InTouch magazine: May-June 2022 by communicationsPAHT

May - June 2022

InTouch

International Nurses' Day and International Day of the Midwife This is Us Week Charity update

Foreword 2

Welcome to InTouch magazine

Celebrating our nursing and midwifery colleagues

Maternity updates

This is Us Week

PAHT2030 Ready

Everything equality, diversity and inclusion...

International Clinical Trials Day

NerveCentre in ED

Charity update

Radiology improvements

CQC update

Our patients said...

Divisional update

Wise about wellbeing...

#PAHTPeople

Welcome to InTouch magazine – your insight into the latest news and updates from across PAHT. We celebrated our nursing and midwifery colleagues last month for International Nurses’ Day and International Day of the Midwife with a series of special events. This included an awards ceremony, at which I was delighted to present the Team of the Year Award to Lister Ward and to the fantastic Team of the Year Award runners up – the outpatients’ team and the critical care nursing team. Congratulations to all of the winners and runners up across the categories on this amazing achievement. We have also been pleased to welcome back TV presenter Emma Willis, who is working as a maternity care assistant while filming the third series of the hugely successful programme Delivering Babies. Thank you to everyone involved in supporting Emma and the team. You can find out the latest about This is Us Week – our brand new engagement event for all of you, on p.5. The countdown is on, with just over one week to go until the event – please plan for you and your teams to join. This edition includes a feature on International Clinical Trials Day, an annual event to raise awareness of clinical trials to encourage patients, carers and the public to get involved with research. You can read more about the work of our fantastic research, innovation and development team on p.8 and p.9. Additionally, you can find out more about our focus on equality, diversity and inclusion on p.7; the introduction of NerveCentre in the emergency department on p.10 and our latest wellbeing tips on p.16. We also cover an update on the amazing work of our charity – please think about how you can get involved in supporting us, with more information on p.11. This magazine is for and about you, our #PAHTPeople – please contact the communications team if you would like to see your team featured, at paht.communications@ nhs.net. I hope you enjoy the read. Lance McCarthy Chief executive 2

Celebrating our nursing and midwifery colleagues Thursday,12 May, marked International Nurses' Day, which is celebrated every year on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth, and on Thursday, 5 May, we celebrated International Day of the Midwife. The days provided us with the opportunity to highlight the contributions of nursing and midwifery colleagues. To mark the special occasions, we hosted a range of celebration events and delivered special treats to our amazing teams. Thank you to everyone involved. InTouch briefing: Celebrating our nursing and midwifery colleagues We held an InTouch briefing, where we celebrated our amazing nursing and midwifery colleagues with special guests including Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England. The session focused on our teams' hard work and dedication to their professions, together with an opportunity to hear some inspiring stories from nursing and midwifery leaders. They gave key career advice and discussed their reflections on the last year. You can access the recording here >

Celebrating our nursing and midwifery colleagues awards We shone the spotlight on our fantastic nurses and midwives, who are committed to delivering high quality care every day, at a special awards ceremony – you can watch the event here >

Pictured are the runners up for Team of the Year: the outpatients team (photo one) and the critical care nursing team (photo two), together with the winner, Lister Ward (photo three). Giuseppe Labriola, director of midwifery, is also shown cutting one of the special cakes kindly donated by the Patient Panel for the occasion (photo four). The full photo gallery can be viewed on AlexNet. Chief Nurse Fellowships and shared governance Sharon McNally, director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals and deputy chief executive, and Giuseppe Labriola, director of midwifery, set out the latest information on the Chief Nurse Fellowships and shared governance at this session. The Chief Nurse Fellowship is an opportunity for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to access a unique professional development programme. Participants will be seconded for one day per week for a 12 month programme with a cohort of chief nurse fellows. During this time, they will develop their leadership and transformation skills with a bespoke leadership programme, including an executive coach, mentor and support to develop a project to improve patient experience. Additionally, as part of our 3

nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals strategy, we have introduced shareddecision making councils. The councils will help to ensure that agreements are made in an inclusive and collaborative way. Colleagues will work together to drive forward quality and service improvements, support innovation and deliver better outcomes that will benefit our patients and people. Take a look at our shared decision making booklet for more information > You can access the recording here >

Sharon McNally, director of nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare professionals, said: "I hope that all of our amazing nurses and midwives enjoyed the special celebration event. "International Nurses’ Day and International Day of the Midwife recognise the contribution of nurses and midwives around the globe and the fundamental role that they play in the experiences of our patients, women, birthing people and their families. "Nursing and midwifery are fantastic professions. You all continue to amaze me with

your dedication, resilience and the ability to rise to any challenge that we face, as one team. "A heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for the amazing work that you do. I am incredibly proud of you all." Take a look at the video from our executive colleagues and senior nurses, expressing their thanks to our 1,183 fantastic nurses and midwives, who are committed to delivering high quality care every day here >

TV presenter Emma Willis back to the frontline for hit series

We have now welcomed TV presenter Emma Willis back to our maternity unit for the hit series Delivering Babies.

You may have seen Emma and the production team around The Princess Alexandra Hospital, as she has returned to her role as a maternity care assistant (MCA), rejoining the team after two challenging years as they managed the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to everyone involved in supporting Emma and the team. Please note that the photo was taken for a previous series, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dedicated midwives receive prestigious Chief Midwifery Officer Awards

A huge congratulations to our midwifery colleagues who have received recognition in the East of England Regional Chief Midwifery Officer Annual Awards:

• Emma Lawless won the Excellence in Women's and Birthing People's Experience Award and was placed as runner-up for the Midwife of the Year Award • Anna Croot won the Midwife of the Year Award • Jo Stacey was placed as runner-up for the Excellence in Women's and Birthing People's Experience Award • Chloe and Verity from the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) were placed as runner-up for the Maternity Voice Partnership of the Year Award This is a great example of how our teams put the people that they care for at the heart of everything they do to achieve everyday excellence. 4

This is Us Week: Celebrating, recognising and developing our people There is just over one week to go until our brand new annual event, This is Us Week, begins. This is Us Week promises to be a spectacular event with an exciting mix of sessions and activities to recognise, celebrate and develop our amazing PAHT people. Open to all, the event will take place over six days from 27 June until 2 July. If you are a manager, please plan how you can release your teams to ensure that they have an opportunity to join the sessions and activities. Many of our events are drop in sessions, or are designed around 30 minute slots, to enable as many of our people to join as possible. We have an exciting mix of sessions and activities (pictured right). Note: Please visit the This is Us Week AlexNet page for the confirmed timetable of events > If you have any further queries, please contact paht.learningod@nhs.net.

Introducing the PAHT2030 Ready programme…

The PAHT2030 Ready programme, to support key representatives from our divisions to bring PAHT2030 to life, began on 18 May. PAHT2030 is our plan to improve and develop both the way we deliver care alongside the way we all feel about the organisation and its culture, style and behaviours.

More than 80 delegates convened at the Manor of Groves Hotel in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, where they participated in a full programme of presentations and interactive group sessions. The programme was hosted by international speaker, best-selling author, and coach Michael Heppell, and managed by the learning and organisational development team. It also included sessions on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), to identify personality types, strengths, and preferences, and how we can enhance our collaboration with each other. The MBTI facilitators, Rob Charlton and Catherine Ellwood, are both registered occupational psychologists with many years' experience of working with organisations, their leaders and their teams. Between them they have over 40 years’ experience of using MBTI with teams and leaders to build selfawareness and understanding of others, improving team work and collaboration, and

developing inspirational leaders who foster diversity. The programme was a great success - feedback included: “I really enjoyed everyone's energy, enthusiasm and how much they care for this organisation.” “A great day and well presented by everyone.”

“Really great team work to deliver the programme, lots of energy - well done.” Working collaboratively with their teams, over the next six months and beyond, the attendees will bring PAHT2030 to life for their divisions. For more information, please contact paht.odpartners@ nhs.net.

National Operating Department Practitioners' Day Operative Department Practitioners (ODPs) Day on 14 May was a chance to highlight the fantastic work of our ODPs, who provide high quality care and support for our patients before, during and after an operative procedure. This includes: •Anaesthetic stage ODPs work alongside an anaesthetist to provide reassurance and support to the patient before their operative procedure. ODPs have a thorough understanding of the various anaesthetic techniques, the specific care required, the equipment used to monitor patients during an operation and medication required to ensure patient safety. •Surgical phase ODPs (acting as a scrub practitioner) oversee patient safety through positioning the patient appropriately, managing skin integrity, normothermia and DVT prevention. A key component of the role is to assist the surgeon in performing operations, providing instruments, sutures and swabs and through systematic counting to ensure that all items are returned to the scrub practitioner before surgery is concluded. •Post-anaesthetic care phase ODPs care for the patient immediately after their operative procedure as they recover from anaesthesia. They assess the patient, manage their airways to support their breathing and give prescribed medication and fluids as required during their immediate recovery. 6

Everything equality, diversity and inclusion... Providing a voice at PAHT for disability equality "We think of good health as the norm, but not everybody in the workforce is in perfect health. Many people are dealing and sometimes struggling with health issues, illness and disabilities. "It is estimated that 4.4 million disabled people – those with a physical or mental impairment with a substantial or long-term impact on their ability to do normal daily activities – are currently in employment in the UK. The figure could be higher, as not everybody in the workplace will disclose their disability or long-term illness. It is not uncommon for individuals to keep their condition quiet from their colleagues and managers. "Our newly established Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) offers a sense of community and raises awareness of all disabilities. The DAWN has members drawn from different teams, departments and at all levels. "If you have not yet joined us, we would like to welcome you. This network is open to all members of staff at PAHT who consider themselves to have an impairment, cognitive difference, or longterm health/medical condition. "New members are always welcome. Please contact paht. equalityandinclusion@nhs.net for more information and to join our confidential mailing list."

Monika Kalyan, head of equality, diversity and inclusion

International Clinical Trials Day Friday 20 May marked International Clinical Trials Day, which is an annual event to raise awareness of clinical trials to encourage patients, carers and the public to get involved with research. This was also an opportunity to celebrate our achievements and highlight the developments in healthcare due to research. We are keen to shine the spotlight on our fantastic research, innovation and development team who are working hard to support many national clinical trials, including pivotal COVID-19 based studies. This includes: PANBIO antibody self-test Principal investigator: Nikki White, lead research nurse If someone is infected with coronavirus or has had a COVID-19 vaccination, their immune system produces antibodies to fight against the virus. These antibodies can be detected in the blood stream by using a commercially developed, over the counter blood sample collection-testing device. Study participants were tested personally and professionally on whether their immune system had in fact produced antibodies. The team worked hard and fast to set up, recruit and complete data for the study and we were officially confirmed as recruiters of the first global participants into the study.

WAX study PAHT top recruitment table Principal investigator: Mr Kar Teoh The WAX study is a randomised clinical trial of weight-bearing following operatively treated ankle fracture. The study aims to improve rehabilitation of adults who have broken their ankle and have been treated with an operation. The recruitment into this study ended at the end of 21 October. PAHT were confirmed as top recruiters into the study with a fantastic 82 participants. The patients recruited into the study still receive valuable and important follow up care by the team. DELTA study – improving patient and service outcomes Principal investigator: Dr Rosemary Phillips This gastroentreolgy led study aims to detect Barrett’s Oesophagus, which is a condition when the cells in the food pipe change shape. People with Barrett’s Oesophagus can often suffer with swallowing difficulties due to inflammation of the normal lining, within the Barrett’s or from a cancer. Patients with Barrett’s Oesophagus have a slightly higher chance of developing oesophageal cancer.

This study not only allows for early detection to improve patient outcomes, but also detects which patients actually require to undergo an invasive endoscopy procedure and those who do not. The team successfully recruited a huge 96 participants into the study and have been congratulated by the sponsor on their contribution. Recovery study Principal investigator: Dr Ugo Ekeowa We continue with our efforts in delivering the recovery study. A randomised trial among patients hospitalised for COVID-19. All eligible patients are randomly allocated between several treatment arms, each to be given in addition to the usual standard of care in the participating hospital. The aim is to see if any of these additional treatments will be more effective in helping people than the usual standard care. 8

Data from this study is making a real difference in the fight against COVID-19, by highlighting to clinicians that medications such as dexamethasone are working well in patient recovery and also informing clinicians which medications do not work so well. PRONTO study – detection of sepsis Principal investigator: Dr Roberta Branisteanu Sepsis is a common but lifethreatening condition caused by the body’s response to infection. The PRONTO study involves taking a small sample of blood from the patient, along with carrying out other tests and standard clinical assessments. In turn, this allows the doctor to decide whether starting a course of antibiotics is an appropriate route of care for a patient or not. The study provides better outcomes in sepsis, improves future care and reduces the overuse of antibiotics. The research and development team received an official letter from the North Thames Clinical Research Network recognising that PAHT recruited very high numbers into the study, making us second only to a major trauma centre in The North Thames area. ISARIC Principal investigator: Dr. Shico Visuvanathan This is a standardised protocol for the rapid, coordinated

clinical investigation of severe or potentially severe acute infections by pathogens of public health interest. Patients with a spectrum of emerging and unknown pathogens are enrolled. This protocol has been designed to maximise the likelihood that data and biological samples are prospectively and systematically collected and shared rapidly in a format that can be easily aggregated, tabulated and analysed across many different settings globally. We have recruited a huge 1,110 participants into this study.

Meet one of our research trailblazers

Nikki Raven is a participant in one of our interventional studies that looks into the safety and efficiency of a particular medication for those diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. We hope that hearing directly from Nikki will give you an open and transparent view on what it is like to be a research participant here at PAHT. How did you first hear about research opportunities here at PAHT? Via my consultant, Dr Ahmed.

What actually made you decide that you would like to consent to be a participant? I had reached the end of medications and treatments. I had tried many, which had no effect on the progression of my rheumatoid arthritis. Was the aim and purpose of the study clearly explained to you in addition to your right to withdraw from the trial at any time? Yes very clearly by Nikki White, lead nurse for research. Do you feel you have been provided with enough information and support by the team from the screening and consent process right through to your continuation on the study? Yes I do. The research nurses, Karen, Nikki and Amelia, have all been brilliant at keeping me up to date with all of the details of the trial and answering any questions that I have had. They also helped me if I had any problems or was unsure about anything. In your experience, what would you say are the benefits of research participation? Knowing that I am helping others in the future.

Did you have any prior thoughts about what being a participant in a research study would involve and did you have any concerns? I was concerned about what it would entail, but thought it would be good for the future. 9

Introduction of Nervecentre in the emergency department Nervecentre is to be introduced in our emergency department. Nervecentre provides a transition from manual, paperbased patient information processes to utilising software and mobile devices for a more sustainable working environment, to increase patient safety and to ensure efficient data flow. From 13 July 2022, Nervecentre will be introduced in our adult and paediatric emergency departments (ED). This means that our ED teams will move from three ways of documenting patient information, to a single solution. There are multiple benefits of the new system, including: • Allows more time for our hard working teams to care for our patients • Avoids duplication of documentation •Creates better visualisation and oversight of patients to improve prioritisation of our patients and patient flow •Enables swifter assessment,

treatment and discharge of our patients Key project leads Sharon McNally Director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals and deputy chief executive Kelly French Head of operations, emergency department, urgent and emergency care Dr Ranjit Ponnusamy ED consultant Dr Nicola Ray Paediatric ED consultant Vitor Andrade Senior ED nurse Fiona Cook Paediatrics ED manager Sara Tasker ED service manager Anne Garcia Paediatrics service manager Kevin Jennings Quality improvement programme manager and Nervecentre lead

Clinical design sessions These sessions have been taking place during March and have been recorded for staff to view – please access X:\ED Nervecentre Project (on the shared drive). Training A demonstration system is now available for the team to access and as the project progresses our Nervecentre project team will organise training sessions to demonstrate how to use the new system – please ensure that you take the time to review the demonstration system. Further information For further information about the project, please contact Kelly French, head of operations, emergency department, at kelly. french@nhs.net or Kevin Jennings, quality improvement programme manager, at kevin. jennings1@nhs.net.

Charity update...

Abseil challenge and Hackney Half Marathon update

The Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity Registered Charity Number: 1054745

On 14 and 15 May, thrill seekers pushed their limits and stepped up to the challenge of abseiling down a 120ft water tower, raising over £1,300 for The Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity. A huge thank you for taking part. Three generous fundraisers also put their best foot forward to run the Hackney Half Marathon on Sunday 22 May for our hospital charity. They raised over £2,240 combined - a fantastic achievement, well done.

Spring charity appeal - support from our local community This spring, we are encouraging the community to get involved and support our hospital charity. A charity appeal letter was sent to local people at their home address, detailing how their donations can help make a real difference for our people, patients and visitors. So far, we have received nearly £3,500.

Celebrating Pride Month at PAHT We are celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues this Pride Month (June), which is also an opportunity to highlight the diversity and inclusivity of our teams, who work together to deliver high quality care and experiences. This month's equality theme is about the race for LGBT+ equality. LGBT+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The + is an inclusive symbol to mean 'and others' to include people of all identities. Pride Month is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBT+ people, education in LGBT+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBT+ community.

Our activities to mark Pride Month include: Safe space meetings Monika Kalyan, head of equality, diversity and inclusion, organised a series of sessions that offered a safe space for you to ask questions or raise issues that you may have, in an inclusive and nonjudgmental environment. Wear the NHS rainbow badge with pride Throughout the month, we are encouraging you to wear an NHS rainbow badge as a visible demonstration that PAHT is an open, nonjudgemental and inclusive place for people who identify as LGBT+. The rainbow flag was originally created by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 and is used as a symbol of LGBT+ pride. In the widely known six-colour flag, red is symbolic of life,

orange is symbolic of healing, yellow is sunshine, green is nature, blue represents harmony and purple is spirit. To take part and receive your NHS rainbow badge, please visit the Learning and Education Centre on Friday 1 July between 1-3pm.

Radiology team leads the way for service improvements Our radiology team has worked hard over the past year to introduce a number of service improvements to benefit our patients and people. This includes: Going paperless Following the NHS paperless mandate, the radiology team has introduced a paperless workflow system using mobile CRIS on iPads and removed paper patient questionnaires before they have a scan. The team are now able to document any issues that may affect the safety of scans electronically. The team has also introduced paperless radiology and cardiology test requests with the introduction of the ICE system. The changes help to ensure that all illegible requests are removed from the system, only allows people to request tests that they are qualified for, reduces the need to scan paper requests, less storage space is required for printed and scanned documents, improves wait times for results and requests and is fully auditable. Artificial intelligence modules for CT chest analysis Every year, over nine thousand scans with a CT thorax are carried out at PAHT. To ensure

that we continue to deliver high quality care and experiences for our patients and to comply with national guidelines for nodule analysis, a robust lung artificial intelligence (AI) module was introduced. AI allows radiologists with automatically calculated nodule analysis on chest scans. The radiologist can view what has been analysed on the patient scans, and significantly reduces the reporting time for critical scans and increases the accuracy of the nodule assessment. Voice recognition system introduced Voice recognition is now used when for patient reports when using the PACS system. The introduction of the voice recognition system means that secretaries no longer have to type out voice recordings and can focus their time on other administration tasks, there is no longer a delay in publishing the reports, and a provisional report is published in the first instance whilst the report is interpreted and verified by the radiologist.

Integrating the PACS system The team has integrated the PACS solution to our cardiology services, which allows the reporter to produce detailed reports quickly, with custom made reporting templates and workflow processes. New medical imaging system The team has also introduced a new medical imaging system called XERO, instead of using a digital camera to take images for medical purposes and store directly on the patient file. This system helps to save time and reduces the risk of errors, as clinicians would previously upload and store multiple files from one camera memory card. Over the last six months, the system has been used to upload medical images 3,537 times.

This initiative has also helped to reduce the potential for errors within the reports and has supported the increase of the number of verified reports; there is no backlog for plain film imaging. 12

CQC update PM3 implementation The programme management office (PMO) team have been working with all areas of the organisation on the implementation of PM3. PM3 is a project management tool to support us to achieve our strategic priorities over the next decade and will assist all divisions in documenting their projects and running essential reports and more. We have made a lot of progress with the CQC must and should do actions and building these into PM3. We are ensuring we have evidence of risks, mitigations, milestones, achievable trajectories for benefits and timelines for when all actions will move to business as usual (BAU) as part of the quality programme management office assurance process. This helps us to evidence all the actions that have been taken in response to the CQC feedback in order to make improvements to processes

and direct patient care. All project leads for the CQC quality improvement programme should and must do actions have now received a PM3 licence and the PMO will be supporting all project leads with the recording and upkeep of PM3 to assist with live and meaningful reporting. This will also help us to demonstrate all of the work that has gone into improving our processes to ensure that our patients are safe while under our care to the CQC. We recently attended a peer review meeting to discuss actions moving to BAU, once they have been fully embedded, with one of the urgent and emergency care division’s actions moving through to BAU. This was to ensure all staff comply with all trust infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance in order to minimise the risk of the spread of infection.

The peer review sessions are attended by our PAHT people, as well as clinical commissioning group (CCG) colleagues and a member of the Patient Panel as an open, supportive discussion to provide any feedback on the completed BAU forms. The peer review meetings are also a great opportunity to celebrate all of the hard work that each of the divisions have achieved and to share their success, but equally to discuss any ongoing challenges. Please note that all projects within the organisation are required to be put into PM3 going forward. The PMO team is facilitating training sessions every week to ensure all are familiar with the functionality of the system. For training date availability or to book onto a session, please email paht.pmo@nhs.net and a member of the team will respond as soon as possible.

Our patients said... "I want to thank Dolphin Ward for looking after my daughter and giving us the best care."

"I had exceptional care from the Patient at Home team. They gave me daily calls telling me their expected arrival time and they were a very friendly team. Thank you all."

"To all of the magnificent team on Lister Ward. Thank you so much for taking good care of my mum. "Your hard work, love, care and patience is truly appreciated."

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the midwives who looked after my daughter. "The care and gentle midwifery was outstanding. I was so impressed with the care from from all the unit. What a superb team of staff." 14

Divisional update: Family and women's services (FAWS) "We wish a very warm welcome to the new members of our services - our international nurses and midwives, medical, and operational colleagues who have joined our division. "It has been a challenging time for maternity, neonatal and child health services across the country, with the publication of part two of the Ockenden report. This is a devasting read and has implications across all FAWS services. "The review is a turning point for all of us working within maternity services and what is important is that we make meaningful changes for our staff and women/ people using our services. We have held a series of workshops and webinars, which if you were not able to join are available on our family and women's services (FAWS) Teams channel. We look forward to working with you to implement the additional 15 immediate and essential actions. "It's an exciting time to be part of the FAWS division, with the variation of newly created posts that we have filled or are currently being advertised. We have a tremendous team and always welcome new staff members, so please come and meet with us if you wish to know more about the FAWS division. As always, thank you for everything that you do daily."

The family and women's services divisional management team 15

Wise about wellbeing... While you are caring for our patients, or supporting those who provide care, it is extremely important to remember to focus on your wellbeing and to check in with your colleagues too. There are a wide variety of resources available to you to support your health and wellbeing. Each month, we are sharing practical information and tips as part of our wise about wellbeing feature. This month, we are focusing on financial wellbeing support.

Your financial wellbeing

We recognise that this is a difficult time for our people and we know that financial concerns have consistently been in the top five reasons that colleagues across the NHS call the free support helpline run by the Samaritans. The NHS has partnered with the Money Advice Service to bring you financial wellbeing support to help you manage your finances at home - you can read more here. There are a number of different benefits designed to support all of our people who may require extra financial support or advice. This includes the new offer of travel savings via the Arriva Bus Travel Club. Full details are on the staff health and wellbeing hub on AlexNet.

Money Helper webinar We hosted a webinar on 24 May, in partnership with Money Helper, a company who provide financial support and advice. Money Helper are a public body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions and also work closely with the HM Treasury. The webinar, hosted by Sadiah Waziri, Money Helper partnership coordination manager, covered topics including benefits; everyday money; family and care; homes; money troubles; pensions and retirement; savings; and work. You can watch the recording here and the supporting video here. You can access details of the full range of health and wellbeing resources on the staff health and wellbeing hub on AlexNet. 16

#PAHTPeople - making a difference Baby friendly infant feeding team - Star of the Month Award The baby friendly infant feeding team has introduced a Star of the Month Award, which aims to recognise and celebrate team members who have provided excellent care to women and birthing people, or gone above and beyond to provide breastfeeding and infant feeding support. Congratulations to Natalie Goldsworthy, Katy Hollingsworth and Ellie Fowler who received the award over the last three months. The team are working towards meeting the gold standard as part of the UNICEF baby friendly initiative accreditation - the dedication and high quality care provided by the team is helping towards achieving this goal. Well done to all involved.

Matron appointed as board trustee for the Association for Perioperative Practice Congratulations to Maxine Page, matron for theatres, post-anaesthetic care unit (PACU), pre-assessment and the acute pain service, who has been appointed as a board trustee for the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP).

The voluntary organisation is the only national professional body for nurses, operating department practitioners and theatre support workers in the UK and is internationally recognised for developing standards of care in theatres and in PACU. Maxine will be integral in developing standards, shaping perioperative care, supporting over 7,000 members and providing advice. Maxine is also an AfPP consultant and carries out inspections and audits in theatres and PACU against the AfPP best practice standards - this supports our team at PAHT too.

Nursery nurses support overseas nursing teaching sessions

Our nursery nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), together with the practice development team, have supported teaching sessions for overseas nurses to develop their NICU knowledge and training skills. The session, which is the first of its kind at PAHT, covered the following topics: emergency equipment, basic observations, nappy care, mouth care, good nursing practice, feeding techniques and requirements, patient documentation, how to use our computer systems, the daily care routine and expectations within NICU, and discharge planning.