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Heartwww.heartofengland.nhs.uk SoulWinter 2011 Your award winning & members’ magazine Pathology investment update New high blood pressure treatment Top doc on twitter Investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre on work life balance Community CIPR Multi-million Trust health fair Award facelift for Charity emergency launch success winners department p2 p5 p6 p11 Birmingham Heartlands - Solihull - Good Hope - Birmingham Chest Clinic - Solihull Community Services TRUST NEWS A note from the membership team... Welcome to the winter news and developments feedback on this edition, edition of the Heart of taking place within we would love to hear England NHS Foundation our Hospitals and our from you. Simply call the Trust (HEFT) membership community services, as membership team on magazine. We hope you had well as a host of different (0121) 424 1218 or email a wonderful festive break health-related stories. the Trust membership and and a happy new year. If you would like to see community engagement Our first magazine for something in a future manager at sandra.white@ 2012 features the latest edition or would like to heartofengland.nhs.uk Community health fair success Drumming up interest in music Heartlands is hitting the right notes with local youngsters through a new music project launched after receiving a grant from the leading UK children’s charity, Youth Music. With locals attending in their workshops, musical Hundreds of under droves, a free family fun day entertainment and various privileged children and young held at Millennium Point in interactive health sessions people living close to the Birmingham was deemed an were also on offer. Hospital will now have the overwhelming success. Community health fair opportunity to develop skills The fair, organised by the organiser, Sandra White, to deliver music sessions to Trust’s membership team, said: “We want to be able to young patients and work was held in aid of making support our communities in towards an arts award. the region healthier and had any way we can and that’s why The project started with 12 sessions of African drumming medics from the Trust on hand we decided to hold a fun day and also involved children to give free health checks and so that families and locals of from a local school taking important advice on topics all ages have the opportunity part in a workshop to develop ranging from diabetes to heart to learn more about staying their local and international and kidney disease. fighting fit and healthy. It was community links. Face painting, juggling a great day out.” 2 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Your alternative to A&E this winterYour local walk-in centres include: Warren Farm Urgent Care Centre Walk-in Service, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 0PU Washwood Heath Urgent Care Centre, Washwood Heath Health Centre, Clodeshall Road, Saltley, B8 3SN Solihull Walk-in Centre, Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2AE Did you know you can also be seen by a nurse or doctor in Bored of an NHS walk-in centre? You can also book in to see your GP or call NHS Direct, available 24 hours a day on 0845 46 47. waiting? of the Baby Friendly babies. The service runs Initiative, which promotes regular group sessions where breastfeeding. mums and mums-to-be can The team have been offer each other support and working in collaboration also get professional help and with midwives, health advice. visitors, nursery nurses, Carmen Baskerville, infant peer supporters and feeding co-ordinator, said: children’s centre staff “It is really good we have across the borough, to raise been recognised for providing Solihull community services’ awareness of the benefits of a high quality service. efforts to make the borough a breastfeeding and to ensure Breastfeeding gives babies place where babies are given there is help and support a healthy start – breastfed the best start in life have available for mums. babies are less likely to suffer earned national recognition. A Solihull breastfeeding with diarrhoea and vomiting, UNICEF has awarded directory was developed for or chest or ear infections.” the Solihull community women giving information breastfeeding service Anyone wanting help on the many local cafes the prestigious stage or advice can call the and shops where mums are two accreditation as part breastfeeding team on 07970 welcome to breastfeed their 811026. Heart&Soul Winter 2011 3 TRUST NEWS The future is Going for gold with staff sports The Trust’s environmentally friendly hospitals have reduced their carbon footprint by 25 per cent, two years ahead of target. In 2008 we joined the Carbon Trust supported by the NHS Carbon Management The Trust has been given “The Hospital’s staff sports Programme and committed the national gold stamp of initiative has doubled in size to reducing our carbon approval for its staff sport and since its launch in 2008. emissions by 25 per cent physical activity initiative. “In 2011, around 400 staff within five years and by a The Gold Accreditation was from the Hospital Trust took further 20 per cent within awarded in recognition of the part in a range of sporting the following five years. This Trust’s success in meeting the tournaments including first target was exceeded NHS Challenge - a Department touch rugby and tennis. The two years ahead of schedule, of Health Initiative inspired by Hospital’s tennis competition reducing costs as well as the London 2012 Games. The was shown to have helped emissions. NHS Challenge encourages motivate 89 per cent of staff Energy-saving measures NHS staff to take up a sport taking part to keep fit. include replacement of to get fitter, healthier and “We feel proud to be ageing coal-fired boilers with become better role models for making a contribution to the combined heat and power patients. Government’s aim to get two plants, automatic personal Richa Gautam, sport and million people more active by computer shutdown, the physical activity programme 2012.” use of more efficient high project manager, said: frequency fluorescent lighting and computer-controlled heating. The Trust takes being Norovirus, the sickness and environmentally friendly diarrhoea bug, is currently seriously and is committed to circulating in the community. keeping printing costs down. We Please do not come into the try hard to only print magazines hospital or visit the wards for those who request them. if you have suffered from Top tip: If you would prefer to view sickness, diarrhoea or cold Beat the bugs Heart and Soul online, simply and flu like symptoms in this winter with visit www.heartofengland- the last 48 hours - you are communications.co.uk still highly contagious and can regular hand pass your germs on to poorly washing 4 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Your award winning members’ magazine! The HEFT communications Heartbeat, won the Gold team enjoyed triple award award in the internal winning success at the CIPR newspaper or magazine PRide Awards 2011 during category; and a silver award awards by former Olympic December. was gained in the internal sprinter, Kriss Akabusi. The awards recognise communications category The team were also excellence in PR and for the Working together: finalists in the outstanding communications across the A discharge in time saves in-house public relations UK. another patient waiting in team category and internal Membership magazine, line campaign. communications and Heart and Soul, won Gold The team, along with governance officer, Louise in the external newspaper members of the medical Berktay, was a finalist in or magazine category; illustration graphics team, the outstanding young the Trust’s staff magazine, were presented with their communicator category. Heart&Soul Winter 2011 5 TRUST NEWS Multi-million facelift for Good Hope’s emergency services Emergency services from rapid investigation, “We have had an at Good Hope are diagnosis and treatment. opportunity to design an to benefit from a As part of the works, emergency department that multi-million pound there will also be two new reflects how we work now investment to improve theatres, replacing two and how we want to in the facilities for patients, older theatres, with a new future. The new department with the planned day case unit and surgical will help us to streamline works commencing in admissions lounge area for our service once patients December. the use of patients awaiting arrive, delivering faster, The emergency operations. safer and more effective department, which Dr Aidan Macnamara, care for patients under sees more than 80,000 emergency services our care. Children and patients every year, is to consultant and clinical parents will benefit from a be completely refurbished director, said: “The new dedicated children’s area.” to provide state-of-the-art emergency department D facilities to improve the will bring a host of benefits r Aid an flow of patients through to our patients and staff, M a cn the department during its particularly when we are a m busiest times. at our busiest during the a r The newly designed winter months. a department features increased cubicle capacity with a new dedicated paediatric area and links to the clinical decisions unit allowing patients to benefit 6 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Ethiopian New treatment for eye care given a high blood pressure helping hand A team from Heartlands travelled to Ethiopia in November to provide Black Lions Hospital with training on diagnosing diabetic eye disease using digital healthcare software. They also provided much needed screening cameras, pascal lasers and laptops which are to be distributed to the four corners of Ethiopia. Patients with high blood blood pressure down and pressure at Good Hope nothing has helped. I jumped are the first in the region at the chance to have the to benefit from a ground- new procedure and this has breaking new treatment.