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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year December 2018 StaffMatters Huge investment in Scarborough A&E carborough Hospital is to benefit from a S£40 million share of funding, following a successful bid by the Trust for capital investment as part of the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership. The funding will enable the creation of a Combined Emergency Assessment Unit, where staff from a range of medical specialties can work side- by-side in a single assessment area, close to the front door and diagnostic support. This will help staff to assess patients more quickly and ensure they get the most appropriate care and treatment as rapidly as possible. are an enormous number of emergency care and who has and to all the staff who work in Mike Proctor, Chief Executive, people who deserve thanks. I had the patience to stick with emergency care at Scarborough. said: “This is the culmination of particularly want to mention Ed it, the Capital and Estates team This new environment is exactly many months work and there Smith who created the vision for who produced a compelling case, what you need and deserve.” Have you got a story? If you have a story for a future edition of Staff Matters, we would love to hear from you! Contact: Elaine Vinter, Media and Communications Officer: [email protected] Or email [email protected] Taking the Need help SAFER Award for test for World coping with community rheumatology 3 Aids Day 5 Christmas? 7 teams 10 team York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust @YorkTeachingNHS YorkTeachingNHS YorkTeachingHospital StaffMatters December 2018 2 Encouraging survey results revealed THE LGBT+ staff network recently LGBT+ and just 8 percent thought themselves is anyone wish to discuss anything.” carried out a survey of their the Trust was not a friendly place not an option. Anyone who identifies as members which revealed that the to work for anyone LGBT+. We are here LGBT+ or wants to be an majority of LGBT+ staff within the Steven Clark, Chair of the to support LGBT ally is encouraged to Trust feel safe and protected and Trust’s LGBT+ staff network, said: staff no matter sign up to the network. confident to be ‘out’ at work. “Sadly some staff members still what their To find out more about Only 17 percent still felt feel hostility or prejudice within status and have a confidential how to join email lgbt. discriminated against due to being their department and that being clause within our network should [email protected] Trust raises pressure ulcer awareness taff across the Trust conversation’ about what celebrated #Stop the pressure ulcers are and how SPressure Day on 15 they can be prevented. November, raising awareness “The teams then asked of preventing pressure ulcers everyone to make a pledge to developing in patients. say what they could do within The tissue viability team, their role to help reduce the patient safety and podiatry risk of patients developing joined forces to visit all these debilitating ulcers.” in-patient areas to spread the Pressure ulcers remain an word offering advice with the issue for many frail and elderly help of visual training aids, patients and new guidance information, and a short video. from NHS Improvement has Lisa Pinkney, Patient Safety been launched. The Trust Manager, said: “All those aims to implement some involved in the campaign of the recommendations wore a red spot to ‘start the by April next year. Message from the Chair n many ways Christmas has words, ‘persistence pays off’! she reflected on her career as come early for our Trust this Last week I was delighted to a nurse. What she said was Iyear with the wonderful attend the NHS Carol Concert poignant, touching, funny news that Scarborough Hospital in the spectacular setting of and personal – and moved the is to benefit from a £40 million York Minster. It is a charming congregation to tears and then share of funding, following a event and the atmospheric to a round of applause for her successful bid by the Trust for singing of the choir really personally as she left the pulpit! capital investment as part of celebrated and honoured those These achievements of just the Humber, Coast and Vale who work for the NHS. two of our staff lead me to Health and Care Partnership. This year the service had an reflect that, while we have The funding will enable the extra poignancy – firstly because faced challenges in the year creation of a Combined the NHS at 70 was a perfect now ending, and doubtlessly Emergency Assessment Unit. opportunity to celebrate the we will face challenges in the this is what really matters. I I would like to recognise Dr achievements of one of the year ahead, we all have the am looking forward to my Ed Smith whose vision for the nation’s most loved institutions opportunity to work as part Christmas Safari, when I will delivery of ED services on the and secondly, because one of of an extraordinary team of visit all of our sites, and on East Coast has been at the our senior nurses, Ginni Russell, people, who care deeply about behalf of the Board of Directors very heart of this bid and who gave a reading which she what they do and deeply about I wish everyone a peaceful and demonstrates that, in his own had written herself in which those they serve – and for me healthy festive period and 2019. 2 3 December 2018 StaffMatters Taking the test for World Aids Day o mark World AIDs explained: “There are over Day (1 Dec) Margaret Margaret Sentamu 100,000 people living with TSentamu, wife of the prepares to take the test HIV in the UK and around Archbishop of York, joined a quarter of them don’t staff from York’s sexual health know they’re HIV positive. services and charity Yorkshire “Effective HIV therapy not MESMAC to highlight the only keeps the individual well importance of taking a HIV test. but it also prevents them from Demonstrating how simple a passing the virus onto others. HIV test can be, Margaret took a “If someone with HIV is finger prick test where the result diagnosed early and is able to is given within 20 minutes. access treatment then their Speaking about World AIDS life expectancy is as good as Day, Margaret said: “It’s important if they were HIV negative.” to raise awareness not just for YorSexualHealth runs 27 clinics one day, but all year round of each week across the whole the importance of getting tested. of York and North Yorkshire. There have been fantastic advances Find out more about HIV and in medication which means but you have nothing to lose and that people in York and North how to get tested, including people can now live a completely everything to gain. Late diagnosis Yorkshire can spend an average a free confidential postal normal life, particularly when can be devastating, so be brave and of three to five years living with testing kit, by visiting the they get an early diagnosis. go forward - do not fear the test.” HIV before they are diagnosed. sexually transmitted infections “Understandably people may Latest figures reveal that Dr Ian Fairley, Clinical Director page on their website, www. be nervous about taking a test late diagnosis of HIV means for Sexual Health Services, yorsexualhealth.org.uk Postgrad innovation boosts training WHEN it comes to clinical training, Postgraduate Medical Education, department has been working Scarborough’s postgrad centre Andy Volans said: “We are with those with a more advanced team has taken simulation fabricating re-useable models programme to develop models. training to the next level by that are inexpensive to create and We can offer specific and bespoke producing their own models have the same feel and feedback functionality that generalised in-house at a fraction of the cost. for hand-eye coordination as commercial models cannot offer. Combining their creative and commercially available models “We know that other colleges clinical experience, the team at a fraction of the price. are developing their programmes, are developing new models This is very important in the and would welcome them for practising clinical skills current financial climate.” contacting the Postgraduate training by using a 3D printer. Rather than re-create models team for advice and assistance. The latest is a simulation model that are already available at a Practical models can be for people to practice surgical reasonable cost, the team is developed and be tailored to incision into the chest wall £30 to make, compared with a looking to create opportunities meet specific training objectives. (thoracotomy) constructed by new model at around £4,000. for cost-effective training that “There are also clinical recycling out of date consumables Not only can it be used multiple aren’t presently accessible. specialities in the Trust who have and using silicones and textiles. times, it is more anatomically Andy Volans continued: “As a developing need for simulation The team has recently created a correct than the single-use the various specialty colleges training and we would encourage prototype for chest drain insertion sheep’s chest previously used. develop their simulation training them to come to us to discuss their training which costs less than Simulation Lead for Scarborough programmes, the Postgraduate needs so that we can assist them.” www.scarborough.nhs.uk June 2011 StaffMatters 3 StaffMatters December 2018 4 October finalists Hazel Kavanagh, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Scarborough Hospital Hazel received three nominations from colleagues for an example of her dedication to patients and colleagues.