Monthly archives: May 2022

Maternity retention project survey

Do you work in midwifery? Are you new to the profession or do you have multiple years’ experience? The Midlands regional perinatal team want to hear from you. The team want to get a better understanding of the experiences and challenges of a career in midwifery throughout the wider region, including within our trust.

With the assistance of Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit who, as part of the NHS, support healthcare organisations to meet the challenges they face, the Midlands Regional Perinatal Team have created a survey to gather useful insight from those working in midwifery. The insights will be used to help shape the future of midwifery within the region, including training needs and support, and what you really need to help do your job as best you can.

The survey should take between 5-10 minutes to complete and can be completed by clicking here. This survey closes on Sunday 8 May.

Staff network day at Sandwell: 11 May

As part of the relaunch of the staff networks, a special event will be taking place on Wednesday 11 May to coincide with Staff Networks Day at Sandwell courtyard gardens, 10.30am – 2.30pm.

The following teams will be in attendance should you want to find out more about their networks or teams:

• BME Staff Network
• LGBT Staff Network
• Disability and Long Term Conditions Staff Network
• Women’s Clinical Network
• Women’s Network
• Muslim Liaison Group
• Chaplaincy team
• EDI Team

Come along to the event and find out more about the networks and how you can get involved.

Be sure to check out this video featuring Richard Beeken, Chief Executive and Frieza Mahmood, Chief People Officer talking about the importance of staff networks.

For more information please email estelle.hickman@nhs.net or khalil.miller@nhs.net.

Connected palliative care blog: Dying matters – a good place to die

During national Dying Matters Awareness Week, communities across the country came together to talk about death, dying and bereavement. So it’s time to pause, reflect and say thank you for some of the amazing gems springing up across our SWB community as we work towards providing fundamentally excellent care for people as they come towards the end of their lives.

To read the full blog, please click here.

International Nurses Day 2022: 12 May

Thursday 12 May will see us celebrate International Nurses Day 2022. The awareness day is an annual celebration of the nursing profession, held on Florence Nightingale’s birthday.

As part of celebrations we will be recognising and highlighting some of Trust colleagues in the build up to International Nurses Day.

Today we feature Shajahan Yamin, Patient Flow Coordinator talking about the fantastic work our nurses do on ward D15 and D17 and Charlotte Moore, Paediatric Sister talking about how she enjoys being a nurse at SWB.