Nurses' Day Award Winners
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May/June 2015 The magazine for the UH Bristol community p10-11 Nurses’ Day award winners NEWS ello and welcome to Hthe May/June edition of Voices. Contents BHI wins funding In May’s Nurses’ Day celebrations, it was for new procedure News 3-4 In brief inspiring to hear about the phenomenal work IN THIS ISSUE Recognising success 5 done by nurses and Modern food outlet midwives across the Trust. Unsung hero Martyn Carter So many of these staff opens at BRI members go the extra mile for patients every day new restaurant providing a and are driven to provide A wide range of high quality the best care possible. Awards were given out to some food and drink for patients, of our most inspirational employees who embody the visitors and staff has opened at Trust’s values of respecting everyone, working together the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI). and embracing change. See pages 10-11 for the full list of winners and those who were highly commended. The DeliMarché, with seating for 80 people, is located on level Trusts across the country have been grappling with a Clinicians behind the project (l-r): Mark Turner, nine of the BRI and is open from national shortage of nurses. UH Bristol has been running a Andreas Baumbach, Mandie Townsend, Franco Ciulli 7.30am to 2.30pm Monday to campaign to attract more of these skilled individuals to our Friday. The bright, modern, fully air Members 6 nursing bank. Temporary nurses provide vital extra support he Bristol Heart Institute (BHI) has been selected as an evaluation centre to offer conditioned facility complements when services are exceptionally busy or when there are How governors help assess hospitals Tan innovative new treatment for people with severe cardiac problems. services already available at the unexpected shortfalls in staffing. On pages 8-9, we outline BRI Welcome Centre, and offers From the chairman 7 the benefits of signing up to our nursing bank and describe MitraClip is aimed at patients suffering from breathlessness and tiredness who have spectacular views over the city. the advantages of working on the Trust’s bank. Managing our finances a leak in their mitral valve, which helps control blood flow through the heart. The procedure enables cardiologists and surgeons to repair the leak through keyhole Customers can choose from an Working together 8-9 In this edition, we also celebrate the work of teacher surgery using a MitraClip device. extensive menu including low fat Martyn Carter who is part of a team that educates patients The benefits of the nursing bank food, sandwiches and baguettes, hot at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Martyn’s pupils The BHI is one of only three hospitals in England that has been selected to offer the food including pasta, baked potatoes Nurses’ Day 2015 10-11 are unable to attend mainstream school due to medical procedure through NHS England’s Commissioning through Evaluation programme. and pasties, cakes, hot and cold circumstances. See page 5 for more information on Award winners unveiled Each hospital will perform 40 procedures over the next year before the results are beverages, fruit and other items. Martyn’s achievements. analysed to inform whether MitraClip should be funded more widely on the NHS. If you are a Foundation Trust member who currently “We are thrilled to have been selected ahead of other top hospitals to offer the NHS health receives postal information from us, but would prefer procedure,” said Mark Turner, consultant cardiologist. “We’ve performed three to receive this information by email, please get in touch procedures so far with excellent results.” checks available using the contact details below. Via email we can provide you with more frequent updates about the Trust and you’ll f you’re aged 40 to 74, you’re be helping us to keep printing costs down and help the Ientitled to a free NHS health check. environment. Foundation Trust members who no longer Hospital bus reaches new milestone This ‘midlife MOT’ is designed to check wish to receive the magazine can be removed from our heart health and identify preventable distribution listing by emailing foundationtrust@uhbristol. H Bristol’s free hospital problems, provide advice on how nhs.uk or calling 0117 3423764. bus celebrates its 25th to reduce risks, and refer you for Above & Beyond 12-13 U anniversary in June. investigation or treatment, if required. We are always keen to get your thoughts on the News from the charity magazine. If you have any comments, please call 0117 342 The service, which transports 12,000 Thousands of people who have Building a Better Bristol 14-15 3725 or email [email protected]. people a month, is open to patients, already had an NHS health check Enhancing the Bristol Royal Infirmary visitors and staff and operates Monday are now armed with information to Friday. Buses stop at locations and support to reduce their risk Transforming care 16 I hope you enjoy this edition. including Bristol Temple Meads railway of developing heart and vascular Managing hospital beds effectively station, Cabot Circus, Bristol Eye problems. For those who don’t qualify Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol for the free health check, the NHS Meet the manager 17 Bus celebrations (l-r): Stewart Cundy, Haematology and Oncology Centre and Choices website provides more details Anne Reader, head of quality (patient safety) UH Bristol’s transport manager and St Michael’s Hospital. Hospitals’ charity green travel coordinator; Sarah on how you can monitor your health. Above & Beyond contributes towards Talbot-Williams, chief executive of Research and innovation 18-19 Fiona Reid the funding of the service. Above & Beyond; Frank Clark, driver Head of communications Providing new treatment for patients For more information visit http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/ Embracing change 20 To download a bus timetable visit: nhs-health-check/Pages/ Diagnosing a rare condition www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/travelling-to-and-from-our-hospitals/. NHS-Health-Check.aspx. 2 3 RECOGNISING SUCCESS New uniform for Shaun the Sheep Adding up to outstanding NEWS key staff group flocks to Bristol for Martyn Carter and his colleagues educate young people at Bristol linical nurse specialists (CNSs) Cat UH Bristol have a new Royal Hospital for Children, providing a vital service under difficult uniform with female staff wearing baa-rilliant arts trail circumstances. Marcella Pinto meets this unsung hero. purple dresses and tunics while male staff wear white tunics with purple epaulettes. ristol Royal Hospital for Children B(BRHC) provides a teaching Aileen Fraser (pictured), inflammatory environment for children who are bowel disease CNS at Bristol Royal unable to attend mainstream school due Infirmary, said: “I am very happy with to medical circumstances. This includes the uniform – it means we are more long-term inpatients and those who are identifiable as CNSs. We will only wear frequently re-admitted. “The school is the uniform when patient facing so about offering some sort of normality in you will still see us from time to time a very abnormal situation,” says Martyn back in our civilian clothes.” Carter, deputy head teacher of the Bristol hospital education service, run by CNSs support patients and their Bristol City Council. families and carers, providing them with specialist knowledge and Martyn, who works full-time at BRHC, education and in-depth information saw the opening of the current children’s on their treatment. They also play a hospital school in 2000 and since then key role in improving health outcomes he has worked with his colleagues to and developing high quality services establish a service that obtained an for patients. baa-rilliant charity arts trail will be Each of the five-foot Shaun the Sheep outstanding Ofsted rating in 2013. Last A hitting the streets of Bristol this sculptures has been individually designed year he won the unsung hero category summer to raise funds for Bristol Royal by artists, designers, and famous faces, at UH Bristol’s Recognising Success Hospital for Children (BRHC). including Shaun the Sheep creator, Awards for his valuable contribution to Aardman’s Nick Park. the Trust. As part of Shaun in the City, 70 giant sculptures of Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep The Bristol trail follows the success of the The 13 teachers based at the school will be popping up all over the city Shaun in the City London trail earlier this are employed by the Bristol hospital between 6 July and 31 August, before year, which saw 50 different sculptures education service. They offer primary being auctioned to raise money for The installed across the capital, with hundreds and secondary education, teaching Grand Appeal. of thousands of visitors flocking to visit. children from four upwards, often including pupils over 16 years of age. The charity was behind the phenomenally Visitors to the Bristol trail can download “The children we teach suffer from lots successful Gromit Unleashed trail in 2013, a free trail map from the Shaun in the of different medical conditions. The which saw 80 sculptures of Aardman’s City website. They can also download the wards we visit range from oncology to canine sidekick raise more than official Shaun in the City: Sheep Spotter renal. We visit every ward every morning £2.3 million at auction for BRHC. app to help find the whole flock. to see if there have been children 2014 admitted who require teaching,” RECOGNISING SUCCESS explains Martyn. Enhanced pre-operative department opens AWARDS The teaching for each child is modified new facility has opened at the Bristol according to their needs and, depending A Royal Infirmary where patients are on their medical condition, they are school staff from Frenchay Hospital.