Monthly archives: June 2018

Blood culture packs now available

Blood culture packs now are now available if you take blood cultures in your area.

The blood culture packs have been developed to promote the use of an aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT) during sampling, to minimise the risk of contaminating the blood culture sample.

Blood culture’s that become contaminated can falsely increase the Trust’s infection rates including MRSA, for which we have a zero tolerance approach to.

The blood culture packs are ordered through Oracle Cloud with supplier being Rochelle.

Blood culture pack order codes are:

• Blood Culture Pack 23g RMT9977
• Blood Culture Pack 21g RMT9976

Wards and departments are able to set up their own standing order but if assistance is required please call ext. 4697, 4940 or 4695.

Fiona Shorney’s retirement: 21 June

Fiona Shorney, Clinical Group Director is due to retire and as part of her retirement, we will be hosting a retirement party on 21 June from 12pm-4pm at Hallam GPO (opposite Dartmouth Clinic) at Sandwell Hospital.

Cakes, tea and coffee will be available.

For more information please contact lydiajones@nhs.net.

McKessson Cardiology currently down

The McKesson Cardiology system is currently down.

The Informatics team are currently working to resolve the issue.

NHS70 prize draw

The NHS is turning 70 on 5 July.  As a thank you to our extraordinary NHS staff – the everyday heroes who are always there to care for us – we have over 400 tickets to give away to some amazing sporting events.

From Wimbledon to Wembley, Elland Road to Edgbaston and Carnoustie to Old Trafford, there’s something for all sports fans.

To take part, you need to be an NHS staff employed by an NHS organisation and aged over 18. You’ll need to submit a few details including your name, job title and organisation, NHS email address and NHS payroll number/staff number/assignment number. This can be found on the payslip of NHS staff, or by contacting your local NHS HR department.

Click here for more information.

Annual General Meeting: 21 June

The Trust is hosting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) tomorrow (Thursday 21 June) from 6pm-7.30pm in the Conference Room, Education Centre, Sandwell General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich, B71 4HJ.

A light buffet will be available for all attendees from 5.30pm.

The AGM is an opportunity to learn about our organisation’s progress and achievements over the past year and also hear from the leaders of our imaging department about the work they do to support the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

For more information and to attend, please contact claredooley@nhs.net.

Aspiring to Excellence PDR – is your Mandatory Training up-to-date?

We are coming to the end of the PDR cycle and about to enter our moderation period.

Part of moderation is to ensure objectives are SMART and that scoring is consistent against the criteria defined in the PDR form. One of the essential criteria for all roles is to have all mandatory training that is up-to-date.

Please check your mandatory training record by clicking here and ensure this is correct and up to date.

During moderation scores of a 3 or 4 will be reviewed to ensure that mandatory training has been completed and records held on the system reflect that.

If you have any queries please contact bethan.downing1@nhs.net

Star Awards 2018: Volunteer of the Year – 9 days left to nominate

There are only 9 days left to get your nominations in for the upcoming Star Awards.

Do you know an individual who has made a significant impact to our Trust whilst volunteering or a person who has shown selflessness and determination to support the people around them?

Nominate them for the Volunteer of the Year Award in this year’s upcoming Star Awards!

Ways to nominate:

• You can complete a paper nomination form which you can download by clicking here.
• You can send in a video nomination for free to  swbh.comms@nhs.net via www.wetransfer.com Choose go to free. When doing the recording remember to state clearly who you are and the name of the person/team you are nominating.
• You can complete the online form by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please contact the communications team on 0121 507 5303 or email swbh.comms@nhs.net.

For more information, please visit our dedicated Star Awards 2018 page on Connect.

Mental health support sessions available

With one in four people suffering with mental ill health during their lifetime, its paramount we all look after our mental health and wellbeing.

With this in mind, we’re offering a variety of mental health support sessions for colleagues across the organisation.

A full listing of dates, times and locations can be accessed below.

Mental Health Support Sessions

For bookings and information, please contact Jatinder Sekhon or Emma Williams on ext. 3306.

Star Awards 2018: Chairman’s Award for notable contribution to the local health and social care system – 9 days left to nominate

There are only 9 days left to get your nominations in for the upcoming Star Awards.

Do you know an individual or team who has made a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of patients, carers or the public in the Sandwell and West Birmingham community?

The award winner will have demonstrated how they have linked up different teams or organisations, and been instrumental in breaking down barriers for the benefit of patients or the wider population.

Nominate them for the Chairman’s Award for notable contribution to the local health and social care system in this year’s upcoming Star Awards!

Ways to nominate:

• You can complete a paper nomination form which you can download by clicking here.
• You can send in a video nomination for free to  swbh.comms@nhs.net via www.wetransfer.com Choose go to free. When doing the recording remember to state clearly who you are and the name of the person/team you are nominating.
• You can complete the online form by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please contact the communications team on 0121 507 5303 or email swbh.comms@nhs.net.

For more information, please visit our dedicated Star Awards 2018 page on Connect.

Clinical informatics team developed for Unity go-live

A new clinical informatics team led by has been set up in lead to Unity go-live.

Each informatics nurse has been assigned to work with clinical groups, the Unity implementation team and Unity work stream leads.

Featured in today’s video is Dominic Legros, Infomatics Nurse who will be working with medicine, pathology and imaging groups supporting implementation to help with Unity go-live.

The team are made up of nurses with a variety of experience within acute and community settings.

They’re here to provide support and guidance to all clinical colleagues to ensure they’re prepared and ready for go-live with part of the informatics nurses role to support the 360 Unity digital champions.

The team will also be available to attend ward, department or group meetings to demonstrate Unity to ensure everyone is prepared for this exciting time and new way of working.

For more information, please contact the clinical informatics team on  swbh.SWBH-Team-Informatics-Nurses@nhs.net