating the ward with professional artwork. Work first began with the refurbishment of paediatric assessment unit in 2010. This unit now comprises of a reception/play area, an assessment area with six trolleys, two assessment The Trust’s annual staff to their experience as a cubicles and a four bedded recognition awards are patient. observation bay. There fast approaching and we If you would like to is also a fully equipped need your help to ensure nominate a member resuscitation room for the people making a real of staff, simply visit paediatric emergencies, an difference for our patients the staff recognition open nursing work station in our hospitals are awards website at www. and doctor’s work room. recognised for their hard staffrecognitionawards. The team now hope work. co.uk or speak to Emma to bring the rest of the The awards are a chance Hale on 0121 424 0941. ward up to this excellent to celebrate excellence Winners will be standard for young patients and innovation in the announced by Dr Mark and are asking for support workplace and safe, top Newbold, chief executive, in helping raise these much quality care given by staff at a special ceremony at needed funds. in the last 12 months. the Cresent Theatre in The patient carer award Birmingham on 24 August If you are able to show your is open to the public 2011. As well an award support, contact Nicola who are encouraged to presentation, there will Beaumont on 0121 424 nominate a member of also be cash prizes given 3838 or email fundraising@ staff who has made an to the winners and runners heartofengland.nhs.uk. outstanding contribution up. 4 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Elderly care team receive VTE risk assessments excellent care award make patient care safer Blood flow Valve Blood clot Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition in which a blood clot (thrombus) forms in a vein. An A Good Hope elderly care with matron, Donna embolism occurs if all, or a team has been recognised Woodings in recent part, of the clot breaks off for its efforts in improving months to help find from the site where it was patient care. new ways of working formed and travels through An excellent care with patients and their the venous system. If the award was given to the families. clot lodges in the lung, short stay elderly care Di Collins, the daughter a potentially serious and team, who not only of Jean Robinson, sometimes fatal condition demonstrated having presented the award to called a pulmonary gone the extra mile to Gail Allport, senior sister embolism (PE) occurs. benefit their patients, for short stay elderly To prevent this but also their patients’ care. Di said: “I chose happening, we now risk families and carers as this ward to receive assess all adult inpatients for well. the prize money and VTE on admission. By doing The award was judged award because when I this, we can then update our by looking at how elderly visited the ward, I was so records so that appropriate care teams performed, impressed to see such a treatment can be prescribed. with particular focus on personalised and friendly This reduces their risk of patient experience and service for the patients. developing a DVT. the quality of nursing All the nursing staff, As a quality measure, care given. The family of patients and families taken as part of an indicator Jean Robinson, a patient were on first name terms of our dedication to improve who sadly passed away and this means a lot to safety in our organisation, in 2009, were involved relatives who want to the Trust has achieved and in choosing which team feel fully involved in is now sustaining, a 96 per should be awarded; what is happening with cent VTE risk assessment rate having worked closely their loved one.” of patients. Heart&Soul Spring 2011 5 Good Hope’S NEW WARDS Hats off to Good Hope’s new ward block building The very first patients and staff moved into Good Hope’s brand new multi-million ward block building during February.