@UHSussex NEWS FOR STAFF & VOLUNTEERS - MAY 2021

Members of the board celebrate the founding of University Hospitals on 1 April 2021 "A momentous day"

UHSussex brings together the best of both trusts CLINICAL STRATEGY LATEST Helping all specialties improve University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex) was and deliver the trust's True created on 1 April 2021, heralding the dawn of a new future for North goals. Find out more - p5 staff, volunteers and our patients in Sussex. The merger sees the best of both trusts brought together to create a new, larger YOUR COVID STORY organisation with seven hospitals across five main sites in Sussex, as well as numerous satellite services. Share your Covid reflections, images and stories by emailing Chief executive Dame Marianne Griffiths said: “This is a [email protected] - p6&7 momentous day for healthcare in Sussex. As both a university hospital and foundation trust, we have all the tools we need to develop outstanding services for our communities, offer exciting 100,000 VACCINES GIVEN new career opportunities for our colleagues and continue to put A huge thank you to the local people at the heart of our decisions and plans. hundreds of staff involved in the hospital vaccination hubs - p3 “We will continue to invest in all our vibrant hospitals and all the services we currently provide, including emergency, specialist, tertiary and trauma care. And our new five year clinical strategy OFFER: 50% OFF ZIPLINE will explore where we can make the best improvements for our patients and develop new services that ensure fewer people in Half-price staff offer if you show Sussex have to travel elsewhere for high quality hospital care.” NHS photo ID at seafront Zipline attraction in Brighton - p16 Welcome to @UHSussex - Staff Your new monthly newsletter for staff and volunteers at University Hospitals Sussex

Welcome to the first edition of @UHSussex - Staff, For news updates every day, you can visit the new your new newsletter for everyone working and interim UHSussex intranet at [email protected]. volunteering in our hospitals and satellite services. Here you will find the latest trust news, published as Every month we'll be sharing what's new, exciting or we get it. Did you know there's also a notices page entertaining at UHSussex - but we need your support where any member of staff can post information for to tell us what you'd like to see featured. the attention of colleagues? Please note, urgent and So please send your news, photographs and operational information will continue to be sent via achievements to [email protected]. global email and/or a weekly staff email update.

Cake and cream teas for everyone!

Thousands of cakes were distributed to staff around the trust to celebrate the creation of UHSussex in April and free cream teas were delivered to everyone on 12 May, which was International Nurses Day. In April, members of the executive team delivered many of the treats to frontline teams.

"It’s been wonderful to be out and about with other members of the executive team, visiting teams and delivering some celebratory cake!" said chief executive Dame Marianne Griffiths. "After a year of On 12 May, practice development nurses, UHSussex the pandemic restricting our travels, it was great ambassadors and the trust charities teamed up to meet face-to-face with so many colleagues and hear deliver jam and scones to all departments to what you're most looking forward to as we continue recognise everyone's contribution to patient care. to integrate as one trust." International Nurses Day provided the perfect backdrop for the special occasion, enabling many Thank you to facilities and estates teams who did a UHSussex nurses to take to social media to express tremendous job of procuring and distributing pride in their profession. The day also saw the scrumptious cakes, not only to our main hospitals but launch of a new nursing school at the University of also for teams working in satellite locations. Chichester, set up in partnership with the trust. (p11) Colleagues watch as their patient is granted their their dying wish to marry their partner Vallance ward hosts first wedding

Staff came together to arrange UHSussex's first wedding for a patient on 28 April 2021

An 84-year-old terminally ill patient on Vallance ward Palliative care support worker Sarah Wadey helped in Brighton was granted his dying wish when staff organise the ceremony. She said: "The staff on arranged a wedding for him and his partner in just Vallance did an incredible job. They arranged a eight hours. The special event not only crowned the buffet, decorations, cake, confetti, bouquet, card and 28 loving years the couple had been together, but it button holes and even asked Dominic Forsythe from was also the first wedding to take place at UHSussex. clinical photography to take wedding photos."

100,000 vaccines

Mission successful for our vaccine hubs

At least nine in every ten members of staff have received a Covid vaccine thanks to an incredible team effort involving colleagues from across the trust. Vaccines started in early December in Brighton when RSCH was selected as one of the first 50 hospitals to administer the Pfizer jab to outpatients over 80 and staff in higher risk groups. Hubs at St Richard's, and Princess Royal soon followed.

Our teams created new clinical spaces, set up new IT systems, established new booking processes and developed new patient pathways. They worked at speed to provide a safe, sustainable vaccination service for our people as well as thousands of health and social care staff across Sussex. In his last week with the trust, chief medical officer, Dr George Findlay, said : "Your efforts have made such a difference in keeping our patients safe - as it stands, we have vaccinated 100,000 colleagues, health and care workers and priority patients. Thank you." A first for Sussex BoneBridge and Vibrant SoundBridge fitted

Audiologists and ear surgeons in Brighton are celebrating the success of two new hearing devices implanted for the first time in Sussex. Surgeons Prof Bhutta and Mr Desai and audiologist Manuel Loureiro performed the surgeries last year, but the devices were switched on more recently.

Teresa May (pictured left) had Vibrant SoundBridge implant surgery that includes attaching a tiny motor onto one of the hearing bones, the smallest bones in the human body. An external microphone, magnetically attached to the implant, picks up the sounds and stimulates the motor, to improve her hearing.

Teresa said: "Life with my implant has changed for the better; I have grown in confidence. I love listening to birds singing and I am the one that now turns the volume down on the television and radio. I also feel safer as I can hear my surroundings and when someone Teresa May is behind me."

New app makes stroke care safer

New e-stroke software introduced across UHSussex

Cutting edge 'e-stroke' software that uses artificial "For both patients and intelligence technology is now being used across clinicians, having access to this UHSussex to improve the way people who have suffered strokes are diagnosed and treated. The support is a real step forward Sussex Integrated Stroke Delivery Network has begun for stroke care in Sussex" the roll out of an e-stroke software and mobile app that allows stroke teams to easily share scanned images to support rapid diagnosis, clinical decisions Consultant stroke physician, Ingrid Kane, added: "At a and treatment. local level this decision support tool will help us to speed up diagnosis and therefore patient care in a The technology allows stroke teams to make clinical simple and safe way. From a Sussex perspective the decisions wherever they are. For example, it connects implementation of the Brainomix software across the teams in Worthing and St Richard's to colleagues at region will support the highly specialised RSCH to rapidly review clinical information with the thrombectomy pathway, facilitating the timely specialist mechanical thrombectomy centre, where transfer of those eligible for treatment to the some patients are transferred. specialist hubs. For both patients and clinicians having access to this support, no matter where they live in Consultant stroke physician, Simone Ivatts, said: “This Sussex, is a real step forward for stroke care.” is a ground-breaking artificial intelligence decision support tool that will promote safer, more effective Send your improvement stories, innovations and hyper-acute stroke care in Sussex." achievements to [email protected] A new improvement framework

Clinicians and managers come together to develop a new UHSussex Clinical Strategy

The trust board discussed the development of a new UHSussex Clinical Strategy on 6 May, agreeing a new framework for service improvement to help all specialties deliver our 'True North'. This is the Patient First term we use to describe our overarching trust goal of constantly improving standards of patient care by using continuous improvement methodology.

Chief executive Dame Marianne Griffiths said: "I am immensely proud of the outstanding clinical services that our newly formed trust delivers. Integral to this is the hard work and dedication of our staff. Within the context of Four phase Clinical Strategy A new strategic framework the global pandemic, the care and The development of the Clinical The analysis and discussion with commitment of our teams to Strategy is split into four phases. senior clinicians, managers and provide excellent clinical services Phase 1 started in December 2020 leaders recognised that all have been particularly evident. with a reflection of what patients, UHSussex clinical services the public and staff have told us currently deliver good quality "The experience of the pandemic, about our services and what is services but that, in line with our far from dampening enthusiasm important to them when 'where better never stops' for improving our services, served accessing health care. mantra, all services should always to grow this further, with our be striving further to improve. teams repeatedly demonstrating Senior clinicians and managers their wish to learn from and also reviewed data for clinical Consequently, phase one has embed the positive changes that services across a wide range of been used to allocate each of our were implemented at pace. factors linked to True North, such main specialties to one of three as cancelled appointments, length improvement groups that identify "This energy is also evident in the of stay, staff vacancy rate, cost either improvement commitment of our staff to per unit of activity and methodologies or existing realise the benefits of our recent performance targets. And each improvement programmes and merger. The Clinical Strategy specialty carried out a SWOT initiatives they would best benefit harnesses the enthusiasm of our analysis, to determine their from to deliver 'True North' goals. people to ensure that clinical strengths, weaknesses, services are the best they can be, opportunities and threats. This new strategic framework - and provides a structured and developed through phase one well-considered approach that The findings were discussed in a engagement - will now be used will prioritise our improvement series of senior clinician by all specialties in phase two effort to deliver demonstrable workshops to agree upon and (May - July 2021) to generate patient benefits. The approach identify opportunities for options for improving their we are taking is integral to and improvement and to share service. Phase three will see will strengthen our delivery of learning, risks and issues, and services develop individual ‘True North’." approaches amongst specialties. improvement plans for approval.

The Clinical Strategy phase 1 document is available in 6 May UHSussex board papers online Share [email protected] What pandemic experiences and reflections should be memorialised?

We have all experienced many Please consider sharing your pandemic highs and lows and reflections online via our website you'll have many memories from at www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/submit- the past year. We are looking to your-covid-story/ or you can email capture these moments to create [email protected]. Please a memorial publication and provide your name, role, division preserve your reflections for and hospital, as well as the posterity. approximate date from when your reflection dates from. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in memories, Please be mindful of patient drawings, poems, photos, diary confidentiality and information Drawing sent in by Anna Martin entries and moving accounts. governance when submitting We’ve had more than 100 reflections or images. By sending submissions but we know Covid in you give permission to touched every part of hospital life University Hospitals Sussex to use and we want to capture as much for the purposes of a as possible. commemorative publication and other related publications What experiences from the Covid including press releases, website Photo sent in by Michelle Newton crisis should be memorialised? and our social media channels.

A look back at some of key moments during the Covid pandemic

Please share your reflections and images to [email protected] Humbling tales of survival and loss

Here's a small taster of some of your Covid stories, pictures and drawings that will be featuring in our commemorative publication this year. There's still time to send yours to [email protected]. Photo sent in by Dr Tim Martindale

Kat Dalton from the RSCH Critical Care Outreach Team submitted the incredible drawing above which she penned in late 2020, just as the second wave was beginning. St Richard's intensive care consultant Dr Tim Martindale submitted a selection of photographs, including one that shows names written on PPE to identify staff in ICU and how sometimes new names were added by the end of a shift!

Princess Royal physiotherapist Rachel Jarvest sketched her experience of being redeployed to ICU and shared her memories of how welcoming new nursing colleagues were. Worthing Emergency Floor Drawing by Rachel Jarvest nurse Natalie Smith shared the moment her partner, who also works at the hospital and was hospitalised with Covid, said to her: "It's official... I am going to live!"

Sadly, Covid resulted in tragedy for others. Southlands physiotherapy administrator Michelle Newton shared an emotional account of losing her father to Covid while praising the team in Worthing who cared for him in hospital and who kept them in touch via iPad until the end.

Photo sent in by Natalie Smith Colleagues observe as their patient is granted their their dying wish to marry their partner Patients celebrate Prince Philip's life

Therapists arrange commemorative tea party on Middleton Ward at St Richard's

Occupational therapist Charlotte Nadland and physiotherapist Rebecca Fillery organised a commemorative tea party in memory of HRH Prince Philip on Middleton Ward at St Richard’s Hospital for elderly patients recovering from hip operations. The celebration of saw patients participate in a number of activities, ranging from making their own union jack bunting and colouring challenges to therapeutic exercises and, of course, enjoying tea and cake! Charlotte said: "It was a lovely event with great engagement from staff and patients to celebrate Prince Philip's life." Send your ward or department's news and pictures to [email protected]. One patient administration system A new PAS is being introduced to replace Sema at St Richard's, Worthing and Southlands

The 20-year-old Sema-Helix Patient Administration These systems are currently used in our Brighton and System (PAS) used at St Richard's, Worthing and Haywards Heath hospitals. Ian added: “Moving towards Southlands is being replaced to bring all the a single electronic patient record system ensures our UHSussex hospitals into line with the same systems. systems are unified and integrated across our hospitals. Ian Arbuthnot, director of information, One of our aims has been to embed clinical excellence management and technology, said: “We are really and innovation at the heart of the new organisation excited to be replacing our legacy system (Sema- and ensure it delivers the services our patients need and Helix) and putting System C’s CareFlow and ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan for digitally Symphony at the heart of our strategy. We are enabled care.” working towards a go-live in A&E later this year and PAS and Theatres at the end of next year.” PAS programme manager, Miles Saunders, said: ‘’Key representatives from across the organisation will be involved in the implementation of the new systems. It is important that the systems are designed and built to meet clinical and administrative requirements and improve the patient journey. We will be working towards standardisation across the trust where possible."

Colleagues from Brighton, who have recently undergone the implementation of the new PAS, have been sharing their insights to make this 18-month process as smooth and effective as possible. Everyone welcome at The Sanctuary

New chapel, prayer and quiet rooms open in the North Wing at

The Sanctuary is a new home for "The whole team feel really Rachel added: "One of the best the chaplaincy team in Worthing, blessed to have such a beautiful bits is having a small kitchen providing a new chapel space, space," said lead chaplain Rachel facility so we can offer hospitality, prayer room with separate Bennett. "And it has been so well- which really is at the heart of washing (Wudu/ablution) area, timed for Ramadan and chaplaincy - hospitality of space, quiet room and an outdoor welcoming Muslim colleagues. heart and time. We are looking courtyard, as well as new office The Sanctuary is for everybody, forward to welcoming many space and a kitchen area. The from patients and relatives to colleagues to our wonderful new former chapel is now a new staff and visitors. Our doors are home in the hospital in the clinical pre-assessment area always open." coming weeks and months."

Chapel to close Grade II interior preserved

The interior of the 165-year-old chapel at RSCH is being carefully dismantled to be reconstructed in a purpose-built area of the 3Ts Redevelopment. To facilitate the 18-month project, the chapel closed on 10 May.

To help commemorate its role in the life of the hospital, the chaplaincy team would like to hear about your memories. Visit www.bsuh.nhs.uk/chapelmove for details of alternative facilities, to share a memory or to experience a 3D walk through of the historic interior. A book to record your memories is also available in the Chapel or the Chaplaincy Office. Above, new nurses graduating in Brighton last year before masks became mandatory and below, left, some of the preceptorship graduates from Worthing and Chichester New nurses "surpassed expectations" Preceptorship graduates praised for their professionalism and integrity throughout pandemic

As part of International Nurses Day Lead preceptorship sister Gemma "At times last Spring, the celebrations, the UHSussex Practice Lyons said: “They were very much information regarding Covid was Development team wished to say a thrown into the deep end but have changing on a daily basis, and wards special “thank you” and huge risen to the challenge and were struggling with staff sickness, congratulations to all the new surpassed expectations with an redeployment and a scary new virus." nurses, midwives and operating exemplary degree of department practitioners (OPDs) professionalism and integrity.” Melanie continued: "Our newly who graduated during the Senior sister for preceptorship and registered nurses have been through pandemic. In a year like no other, retention, Melanie Armstrong, so much in their first year and still they did not experience the usual agreed, adding: “Being newly demonstrate an enthusiasm for care transition from student to qualified qualified is challenging at the best that makes me proud and confident member of staff – instead they of times, never mind the year we that nursing’s future is in safe faced the pandemic head on. have just been through! hands!"

The Great Midwife Bake-Off To celebrate International Day of the Midwife on 5 May, maternity colleagues at St Richard's and Worthing held a bake-off competition. Chief nurse and judge Maggie Davies thanked the midwives for helping throughout the hospitals during the pandemic and for keeping so many families and babies safe in very difficult circumstances. Welcome to all our new nursing colleagues joining UHSussex from overseas 100% pass rate for new nurses Latest international nurses get perfect results in their objective structured clinical examinations

Our newest nurses from overseas are maintaining our The international nursing teams are welcoming new high standards with a 100% pass rate in their arrivals each month, though Covid comes with its objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE). Two share of challenges, with each of our new cohorts new cohorts have arrived in Brighton recently, the first currently having to spend the first ten days of their new nurses recruited from overseas to work in life on the south coast quarantining in a hotel. Brighton and Haywards Heath in several years. This Despite that, there is a great deal of positivity among year, the aim is to recruit 360 new nurses from our new recruits, who are working hard to prepare for overseas to work across UHSussex hospitals. and take their exams ready to join clinical teams.

New nursing school partnership in Chichester

A soon-to-be-approved BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing A recent project reviewing placement capacity has degree course at the University of Chichester that secured placements at UHSussex for the entire nursing starts in September represents a new and developing cohort starting in September, enabling students to partnership between UHSussex and the gain a variety of practice experiences within our university. An experienced member of our Practice hospitals. It is hoped this new partnership creates Development team has been seconded to co-produce other pre-registration and post-registration the curriculum for the nursing degree programme. opportunities with the University of Chichester. Our new UHSussex brand Following the visual identity, we are now working on key messaging and use of language

A new single visual identity has been created for UHSussex, drawing on research into our previous trusts and how we could bring out the very best of both to embody our new vision and values. The approach chosen puts the Patient First triangle front and centre of our identity to reaffirm our commitment to patient care and the values that underpin this.

The repeated use of triangles in a range of NHS blues makes us This represents the interlinked recognisably part of the NHS family network of colleagues across the at a glance, but the use of our trust and the wider system we Patient First colours of pink, work in to deliver excellent care. yellow, orange, green and light To download new design blue is used to accent designs and templates and the UHSussex logo, visually link the look to our please visit the "Working for improvement philosophy. UHSussex" pages on the intranet.

The triangles are built on a grid Sign up for messaging workshops system that allows us to place Three workshops are taking place triangles of different shapes and this month on 13, 14 and 18 May, sizes over each other to make more to help us refine our tone of voice eye-catching designs. This grid guidance and key messages for our system can also be seen in an key audiences. If you're interested intricate pattern often used as an in attending, please email overlay to our photography. [email protected].

Clinical operating model development

A new clinical operating model is being developed to organise how divisions and specialties will be grouped by the trust. This will be 'the spine' of UHSussex. A corporate operating model is also being developed in parallel (see slide opposite) to ensure services, such as HR, finance and IM&T, provide the best support possible. The aim is to be fully integrated and have a new target operating model (TOM) in place by April 2022. Further information will be provided in all-staff briefings. Designing our new digital future Have you completed the Digital Discovery survey to help shape our new websites?

The formation of UHSussex saw the launch of an Complete the survey or join a focus group interim website and intranet on 1 April to introduce You can tell us about your experience of using Info- the new trust and its ambitions. These have been net or StaffNet before the merger – and what you designed to support business-as-usual while services would like to be able to do on the new UHSussex from BSUH and Western Sussex come together over intranet – by taking part in the intranet survey. You the next 12 months and new the new UHSussex can find the questionnaire in the intranet news operating models are developed. section or at https://forms.gle/7xH8ri1cszvscNnB6.

As this happens, we will be building a permanent new Or you can put yourself forward to join a focus group. intranet and website to meet the long-term needs of Once Invotra have completed their research and the new trust, staff and patients. And you can have an mapped out the user journeys and visitor scenarios important say in shaping the new websites. The that reflect our future requirements, they will be communications team is leading the digital holding a series of focus group sessions to test their development programme, which began after Easter thinking and understand the best ways in which these with a discovery exercise designed to understand how needs can be met. the online platforms of BSUH and WSHT were used prior to merger and to decide what we want from “We’re taking a Patient First approach to developing their UHSussex successors. the new trust’s digital platforms,” said head of campaigns and insight David Walmsley. “That means This phase of the project is being managed by an taking the time to understand what people need from external agency called Invotra who have already run them and dig down into the causes of the issues we 20 online workshops with teams across the trust to know we had with their legacy versions. Once we learn about everything from how they manage understand the problems and opportunities, we can documents and information online to the admin start building an intranet and website that meets processes they carry out digitally and how they would everyone’s needs and is flexible enough to keep doing like to expand and build on this in the future. so for years to come.”

Patients and visitors are also being surveyed about their experience of using the BSUH and WSHT websites and an equivalent intranet questionnaire for UHSussex staff went live last week too. Once this stakeholder and user research is complete, Invotra will analyse the results and draw up a list of functions the trust needs its new digital platforms to provide. They will then present a range of options for us to consider in meeting these requirements. Farewell to Dr George Findlay Chief medical officer and deputy chief executive leaves to become Medway's CEO

After seven years with us, deputy chief executive (CEO) and chief medical officer (CMO) Dr George Findlay has left the trust to take on his first chief executive role at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, having been handpicked by NHSEI for the role.

George was initially recruited as medical director at WSHT and subsequently promoted to CMO and deputy CEO for WSHT and BSUH. Looking back, George said: "The thing I really want to say is that my role is a privilege. Meeting so many colleagues, "It was the tool we used to make HR director Jennie Shore retires celebrating our successes, guiding WSHT the first acute trust in the Colleagues waved a fond farewell our work and sharing our NHS to be rated outstanding for to HR director Jennie Shore knowledge has been a real career every domain and the tool we (below) who has retired after highlight. And I feel confident used to make BSUH the fastest nearly four decades with the NHS. that UHSussex has the people and improving trust in the country. Jennie joined the health service the tools it needs to build on the on a three-month fixed-term success of the two legacy trusts. “But it wouldn’t work without contract in 1982 and it’s only you, the brilliant people of taken her 39 years to get out of “Patient First has been absolutely UHSussex. The creative, it! Her time with us has seen her key to getting us to this point and dedicated, patient-focused successfully navigate two will be the key to driving forward workforce of our trust. Working mergers, two CQC inspections and improvements. From just an with you really has been the one Foundation Trust application. outline of an idea when Marianne greatest privilege." and I first visited Virginia Mason Jennie is now looking forward to in 2014 to a trust-wide Professor William Roche joins us introducing some welcome calm improvement programme and a this month, three days a week, to into her life after work, finding model followed by trusts across provide interim CMO cover while inner peace through yoga, recruitment for the full-time the country, we’ve proven that perfecting her garden – and board position takes place. Patient First works. paying off her mortgage.

Caroline Davies retires - again! Former BSUH lead Covid nurse, Caroline Davies (left), has retired once more, after returning to help during the coronavirus crisis last year, nine months after retiring for the first time. Chief nurse, Carolyn Morrice, said: “Caroline’s calm and professional leadership has been invaluable throughout the pandemic. She is a very valued member of the senior nursing and midwifery leadership team and we look forward to working with her again!” Worthing Pride Discounted tickets available to 10 July event

Staff can buy discounted tickets for this year’s Worthing Pride (using the discount code pictured left) at Beach House grounds in Worthing on 10 July. The day promises to be packed full of entertainment and fun for the whole community. Worthing Pride has also donated 200 free tickets to this year's annual LGBTQI+ event to recognise the hard work and dedication of our amazing staff.

Chief Executive, Dame Marianne Griffiths, said: “I am delighted to accept these tickets on behalf of our newly merged organisation. Inclusion is one of our key values as an organisation and we are proud to support our LGBTQI communities and local Pride events. We will ensure the tickets are given to staff who have actively engaged with the inclusion agenda and/or have just gone the extra mile in supporting either our patients or their colleagues in this incredibly challenging year. Thank you to everyone involved in organising the Pride event, including chair of our LGBTQI Network, Sarah Kahn.”

Shadowing 'the best' Student gains exclusive leadership access

“I’m very privileged to have had this experience,” said final year Brighton and Sussex Medical School student Elliot Sharp, who shadowed chief executive Dame Marianne Griffiths for one week.

“Marianne and everyone I’ve spoken to have been so warm and welcoming,” continued Elliot. "This week, I feel like I have learned from the very best. It’s been great to learn more about the Patient First strategy Elliot's favourite meeting was a working group he and experience first-hand how decisions are made attended hosted by UHSussex to help Maidstone and that are important to patients.” Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust with their strategic prioritisation. Elliot said: "It was great to see insights Meeting UHSussex colleagues was one of the shared using the Patient First strategy.” highlights for Elliott, who will be starting his first post as a junior doctor at Royal Berkshire Hospital The junior doctor added: "I want to say a huge thank later this year. He said: "The people I’ve met have you everyone I’ve met this week, including Marianne been so approachable and very willing to talk to me. for mentoring me; Amanda, who has been fantastic at I’ve learnt so much this week through attending trust arranging everything; and George, Alan and Karen executive committee meetings, executive board who have all taken the time to talk to me and answer huddles and meetings with partner organisations.” my questions.” One Trust programme sparks ideas More than 500 colleagues participated in workshops and a survey to share their thoughts

Thank you to everyone who shared their insights and Already, the One Trust insights and your ideas, ideas through the One Trust survey or at a One Trust together with the feedback from the NHS Staff Survey workshop recently. It was fantastic to hear from so and merger survey, have helped us to identify a many colleagues and see connections being sparked. number of emerging themes. See next month's The pledges shared were also inspiring; from pledging @UHSussex staff newsletter to find out much more to make wellbeing a team priority to recognising and about how we plan to take action and ensure our celebrating each other’s success. trust is a great place to work for everyone.

50% off zipline Show NHS photo ID for ticket discount

UHSussex staff and volunteers are being offered a chance to enjoy the thrill of the South Coast's longest zipline on Brighton seafront half price thanks to a special offer from the Madeira Drive attraction. The offer is easy to claim. Just show valid NHS photographic ID or a Blue Light Card when booking for 50% ticket price. This makes it just £9 for staff The offer is valid year round for 2021 - simply walk up to the box office to claim your ride the same day! Please note, this offer is valid only for the card holder, but group staff bookings are also available.

Green Ambassadors 1,300 new trust members Green Ambassadors workshops ran in April for staff in Since announcing our plans to merge and extend our Haywards Heath and Brighton, generating many membership, we have recruited more than 1,300 new innovative ideas for improving the environmental public members from the communities our hospitals sustainability of the trust. Recruitment of green serve. Would your friends and family be interested in ambassadors is continuing. If you would like to joining? Send them to www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/join-us to champion sustainable culture in your department sign up for free, receive our Members' newsletter and please email [email protected]. benefit from NHS Discounts.

Notices, events, quick links

Volunteers' Week 1-7 June Intranet news and email update Next all-staff Teams briefing Volunteers’ Week is a time to Check nww.uhsussex.nhs.net All staff are invited to join chief thank people for volunteering for daily news and notices executive Marianne Griffiths and their time to help. How could An all-staff update email is colleagues for a briefing and your team or department show sent out every Wednesday Q&A on Thursday 17 June from appreciation to the volunteer(s) More urgent information will 1pm. To watch last the event, who support you? be provided by global email click http://bit.ly/ASB-13May