Heartwww.heartofengland.nhs.uk SoulSummer 2011 & Introducing our new Hospital directors Paw-ly patients’ puppy love Health profile - obesity and dieting Good Hope looking to the future Lisa Maxwell on family, health and stardom Advancing Happy Solihull Baby talk Healthcare Birthday community at the winners to You+ dentists NEC p3 p4 p11 p14 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - Solihull Hospital - Good Hope Hospital - Birmingham Chest Clinic TRUST NEWS A little note from the membership team... Welcome to the summer would like to see something edition of the Heart of in a future edition or would England NHS Foundation like to feedback on this Trust (HEFT) membership edition, we would love to magazine. We hope you hear from you. Simply call enjoy reading about the membership team on the latest news and (0121) 424 1218 or email developments taking place Sandra White, membership within our Hospitals and our manager, at Sandra.white@ community services. If you heartofengland.nhs.uk Good Hope looking to the future… Membership teams up with The Trust’s membership has recently teamed up with the Midlands Co- operative Society to attend a member relations event. Following the successful The two organisations launch of Good Hope’s plan to build upon their new ward block building, shared values, working attention is now to be collaboratively to identify turned to the next set common challenges and of investment projects host joint membership planned for the Hospital. A&E will provide an events. Plans are in place for a improved environment Key issues for new and upgraded A&E for our patients and exploration include and for two new theatres help streamline patient looking at more ways and a day case unit to be flow, helping to improve to ensure members and built to replace two older pressures on the system service users have their theatres at the Hospital. that occur during busiest say, engaging with diverse The first preparations are times of year. The theatres groups and inspiring and underway with the aim and day case unit will involving young people. of commencing work in replace existing older the autumn. The new facilities. 2 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS Calling all Advancing Healthcare volunteers! Award winners The volunteer service at Good Hope is looking for volunteers to come and spend an hour or so a week reminiscing about times gone by with patients. The regular informal get-togethers with stroke, elderly, and dementia patients are a chance to meet, chat and evoke favourite memories or key events in history. Known as reminiscence groups, they aim to give patients a lasting positive experience by recalling Congratulations to two with VCD, it was chosen as treasured memories. HEFT teams awarded a worthy winner for both Increased social activity winner and runner up in diagnosis and treatment of has also been shown to their respective categories the condition. improve patients’ sense of at the Advancing Runners up for the well-being promoting their Healthcare Awards this innovation in recruitment rehabilitation and recovery. year. and careers development The winning team was award were allied For more information, or the country’s first clinic health professionals if you have items such as dedicated to treating vocal working within the books or features on local cord dysfunction (VCD), physiotherapy team. The history that you would be based at Heartlands. project, supported by the willing to donate, please With approximately Department of Health, contact Angela Butts, 20 per cent of the severe involved successfully volunteer service advisor, asthma patients seen at cutting the waiting time on (0121) 424 7379. the clinic being diagnosed of physiotherapy patients. Heart&Soul Summer 2011 3 TRUST NEWS Celebrate with Poorly children receive You+ musical boost Patients on Heartlands children’s ward have received a generous donation of £25,000 to Help the healthy lifestyle Breastfeeding support fund the Hospital’s music shop in Chelmsley Wood and antenatal information, projects. Shopping Centre, known as sexual health advice, and a The Trust’s domestic You+, celebrate its second hearing aid service are also services supplier, G4S, have birthday this September. on offer. pledged to give £5,000 There will be a range of Come and join the each year for the next festivities on offer, from celebrations on Saturday five years and this year’s face painting, free health 3 September from 10am donation will be used to checks, smoothies and until 4pm. fund the newest music much more. project, known as Singing You+ is a one-stop shop Address: You+ Lifestyle Medicine. for health and well-being Shop, 1 Coppice Way, Singing Medicine is a where you can get all the Chelmsley Wood Shopping group of Ex-Cathedra support you need to eat Centre B37 5TS. vocal tutors, who will visit more healthily, manage the children’s ward twice your weight, become more Freephone: (0800) 015 a month to entertain active, stop smoking, cope 3265 or text ‘youplus’ and patients with musical with stress and get advice your message to 88020. games and to encourage on other health issues. them to have fun. 4 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk MEMBERS & GOVERNORS HEFT spotlight on... Forthcoming Hospital Trust Governors health seminars Trust members and the public are invited to attend: Kidney Disease 21 Sept 2011, 3p.m. Dr Temple What roles do our HEFT Get involved... Good Hope Hospital, Governors have? Governors help raise Education Centre awareness and act as Infectious Diseases The Governors represent ambassadors for the Trust. 11 Oct 2011, 5p.m. the views of Trust members They attend community Dr Ellis and help ensure the events including the Solihull Hospital, organisation carries out National Co-operative Education Centre its duties in line with NHS Congress and also help principles and values. They to recruit new members. Meet our Chief are not responsible for the Governors recently hosted a Executive and day-to-day management promotional stall at Acocks Chairman 17 Nov 2011, 3p.m. of the organisation. That is Green Carnival. Heartlands Hospital, a matter for the Board of Education Centre Directors, but the Governors Support and advice... are responsible for holding All members should be the Board to account. able to contact their local Governor which represents Governors’ their constituency. Trust What do Governors do? Consultative members are able to meet and discuss their views with In the know... Council their Governor. Governors have the Trust members and the opportunity to get to know general public are invited all about our organisation. How do I contact my to attend the Governors’ They recently visited Lyndon Trust Governor? General Consultative Place, where members Council meetings: of the outpatients team Please visit the work. After a tour of the 19 September 2011, membership website outpatients office, the 4:30pm, Heartlands at http://membership. Governors were then Education Centre heartofengland.nhs.uk to informed of all the services find out who your Governor 21 November 2011, provided there. is and how to contact them. 4:30pm, Heartlands Education Centre Heart&Soul Summer 2011 5 TRUST NEWS Help Marie Welcome Curie’s new to Good Hope’s new managing director hospice Locals are being called upon to help raise the £7m needed for a new Marie Curie Hospice for the West Midlands. The new hospice will Sue Moore will commence in post as replace the existing one in managing director of Good Hope Hospital Solihull, which has provided from September 2011. excellent care for many years but now needs replacing. Sue was previously radiotherapy in 2003. The new hospice will divisional director From here Sue became a offer expanded services of operations at care group manager before in a modern, spacious Southampton University being appointed to the environment, including Hospital Trust, with divisional director post in single en-suite rooms with responsibility for regional 2007. direct access on to gardens trauma and orthopaedics, With particular interests for each patient. It will also neurosciences, and a proven track record be the base for the local cardiovascular and in clinical leadership, Marie Curie nursing service, thoracics. service change and quality which provides free care to Joining the NHS in 1989, of care for patients, Sue terminally ill people in their having qualified as both intends to be a visible, own homes. a therapy and diagnostic approachable and pro- radiographer, Sue worked active ambassador for For information on how in a variety of hospitals in Good Hope and is looking to get involved in the BIG the East Midlands before forward to relocating build appeal, call (0121) relocating to Hampshire with her family to Sutton 254 7848 or visit www. to become head of Coldfield. mariecurie.org.uk/bigbuild 6 www.heartofengland.nhs.uk TRUST NEWS News Introducing from the Solihull managing director, Claire Molloy Claire Molloy joined the Trust This means all the people of NHSLA in the newly created post of Solihull, whichever hospital The aim of the NHS managing director for Solihull they receive care from. Litigation Authority Hospital at the beginning of “As the site lead for Solihull standards is to promote the May. She was previously chief Hospital as well as community safety of NHS patients and executive of Solihull NHS Care services, I will also be working staff and to implement the Trust. She says: with groups to ensure our highest possible standards “A major part of my role services are safe and caring of patient care. is to ensure the ‘Solihull’ and people receive a positive One of the ways this voice of staff, patients, public experience. is monitored is via an and partners is heard in the “A third key element to my assessment process to development of Trust strategy.