The Pulse Winter 2015

Winter 2015 | issue 9

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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Peterborough City Hospital celebrates fifth anniversary page 12 Bringing members, staff and PATIENTS the latest Trust news

Message from our

Chief Executive

Introducing newlyelected governors

Stephen Graves

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Welcome to the Winter edition of The Pulse magazine.

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t has now been five years since Peterborough City Hospital first opened and recently we have been reflecting on how far we have come in such a short space of time. Since we opened our doors on 15 November 2010 our staff have conducted 1.8 million outpatient appointments, cared for almost 400,000 patients in the Emergency Department, undertaken 180,000 planned operations or day case procedures, and delivered close to 24,000 babies.

New Head of Midwifery in post

We staged an Open Day to celebrate this milestone on Saturday 21 November. It was great to see so many staff members with their families, along with members of the public who were also keen to take a look behind the scenes. Thank you to all those who came along and to our staff who readily gave up their time to showcase their departments.

While on the subject of our fantastic staff, we heard some wonderful examples of how many have gone the extra mile for their patients and colleagues at our annual Outstanding Achievement Awards held recently.

A picture and a report are on the facing page.

Our team from Amazon Ward excelled themselves again on 14 November when they staged their second Amazon Ball at Peterborough Arena.

Thanks to great support from many sponsors, the ball raised just over £30,000 to be used to improve areas throughout our hospitals where children receive treatment.

I’d like to draw your attention to some work our cancer services department is undertaking with support from Macmillan (see page 9).

This will see some significant improvements to the range of services we provide to people living with cancer. As more people are surviving cancer, there is a far greater need for ongoing support for this growing number of patients. We have been working with Macmillan, our patients, and local health organisations to develop a vision for the types of services that can be delivered from the Robert Horrell Macmillan Centre on the City Hospital site in the future. I look forward to bringing you more information on this as it develops.

Finally, I must thank Progress Health, our service provider partner, for the splendid donation of Christmas trees for our Main Atrium and Women’s and Children’s Atrium at Peterborough Hospital which certainly added a festive feel to our hospital.

Chief Executive, Stephen Graves

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On behalf of all our staff, I’d like to send Seasons Greetings to all our readers and wish you all a happy and healthy 2016.

The Pulse magazine is compiled by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Communications Team. If you have any comments, or would like to make a suggestion about a subject you would like to read about in our magazine, please call the Communications Team on 01733 677851 or email: Communications@pbh-tr.nhs.uk

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Improving the environment for our patients

Hospital Heroes awarded

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he Trust honoured the achievements of its staff in a special ceremony, earlier this year to recognise the contributions of its staff across both hospitals.

Rob Hughes, Chairman, said: “We are immensely proud of the hard work and dedication that our staff demonstrate on a daily basis. The event always

reminds us of how lucky we are to have these individuals working with us, and looking after our patients. Thank you to everyone who sent in their nominations.”

The Outstanding Achievement Awards are split into seven categories and are nominated by fellow colleagues. There is also an award nominated by the public- The Hospital Hero.

These awards give patients, visitors and relatives a chance

to say thank you to someone they feel has gone above and beyond the call of duty.

We are opening the invitations for nominations earlier – from now until September 2016. If you have received outstanding care and want to recognise a member of staff who has gone the extra mile, contact the Communications Team on communications@pbh-tr.nhs.uk or 01733 678024.

Christmas Celebrations with the Trust Chaplaincy Team The Trust’s Chaplaincy Team has arranged a series of events in the Faith Centre, at Peterborough City Hospital during the festive period.

Monday 14 December, 1.45pm Blessing of the Crib in the Atrium and carol singing with children from Thorpe Primary School Wednesday 16 December, 3pm - Christmas Carol Service for Friends, Volunteers and Staff with Jack Hunt School Choir Wednesday 16 December, 6pm - Carols with St. Oswald’s Music Ministry Team on the wards Thursday 17 December, 7pm - St. Peters Singers Carols on wards Friday 25 December, 10am - Salvation Army Band Carols

Hospital Hero winners 2015

The winners were: Award

Winners

Team of year

Winner: John Van Geest Ward Management Team Highly commended: Laxton Library Team

Outstanding individual of the year

Winner: Linda Launchbury, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care Highly commended: Mary Chamberlain, Healthcare Assistant

Living our values - Caring

Winner: Jane Fragola, Ward Manager’s Assistant Highly commended: Sophia Cafaro, Receptionist

Living our values - Community

Winner: Theatres Department Highly commended: Sterile Services Department

Living our values - Creative

Winner: Hayley Woodward, Staff Nurse Highly commended: Sara Reynolds, Personal Assistant

Unsung hero(es) of the year

Winner: ‘Snowy’, Seamstress

Innovation of the Year

Winner: Virtual Paediatric Fracture Clinic Highly Commended: Caroline White, Deputy Sister

Hospital Hero

Winner: Emily Robson, Midwife Highly Commended: Paula-Joanne Bloodworth, Nurse Specialist

11am- Ecumenical Service in the Chapel Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information, please ring the Chaplaincy Office on 01733 673115.

The Chaplaincy Team wish you joy and peace this coming Christmas.

Check out our new Instagram page The Trust has launched its very own Instagram account with the hope of giving you a little insight into life at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals.

You can find us by searching @psh_nhstrust

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Looking forward

Breast Unit receives generous donation from local community The Breast Unit at Peterborough City Hospital would like to thank the members of Peterborough Breast Cancer support group for their recent donation of £3,000.

Members of the support group put their modelling skills to the test and participated in a charity fashion show organised by Beales of Peterborough, raising a total of £1,000.

The group presented their cheque alongside Stephen Duffy, from Buckles solicitors, who made an additional donation of £2,000 to the support group.

This money was donated as a result of a charity trust fund designated to helping a local organisation that benefits those with health-related issues.

Claire Hall, Breast Care Nurse Specialist, said: “We are very grateful for the generous contribution. The money raised will be split, with £2,000 going towards psychological assessments for women before they undergo risk-reducing surgery. The remaining £1,000 will go towards improving patient care on the unit.”

Staff governors Moira Johnston, George Collins, Asif Mahmood

New Governors appointed to your hospitals

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hree new public governors and three new staff governors have recently joined the Council of Governors at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

They were appointed to the voluntary roles following an election held in September amongst members of the Foundation Trust. Six public governor posts and five staff governor posts were up for election.

The Trust would like to congratulate existing public governors Annette Beeton, Chris Chew and Ann Gilliatt upon being re-elected, and extend a warm welcome to new public governors David Cooke and Duncan Lawson.

medicine, Asif Mahmood, Pathology Specimen Reception Manager, and Moira Johnston, IT Project Manager.

Two existing staff governors Donna Phipps, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Nurse, and John Ellington, Medical Equipment Manager, were re-elected, and are joined by new staff governors Dr George Collins, who works in general

Trust chairman Rob Hughes said: “Thank you to all our members who exercised their right to vote. Our governors are valuable and they do a brilliant job in representing the interests of our members and the public at the Trust.”

The seat held by staff governor Sue Thompson, Urology Nurse Practitioner, was not due for election this year.

Welcome to Alison Mayern - Learning Disability Nurse Advisor Coming into hospital can be daunting for most people, but for those with a learning disability or autism, our hospitals can seem frightening, confusing places.

It is Alison’s role, as the Trust’s Learning Disability Nurse Advisor, to ensure that people with learning disabilities and autism receive the appropriate support while they are in hospital - either as an outpatient or inpatient.

Alison has been in post as Learning Disability Nurse Advisor since June and one of her main areas of focus is recruiting and training Learning Disability Champions for all wards.

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Alison Mayern, learning disability and autism nurse advisor

Service to improve patients’ diagnoses and treatment is shortlisted for national health award

Play in Hospital Week proves popular

he Trust’s innovative approach to enhance the care and treatment for neurological patients was shortlisted for a national health award.

Staff from the Play Team, based in Children’s Services at Peterborough City Hospital organised a fun-filled Play in Hospital Week.

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The neurological ‘Patients Know Best’ service was shortlisted for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award in the improving care with technology category.

“The ‘Patients Know Best’ system enables patients, and their parents or carers to upload videos of their neurological episodes, such as seizures,” said Dr Richard Brown, consultant paediatrician.

“Members of our adult and paediatric neurological teams then access the video in order to better understand the patient’s condition and symptoms, and provide an enhanced diagnosis and treatment plan.

“This system provides videos, which we can review without the need of the patient or their families being present. In some cases we have eliminated certain types of epilepsy, and we have been able to confidently plan

courses of treatment, based on what we’ve seen.”

Due to the success of the neurological pilot service, the system will be used to support Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients, to improve their treatment planning and monitoring.

Mr Robert Dennis, consultant colorectal surgeon, said: “We are using a different element of the ‘Patients Know Best’ system where patients report their signs and symptoms, which we check regularly to identify issues earlier and avoid the patient having to attend hospital as an emergency or when requiring urgent treatment.”

Dr Mohammad Al’Ubaydli, founder and CEO of Patients Know Best, said: “We are proud to be working with the Trust and hope to work with them in the future to empower patients and carers to improve their health management and care.”

The HSJ Awards were held in November, and although our team did not win, they were pleased to have reached the shortlist.

Our young patients were treated to a variety of exciting activities such as messy play, a where’s Wally hunt and some well-earned treats at a tea party.

Zoe Wilkinson, Play Service Co-ordinator, said: “The week was great

to be a part as it was a fantastic opportunity to promote the role of the Play Team as well as have fun with the children in the Trust.

“For many of our younger patients, their admission could be their first experience of a hospital and therefore is quite daunting for them.

The Play in Hospital week enabled them to continue having fun even while recovering.”

Mayor of Peterborough John Peach attended play in hospital week

Welcome to Fran, the new Head of Midwifery Fran Gregory joined the Trust as the new Head of Midwifery. She was previously the Matron for Maternity at Lincoln County Hospital.

Richard Brown, Neil Ritchie, Alec Dearden, Helena Baxter, Moira Johnston, Tejal Mitchell

Fran said: “I am delighted to have joined as the Head of Midwifery. The excellent facilities for the women and babies of Peterborough and the surrounding area have been enhanced by the safe, quality care that is delivered on a daily basis.

I look forward to working with the multi-disciplinary team to further develop

Fran Gregory, Head of Midwifery

the service in conjunction with the women and their families.”

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Consultant shares knowledge at Little People UK Convention Mr Mark Latimer, Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant works closely with the Little People UK charity, founded by Warwick and Sammy Davis.

Mark was invited to attend the annual Little People UK convention as part of the panel of medical experts.

Rebecca Nuttall, Charity Administrator, said: “The presentations and consultations offered by the medical panel

were of huge benefit to our members, many of whom felt positive as they received answers to questions that they have had for a long time.”

“We are thankful that Mark was happy to participate in the event. We are hugely grateful for his support and continue to use the event as the foundations to improving medical care and raising awareness for people with dwarfism and within the medical profession.”

Jonathan Jones, Orthopaedic Consultant

Consultant travels to Malawi to support practitioners

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r Jonathan Jones, Orthopaedic Consultant, visited Malawi as part of a combined World Orthopaedic Concern and British Hand Society venture to support education and training in the developing world.

Little People UK Medical Panel 2015

Mr Jones joined Linda Chekotho (Malawi’s only hand surgeon) to run a Hand Trauma Workshop for 25 Orthopaedic Clinical Officers, who deliver

most of the trauma care in Malawi and most cases are treated non-surgically.

Mr Jones said: “The fact that there are only four orthopaedic surgeons in Malawi makes the need for education and collaborative working a priority.

“I was honoured to be involved in this collaboration, where our aim is to help improve the skills of the local practitioners and support in the delivery of safe and effective treatment for trauma patients in this impoverished country.”

Intrepid anaesthetists complete marathon cycle challenge Four of the Trust’s consultant anaesthetists joined a cycle marathon from London to Edinburgh to raise money for patients in countries where monitoring equipment in surgery is not available.

Doctors Richard Griffiths, Andy Gregg, Matt Davies and Neil Cattell joined anaesthetists from around the country to take part in the cycle challenge, which saw them cycle to Edinburgh from a starting point at the London

headquarters of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI).

Their cycle marathon helped boost a £90,000 appeal run by the AABGI to buy Lifeboxes – which are oximeters used in operating theatres in countries where there is little or no specialist equipment to monitor patients during surgery.

Richard said: “It took us five days to complete the 460-mile ride.

“We enjoyed the challenge and to know it will help provide such important equipment is a major boost. We would like to thank all those who have supported us.”

Matt Davies, Richard Griffiths, Andy Gregg and Neil Cattell

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60 seconds with…

Lauren Sandford and Claire Levy

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o celebrate Occupational Therapy week, Lauren and Claire who are Occupational Therapists from the Medical Assessment Unit, gave us an insight into their role.

Lauren said: “We assess patients’ abilities to perform activities of daily living. Our aim is to ensure that patients are discharged home safely and in a timely way maximising their ability to perform their usual activities.

Claire Levy and Lauren Sandford assisting patient Rosie

We treat a variety of patients, from elderly patients who have fallen, and those who have dementia, to patients with long term conditions. All of whom have an identified change in function.

Claire said: “We aim to maximise the patients’ independence by helping them perform activities of daily living, whether this is through equipment like walking frames, or by breaking the activity down into manageable steps. We also work closely with community resources and often signpost patients to services.”

Study of ancient diseases Mr Piers Mitchell, Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant, was appointed the three year term of President of the International Paleopathology Association earlier this year. The Paleopathology Association is the worldwide organisation for the study of ancient diseases.

Mr Mitchell said: “‘I was honoured to be elected to lead the executive committee, which consists of international members.

The association aims to promote research into disease in all time periods in the past, which helps us to better understand patterns of disease present in the world today by demonstrating disease trends.”

Trust works with Loughborough University to conduct ground-breaking research The Pathology Department at Peterborough City Hospital has teamed up Loughborough University’s Chemistry Department to conduct research into a new blood test to facilitate the early diagnosis of diseases such as vCJD and Alzheimer’s disease.

The innovative research project will focus on using nanotechnology to develop a diagnostic kit for screening neurodegenerative disorders that result in the progressive loss of brain function and mobility.

Dr Sivakumaran, Consultant Haematologist and Chairman of the Trust Research and Development Committee, said: “We are all very excited about this new scientific

research collaboration with an outstanding academic institution.”

Matthew Healey, Mark Platt, Dr Sivakumaran, William Roe

As part of the research project, a PHD studentship has been set up and Matthew Healey has been appointed to undertake the research.

Matthew will be spending time looking at medical laboratory techniques and has already taken a tour of the department that he will be working in.

Matthew said: “I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to use my knowledge and expertise to develop the diagnostic test using the Trust’s state of the art laboratories. I am confident that this collaborative project will produce groundbreaking results.”

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Making a difference to our patients

Picture Perfect

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n 2014, student Chloe Sewell underwent jaw surgery at Peterborough City Hospital which has changed her life in more ways than one.

During Chloe’s treatment, she was a frequent visitor to the treatment rooms over a two year period, where medical photographs were taken several times during the process.

Agnese Lazzari, Quality Governance Coordinator and Alison Gray, Dementia Specialist Nurse with sensory bands

Nifty knitters unite to help dementia patients A new campaign Care2Knit has launched and is asking for knitters to help make sensory bands. These are knitted or crocheted tubes with buttons, ribbons, and beads on the inside and outside which are given to dementia patients to calm and entertain them.

If you are able to donate wool or trimmings or to knit or crochet a sensory band yourself please contact Ann Rixen on 01733 678105 or email arixen@nhs.net.

Plain bands with raised or different patterns without any embellishments are also needed for those patients for whom these would be unsafe.

After her operation, Chloe returned for further photographs, where she mentioned that she was considering a career in photography. Medical Photographer Patrick Clynch told her about his own route into photography.

“Patrick’s advice inspired me to consider my career path,” said Chloe. “I have just started a Foundation Degree in Creative and Editorial Photography at Stamford College and it’s intensive, but I’m enjoying it.”

In September, Chloe returned to the hospital for a completely different reason – her first college project, which was to photograph a place that was significant to her or to the public.

Chloe said: “The hospital covers both of those requirements. I chose to photograph

Patrick Clynch, Photographer, Mr B Puttur, Consultant, Danielle Murrell, Orthodontic Nurse and patient Chloe Sewell

the treatment room that I visited and the photography studio where advise from Patrick changed my life path.”

Brightening the stay for older patients Colourful wall displays and pictures of Peterborough from yesteryear are being used to help older patients feel more at home on wards at Peterborough City Hospital.

A selection of images taken in Peterborough from the 1980s were donated to wards by local paramedic and avid photographer Chris Porsz. Chris made the donation following a conversation with the Trust’s Dementia Nurse Specialist Alison Gray, who highlighted how old photographs can make a real difference to the hospital stay for patients with dementia.

grateful to Chris for providing us with some wonderful shots of Peterborough and these have already proved to be a hit with patients who recognise the city as it once was.”

• For more memories of Peterborough from past decades, visit Chris Porsz’s website: www.chrisporsz.com

In addition, ward A9 has been given a minimakeover with the addition of colourful flower transfers on the walls.

Alison said: “Brightening the surroundings to make it feel less like a hospital and more like home can be very effective for settling patients with dementia. We are extremely

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Alison Gray, Dementia Specialist Nurse, Chris Porsz, Photographer and Jim Ntuli, Charge Nurse

Bereavement Centre Trust and Macmillan to undergoes makeover improve support for cancer survivors

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ancer Services at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have received a significant boost from Macmillan to develop well-being and survivorship services for patients living with, and beyond, cancer The charity has offered its support to a major initiative to design new support services to be based at the Robert Horrell Macmillan Centre, which is located within the grounds of the Peterborough City Hospital site.

In order to identify the types of services that would most benefit patients, an event was held at The Cresset in Bretton on 20 October for patients, carers, healthcare staff and those representing a wide range of voluntary and public organisations from across Peterborough and Stamford to put together their vision of the services that would create

a brighter future for cancer survivors.

Kathy Dickinson, Macmillan Centre Wellbeing Project Manager, whose post is funded by Macmillan, and who organised the event, said: “It was an extremely productive and inspiring day. We had more than 80 people attend, representing all parts of the community we serve in Peterborough and Stamford. Their feedback and comments have given us a very rich picture of what support services might be more valuable to patients, carers and their families.

“A recent report by Healthwatch Peterborough highlighted the need to develop more support services for cancer patients and also recommended the re-design of the Robert Horrell Macmillan Centre to meet the needs of a larger number of patients. We will now use the feedback from our event to develop a vision for the future of cancer support services to be delivered by the Trust.”

Susanne Pyke, Sue Suckow, Linda Zardin and Julie Perry

Due to fundraising efforts by staff completing the leadership course at the Trust, the Bereavement Centre has been revamped.

We wanted to make the area as comforting and relaxing as possible to those who sadly need to the use the bereavement centre.”

Sue Pyke, Acting Bereavement Services Manager, said: “We are grateful for the fundraising efforts from our colleagues.

The funding has allowed us to repaint some walls and have wall art, plants and ornaments for the rooms and provide a coffee making facility for relatives.

We are armed and ready against flu, are you?

The Occupational Health Team launched this year’s flu campaign in October and has been busy rallying the troops to join the fight against flu.

By having the vaccination, Trust staff are preventing the spread of flu to our more vulnerable patients, such as pregnant women, premature babies and the elderly.”

There has been an impressive response with the majority of our staff having their vaccination.

If you are over 65 years of age, pregnant, have a long-term medical condition or have a weakened immune system you are eligible for a free flu vaccination. Please contact your GP for more information.

Jo Bennis, Chief Nurse, said: “It is our duty as healthcare professionals to ensure that we protect our patients from the flu.

Stephen Graves, CEO, Ivan Graham, Assistant Director of Nursing, Rob Hughes, Chairman, with Jayne Thompson, Occupational Health Nurse

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News from Stamford Hospital

Car parking charges to be introduced at Stamford Hospital Throughout November we have been seeking views on the impact of car parking charges planned for Stamford Hospital.

The Trust will be implementing parking charges at the Hospital as part of its development plans, in response to complaints raised by patients, staff and tenants who struggle to find a parking space, and to bring Stamford Hospital in line with Peterborough City Hospital.

In recent years, since parking charges have been introduced throughout Stamford town centre, in both the car parks and on-street facilities, the misuse of the hospital car park has increased.

Ahead of its implementation, the Trust has been gathering people’s views on the impact the charges may have on those attending for clinical services at the Hospital. It has also invited views from its 180 members of staff who work at the hospital.

We expect that these comments might influence the parking rates to be charged and the facilities provided in the car park, such as the provision of lighting and disabled and mother and baby spaces.

Due to the large volume of feedback received, the topic will be considered as part of a discussion at the December meeting of the Trust Board of Directors, held in public, at Peterborough City Hospital on Tuesday 22 December 2015. An update on the outcome of that meeting will be included in the next issue of Pulse magazine, but will be available much sooner on the Trust website: www. peterboroughandstamford.co.uk

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Stamford Hospital ‘revealed’ tour

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atron and Site Manager, Sue Brooks treated Stamford Hospital staff to a behind the scenes tour of the Hospital, which was opened in 1828 following a bequest from local surgeon Henry Fryer.

The tour visited the various closed off areas, including the fever blocks that opened in 1878 to cater for infectious diseases.

Sue Brooks said: “The blocks were very

innovative at the time and were among the first in the country to be built. Nurses would live in the blocks during their spell of duty and burn all their uniform before they left. The blocks are decorated with tiled panels on the walls, which were easily cleaned.”

The tour included a visit to the former Ancaster and Exeter wards. These wards opened in 1928 and were used for both surgical and medical cases.

Archaeologists conduct dig at Stamford Hospital A team of archaeologists from Cambridge University Archaeological Unit conducted a dig at Stamford Hospital in late October.

The dig was organised as a necessary part of the process in submitting an application to the local authority for full planning permission to develop the hospital site in the future.

The archaeological team spent almost two weeks on site and worked in three different areas. The team found a number of skeletal remains laid out in what appeared to be burial plots, which was in keeping with the fact that part of the site was once a former monastery. These were not disturbed and were covered back over

once the dig concluded.

Following the dig, the Archaeological Unit team was due to write a report for the planning authority to consider along with the Trust’s application to demolish Hurst Ward and create a procedure room facility on the hospital site.

This is in line with the Trust’s clinical strategy, which is centred upon treating more patients at Stamford Hospital in the future.

Elsewhere on the site, we are still on track to start building work to redevelop the East End of the site, which includes the outpatients department, main reception and café area, in early Spring 2016.

Supporting our patients

Staff nurse retires after 47 years at Stamford Hospital

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aggie Toon from Easton on the Hill, near Stamford, was born at Stamford Hospital, and applied for her nurse cadet training there in 1966 at the age of 14. Attending an interview with her mother, she was accepted into the Nursing Cadet course starting two years later at 16 years old.

Pausing only to have her two children, Maggie has stayed at Stamford in various capacities ever since. “I have had five different employers and never left the

building!” she says.

from her school master from back in1966.

“It is the people I work with and the people I meet that have kept me coming in,” said Maggie. “I knew what I was letting myself in for, working weekends and unsocial hours as all nurses do. I will enjoy spending more time with my family and grandsons.”

Sue Brooks, Site Manager and Matron at Stamford Hospital said, “It has been lovely to work with Maggie, she is an asset to the hospital. We all wish her a happy and restful retirement.”

Loved by her colleagues past and present, Maggie’s retirement was marked in October when staff held a party. She was presented with a scrapbook, including her 49 year old application letter, which was kept on her personal file all these years and references

Maggie said “I have seen huge progress in medicine and surgery; operations that used to have a two week stay in hospital are now done as a day case. Stamford Hospital is a much better place in lots of ways than 47 years ago.”

Maggie Toon retirement party

Maternity Department receives donation from dad Chris Kelly raised money for the hospital’s Maternity Department after his baby son, William, was re-admitted to hospital shortly after birth due to weight loss.

“I was so appreciative of the maternity staff for their extensive compassion and thoughtfulness that they showed all three of us,” said Mr Kelly.

The maternity department will put it towards equipment to help student midwives and qualified midwives with their ongoing annual training in emergency procedures.

Freemasons Gavin Elsey and Mr Kelly came to the hospital personally to thank the staff and to hand their cheque for £500 to representatives of the department.

left to right: Gavin Elsey, Chris Kelly, Lisa Manning, Acting Inpatient Lead Midwife, Theresa McCarthy, Clinical Midwifery Team Leader, and Fiona Sturrock, Transitional Care Lead.

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Final words

NonExecutive Director Opportunity Mr Ken Beeton, a nonexecutive director of the Trust and Chair of the Trust’s Audit Committee, is stepping down after having completed 4 years in this role.

The Trust is therefore undertaking a recruitment campaign to replace Ken in this role and will be looking to appoint his successor in January 2016. The nonexecutive director/Chair of Audit Committee is an important role as this scrutinises the performance of the Trust, providing assurance that appropriate internal controls that guide how we operate are in place. Previous experience in managing within a complex environment and of audit processes is required.

Further information can be obtained can be obtained from Simon Green, Director or Stuart Ridley, Senior Researcher at Harvey Nash on: 0207 333 1592.

We have successfully launched phase 2 of our new Maternity IT System – K2

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omen who now book with their midwife will have their antenatal care captured electronically; ensuring information is available to all staff involved in their care.

The K2 project is being implemented in three stages; with the final stage (postnatal) following in the coming months.

Previously, women were given a set of hand-held maternity notes. These have now been replaced by a secure web-based portal though which they can view their maternity notes. This portal can be accessed through electronic devices that are connected to the internet, including laptops, tablets and android phones.

Women who booked with their midwife prior to Tuesday 29 September will continue to have their care documented on paper.

Staff training on K2 software

Membership

Dates for the diary

Are you interested in playing an active role in shaping the hospital services? You can become a member today! Email membership@ pbh-tr.nhs.uk or call 01733 678024 for more information, alternatively you can apply on our Trust website.

Members Meetings

Tuesday 26 January

Wednesday 13 April

Tuesday 23 February

Thursday 28 July

Tuesday 29 March

Thursday 6 October

The meetings will be held at 1.30pm in the Board Room at Peterborough City Hospital.

Keep up to date with the latest news from your local hospitals.

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals @psh_nhstrust @psh_nhstrust Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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At Next Steps Community Care Ltd we provide support from 8 to 24 hours for age 18 and above

• FT members’ magazines and literature • Mailing service and socio economic profiling • Annual reports, quality reports and summaries • Advertising funded social care directories and information • Advertising funded staff magazines • Promotional items e.g. lanyards, pens, balloons, mugs etc • Ebooks

Designed & Published by Octagon Design & Marketing Ltd, Hawks Nest Cottage, Great North Road, Bawtry, Doncaster, DN10 6AB 01302 714528 | www.octagon.org.uk | info@octagon.org.uk

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Designed & Published by Octagon Design & Marketing Ltd, Hawks Nest Cottage, Great North Road, Bawtry, Doncaster, DN10 6AB Tel: 01302 714528