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Monthly archives: October 2024

FIT Testing update

 

From Friday 18 October onwards, staff will be unable to make an appointment for Fit Testing via ESR.

Appointments can be made by calling one of the following numbers

Kristian Burgoyne 07977786768

Qamar Zaman 07987571

Lewis Moloney 07977783314

Fit Testing is held in The Old Security Bungalow (City Site).

There will be further updates regarding arrangements for Fit Testing at MMUH in the coming weeks.

 

Issues impacting PACS services

 

We are aware of an issue impacting PACS services (Image retrieval/archive) and our Informatics team are currently working with multiple vendors to address the fault. We do not currently have a time frame for when this issue will be fixed so we recommend that business continuity plans be invoked and colleagues use SyngoVia during the disruption to service.

Once we have more details, we will provide further updates.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

We want to hear from you!

 

As part of our settling in period, and as we prepare for our upcoming City moves, we would like to hear your feedback.

Please complete this short survey and share your thoughts and suggestions on what worked well and what could have been better.

Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/midlandmet or scan the below QR code:

One Health and Care system downtime: Tuesday 22 October, 10am – 2pm

 

Please be advised the One Health and Care system will be undergoing essential maintenance on Tuesday 22 October between the hours of 10am – 2pm.

During this time the One Health and Care link in Unity will not return any data, this will have no impact on any other Trust system and the rest of Unity will continue work as expected. The Health Information Exchange (HIE) will also continue to work as expected during this time allowing access to West Birmingham and Sandwell GP records.

Colleagues should not use the system during the maintenance window as data may only be partially complete.

Useful staff contacts

 

We’ve pulled together some useful staff contacts to have on hand to help you settle in. You can check it out below or on Connect, here.

We’ve also put together a comprehensive list of resources about all the important information you need to know about our new hospital.

 

Today is National AHP Day

 

Allied Health Professional Day ( AHP) celebrates the roles the professionals play across the NHS, they range from Art Therapists to Speech and Langauge Therapists here at the Trust, we have 9 out of the 14 roles. Paul Mcardle, Group director of Therapies has recently joined the Trust is here to introduce you to two of our brand new Therapy areas in our Stroke department at Midland Met.

Paul showcases the new spaces in the video below.

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Today is National AHP Day!

 

Allied Health Professions (AHPs) will be celebrating the annual 7th AHP Day this year on Monday 14 October! It’s the annual opportunity for AHPs and AHP support workers in England, and now internationally to unite and revel in their contribution. AHP Day also offers a platform to spotlight the remarkable impact AHPs have the delivery of patient care.

AHPs are a group of healthcare professionals from 14 different professions and are the third largest healthcare workforce in the NHS .

Here at the Trust, we employ 10 of the 14 professions which include Diagnostic Radiographers, Speech and Language Therapists, Operating Department Practitioners, Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Orthotists, Orthoptists, Paramedics, Podiatrists and Occupational Therapists.

Richard Beeken , Trust Chief Executive Officer added – I wanted to personally thank all of our AHPs across the Trust – you are fundamental to so much of the good work that we do delivering safe patient care, you and your teams make a huge difference to the lives of our patients on a day to day basis helping to treat, rehabilitate  and generally improve the lives of our patients in the Trust and community.

MMUH Discharge Lounge now open

 

The discharge lounge from Newton 1 at Sandwell has moved across to Midland Met – the lounge is live and working as usual.

The discharge lounge is based on the third floor, within the medical day case corridor.

Please utilise the discharge lounge for patients who have been deemed to have no criteria to reside, safe to be discharged but unable to imminently leave, this could be because they are waiting for essential items such as TTO’s, family collection, transport etc.

The discharge lounge helps support your patients getting to their place of residence whilst supporting early flow from our ED/AMU departments and patients are accepted from all adult specialities.

There are currently 10 chair spaces and 4 bed spaces to support our patients in a comfortable environment, with food and drinks are provided as well as essential due medications.

The Lounge is open seven days a week, 7am – 7pm.

Ext #: 1615, 1198, 1198

There is an exclusion criteria within the SOP however please call the discharge lounge and discuss your patient if you have any queries. The dedicated lounge nurse will support, review and assess the patients needs on an individual basis.

The discharge lounge also admit patients who are prepped for transfer to our PCCT beds but awaiting transport.

Any concerns or queries please call the DCL staff directly or Patient Flow Senior Sister Karenjit Birring 07976 075498

Please note City Discharge Lounge is currently running as usual. The city team will be merging at MMUH as part of the city move on 10th November.

Greggs is officially open

 

We’re pleased to announce that Greggs, located on level 0 by the public entrance to the hospital, is now open.

Greggs opened its doors yesterday morning and you can now pick up your favourite snacks and treats on the go.

If you’re looking for more options, we do have other food and retail services available – you can try our coffee shops serving Costa coffee on level zero and level five, as well as our wonderful Winter Garden Restaurant. We also have with vending machines on levels two and five Marks & Spencer and Market Express will be arriving later this year, giving you even more choices.

Midland Met line manager briefing

 

Keep up to date with the latest information about Midland Met by joining the next line manager briefing.

Our next session is on Monday 14 October, 12pm – 1pm. Click here to joining the meeting.  Please prioritise your attendance, or send a representative if you are unable to join.

Not a line manager? Join our next Team Talk briefing for news from across the Trust, Wednesday 30 October, 1pm – 2pm. Click here to join the meeting. Click here to join the meeting.

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