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Taking pride in our world-class facilities The original Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be officially renamed the Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) this month, July.

The change will coincide with the opening of the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), a new research facility which has been developed within the same building.

The ‘Heritage’ name was chosen following consultation with staff at a series of forums. It reflects the history, pride and affection in which the QE is held while acknowledging that the hospital is still very much open for business and delivering the best in care.

Dame Julie Moore, Trust Chief Executive said: “When the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham opened in 2010, the original hospital was referred to as the ‘old’ hospital.

“The intention then was that all our patients would be treated within the new hospital. However, as numbers have increased we have coped by refurbishing areas of the original hospital to make sure we don’t have to turn anyone away or cancel so many operations because of capacity.

“We want to ensure that all patients, their families and potential

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patients feel that they are being treated on a par with those in QEHB. “By changing the name of the QEH and moving away from the ‘old’ association, we aim to send a message that everyone will receive the best in care, whatever building they come to.”

Over the past two years the Trust has opened an extra 170 beds in the original Queen Elizabeth Hospital, as well as a second Ambulatory Care facility and two theatres, to ensure capacity for the increase in the number of patients wishing to be treated at the hospitals.

During 2015/2016 the Trust will for the first time see more than one million patients through its doors within a 12-month period. When the new hospital opened in 2010 the 12-month figure was 630,000.

In the past financial year that had grown to 994,000-plus, with increased admissions and attendances through the Emergency Department and increased capacity across the hospital.

Staff, patients and visitors accessing the wards, departments and clinics in the Heritage Building should use the new Main Entrance on Mindelsohn Way. They can also use the West Entrance by WH Smith.

Personal approach The Institute of Translational Medicine will offer world-class facilities that will connect patients with clinicians and trials teams embedded in personalised medicine.

Personalised medicine (also known as stratified medicine) is recognised as a key global priority for healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries and patients.

The approach subdivides patients into groups based on their risk of developing specific diseases or their response to particular therapies, offering the ‘right treatment, for the right person, at the right time’.

The Centre for Rare Diseases (CfRD) is a clinical facility that will be located within the ITM. It will open in September this year, when some clinics currently held in QEHB will transfer to the Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital).

The CfRD co-locates specialties and their clinicians, allowing patient appointments to be better coordinated and hopefully cutting the burden of travel for multiple consultations on different dates.

Within the CfRD there is a Resource Room the Hospital Birmingham Charity. It provides a relaxing space for patients and their carers to spend time between appointments.

The CfRD has its own access and reception area, through the Main Entrance, Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital), Mindelsohn Way. The ITM is being delivered by Birmingham Health Partners, a collaboration which brings together the clinical, scientific and academic excellence of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), the University of Birmingham (UoB) and Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BCH).

Awards help us to celebrate exceptional care With less than a month left until nominations close, the hunt is on for 2015’s super stars.

Already over 200 nominations have been received for this year’s awards, from a range of grateful colleagues, patients and relatives.

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

Thanks to the kind support of our charity, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Charity, the Awards give us the opportunity to show our appreciation to those who deliver excellent care, live and breathe the values of the Trust and demonstrate compassion, enthusiasm and devotion to our patients.

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 November where the worthy winners will be announced.

To make your nominations fill in a nomination form at the Information Desk or visit our website www.nhs.uk/ awards. Nominations close 31 July 2015.

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Health talks for Foundation Trust Members Daytime sessions: 10.00–10.30 – Registration 10.30–noon – Health Talk

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 Friday 24 July Thyroid: Under-active and over-active Tuesday 18 August Can you hear me? Hearing problems and treatments Monday 7 September* Mental health Wednesday 23 September Eyes: Common conditions affecting sight Friday 23 October Stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) Monday 16 November How the brain works Wednesday 16 December Alcohol: The effects of drinking and support available For more information see: www.uhb.nhs.uk/health-talks.htm

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New dialysis service is closer to home After months of meticulous planning, building work and training, Smethwick Dialysis Centre opened its doors to its first patients on 3 June.

Among the first patients to dialyse on opening day were Shashi Patel, Harjit Dhillon, Yvonne Layton and Tejinder Panesar.

“So far everything is going just fine,” said Shashi who has been dialysing for nearly 20 years. “It’s quite a big unit so I haven’t met many of the staff yet but all the healthcare assistants I have seen seem very nice.

“I arrived here and I was the first person to be put onto the machine. In fact it was the nurse in charge Gabby, who I have known for years, who put me on the machine.”

“I have a schedule of what I like to watch on the TV – all my regular shows, so I just get myself settled in, get nice and warm and watch the TV for a few hours.”

Gabby Kelly, Lead Nurse for Assure Dialysis Services which runs Smethwick Dialysis Centre, cared for Shashi while working as a dialysis nurse in Wolverhampton.

Gabby said: “It has been a wonderful to see everything come together and finally see the patients here.

I’m happy! Everything went very well and the new centre is very nice.

Harjit Dhillon, patient You Said At a patient focus group, patients of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Audiology Centre (QEHAC) raised the fact that the chairs in the waiting room were laid out in an orientation that was not helpful to hearing impaired patients.

We Did As a result, the QEHAC team changed the layout of the waiting room so that all patients could see staff coming to call them.

They also had a new patient calling screen put on the central column in the waiting room which is visible to all patients.

Dr Huw Cooper, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology), said: “The changes to our waiting room have been very successful and patients have commented how it has improved their experience within the department. The alterations we’ve made could be replicated in other waiting areas to ensure our hospital is as helpful as possible for people with a hearing impairment.”

Long Service Awards If you have completed 25 years’ service or longer in the NHS you will be entitled to a Long Service Award.

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“We are extremely proud of this new facility as it will mean patients can access high quality dialysis care right in the heart of the community – exactly what patients have told us they want.”

Shashi, who transferred from the dialysis unit in Great Bridge, said: “One of the biggest benefits is the fact that I can have my outpatient appointments here. I like to be involved in my care. I ask a lot of questions and I like to understand what drugs I need and why, so it will be helpful to see the doctor here too.”

Many of the patients spoke of the centre’s convenient location.

Yvonne Layton, who has been dialysing for

Patient Harjit Dhillon with healthcare assistant Leanne Scott, left, and dialysis nurse Naomi Saunders, right, after completing his first dialysis session

around five years said: “I’m going to save a lot of time. I have always relied on patient transport, which could take about an hour to get me to my previous dialysis unit, but because there are bus stops just by the entrance to this centre, I will now be able to get the bus from right outside my house.”

Patient Yvonne Layton

Dr Clara Day, Lead Consultant for Haemodialysis at University Hospitals Birmingham said: “The facilities at Smethwick Dialysis Centre are fantastic - a great deal of consideration has been given to factors such as heating and lighting, as well as the quality of the furnishings such as chairs – which we know has a significant impact on the patient’s experience.”

“It is not just the state-of-the-art facilities which will benefit our patients, historically those who live in the Smethwick area have had to travel across Birmingham to access dialysis care.

Now, not only will our patients receive their treatment much closer to home, they will also have their renal outpatient appointments at Smethwick Dialysis Centre.”

The centre opened with 12 dialysis stations and will increase to a maximum of 32 stations.

In addition a further eight isolation rooms, a bespoke home haemodialysis training suite and free patient parking, are also provided.

Support for patients facing challenges To mark Learning Disabilities Awareness Week, the Dignity in Care team organised an awareness stand to promote the resources available at the hospital for patients who need extra support.

The aim was to ensure all staff knew about the resources which maintain and improve patients’ experience and the importance of communicating effectively with all patients. This includes making reasonable adjustments for those who need it.

The team also wanted to make sure they were able to offer support to the relatives and carers of patients with learning disabilities and autism, so

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provided some information on local support services such as Autism West Midlands.

The event followed on from the launch of the Learning Disabilities toolkit earlier this year. The toolkit is a new training resource which staff can use in a range of care settings. It includes resources to help communicate effectively with people with learning disabilities and other patients, such as those whose first language is not English.

For more information about the resources available, contact the Dignity in Care team via email Dignityincare@uhb.nhs.uk

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True value of life changing research Luke Flavell can’t wait to get behind the wheel of a car. That’s not unusual, perhaps, for a guy in his mid-twenties - but the last time Luke drove it very nearly cost him his life.

On the morning of 11 July 2012, he was driving to work in his pride and joy, a turbocharged Toyota MR2 sports car that he had owned for just ten weeks after borrowing the money from his grandfather to buy it.

It was raining, the roads were wet and Luke, who was 22 at the time, lost control of the powerful two-seater while overtaking.

The car smashed into a lamp-post leaving Luke, of Lower Gornal, Dudley, fighting for his life with multiple brain injuries, a broken back and two punctured lungs. He also lost the sight in his right eye.

“I overtook a car in the rain and just lost the rear end,” he remembers. “I wasn’t speeding but it was a combination of the wet road, the fact that the car was rear wheel drive and the lamp-post being there.”

Luke was air-lifted to the critical care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) where, just days later, his family were told he would probably not survive.

On the 15-point Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), used to project the potential outcomes for brain injury patients, Luke’s score was just four, suggesting that if he did live he would be severely disabled.

Three years and three brain operations later, though, Luke, now 25, is walking and talking and determined to get his life back.

“All of the doctors and nurses have been amazed by his recovery,” said mum Jackie.

“Many of them have told us that they had never seen anyone recover after having such a low GCS score.”

Luke’s recovery has been far from straightforward, though. He suffered pituitary failure and also contracted a rare strain of C-diff, pneumonia and various other complications before finally going home in March 2013.

Eager to give something back after his treatment Luke and Jackie are now enthusiastic supporters of trauma research and jumped at the chance to become members of the QEHBbased National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology

Fundraisers behind the campaign ‘Prostate cancer – It’s a man thing’ are planning a summer music festival on Saturday 25 July.

The line up includes a wide range of musicians including The Notebenders and Joynn Hoo and Friends with families encouraged to join in a picnic and barbecue.

Gates open at 1pm at Breach Manor in Claverdon, near Henley in Arden in Warwickshire, with entertainment starting from 2pm until late. Other musicians include Barnabus Rex, Wayne Scott, Mohinder Mendi Singh, Tim Amman & Sons, Dutch Lewis, THQ, Barry – tribute singer, AC30’s and Vic Evans. There will also be an open mic, disco, karaoke and raffle.

A suggested donation is £20 including one barbecue meal or £25 including one barbecue meal and a drink. Organiser John Hoo, a drummer and prostate cancer patient, has been fundraising for many months with ongoing support from Professor of Clinical Oncology, Nick James.

Professor James said: “This promises to be a great occasion for all the family and will help raise awareness of prostate cancer.”

All proceeds will go to support prostate cancer research via QEHB or the University of Warwick, which is also supporting the festival. For tickets and further information contact John Hoo on 07738 063372 or email: john-adajia@blueyonder.co.uk To support prostate cancer research make a donation at www.qehb.org or contact 0121 371 4852.

Head of R&D Operations Jo Plumb, Luke Flavell and Lord Mayor, Councillor Ray Hassall

Research Centre’s (NIHR SRMRC) patient and public involvement (PPI) group.

“Being part of the PPI group has actually helped me understand more about what went on during my recovery – it has filled in some of the gaps,” said Luke. “It’s interesting to see what research is going on into all of these areas that had an impact on my treatment.

“I have been there and done that and if anything I can do or say helps somebody else going through the same thing then it is worth doing.”

Jackie added: “Being part of the PPI group gives Luke a purpose and makes him feel worth something, and that is important to him.

“How do you say ‘thank you’ for someone saving your son’s life?

“Anything we can do that will benefit anybody in the future, we are happy to do it.”

Luke still has regular neuro-physiotherapy at home, goes to the gym twice a week and enjoys other activities with the Langstone Society in Dudley and is hoping to return to college in the future.

“I’m still the same person,” he said. “I was a pain in the neck before my accident and I still will be at the end of this, but I will keep going and I am determined to get there.

“I still love cars, being able to drive again is a big goal for me, and I would love to get a job.

Trying to keep up with the normal pace of life is difficult with a brain injury but I’m determined to get back to as normal a life as I can. I’m not the sort to give up.”

For more information about the work of the NIHR SRMRC click on to www.srmrc.nihr

Pamper treat for patients Cancer patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) enjoyed some serious pampering when 12 hairdressing and beauty therapy students from Bournville College visited their ward.

The session, for patients on Ward 622, was organised by ward manager Delphine Beddall and administrator Tracy Hands and was co-ordinated by Becci Nicholls, course team leader at Bournville College.

The students spent four hours on the ward with all 36 patients being offered the free haircuts; head, hand and neck massages; manicures and pedicures.

Delphine said: “The patients really enjoyed the visit. Spirits were raised and the students gave everyone a real boost with

Fundraiser to support ‘It’s a man thing’

the treatments they were able to offer.

“We would like to pass on our thanks to Becci Nicholls and all of the students for so generously giving their time to brighten up the day for our patients.”

Student Gemma Welford said: “It was a real pleasure to be able to cheer up the patients. I get enjoyment out of making people happy.

“Visits like this are also a nice opportunity for us to gain more experience, and help to build our confidence.”

The pamper day was the first of two treats for patients on Ward 622, who the day after also enjoyed some live fifties and sixties music performed by talented local musicians Emma and Sophie Skip.

Dignity in Care This year’s Dignity in Care Conference took place at St Andrew’s Stadium and was enjoyed by over 250 delegates.

The theme for the conference in June was ‘Look Closer, See Me’ and the day involved a mixture of interesting lectures and a variety of different workshops.

A full round-up of the day and photos will be printed in the next issue.

Healthy volunteers Researchers studying tuberculosis are looking for healthy people aged between 18 and 45 years old to take part in a study evaluating the effects of the vaccine BCG on the body.

If you have not previously received the BCG vaccine you may be eligible to participate. Participants will be reimbursed for their time and travel.

Patient Joy Winters with students Carrie Loveridge and Sara Almouslie and health care assistants Debbie Coombs and Maureen Merchant

To find out more: www.jenner.ac.uk/birmingham tbvaccinetrial@uhb.nhs.uk.

A response to this appeal will be recorded, but carries no obligation.

If you volunteer, you can withdraw at any time from the trial. Your GP will be informed if you take part in any study.

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Jobless put careers back on the road It was ten years ago this year that MG Rover went bust leaving thousands of workers without a livelihood.

Mass production ended at the carmaker’s Longbridge plant in April 2005, with the loss of 6,500 jobs plus countless more in the local supply chain.

The company had finally crashed with debts of £1.4 billion and it proved to be a devastating time for those affected and their families as well as for the local economy as employment services struggled to cope with the pressure of so many people losing their jobs all in one go.

Many turned to the NHS as they sought a new direction and have turned their lives around from those desperate times with jobs at University Hospitals Birmingham, which has replaced MG Rover as the biggest local employer.

Spencer Hampton had been working at Longbridge for 15 years when his world was turned upside down.

The 45-year-old from Kings Heath, who was a production team leader in charge of suspension assembly looking after around 40 co-workers, said: “It was like the bottom falling out of your life. One week you’ve got a steady income and the next minute it has gone. I had two company cars which were taken off the drive within a month. It was devastating – the worst time of my life.

“Having a family, a mortgage and holidays booked, which we had to cancel, it was awful as a grown man who wants to support his family feeling so helpless. I was going through emotions that I had never felt before.”

But once the initial shock subsided Spencer set about looking into what he could do in the future and a month later he was at a jobs fair at Cofton Park with some former colleagues when a chance encounter set him thinking.

“To be honest, we didn’t really have an interest in the jobs fair. It was just a few of the old lads meeting up,” he said. “But we came across an NHS stand and went over and had a bit of banter with the staff.

“But after the banter and the bravado and the innuendo I actually went home and thought about it and it ticked a lot of the boxes – a good pension, good wages, good development opportunities.”

Spencer Hampton

Spencer took the plunge and managed to land an NHS job in social care where his leadership qualities from his MG Rover days quickly came to the fore.

“I was sent on various courses to gain qualifications and eventually worked my way up to be a team leader again,” he said. “More of my skills had been transferable than I had ever imagined.”

More of my skills had been transferable than I had ever imagined.

Spencer Hampton Eventually Spencer decided he would like to give nursing a go but, unable to afford a threeyear degree course, he instead enrolled on a two-year Operating Department Practitioner course at Birmingham City University.

“Financially that was better for me. I still had to borrow money to finish the course, but it Mark Parker, aged 49, of Bournville, who now works at the Trust as a theatre orderly on the night shift was one of Spencer Hampton’s team at MG Rover.

Mark, who had also been at Longbridge for 15 years, said: “For quite a while we thought Rover would be saved, because that was what had always happened,” he remembers.

“When the meeting was called where the announcement was finally made I thought that was it for me, I didn’t think that I would ever get another job.

“I was gutted. It was a terrible time. My father-in-law worked at Rover too and everyone locally knew someone who worked there.”

However, Mark heard about the Learning Hub at a job fair and enrolled on the ACTIVATE course where he learned CV writing and job application skills as well as completing a computer literacy course.

was a means to an end. There was light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

“I trained at Selly Oak and absolutely loved the Trust, they looked after me really well so I applied for a job and started work in theatres as soon as the course ended, which was great.” he added.

Spencer, whose 24-year-old daughter Leonie is a nurse at the Trust, now splits his time between theatres and the Emergency Department and is really enjoying his work.

“Ten years on, Rover probably did me a favour,” he went on. “That was a job for life and I would never have moved. But now I am in a job that I love doing, I get real job satisfaction and when I get home at night I feel as though that I have made a difference. In somebody’s hour of need, I am part of the team that helps them.

“The message I would give to people is that redundancy is not a door closing and being bolted. With the right guidance, advice and help it can be a massive door opening.”

Find out more about the Learning Hub and the courses it offers at www.learninghub-uhb.co.uk “I was one of the lucky ones,” he said.

“The Hub helped me a lot. After I finished the course they would be ringing me up when there were jobs going telling me to get my applications in.

“I thought I would be at Rover for the rest of my life. If you’d said to me back then that I could get a job in the NHS I would have laughed at you. But I have, and I’m loving it now. Working on nights in theatres, there is a real team atmosphere and, with the emergencies that sometimes come in, it can be really exciting. It has definitely worked out well for me.”

And working at QEHB has become a bit of a family affair as Mark’s two sons Adam, aged 26, and 23-year-old Ryan are now theatre support workers at the hospital, after also doing courses at the Learning Hub.

Farmers’ Market to run twice a month The continued success of the Farmers’ Market held at QEHB, means it is now going to run twice a month during the warmer months.

The Farmers’ Market, which is usually held on the last Wednesday of every month helps to support local businesses and was introduced in 2013 as part of the Trust’s strategy to improve health and wellbeing as well as helping to sustain the environment.

Thousands of staff and members of the public have visited the stalls since August 2013 when the market first opened, with the market showcasing the best the region has to offer.

This includes eggs, breads, cheese, pies and pastries, honey, chutneys and preserves as well as exciting Caribbean foods and tasty Indian dishes.

In addition to offering a wide choice, the Farmers’ Market also supports local people such as social enterprise Frost and Snow, who work with the city’s homeless and Park Lane Nurseries working with those with mental health issues.

Antony Cobley, who spearheaded bringing the Farmers’ Market to the hospital, said: “These extra dates mean more opportunity for everyone – our staff, visitors, patients and relatives – to buy quality, seasonal produce whilst supporting local enterprise.

“I am delighted that so many people continue to visit the market and support regional businesses.”

The Farmers’ Market will be at QEHB on the following Wednesdays: 8 and 29 July, 12 and 26 August, 9 and 30 September, 28 October, 25 November and 16 December.

For further information see the website at www.uhb.nhs.uk/ FarmersMarket

Have your say on patient transport Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are inviting patients to comment on proposals for a new non-emergency patient transport service in Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell.

NHS-funded non-emergency patient transport helps eligible patients, who are unable to travel by private or public transport, get to and from healthcare services, such as routine hospital appointments.

Non-emergency patient transport services aim to give patients safe, timely and comfortable transport. These services are available free of charge to eligible patients and sometimes this may also include having an escort, or carer, travelling with them.

The 12 week public consultation being undertaken by the CCG, which runs until 21 August aims to seek the public’s views on non-emergency patient transport services and how the changes will affect the current service.

To take part in the survey: Go online at: / bhamcrosscityccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/ consultations/non-emergency-patienttransport-consultation There will also be drop-in sessions in the hospital atrium on Wednesday 8 July and Thursday 6 August from 10am to 4pm

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Alzheimer’s Society Services in Birmingham If you think you may have a form of dementia, or are caring for a person who has dementia, there are many ways that the Alzheimer’s Society in Birmingham can help.

Support from Dementia Support Workers Dementia Support Workers can offer advice on accessing professional help. We are in contact with a wide range of services and other advice centres, so we can put you in touch with specialists who can help you if your concerns are outside of our expertise. We can also refer you, or the person you care for, to services which provide for people with dementia – particularly if you are having trouble accessing this yourself.

Home visits We can arrange for a Dementia Support Worker to visit you in your own home and provide information, advice and support.

Information We can provide a wide range of advice sheets, which include specific information on different types of dementia, care issues and understanding the needs of the person with dementia.

Dementia Cafés Are places for people with dementia, their families and friends to meet other people in a similar situation for support, information and social interaction.

Singing for the Brain

Dementia Friends Programme Dementia Friends is a national initiative run by the Alzheimer’s Society. Funded by the government, it aims to improve people’s understanding of dementia and its effects.

Through the Dementia Friends programme, we aim to change the way the nation thinks, talks and acts to create ‘dementia friendly’ communities.

Is a service provided by Alzheimer’s Society which uses singing to bring people together in a friendly and stimulating social environment.

How does it work?

Singing is not only an enjoyable activity – it can also provide a way for people with dementia, along with their carers, to express themselves and socialise with others in a fun and supportive group.

What is a Dementia Friend?

What should I do now?

For information, advice and support please contact one of our advisors on 0121 706 4052 between 9am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Email: birminghamandsolihull@alzheimers.org.uk Alternatively you can visit us at: Alzheimer’s Society, Waterside House, 7-9 Olton Wharf, Richmond Road, Olton, Solihull B92 7R.

A group of volunteers will be trained to spread the word about what dementia is and what action individuals can take in their community, and recruit Dementia Friends.

A Dementia Friend learns about what it is like to live with dementia and then turns that understanding into action.

What is a Dementia Friends Champion?

Dementia Friends Champions are volunteers who, after attending a training course, run information sessions where they talk to people about being a Dementia Friend in their communities.

How can I get involved?

It’s easy – just log on to www.dementiafriends.org.uk and book on to a Dementia Friends Information session. Alternatively, contact your local Alzheimer’s Society office for more information.

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Five moments will aid hand hygiene QEHB’s infection prevention and control (IPC) team took to the wards to highlight why hand hygiene is central to providing high quality patient care.

The IPC team are dedicated to providing specialist guidance and support to ensure that the highest levels of hygiene are maintained.

The team visited all wards across QEHB and QEH including outpatients and theatres engaging with a range of staff in support of the World Health Organisation’s Hand Hygiene Day. The aim of the road show was to remind staff of key points in maintaining high levels of hand hygiene, dispelling common myths and reiterating the important role staff play in preventing infections. A representative from B-Braun Medical Ltd. also joined the team during their road show supporting their mission to spread good hygiene practice.

Shirley Bird, Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurse said: “The team engaged with all groups of staff across the Trust. The hand hygiene road show was a success and puts us one step further in stamping out infections.”

Left to right: Tariq Ismail, Consultant Surgeon and Chair, Dr Sumitra Kafle, Dr Janak Bechar, Dr Katy Smith, Dr Charlotte Sherlaw and David Hall from Robert H Sage Trust Fund

Left to right: Infection control team members Shirley Bird, Kerry Holden, Mark Garvey, Jane Perkes, Tracey Martin and Craig Bradley

What can I do to help? How staff, patients and visitors can play their part Staff The ‘Five Moments for Hand Hygiene’ approach defines the key moments when healthcare staff should perform hand hygiene.

The process, introduced by the World Heatlh Organisation (WHO), highlights five opportunities which can occur in any setting.

Staff are recommended to wash their hands; ■ Before touching a patient ■ Before clean/aseptic procedures ■ After body fluid exposure/risk ■ After touching a patient ■ After touching patient surroundings Effective hand hygiene is the responsibility of all healthcare staff.

Remember clean hands save lives!

Patients and visitors Patients and visitiors who come to the hospital can play a part in preventing the spread of certain infections by washing their hands on arrival to wards and departments.

Staff are key in encouraging and helping patients to wash their hands before meal times and after toileting. Alcohol gels are available to visitors at ward entrances and there are numerous sink stations to be used for hand washing.

If you are a visitor or patient at QEHB please do not be offended if you are asked to cleanse your hands. Staff are acting in your best interests to ensure that the hospital remains infection free and that we stand by the Trust’s vision of ‘delivering the best in care’.

The infection prevention and control team would like to thank all staff that visited the hand hygiene road show. Together, we can beat hospital infections!

Congratulations to the following hand hygiene quiz raffle winners who have won £10 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers.

- D Price (ODP, main theatres, QEHB) - Siphephile Ndlovu (Ward 726, QEHB) - Baskaran Subramonian (West 1, QEH) - Paul Parry (Young Persons Unit) - Jo Mason (Ward 624, QEHB) A member of the IPC team will deliver vouchers to the prize winners.

Staff should contact Shanel Ellis via ext.

13785 if you have not done so already.

WHEN? Your 5 moments for hand hygiene

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Impressive shortlist for surgical prize

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Dr Katy Smith, FY2 was awarded the 2015 Robert H Sage FRCS Surgical Audit Prize for her presentation at the UHB Grand Round on Thursday 21 May 2015.

The four presenting candidates are all to be congratulated for reaching the shortlist.

Dr Smith won the prize for her excellent presentation entitled ‘Ketamine Sedation in Adult Burn Patients: An audit of current practices’ This presentation, held in the Education Centre, is part of the regular Thursday Grand Round lunchtime meetings.

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Left to right: Runner up Dr Oroog Ali with winners Dr Alastair Beaven and Dr Damian McGrogan

The first Junior Specialist Doctor Prize has seen success for two doctors. Dr Damian McGrogan won the Poster Prize whilst Dr Alastair Beaven was awarded the 2015 Junior Specialist Doctor Audit Prize for his presentation ‘Missed Pre-ED Ambulance Triage Audit’.

All candidates who were shortlisted and invited to present are to be congratulated for their efforts. This presentation, held in the Education Centre, is part of the regular Thursday Grand Round lunchtime meetings.

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Testing strength Have you ever wondered why it is that you lose muscle and strength as you age? To help you and us answer this question, we are interested in understanding muscle metabolism in older individuals. To assist us in our research we are looking for male and female, sedentary volunteers between 65 and 85 years who are non-smokers and nondiabetic.

If you consider yourself inactive and overweight, you may be eligible to participate in our research. Testing will run during the summer of 2015, as such your potential study involvement can be any time between now and then, at a time to suit you.

To get involved with this study, please contact Leigh Breen on L.Breen@bham. ac.uk.

Success for Felicity For an example of a successful researcher look no further than Dr Felicity de Cogan. With a string of grant awards and publications to her name, Dr de Cogan is continually raising her research to new heights.

Dr de Cogan’s background is in materials science and medicinal chemistry and specialist areas range from developing drug delivery methods for ocular treatments to reducing infection for patients with implants.

She was previously awarded a fellowship to conduct research in the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR SRMRC) as well as being involved in several research groups at the University of Birmingham, including the Ocular Injury Research Group and the Glaucoma Research Group.

She was more recently awarded a fellowship from the Association for Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) to progress her ocular work. As part of this work she has created a delivery vehicle that will transport a drug to the back of the eye, to deliver a treatment that is normally given via a painful injection directly into the eye. This treatment is still being tested but it may well provide a positive change for future ocular treatment.

Dr de Cogan has also been shortlisted for a second award – the Armourers and Brasiers’ Venture Prize for her work developing ‘smart’ antimicrobial coatings for metal surfaces, such as implants or hospital beds, to reduce the likelihood of infection in patients who come into contact with them.

She also hopes to expand this work to protect surfaces against fungi and viruses, and has been awarded £40,000 from the Royal Centre of Defence Medicine and is collaborating with other Birmingham-based researchers, Professor Robin May and Dr Mark Webber, to take this work forward.

Dr de Cogan recently attended and presented as a ‘Hot Topic’ at the ARVO conference in Denver, USA, and continues to submit her work to peer reviewed journals.

Not only is Dr de Cogan working hard for herself she is also supporting the next generation. Sara Jebril, a summer internship student she supervised in 2014, has recently won a Gold Crest Award for her work on developing an ocular wound dressing.

Dr de Cogan said: “These projects have been really rewarding and I am grateful to the team that I work with as we all contribute greatly to these successes. I am excited to see what the future will hold.”

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Showcase gives insig innovative research w The 2015 UHB Research Showcase proved a huge hit with hundreds of visitors, patients and staff.

The new Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Ray Hassall, was among those who attended learning about the vital research going on at the Trust from staff at 20 specialist stands in and around the hospital atrium.

Highlights included an £80,000 pair of RexExoskeleton robotic ‘trousers’ designed to help people with serious spinal injuries stand and walk.

UHB Professor of Clinical Traumatology, Sir Keith Porter, was among those to take a turn in the high-tech walking aid, with similar kit from makers Rex Bionics set to be trialled in the rehabilitation of seriously injured patients at the Trust.

Visitors could also learn about research into bowel cancer by taking a walk through a giant inflatable colon while the Health Research Bus was on hand to demonstrate the importance of clinical trials and how they work.

The SensiumVitals monitor from Sensium Healthcare also created quite a stir on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Trauma Management Healthcare Technology Co-operative stand.

The monitor is a wearable patch that wirelessly tracks the vital signs of patients as they move around the hospital.

Among the visitors were members of the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre’s (SRMRC) Patient and Public Involvement Group, who enjoyed tea with the Lord Mayor and a tour of the Showcase, the fourth to be held at the hospital.

The event was backed by the NIHR and its ‘OK to ask about research’ campaign and coincided with International Clinical Trials Day. Tim Jones, Executive Director of Delivery at the Trust, said: “It was great to see so many visitors and so much interest in the Research Showcase again this year.

“The event gives us a great opportunity to show our patients, visitors, staff and the local community the world-class work undertaken by the researchers working for the Trust and its partners, which are supporting the Trust in providing the best possible care through developing new treatments for our patients.

“It also reflects the importance we attach to engaging with patients and the wider public.”

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Cancer special trials update fi A meeting which will bring together experts for an update on the work of colorectal cancer trials is to be held in Birmingham.

The Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium is hosting the event at Crown Plaza in Birmingham’s city centre on Wednesday 15 July from 1pm to 5.30pm. Speakers will include Professor Matt Seymour; Director of the NIHR Clinical Research Network for Cancer, Professor Dion Morton; Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Professor James Hill; Manchester Royal

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RESEARCH NEWS The National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR SRMRC) is a national centre for trauma research, bringing together the pioneering advances in surgery and infection control made by military and civilian scientists and medics working together. news@QEHB looks at some of the latest work which is helping to make a difference to care delivery

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This meeting is aimed at collaborators on the BiSTC colorectal cancer surgical trials including a progress update and results from the FOxTROT, CReST, TREC and ROLARR colorectal trials. In addition the new trials FOxTROT 2, CReST 2 and STAR-TREC will be introduced.

If you would like to attend contact the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit on 0121 415 9103. FOxTROT-Trial@contacts.bham.ac.uk

New cutting-edge tech at forefront of Ebola battle Birmingham-based researchers have been at the forefront of the battle against the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, using new cutting-edge methods and technology.

Despite a co-ordinated international response to the outbreak, it has proved extremely difficult to control but recent advances in the development of genome surveillance could change this in the future.

Genome surveillance provides the ability to sequence the genetic code of a diseasecausing microbe or pathogen, providing an unprecedented insight into how genomes evolve, their likely origins and how they can infect humans.

Until recently, genomic surveillance has been restricted to conventional, well-equipped laboratories in academic centres, typically employing sequencing instruments costing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

But researchers at the University of Birmingham, backed by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC), have been working on a new technique for portable, real-time surveillance.

The aim is to improve the medical services’ ability to react to outbreaks like Ebola and other pathogens. In April, Josh Quick, an SRMRC bioinformatician and PhD student at the Institute of Microbiology and Infection at the university, travelled to the epicentre of the outbreak in Guinea taking a portable genomic surveillance system with him.

The system contained several MinIONs portable ‘USB stick’ sequencers developed by the British company Oxford Nanopore - as well as all the chemicals and equipment needed to generate sequences of the Ebola virus.

He set up in the European Mobile Laboratory serving the affected regions of Guinea and Sierra Leone and within two weeks generated 14 Ebola genome sequences.

The sequences were generated in as little as 48 hours from taking a patient’s blood sample and the information generated used by medical experts aiming to stop any further spread of the virus.

“Genomic surveillance is increasingly important for detecting and managing outbreaks. We hope the ability to provide portable, real-time sequencing will improve our ability to respond in future,” said Dr Nick Loman, head of the research team in Birmingham.

“As of last year, the only way to practically sequence Ebola genomes was to export samples to specialist laboratories, resulting in delays obtaining local permissions and significant challenges securing export permits and procuring expensive shipping to transport samples.

“Samples would be received in poor condition, and then the genome sequences could take weeks or months to generate.

“We have now shown that this can be done in less than 48 hours from receipt of a patient sample.

“A positive development during this outbreak has been the rapid development of vaccines and vaccine trials.

“Genomic surveillance is important in order to see whether the virus can evolve to evade such a vaccine, and in developing early treatments that directly interfere with the viral genome.”

Josh left behind in Africa a fully functioning surveillance laboratory, which is now being run by the European Mobile Laboratory in Coyah to provide genome sequence information in real-time.

He said: “As early adopters of this technology we have been doing research on its possible uses in Birmingham but wanted to really exploit its portable nature. It is very useful for the WHO epidemiologists on the ground in Africa to have this data in real time.”

The first patient has been signed up to a large scale research project into lung cancer.

Professor Gary Middleton and his research team at QEHB have recently recruited the first patient to a UK wide study run by the Early Drug Development team of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham. The National Lung Matrix Trial, which aims to investigate personalised treatments for lung cancer, will look at different ways of treating tumours.

Tessa Lawrence, Clinical Trials Co-ordinator for the team, explained:“There are various types of tumours that can develop during lung cancer, each of which has a different genetic makeup. The genetic makeup may reveal changes which we call ‘mutations’.

Each mutation may respond differently to a particular type of cancer treatment.

“The aim of the trial is to identify the genetic characteristics of a patient’s tumour and identify the treatment method that will be most effective for that specific mutation.

Currently, we screen the genetic makeup of tumours in patients who take part in a different trial, called SMP2. From this information we can find those people who are suitable to be included in the National Lung Matrix Trial.

“Information will be stored in a large database which, as more patients take part in the trial, will hopefully give us even more information about which treatments are likely to work. By the end of the trial we should have a clearer idea of the best treatment option for a patient with lung cancer simply by knowing the genetic characteristics of the tumour they have.”

Professor Middleton, who is the Chief Investigator for the study, said: “With an increasing emphasis on the role of genetics in healthcare, this is a great step towards acquiring a large pool of knowledge relating to the role of genetics in lung cancer treatment, which we can then use to directly improve patient care.

“The more patients we can recruit to the study, the more knowledge we can put into the pool and the more effective treatment choice is likely to become for each individual.

“Hopefully such personalised care will become the norm for future generations.”

If you would like to find out more about this research visit http:// www.ecmcnetwork.org.uk/news/ announcement/national-lungmatrix-trial. If you are interested in participating in the trial speak to your oncologist in the first instance or if you require further information about the trial contact the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit at lungmatrix@trials. bham.ac.uk.

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Accolades for orchard project just keep on growing QEHB has won big at the Making Birmingham Greener and Healthier Awards, taking home the prize for Best Greener and Healthier Lifestyles (Food) Scheme for its Community Orchard and Gardens project.

Birmingham City Council, in partnership with environmental company Veolia, invited schools, colleges, universities, businesses and hospitals, as well as community groups and growing projects - to become Birmingham’s next ‘green’ champions.

The Community Orchard and Gardens in the Trust grounds has seen an incredible amount of activity over the past year.

More than 1,000 trees have been planted, including almost 200 British apple, pear, damson and plum trees, through the hard work of teams of volunteers.

At the same time, a new raised food growing area has been created in partnership with The Conservation Volunteers ‘Health for Life’ programme, which is supported by Mondelèz International, the owner of Cadbury chocolate.

The five year programme for south Birmingham promotes healthy lifestyles, such

as green gym sessions, and also helps to create and develop community allotments and food growing spaces.

QEHB came first in the business sub-category for the award, which also honours entries from the community and education sectors.

Antony Cobley, health and wellbeing lead at the Trust, said: “This is another fantastic achievement for the project which has grown from strength to strength in such a short space of time.

“In the past year we have brought 50,000 honey bees to the hospital to pollinate a wildflower meadow, orchard of fruit trees, as well as delivering a food bank which has supported local people in crisis with the equivalent of 870 meals.

“I am again immensely proud of this award and look forward to the future.”

The judging panel was made up of representatives from different council departments such as Public Health, the Smarter Choices travel team, Climate Change and Environment as well as external partners including environmental company, Veolia.

Health and wellbeing lead Antony Cobley with the 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.

Email: jen@araucaria.demon.co.uk Website: www.alopeciaonline.org.uk ANN CONROY TRUST Support and education for patients living with Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation. Website: 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 2-4pm.

Contact BLF Direct on 03000 030 555 or go to w ww.blf.org.uk BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION BANA BANA’s friendly West Midlands group meets 3 or 4 times a year for mutual support, information exchange and talks by specialist guests. Group contact: Janet Mercer Email: janet@bana-uk.com Tel: 0121 604 2454. National website and headquarters: www.bana-uk.com Tel: 01623 632143 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 regular 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 Website: 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 Website: www.discbirmingham.co.uk GETAHEAD Fundraising and support group for patients who have had head and neck cancer. Tel: 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 7pm-9pm.

Seminar room in outpatients department at QEHB. Contact: Patricia Hewlett Tel: 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, QEHB. 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 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 Website: www.iddtinternational.org KIDNEY PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Runs local groups across the West Midlands. Tel: 01922 644 982 Email: flintnf@aol.com Website: 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 Health and Fitness Club, QEH. The meetings for 2015 are as follows: Sat 28 February (Fisher House), Sat 6 June and Sat 26 September. All meetings are from 10.30am onwards. Contact: 0845 450 0375 Website: birminghampituitarygroup.weebly.com 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 Website: 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 The support group meets in the Faith and Community Centre, first floor, QEHB on 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 the 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.

Support group coordinators can email revisions to their entry to: communications@uhb.nhs.uk. Please mark the email – support group revision.

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Ladies spread their special happiness A generous group of ladies from Birmingham have donated over £6,000 to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, in just one year.

The Ladies Group of Birmingham led by Harbans Kaur Lalli, visited homes across the city to conduct ‘Sukhmani Sahib’ (jewel of happiness) hymns from the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib.

These prayers are often followed by giving to charitable causes. Harbans decided to donate the money raised throughout the year after hearing about QEHB Charity’s role in supporting patients at hospitals. The group have chosen three specific appeals that fund specialist equipment and ‘added extras’, such as the Dementia appeal, Eye appeal and QE Fighting Skin Cancer Fund.

Harbans said: “We are delighted to have raised £6,400 for QEHB Charity’s different appeals. It’s great to know the money we have donated has already made a great difference to patients and their families.”

The Eye Appeal raised £250,000 to buy three new pieces of equipment which are not standard for the NHS but are helping to save the sight of some of the 20,000 people who go blind in the UK every year. Similarly, the Dementia fund and QE Fighting Skin Cancer fund help provide ‘added extras’ that are not usually available for NHS patients, including funding cutting-edge research into discovering new treatments for cancers and specialist software and patient entertainment systems to help calm nerves and jog memories.

Laura Power, Fundraising Officer for QEHB Charity, said: “The money kindly donated by

Dates for your diary Busy Bees Open Day 10am-1pm JULY Join Busy Bees Nursery for their Summer Open Day and help raise funds for Fisher House at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity. There will be lots of activities including the Animal Man, a bouncy castle, games stalls and refreshments. There will also be a visit from Olaf from Frozen!

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the Guru Nanak Ladies Jatha has already been put to good use, and we are incredibly grateful for their continued support.

“The charity relies entirely on generous donations from individuals, groups and companies to be able to make a difference to patients at the hospital, and it is thanks to kind-hearted people like Harbans and

the Ladies Group that we are able to make continued improvements” To find out more about the Charity’s different appeals, please visit www.qehb. org/appeals. If you would like to fundraise for the hospital please get in touch with the charity team by calling 0121 371 4852.

Stepping up to the beat The hospital’s Strictly Social Team has raised over £1,000 for the Strictly Social Fund, which provides dance classes to help people recover from coronary heart disease.

Every Tuesday around 40 patients and their partners enjoy swing dancing and strolling at Selly Oak Methodist Church in Langleys Road.

The classes are led by professional instructors, Alistair and Dawn Fitzgerald, and are subsidised through QEHB Charity.

Recently, Nurse Consultant Kate Gee and the rest of the strictly team raised £1,180 to continue the classes.

The money was raised by a raffle which included a special ‘Cardiac Quilt’. People could have their names embroidered onto the quilt, which was presented by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham (pictured), for a cost of £60 which contributed to the overall total amount raised.

Kate Gee said: “Strictly Social is about bringing some reassurance and enjoyment out of a situation that is potentially very frightening for people. The classes have been very successful in building the confidence of couples and giving them something to look forward to, so we are thrilled to have raised over £1,000.

We are grateful to everyone who donated and to QEHB Charity for helping to fund the dance sessions.”

From this month, July, the classes will move to Thursday afternoons. To find out more about the classes or to join in the fun, contact Sian.Averill@uhb.nhs.uk or call 0121 371 4852.

Plough Pub Quiz 8pm JULY The Plough, Harborne is holding a quiz night in support of young people with cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Come along and show your support and remember to bring the friends with the biggest brains! For more information, call The Plough on 0121 427 3678

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Getting on their bikes Final training is underway for cyclists taking part in a 130 mile bike ride, the equivalent of five marathons, to help support young children with cancer.

The ride has been organised by Registered charity SACA (Sikh Arts and Cultural Association) to raise money for QEHB Charity’s £250,000 VIP treatment appeal, which will transform the radiotherapy department at the QE into a child-friendly environment.

The challenge will take place on 18 and 19 July.

For more information or to make a donation, please see the website www.charitybikeride.com/ beneficiary/110 or contact Laura Power on 0121 371 4852.

Physical challenge Outdoor Physical Training (O.P.T) is holding an ‘alternative sports and family fun day’ (9 July, all day ) for people of all fitness levels, to support military patients and their families.

Fun and quirky sports events will include tyre pushes and a tug-of-war, and there will also be a raffle, face painting, a bouncy castle and mini-assault course to keep the little ones entertained. Local businesses are also invited to sell their products in return for a donation.

All monies raised by the event will be donated to Fisher House, a ‘home away from home’ for military patients and their families.

Lord Mayor, Councillor Ray Hassall, and winner, Liz Trojnacki

For more information please call 07885 416 446 or visit http://ow.ly/Ooc6h.

To find out more about Fisher House please visit www.fisherhouseuk.org or call QEHB Charity on 0121 371 4852.

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Going home from hospital?

When you’re ready to go home, if you are over 50 and live in Birmingham we are here to help and support you.

Information and advice Often after a spell in hospital it is more difficult to cope with everyday tasks. If you find this is true you may qualify for extra financial help. Our team of advisors are there to provide expert advice and information including welfare benefit calculations, and help to complete forms. They can also answer a wide range of queries or refer you to someone who can help you directly. Whenever you want to find anything out from a trustworthy source – give us a call.

Handyfix We offer a citywide Handyfix service that covers the whole city. With one phone call to 0121 437 0033 (extension 1003 during office hours) people over 50 or their relatives, friends and carers can book a Handyperson to do those jobs around the house that need fixing.

Age UK Birmingham staff will agree whether “Handyfix” can help, what needs doing, how long it’s likely to take and then book a day and time that best suits the customer.

All the work will be carried out only by Age UK Birmingham Handyfix’s highly trained, reliable and trustworthy, in-house team of staff.

For example: • Home from hospital improvements

• Personal safety – grab rails etc • Disabled adaptations • Most basic odd jobs around the house • Small repairs to: plastering, electrics, carpets, curtain rails, joinery and plumbing • Safety – locks, doors, window locks, door chains, key safes • Moving bulky items For just £30 customers will get an hour’s worth of work completed around the home. So if the first task is finished quickly then the friendly “Handyfix” staff will be happy to be given some other odd jobs to complete in the hour. The work is tailored exactly to the customers needs.

Here is a selection of some of the other services we provide: • Day Care • Lunch Clubs with delicious fresh meals cooked meals • Wellcheck / Befriending • Independent living advice and equipment – disability aids, stair lifts, pendant alarms, hearing aid batteries, etc • Day Trips, clubs and social activities • Extend Exercise classes (seated) • Toenail Care • Tai Chi

For further information please contact us: Telephone: 0121 437 0033 (General)

Telephone: 0121 437 0033 ext 1003 (Handyfix)

Telephone: 0121 437 0479 (Information and Advice)

Email: info@ageukbirmingham.org.uk

Volunteering For Age UK Birmingham Volunteering for Age UK Birmingham is a great way to meet new people and be part of a team.

We have lots of opportunities to suit everyone, whatever skills, abilities and free time you can spare. We have roles ranging from helping in our shops and day centres to helping us fundraise so we can continue to provide products and services for the over 50’s.

In return you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a real contribution to our clients “loving later life”. Whilst you are supporting the over 50’s we will be supporting you by giving you training and helping you enjoy volunteering! Our volunteers also get discount on home and car insurance!

For further information please call our volunteer co-ordinator Julie Apps or pop into our office on the Alcester Road opposite Sainsburys or call us on 0121 437 0033, or 07792 251947.

You can also find out more about our opportunities at do-it.org.uk or the local BVSC in Digbeth, Birmingham.

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Insight into major trauma challenges The real life accounts of people involved in a major incident, from both personal and professional perspectives, were at the heart of the Trust’s second annual emergency preparedness conference.

This event ‘Major Incidents and Beyond’ brought together eight high profile speakers and delegates from across the country.

In the opening address Chief Executive at QEHB, Dame Julie Moore, said that as a Major Trauma Centre (MTC), emergency planning is something that is taken very seriously.

Alastair Wilson, Medical Director of the East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity, was first to share his experience as senior ED consultant at the Royal London Hospital during the 7/7 bombings.

He spoke about the helicopter team’s response and how the hospital coped with the hundreds of casualties that came through the doors. Alastair expressed that resilience is key when responding to a major incident and, in order to cope with an event such as the 7/7 bombings, organisations have to be able to modify plans in order to fit the incident.

Next, Murray McEwan, Resilience Advisor for the Scottish Ambulance Service, reflected on a ‘year in Glasgow’. He outlined the service’s emergency planning and response in relation to the Clutha Bar helicopter crash, transportation of a confirmed Ebola-infected patient to Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow and the George Square bin lorry crash.

A major incident is more than just when demand exceeds provision, hospitals need to consider what special arrangements they need to ensure they do not under provide.

Alastair Wilson, Medical Director of the East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity

Murray also spoke about his role in planning for and delivering the 2014 Commonwealth Games, at a time when Scotland was also deciding upon its independent future and there was a heightened terror threat to the UK. Dr Jim Swire, whose life was turned upside down when his daughter Flora died in the 1988 Lockerbie plane disaster shared his touching account.

He took delegates through the moments before and after he discovered his daughter was involved in the air crash.

Dr Swire spoke about how he coped with his daughter’s death and how, since then, he has spent many years campaigning to uncover the truth behind the disaster.

This included meetings with prominent figures such as Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the former leader of Libya.

The Trust’s Security Manager, Grant Moss was next to share his advice on security implementation. Grant emphasised the importance of testing security arrangements, and ensuring that members of staff are confident in the actions put in place by organisations to respond to a major incident.

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Dr Kim Gregory, Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine and Emma Batchelor, Consultant Physiotherapist

Exercise outdoors With the weather warming up, why not head into the sunshine and exercise in the great outdoors. Here are a couple of ideas to get you started.

(l-r) Derek Forest, David Whitmore, Sarah Davidson, Grant Moss, Mel Brown, Lynn Hyatt and Peter Biddulph

Following lunch, Derek Forest who previously worked as a Detective Superintendent for West Midlands Police, spoke about his time working as International IMC Commander whilst in Thailand, following the devastating tsunami that hit the country in 2006.

For 16 months Derek was responsible for the strategic management of the international disaster and day-to-day management of law enforcement and forensic staff.

He explained how there was no plan for tsunami recovery, and took the conference through how decisions were made, the thinking behind them and how they were implemented.

At the end of his presentation Derek left one key message: “Be prepared, start planning now because there will always be another incident around the corner.”

It is great that we can get so many planning and health professionals together.

Emergency planning is such a prominent issue; it is important that we share best practice and learn from one another’s experiences to prepare as well as possible.

Lynn Hyatt, Head of Emergency Planning and Resilience

David Whitmore, Senior Clinical Advisor for the London Ambulance Service focussed on the investigations following a major incident and the importance of recording evidence.

Drawing on his experience from the 7/7 bombings, David highlighted three areas organisations need to consider following a

major incident; supporting staff, controlling digital media and communications which may be in circulation, and when planning for a major incident, organisations should plan for investigations too.

Walk everywhere Walking is one of the easiest ways to become more active, lose weight and become healthier. Research shows that people who fit moderate activity, such as walking, into their daily life burn more energy than those who make weekly visits to the gym. To reap the health benefits, aim to walk 10,000 steps a day, which can burn up to 400 calories. To keep track of your walking, use a pedometer To find local health walks, visit www.walkingforhealth.org.uk Skipping If you’ve not used a skipping rope since your school playground days then now’s your chance to rediscover how fun and beneficial skipping can be. Just a few minutes’ skipping training brings a whole range of health benefits, including heart and lung fitness, strong bones, balance and flexibility. The average person will burn up to 200 calories during 15 minutes of skipping.

Murray McEwan, Resilience Advisor for the Scottish Ambulance Service

Finally, Dr Sarah Davidson, Head of Psychosocial Support for the Red Cross spoke about psychological consequences following a major incident after using psychosocial services to help staff following major incidents such as the 7/7 bombings.

Dr Davidson, who stressed that maintaining staff wellbeing is key if they are to deliver an effective service, said: “It is important that you make yourself a priority so that you can help others.”

One of the conference organisers, Melanie Brown, Senior Sister and Emergency Planning Liaison Officer at QEHB, closed the conference.

She said: “The variety of presentations today, with some highly personal journeys and professional ones too, really emphasised the importance of emergency planning.”

Outdoor gyms Research by the University of Essex shows that exercising outdoors boosts people’s physical and mental health more than going to indoor gyms, even in winter. Here in the West Midlands, a company called The Great Outdoor Gym Company (TGO), has installed press benches, treadmills and exercise bikes in parks across the region. These outdoor gyms, which look just like their indoor counterparts, are free to use and do not come with expensive monthly membership fees Outdoor gyms can be found at ■ Selly Park Recreation Ground ■ Huntingtree Park, Halesowen ■ Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich ■ Netherton Park, Netherton ■ Recreation Ground, Farnborough Road, Castle Vale ■ The Dell Stadium, Dudley; Chapel Street, Dudley ■ Quarry Bank Recreation Ground, Dudley ■ Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge ■ Silver Jubilee Park, Bilston Information from NHS Choices website.

For more free exercise ideas, go to http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/fitness/ pages/free-fitness.aspx

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Guidelines: 27 Good; 32 Very Good; 37 Excellent.

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