Monthly archives: November 2023
Drug safety notice: Sodium bicarbonate 1.26 per cent polyfusors
Sodium bicarbonate 1.26 per cent polyfusors are out of stock until further notice.
With this in mind, Sodium bicarbonate 1.4 per cent polyfusors are now available from pharmacy.
Please see Sodium bicarbonate information sheet for further details including how to prepare a solution of sodium bicarbonate 1.26 per cent.
For more information please contact the pharmacy department on ext. 5263/3783.
The Research ABC Project questionnaire: Calling all Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) – deadline extended
Important! If you are a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, radiographer, paramedic, speech and language therapist, operating department practitioner, dietitian, prosthetist, orthotist, podiatrist, orthoptist, osteopath, art therapist, drama therapist or music therapist…please read!
AHPs are invited to complete a questionnaire that will help shape the future of their professions. This innovative project (Research ABC) will assess current research capability in the Black Country and then train and support AHPs to develop awareness, knowledge, and confidence in research. The project, funded by the Clinical Research Network West Midlands, and led by Dr Ali Aries, AHP Research Lead at RWT, will enable the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) to address the four domains of Health Education England’s Allied Health Professionals’ Research and Innovation Strategy for England: capacity, capability, context, and culture. The survey takes less than 15 minutes to complete.
Please submit your answers anonymously by Friday 10 November. Submit your results here: https://forms.office.com/e/4345NDdYGE
If you want to learn more, watch this short YouTube video:
Or read about it here: https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/repo/research-development/documents/19040_Research_ABC_project.pdf
Deteriorating patient and resuscitation team relocation to D26: 8 November
From Wednesday 8 November, the deteriorating patient and resuscitation team will be relocating from D43 in the Sheldon block to D26 ward.
The primary reason for this move is to allow for crucial pharmacy work to be carried out on ward D43 in preparation for MMUH.
Changes and impact:
- Training relocation: All Resuscitation training sessions will be carried out on D26 from Wednesday 8 November onwards. This includes basic life support (BLS), advanced life support (ALS), and any other related training.
- Resuscitation officers and administration: The deteriorating patient and resuscitation team will be located on ward D26. You can reach out to our resuscitation officers there for any support, training, or enquiries.
- Maintaining service standards: We understand the concerns and potential challenges that may arise from this relocation. We want to assure you that we are committed to maintaining a high standard of service within the limitations of this new area. Our team will be fully equipped and prepared to continue delivering efficient, effective, and timely responses to support you or emergencies.
- Temporary relocation: It’s important to note that we will remain on D26 until MMUH opens. At that point, it is planned that we will relocate to a dedicated training venue within the Sandwell. This move aligns with our long-term plans to enhance our training services.
Be sure to check out this short video to from D43 to D26.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Are you listening to me – webinar: 14 November
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 14 November, 2pm – 4pm following the joint publication of the ‘ Child A’ Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review; the review found that services involved with the family didn’t fully understand Child A’s lived experience and the impact of her childhood trauma. This was an incredibly distressing and unusual case in which an innocent young man was killed by his partner’s 14-year-old daughter.
The webinar will begin with an overview of the case, led by Joanna Nicolas, which will focus on the emerging themes and learning identified from the review. This will be followed by a session delivered by Jahnine Davis on adultification and intersectionality, and the impact this has on safeguarding practice from a practitioner’s perspective.
If you would like to book for the webinar, please click here.
Understanding Extremism Online Training- Wednesday 8 November 2023
Free online training for staff, partners and professionals that work in Sandwell on Wednesday 8 November 2023 from 9.30am – 4pm.
Please find the attached poster for more details.
This 1 day Sandwell focused training explores issues relating to the ideology of Global Jihadism and the Extreme Far Right; it will equip delegates with the ideological understanding that underpins different extremist groups.
If you are interested in attending this training, please email Prevent_Inbox@sandwell.gov.uk
This week is Occupational Therapy Week: Meet Juliet Sweeney
Occupational therapy is one of the allied health professions that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. Occupational Therapy Week aims to increase awareness of and celebrate the essential service occupational therapists provide in helping patients regain independence in all areas of their lives. This year’s Occupational Therapy Week is celebrated between 6 – 12 November.
Meet Julie Sweeney:
“I qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2000. For the last 21 years I have been working in Community Paediatrics
“I am passionate about Early Intervention for children to help them achieve their long term goals in all aspects of activities of daily living, and the earlier support is provided the better the outcomes are.
“I have recently started a new post as a Neonatal Occupational Therapist which is part of a new Allied Health Professionals Team that is working on the neonatal unit at City Hospital.
“Working on the neonatal unit I have to consider the occupations of the babies, which include feeding, sleeping, growing and bathing and how I can support the parents to carry out their parenting occupations which may include bathing, feeding, changing their baby and understanding the behavioural cues their babies are showing them.
“On the neonatal unit we also talk about co-occupations (completing occupations together) for example the baby and parents both have bathing as their individual occupations, but this is an occupation that is completed together.
“Developing this new role is an exciting challenge for me, but every day is different and working with both babies and their families provides a very rewarding experience to help them complete the occupations that matter to them.”
To celebrate Occupational Therapy Week, we will be hosting a special drop in event on today at Sandwell Education Centre until 3pm for all colleagues to attend.
Diwali celebrations at Sandwell and City
To celebrate Diwali across the Trust, our chaplaincy team in cooperation with junior doctors wellbeing team, will host Diwali celebrations at City Chapel on Monday 20 November, 12pm – 2pm and Sandwell Chapel on Tuesday 21 November, 12pm – 2pm. All colleagues are invited to come along and join in the festivities of the joint Hindu and Sikh Diwali celebrations.
Both celebrations will be opened with a short prayer from Rakesh Bhatt, our Hindu chaplain; he will give a blessing to all and wish good health upon our colleagues and patients. This will then be followed by a thank you speech from our Sikh chaplain, who will express gratitude to all those in attendance. The Diwali celebrations will then be concluded with an array of traditional Indian vegetarian refreshment for all to try and enjoy.
Hindus celebrate Diwali as they believe it marks the return of deities Rama and Sita to Ayodhya after their 14-year exile. This, as well as the Goddess Durga destroying a demon called Mahisha. Whilst Sikhs celebrate Diwali or known to them as Bandi Chhorn Divas, as it marks the release of the sixth guru, Hargobind Singh from prison in 1619. The foundation stone of the Golden Temple in Amritsar was also laid on Diwali in 1577.
Along with this celebration, the Sikh community also celebrates the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion. Sikhs celebrate this by reading and reflecting on the revealed teachings of the Guru as contained in the Sikh sacred scripture called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. They also offer free community kitchen known as Langar to all visitors and the public.
The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word “deepavali” which translates to a row of lightened lamps. This ties in with many traditions around Diwali which include the lighting of lamps in houses and fireworks as well as worship around the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi to bring blessings for the New Year ahead.
For more information about the events please contact the chaplaincy team at City on ext. 4055/5051 and at Sandwell on ext. 3552/3557.
This week is Occupational Therapy Week
Occupational therapy is one of the allied health professions that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. Occupational Therapy Week aims to increase awareness of and celebrate the essential service occupational therapists provide in helping patients regain independence in all areas of their lives. This year’s Occupational Therapy Week is celebrated between 6 – 12 November.
Be sure to check out this short video featuring two of our children’s occupational therapists talking about their roles at SWB.
To celebrate Occupational Therapy Week, we will be hosting a special Occupational Therapy Week drop in event on Tuesday 7 November at Sandwell Education Centre from 10am – 3pm for all colleagues to attend.
For more information please email jannine.hall@nhs.net.
This week is Occupational Therapy Week – meet Siamah Syed
Occupational therapy is one of the allied health professions that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. Occupational Therapy Week aims to increase awareness of and celebrate the essential service occupational therapists provide in helping patients regain independence in all areas of their lives. This year’s Occupational Therapy Week is celebrated between 6 – 12 November.
Meet Siamah Syed:
“My name is Siamah Syed and I am a new Band 5 occupational therapist with the trust. I have been working within community in Integrated Care Services which is an amazing service comprising of a multi disciplinary team of physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, community nurses, district nurses, case manager to name a few.
As occupational therapists we work with patients to see what goals are important and what occupations patients would like to work towards. An example of occupation as a mean to treatment looks at activity of daily living, kitchen task like making a cup of tea; using task analysis an occupational therapist can observe and assess where the patient is facing a barrier to engaging with completing the task at hand and support them using a variety of strategies like functional, compensatory, restorative to name a few. An example of this could be a patient post stroke with left side weakness who finds the act of pouring the cup of team into their cup, a occupational therapist could suggest use of the other arm that is able to support patient to complete task or use a one touch kettle to compensate and make the task easier. All these decisions require professional and clinical reasoning.”
To celebrate Occupational Therapy Week, we will be hosting a special Occupational Therapy Week drop in event on Tuesday 7 November at Sandwell Education Centre from 10am – 3pm for all colleagues to attend.
For more information please email jannine.hall@nhs.net.
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