Monthly archives: June 2024

Update: Blood orders in Unity

Pathology IT have now resolved the incident which was stopping new duplicate lab orders from appearing in Unity. However the duplicate lab orders that were generated during the incident will still remain.  Informatics are working with vendor Oracle to find a way to remove the duplicate entries in Unity. We apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused.

Counter fraud survey – help us protect you!

Our counter fraud services are provided by RSM who are continually working hard to reduce and deter fraud. To allow RSM to measure how effective their prevention work and training is, please take a few minutes to complete their short survey linked below.

To complete the short survey please click here.

Don’t forget – all suspicions of fraud should be reported to NHSCFA by calling 0800 028 40 60.You can also report fraud anonymously on 0800 028 4060 or online.

Ready, steady, go! – Our mock move week went full steam ahead!

This week, HCR and our external stakeholders joined members of SWB for mock move week. It is a crucial milestone in the project and an opportunity for colleagues to practice their departmental moves before our site moves begin in October.

Putting move protocol into practice, teams including maternity, critical care, paediatrics, neonates, and City and Sandwell general patients participated in mock move week.

Naturally, this experience enabled colleagues to observe how things worked, with an opportunity to assess and adjust their plans and take learnings away before patient moves commence.

Praise for Midland Met – Rev Eddie Briones applauds Midland Met’s spiritual care centre

Following a recent site visit, colleagues were thrilled with the spiritual care centre on level 5. With particular interest for his team, Interim Lead Chaplain, Eddie Briones, was delighted to view the space and was impressed at the potential for the people and population of SWB and wider communities.

Eddie told us: “I’m really excited to move in on day one. I envision this space as a place of holistic healing for patients, colleagues and the communities we serve. We can’t wait to welcome everyone into the space.”

Webinar – complex renal transplant in pregnancy

The West Midlands Maternal Medicine Network are hosting a webinar – a case discussion of complex renal transplant in pregnancy, for the attention of:

GP’s, midwives, AMU staff, ED staff, clinical staff who engage with women who are, would like to be, or have recently been pregnant and have pre-existing conditions or who present at AMU/ED with symptoms that may not be pregnancy related.

It will take place Thursday 11 July – 6.30pm – 7.30pm via Microsoft Teams.

You can access the webinar via the link here.

If you have trouble booking on or require more information please contact carole.edwards9@nhs.net.

ABI cooling cot donation

The Trust has been chosen to have not one but two brand new ABI Cooling Cots donated to our Maternity Bereavement Department. These two cooling cots are the latest design with all cooling electronics encased out of sight.

These cooling cots will improve our bereavement services for the families involved.

This amazing gift will be used in our bereavement rooms upon the opening of Midland Metropolitan Hospital. Please follow the link here to donate or read more about the beautiful family who are fundraising for these cots.

Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training now available

Staff are required to undertake the ‘ Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training’ which focuses on Learning disability and Autism.

The training will consist of two tiers:

Tier 1 – non-clinical and non-patient-facing staff. Staff will complete a 90-minute e-learning training module with a handbook along with a 60-minute online interactive session.

Tier 2 – All clinical staff. Staff will complete a 90-minute e-learning training module with a handbook and a one-day face-to-face training session. Further information will be made available, clinical priorities will be considered as part of the classroom launch.

Access the training sessions for Tier 1 and Tier 2 here.

Priority will be given to community staff:

• Your Health Partnership staff
• Harvest View
• Rowley Regis
• District Nursing Team
• Professional Development Nurses

Who is Oliver McGowan and why is his training important?

The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training. The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a statutory requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role. The Oliver McGowan training is the Government’s preferred and recommended training.

Why was the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism developed?

Oliver’s training supports the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan ambition by upskilling the wider health and care workforce to provide appropriately adjusted care for people with a learning disability and autistic people to reduce health inequality.

Together we can prevent the many avoidable deaths like Oliver’s from happening again. The animation below aims to help staff and employers across health and social care to understand Oliver’s training and why it is so vitally important.

What does this mean for me as an employee of the Trust?

We are committed to making a difference and achieving high standards of care and patient experience for all patients living with learning disability and autism. Oliver McGowan training is now being introduced as a mandatory requirement for all staff.

To find out more information about Oliver McGowan, you can visit the website here.

Any questions regarding the training dates, please contact Rujina Begum, r.begum19@nhs.net 

Staff induction site tours – Join over 1,000 colleagues and book your induction site tour

Over 1,000 colleagues have now booked their staff induction site tours at Midland Met. With this in mind, don’t forget to book and attend your tours.

Staff induction site tours at Midland Met are now open for booking and will be taking place throughout the summer, running right up until a week before we move in.

Site tours are for colleagues who will be primarily based or will work at Midland Met, as part of their role.

To ensure a seamless onboarding experience, we request your staff number or national insurance number when booking your induction site tour. These unique identifiers allow us to verify your completion of the site induction tour. Once confirmed, we will arrange the activation of your access pass or fob, granting you the necessary permissions for your first day on site.

Your staff number can be easily located on ESR by accessing your payslip and submitting your assignment number from the top left-hand corner.

What to expect:

• A 60-minute journey through Midland Met (inc. car parks, Winter Garden facilities, lift navigation, a ward and our emergency department front door)
• Guided Induction tours led by our knowledgeable staff members
• Insights into the advanced technology and design features at Midland Met
• Opportunities to ask questions and engage with your tour guide
• Tour groups of up to 12
• Useful plans and navigation tips provided to help you get to grips with Midland Met
• Access to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Secure your spot now!

To book your place on a tour, simply pick a session and complete a booking on eventbrite.

Click here for available tour dates

We strongly advise that all managers have the responsibility to book staff onto these tours to manage rota and staff capacity. However, should colleagues choose to make a self-booking – please be sure to obtain approval from your line manager, before doing so.

Today is National Estates and Facilities Day

Today is National Estates and Facilities Day and here at the Trust we want to say a huge thank you to all our staff who work behind the scenes to keep our hospitals services running. Their commitment to maintaining safe and efficient environment is crucial to patient care.

Be sure to check out this video thanking colleagues for their hard work and dedication at SWB.

Our fab new labs! – We celebrate the new Midland Met Cath lab installation

Recently, our brand new, state-of-the-art cath labs were installed at Midland Met.

We’ve captured some fantastic behind the scenes footage of the team during the installation process.

Following this, we spoke to Director of Research and Development and Consultant Cardiologist – Professor Derek Connolly, about the positive impact the new cath labs will have on patient care after we move to our new hospital.

Professor Connolly commented: “Currently, it takes a long time to get from City to the cath labs and even longer coming from Sandwell. However, at Midland Met departments are much closer together, making it easier to treat patients more quickly.”

Take a look at the incredible installation of our new cath lab.