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Monthly archives: June 2022

Adult safeguarding level 3 training

 

Adult safeguarding level 3 training aimed at clinical colleagues band 8As and above is now available to book. Although the training is aimed at band 8A, if you feel you would benefit from the training, you are welcome to book on regardless of band. The training will be provided virtually through Microsoft teams.

Date:

  • Tuesday 5 July, 9am – 12.30pm

Please book your place via ESR or email r.begum19@nhs.net.

For further details please see adult safeguarding level 3 training information sheet.

Drug round aprons no longer available to order for your ward or area

 

The ‘Do Not Disturb’ drug round aprons are no longer available to order via NHS Supply chain due to supplier shortages.

A decision has been taken to stop using them altogether considering evidence they do not reduce interruptions.

This will save approximately 12,500 single use plastic items from incineration every year and 100kg of carbon emissions which is the same as driving an average petrol car for 400 miles.

For specific queries around these aprons, please email clare.nash@nhs.net.

A cervical screening could save yours or your patients life

 

GatewayC and NHS Health Education England are offering a free online course and on demand webinar which covers cervical screening plus other key areas relating to the early diagnosis of cervical cancer:

  • Cervical cancer and early diagnosis course
  • Diagnosing cervical cancer and the role of prevention and screening on demand webinar

Don’t have a GatewayC account and want to register? Click here.

Surgical services listening events

 

Throughout the coming months, the surgical services group will be holding listening events. These sessions aim to listen to colleague feedback and ask how we can make changes to ensure we make our organisation a great place to work.

Please see details below for each event:

Caribbean menu on offer today

 

Hallam Restaurant, Arches, Boaters and the Rowley Coffee Pot will be serving a caribbean menu today (Wednesday 29 June).

Colleagues can choose from:

  • Curry Goat £3.50
  • Caribbean Chicken Stew £2.95
  • Jerk Sweet Potato & Black Bean Curry £2.65
  • Caribbean Beef Patties £2.00
  • Sweet Potato £1.50
  • Rice & Peas £0.85
  • Fry Bodi (Caribbean Green Beans) £0.80
  • Doved Peas £0.85
  • Jamaican Ginger Cake £1.50
  • Custard £0.85

Do you know how to escalate an issue to our estates provider?

 

The service helpdesk email address for ENGIE has now changed to SWBH-Helpdesk.uk@equans.com. The email address of SWBH-Helpdesk.uk@engie.com will be inactive from Thursday 30 June.

As you may be aware, Equans (formerly ENGIE) is our estates facilities management provider for our current hospitals and the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.

The team is also responsible for looking after estates facilities management, reactive maintenance, programmed planned maintenance, lifecycle works, small works and some capital works.

To make working with Equans as straightforward as possible we kept the same phone number. This means if you need an estates maintenance job logging, you call 0121 507 4444 as you have done previously. You can also access an online jobs portal via the homepage of Connect.

For further details estimated response periods, please see escalation process information sheet.

Dr Vaishnavi Kumar funeral arrangements

 

Following the sad passing of Dr Vaishnavi Kumar last week, her family have advised the following arrangements for her funeral this Thursday (30 June). Colleagues and friends are invited to attend the service, and wear colours to celebrate her life.

Vaishnavi will be resting at the Shree Darji Mandir (Vicarage Lane, Leicester, LE4 5PD).You may pay your respects between 11am – 12pm.

She will then travel to the Gilroes Crematorium, (Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QG) where proceedings will begin at 12.30pm. Please be seated by 12.15pm.

Following the service, refreshments will be served at 14, Broombriggs Road, Leicester, LE3 9QN at 2pm.

Please confirm your attendance by text to Lovesh Dyall on 07867 387269.

For colleagues not able to attend, the service will be live streamed with at the following locations from 12pm – 3pm:

  • Sandwell Education Centre, clinical skills 1 (room capacity 16) and room 15 (room capacity 12),  12pm – 3pm
  • Postgraduate Centre, City, ground floor meeting room (room capacity 25)

For more information including details about the service, how to donate to Binti Period in Vaishnavi’s name and how join remotely, please see Vaishnavi’s order of service booklet.

Amazon lockers now available at Rowley

 

Amazon lockers are now available at Rowley! The Rowley Amazon locker can be found outside the main building, opposite disabled car park.

Amazon lockers are also available at both Sandwell and City Hospital sites. The Amazon locker at Sandwell is near to the education centre and is orange in colour and the locker at City is located outside BMEC.

Amazon lockers are self-service kiosks where you can collect or return Amazon parcels at a time that’s convenient for you.

Welcome to Amazon Locker

Verification of expected adult death training now available an e-learning

 

The verification of an expected adult death training is now available for registered nurses to access as an e-learning module via the centric cortex – Verification of Death eLearning Instructions.

Note: This course is aimed at registered nurses who wish to further develop their knowledge, skills and competence in recognising death and the process of verification within an acute or community setting.

For everything palliative care, be sure to check out their connect page.

Taxi protests expected in West Bromwich: 29 June

 

We have been informed that some taxi firms in West Bromwich and will be holding protests from 11am on Wednesday 29 June.

With this in mind, we expect disruption in the local area and ask colleagues to plan for extra time with any journeys in and around the borough.

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