Monthly archives: February 2020
How to contact the domestic abuse team
If you’d like to contact the domestic abuse team, please email the generic safeguarding children inbox at swb-tr.SWBH-GM-Safeguarding-Plans-Sandwell@nhs.net. Alternatively, you can call the safeguarding children team on ext 2844.
If you have any concerns within the ED department, please contact the ED independent domestic violence advocate. Further information can be found on Connect. Click on the safeguarding icon for more information.
Learning disabilities training session for ward staff
On Monday 24 February 2020, a learning disabilities session is being held for ward staff. It will take place from 11 am – 1 pm in room nine at Sandwell Education Centre.
To book a place on the session please contact r.begum19@nhs.net. Alternatively, please call ext 2669.
Say I love you from my head tomatoes with Valentine’ Day lunch menu!
Love is in the air with our Valentine’s Day lunch menu out now.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the catering team have put together a special menu to celebrate the occasion. Why not enjoy lunch with your favourite co-workers and friends on 14 February?
The menu is now available online to view. Enjoy.
Would you like to increase your research knowledge and skills and work with an experienced researcher?
Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) is pleased to launch the 2020/21 West Midlands Internship Programme (formally CAIP), Pre-Doctoral Bridging Programme (formally MDBP) and Post-Doctoral Bridging Programme. These three programmes are aimed specifically at non-medical professionals for health professionals who aspire to combine research and clinical practice and develop a clinical academic career.
· The closing date for applications for the post-doctoral bridging programme is Friday 20 March at midday.
· The closing date for applications for the pre-doctoral and internship programme is Thursday 30 April at midday.
Further details can be found at https://www.birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/education/clinical-academic-careers-programmes/
If you have any questions please contact clinicalacademics@uhb.nhs.uk.
These programmes are funded by Health Education England (HEE) in the West Midlands and linked into the HEE/National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICA) for non-medical healthcare professions.
Medication Safety Bulletin
The medicines safety team based within the pharmacy department have begun circulating important medicines related information and updates. These easy to digest snapshots provide information that can be shared among teams to drive awareness around key medicines issues.
You can now read the January edition online. Please visit the pharmacy homepage via Connect for more information on drug safety updates. Alternatively, you can email the team at swbh.mso@nhs.net should you have any queries.
Is your typing speed holding you back?
Do you want to brush up on your typing skills? Perhaps you need a little help getting started with touch typing?
Unity Users
- Would you like to improve your typing speed?
- Do you wish you could look at the screen more and the keyboard less when entering your patient data?
Non-Unity Users
- Would you benefit from learning to type those e-mails and reports more quickly?
If the answer is yes to any of the above why not try TypingClub? It’s an effective way to learn to type. This online resource is free to use and can be accessed in your own time and at your own pace.
Visit The Learning Blog to find out more.
Team Talk Briefing – February 2020
TeamTalk is our refocussed team briefing where attendees are given an update from the Clinical Leadership Executive and also briefed on national and regional updates.
As part of the February session, the topic of discussion was changes made due to patient feedback with teams being asked to develop a list of improvements they understand have been made in response to feedback.
If you were not able to make one of the sessions you can download a copy of the briefing presentation below.
TeamTalk Briefing – February 2020
Team Talk Feedback Form – February 2020
50 things – patient feedback-experience
Urgent planned maintenance affecting Badgernet: Wednesday 5 February – 10pm
There is planned maintenance taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 5 February) affecting the Badgernet system used in Maternity. The work is scheduled to begin at 10pm and be complete by 11pm.
We do not anticipate any major service interruptions during this work, however users logged in to Badgernet may experience some intermittent service for a few minutes as work takes place.
If you experience any prolonged interruption to any services during this work, please contact the IT helpdesk on ext 4050 and ensure you escalate the issue to your line manager.
LGBT History Month – Lyra McKee
Lyra McKee was 29 years old and a reporter, writer and campaigner. Friends and colleagues have described her as a “rising star” in the world of journalism – she was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006.
Lyra was writing her first book which was due to be published in 2020. She has also been described as “a hero to many in the LGBT community” – she wrote a piece called “Letter To My 14-year-old Self”, in which she talked about facing challenging times at school and the moment she came out as gay to her mother.
John O’Doherty, the director of the Rainbow Project, added: “We have been reading about the huge impact Lyra had on so many within Northern Ireland’s LGBT community, including supporting people in coming out and using her own coming out story to empower others to live as their most authentic selves.”
Lyra was shot whilst covering a riot on the Creggan estate in Derry/Londonderry.
World Cancer Day – Join the team at Sandwell Hospital
4 February is World Cancer Day. When millions of people unite in the fight against cancer.
On this day, everyone who shows their support will raise vital funds for life saving research.
Why we’re uniting
1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. With your support we’ve helped double survival rates in the last 40 years. There are 200 cancer types and 65 million of us.
Help save more lives by joining the nation in one incredible – #ActOfUnity.
We will be celebrating in the Courtyard Information Centre at Sandwell main reception. We will be holding a tombola, selling cancer unity bands and samosa’s which is funding more lifesaving research.
Play your part by wearing a Unity Band®
We look forward to seeing you and attached are some recipes you may fancy trying.
Together we can beat cancer sooner.
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