Wednesday 8th June 2005 Issue No. 123 Chris Tarrant Takes Requests The Spotlight is now firmly on Ashford and St. Peter's for June, as the Trust is focusing on its own services and highlighting all sorts of areas throughout Ashford and St. Peter’s Month. This week the Trust received a visit from appreciative’ Freda Larham revealed that the new Mayor of Runnymede Frances more than 360 people volunteer at St. Barden - who came to attend the Peter's alone with some 250 plus at volunteers lunch. She is pictured here at Ashford. The new mayor of Runnymede, the new reception desk at St. Peter’s with Frances Barden, also recognised the volunteers, Geraldine Thompson, Daphne importance of the volunteers: “You are Butler, Doris Cooper. amazing, I can not see how the hospital would run without you.” The annual volunteer’s lunch was held on TV and radio presenter Chris Tarrant visited Monday June 6th, which, this year, Trust Chairman Clive Thompson, the Trust this week, as part of National coincided with National Volunteer’s Week. explained: “The volunteers are a vital part Volunteers week. Chris came to take Around 70 volunteers attended the lunch, of the past, present and future.” He also requests from patients for their favorite which is just a fraction of the number of praised the volunteers for all their hard tracks to play on Hospital Radio Wey. volunteers who work at the Trust. A ‘very work within the hospital but also with fund Accompanied by Radio Wey volunteer Julia raising. Moore, Chris toured Oak and Ash wards Work experience student and Press Office before returning to base at the Hospital volunteer, Marc Plumbley, is impressed with National Volunteer’s Week (1st to 8th Radio Wey Studio and recording an the hospital food at the Spotlight on Nutrition June) was celebrated at Ashford Hospital, stand on Tuesday interview for the station. While on his tour of on June 2nd with a Celebration in Words the wards Chris said: “I always notice a and Music. A packed Education Centre really happy atmosphere at St. Peter’s, and heard about the major contribution made its one of the cleanest hospitals I know.” by hundreds of volunteers to the smooth running of Ashford Hospital ranging from the work of the League of Friends in raising thousands of pounds towards the hospital to those who simply offer much needed doses of TLC at times of need. Commenting on the role of volunteers Karen Marsden said: “The difference made by our volunteers in terms of both patient care and staff support is incalculable. The evening was a celebration of the commitment and dedication which lie at the heart of Sheila Clare (right) is pictured here with Diana volunteering.” Gibson, in the school room on Ash ward. Sheila has been a volunteer at the school for six years. If you wish to have something featured in a future edition of aspire please email [email protected] or call ext. 2163 NHS Innovations for the benefit of the health you like to start over with a helpful in an emergency - it service and patients in the new wardrobe, a new look, would save ambulance South East - SEEDA region David will be new friends? Our team of crews and hospital staff Helping to Turn scheduling regular sessions experts will help you turn time and would ensure that at the local hospitals for things around. If this a patient's loved one was Ideas into Reality interested parties to discuss sounds like you, your friend contacted as soon as their innovations. or family member, please possible. call Sarah on 020 7751 For further info visit NISE is part of a network of 7385 or email us at www.eastanglianambulance.com nine regional innovation [email protected] hubs sponsored by the Department of Trade and Information on Industry (DTI), Regional Discharge Unit at Development Agencies and Fluoridation Office of Science and St. Peter’s Technology (OST) via the Re-launched Fluoridation is set to Public Sector Research become one of the key public health debates in Exploitation (PSRE) The Discharge Unit at St. scheme and the 2005. Following legislative Peter’s will be re-opened on changes regarding water Department of Health (DH). June 20th. The unit will be fluoridation schemes in managed by Sister Josie England. The National Timpaney and two Health Fluoride Information Centre Care Assistants. Josie and Living Space (NFIC) has been Dr David Lubega her team will be visiting the established to meet public Launched at wards throughout the day to Innovation Manager demand for objective Ashford support packing patient’s information on fluorides and property and transferring “At NHS Innovations South fluoridation. The web patients to the unit. East we believe that each As part of A2 Housing address is and every person has the Solutions' re-brand of www.fluorideinformation.com and Ward staff should ensure ability to innovate during accommodation at Ashford the helpline number is that that all patients and their daily activities, Hospital, 'Living Space' has 0161 275 8948. their relatives are informed whether delivering patient been launched to promote that they will be going to the care, training and educating the many accommodation unit while they await final or undertaking an R & D solutions which exist for arrangements for their Early Births Fund programme” Trust employees. Both new discharge. and existing key worker links Croatia and NISE (NHS Innovations residents will be able to Ireland South East) is funded by learn more about Living the Department of Health Space through regular ICE – In Case of The EBF has benefited and the Regional newsletters, update Emergency from a very successful Development Agency for magazines, posters and a Croatian/Irish evening the South East of England brand new website - A new national emergency which raised £4,000. www.asphlivingspace.co.uk (SEEDA) to stimulate calling campaign enthusiasm and energise Tickets for the event were If you would like further has been the spirit of innovation launched by the completely free, which among all NHS staff at information on the range of means the money has been accommodation options East Anglian every level. NISE employs Ambulance raised entirely from a team of professionals who provided by A2, along with generous donations given current availability please Service, along have experience both within with Falklands at the event itself. the commercial world and contact the accommodation team on 0845 408 6625. war hero Simon healthcare. Their services Weston, and in £3,000 of the money will go are designed to facilitate Alternatively you can email direct to the EBF, with the the accommodation office association with the process of transferring Vodafone's rest benefiting AMAC UK (a inventions into new at the following address: charity that helps aspiring [email protected] annual Life products and services for Savers Awards. Croatian students). Dr Paul the benefit of the health Crawshaw said: “The The campaign, service and patients. dubbed ICE evening was a great Would You Like to (which stands for success - the hall was Dr David Lubega (pictured Turn Your Life ‘In Case of Emergency’), is completely full. We raised above) is the local NISE based on encouraging £3,000 for the NICU, which representative and can be Around? everyone to store the word is simply brilliant!” contacted on 023 8076 ICE in their mobile phone 3815 or by e-mail at The team behind Channel address book, and against [email protected] 4’s ‘Faking It’ are producing it enter the number of the a brand new makeover person they would want to As part of NISE’s plans to programme. be contacted 'In Case of aid the process of Are you single again after a Emergency'. It's a simple transferring inventions into long relationship? Would idea but could be really new products and services, Biomedical times mean that all the records), i.e. surveys, nurses are free to supervise questionnaires, interviews Science and help patients, etc should be registered Coterminus particularly the frail, elderly, with reference to the partially sighted or blind “Framework for Patients Degree Launched patients, because they are and Staff Surveys and not distracted by relatives, Studies, 2004”. The Surrey and North doctors, or paperwork. Our Sussex Pathology Network aim is to achieve the has announced the launch Moonwalk national benchmark of best of a coterminus training practice for food and This year’s midnight option to the existing BSc in nutrition and also to meet moonwalk, to raise money Biomedical Science the trust standards of care for breast cancer, is being available at the University for food and nutrition. held on Saturday June The Nursing Times Awards of Surrey. This major new Protected meal times also 18th. There are several reward the excellent work development is designed to enhance privacy and dignity groups entering from both taking place in nursing provide the local health for our patients (It can be hospitals so if you are today. These awards economy with graduates in embarrassing for a patient walking - Good Luck! recognise nurses’ the field of Biomedical to have people looking at remarkable contribution and Science, who will be them when a nurse is One such group has asked celebrate their sufficiently skilled on helping them to eat). We for a special mention:- The achievements. Each graduation to work as could not have achieved “Quality Street” category winner (individual registered Biomedical our success with the Moonwalking Team are a or team) will be awarded Scientists in the Pathology scheme without ward group of five, Suzanne £1,000 prize money and up laboratories of the Network.