news@QEHB July 2014

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July 2014

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QEHB Travel supplement

Getting to the hospital

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In terms of transport, the QEHB is one of the most fortunate hospitals in the country, with excellent public transport links, cycle paths and easy access to beautiful canal towpaths. Unlike for out-of-town hospitals or rural healthcare centres, travel to the site allows people to take advantage of frequent bus and train services which provide many with the opportunity to get more exercise, reduce their carbon footprint and even save money on their travel and parking costs.

Walking

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Selly Oak

Walking to work has lots of health benefits as it provides regular low-impact physical activity.

For many people walking even part of the journey is a convenient way to reduce transport costs and fit exercise in to their daily routine. Some staff get a bus or train part of their journey and walk the rest of the way. Many find walking onto the campus much quicker than parking.

Benefits of walking Increases energy levels Reduces stress levels Improves sleep Reduces blood pressure Promotes a healthy heart Helps to maintain a healthy weight

Describe your journey: We live about 1.7 miles’ walk away and then there are five flights of stairs waiting for me at work! The only delay I have is traffic lights not changing and me waiting a long time to cross the road.

Car sharing

Walking, cycling, public transport or driving: however you get to work it is likely to have a huge impact on your health and wellbeing. Find out more about your travel options and what will work best for you in our special four-page supplement.

Dignity in Care

Car sharing is essentially giving someone a lift or accepting a lift.

Many of us share cars regularly, with our friends and family, without thinking about it. But there are often times when a driver has empty seats in the car because they don’t know of anyone else who needs a lift.

And that’s where car sharing, using the best of today’s technology, comes in! There are a number of car sharing websites and apps that match people travelling in the same direction or to a similar destination, allowing them to contact each other and arrange travel: visit Liftshare.com or carsharebirmingham.org.uk

Benefits of sharing a car:

The average worker spen ds 68 minutes per day stuck in congestion.

This equates to 340 minu tes per wee k and a stag gering 272 hours per year (LHD CarSupermar ket)

Undercuts the cost of nearly all other forms of transport Reduces congestion and pollution Reduces parking problems Reduces the need for a private car Provides a real solution to the lack of public transport in rural areas

The average commute to miles work is 9.32 (ONS)

Cycle shelters are identified on the hospital site maps using a green cycle hut icon.

There are a number of cycle lanes along roads leading to the hospital site and cycle routes along the neighbouring canal towpaths.

Check out the council’s cycle route map to find the best route for you: http://localview. birmingham.gov.uk/cycling/ bham_cycling.html.

There are a number of walking groups that walk along roads leading to the hospital site or along the neighbouring canal towpaths.

Health Exchange has specific resources for people who work along the A38 Technology Corridor (Longbridge to the city centre).

Cycle storage facilities are currently available in the following locations: • At the main entrance to the hospital • Outside the Morris Centre (Centre Club) • Next to Car Park D • Behind Trust Headquarters • Staff Car Park E • Staff Car Park F • Staff Car Park B1

Cycle routes

Cost per month: £0

of functional travel (not recreational walks) (DfT)

Cycle storage on site

Journey time: 35 minutes Current transport: Walking

Bicycle sales annuall y exceed the number of new cars sold. There are currently 23 million bicycles in the UK, on average, almost every other person owns a cycle.

Cycling to work has lots of benefits and is a very popular alternative to driving. Cycling can provide regular physical activity without the need to spend time and money in a gym. Once you have bought your bike, cycling is a cheap and convenient way to travel and many find it quicker than driving in the city.

Usual working hours: 9.00-5.30

Walking groups

Health Exchange – a social enterprise working with the NHS and community groups – helps people lead healthier and more active lives. They work with 47% of people in businesses and public service providers such as England and Wales Centro to offer walking groups in areas where walk at least once people want to walk to work, school or to a public per week as a form transport hub.

Did you know?

Cycling

Staff Travel Case Study Around 8% of the population (3 million people) cycle three times a week or more. In total 34% of the population (20 million people) say they cycle once a year or more (DfT).

Home: Kings Heath, Birmingham Usual working hours: 9-5 or 10-6 (equal split between shifts over the week) Journey time: 15 minutes Current transport: Bike Cost per month: £0 Describe your journey: 3.5 mile journey

Taking all factors into consideration, noncyclists have a mortality 39% higher than those cycle to work (Andersen et al, 2000).

Reason for travel choice: Fitness, convenience

Best bit: It’s quick; I can dodge traffic queues. I don’t have to pay to go to the gym or find the time to do it.

Also, because of the regular exercise I can eat more than if I was sitting on my bum in a car every day.

Worst bit: Dodging dangerous drivers (I am a driver too, so not anti-car, and I do of course pay road tax and insurance).

According to the 2011 Census, 741,000 people use a bicycle as the main form of transport for getting to work in England and Wales.

Reason for travel choice: I have a desk job so I really enjoy walking to and from work. I do drive once every two weeks due to an after-work class.

Best bit: Fresh air and exercise, de-stress after a busy day before I get home.

Worst bit: Bad weather and bad hair as a result!

Train

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Sutton Coldfield

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Quinton Usual working hours: 8am-4pm Journey time: 10-15 minutes Current transport: Car share Cost per month: £16 – occasional bus tickets to work (average 1 all day ticket per week).

Describe your journey: My mum drives and brings me to work – it’s a 3.5 mile comfortable car journey.

Reason for travel choice: It’s free and comfortable. A direct bus journey takes 45 minutes or I can get two buses.

Best bit: It’s quick, comfortable and convenient. Door-to-door.

Worst bit: Sometimes traffic holds us up and I can’t always receive a lift and have to get the bus.

University station, which is located between QEH/ QEHB and the University of Birmingham, is just a short five-minute walk away. University station is on the Cross City line. It takes just 7 minutes from Birmingham New Street to University.

London Midland, Birmingham’s local service provider, has a regular Cross City service from Lichfield to Redditch with trains calling at University in both directions every 10 minutes (and around every 20 minutes after 8.30pm up until midnight).

Over 64,000 West people in the ute Midlands comm by train.

Other London Midland local services from Worcester and Hereford through to Birmingham also call at University around every half an hour.

Other operators such as Cross Country (from Nottingham, Tamworth, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Cheltenham etc) and Arriva (from Cardiff) also run services calling at University which means it is easy to get to QEHB via train.

Usual working hours: 9am-5pm Journey time: About one hour Current transport: Walk – train – walk Cost per month: My travel pass costs £68 a month.

Describe your journey: I walk to Sutton Coldfield station from my house which takes 15 minutes.

The train journey takes 29 minutes. I walk to the office from University Station which takes about 10 minutes.

Reason for travel choice: Driving through the centre of Birmingham is a nightmare! I don’t want to face the A38 twice a day. It’s also quicker in the rush hour to go by train (assuming the trains are on time). Parking outside my house is difficult and because I share a car with my husband who sometimes needs it for work, driving isn’t always an option hence I stick to the train.

Best bit: I can catch up on emails and read on the train. It’s stress-free – let the train take the strain – and the walking bit is good exercise.

Worst bit: It’s not that fun in the rain!

There have been periods of time when the trains have not been reliable at all however this seems to be

Buses Birmingham has an extensive network of bus routes with a great number of routes taking in the QE/ University campus or surrounding streets.

Bus routes Buses on QE site: 48, 76, 84, 98, 99 and 647 Buses within a 10min walk of campus: 11, 22, 23, 24, 29 and 29A Buses on Bristol Road (about a 15min walk of campus): X64, 61, 63, 144 NHS employees can take advantage of discounted travel cards for buses and trains across the city. Travel costs within the local network are calculated on a zone basis like London Underground and provide unlimited travel within your zones.

Staff travel cards are available at Travelwise pass distribution sessions, which are held four times per year. You can find out more about how the staff travel pass works by attending an information session – dates are advertised on the Intranet.

Dignity event celebrates ‘seeing the person’

One of the highlights in the Trust’s calendar proved to be an inspirational and enjoyable event once again.

The annual Dignity in Care Conference, held at Birmingham City Football Club, was attended by nearly 300 members of staff. Delegates were inspired by some fantastic keynote speakers who are all living well after diagnosis and challenged delegates to ‘see into their eyes’ and care for them compassionately as individuals.

Speakers included Ken Howard, media ambassador for Living with Dementia, Dignity in Care team with Philip Norman, Executive Chief Nurse who shared his 12 rules for living well

with dementia, and Kate Allatt, whose presentation was called ‘Look into My Eyes! My Story – the Good and the Bad Bits’. Kate survived a brainstem stroke with locked in syndrome at 39 and highlighted the vital importance of nonverbal communication and caring for patients’ emotional needs.

There were also a variety of workshops during the day – from using music to help patients with dementia, to learning the ‘M’ technique, a simple method of soothing structured touch.

A full round-up of the day will be included in August’s issue.

The Trust has the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe and shares its experience with an extensive network. This means a donor at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham may be helping someone to live at another hospital.

In the past five years there has been an impressive increase in the number of people joining the organ donor register but still each day someone, somewhere across the country dies while waiting for a transplant.

In 2012 the transplant operations from donors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital helped 33 patients needing a new liver, kidneys, lungs and in two cases a heart replacement. Another 60 patients across the country received transplants of organs, corneas, heart valves and tissues from the Trust donors.

Anyone can register on the ODR. Age isn’t a barrier to being an organ or tissue donor and neither are most medical conditions. People in their 70s and 80s have become donors and saved many lives.

The organ donor line - 0300 123 23 23 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week with all calls charged at the standard local rate, even from mobile phones. Or visit the website at www.organdonation.nhs.uk

Last chance to make your nominations

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | July 2014

Health talks for Foundation Trust Members 2014 Morning Sessions: 10.00-10.30 – Registration 10.30-noon – Health Talk VENUE: Lecture Theatre 3, Education Centre, Level 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Wednesday 2 July Malignant melanoma/dermatology Wednesday 6 August Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity/Conditions affecting the kidneys/ transplantation Wednesday 10 September Conditions of the prostate/impotence Wednesday 1 October Multiple sclerosis Wednesday 5 November Blood disorders Wednesday 3 December Conditions of the stomach and bowel

Evening sessions: 18.00-18.30 – Registration 18.30-20.00 – Health Talk VENUE: Lecture Theatre 3, Education Centre, Level 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Tuesday 16 September Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity/Ageing Book a place by contacting Lorraine Bateman via email to lorraine.bateman@ uhb.nhs.uk, or telephone 0121 371 4957

National recognition Mark Simmons, a Social Worker for Haemophilia, has won a national award to recognise his work for people with blood disorders.

The buddy award, presented by The Haemophilia Society UK, was given to Mark Simmons Mark at a ceremony supported by celebrities and MPs. The accolade was awarded to Mark in the Health Care professionals section for going above and beyond for patients with inherited bleeding disorders and blood borne viruses, not only within the West Midlands but supporting patients and families across the UK. The Society’s chairman Liz Carroll said: “The lack of public awareness of bleeding disorders means that the families and friends take on a great deal of responsibility and this often goes unnoticed.

“The awards are a way for people with a bleeding disorder to give a very special thank you to their ‘buddy’ and raise awareness of the condition.”

Teenagers listen to confidential advice Sexual health staff have begun offering free confidential advice and screening to teenagers at a youth centre in the city.

The regular clinic is offered to young people aged 13 to 19 at the Lighthouse Project, based at Alma Way, Aston, which provides sports activities, health and wellbeing schemes, and multimedia training.

The clinic, which is run by a Senior Sister and a Support Nurse from UHB’s Whittall Street Clinic, provides a safe space for confidential support and advice, as well as free sexual health screening and treatment.

The service also offers contraceptive pills, injections and condoms, plus advice and support for young people considering contraception. The sessions are supported by information leaflets about knowing your body and contraceptive advice.

Popularity of the clinic has grown rapidly since it was launched in February 2014, which is seen as a positive reflection of the benefits of providing such a service through collaborative working.

Nurses combat pressure sores Pressure ulcers came under fire when Professional Development Nurses (PDNs) from QEHB went on to the wards to teach nursing staff about a new type of skin pad that helps combat the sores.

The team spoke to over 120 nurses to roll out the new aderma pads which help to prevent pressure damage for all patients at risk.

The PDNs also helped reinforce the Code Red guidelines which remind nursing staff of how to prevent the ulcers by repositioning, using the correct equipment and documenting care on the Trust’s SKIN tool which records the condition of an at-risk patient’s skin.

PDN Sara Bardell said: “The great thing about these pads is that they can be used all over the body.

“This makes them useful for device-related pressure damage as well as what people think of as the more conventional pressure sore.”

Jill McCready, PDN, said: “For patients it will mean they are even less likely to develop a pressure sore anywhere on the body as any atrisk skin can be protected. Even the very few who have developed a grade 1 ulcer can be protected and even reverse the damage, if used along with the Code Red stategies.”

With an ever increasing older hospital population who are not as mobile, these

L-R Professional Development Nurses, Juliet Whitehead, Christopher Duncan, Sara Bardell, Nurse Specialist Lorraine Ramsey, Jill McCready and Alison Moore new pads are important in helping to combat pressure damage which can become painful and problematic.

Lorraine Ramsey, a Nurse Specialist from Smith and Nephew who make the pads, said: “Once nurses are aware of a developing ulcer, they now have the best pads and the most up-to-date and best practice steps to help avoid pressure damage, becoming worse.

“Hospital staff should be aware of the pads as they are another tool in the ongoing challenge of no patients developing avoidable pressure damage.”

You said, we did...

You Said: The Patient and Carer Council have a Mystery Patient Group whose members make undercover visits to public areas of the hospitals and report back on their experiences.

After a visit to the outpatient department, some members commented that reception staff weren’t wearing any form of ID which clearly displayed their role. All staff wear security ID passes but these are often worn at waist level and therefore not visible if someone is sitting behind a desk.

Visiting times Visiting times on wards are 2.30pm to 7.30pm daily, including weekends. The general rule is a maximum of three visitors per patient. Children under 16 years are welcome but must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

If there are any difficulties with the timings please speak to the nurse in charge. Families and friends are asked to stagger their visiting times to avoid overcrowding.

Sister Andrea Smith, who led the development of the clinic, said: “Working at the Lighthouse Project has been a marvellous opportunity to take this service to the community and to have the chance to work with young people.”

She said they had already received positive feedback from young people using the clinic, with comments such as ‘It’s great to have the clinic on our doorstep’, and ‘Having the clinic at Lighthouse has made it so easy to get checked’.

Juliet Faulkner, manager at The Lighthouse YPC, said the scheme had been ‘really successful’.

She commented: “We struggle to get services into the Lighthouse because a lot of agencies want people to go to them. But Whittall Street responded really quickly to the need and provided us with properly trained medical staff.

“I have been absolutely blown away with the support from them. Their approach to young people is really fun and friendly and they have a unique way of getting them to feel relaxed about being tested, such as playing pool and dominoes with them first.”

Ian Levell with a new ID badge

Delivering the best in care

We Did: Neil Grogan, Director of Patient Services, purchased some role-based badges which all outpatient department reception staff now wear on their uniforms. This identifies the member of staff’s role so patients, carers and visitors know who they are talking to.

Exercise

of the month

Get back into yoga into school sports

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Please The Football Association organise Just Play visit the intranet ‘kickabouts’ – thesefor arefurther footballinformation sessions http://uhbhome/fitness-classes.htm perfect for people who haven’t played football for a while but who want the opportunity to get their boots back on.

The kickabouts give footballers a chance to just turn up to a venue and play football.

It’s football for those who can’t or don’t want to commit to an eight-month long season of matches and training.

There are Just Play kickabouts up and down the country, with 400 centres running since the programme launched in 2011.

Sessions or ‘kickabouts’ are run on a weekly basis over 32 weeks of the year by a trained coach.

Visit http://www.thefa.com/myfootball/justplay for more information. http://uhbhome/fitness-classes.htm

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July 2014 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Major trial to explore resistance of drugs A major research study over concerns that one of the most common sexually transmitted infections is becoming resistant to current treatment has been given the go ahead.

More than 700 patients diagnosed with gonorrhoea are to be recruited across the country to take part in the three-year trial at a cost of £1.4 million.

Although gonorrhoea was almost wiped out during the 1980s at the time of the AIDS epidemic, cases have been steadily increasing over the past two to three years.

And, more alarmingly, it is becoming increasingly resistant to Ceftriaxone, which is the antibiotic currently used to treat gonorrhoea.

Funding for the trial, being coordinated by a team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, has been provided by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, which is the largest funding body for clinical research in the UK. The Chief Investigator for the trial is Professor Jonathan Ross, Professor of Sexual Health and HIV at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust.

He said patient recruitment would start at eight centres around the country, including the UHB-run Whittall Street Clinic in Birmingham in September.

Prof Ross said: “Gonorrhoea is a common sexually transmitted infection which causes genital pain and discomfort, and can lead

to chronic abdominal pain and infertility in women, and acute infection around the testicles in men.

“Current treatment is with the antibiotic Ceftriaxone but there is increasing evidence that this antibiotic is Prof Jonathan Ross becoming less effective over time and will stop curing patients with gonorrhoea within the next few years.”

Prof Ross added that laboratory testing showed that higher concentrations of Ceftriaxone are now required to treat gonorrhoea, which usually means that it will stop working in the future.

“A small, but increasing, number of patients have already been reported to have highly resistant strains of gonorrhoea, and Ceftriaxone no longer cures their gonorrhoea.

“Other antibiotics often do not work against gonorrhoea and there is an urgent need to find an alternative treatment which is effective and safe.”

Prof Ross said the trial would focus on the antibiotic Gentamicin which might prove to be effective against gonorrhoea following laboratory tests and results in developing

countries where it has been used with some success.

Although cure rates of 91 to 95 per cent have been reported, existing trials mostly dating from the 70s and 80s are small and of low quality. In particular, there is no information on how well Gentamicin works in infections of the throat or rectum.

The trial will involve 720 men and women aged 16-70 who have been diagnosed with genital, throat or rectal gonorrhoea. They will be recruited from eight sexual health outpatient clinics in England over the next 26 months.

Patients will be offered routine tests for sexually transmitted infections and then randomised to receive either Ceftriaxone or Gentamicin. All patients will also be given Azithromycin as additional treatment for gonorrhoea and in case they also have a chlamydia infection.

Each participant will receive a single injection of whichever drug they are randomised to receive and then return in two weeks for assessment.

Prof Ross concluded: “Gonorrhoea virtually disappeared in the 1980s because of people using condoms more and having fewer sexual partners due to AIDS. But it has increased over the last five to six years because you have a cohort of young people whose sexual behaviour has changed with reduced use of condoms as they now see HIV as less of a threat.”

Dietitians serve up information about their roles Dietitians at QEHB organised three days of events in a bid to bust the commonly held myth that the professionals are only concerned with helping patients to lose weight.

Dietitians work with patients that have many conditions and illnesses such as liver disease where a high protein diet is needed, or inherited metabolic disorders where a low protein diet may be necessary.

The variety of their work includes tube feeding for people that have lost their ability to swallow and highly specialised parentral feeding – where nutrients go straight into a patient’s vein.

The initiative, which tied in with National Dietitians Week, gave the team an opportuity to talk to the public and fellow professionals about the importance of good nutrition.

At sessions in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, the dietitians were able to talk about ‘fad’ diets and help to analyse body fat.

Susan Price, Head of Nutrition and Dietetics said: “Dietitians work in a variety of settings advising people who need to reduce their

Last chance to nominate for 2014

weight, people who need to put weight on or people who need to use food as part of their therapeutic treatment.

“Many of our inpatients are not overweight but have various clinical conditions which mean they need to have a variety of adaptations to their diet.

‘QEHB dietitians work closely with patients and their medical, nursing and therapy team to ensure they get this dietary treatment.”

She added: “Our aim is to ensure that the patient gets the right nutrition in the right format at the right time.”

As part of Dietitians Week, organised by the British Dietetics Association (BDA), Susan attended a Parliamentary reception at the House of Lords.

The BDA, which was founded in 1936, is the professional association for registered dietitians in the UK. It is the nation’s largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals with over 7,000 members.

Final deadline to make a nomination for the Best in Care Awards is the end of July.

Now in their sixth year, the Best in Care Awards aim to recognise those who go above and beyond in order to provide outstanding care to patients or those who provide exceptional support to the teams who do.

With the generous support of our charity, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, the Awards give us the opportunity to thank those who deliver excellent care, live and breathe the values of the Trust and demonstrate

Training challenge in run-up to switchover More than a million patient records will be transferred to a new patient administration system, when Oceano PAS is launched later this year. But by far the biggest challenge for the project team is delivering training.

Around 1,500 members of staff – almost a fifth of the Trust’s workforce – will undertake role-specific training ahead of the switchover to the new system.

Oceano PAS, which will replace iPM Lorenzo, will enable staff to efficiently track and manage patient activity through the entire patient pathway.

Various staff throughout the Trust such as ward clerks, outpatient administrators and medical secretaries have been engaged through a number of workshops, to design and test the system.

Over the coming months vigorous ‘user acceptance tests’ will take place with key staff to evaluate the software, which has been developed in collaboration with the Trust’s commercial partner Servelec, to ensure it meets all the requirements.

Alongside testing the functionality of the software, the project team is designing comprehensive role-based training packages as well as preparing the million plus patient records and their associated history, which will be migrated from iPM to Oceano PAS. Shirley Shepherd, ICT and Clinical Systems Training Manager, explains: “Whilst the new system is designed to be intuitive and very easy to use, over 1,500 existing iPM users will require training in the new processes.

“We are also taking this opportunity to emphasise the data quality improvements as a result of the new system and through training, we will be better educating staff as to why data is required and the consequences of using inaccurate data.

“This is one of the biggest training exercises the Trust has embarked upon in almost ten years, so it is a huge challenge, but one that will bring a number of benefits to the Trust and to patients.”

Oceano PAS training will be mandatory for all iPM users and training courses will be advertised internally. Staff can find more information about the Oceano PAS project on the Trust’s intranet under the heading ‘Systems’.

If you have any questions or would like to understand more about this project please email: OceanoPAS@uhb.nhs.uk

Research insight Dietitian Lyndsey Jayne Tomlinson chatting to a patient

Clinicians with an interest in getting started in research are invited to a free event on Wednesday 24 September. The event runs from 12:00 to 17:30 at the Post Graduate Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Site, Birmingham.

For nutrition and diet advice, go to: www. bda.uk.com/foodfacts/home or www.nhs. uk/livewell or ask a dietitian.

To book a place, call Charlotte Maybury on 0121 414 6886 or email c.maybury@ bham.ac.uk.

compassion, enthusiasm and devotion to our patients.

Chief Executive Dame Julie Moore said: “The Best in Care Awards is a very inspiring and heart-warming occasion.

Each year I am newly humbled to hear of the excellent care that the nominees deliver to our patients, and the lengths that some go to ensure the smooth running of the hospital, every single day.”

Last year the coveted ‘Chairman’s Employee of the Year’ award was presented to Ambulatory Bed Manager Michelle Duggins for her exceptional

performance in what was described as one of the Trust’s ‘toughest roles’.

Michelle had been nominated by several colleagues in awe of her professionalism and can-do attitude.

There are 14 categories celebrating the variety of ways staff, members, volunteers and QEHB Charity supporters contribute to providing the best in care.

So if there’s an individual or a team that you feel deserves to be celebrated, show your gratitude by nominating them for one of these very special awards.

Anyone can nominate and nominating is easy. The finalists and some of those

who nominate them will be invited to a glittering awards ceremony in October where the worthy winners will be announced.

To make your nominations either complete a nomination at the Information Desk in the atrium at the QEHB, visit our website www.nhs.uk/awards, email us at: awards@uhb.nhs.uk, or call 0121 371 6491. Nominations close Thursday 31 July 2014 and a full list of categories can be found on the website.

See www.uhb.nhs.uk for the latest news

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July 2014 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

QEHB Charity - giving cancer the boot Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer.

An alarming statistic.

BUT thanks to YOU, our fantastic supporters, we’ve been able to make an enormous difference to the thousands of patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospitals who have received this news.

YOU have enabled us to save the lives of those with previously inoperable tumours by bringing two of the world’s most advanced radiotherapy machines – CyberKnife and TomoTherapy – to the QE hospitals.

However, we still need your help. Please get behind our appeals to help more patients with cancer by enabling us to buy equipment and fund research and facilities over and above those provided as standard by the NHS. Cheaper cancer drugs, quicker Time is of the essence for patients with cancer so it’s a bitter pill to swallow when it can take 15 years from when a new drug is discovered in the lab before a doctor can prescribe it.

For this reason we’re working with cancer charity Get A-Head and the University of Birmingham to bring patients new drugs in as little as 18 months.

Professor Hisham Mehanna is leading the

Professor Ben Willcox

CIIC-ing cancer where it hurts A team of scientists from the University of Birmingham and cancer doctors from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital have joined forces to harness the power of the immune system.

CIIC (Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy Centre), which is funded by QEHB Charity, is directed by Ben Willcox, Professor of Molecular Immunology at the School of Cancer Sciences.

“To develop these new and exciting approaches, we need your help to fund critical research. Any money you can donate will make a huge difference to the CIIC grouping, and is massively appreciated.”

Fighting skin cancer Malignant melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK. QEHB Charity has launched the QE Fighting Skin Cancer Appeal to help patients with skin cancer and raise awareness of the disease.

Dr Neil Steven, oncology consultant, said: “There are now some treatments that can really improve the outlook for people with advanced melanoma. Furthermore, newer drugs are being tested. This has come about as a result of dedicated research across the world. The money we raise through our appeal will really help these efforts.”

Sprinkle some magic

Help us raise vital funds If you would like to share your views about Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, or any other aspect of our work, please email charities@uhb.nhs.uk

To make a donation visit www.justgiving. com/ProfBen or contact 0121 371 4852.

research team at the Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education and said: “Everyday drugs could help fight cancer – we just need to test them out, which is why we need your support.

“Please help us raise the £1 million we need to match existing drugs, which have already been approved in other conditions like arthritis, to cancers where they have not been tried before.”

If everyday drugs do have an effect on cancer cells they will be cheap to produce and easy to supply, enabling patients to receive them quicker.

To donate visit www.qecancerappeal.org or contact 0121 371 4852.

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Individually, genetic disorders are rare but together they affect 1 in 25 children born in the UK - that’s more than 30,000 babies each year.

Their associated health problems mean that genetic disorders are the biggest cause of death of children aged 14 years and under.

QEHB Charity is teaming up with Genetic Disorders UK to encourage everyone to take part in Jeans for Genes Day on Friday 19th September and make a donation.

Justine Davy, Head of Fundraising at QEHB Charity, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Genetic Disorders UK to improve the care we provide patients with rare diseases, raise awareness of these conditions and promote understanding of what it’s like to live with them.

“Funds raised from Jeans for Genes Day will be split between Genetic Disorders UK and the Rare Disease Centre Appeal which is to create a centre of excellence here for care, treatment and research.

“Please don your denim on the 19th September, make a donation and help us help patients with rare diseases!”

For more information on the Rare Disease Centre Appeal visit www.qehb.org/rare or contact Justine Davy on 0121 371 4852.

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Senior radiographer Alison Stephenson applied for a grant to purchase lockers for MRI patients after noticing the disruption that a lack of lockers was causing.

Alison explained: “Before completing an MRI scan, patients must remove all metal and electronic possessions. Their belongings are placed in individual lockers and are retrieved once the scan is complete.

“Currently, there are six MRI scanners with just a handful of lockers between all machines.

This means that sometimes, although patients are ready for their scans and the machines are available, they can’t proceed because there are no vacant lockers.

“The disruption this causes is frustrating for patients as they must wait longer than necessary for their scan.”

QEHB Charity funded three lockers for every machine.

Alison said: “I never thought I’d be able to make such a difference to patients and staff.

“Thanks to the new lockers a better flow has been created, which has led to a boost in morale and improved patient care. I can’t thank QEHB Charity enough for making this small but vital change possible.”

Would you like to sprinkle some magic? Let us know at charities@uhb.nhs.uk

Could you run, cycle, row or swim five miles for wounded troops?

If so, why not take part in the fantastic Birmingham to Bastion (and back again!) challenge?

Over 48 hours (on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 October) participants will be running, rowing, cycling and swimming 9,000 miles, the distance military personnel travel when bringing back injured military patients from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Challengers include teams from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM), University of Birmingham, QEHB Charity and members of the public.

Why not join in by donating £5 to contribute five miles to the 9,000 mile total distance?

Bikes, treadmills and rowing machines will be in the main QEHB Atrium (as in previous years) and participants will also be running along the canal and swimming at the Morris Centre to donate miles to the grand total.

To sign up or find out more contact Abi Cligg on 0121 371 4852.

To make a donation visit www.justgiving.com/BhamtoBastion or text ‘BHAM54 £5’ to 70070

To make a donation to any of the appeals mentioned please visit www.qehb.org or contact the charity’s team on 0121 371 4852

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RESEARCH NEWS

Showcase gives insight into groundbreaking work Hundreds of members of the public were given an insight into some of the latest and most exciting developments in medical research at QEHB. The hospital’s annual Research Showcase provided the public, patients and visitors with the chance to meet the experts and see how they are working to improve our knowledge of illness and injury.

A highlight was the MEGA-Lungs, the world’s largest inflatable, portable walk-through lung exhibit.

More than 30 different research teams held stalls on the day including UHB’s sexual health researchers who displayed the history of HIV/ AIDS and helped bust a number of myths around sexual health testing.

Experts from UHB, the National Institute for Health Research and the Wellcome Trust also showed the public how to extract a strawberry’s DNA alongside their Health Research Bus. The event in May was part of International Clinical Trials Day which features the slogan “It’s OK to ask about clinical research”.

Head of Research and Development Operations, Joanne Plumb said: “It was great to have such a buzz from the public around the research that so many teams are constantly working on.

“This research has already proven itself to improve outcomes for patients and will continue to do so. I look forward to next year’s showcase.”

Children from St Margaret Mary’s School in Kingstanding look around the MEGA-Lungs exhibit

Sabrina Dhillon, Umar Hussain, Phil Watson-Jones, Sarah Rogers and many others cycled a combined 250 miles in a static bike ride organised by the Research and Development team raising over £300 for QEHB Charity’s Rare Disease Centre, which will become a key part of the new Institute for Translational Medicine

Best Display winners University of Birmingham Liver Research Unit are handed their trophy by Executive Director of Delivery Tim Jones who was massively impressed with the quality of displays

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Mike Leddy and the Lady Mayoress Pauline Leddy

Senior Cardiology Research Sister, Elizabeth Dwenger who was able to discuss the work being undertaken into heart failure prevention

See www.uhb.nhs.uk for the latest news

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QEHB Travel supplement

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The road to improving health and wellbeing The daily commute is, for many, a journey to be endured rather than enjoyed, but how we get to work and how long it takes has a significant bearing on our wellbeing.

The average commute is 54 minutes – add that time to the number of hours we actually work and it is little wonder that Britons often feel stressed out.

According to a report released earlier this year by the Office for National Statistics, our personal wellbeing – life satisfaction, the sense that our work is worthwhile and our feelings of happiness – all decrease for every minute we travel to work.

Commuting affects wellbeing because there is a clearly defined link between stress levels and mental health. In short; the more stressful your journey, the more stress you will feel throughout the day.

Professor Jenny Roberts, from the University of Sheffield, conducted research over 13 years on how wellbeing is affected by changes in commuting times.

She followed 7,000 men and 7,000 women over 13 years in one of the most detailed studies into the subject.

She discovered that women were negatively affected by the journey to and from work, while men were not,

despite the fact that men tend to travel further and work longer hours. Prof Roberts explains: “Women tend to make more interim stops on their journey, via the nursery or the school or the shops, so they have less flexibility and do more multiple activities. This adds stress to commuting.”

Driving tops the list as the most stressful way to travel. Anxiety and feelings of anger are caused by a ‘lack of control’ often caused by delays, traffic jams, roadworks and unpredictable weather, for example.

However, it is not all doom and gloom. Many staff, especially those using trains, find their journeys a very positive part of their day because it gives them time to catch up on emails, read, listen to music, chat to friends or just zone out.

“Women tend to make more interim stops on their journey, via the nursery or the school or the shops, so they have less flexibility and do more multiple activities. This adds stress to commuting.”

Prof Jenny Roberts

Unsurprisingly, those who walk or cycle to work report the least tense journeys, but it’s not just because they avoid traffic jams. The increase in regular physical exercise also improves wellbeing by releasing ‘feelgood’ hormones, endorphins. It also helps to reduce the effect of the stress hormone cortisol on the body.

So it would seem choosing the right mode of transport, for you, can have a huge impact on your overall wellbeing.

To help you plan your journey to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, see our guide to travel overleaf.

See www.uhb.nhs.uk for the latest news

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Getting to the hospital In terms of transport, the QEHB is one of the most fortunate hospitals in the country, with excellent public transport links, cycle paths and easy access to beautiful canal towpaths. Unlike for out-of-town hospitals or rural healthcare centres, travel to the site allows people to take advantage of frequent bus and train services which provide many with the opportunity to get more exercise, reduce their carbon footprint and even save money on their travel and parking costs.

Walking

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Selly Oak Usual working hours: 9.00-5.30

Walking to work has lots of health benefits as it provides regular low-impact physical activity.

For many people walking even part of the journey is a convenient way to reduce transport costs and fit exercise in to their daily routine. Some staff get a bus or train part of their journey and walk the rest of the way. Many find walking onto the campus much quicker than parking.

Benefits of walking Increases energy levels Reduces stress levels Improves sleep Reduces blood pressure Promotes a healthy heart Helps to maintain a healthy weight

Journey time: 35 minutes Current transport: Walking

Walking groups

Cost per month: £0

There are a number of walking groups that walk along roads leading to the hospital site or along the neighbouring canal towpaths.

Describe your journey: We live about 1.7 miles’ walk away and then there are five flights of stairs waiting for me at work! The only delay I have is traffic lights not changing and me waiting a long time to cross the road.

Health Exchange – a social enterprise working with the NHS and community groups – helps people lead healthier and more active lives. They work with 47% of people in businesses and public service providers such as England and Wal Centro to offer walking groups in areas where es walk at least once people want to walk to work, school or to a public per week as a fo transport hub.

rm of functional travel (not recreational walks ) (DfT)

Health Exchange has specific resources for people who work along the A38 Technology Corridor (Longbridge to the city centre).

The average worker spe nds 68 minutes pe r day stuck in congestion . This equa tes to 340 min utes per w eek and a stag gering 272 hours per year (LHD CarSuperm arket)

Car sharing Car sharing is essentially giving someone a lift or accepting a lift.

Many of us share cars regularly, with our friends and family, without thinking about it. But there are often times when a driver has empty seats in the car because they don’t know of anyone else who needs a lift.

And that’s where car sharing, using the best of today’s technology, comes in! There are a number of car sharing websites and apps that match people travelling in the same direction or to a similar destination, allowing them to contact each other and arrange travel: visit Liftshare.com or carsharebirmingham.org.uk

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Benefits of sharing a car: Undercuts the cost of nearly all other forms of transport Reduces congestion and pollution Reduces parking problems Reduces the need for a private car Provides a real solution to the lack of public transport in rural areas

e The averag commute to miles work is 9.32 (ONS)

Reason for travel choice: I have a desk job so I really enjoy walking to and from work. I do drive once every two weeks due to an after-work class.

Best bit: Fresh air and exercise, de-stress after a busy day before I get home.

Worst bit: Bad weather and bad hair as a result!

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Quinton Usual working hours: 8am-4pm Journey time: 10-15 minutes Current transport: Car share Cost per month: £16 – occasional bus tickets to work (average 1 all day ticket per week).

Describe your journey: My mum drives and brings me to work – it’s a 3.5 mile comfortable car journey.

Reason for travel choice: It’s free and comfortable. A direct bus journey takes 45 minutes or I can get two buses.

Best bit: It’s quick, comfortable and convenient. Door-to-door.

Worst bit: Sometimes traffic holds us up and I can’t always receive a lift and have to get the bus.

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Bicycle sales annu ally exceed the numbe r of new cars sold. There are currently 23 million bicycle s in the UK, on average, alm ost ever y other person ow ns a cycle.

Cycling

Cycling to work has lots of benefits and is a very popular alternative to driving. Cycling can provide regular physical activity without the need to spend time and money in a gym. Once you have bought your bike, cycling is a cheap and convenient way to travel and many find it quicker than driving in the city.

Cycle storage on site Cycle storage facilities are currently available in the following locations: • At the main entrance to the hospital • Outside the Morris Centre (Centre Club) • Next to Car Park D • Behind Trust Headquarters • Staff Car Park E • Staff Car Park F • Staff Car Park B1 Cycle shelters are identified on the hospital site maps using a green cycle hut icon.

Cycle routes There are a number of cycle lanes along roads leading to the hospital site and cycle routes along the neighbouring canal towpaths.

Check out the council’s cycle route map to find the best route for you: http://localview. birmingham.gov.uk/cycling/ bham_cycling.html.

Train

Staff Travel Case Study Around 8% of the population (3 million people) cy cle three times a wee k or more. In total 34 % of the population (20 m illion people) say they cycle once a year or m ore (DfT).

Home: Kings Heath, Birmingham Usual working hours: 9-5 or 10-6 (equal split between shifts over the week) Journey time: 15 minutes Current transport: Bike Cost per month: £0 Describe your journey: 3.5 mile journey

Taking all fac tors into consideration, noncyclists have a mortality 39% higher than those cycle to work (Andersen et al, 2000).

Reason for travel choice: Fitness, convenience

Best bit: It’s quick; I can dodge traffic queues. I don’t have to pay to go to the gym or find the time to do it.

Also, because of the regular exercise I can eat more than if I was sitting on my bum in a car every day.

Worst bit: Dodging dangerous drivers (I am a driver too, so not anti-car, and I do of course pay road tax and insurance).

According to the 2011 Census, 741,000 people us e a bicycle as the m ain form of transport for getting to work in England and Wales.

Staff Travel Case Study Home: Sutton Coldfield

University station, which is located between QEH/ QEHB and the University of Birmingham, is just a short five-minute walk away. University station is on the Cross City line. It takes just 7 minutes from Birmingham New Street to University.

London Midland, Birmingham’s local service provider, has a regular Cross City service from Lichfield to Redditch with trains calling at University in both directions every 10 minutes (and around every 20 minutes after 8.30pm up until midnight).

Over 64,000 West people in the mute Midlands com by train.

Other London Midland local services from Worcester and Hereford through to Birmingham also call at University around every half an hour.

Other operators such as Cross Country (from Nottingham, Tamworth, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Cheltenham etc) and Arriva (from Cardiff) also run services calling at University which means it is easy to get to QEHB via train.

Usual working hours: 9am-5pm Journey time: About one hour Current transport: Walk – train – walk Cost per month: My travel pass costs £68 a month.

Describe your journey: I walk to Sutton Coldfield station from my house which takes 15 minutes.

The train journey takes 29 minutes. I walk to the office from University Station which takes about 10 minutes.

Reason for travel choice: Driving through the centre of Birmingham is a nightmare! I don’t want to face the A38 twice a day. It’s also quicker in the rush hour to go by train (assuming the trains are on time). Parking outside my house is difficult and because I share a car with my husband who sometimes needs it for work, driving isn’t always an option hence I stick to the train.

Best bit: I can catch up on emails and read on the train. It’s stress-free – let the train take the strain – and the walking bit is good exercise.

Worst bit: It’s not that fun in the rain!

There have been periods of time when the trains have not been reliable at all however this seems to be improving.

Buses Birmingham has an extensive network of bus routes with a great number of routes taking in the QE/ University campus or surrounding streets.

Bus routes Buses on QE site: 48, 76, 84, 98, 99 and 647 Buses within a 10min walk of campus: 11, 22, 23, 24, 29 and 29A Buses on Bristol Road (about a 15min walk of campus): X64, 61, 63, 144 NHS employees can take advantage of discounted travel cards for buses and trains across the city. Travel costs within the local network are calculated on a zone basis like London Underground and provide unlimited travel within your zones.

Staff travel cards are available at Travelwise pass distribution sessions, which are held four times per year.

You can find out more about how the staff travel pass works by attending an information session – dates are advertised on the Intranet.

See www.uhb.nhs.uk for the latest news

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Smarter choices mark Bike Week at QEHB Birmingham City Council’s expert Smarter Choices cycling team came to QEHB to mark Bike Week – to help staff get back on their bikes. Karl Stevens from the Trust Communications Team went along for the ride.

With my confidence shaky – having not been on a bike for over 12 years – I was genuinely nervous about the prospect of getting in the saddle again.

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I remembered how to get pedaling surprised me – it is true what they say, you don’t forget how to ride a bike.

My main hesitation about cycling is the thought of being on the road with fast cars, huge trucks and slow buses. But knowing there is such an ideal cycle path between where I live in Quinton and Selly Oak that avoids being on a road amongst other vehicles, it really has convinced me that actually there is a

First off, the team loaned me a bike and helmet – safety first! And we set off along the quiet and scenic Bournbrook route.

The Bournbrook route travels along the Bourn Brook stream that stretches between Woodgate Valley Country Park and Selly Oak to the River Rea and it was a leisurely and picturesque ride – full of trees, flowers (and nettles too), but quite different to the rear end of whatever car happens to be in front.

I’m not the fittest of people, indeed I am probably a little overweight – so the relaxed and non-intense ride was ideal for a beginner but the ease with which

“...the ease with which I remembered how to get pedaling surprised me – it is true what they say, you don’t forget how to ride a bike.”

Karl Stevens

Travel apps

Karl Stevens centre with fellow riders and the Smarter Choices team

better way to get to work than to sit in traffic or wait for a parking space.

quiet roads – I didn’t know there were so many.

Take a look for yourself – if the thought of cycling on the roads is what is holding you back, look at the amount of bikefriendly routes, dedicated cycle paths,

Birmingham City Council has a great website where you can find more information. Take a look at www. birmingham.gov.uk/cycling

There are lots of handy apps which you can download to your smart phone to help you on your way.

London Midland – free

CycleStreets – free

Save your favourite journeys and frequently visited stations, to help you quickly plan your next trip. Live disruption information giving you alternative travel options and ‘track your train’ functions are available.

Cycle journey planner with clear itinerary and maps. Add your photos of cycle-related problems and good practice!

National Rail Enquiries – free This app gives you real-time departure and arrivals at any Railway Station in the UK. Select your favourite stations. Plan your rail journey.

Network West Midlands – free Find your nearest bus stop, metro stop or railway station in the West Midlands, and see it on a map. See live departures. Select your favourite stops. See service alerts and information on tickets.

MapMyRide – free Live route map. Distance. Elevation. Calories burnt. Voice prompts. Search common rides and post times and records to Twitter and Facebook. Register with www.mapmyride. com to join sponsored challenges, connect with other riders and win prizes for riding.

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Strava Cycling – free Top rated app. Track your rides. See your progress. Compare your performance against others, disaggregated by age and weight. Join sponsored challenges. Register with www. strava.com.

Walkit Network West Midlands – free Urban walking route planner. Map with turn by turn directions, estimated walking time, journey distance, calorie burn and estimated carbon saving.

Walk4Life – free Plan your walk on a map. Record and save your favourite walks, as you walk. Measure walk duration, distance, speed, calories burnt.

Register online with www.Walk4Life.info. Set new local walks, join in walk events, take up challenges, add photos of interesting things.

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Job opportunities for our apprentices A group of UHB apprentices have gone the extra mile by obtaining jobs with the Trust within six months of starting their placements.

Abdul Hakim, Cassie-Ann Stone, Katie Doak, Kerry Price and Sophia Beddows have all left the current apprenticeship programme after securing full-time posts.

They were among 33 apprentices who began their 12-month placements in business administration, customer services or IT last December.

Learning and Development Manager Karen Jameson said: “We continue to be very proud of our apprenticeship scheme, with many of our apprentices securing positions within the Trust.

“The news about this latest group of apprentices obtaining jobs here clearly demonstrates how far they, and others, have developed in such a short time.”

Cassie-Ann Stone, Administrative & Tutor Support Apprentice, who has obtained a job as a Theatre Support Worker, said: “I will be supporting patients in the Theatres department such as escorting them to and from the theatre, assisting the medical staff during the operation itself, and helping with the recovery once the operation is over.

“I will also be responsible for ensuring the operating theatre is ready before the operation begins, and cleaned properly once the operation ends.”

Cassie-Ann, aged 24, said she was ‘really excited’ to be a full time permanent staff member, adding: “I originally wanted to do theatres and was completely surprised but overjoyed when I was offered the job.”

Sophia Beddows has switched from being an apprentice Multi Disciplinary Team Support Coordinator to a new role as an auxiliary nurse.

The 18-year-old said: “Having had the experience in an office environment I felt as though I wanted more, and the position I have gained as an auxiliary nurse will give me hands on experience with patients. It is my ambition to now go back to university and register as a nurse.”

Sophia added: “Learning and Development have been very good throughout my time on the apprenticeship scheme and in helping me find a job. They have pushed each apprentice to complete their work to the best they can and helped many people gain full time jobs.”

Research & Development PA Apprentice Katie Doak, who has obtained a job as a waiting list coordinator, said she had benefited from ‘great work experience’ within the Trust, in particular in R&D.

BHBN Radio schedule Monday 12noon-1pm The Light Lunch Elevator Zone 3pm-4pm – Bubba the Loungehound The Tea Time Show 6pm-7pm – David Moore Hospital Requests 7pm-8pm – Claudia Wilde The Evening Show 8pm-10pm – Dale Hobson

Tuesday 12noon-1pm The Light Lunch Elevator Zone 3pm-4pm – Bubba the Loungehound Hospital Requests 6pm-7pm – Ciaran Fitzpatrick 7pm-8pm Easy Listening – Kelly Howell The Evening Show 8pm-10pm – Paul Millington

Wednesday 12noon-1pm The Light Lunch 3pm-4pm 6pm-7pm 7pm-8pm 8pm-10pm

Thursday 12noon-1pm The Light Lunch Elevator Zone 3pm-4pm – Bubba the Loungehound The Tea Time Show 5pm-7pm – Ben Selvan Hospital Requests 7pm-8pm The Evening Show 8pm-10pm – Chris Friday

Friday 12noon-1pm The Light Lunch Elevator Zone 3pm-4pm – Bubba the Loungehound Pick and Mix 6pm-8pm – Brendan Delaney The Evening Show 8pm-10pm – Bill Waldron 10pmThe Rock Show midnight – Brian Swann (L-R) Sophia Beddows, Katie Doak, Abdul Hakim and Cassie-Ann Stone. Inset: Kerry Price

*CBSO Concerts when broadcast are on Friday at 7:30pm*

Katie, 19, commented: “I worked really hard to get onto the apprenticeship programme and then to get a job. “I am really happy that all the hard work has paid off. I have really enjoyed my time and will be sad to go. I have learnt a lot here and can now finally put it all to use.”

Abdul, aged 20, has obtained a full-time job as an Administrative Assistant in Therapy Services after joining the programme as an Apprentice Graphic Designer.

He said: “I am based in the reception area with first point of contact with patients, booking them in for their appointments to see their physiotherapists.

“The apprentice scheme has helped me a

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great deal and it is great to have a full-time job with the Trust. It has meant a lot for me being part of the NHS, joining as an apprentice through Learning and Development and then securing a permanent position three months into my apprenticeship.”

Kerry has joined Sophia in also becoming an auxiliary nurse, working in the Clinical Decision Unit, after previously being based within radiotherapy services during her apprenticeship.

If anyone is interested in finding out more information regarding the apprenticeship programme you can email Sue Bell at sue.bell@uhb.nhs.uk

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Radiologist’s presentation wins clinical prize Sinnott. This presentation held in the Education Centre, is part of the regular Grand Round Thursday lunchtime meetings.

(Left to right): Judge Dr C Snelson, Dr Aditi Kumar, Dr Jules Harvey, Dr Joseph Sinnott, Dr Suresh Panchakshariah and judges Dr J Webber, Dr A Wright and Dr S Madathil.

Weekend Breakfast – Dave Horton/Olly Brown (Alternate Weeks) BHBN Gold – Colin Monnaf The Frock Show – Sarah Morris Queen Elizabeth Hospital Military Ward Requests – Michelle Woodhouse BHBN Birmingham Sport – Live kick by kick commentaries of the local teams Sponsored By

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Dr Jules Harvey, ST4, Radiology has been awarded the 2014 University Hospital Birmingham Junior Staff (Nussey) Clinical Prize.

There were 23 submissions this year and the four presenting candidates are all to be congratulated for reaching the shortlist. Jules won the prize for his excellent presentation entitled ‘Primum non-nocere’.

Runners up were Dr Aditi Kumar, Dr Suresh Panchakshariah and Dr Joseph

Elevator Zone – Bubba the Loungehound Words and Music – Brian Henderson Hospital Requests – Donna Joseph The Evening Show – David Elliott

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Saturday Disco – Marky B Saturday Alternative – Olya Jeneson BHBN Reggae Selection

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Laid Back Sunday – Bill Waldron Kitch & Kool – Brendan Delaney Martyn Williams

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Hospital Requests Olly Brown’s Sunday Get Together BHBN County Show

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Staff on frontline given national recognition Medical staff based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham have been honoured during a national awards ceremony for their roles in treating seriously injured patients.

They received national recognition at the 2014 Ambulance Service Institute Awards, held at the House of Lords in London in May. This included the award of an Honorary Fellowship to Professor Sir Keith Porter, Clinical Service Lead for Trauma and the country’s first Professor of Clinical Traumatology.

Prof Porter, who leads a team of 10 military and civilian trauma consultants treating seriously injured patients at QEHB, was said to have been at the forefront of developing world-class treatment for injured military servicemen and women for more than a decade.

The awards were presented by leading surgeon Lord Ian McColl, who also served as Shadow Minister of Health for more than 10 years up to 2010.

He said: “It has been a great joy for me to hear all the amazing things that you have done. We are just so grateful that you risk your lives to do all these wonderful things.”

Dr David Balthazor, a consultant in intensive care medicine at QEHB, received the Air Ambulance Award. He was part of a Midlands Air Ambulance team which attended an incident in Staffordshire involving a 33- year-old man trapped in a 3ft by 3ft maintenance tunnel beneath a large potato sorting machine.

The patient’s arm had been partly torn off by the machine’s

rollers and he was bleeding quite profusely, but members of the ambulance team took turns in the tunnel to treat and reassure him before he was released by firefighters.

During his two-and-a-half hour ordeal, the trapped patient was given oxygen, morphine, intravenous fluids and blood, with the award citation acknowledging that this was a “difficult and dangerous job demonstrating excellent team work and inter-service.working”.

Dr Balthazor, who has been flying with the air ambulance on a part-time basis for seven years, said: “I had to crawl in and out of the tunnel to provide treatment, set up a drip, and also coordinate all of the care as the doctor on site.

“At one point we had to be soaked in water to prevent our clothes catching fire while the firefighters were cutting through the rollers to free the patient.”

Alex Laston and Louise Ormsby, a Patient Transport Service crew working from the hospital, won the national Patient Transport Award.

The West Midlands Ambulance Service team came across a serious road accident in Moseley involving a female pedestrian and a large goods vehicle.

Their citation said: “Despite the horrific nature of the patient’s injuries, the crew remained calm and professional in rendering aid until a front-line ambulance arrived.”

They then continued to provide ‘first-class assistance’ to the front-line crew who asked for their thanks and congratulations to be passed on.

Above: Consultant Dr David Balthazor and the Midlands Air Ambulance team receive their award

Prof Keith Porter receives an Honorary Fellowship Right: Louise Ormsby and Alex Laston receive their award

Groups offer help: Patients, families and staff can turn to support from a range of groups at the Trust ALOPECIA Impartial information and mutual support to cope with hair loss Contact Jenny: 07760 95885, 0121 440 5794, or email jen@araucaria.demon.co.uk, www.alopeciaonline.org.uk ANN CONROY TRUST Support and education for patients living with Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation. www.annconroytrust.org Tel: 0300 111 0004 BECHET’S SYNDROME SOCIETY Helpline: 0845 130 7329. Email: Info@bechetsdisease.org.uk.

Website: www.bechets.org.uk. Birmingham group contact: 07886 304018 or email: anishaz@hotmail.co.uk BIRMINGHAM ARTHRITIS RESOURCE CENTRE The resource centre is located at Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Central Birmingham. Tel: 0121 464 2708 Email: barccentre@bham.ac.uk or Website: www.barc.org.uk BREATHE EASY - THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF THE BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION For everyone living with lung disease. Birmingham South Group meets monthly at Moseley Hall Hospital 2-4 pm.

Contact BLF Direct on 03000 030 555 or go to www.blf.org.uk BRITISH SJOGREN’S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION Support group for sufferers of the auto-immune rheumatic disease. Tel: 0121 455 6532.

BUSY B’S Support group for people with stomas and bowel disease.

Tel: 0121 627 8343.

CYSTITIS & OVERACTIVE BLADDER FOUNDATION Advice line: 0121 702 0820. Email: info@cobfoundation.org and website at www.cobfoundation.org DIABETES UK Has regularly support group meetings in King’s Heath for people with diabetes, family members and friends. For further info see www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/Midlands and follow link to Birmingham or email racheltier@btinternet.com DIGNITY IN CARE SUPPORT GROUP The group run the Memory Lane Cafe for patients with cognitive impairment and their carers. Cafe is open Wednesday afternoons. Email: memorylanecafe@uhb.nhs.uk, www.dignityincare.org.uk D.I.S.C (DEMENTIA INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR CARERS) A service offered specifically for CARERS of people with confusion and memory (DEMENTIA) problems. Tel: 0121 452 1152. Email: carers@discbirmingham.co.uk www.discbirmingham.co.uk GET-A-HEAD Fundraising and support group for patients who have had head and neck cancer. 0121 371 5046 www.getahead.org.uk GROWN-UP CONGENTIAL HEART PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Supports young people and adults born with a heart condition.

Tel: 0800 854 759.

HEADSTART BIRMINGHAM Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation Support Group

Meetings are held on the first Friday of the month between 7pm and 9pm. Seminar room in outpatients dept at QEHB. Contact: Patricia Hewlett – 0121 459 7147.

HEADWAY Acquired brain injury drop in service. Wednesdays 1.30pm4.30pm wards 407, 409 & 411. 4.30pm-5.30pm Second floor restaurant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Tel: 0121 457 7541.

HAEMATOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP Meeting at the Centre for Clinical Haematology on a monthly basis for information, social events, friendship and mutual support. Tel 07766 875111 or email: Haematologys@yahoo.co.uk.

HAEMOCHROMATOSIS WEST MIDLANDS SUPPORT GROUP Offering support and raising awareness. We hold regular local meetings. Tel: 0121 457 8986, Email: info@Haemochromatosis WM.org.uk, Website: www.HaemochromatosisWM.org.uk HOME FROM HOSPITAL CARE Free support to Birmingham patients on discharge from hospital Including information, shopping, befriending and respite care.

Tel: 0121 472 4499.

INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES TRUST Listening to people with diabetes and their carers. Tel: 01604 622 837. Email: enquiries@Iddtinternational.org or website www.iddtinternational.org KIDNEY PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Runs local groups across the West Midlands.

01922 644982, flintnf@aol.com, www.kidneymatters.co.uk LARYNGECTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Meets monthly at British Legion social club, Quarry Lane, Northfield. A patient led group. Organised speakers at each session. Tel: 0121 627 2360 or 0121 627 2248.

LET’S FACE IT Support group for people with any form of facial disfigurement Tel: 01843 833 724.

MILITARY PATIENTS Military patients will be visited by a representative from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) who will attend to their administrative, welfare, pastoral and spiritual needs.

NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION Birmingham group at www.brasg.org.uk, Heart of England group contact 01628 823 524, national website: www.nras.org.uk OESOPHAGEAL PATIENTS ASSOCIATION (OPA) National charity offering support and information to patients and carers affected by oesophageal and stomach cancers.

Birmingham group hosts two meetings per year. For information contact 0121 704 9860, email: enquiries@opa.org.uk Website: www.opa.org.uk PAIN FATIGUE SUPPORT Meets first Thursday of the month. Noon to 2pm, Erdington Methodist Church. Tel: 0300 330 0640.

Email: painfatiguesupport@hotmail.co.uk.

PATIENTS’ READING GROUP Meets Tuesdays, Weoley Castle Library. 2pm-3.30pm. To book call 0121 464 1664.

PITUITARY FOUNDATION This group for patients, carers and friends meets at the Morris Centre Club, QEH, on Saturday mornings 3 or 4 times a year.

Contact: 0845 450 0375 www.pituitary.org.uk QE LIVER TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP The group meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Monday of every month (except July and August) in the Faith Centre, Meeting Room level 1 QEHB. Tel: 0121 627 2089 or 01902 679333 (after 7.30pm).

ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held 1st Tuesday of every month, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. Tel: 0121 424 1433 Contact: Lynne Reaper.

THE NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY The National Osteoporosis Society runs a local support group based in Birmingham. Tel: 0121 429 7366 www.nos.org.uk THE STROKE ASSOCIATION Supporting people affected by stroke. Tel: 0303 303 3100 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) Email: info@stroke.org.uk www.stroke.org.uk TINNITUS Practical support and advice for sufferers including group sessions and newsletters. C/o Birmingham Institute for the Deaf, Ladywood Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8SZ. Eileen: 01384 831032. Email info@tinnitusbham.org.uk TRACHEOTOMY SUPPORT New group for patients following tracheotomy. 0121 627 2248.

VASCULITIS SUPPORT GROUP WEST MIDLANDS (VSGWM) Support group for sufferers of Systemic Vasculitis (e.g.

Wegener’s granulomatosis) as well as support for carers. The VSGWM circulates useful information and ideas, with friendly meetings held at least once a year. 0121 243 5621.

WEST MIDLANDS BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT GROUP Boardroom, Main Building, Old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston. Meets third Monday of the month, noon to 2pm.

Contact Sue Wreglesworth on: 0771 7175 236.

Email: sue.wreglesworth@braintumouruk.org.uk WILSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP - UK National charitable group offering support and information to patients with Wilson’s disease and their families across the UK. For information and local support contact jerry@wilsonsdisease. org.uk or visit our website www.wilsonsdisease.org.uk YOUNG ADULTS CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Is run by a group of young adult cancer patients to offer support for people who have similar needs. No strict age limit but current members in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Meetings usually held last Wednesday of month at The Plough, Harborne. Contact Vicky Stock on: 0784 589 7760. Email: stock.vicky@yahoo.co.uk Steps have been taken to ensure this information is up to date but please contact the group directly before undertaking a journey.

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