Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
APRIL 2012
Positive about integrated healthcare
Special
NHS
MESSAGE
FROM THE BOARD
The ninth annual OSCARS awards ceremony was held on Thursday 15 March and we were delighted to be a part of this fantastic event. 360 people were in attendance, celebrating the personal and team successes of our staff, volunteers and partner organisations.
Joined by last year’s winners, we presented awards in nine categories recognising the outstanding contributions made by so many dedicated individuals. We are usually assisted in this task by Trust Staff Side Chair Norman Wilson. As many of you know, he has been closely associated with the OSCARS over the years but unfortunately due to a family bereavement he was unable to be with us on the night. We send him our sympathies and thanks for the work he does. We were delighted to welcome staff from our newly hosted services, County Health Partnerships, Bassetlaw Health Partnership and Offender Health to the ceremony, along with VIP guests including Councillor Carol Pepper, our Governor Members and of course all our shortlisted nominees and those who nominated them. Nottinghamshire Healthcare is proud to be positive about its staff, we value them enormously and the OSCARS is an example of how we are prepared to invest in them and thank them for their hard work and efforts in delivering our services. This year 129 nominations were submitted across nine categories. They came from staff, service users, carers and patients and many of the citations you will find here are direct quotes from those nominations.
We want to add our congratulations to every single nominee, including those who weren’t shortlisted or able to attend on the night. A full list of everyone nominated can be found in this brochure. We wish to thank everyone who made the OSCARS 2012 such a success; those who took the time to make a nomination and the judging panels who had the hard task of picking the shortlisted nominees and the winners. Thanks to Sue Wood and the Communications Team for organising the event and overseeing the whole process from start to finish. The continuing economic situation cannot have escaped any of you and we know that some organisations have felt that they should cancel events such as the OSCARS. We believe at times like this it is even more important to recognise and thank our staff for the tremendous contribution they make. We are very proud of you all. Thank you and congratulations.
Professor Dean Fathers, Chair and Professor Mike Cooke CBE, Chief Executive
Judging Panel 1: Professor Dean Fathers (Chair) Vanessa Briscoe Julie Hall Suzanne Jones David Liggins David Miller Jennie Palmer-Vines Paul Robinson Judging Panel 2: Sheila Wright (Chair) Dianna Brennan Kieran Colton Dr Michael Elliott Casey Kimbley David Manley Neil Thompson Tracey Whiteley Judging Panel 3: Julie Pomeroy (Chair) Steve Ball Julie Bernstein Lisa Horseman Peter Hunt Lucy Jones Michelle Persaud Daz Ward
Thank you to all of our sponsors who supported us financially to deliver the 2012 OSCARS ceremony.
HargraveDesign Barchester Healthcare – one of our private sector partners and headline sponsor for the event
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Mills and Reeve – the Trust’s lawyers
Konica Minolta – who supply our photocopying and printing equipment
Hargrave Design – who produce our Positive magazine
MITIE – who provide our maintenance services
Judging the OSCARS The three judging panels comprised Trust Non Executive Board Directors, representatives from the Trust’s Forensic, Local and Community Services Divisions, Trade Unions, Governor Members, people who use our services and people who care for them.
To view an online gallery of images from the evening visit www.uniqueimages.co.uk/oscars
The judges selected the finalists and winners from the 129 nominations; a very hard task. Sincere thanks go to them all for their contribution. If anyone is interested in being a judge for the OSCARS 2013, please email sue.wood@nottshc.nhs.uk or call 0115 9934529.
Your help is very gratefully received by the Trust.
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NOMINEE
David Hunter
Catering Manager, Rampton Hospital, Retford Dave has a true passion for his work and accepts nothing less than the highest standards for the delivery of food to patients. He always buys food from local producers and most importantly he listens to the patients, attends the Patients’ Council and adjusts the menus accordingly. He provides tasty, well thought out food and through the innovative picture menus makes the food appear attractive.
NOMINEE
Nadine Dutton
Senior Administrator, Therapy Office, Lings Bar Hospital Within a short space of time Nadine can confidently and thoroughly obtain relevant clinical information which means that she is instrumental in sign posting in a timely manner. Her knowledge now means that if a referral is not appropriate then she is able to direct the referrer to a satisfactory alternative so that client needs are being met. Her communication skills, her diplomacy and professionalism ensure that patients and staff feel respected, valued and supported.
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Unsung Hero Award Non Clinical Setting
WINNER
Richard Murden
Care and Environment Co-ordinator, Thorneywood Adolescent Unit, Nottingham
This award recognises the achievements of an individual who isn’t usually in the spotlight but who works hard behind the scenes to help the Trust deliver its objectives.
Nothing is too much trouble for Richard, even when things are tough he does not get stressed or flap but finds a way to keep to the task in hand. He makes a significant contribution to the safety of young people and staff. Richard is always early to work and has never been someone whose hours are dictated by the clock; he stays until he has finished and until things are done to his standards, which are exceptionally high.
NOMINEE
Paul Robinson, Involvement Volunteer,
The Involvement Centre, Nottingham Paul makes a significant difference to the lives of service users, carers and staff. He supports service users and carers to acquire new skills and refresh existing ones through the use of information technology. He has added value to the Involvement staff team and the Trust by creating and designing publicity and promotional products that have attracted praise from involvement volunteers, staff and executive directors. He has provided learning support for people with little experience of IT offering bespoke sessions.
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Rachel Horsman
Forensic Psychologist, Personality Disorder Service, Rampton Hospital, Retford Rachel works in a recovery orientated way, building on the strengths and positives of all those around her. She instantly sees the small steps in people’s progress and supports risk in a positive and appropriate way. She positively impacts on recovery through direct clinical work and through the inclusive involvement of ward staff in patients' therapy. She is described as a very dedicated, committed colleague and is an ‘ambassador’ for the Psychology Department.
NOMINEE
Caroline Prance Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Thorneywood, Nottingham Caroline has worked across two CAMHS teams, community outpatients and self-harm for 14 years. Her motivation, passion, good humour and positive attitude make her a fabulous role model to team colleagues. Evidence says the one thing that makes the most difference to service user outcomes is the 'therapeutic relationship' they have with their worker. Young people feel they can talk to Caroline, trust her and that she genuinely cares.
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Unsung Hero WINNER
Award Clinical Setting
Enid Cassidy
Health Care Environment Co-ordinator, Ward B1, Bassetlaw Hospital Enid puts vast amounts of time and energy into the standards of cleanliness, safety and the general environment on Ward B1. She has particularly embraced and delivered on Essence of Care, making sure that the whole team are on board with this important work about making sure the whole care experience is a good one for our users and carers. Enid gets things done especially if a concern or worry has been raised by a service user or carer. She is kind and receptive and will go out of her way to respond quickly to carers’ concerns.
This award recognises the achievements of an individual in a direct care role who goes beyond their ‘job description’ to help the Trust deliver its objectives; bringing clear benefits to patients, service users and carers. The winner is unlikely to have been formally recognised for their efforts in the past.
NOMINEE
Fiona Shilling Community Matron, Cotgrave Health Centre Fiona is a modest person who underestimates her positive impact on the wider teams she works with and the care she provides to her patients. She is extremely dedicated, not afraid to stand up for the rights of her patients and is flexible and innovative. She provides an excellent role model to others she comes into contact with. Caring for the frail and elderly is not a glamorous occupation, but is one to which Fiona is 100% dedicated.
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NOMINEE Lynne Collins
Community Forensic Services Manager, Heatherdene, Mansfield and Westminster House, Nottingham There has been an overwhelming and enthusiastic response to Lynne’s knowledge, drive and vision from other agencies. Her work on the Bradley Report has undoubtedly promoted and enhanced the reputation of the Trust locally, nationally and even internationally and as such she has underlined the professionalism and commitment of the Trust to improving service delivery. Lynne is an excellent and inspirational manager and leader whose contribution to promoting better service delivery is second to none.
NOMINEE Theresa Drozdowska Health Improvement Practitioner, Stapleford Care Centre Theresa is an excellent ambassador for the Trust. She has a wealth of knowledge about breast feeding and its promotion, is very professional, is dedicated to the initiative and is a delight to line manage. She embraces every challenge with a solution focused approach. She is a most valuable member of staff and deserves acknowledgement of her outstanding work that is somewhat different to the routine provision.
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Leadership Award
Leadership cannot be underestimated and at Nottinghamshire Healthcare it is taken very seriously indeed as demonstrated by the Trust’s ground breaking Invest to Lead series. This award goes to the individual that has demonstrated leadership and management skills in developing an effective and efficient team. Irrespective of their position in the Trust, this person will have acted as a role model; setting high standards, championing these and providing mentoring for others to do the same.
NOMINEE
Joanne Gleaden
Clinical Governance Manager (Forensic Services), Rampton Hospital, Retford Joanne brings a distinctive 'style' to the Offender Health Directorate, in terms both in the way in which she utilises her knowledge and skill in support of the clinical governance agenda as well as her classy attire! Joanne has been able to integrate the
WINNER
Karen Elliott
Manager, Speech and Language and Arts Therapies, Rampton Hospital, Retford People and communication skills are central to everything Karen does in her role: whether working with patients, staff, or in partnership with other agencies. Karen has the skill to listen to what people tell her, and act on that information to ensure interactions and daily work practices are safe, sound, supportive and sensitive to the needs of the patients, but also relate directly to the skills of the staff.
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Dr Michael Marriott Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS, North Nottinghamshire At a time of competing needs and enormous pressure on services it can be very challenging to prioritise new initiatives, particularly if the benefits are not immediately visible and place additional administrative demands on clinicians. However, Mike has risen to this challenge with tremendous enthusiasm and energy. A major factor in the success of his work has been his accessible style and his focus through training on developing clinically meaningful data.
WINNER
Peer Support Worker Team City and County
Highbury Hospital, Nottingham and Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Sutton-in-Ashfield The peer support workers are unrelenting in their pursuit of equality. They see every person they serve as an individual with strengths, dreams, wishes and desires. They never allow themselves to be distracted by deficits, needs and problems. They see the potential in all those they serve and work tirelessly to show the teams with which they work that everyone should be treated with high standards of dignity, respect and equality.
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Equality and Diversity Award clinical governance agenda as a thread through everything so it is an integral part of the Directorate’s work. This is recognised by Commissioners, Prison partners and wider stakeholders who perceive the teams as expert and credible in their respective areas.
As a provider of national, regional and local services, it is vital that Nottinghamshire Healthcare reflects the diversity of the communities it serves in the way it delivers services. Nominees in this category demonstrate how this works on a daily basis around the Trust.
NOMINEE Christopher Colley Team Leader, Ruby Ward, Rampton Hospital, Retford Chris is a very valued and committed member of the team. The Colley Tunnels, although a wonderful innovative and productive idea, play only a small part of Chris' working day. He is a committed teacher in the arson treatment group and a dedicated team leader to the nursing staff on Ruby Ward. He is a dedicated nurse who works relentlessly towards the wellbeing and recovery of all the patients in his care.
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NOMINEE Arnold Lodge Health and Wellbeing Team Arnold Lodge, Leicester This programme has been devised to encourage and empower patients to adopt positive physical health and wellbeing choices. Through a three pronged approach using Primary Healthcare, Sports Therapy and Psychology, the patients are able to make healthy behaviour changes to aid their physical and mental health recovery.
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Innovator of theYear Award
WINNER
Dr Emma Meldrum Clinical Psychologist, Specialist CAMHS, Thorneywood, Nottingham A specialist CAMHS consultation project has been made possible by the commitment and expertise demonstrated by Emma. Through her very accessible and collaborative style of working she has forged very positive working relationships between Nottinghamshire Healthcare and Nottingham CityCare Partnership. Working in different settings Emma impresses with her ability to adapt her approach to engage groups of different levels of experience and skill with tremendous ease.
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The award for innovation and creativity is for a product, therapy, treatment or process, which is more than an incremental step better than what has gone before; that is innovative and brings a clear benefit to patients, carers or staff. It will have introduced new, exciting evidence based ideas that make a difference – large or small – to the Trust’s performance.
NOMINEE
Chris Coverley
Health Improvement Practitioner Healthy Schools, Byron Court, Nottingham Chris designed and developed an activity project to be launched and promoted through schools, but aimed at families and all ages to tackle obesity through promoting easy ways of becoming 'more active more often'. The scheme is now supported by 50/54 schools, with over 880 registrations currently including more than 170 families. This project is ongoing and sustainable with little further resource requirements. Work on the project will be continued through to the Olympics and beyond.
NOMINEE Vivien Oliver
PA/Administrator, Stapleford Care Centre Vivien drove through the introduction of a new centrally administered electronic partial booking appointments system for all first appointments across all five care pathways within Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service. This involved re-directing existing therapy time into a newly created/designed administrative support post. This was successfully created and implemented alongside other major changes with the Speech and Language Therapy Service whilst maintaining staff commitment and engagement. Therapists report that they could not be without this valuable way of working.
NOMINEE
Helen Brown
Recovery Education Centre (REC) Co-ordinator, REC, Nottingham
NOMINEE
Therapeutic Skills Team, Learning and Development Department, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham The three tutors have had a huge impact on the lives of patients and service users via the vehicle of training and education. Many teaching offerings have from the beginning of 2011 been co-produced between the tutor and members of the involvement team and have created a range of teaching subjects that have highlighted comparatively simple but frequently misunderstood notions of mental illness and/or learning disability.
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Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma Award The Liam O’Neill award is dedicated to a colleague, who died suddenly in 2008. Liam worked tirelessly against stigma and is a very worthy namesake for this award.
WINNER
Helen has led the development of the Recovery College, establishing a welcoming, inclusive, strengths focused atmosphere. The College combats stigma and raises awareness through an educational approach which enables students to manage their own problems and achieve their life goals. Helen has held these inclusive and Recovery focused values in all aspects of the college development. She always makes time for everyone who visits the college, enabling them to recognise their own skills and achievements, so combating self-stigma, and developing positive relationships with the local community so that people are registering for courses who have never had the courage to admit their problems before.
The Panthers Project Team, Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Sutton-in-Ashfield
From the last campaign between the Trust and the Panthers, service users, carers and volunteers have reported that they now feel part of the community, they do not feel isolated and their mood has uplifted. They felt the Trust was very kind and that this philosophy will benefit all and the Nottingham Panthers now have gained new fans. The campaign provided confidence and gave service users the encouragement to try new things.
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WINNER
Dr Emma Meldrum
6 The Innovator of the Year Award l-r Professor Saul Tendler, Dr Emma Meldrum, Mike Cooke
WINNER Nottinghamshire Specialist Epilepsy and Learning Disability Team The Team of the Year Award – Clinical Setting l-r Mike Cooke, Sarah Pashley, Lisa Flinton, Mike Parsons
WINNER
Nick Daibell
Lifetime Achievement Award l-r Dean Fathers, Jim Walker, Nick Daibell
WINNER Peaks Education Team 6 The Team of the Year Award – Non Clinical Setting l-r Mike Cooke, Clare Thurlow, David Underwood, Richard Brown
WINNER
Alison Wright
The Dean Fathers Honorary Award l-r Dean Fathers, Judy Johns, Elaine Trainor, Catherine Buttery
WINNER
Karen Elliot
The Leadership Award l-r Mike Cooke, Karen Elliot, Louise Bussell 10
WINNER
Richard Murden
6 The Unsung Hero Award – Non Clinical Setting l-r Dean Fathers, Richard Murden, Andrea Reed, Karen Ryder
WINNER
The Panthers Project Team
The Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma Award l-r Members of the team with Dean Fathers and Jonathan Wright (far left)
All the shortlisted nominees and winners
WINNER Peer Support Worker Team City and County 6 The Equality and Diversity Award l-r Members of the team with Mike Cooke and Pat Williams (far right)
WINNER
Enid Cassidy
The Unsung Hero Award – Clinical Setting l-r Dean Fathers, Enid Cassidy, Chris Packham
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NOMINEE
Podiatry Services: Single Point of Access Team Mansfield Community Hospital Despite the fact they are a very small team, during the course of the last year the Podiatry Service Single Point of Access Team implemented and supported the roll-out of systmOne across the whole of the service whilst consolidating the implementation of a single point of access for referrals. They were operating two non compatible IT systems which they managed skilfully and seamlessly whilst call handling over 1000 telephone calls per week.
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Team of the Year
This award celebrates members of staff working together to get things done in a non clinical area.
Award Non Clinical Setting
NOMINEE
The Panthers Project Team, Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Sutton-in-Ashfield
This campaign is very positive and has reached the general public in a fun and active way. 'Thoughts of the Panthers' are incorporated within the match programme which fans can relate to. These thoughts are around their mental health, diet, physical health and activities they do outside of ice hockey which keeps them fit. This is the second successful year of this project and demonstrates the Trust’s commitment to Recovery.
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WINNER
Peaks Education Team
Peaks Unit, Rampton Hospital, Retford The team is driven by the strategy of 'inclusion'. Peaks Education staff remove barriers to learning and encourage the involvement and participation of all patients by providing personalised learning opportunities. The aim is to encourage motivation, confidence and self-worth. This has been demonstrated in some of the award winning projects undertaken by the team.
NOMINEE
Freedom of Choice Uniting Society (FOCUS) Committee
Aspley Community and Training Centre, Nottingham The FOCUS team is outstanding because they are all overcoming some very great personal difficulties to provide a greatly needed service. Being on the committee is not an easy ride and the committee would themselves admit that it is not all plain sailing. Despite this, they work hard to overcome their difficulties and give freely of their time.
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NOMINEE
Ward B2, Bassetlaw Mental Health Department, Bassetlaw Hospital
Clear benefits have been demonstrated through the innovative and exceptional work that has been undertaken in relation to Releasing Time to Care (RTtC), The Recovery Approach, Service User Involvement and Service User Feedback. Each member of the team takes on an additional role above that of their position and develops this further for the benefit of patients by developing resource files, acting as a reference point for information, acting as an assessor and signposting / referring onward.
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Team of the Year Award Clinical Setting
NOMINEE HMP Lindholme Physical Healthcare Team, HMP Lindholme, Doncaster The staff team at HMP Lindholme has worked tirelessly over the last year following a transfer from the private sector into an NHS team, changing the ethos of delivery of care and having had some significant team changes, including an entire new management structure. The team has focused on being responsive to patient needs and identifying solutions to service provision gaps and due to changing attitudes towards others and each other, have improved corporate image.
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This award celebrates members of staff working together to get things done in a clinical area.
WHO WE ARE...
You may have picked up this copy of the newsletter not knowing what Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is. We provide integrated healthcare services including mental health, learning disability and community health services. We also manage medium-secure units in Leicester and Rotherham, and the high-secure Rampton Hospital near Retford and provide healthcare in 12 prisons across the East Midlands and Yorkshire.
WE NEED YOU! WINNER Nottinghamshire Specialist Epilepsy and Learning Disability Team, Highbury Hospital, Nottingham The Specialist Epilepsy and Learning Disability Team provides a comprehensive and holistic patient centred service. The team initiated and developed partnership working with the local neurology service; two dedicated Learning Disability neurology clinics per week at Nottingham University Hospitals and three monthly Learning Disability/Epilepsy clinics at Highbury and development of a Learning Disability/Epilepsy clinic in Mansfield, improving access to investigations, treatment, and patient outcomes. A programme of training across Nottinghamshire has improved the quality of care for patients and their carers.
NOMINEE
Cassidy 136 Suite Team
Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham Nationally many patients detained by the police under Section 136 are taken to a police custody suite for their assessment. The staff work together so that most can be safely assessed in the Cassidy Suite, including those who are intoxicated, and they helped to write guidance to achieve this. The staff create a safe environment so the police can leave quickly which decriminalises the process and helps use police time more efficiently.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for the newsletter, please contact Suzanne Aitken in the Trust Communications Team on 0115 955 5403 or via email at suzanne.aitken@nottshc.nhs.uk. We are always pleased to receive articles for possible publication, but ask that they do not exceed 300 words. Wherever possible when naming individuals, please include details of their job titles/roles and the organisation they are from. If any individuals other than yourself are mentioned in what you write or featured in accompanying photographs, please make sure you check with them that they are happy to be potentially featured. It is your responsibility to ensure this consent is given. Please send photos as separate image files and not in Word documents. Please note that the Communications Team has full editorial control and may have to edit articles appropriately. Therefore, if you want to see the final version please ensure you send your article in with plenty of time before the deadline and state clearly what you require. If you would like copies of any past editions of Positive, or if you are having any ‘distribution issues’ with the newsletter – whether you’re receiving too many copies, too few, or none at all – then please contact us. If you would like your story in the June issue of Positive, please contact us by 4 May 2012. However, due to space constraints we cannot guarantee the publication of all articles received by the deadline. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, The Resource, Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road, Nottingham NG3 6AA Tel: 0115 969 1300 www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
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The
Dean Fathers Honorary Award
From time to time there is an outstanding achievement that deserves recognition, whichever category it falls into and this year there was one such nomination: Alison Wright Health Visitor, Park House Medical Centre, Nottingham Alison worked for the NHS as a Nurse and Health Visitor all her working life only taking time off for maternity leave and recent hospital admissions. She has been a hard working, dedicated professional throughout her working life and did not want to leave the profession but her circumstances prevented her from reaching her full potential. Alison would be embarrassed to receive such an award but she deserves it as she is an unsung hero to many.
NOMINEE
Marie Gibson
Secondary Mental Health Practitioner, HMP Nottingham Marie has worked for Nottinghamshire Healthcare since 1996. Prior to this she worked at Rampton Hospital for nine years (starting in 1987) when it was still run by the Special Health Authority. Through her career she has contributed to many successful initiatives and has been a dedicated member of staff, turning her hand to improving many services.
NOMINEE
Glenys Herbert
Chair, Rampton Hospital League of Friends / Mental Health Act Manager, Rampton Hospital, Retford
Glenys has worked for the Trust and its predecessors in a non executive and voluntary role for around 25 years. During that time she was initially a member of the Rampton Hospital Advisory committee, a body which provided the non executive oversight role on behalf of the Special Hospitals Service Authority and also provided the mental health act managers role. Glenys took on the role of being a mental health act or associate manager. She has continued in this role since the current Trust was formed in 2001 and sees patients in all areas of the Trust.
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WINNER
NOMINEE
Sue Thornton
General Manager, Adult Mental Health City, Highbury Hospital, Nottingham
Nick Daibell
General Manager, Adult Mental Health County, Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sue inspires enormous pride in City Services, cherishing every member of staff and supporting them to achieve their own goals whilst contributing to the overall Recovery focused vision for mental health in the city of Nottingham. Her door is open and she makes time for people, encouraging them to be the best that they can be, nurturing their potential and moulding it to the needs of the service. She is respected and loved by her staff, who feel safe to be creative, take positive risks and to be acknowledged for doing so.
Nick has contributed much knowledge and experience during his 36 years working for the Trust. Nick is extremely supportive to all staff, involving them in decision making such as Cost Improvement Plans. He has been an inspirational leader who has patients and service users at the heart of everything he does – including personally making sure he sees everyone on Christmas Day.
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Lifetime Achievement This award needs no explanation.
NOMINEE
Award
Wendie Farmer
Ward Manager, David Wilson Unit, Rampton Hospital, Retford Wendie has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing person-led services throughout her career, before it was a term used in the national agenda. She focuses on patient involvement, seeking patient views in order to construct services that are of value to them. Most recently she had significant involvement in the development of the David Wilson Unit which provides high secure care for men with learning disabilities.
NOMINEE
Steve Oxby
Forensic Division Staff Side Chair, Rampton Hospital, Retford (Posthumous nomination) Steve sadly passed away after he was shortlisted. Steve's contribution as a nurse was excellent but nothing out of the ordinary. However his work as a staff side rep and branch chairman was outstanding. He put in long hours on behalf of his members and the Prison Officers Association branch at the Hospital has been a source of support when members have had personal difficulties or when they have been injured or stressed in the course of their work. He was an advocate for good patient care and supportive of the view that staff are paid to be in work. Steve’s death is a sad loss.
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The Full List of
Nominations Congratulations to everyone who was nominated for an OSCAR. The Unsung Hero Award – Non Clinical Setting - Heather McMillan - Mark Wright - Tony Footitt - David Hunter - Nadine Dutton - Laura Clark-Ward - Michelle Godfrey - Richard Murden - Paul Robinson - Amanda Whitaker - Val Strawson - Nigel Sarsfield - Richard Gundalach - Lynda Collings - Sally Bullock - Rebecca Smith - Moira Shaw - Podiatry Service Single Point of Access Team The Unsung Hero Award – Clinical Setting - Jill Lewis - Stephen Regel - Caroline Prance - Paul Prendergast - Lynn Bennett - Annie Clarke - Joanne Hammond - Fiona Shilling - Teresa Wong - Bill Carpenter - Tracey Huckleby - Louise Brown - Michelle Jackson - Raksha Kitipaijit - Carol Starkey - Jeff Sneath - Ade Lazarus - Pete Allen - Rachel Horsman - John Davies - Dr Jonathan Lloyd - Enid Cassidy - Dianne Edwards - Jacqui Hudson-Scott and Yvette Deverill The Leadership Award - Melanie Somes - Lynne Collins - Dr Michael Marriott - Helen Miller - Jennie Palmer-Vines
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Theresa Drozdowska Karen Elliott Debbie Abrams Joanne Gleaden Ian Tennant Acute Ward Managers, Adult Mental Health – City
The Innovator of the Year Award - Chris Coverley - Chris Anthony - Vivien Oliver - Christopher Colley - Stella Compton-Dickinson - Jane Danforth - Dr Emma Meldrum - Steve Ball - Mick O’Driscoll and Sarah Pitts - Arnold Lodge Health and Wellbeing Team - Health Visiting Team – North and East Cluster - County Transforming Community Services Transition Team - Newark and Sherwood Falls Prevention Service The Equality and Diversity Award - Christopher Colley - Peer Support Team – City and County The Team of the Year Award – Non Clinical Setting - The Learning and Development Team (Rampton Hospital) - Bassetlaw Stop Smoking Service - Linen Services Team - Duncan Macmillan House Staff Library Team - Invest to Lead Organising Team - Learning Beyond Registration Team - Learning and Development Teams – Local and Forensic - Rampton Hospital Acorn Education Centre - Café Art Team - The Panthers Project Team
- Specialist Services Directorate Management Accounts Team - Hotel Services Domestic Team - Local Services Human Resources Team - The Peaks’ Education Team - Millbrook Office Assistants Team - Freedom of Choice Uniting Society (FOCUS) Committee - Podiatry Service Single Point of Access Team - ESR County Health Partnership De-merge Team - Caroline Pinnick and David Pipes The Team of the Year Award – Clinical Setting - Wathwood Assessment Ward Nursing Team - Involvement Embedders - Bassetlaw Community Mental Health Team (Mental Health Services for Older People) - Lings Bar Hospital Nursing Team - County Learning Disability Health Facilitation Team - Rainworth Integrated Adult Community Nursing Team - Acute Learning Disability Liaison Team - Woodlands Substance Misuse Service Management - Ward B2, Bassetlaw Mental Health Department - The Woodlands’ Clinical Staff Team - Newark and Sherwood School Nursing Team - Learning Disability Community Nursing Team - Community Assessment and Treatment Team – Learning and Development South - Community Assessment and Treatment Team – North - Dignity Champions - HMP Lindholme Physical Healthcare Team - Nottinghamshire Specialist Epilepsy and Learning Disability Team - Adult Mental Health City
Inpatient - Occupational Therapy Team - Cassidy 136 Suite Team - Ears, Nose and Throat Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service Team - HMP Stocken Healthcare Team - Jane Smith and Jane Kirk - Simon Hammond, Kate Childs and John Mclntyr The Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma Award - The Panthers Project Team - Therapeutic Skills’ Team - Helen Brown The Lifetime Achievement Award - Glenys Herbert - Marie Gibson - Steve Oxby (Posthumous nomination) - Nick Daibell - Sue Thornton - Wendie Farmer
Konica Minolta East: working in partnership to deliver cost efficient print solutions Konica Minolta East have been providing print, copy and scanning capable devices to Nottinghamshire Healthcare for many years and our relationship with the Trust has always been based upon a partnership, working together, as opposed to that of just a supplier and customer. More recently, Konica Minolta won the Trust’s competitive tender for print, copy and scan; again demonstrating a continued commitment to working in partnership with Nottinghamshire Healthcare. Since becoming the Trust’s tender supplier we have been assisting in the delivery of the Trust’s Print Strategy. The aims of the Strategy are to provide the Trust’s workforce with a modern, managed, reliable, cost efficient and right sized print, copy and scan fleet. We have been engaged with the Trust in a number of activities; from site and department audits to fleet management meetings and planning activities. During November and December, last year, and January this year, we were working in partnership to test our technology and cost efficiency model within the Trust. This culminated in a successful ‘Proof of Concept’ (POC) within several departments, at Trust Headquarters at Duncan Macmillan House. The aims of this exercise were to prove that the technologies, use and financial savings identified by Konica Minolta could be integrated in to, and realised by, the Trust. The departments that have been involved in the POC have made some significant savings using the solution and their experiences will be used to support the wider rollout.
Elaine Hayes is Post Graduate Centre Manager at Duncan Macmillan House: “We are printing less and the project has certainly prompted a change in processes e.g. paperless invoicing. The impact of shared printers was not as detrimental as first thought and actually collecting your printing provides an opportunity to have a short break away from the PC.
We can already see the potential cost savings due to the shared facility and print reduction and it’s great to have the scan to email facility.” As ever, Konica Minolta looks forward to continuing our commitment to support Nottinghamshire Healthcare in the forthcoming year. The year ahead for us as print partners of the Trust will be an exciting one as we and the Trust move forward with a planned deployment of new equipment and technologies to support the Print Strategy. This will ultimately deliver a more modern and robust fleet of equipment for staff; whilst making significant savings for the Trust.
l-r: Mike Parsons and Mike Cooke at the ground breaking ceremony at the Forest site
Nottinghamshire Healthcare and Barchester Healthcare started working together in a collaborative way in May 2008, following a workshop attended by staff from both organisations. It was agreed that by working together on specific service developments and using the expertise of both organisations, an improved experience for people and their families could be provided, organisational and leadership development would be supported and better value for the public purse would be ensured. A formal Board was established to support different projects and service developments. Jointly chaired by Steph Palmerone, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Barchester and Simon Smith, Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s Executive Director, Local Services, the Board only considers ideas and projects that can support the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention agenda.
Developing collaboration into new services – the long game due to open in March 2013 • Redevelopment of a Barchester service in Worksop to support people with enduring mental health needs The project that has taken the longest to plan, but will provide a truly integrated service is that which is being developed on the Forest site in Mansfield. The Forest is currently being transformed into a 50 bed hospital for people aged under 65 with Working Age Dementia, alcohol related brain injury and Huntington’s Disease. The Trust and Barchester will work in partnership to provide high quality intensive and rehabilitative care with a focus on personalisation and community living. Andrea Ward, General Manager, Mental Health Services for Older People, Nottinghamshire Healthcare and Richard Hardman, Barchester’s Director of Service Development, have been working together to make the idea a reality.
Projects that have been developed include: • Shared leadership development including a new opportunity for people within both organisations to spend a 'week in the life of'. The chief executives of both organisations, Professor Mike Cooke and Mike Parsons make contributions to the leadership development programmes of each organisation. • Joint funding of a new Chair in dementia with The University of Nottingham • A new nursing home supporting older people and people with dementia in Newark that will work with the community team,
Andrea Ward said: “Each organisation brings something different to the table, which will come together to create something special for service users and carers. The Trust has a nationally recognised expertise in Working Age Dementia developed by Tracey Wilkinson and her team. The development of the hospital and the forthcoming appointment of a Chair in dementia will allow the Trust to build on this expertise and develop a comprehensive pathway throughout the service user’s journey. By including services for those people with alcohol related brain injury and Huntington’s in the hospital, we hope to work with
colleagues across all sectors to develop the same quality pathways across these services.” The new staff team at the Forest reflect the shared values of both organisations and the benefits of true partnership. For while the manager of the site and one of the unit leaders will be Barchester employees, the modern matron and the other two unit leaders will be seconded from the Trust. Commenting on the collaboration Richard Hardman said: “Colleagues from Nottinghamshire Healthcare will be with Barchester for two years and during this time will be entered onto the Barchester leadership programme from which they have the opportunity to take a Masters degree. In addition psychiatric support, psychology, Occupational Therapy and speech and language therapy will be provided by the Trust on a service level agreement. This senior management and clinical team will work together to create a national centre of excellence.” This is a practical collaboration that demonstrates that the NHS and the independent sector can work together to provide positive, integrated pathways for individuals with unique care support needs.