Monthly archives: December 2019

Medication safety update: December 2019

The medicines safety team based within the pharmacy department will circulate important medicines related information and updates using the banner ‘Did you know?’ Content on current drug alerts, drug safety and prescribing advice will also be added to the pharmacy Connect page  https://connect2.swbh.nhs.uk/pharmacy/.

‘Did you know?’ is in the form of quick bites of information and is a tool to use amongst your local teams to share learning and awareness of key medicines issues.

For details see latest did you know ward bulletin.

If you require any additional information or support with the topics, speak to your local pharmacy team or contact the medicines safety team swbh.mso@nhs.net.

Nutrition and dietetic department and Nutricia to visit City wards

The nutrition and dietetic department in liaison with Nutricia will be present on the wards at City Hospital on Thursday 5 December and Friday 6 December. The team will be giving colleagues the opportunity to participate in supplement tasting, advice on the MUST as well a chance for colleagues to take part in a quiz to win a tea time hamper for your ward or area.

Please see visiting times and location below:

• Thursday 5 December from 12pm visits to D27, D28 and D17
• Friday 6 December from 9am visits to D5, D7 and D26

Heartbeat: Sharing is caring – car scheme helps Trust go green

Colleagues have been racing to sign up to our innovative car sharing scheme that makes it easier than ever to share journeys to and from work across our Sandwell, City and Rowley Hospital sites.

Heartbeat caught up with Sustainability Officer, Fran Silcocks to find out about the new scheme. She said “Research suggests that nearly half of people would journey share with someone they know, yet many people travel each day with empty seats. This is why it makes perfect sense to car share.

“We’ve partnered with Faxi who specialise in innovative carpooling programmes. A leader in their field, the new system offers a smartphone app which connects people so they can car share to and from work. The app offers superb map design with real-time location and traffic information. It makes it easy to partner with someone keen to be green.”

Carpooling is also a great way to reduce your monthly commuting bill whilst also reducing your carbon footprint. Don’t just take our word for it though – Dawn Hall, Waste and Decommissioning Manager has been car sharing and is a real advocate of the scheme.

She said “I believe it’s everybody’s responsibility to do what they can to reduce congestion on our roads. It improves the quality of air we breathe which is why I car share into work as much as I can. If I’m unable to do this, I use public transport like the bus or the metro.”

She added: “I hope that my colleagues across the organisation will embrace car sharing. By doing this it may also help to reduce parking pressures across our sites.”

The more people we have registered, the more successful our car sharing scheme becomes. For more information and details of how to register, we have set up some information on Connect: https://connect2.swbh.nhs.uk/estates/sustainability/car-sharing/

If you have any other questions, please contact Francesca.silcocks@nhs.net.