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STAFF NEWSLETTER • NUMBER 13 • SUMMER 2014
Don’t miss
these dates
Above, theatre staff Linda Lawson, Anita Graham
and Caroline Abrahams. Pictured left, patient
services manager Rebecca Wilkinson (left) and
matron Sherie Herpe with Sarah Lancashire
Airedale nurses scrub
up for TV drama
Three nurses from our theatres
team were under the spotlight
and featured in the popular BBC
series Happy Valley, starring Sarah
Lancashire.
Staff nurses Linda Lawson and
Anita Graham and operating
department practitioner Caroline
Abrahams volunteered to appear
in the programme alongside the
former Coronation Street star when
an episode of the police drama was
filmed at Airedale, by Red Production
Company, last March.
The filming took place over a
couple of weekends using an empty
theatre and day case centre – and the
episode was broadcast last month
(May).
Airedale was chosen as a hospital
close to Hebden Bridge – the main
location for the series written by Sally
Wainwright. Sally also penned “Last
Tango In Halifax”, the popular series
broadcast last year.
Rebecca Wilkinson, patient service
manager (theatres, anaesthetics and
critical care), said there were 18 huge
lorries on site during the filming.
She said:“It was really interesting
being part of the initial planning,
scoping and organising of the filming
days – we didn’t envisage how many
individuals and specialists would be
involved both before and on the day,
and the coordination necessary to
ensure everything ran smoothly.”
“Our team were all very keen and
excited to be extras and the fairest
way for us to choose who could take
part was to draw names from a hat.”
Matron Sherie Herpe, who was
also on site to help the film crew,
said: “There was a great buzz
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amongst the department and we all
enjoyed being a part of the filming
experience.
“We were delighted to be asked
to support the production team and
hopefully they were pleased with our
efforts.”
Staff nurse Linda Lawson, one of
the lucky employees to be chosen
for the filming, watched Happy
Valley with her family, friends and
neighbours. She said: “It was great
fun, but I was very nervous. The cast
and crew were all lovely and really
helpful. I think it’s great for Airedale
Hospital to get involved in projects
like this and I would happily help out
again.”
The BBC paid for using Airedale
Hospital as a filming location and the
proceeds will fund a staff recognition
event in November.
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A date not to miss is Airedale’s
‘staff day’ on Wednesday 20
August, in the marquee outside
the education centre.
Jodie Hearnshaw, event
organiser, said: “The day will be
based around staff benefits. We
have a lot of local businesses
coming in to exhibit who offer
discounts to staff, as well as
other benefits such as improving
employee health and wellbeing.”
It will take place 11am-2pm
with lunch provided. Look out
for further details in ‘Staff Brief’.
Airedale’s annual open day
will also be held in the same
place that week on Thursday
21 August. Everyone is welcome
and it’s a chance to learn more
about the Trust.
This year’s volunteers event
will take place on Tuesday 19
August to thank them for their
hard work over the past year.
‘Right Care’
volunteers
still wanted
Enthusiastic staff are being
asked to volunteer to help the
Trust’s senior team share the
‘Right Care’ vision among their
colleagues and shape plans for
the future direction of the Trust.
Following several open staff
sessions held by chief executive
Bridget Fletcher to discuss plans
for ‘Right Care’ and priorities
for the future vision, she is
now appealing for volunteer
ambassadors.
Bridget said: “Although we
have had a good response,
we still need motivated and
enthusiastic staff to help
communicate the ‘Right Care’
message to the rest of the
organisation and help myself
and the rest of the executive
team understand the barriers to
change and the opportunities
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Here to care
Karl is
appointed
executive
medical
director
Karl Mainprize, a former
colorectal surgeon and
consultant, has taken on the role
of executive medical director .
He has come from York
Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust where he was deputy
medical director and worked at
Scarborough Hospital for almost
10 years
Karl worked with patients to
develop the first ever community
endoscopy service, which then
drove the acute hospital to invest
in its endoscopy service. He
also took a fellowship in bowel
cancer research at Oxford before
coming a consultant.
His new role will include
being the trust lead for quality
and safety and clinical and
information governance,
ensuring patient safety, care
and experience is a priority.
Karl will also be responsible for
providing professional leadership
for clinical staff and managing
medical education and training
as well as developing external
relationships with commissioners
and regulators, such as the Care
Quality Commission.
Karl said: “I am interested in
developing the use of technology
to improve communication with
patients and multidisciplinary
teams and I believe we can
do more to design our service
around patients’ needs.
Born in Hull, Karl is living
locally weekdays, travelling back
to his wife and two daughters
at weekends. As a semiprofessional photographer, he
is looking forward to exploring
the Dales to
capture its
landscapes.
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Airedale collects top
hospital award
Airedale has been judged as one
of the top 40 performing hospitals
in the country by CHKS, an
independent provider of healthcare
intelligence and quality improvement.
Rachel Binks, nurse consultant,
intensive care unit and Marie
Buchan, telemedicine manager,
received the 40Top Hospitals for
2014 award from Jason Harries,
managing director of CHKS, at a
ceremony in London.
The award is based on the
evaluation of 22 key performance
indicators covering safety, clinical
effectiveness, health outcomes,
efficiency, patient experience and
quality of care.
This is the third time that Airedale
has achieved the award and in 2012
the Trust gained top CHKS awards
for quality of care and patients safety.
n Rachel Binks, left and Marie Buchan
are pictured with the award
On tour: new chairman Michael Luger in outpatients with Brenda Emsley, a sister
New chairman on the rounds
New chairman Michael Luger has
been out and about meeting staff,
governors and external stakeholders.
On his first day he toured wards
with Dr Harold Hosker, who at the
time was interim medical director.
Michael commented on the “good
feeling” of the place – observing
friendly faces and relative calm – and
was impressed with how recent
renovation projects have transformed
parts of our estate.
Since taking over the reins from
Colin Millar on 1 May, Michael has
chaired Council of Governors and
Trust board meetings, and took part
in a board retreat focusing on the
Trust’s five-year strategy.
He said: “Colin, Bridget, and the
rest of the Board have done well,
strengthening the performance
of the Trust and setting a good
course for the future. But strategic
planning is a dynamic process,
requiring updates and refinements
that respond to changes in the
external environment and national
policy. Airedale is well-positioned
given recent changes in NHS
leadership, which now recognises
the importance of community-based,
smaller hospitals.”
Before joining the Trust, Michael
was the Dean of Manchester
Business School. He is still a parttime professor at the university.
His expertise is in public finance,
infrastructure, and economic
development, with applications to
the health care sector.
American-born, Michael held
academic positions in leading US
universities and has served on
numerous public sector and not-forprofit boards, commissions, and task
forces in both the US and UK. He
has lived in West Yorkshire for seven
years.
Trust’s website will keep you up to date
The latest news about how the Tour De Fance will affect Airedale Hospital
and its patients and carers is available on the Trust’s website at
www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/tour-de-france/
There is also a section dedicated to summer health including staying
healthy during the Tour de France for visitors and local residents
www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/yourhealth/health-information/summer-health/
Staff can find operational news during the event on the intranet at
http://194.189.28.238/tourdefrance.htm
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Here to care
Sharon is new nurse for older people
Emergency department (ED) sister
and emergency nurse practitioner
Sharon Robinson, pictured, has taken
on the seconded role of senior nurse
for older people.
Sharon has been working on
secondment within the adult
safeguarding team since May 2013
to support the Trust’s work on
dementia care.
‘Right Care’
volunteering
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for improvement that exist across
the Trust.
“In return you will be able to
find out about some exciting
and challenging opportunities
for change, provide feedback
to your colleagues and help the
senior team in the organisation
understand your perspective to
further improve the care that we
provide to our patients.”
There was a good attendance
at the ‘Right Care’ sessions
and they prompted over 300
stimulating, inspiring and
engaging comments and ideas
from staff.
A short video which
summarises Bridget’s vision and
fantastic achievements made over
the years is available at for those
who missed it, visit:
www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/rightcare-vision/
Anyone interested in helping
Bridget, contact by email:
[email protected] with your
name, job title and area of work.
She will continue to work
alongside her adult safeguarding
team colleagues, Maria Moloney
and Noel McEvoy, but will now focus
on supporting teams on the wards
caring for older people as well as
those with dementia.
“I’m enjoying working more
autonomously and helping to make
sure we have high standards of care
Call in
and meet
Airedale’s
midwives
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Hospital
provides health
and wellbeing
services
Airedale’s employee health and
wellbeing team has won a bid
to provide its services to the
University of Bradford Health
Studies students.
The team make regular
visits to the university to
support students studying
various vocational courses
including nursing, midwifery,
physiotherapy, occupational
therapy, return to practice and
sport rehabilitation.
The service started earlier this
year in February and will run for
two years.
Joanne Hoban, acting head of
employee health and wellbeing
services, said: “Employee health
assistance has widespread
benefits to students and the
patients that they care for.”
‘Inspiring’ mentor
Friends and
family test
for staff
‘Would you recommend this
organisation to friends and
family as a place to work, or if
they needed treatment?’ The
NHS Friends and Family Test
(FFT) is being rolled out to all
staff working in Airedale NHS
Foundation Trust.
Staff will be asked the FFT
questions at least once a year.
Using electronic staff records,
survey forms will be given to
a selection of staff from early
June and all responses will be
confidential.
The Friends and Family Test is
already in place in all inpatient
wards, maternity services and A&E.
This has recently been produced
in five different languages and
easy read. Languages included are
Polish, Slovakian, Urdu, Bengali
and Mandarin.
for some of our most vulnerable
patients. I come from a large family,
my grandma is one of 14, and so I
have lots of first-hand experience of
how important it is that we involve
both patients and their families in
decisions about their care.”
Sharon is still working one day
a week in the ED as an assistant
transfusion practitioner.
Staff nurse Elinor Judge was
nominated as Mentor of the Year
in the Student Nursing Times
Awards. She was nominated by
third year nursing student at the
University of Bradford, Shamsa
Ali.
Shamsa said: “Elinor is
not just a good mentor, but
a fantastic, inspiring mentor,
who thoroughly enjoys having
students with her to share her
knowledge and skill.”
Many benefits
Pictured from left are community midwives Sue Trant; Alison Mastrantuono,
community midwifery manager and Rebecca Steeples, case loading midwife
Airedale’s midwives were out in the
community last month (May) meeting
expectant mums and answering
their questions to help celebrate the
international day of the midwife.
The team visited Keighley, Bingley
and Ilkley over two days, talking to
parents-to-be about breast feeding,
healthy eating, hypnobirthing, parent
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education classes and much more.
Alison Mastrantuono, community
midwifery manager, who organised
the events, said: “It was great to let
people know about the fantastic
facilities we have here at Airedale.
We had a wonderful response from
the public and hope we helped a few
people too.”
Dr Zbigniew Slowinski, new
consultant in neurology, was
delighted to land a job at
Airedale with the chance to work
alongside a Polish colleague Dr
Marek Kunc.
Setting up a movement
disorder service and developing
better epilepsy services in the
community are two of his goals.
Contact tel: 01535 292743
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Your chance to brighten up the corridors
Calling keen photographers – win
£100 and brighten up our hospital
corridors.
Staff who are keen photographers
can use their creative talents to enter
an exciting competition with the
theme ‘Your vision of the Airedale
community’.
The top prize is £100 and the
winner will be invited to the staff
recognition day later this year. The
12 winners will have their work
displayed around the hospital and
turned into a calendar to raise money
for the Emergency Department
Appeal.
The competition, funded by the
Staff Lottery, was devised after the
hospital’s youth panel said that
all corridors on site look the same
making it difficult for visitors to find
their way around.
Up to three entries can be
submitted by any member of staff,
in black and white or colour, before
12 noon, Friday 18 July. They should
be jpegs, and available in both low
and high resolution (300dpi or 8
or 9megabytes (Mb)). Email low
resolution versions (1 or 2Mb) to
[email protected]
A panel will choose the top 12
entries to be put forward for the
final stage on the staff event on 20
August for visitors to vote for their
favourite photograph.
Copyright rules apply, it must be
your own work, and if applicants
take photographs of other staff or
patients they need written consent.
(Consent forms are available from
our communications team email
[email protected])
Enjoying a workout at work
Physiotherapists at Canalside
Health Centre, Bingley, offered
staff who work in the building a
free lunchtime exercise class and
Pilates taster session.
It was on 6 June to support the
Chartered Society of
Physiotherapy’s annual “workout at
work” day to highlight the benefits
of a healthy lifestyle and regular
physical exercise to employers and
employees.
Phil to keep
a close eye
on targets
Welcome to Phil Browne, pictured,
who has joined Airedale as interim
general manager for surgical services,
covering theatres, critical care,
surgery and outpatients.
He has a six month contract with
the Trust covering for Julie Livesey,
who is currently managing women’s
services and cancer care in the shortterm.
His operational role includes
making sure the division meets
access targets and is financially on
track. It also involves strategic
planning and designing
what services should
look like in the future,
aligned to the Trust’s
3-5 year plan.
Phil worked for 15
years for various NHS
hospitals including
the Horton General,
in Banbury; John
Radcliffe, in Oxford,
Stepping Hill, in Stockport
and South Manchester
University
Hospital
Trust.
He also
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worked for a private company
which provided diagnostic services
to primary and secondary care and
has set up a consultancy business
involving project management
throughout the country.
Born in Stockport, he studied
at University of Leeds and Oxford
University. More recently he has
undertaken an MBA at Manchester
Metropolitan University. He
commutes from Stockport where he
lives with his partner Caroline and
one- year-old son Jepp. He loves
most sport and travelling.
He said: “As this is an
interim role, to which Julie
Livesey will be returning,
my aim is to provide
continuity and cause as
little disruption as possible
whilst ensuring services run
smoothly, achieving key Trust
targets.”
Contact 01535
294861
Tracy Day, Gold Standards Framework facilitator (hospital); Isobel
Scarborough, chair of Airedale’s patient carer panel and Wendy Laycock,
Gold Standards Framework facilitator (community services)
‘Dying Matters’ event
at Airedale Hospital
A ‘Dying Matters’ event at Airedale
Hospital, which included a chance
to take part in a ‘bucket list’ and
write down one thing you want
to do before you die, stimulated a
tremendous response from visitors
and staff alike.
Wishes included worldwide
travel, sky diving, watching
children grow up into happy and
successful adults, to volunteer in
an orphanage, win the lottery,
walk the Scottish Peaks and many
more.
To highlight some of the issues
about ‘end of life’ for national
‘Dying Matters’ awareness were
representatives from the Trust’s
palliative care team and health
information service, with many
other organisations.
For a ‘Dying Matters’ leaflet
covering recording your funeral
wishes, organ donation, writing a
will and planning your future care
visit: http://dyingmatters.org
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Here to care
A problem
shared…
between lung
cancer patients
Justin
Tuggey
Digital care programme
to be developed
David Worth has been seconded
from Scarborough Hospital to
Airedale as director of the Trust’s
digital care programme until March
2015.
He has been working on
integrating primary, secondary and
community care for many years and
helped deliver a single patient record
in his former role.
David will be working with Justin
Tuggey, consultant physician and
clinical lead for digital care. The
team will work with primary care
colleagues, including Bradford and
Airedale Wharfedale Craven CCGs,
so that primary care perspective can
be incorporated as these changes
evolve.
David said: “Our health
community has been identified as
one of the three national accelerator
sites for the delivery of one of the
first fully integrated digital health and
social care records.”
The development of an Electronic
Patient Record (ePR) is gathering
momentum and we have taken
the next steps, working with our
technical provider TPP, towards
adapting SystmOne for secondary
care.
In our work towards becoming
a digital hospital to improve
patient care and experience, EPMA
(electronic prescribing and medicines
administration) along with S1
electronic discharge (e-Discharge) are
going to come online by the end of
the year.
Amongst the project group, there
are representatives from IT, TPP,
pharmacy, nursing and medical staff.
Three areas will be piloting
electronic prescribing and
administration – emergency
department, ward 9 (trauma and
orthopaedic) and ward 5 (stroke).
Following successful pilots, the aim is
to roll it out across the whole Trust.
Work to replace the conventional
patient discharge letter with a much
slicker e-Discharge system is also
underway, This will integrate with the
EPMA project with the benefits of
reducing duplication and removing
the risk of transcription errors.
Alongside this is an ‘order-comms’
project, which initally will
allow pathology requests
to be made and
results to be delivered
electronically within
SystmOne, is being
started. Later this will
be extended to other
diagnostic and support
functions within the
Trust.
David
Worth
A new group has been set up to
support patients with lung cancer
and their carers at Airedale.
It is the brainwave of Claire
Waddington and Sharon Longden,
clinical nurse specialists, to help
members meet other patients with
the same condition and health
professionals.
They meet monthly in the
lounge area of the education
centre on site and there is a
speaker at each session. So far
there have been talks planned on
diet and nutrition, complementary
therapies, financial benefits and
managing anxiety and emotional
wellbeing.
Claire said: “We set up the
group with help from McMillan
Cancer Support and Bradford and
Airedale Cancer Support following
a pilot last year when we received
feedback that it would be useful.
“Giving people the chance
to speak to others diagnosed
with lung cancer can make
a big difference to how
they’re feeling and it can
help to get answers to any
important questions. It is also
a great opportunity for us to
provide information and
talk through any
concerns people
may have. The
group will help
us to develop
our service to
make sure we
are meeting
needs of our
local community.”
Contact 01535
294535 or email:
claire.waddington@
anhst.nhs.uk
Interactive directory of services now has improved access
An interactive directory of services
(DOS) is available to help staff to
choose the right service to allow
their patients to keep and regain
optimal health, wellbeing and
independence.
The DOS includes services
for people living in Airedale,
Wharfedale, Craven and Pendle,
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supported by an A-Z guide
mapping where a patient lives to
their locality.
Access to the DOS has been
improved by adding it to SystmOne
and adding more services.
This is supported by RAG-rated
pathways to help staff plan care
for people who are in community
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requiring further assessment and
support, or awaiting discharge
from hospital.
These resources are available
to trust staff on SharePoint and
SystmOne. You can find a link to
the directory of services in the
pop-up navigation menu, which is
on all computer desktops, at the
bottom of the Documents/Links
section. On SystmOne, open the
‘Clinical Tools’ menu and choose
‘Bookmarks’. This includes a DOS
folder containing links to the
resources.
Live demonstrations can be
arranged, email:
[email protected].
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Mike Yates
Rachel Binks
Dr Tom Hollins
Rebecca Malin
New governors step up to the mark
Four new staff governors have been
appointed and are looking forward
to taking up their role.
n Mike Yates, chair of Airedale
New Venture, will represent
volunteers.
Mike, aged 68, who is now
retired, has spent the past 10 years
organising the Trust’s ‘army’ of
volunteers’ duties – including an
interim period as voluntary services
manager and being a volunteer
himself.
He said: “Having been involved
with volunteers in all aspects of
their work at Airedale Hospital, I
feel a need for a strong voice on
the board of governors. I have firsthand knowledge of their problems
and requirements. I will represent
the many who devote countless
hours of time and energy not only
in adding to the hospital’s efficiency
but also to its financial support.”
n Rachel Binks, nurse consultant,
will represent nurses and midwives,
joining her colleague Val Henson.
Rachel is based on the critical
care unit at Airedale. She has
formally represented the Royal
College of Nursing as a union
steward and as chair of the critical
care and in-flight forum. Rachel
is also a member of the Trust’s
partnership group, where staff
side and management meet to
discuss issues directly affecting the
workforce.
She said: “I’ve always had a keen
interest in the future of the NHS
and the staff working within it and I
hope my experience helps me to be
an effective council member. I have
developed good communication
and negotiating skills and will enjoy
the challenge of representing all
midwives and Nurses within the
Trust.
“I am keen to work closely with
different departments, continuing
to improve the patient experience
as well as staff morale and to
support their continued professional
development. I really enjoy working
at the hospital as it’s a forwardthinking Trust and I welcome the
opportunity to represent colleagues
over the next few years.”
n Dr Tom Hollins, consultant
anaesthetist will represent doctors.
Dr Hollins said: “This role is an
opportunity to bring the views
of doctors and dentists to our
stakeholders and to reflect their
views back to my colleagues. I see
the council of governors as an
important part of the ‘Right Care’
vision, providing assurance that
Airedale is getting things right for
its patients.”
n Rebecca Malin, deputy
director of strategy and business
development, who will represent
the ‘all other staff’ group – non
clinical staff – said: “Radical
transformation in the NHS is
inevitable and this role gives me a
great opportunity to get involved
and understand more about what
this will mean for Airedale and the
Trust’s ‘Right Care’ plans.
“I am keen to understand the
views of our staff and feedback on
matters of importance. This is an
exciting time to join the governing
body to help the Trust further
improve the patient and staff
experience.”
It’s just grand:
1,000 followers
on Twitter
Catherine Seal, communications manager and Suzanne McLaughlin,
communications assistant with a celebratory ‘Twitter’ cake
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Airedale’s communications team are
celebrating having attracted 1,000
followers on Twitter @AiredaleNHSFT.
They are launching a new strand
of their #newED social media
campaign to boost funds for the
£100,000 Emergency Department
Appeal.
Followers will be asked to donate
£5 by texting EDAP50 to 70070 in a
bid to raise £5,000 to fund furnishing
the family room including a pretty
skylight.
They will also be asking followers
to send a ‘selfie’ with a brief reason
why they want to support the
appeal. Photos will be either posted
on the Trust’s website or collated as
a giant montage to feature in the
new Emergency Department. By
submitting a photo, tweeters will
give their consent to it being used
to promote the refurbishment of the
department.
Cath Seal, communications
manager, said: “This is our first major
social media campaign – we thought
it would be a fun and creative way
to try and get as many people as
possible to support this worthwhile
cause, and help to show the busy
staff who work in A&E that they are
appreciated.”
Regular updates on the building
work and fundraising activities are
posted on the Trust’s Twitter account
– follow us @AiredaleNHSFT.
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Colleagues’ 24-hour challenge
Peter Lawson, senior healthcare support worker; charge nurse, Martin
Wiseman, both from Airedale Hospital, with Ellie Schofield and Clive Mack,
two of their team mates
Emergency Department (ED)
colleagues Martin Wiseman and
Peter Lawson have tackled one of
the country’s toughest 24-hour
challenges to raise money for the
ED Appeal and Manorlands.
The pair are part of a group
who climbed the highest peaks in
England, Wales and Scotland in
24 hours to complete the national
three peaks challenge – a gruelling
25-mile walk with over 3,000
metres of ascents.
The team took on the challenge
earlier this month (June) but had
been busy training since Christmas.
Martin Wiseman, charge nurse,
said: “Working in the health
service for the last 20 years you see
the real difference new and better
equipment can make to patients. It
could be medical equipment such
as the cardiac monitors or items
such as reclining chairs that help
patients who are having lengthy
treatment and find it easier to sit
up rather than lie down in a bed.”
If you would like to
sponsor Martin and his team
and support the emergency
department appeal visit www.
justgiving.com/airedalehospital
emergencydepartmentappeal
ED appeal launched
Airedale‘s Emergency Department
fundraising appeal has been officially
launched.
The aim of the appeal is to raise
£100,000 for three distraction walls
for the children’s assessment and
treatment areas, more resources to
help patients with dementia who
will use the Trust’s ‘Butterfly Room’
and state-of-the-art equipment to
improve care for the thousands of
people who will use the department
each year, including an interactive
light system for the children’s waiting
area and cardiac monitors for the
general assessment areas.
The appeal has been backed by
many companies, including the
Keighley News, who have nominated
the appeal as their charity of the year.
Bronagh Daly, fundraiser, said:
“Airedale’s Emergency Department
Appeal is extremely exciting and we
have had a huge response from staff,
patients and members of the public,
it is close to a lot of people’s hearts.
“The Keighley News have given
us guaranteed space in every weekly
issue of the paper to publicise the
appeal so if any staff have any stories
related to the emergency department
– or fancy giving fundraising a
go – please get in touch with me.”
Contact by email:
[email protected]
or tel: 0787 5056577
To help staff achieve their target
come to Airedale’s Great Gatsby
Ball, Saturday 13 September, at
the Rendez Vous Hotel, in Skipton.
Please contact: Jodie Heanshaw if
you would like to book a table or
individual tickets, email:
[email protected] or
book via just giving /www.justgiving.
com/TheGreatGatsbyBall
Children from our on-site nursery visited the new Emergency Department earlier
this year to see how the building work was getting on, and left their hand prints
on temporary walls. Pictured at the front are Nathan English and Leah Holdsworth
Here’s a ‘toast’ to local hero Bob
Housekeeper Bob Tallon was invited,
along with other members of the
Emergency Department team,
to help open the new Morrison’s
Local, opposite the hospital, in
recognition of the longstanding
dedicated service he has given to his
department.
Bronagh Daly, hospital fundraiser,
said: “Since Bob started spreading
the word about the Emergency
Department’s appeal we have seen a
lot of donations from patients. Their
comments about Bob have included
thanks for the smiles – and also the
tea and toast.”
Bob said: “In my role I see a lot
of very sick people and I find that a
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lot of them appreciate a smile and
a joke.
“The favourite is always a cup of
tea and a slice of toast and I am only
too happy to provide that service.
“I also try to get the chance
to have brief chats with some of
the patients. There has been a
lot of interest in the Emergency
Department appeal and it is lovely to
see donations being handed to our
nursing and reception staff – every
penny will go towards our target.
“I see first-hand how the little
things can make a big impact, so I
would encourage everyone to do
their little bit to help us reach our
£100,000 target.”
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Bob Tallon, ED housekeeper, making some tea and toast for patients
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Financial
incentive
to join staff
lottery
Specialist nurse team, part of Airedale Hospital’s community health services
Specialist nurses offer
full range of services
Airedale’s specialist nurse team had
an information stand at the hospital
this month (June) to let staff and
visitors know more about their roles
and how they can help.
Based at Millennium Business Park,
they include:
n Cardiac rehabilitation specialist
nurse team – whose aim is to help
patients recover and get back to as
full a life as possible after a cardiac
event such as a heart attack or
treatment, such as coronary bypass
surgery. They promote healthy
lifestyles to keep patients well and
prevent unnecessary admissions and
re admissions.
The nurses offer education,
information and advice related
to heart disease diagnosis and
treatment, psychological support,
lifestyle advice, physical monitoring,
symptom review and exercise
classes. Risk factors associated with
heart disease are assessed and
discussed with the patients and an
individualised plan of care is agreed
with patients and their families.
Referral of patients to the team
can be made by both primary
and secondary care professionals
as long as the referral criteria
are met. The team works closely
with physiotherapists, dieticians,
pharmacists, psychologists and
fitness instructors.
Contact: Debbie Moses tel: 01535
338700 mobile: 07949 783384
and Sharon Brown, clinical lead, tel:
01535 338700
n Heart failure specialist nurse
service – is a team of two heart
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Specialist
Nurse Team
failure nurse specialists and a part
time senior health care support
worker who support patients with
chronic heart failure, their carers and
families in the community. Their aim is
to help them achieve the best possible
quality of life through all stages of
this chronic life-limiting illness from
diagnosis through to palliative care.
They can assess symptoms of
worsening heart failure, devise
appropriate management plans,
prescribe medications and coordinate treatment with other health
professionals.
They work across Airedale,
Wharfedale, Craven and Bentham
and visit patients at home or
review them in a designated heart
failure community clinic. The
team is supported by the hospital
cardiologists, physicians, the
telehealth team and in primary care
by the GPs and their practice nurses,
palliative care specialists, community
specialist nurses, district nurses,
matrons, Airedale Community
Collaborative Care Team, allied health
professionals and social care services.
Referrals to the team are from
both consultants and GPs and the
team’s involvement is dependent on
the patient’s needs for education
about and advice on managing
their condition. Education sessions
including clinical management
advice are available for primary and
secondary care health professionals.
Contact: heart failure nurse
specialists tel: Tracey Helliwell 01535
338739 mobile:07957 110878 and
Pauline Park tel: 01535 338740
mobile: 07920 458224 senior health
care support worker – Diane Hanson
tel: 01535 338739
n More details about the full range
of services offered by the specialist
nurses are available by visiting
www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/services/
specialist-nurse-service/
n Other services and contacts are:
Haemoglobinopathy service
– Janet Hall, haemoglobinopathy
counsellor, tel: 01535-338757
mobile: 07972914795
Specialist neurology and
multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse
service – Carolyn Zeyrek, community
specialist nurses manager and
neurology/MS nurse specialist tel:
01535 338751 mobile: 07973
512762 and Jane Pearce MS
specialist nurse: tel: 01535 338755
mobile: 07931 542409
Specialist continence service –
Fiona O’Connor, continence nurse
specialist, tel: 01756 701734 (direct)
mobile: 07796310054
Parkinson’s disease nurse
– Margaret Ormond, Parkinson’s
Disease nurse specialist tel: 01535
338737 or mobile: 07500760042.
Published by Communications Department, Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD
More staff are being encouraged
to join up to the staff lottery to be
in with a chance of winning five
cash prizes each month.
Nichola Powell, lottery
administrator, said: “The first prize
is currently just under £300 but the
more members of staff that join,
the higher it will be.
“Staff can buy up to a
maximum of 10 chances each
month, each costing £1 which is
deducted from their pay.”
More details and an application
form are available at http://
sharepoint-srv2/C19/C18/Staff%20
Lottery/default.aspx.
Good sports
Physiotherapy staff at Ilkley’s
Coronation Hospital dressed up
as sporting heroes raising £63
for Sport Relief, with the help of
donations from patients and other
staff.
More consultants
More consultants are being
employed to work in Airedale’s
Emergency Department (ED) and
the first one is Emma Davies – with
a further two and a half posts to
be filled.
Formerly a locum consultant
with the Trust, Emma is the lead
for mental health, end of life care
and organ donation.
Don’t forget: the next
issue of In the Aire will be
published in September
– copy deadline is
Friday 29 August 2014
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