Monthly archives: March 2018
Disruption to traffic on Hallam Street at Sandwell Hospital
Cadent Gas Limited are carrying out essential gas work on Hallam Street that is planned to last approximately 39 weeks, there will be two periods of preparatory work – 16 to 20 March 2018 and 6 to 10 April 2018. The main works will commence 23 April 2018 and are due to finish on 21 December 2018.
The first preparatory works will begin on Friday 16 March until Tuesday 20 March. This will require 2-way temporary traffic lights situated outside Hallam Court, Hallam Street.
Further notifications will be sent out via Staff Communications nearer to the commencement date of each phase, accompanied by detailed maps.
Whenever the use of traffic management is needed, the contractors will work with the Trust and Local Authority Highways Department to try and keep any disruption to a minimum, but there may well be an impact both to the traffic flow and to the access/exit from our car parks at times during the length of the works.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience during this major work project.
Discharge Lounge open on AMU A
To support the safe and timely discharge of patients a discharge lounge has been opened on AMU A at Sandwell Hospital to facilitate medical wards to process discharges.
The discharge lounge will be available between 8:30 and 4:30 up to and including Friday this week.
Please can all medical wards make use of the lounge as early as possible.
The discharge lounge is available on ext 2187.
It’s International Women’s Day
March 8 marks the celebration of International Women’s Day 2018. This special day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the globe.
The theme for 2018 is ‘Press for Progress,’ which focuses on gender parity and a strong call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive. International Women’s Day is not country, group or organisation specific. The day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere so we’re all encouraged to be tenacious in accelerating gender parity to collectively ‘Press for Progress.’
New room booking system to launch in March 2018
March will see the launch of our new room booking system called ‘BOOKED’.
This new system will replace the current Gingco system and will allow you to see at a glance which venues are available for you to reserve.
You will continue to access it via Connect and will log in using your windows log in details.
BOOKED will give you access to the majority of venues across the organisation, including in the Education Centre at Sandwell Hospital, however you will not be able to use it to book individual desks.
As with Gingco there are venues that cannot be booked without approval and gatekeepers have been identified to make the necessary authorisations, the venue must have been authorised before any advert or invite is sent out.
Within the Education Centre and the Post Graduate Centre there are venues that don’t require such authority however, where a booking is made for such a venue on the same day, contact with the appropriate centre must be made before the booking is confirmed to ensure that the venue is accessible.
More information, including a user guide will be issued via the communications bulletin and Connect closer to the new system, BOOKED going live.
Dementia, Delirium and Distress Team win ‘Personalisation of Care’ award
We’re delighted to share with you our Dementia, Delirium and Distress Team have won the ‘Personalisation of Care’ award from the Patient Experience Network National Awards.
They were recognised for their unique and pioneering model of care for patients experiencing confusion and distress during admission.
To refer a patient to the Dementia, Delirium and Distress Team please contact swbh.DDDgroup@nhs.net
IT Issue – Pathology Results
We’re experiencing issues with the flow of pathology requests and results between CDA, eBMS and the Pathology IT system. The Informatics team has been working on resolving this overnight in concert with the pathology IT supplier. Teams should follow their pathology business continuity processes. Paper request forms are accepted by X-Ray and the lab contacted directly for blood results.
Unity readiness checklist
For the launch of Unity to be successful we all must ensure we are prepared. To help with this, a readiness checklist has been produced as guide to support teams. The checklist contains different sections, which contain a number of checks aimed for teams to work through each section, collect the checks, and show that they are ready for Unity.
Your Unity Readiness Checklist is a guide for you and your department to get yourselves ready for the new Unity electronic patient record (EPR). The checklist contains different sections, which contain a number of checks. The aim of the checklist is for you to work through each section, collect the checks, and show that you are ready for the new EPR.
Each ward/department/team will receive their own checklist. The checklist belongs to your department, so assign someone within your team to be in charge of it and store it somewhere safe. How you get your checks is up to you. You may ask different team members to focus on a particular area or set up a small group to work through them all. Accountability for progress with readiness preparation and associated reporting sits with the ward/department manager.
Paper copies of the checklist will be handed out at the second day of Digital Champion Training, but you can also download a copy from Connect:
https://connect2.swbh.nhs.uk/trustindigital/unity/readiness-checklist/
If you have any questions, please contact swbh.trustindigital@nhs.net
Hot Topics Team Brief
Hot Topics is our monthly Trust-wide team briefing system led by the Chief Executive with sessions taking place at the start of each month at Rowley Regis Hospital, Sandwell General Hospital and City Hospital.
If you were unable to attend this month’s briefing which focussed on Sepsis, you can find a summary video online here and links to the briefing document and feedback form below.
New Alcohol Withdrawal Guidelines
New alcohol withdrawal guidelines – are now available to provide guidance on how to assess and manage acute alcohol withdrawal.
If this condition is not treated appropriately, it can result in an escalation of withdrawal which can lead to a medical emergency. This situation increases the risk to the patient, is very distressing for them, and extends their length of stay.
The guidelines contain pathways which staff must follow to effectively manage alcohol withdrawal.
We have an alcohol team of specialist nurses and alcohol practitioners based at both City and Sandwell hospitals, Monday – Friday, 8.00am – 4.00pm who can assist you in the care and management of these patients.
Please contact us on ext. 5074 if you have a referral or bleep 5134 in an emergency.
We are very happy to provide education on alcohol misuse and will come to team meetings to discuss the alcohol team and how we can help you. For more information, please contact our lead alcohol nurse, Arlene Copland on ext. 5074.
European Swallowing Awareness Day 2018 – Wednesday 14 March
Wednesday 14 March is European Swallowing Awareness Day.
The Speech and Language Therapy Team will be raising awareness of swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) and showing how we help patients.
Throughout the day the team will be based at City Hospital (near Arches Canteen) and Sandwell Hospital (near main lifts).
Please come along during the day to take part in games, learn about swallowing problems and most importantly, how you can support your patients with eating and drinking difficulties.
For further information, please contact Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, Briony Storey on 0121 507 4486 (option 2).
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