FEBRUARY 2020 SHIPSTON We HOME NURSING SERVING SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, WELLESBOURNE,Care KINETON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HOME N N U TO R S S I P N I G H S H E O S M P O IC H E CARE AT Bringing dignity, support“ “and loving end of life care to our community. Watch our new video at www.shipstonhomenursing.co.uk/video FREE HOME NURSING FOR PEOPLE WITH A LIFE-LIMITING OR TERMINAL ILLNESS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Andrew Revell Welcome to the 2020 edition of our newsletter, I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. increased to 128 proving that the end of life stage. Also, our our decision to meet and assess programme of cost optimisation patients early post-diagnosis which has been in place for nearly is increasing our reach and the two years, is progressing well support we can offer. On average and will largely be completed by we now provide more than 550 December of this year. care hours monthly to patients and families through our team Our focus going forward is to of Registered Nurses and Health generate more income in addition Care Assistants. The care provided to the generous support received ranges from respite visits through from our community supporters to more intensive end of life care. and the events we hold. Small monthly regular donations by We are seeing an increase in standing order, grants from Trust the numbers of referrals of Funds and Legacies are all key frail, elderly patients and those to ensuring we can continue to patients who have dementia scale up our Nursing Services diagnoses. Often these patients and this is particularly relevant have different, longer term needs with the increasing collaborative and as such our services need support we want to give the NHS to be focused on those patients Community Nursing Teams so needing direct clinical intervention that patients receive the best and nursing as opposed to social possible care. and domestic care. We feel very fortunate to have The Charity met the demands in well bringing stability and For the financial year ending stable Nursing, Fundraising and placed on its services and has an consistency of leadership to the 30 June 2019 we had costs of Operational teams who are operationally robust structure to Nursing and HCA team. £358,634, income of £259,954 committed to providing the ensure it continues to provide which at an operational level was very best patient care possible. the highest possible standards of We continue to work closely a loss of £94,850 financed from Obviously everything we do care and support for patients and with our healthcare partners to our Reserves. Fortunately, our would not be possible without families. Feedback from patients, encourage, where appropriate, the investments continue to do well our loyal volunteers, donor and families and healthcare partners early referral of patients who are and thus our overall loss of £3,830 sponsors who continue to provide continues to be extremely diagnosed with incurable illness was much less significant. their support. positive and we also conduct a to allow individual healthcare rigorous internal audit process plans to be specifically tailored Financial sustainability is always Thank you all so much for the to validate the quality of our for patients and families. This on our minds and although we effort and support you continue service and identify ways in which approach allows us the time to are currently compliant with our to provide to us. improvements can be made. build relationships with patients Reserves Policy, we have for the and families and plan their care at last three years used our reserves Andrew Revell Our new Head of Nursing an individual level. to part-fund the enhancement to Executive Director Services, Gemma Roberts joined our services allowing us to meet us in April 2019 and has settled Patient referrals for the year new patients before they reach GENEROUS COLLECTION BOX DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY Percy Sewell The High Street retail sector continues income. This year, we raised £1841 and, as ever, to face extremely challenging conditions we remain eternally grateful to both them and I’m amazed how, amongst all and, of course, those who kindly donate their their existing problems, so many local change. shops and outlets still allow us to keep collection boxes on their premises. Many thanks to Percy and his team, for their They clutter up the counters and are an enormous support throughout the year. Well ever-present target for theft by reptilian done and our grateful thanks to everyone bandits. who kindly houses our boxes and helps raise vital funds. Nonetheless, our retailers continue to oblige us and it is a really useful source of regular February 2020 2 www.shipstonhomenursing.co.uk A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN Clive Irwin As we enter another new year and another decade, for those supporters and readers who have lost friends or relatives, there will be times of reflection, sadness and good memories. Shipston Home Nursing hopes it has helped those who have sought its help in a time of real need. 2019 has been a year of change To continue to deliver and and development at SHN. The improve the care we offer, we structure of the Charity has have to maintain a constant and altered with the development of consistent level of funding and a wider, earlier referral base to get income. In addition to Community to know patients and families/ fundraising efforts which have carers earlier in their particular always been and continue to be journey, while also accepting a generously supported locally, to broader range of referrals of those continue to deliver the current with life limiting and terminal level of service, we are going to illnesses - for example chronic explore more diverse avenues of conditions such as respiratory income including Legacies and failure and cardiac failure while Trusts. We will also seek to expand still dealing with many patients our social media presence and with advanced cancer. try to build a wider support base through these channels. To support this increased activity, the core nursing function of the Despite a reduced grant from Charity is delivered by our Head the NHS this year, we have of Nursing services, Gemma maintained the night sit Roberts, and a senior team of service and also the 24 hour four contracted Coordinators, on call telephone line despite with a growing bank of qualified the introduction of a South nurses and Health Care Assistants. Warwickshire wide Palliative care This allows us to deliver the outreach/ emergency on call high quality and personal End of service based at Myton Hospice Life Care we aspire to as well as which covers emergency calls respite care with night sits which 2200-0800 every night. are a feature we know families and patients find very helpful, 2020 will see another Grand and which we are committed to Fundraising Ball and this year the continuing, funding permitting. theme will be the Circus. The Ball is obviously an important event The front end nursing care is to raise much needed funds for us For this reason, we will be seeking can be expedited with our support supported by the small but but also an opportunity to meet to appoint some additional if the NHS services are struggling effective back office team and thank our supporters and trustees in 2020 who have specific to find a way. housed at Ellen Badger Hospital friends. expertise or experience in legal comprising our Executive issues, Information technology. Please note that further more Director, Operations manager and There has also been some changes Interested folk are very welcome detailed information including Fundraising team. within our Board of Trustees and to make contact with either personal stories and our contact I would personally like to thank Andrew Revell, Executive Director, details are available on our We are very pleased to confirm and acknowledge those trustees at Ellen Badger Hospital, or myself website: that a recently completed CQC who are standing down for their via email in the first instance. www.shipstonhomenursing.co.uk inspection to assess the quality sterling contribution. Jeremy of the service gained a good Wiggin has been a trustee since Finally, the Charity cannot work With all best wishes for 2020. rating in all 5 domains - Caring, the Charity’s inception and often in isolation. To be able to deliver Safe, Effective , Responsive and acts as Vice Chair in my absence, the quality care we aspire to, then Dr Clive Irwin Well Led, resulting in a Good Simon Miesegaes (current High in addition to District Nurses, Chairman rating overall. This is a testament Sheriff) and Richard Lloyd, GPs and family practices, we are to work across all the functions our secretary has proved able, supporting the roll out of the Out of hours Rapid Response service of the Charity but particularly accurate and diligent and has M the Nursing team who continue been a core member of EXCO, response service with Myton and HO E N Shakespeare Hospices and South N U to deliver highly skilled care in the small group of trustees who TO R Warwickshire NHS Foundation S S difficult circumstances in all sorts acts as support to the Executive I P N of different homes. The aim of Director on operational issues. This trust (SWFT), and work with our I G sister Charities to provide cross H course is to continually learn and year we have appointed Elizabeth S cover when needed, and arrange H improve so that we can achieve Greetham, Jo Mitchell and David E joint staff training events.