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Wellbeing
Celebrating 50 years in Nursing
This month one of Spire Southampton’s experts is celebrating 50 years as a registered nurse.
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Lin started Nursing in 1971 at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Alton. Now closed The Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Chawton Park Road, Alton, was threatened with closure in the 1970s, but survived to serve the community until 1994. Recently interviewed for a “Care Heroes” segment Spire Southampton’s Surgical Sister has been at the forefront of patient care at Southampton since 2004. “When I put on my uniform and was introduced to the ward I would work on I realised that Nursing was the career for me and it has never ceased to provide me with new experiences every day. When I first started, nursing student nurses were seen but not heard and even as a junior Registered Nurse, the Ward Sister was approached only through a senior nurse. Matrons were very much in attendance and would wander the wards trying to catch staff out by questioning them about their patients.” A year ago, Spire Southampton committed to support to the NHS in tackling the pandemic and put its colleagues, facilities, services and equipment at the disposal of the University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. Since then, it has provided urgent care for cancer and critically ill patients. Supporting the Chemotherapy and Haematology Service as well utilising Spire Southampton’s critical care facility for critically ill cancer, cardiac and thoracic patients. Most of these patients visit received care on the surgical ward under Lin’s leadership. “When the COVID lockdown was announced, we were very fortunate to be offered the chance to continue major cancer surgery as we are closely linked with the Southampton University Hospital Trust. We had many admissions during the last lockdown and this lockdown, we have all gained experience, and I have felt very honoured to provide care to Hampshire and parts of Dorset. As a team, we have welcomed the challenge to be able to provide this type of care and I am sure Spire Healthcare are proud of the whole team at Spire Southampton for stepping up to the challenge.” “We were able to reduce the length of stay for major urinary surgeries; we have received positive feedback from the Trust. All our staff are aiming to motivate our patients from operation day to help them recover safely which enables us to reduce the patient’s length of stay. We have also had to provide other holistic support to our patients as no visitors were allowed. The staff have almost become surrogate families to the patient in for long spells and that was special to see.” Spire Southampton is now fully open again to private patients, who are either self-paying or insured. It will also continue to provide care for NHS patients and help reduce waiting times and the size of the overall waiting list. Thankfully, Lin will remain a big part of Southampton’s future “I have no plans for retirement yet but who knows what the future may hold. I now have a wonderful team of Nurses who support me as much as I support them. My Consultants have developed a mutual trust with the team and me; this helps us provide a level of care that helps the patients recover in a comfortable environment. It takes time to create but it is a rewarding place to be.” Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom, with 39 private hospitals and eight clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. Working in partnership with around 7,500 experienced consultants, Spire Healthcare delivered tailored, personalised care to almost 750,000 in-patients, outpatients and daycase patients in 2020, and is the leading private provider, by volume, of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom. The Group’s well located and scalable hospitals have delivered successful and award-winning clinical outcomes, positioning the Group well with patients, consultants, the NHS, GPs and Private Medical Insurance (“PMI”) providers. 90% of Spire Healthcare’s hospitals are rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC (or the equivalent in Scotland and Wales). In recent months, the Group has placed its facilities at the disposal of the NHS to support efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
To learn more, visit www.spiresouthampton.com For further information contact 023 8077 5544
Station Mill
First Class Health & Fitness destination in Alresford
Positioned next to the heritage Watercress Railway Line in Alresford the new owners of the 1860 Mill have restored, repurposed and redesigned this Grade II listed building. Spread over four floors; Station Mill Health & Fitness houses a state-of-the-art Gym, two dedicated studio floors for Pilates, Barre and Yoga and a Performance SkillBike Studio; the first of its kind in England.
As an experienced PT and Club Director, Scott understood that people wanted a training facility where they could train in an environment that enabled the highly attentive personal service that they deserve. Design, comfort and exclusivity combined with a strong belief in development, progression and real time results are the drivers for Station Mill.
Scott wanted to ensure the gym was fitted with the best equipment full of advanced technology, driving real-time, data-driven results, and so Technogym was the obvious partner. The gym was so enthusiastically brought to life to create a partnership with them which led to the development of the first SkillBike studio in England. The Performance classes are intent on bringing the outdoors, in. A real gear shift and an ability to adapt to an individual’s power outputs meaning that these bikes are the new gold standard in performance cycling. Whether you are a cyclist or not, the cycling classes are great fun and so popular that in between lockdowns the classes were heavily attended.
The team at Station Mill endeavour to create a workout space that is as good as it looks. A huge emphasis has been put on building a strong team of coaching staff and studio teachers to provide specialist advice and provision.
Station Mill’s Candice Kynoch is an incredibly experienced personable coach and trainer. She drives the desire to get women in the gym using resistance equipment. She is keen to point you to key pieces of apparatus in the gym, especially the Kinesis Machine. A rare piece of private equipment, it allows for over 200 different exercises and is designed entirely around human movement some of its key benefits being in torso rotations for both golf and tennis players.
Your onboarding is a process fundamental to your membership at Station Mill. On sign up you are given a dedicated hour with one of the coaches and taken through each piece of equipment to create a bespoke training plan. This training schedule is held on a cloud with the mywellness app and can be accessed any time you work out, through your phone or member wristband. Using it regularly enables you to track your progress.
Station Mill Health & Fitness is also a wellness centre. They are proud of the exquisitely designed Barre & Pilates Studio and a showpiece third floor yoga loft. Sandwiched between these spaces is a whole floor dedicated to wellness, with a range of complementary and mainstream medical practitioners who can all be found on the Station Mill website.
Station Mill re-opened its doors to existing and new gym members on 12th April and the new and exciting timetable for their studio classes, including Performance Cycling will be announced at the beginning of May.
Classes re-start on 17th May and to celebrate the reopening of the studios they are offering a free trial timetable for you to try out some of their in-person classes.
Please visit their website www.stationmill.co.uk give them a call or visit them in Alresford. Station Mill, Station Road, Alresford, SO24 9JQ
Alresford Surgery News
May Bank holiday closures 3rd and 31st May The surgery will be closed for the bank holiday weekend from 6.30pm Friday 30th April until 8am on Tuesday 4th May then again from 6.30pm Friday 28th May until 8am on Tuesday 1st June.
eConsult: Any eConsult request you submit outside of our normal surgery opening hours will not be read until we open the next working day. Whilst you are still able to submit an online consultation during the bank holiday periods, after the surgery has closed, this will not be seen until the day after the bank holiday, when the surgery reopens. All the other eConsult advice services will still be accessible 24/7. NHS 111 can help if you have an urgent medical problem when your GP practice is closed. Dial 111 on any phone for advice, or visit the NHS 111 website – 111.nhs.uk. Remember to call 999 at any time in a medical emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill, or injured, and their life is at risk.
COVID-19 Vaccine update Nearly 29 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the latest data report shows that as of 25 March nearly 27 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given in England.
There will be a reduction of supply of COVID-19 vaccinations due to reductions in national inbound vaccines supply. We are told that this should not impact the delivery of second doses. Vaccinations sites are still encouraged to continue their efforts in maximising uptake in cohorts 1- 9 which are yet to be vaccinated and second doses. We are still waiting on a statement from JCVI on details relating to the next phase of vaccination for groups 10-12. We are reliant on this advice and supply of vaccine, please do not contact us querying when your vaccination is due. We have now invited or vaccinated everybody eligible in cohort 1-9 for their first dose. If you fall into one of these cohorts & have not been vaccinated, please contact us to get booked in.
Second Doses We are inviting patients for their second vaccine based on when they had their first vaccine. As always, please do NOT call the practice to query when your vaccination will be. We will invite patients as soon as we are able to but due to vaccine supply this may be at short notice. We have been assured vaccines have been reserved for second doses within the 12 week period; however we have been informed it will not be before a 10 week gap.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groupsfor-phase-2-of-the-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-programmeadvice-from-the-jcvi/jcvi-interim-statement-on-phase-2-of-thecovid-19-vaccination-programme?fbclid=IwAR3kXwlJsT0wZdgg 0jt3W3F3Krsyjn5Y4zsAX2X2-wY5BJ_h5TA2wgx5XyE
For information on the cohorts please click here; https://www.gov. uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-care-homeand-healthcare-settings-posters/covid-19-vaccination-first-phasepriority-groups
Thank you for your understanding at this unprecedented time. Please continue to stay safe.
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