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April 2018 RDaSH leading the way with care
Welcome...
from the Chief Executive
Dear colleagues
April was Stress Awareness Month and our
Welcome to April’s edition of Trust teams at the Talking Shops in Doncaster and
Scunthorpe and the Improving Access to
Matters!
Psychological Therapies team in Rotherham
Spring has finally arrived and with it brings were out and about promoting their service
lighter nights and hopefully better weather! to residents in their areas.
April has been another busy and enjoyable
month. We held our first ever GEMs Awards I want to thank everyone who joined our Big
to celebrate our sparkling staff who are Conversations – it really is important for us
‘Going the Extra Mile’ for our patients and to take time to talk about what is happening
truly live the values of our organisation. in your teams and areas. These conservations
add so much value to the organisation and
Kathryn Singh the way we work together. It’s great to listen
There were lots of Easter Events and it is
Chief Executive to your ideas. You can find out more about
always a pleasure to see the results of your
hard work to mark this special time of the the Big Conversations in the Listening into
If you’ve a story Action section of this newsletter.
year.
to tell let our
Communications Team Finally, if you haven’t tasted our Governor
know. Email rdash. As always our staff do amazing things and
this month was no exception. Rachel Maltby’s Eileen Harrington’s international award
rdashcommunications@
work with the perinatal support group for winning marmalade then you need to be
nhs.net
or ring them on pregnant women and new mum’s received quick – it sells out as soon as it hits the selves
01302 796204. great coverage in the news when she was in the Victorian Tea room at St Catherine’s.
Don’t forget you can interviewed by ITV Calendar.
also follow us on social Thank you for your on-going hard work!
media: Our Doncaster School nurses have introduced
a new exciting Facebook group called ‘School Kind regards
@Rdash_nhs Nurses Rock’ based on a similar project in
Rdash nhs
Rotherham. They also have a top secret
project under wraps – very intriguing.
Kathryn .
www.rdash.nhs.uk/listening-learning-leading-together/
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Long service
awards 2018
Pictured are some of the staff who
Staff rewarded for long service... received their long service awards
at St Catherine’s House, Balby.
One-hundred-and-twenty-six staff who have notched up 3,150 years between them working for us
have received their long service awards.
Our staff were invited to receive their awards from Kathryn Singh, our Chief Executive, at an event at St Catherine’s
House, Balby, Doncaster.
Seventy-one staff have received awards for 20 years’ service, a further 51 received awards for 30 years’ service, and five
staff received awards for 40 years’ service in the NHS.
Kathryn said: “It’s a privilege to be able to present our staff with these long service awards and to be able to say ‘thank
you’ for their commitment to delivering an excellent service that benefits our patients.”
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Well done to our GEM
Award winners!
Well done to everyone who received a Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award at the
start of April! All well and truly deserved!
Glynis Smith, who
Our GEM Award winners are: works in
Learning
Disabilities
for her work across
The Communications Team agencies to benefit
for being friendly, responsive, people with learning
helpful and discreet and helping disability and her
present the Aspire Drug and tireless drive to ensure
Alcohol Service professionally positive patient
and for giving a high class finish experience.
to the service’s brand.
Julie Winson, from
James Gosling, Peer our Domestics Service
Support Worker in for the fantastic job she
Rotherham Learning does on The Ferns Ward,
Disabilities Rotherham. Besides
for the way he inspires staff cleaning she also prepar
es
and for going into schools breakfast for the patien
ts
to speak to youngsters with and spends time with
a learning disability and to them.
inspire them.
Kerry Ward, of The Karen Foltyn, of
Performance Team Infection Prevention
for leading on the delivery and Control
of daily Delays in Transfer for the support she has
of Care. It’s not been an given Emergency Planning,
easy task and Kerry has writing and reviewing
persevered through many numerous plans and
barriers. policies.
Michelle Bragger, of
Josh Hall, of HR Osprey Ward
Workforce Systems for her sheer effort and
for being so supportive and dedication. Michelle knows
welcoming and making the patients and ensures
a difference to Sarah they are well cared for in a
Reynolds experience of proactive way.
starting work at the Trust.
John Monaghan, Julie Parker, of
Children’s Epilepsy Rotherham
Nurse Learning Disability
for being a ‘diamond’ Team
and his courage, for going the extra mile
care, compassion and with patients and staff,
commitment to all of the ensuring clients are
children on his caseload. settled, safe and happy.
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Well done to our GEM
Award winners!
Well done to everyone who received a Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award at the
start of April! All well and truly deserved!
Our GEM Award winners are: Dorian Hallam, from
Magnolia Lodge
Michael Jones, of The for setting up a number
Ferns Ward of successful groups for
for leading from the front Neuro-rehabilitation
and having an eye for patients.
detail which helps patients
transition from Rotherham
Hospital to The Ferns Ward.
Michael is a caring nurse
who always puts patients Rachel Beaumont, of
first. The Children’s Care
Group
for the support she provided
The Vaccination and while on duty when she
witnessed a road accident.
Immunisation Team
She supported a man, with
for being passionate and
trauma to his face and
knowledgeable and giving
body, until the emergency
extra emotional support to
services arrived.
the thousands of children
they have vaccinated. They
all provide high quality
person centred care and a Sue Halder, of Adult
professional service. Mental Health
Inpatients, Doncaster,
who was the on-call
manager on New Year’s
Tracy Blenkinsopp, Eve and covered a shift
medical secretary when she could not find a
for going above and suitable person to ‘fill the
beyond in her role, she gap’ on the rota.
helps to train all new
admin staff and covers
sickness and annual leave.
The office would collapse GEM awards were also awarded to...
without her. Raane Allen, apprentice at
Julie Smith, of The Glade
Ward at The Woodlands The Brambles Ward
for supporting her staff, managers, for doing an excellent job. Nothing
Vicki Norman, of Children is ever too much trouble and she
and Young People’s patients and relatives on the ward.
She has been incredibly supportive brightens the ward.
Mental Health Service
during a number of changes on
for the support she provided
the ward.
to a child and their parent
who were going through a
very difficult period in their
lives. Her care plan for the
family will help the child move
Staff feedback...
forward again and achieve a
better quality of life. I was delighted to be part of the first
GEMS awards for RDaSH.
I would like to thank you for e
the GEM award ceremony. The afternoon was lovely. Som It was good to be part of an event where
zing thin gs are achi eved in this Trust. people that attended had gone the extra mile.
ama
even t was n’t form al and
We were made to feel very It was nice that the
an opp ortu nity to spea k with staff I hope this event continues as of course there
welcome, and the tea and cake there was re.
s I had nev er met befo
were lovely…many thanks. from other areas who are so many people in the Trust who are
Cake was nice too! worthy of an award.
Angela Farrar, Vaccination & se, Health
Immunisation Team, Children’s Glynis Smith, Acute Liaison Nur
Disabilities.
Care Group. Action Team Manager, Learning
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ELECTIONS
Your membership counts! 20 1 8
Governor elections start in May
Governor elections start in May for 16 seats on our Council of Governors.
We are asking members of the public and staff to put themselves forward as governors to represent their communities and
shape future services.
Nominations open on May 3 and the Trust is giving interested people an opportunity to find out more about the elections and
the governor role at a series of drop-in events in Doncaster, Rotherham and North Lincolnshire.
Come along to one of our drop in sessions to find out more at...
Doncaster – 9 May – 4pm to 6pm
At Woodfield House Board Room 2, Tickhill Road Hospital Site,
Weston Road, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8QN.
Rotherham – 10 May – 3pm to 5pm
At MyPlace, St Anne’s Roundabout, Rotherham S65 1PH.
North Lincolnshire – 16 May – 11.30am to 1.30pm
At The House, Brumby Wood Lane, Scunthorpe DN17 1AB.
Staff Only – 18 May – 11am to 1pm
At The WellBean Coffee Lounge, Tickhill Road Hospital Site,
Weston Road, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8QN.
Lawson Pater, Trust Chairman at RDaSH (pictured), said: “The governor role is a very rewarding one
and it’s an opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing services and influencing how decisions are
made. If you want get involved in your local NHS, please consider standing as one of our governors
and give a voice to local people.”
There are no special qualifications to become a governor, just enthusiasm, a desire to help shape care
and dedicate a small portion of your time. Anyone who is aged 16 or over and a registered member
of this Trust can put themselves for the role. All the necessary training and support for those elected
governors will be provided.
For further information contact us...
Freephone 0800 015 0370 or email: ftmembershipoffice@nhs.net
Or visit: http://www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/foundation-trust/election-news/
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“Our free six-week stress control groups, In Rotherham a stress control class
which run at community locations, will start on May 2, anyone wanting
aim to teach people to understand the to attend must book a place and
triggers of their stress and anxiety and enrolment has already started. The
provides them with the support and self- classes take place at The Unity Centre,
help techniques to be able to manage St Leonard’s Road, Rotherham.
April is Stress Awareness Month it. We also provide an information
and our staff are urging people pack and activities for people to work The IAPT service is for people aged 18
who are suffering in silence to through in their own time.” and over, who present with no risk to
enrol on one of their free courses. themselves or others. The service sees
James Bell, our IAPT Team Manager in people experiencing common mental
We run The Talking Shop at 63 Hallgate Rotherham, added: “Stress control is health problems, including: depression,
in Doncaster, which is the base for the just one of a whole range of therapies general anxiety, stress, panic, phobias,
Doncaster Improving Access to we provide and I’d urge anyone who is social anxiety, low self-esteem, health
Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service, suffering in silence to either call into the anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder,
and we also run a Rotherham IAPT service. Talking Shop in Doncaster or give our post-traumatic stress disorder,
team a call in Rotherham, where they bereavement and mild eating disorders
The IAPT teams provide talking therapy will be able to have a brief confidential (not anorexia nervosa). The service is
to people experiencing common mental consultation with one of our therapists not suitable for those presenting with
health conditions including stress,
to discuss the service and their needs. risk to themselves or others, those with
depression, anxiety, bereavement and
substance misuse dependency or those
low esteem.
“If one of our talking therapies is with severe or organic mental health
OurTeam Manager in Doncaster Tim appropriate for them, we will book problems.
Godley said: “One in six people suffer them a more in-depth assessment
from stress or anxiety during their lives, appointment to start receiving help as To see how our IAPT Team in Scunthorpe
but people are still afraid to admit they soon as a space becomes available, and helped raise Stress Awarenes Month
need help. set them on the right track to recovery.” turn to page 15.
For more information about the help on offer, please visit www.talkingsense.org, ring 01302 565650, or call into
the Talking Shop at 63 Hall Gate in Doncaster’s town centre which is open weekdays between 9am and 5pm or
for the Rotherham service call 01709 447755 Monday to Friday.
Warpit
celebrates 1st
birthday
Our Warp-It system which
helps to give unwanted RDaSH
furniture and stationery a new
home is celebrating its first
birthday.
Pictured from the left celebrating the first birthday are our staff Lynn Beedle, Claire Moverley,
So far Warp-It has been a huge success Lisa Grandcourt, Sharon Nicklin and Tracey Donovan who are either involved with the Warp-It
and has saved the Trust £77,764 by initiative or say the service is a huge success.
recycling unwanted items. We’ve also
The stationery amnesties have also Tracey Donovan, who leads on Warp-It,
donated a further £2,464.23 worth of
proved very popular. said: “It’s been a great success over the
furniture to not-for-profit charities.
last 12 months. If you’ve not signed up
Nearly all items listed are claimed within to Warp-It already, get in touch with
Our Warp-It partners Rotherham a few days.
hospital has claimed the most items me. It’s easy to subscribe and it means
from us including 30 waiting room Our biggest claimer has been Tracy all of our ‘unwanted’ items are emailed
chairs, 10 patient chairs, desks and two Dodsley. She has claimed 55 items which directly to you, so you have the chance
sofas. have helped to refurb Duchess House. to give the items a new home.”
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Staff matters
Can you help invite patients, the public, NHS staff and
stakeholders to help inform and develop
• How to ensure that evidence based
investigation methodologies are used
the systems, processes and behaviours
shape the future
consistently across the country.
needed to improve the quality of
investigation in the NHS.
Interim National Director of Patient
of patient safety The engagement exercise asks Safety at NHS Improvement, Celia
responders to consider several key areas, Ingham-Clark said: “This engagement
investigations? including: exercise is designed to bring together
ideas from those working across the
NHS Improvement has launched an • How organisations can foster a healthcare system and the wider public
engagement exercise to help inform more open and trusting culture when to help address some of the concerns
the review of the Serious Incident investigating patient safety incidents raised about the quality of patient safety
Framework. investigation in the NHS.
• How organisations can ensure that
The framework describes how serious the patient safety investigation
incidents should be identified, reported framework is used appropriately for “Its focus is rightly on how we can
and investigated for the purposes of its main purposing of deriving develop systems and processes to
learning and improvement. learning from an incident, to help help NHS organisations foster a more
prevent it from happening again open, transparent and trusting culture,
Since the current framework was • How the investigation oversight and enabling them to better investigate
published (in 2015), there have been assurance processes can support when things go wrong and ensure
changes to the landscape in which improvements in the quality of that meaningful action is taken to help
healthcare in England is being delivered. investigation and the implementation prevent similar incidents from happening
We have learned more about the of effective improvement again in the future.”
problems and the key casual factors that
undermine the quality of patient safety • How to ensure that the staff
investigations in the NHS. undertaking patient safety For more information go to
investigations are adequately trained https://improvement.nhs.uk/
The engagement exercise has been and have the resources and time they resources/future-of-patient-safety-
launched to update the framework and need to complete investigations investigation/
Do you need a volunteer on
your ward or service area?
If so, let us know!
Volunteers bring much needed time and in many cases knowledge that can give
your ward or service area an added extra.
For example, do you need a Chris Prewett, who heads up “The volunteer also benefits. It
volunteer to: volunteering for us, said: can stop social isolation, give them
vital experience to find a job or
• Help patients with crafts? “Please ‘Think Volunteer.’ We have university placement, they may
a range of volunteers happy to want to give something back to
• Give company to patients while help out and if you have a specific their community or a service which
they are on a ward or unit? need, if we don’t have a volunteer has helped them or they may have
• Help with memory therapy? who can help at the moment, we’ll time on their hands and want to
go out there looking to recruit help out.”
• Help in a community area? one. Patients love having a sing
song, a visitor, someone who can For more details call:
• Provide music for patients, such share experiences, so please give Chris on 01302 796000 or email
as a sing a long on the ward? me a ring for more information on chris.prewett@nhs.net
• Provide yoga sessions? having a volunteer on your ward,
unit or in your service area.
• Garden?
Volunteers can offer so much!
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District Nurses fundraise
for Eve Merton Trust
Our District Nursing teams have smashed their
£1,000 target and now heading towards a new
goal of £2,000 for Eve Merton Trust.
They held raffles, car boot and a bake sale as a mark of
appreciation to the Eve Merton Trust, a charity for making a
dream come true for one of their colleagues.
Car boot.
The teams want to say a very big “Thank you” to everyone
At the bake sale (left to right): B Walls, Andrea Willis and who has donated unwanted items and supplied them with a
Angie Wheeler. van and paid for their car boot pitch.
Did you watch it and Dr Hannah Fry is on the case.
She sets out to recruit the nation to
of where we will need the greatest
resources; it could save lives!
download the BBC Pandemic app in a
‘Contagion! ground-breaking experiment to help Why not watch it here and then
plan for when the next deadly virus download the app?
The BBC Four comes to the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/
Pandemic’ The app will provide vital information of
disease spread and allow for planning
p059y0p1/contagion-the-bbc-four-
pandemic
recently?
If not, try to watch it when you
are at home and have some spare
time.
Hannah Fry leads a nationwide
experiment to help plan for the next
deadly flu pandemic.
The government rates the global
outbreak of a deadly flu virus as a major
threat to the UK.
To predict the impact of the next
pandemic more accurately than ever
before, new data is needed – lots of
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Midway through the 100 Day Challenge...
In October, NHS England confirmed our successful
application to become a ‘wave three’ site for the Elective
Care Development Collaborative (ECDC) Programme.
This project is a partnership inappropriate referrals directly to of the work that has taken place have planned well but now need
effort, with us working with our cardiology and ensure stability so far. to deliver these intentions.
colleagues from NHS Doncaster of patients while they await
Clinical Commissioning Group, confirmed Atrial Fibrillation The three specialities gave Urology: The project has
Healthwatch Doncaster and diagnosis. the following update: meant that the team is open
primary care (including pharmacy to new ideas and has seen an
and general practice). ENT: This group is intending Cardiology: The project has increased sense of collaboration
to reduce referrals to secondary instilled a sense of belief that between all involved. The
Supported by NHS England, care for ear wax and stuffy nose changes can be made for the scheme has benefitted from
together we are looking at with a sample of GP practices in benefit of patients and the team relevant real-time data which
implementing a number of Doncaster. are inspired by the commitment has been made available and
changes within three specialities, from staff to making shared which has influenced
with an overarching ambition to Urology: The group is improvements. The team has also
projects and instilled a real sense
improve the experience patients intending to reduce routine made use of new technology
of impact, further driving the
have when they receive care and referrals (non-two week wait) to communicate with each
challenge forward.
treatment from the local NHS. from a sample of GP practices other which has helped to keep
to urology and gynaecology and people engaged throughout the
To ensure these changes are challenge. Further updates will be available
reduce catheter clinic follow-ups.
delivered, all initiatives are as the project nears completion.
developed, implemented and On 21 March, those involved ENT: This project has allowed If you have any further questions
monitored over a 100 day in the project came together at the group to realise an ambition or would like more involvement
period, which officially began on the new National College For which they have held for the in the programme please get in
31 January. High Speed Rail in Doncaster past number of years but been touch with Claire Booth, Project
to discuss how things were unable to progress. Overall in the Manager for 100 Day Challenge
The 100 Day Challenge progressing as the 100 Day first 50 days they believe they via claire.booth8@nhs.net.
covers the following Challenge is now at its mid-point.
specialities:
Giving feedback on the previous
Cardiology: This group is two months, the assembled
intending to implement Brain project leads gave feedback
Natriuretic Peptide or N-terminal on their progress, what has
pro b-type Natriuretic Peptide been accomplished and what
blood testing on a trial basis challenges they have faced.
for patients with suspected Designed to give those present
uncontrolled heart failure. a chance to reflect, as well
Reduce referrals to Cardiology as renewed purpose and
for Ambulatory Blood Pressure motivation, the event was the
Monitoring and to reduce perfect opportunity to take stock
11Children’s Matters
Health visitor and stop smoking in pregnancy team up
Doncaster mums-to-be are set to benefit from a new joint venture between our stop smoking in
pregnancy service and the health visitors.
Pictured (left to right): Jessica Pursall, Megan Dowling, Bria Carroll and Jade West showing off their baby bumps.
The two teams have joined forces and come up with a combined approach that prepares pregnant women in the borough for
their pregnancy, birth and new baby, together with stop smoking advice and information.
Paula Mallen, Health Visitor and Smoking in Pregnancy Team Lead, said: “Even if they don’t smoke themselves women still
need to know about the impact that smoking can have on their pregnancy and new born infant. That’s why we combined the
Stop Smoking in Pregnancy service with the health visitor North Antenatal Solihull sessions.
“This means that expectant mums, fathers and partners now have everything they need to know about pregnancy, birth and
their baby within a single group, while at the same time supporting those pregnant women to quit smoking. It also raises
awareness among non-smokers of the impact that passive smoking has on pregnant mums and new born babies.”
To celebrate this new partnership, mums-to-be attending the group were treated to hand, foot and back massages, make-up
and an opportunity to have their baby bumps painted, courtesy of students of White Rose School of Health and Beauty in
Doncaster.
Megan Dowling, expectant mum who has attended the five week antenatal Solihull group said: “It’s been a great day and
we’ve all really enjoyed being pampered. Although a non-smoker I do believe that it is important to understand how other
people’s smoke can affect my unborn baby and I am pleased that we now get this extra smoking advice.”
The North Antenatal Solihull sessions are provided by our health visitor team and look after the emotional as well as physical
health of the mum and baby. It weaves together the information that mothers, fathers and partners want to know about
pregnancy and birth along with preparation for developing a relationship with the baby in the womb, during birth and after
the baby is born.
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Partnership project wins national award
A health and social care partnership programme which helps expectant mothers has scooped first place
in a national award.
Melissa Simpson, the Doncaster Children’s Services Trust lead on the multi-agency Pregnancy Liaison Meeting (PLM) team
and the scheme’s founder, Debbie Rees-Pollard, midwife at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, took the glittering
accolade of the Partnership Working title at the national Royal College of Midwives’ 2018 awards in London. Our Health
Visitors, Safeguarding Team and Substance Misuse Midwife from our Aspire Services are part of the partnership.
Upon winning the award, sponsored by Slimming World, Debbie and Melissa said: “We are both thrilled to have won this
award and want to say a huge thank you to our respective teams and everyone else who has worked hard to ensure that the
project has been a success.”
The Pregnancy Liaison Meeting is held to discuss clients who are less than 16 weeks into pregnancy, who have current or
historic safeguarding concerns. It can involve universal and early help services and social care, which improves the safety and
outcomes for unborn babies.
Allowing for clear communication between agencies involved with the family, the initiative involves having monthly meetings
with all relevant health and social care professionals to ensure that information is shared effectively and in time to ensure the
best possible care for mothers and babies.
Debbie came up with the idea for the PLM four years ago, pre-Trust, when she felt many mums in need of help were falling
through the net.
Since launching, the project has been so successful that neighbouring local authorities and clinical commissioning groups are
looking to replicate its approach in other areas.
Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “This is such a great example of
how cooperation between health and social care professionals can really make a difference to women and babies.”
Members of the partnership collecting the award.
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Doncaster School Nurses Rocks
A new Facebook group has been set up by our Doncaster
School Nursing Team, with a bit of help from the children
from Grange Lane Academy in Rossington.
It’s called Doncaster School Nurses Rocks and the idea originated from
our Health Improvement Practitioner Louise Mould who created a similar
group in Rotherham. The story was published in the Rotherham Advertiser
on 3 February and resulted in the group’s members going from 8,000 to
16,000.
You can read the article at the following link:
http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,rock-craze-rolls-into-
rotherham_25475.htm
The aim of the group is to encourage children,
young people and families to get creative and
active. They decorate rocks and write ‘Doncaster
School Nurses Rocks’ on the back of the rock and
then hide it for others to find.
When a rock is found people are asked to take a
picture of the rock and upload the picture on the
group stating where it was found and to then re-
hide it stating where it has been re-hidden with
possibly a photo of the rock in its new hiding
place.
There have been rocks that have been hidden and
found in other areas of the country like Skegness,
Nottingham and Scotland.
School Nurses top
secret project
One of our Doncaster School Nurses Anne
Mulligan has been working hard over the
last few months on a new project for the
team.
Over the Easter holidays some children agreed to help
Anne with the new top secret project which we will
hopefully have more information about very soon!
Here are some pictures to give you a hint of the
secret project.
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Check out the Health Bus for free stress advice
During Stress Awareness Month our staff who provide mental
health therapies, will be on board the Health Bus offering advice to
Scunthorpe residents on 27 April.
The Talking Shop on Market Hill in Scunthorpe provides talking therapies for
people who are experiencing stress, depression, anxiety or low esteem as part of its
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service.
The health bus will be parked at Tesco on Gallagher Park in Scunthorpe on Friday
April 27 between 10am to 2pm.
Jane Crothers, Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, said: “One in four people
will experience stress or anxiety during their lives, but they are still afraid to admit
they need help.
“Our free courses teach people to understand the triggers of their stress and anxiety, while providing them with the support
and self-help techniques to help them. I hope that Scunthorpe people will take the opportunity to call by the health bus to
chat with us and pick up some stress awareness advice.”
As well as stress awareness, local people will also be able to pick up information about healthy lifestyles, have a free NHS
health check and find out what’s on offer at Options Recovery College to support their mental wellbeing.
Making the most of Stress Awareness Month
Scunthorpe residents are being encouraged to call in at the Talking Shop and pick up a free book to help
fight stress and improve their mental wellbeing.
Eighty copies of Gemma Cairney’s book called A Tool kit for how magic and messed up life can be, are up for grabs in the
shop’s reception area for anyone who is interested in reading for good health.
Kate Ashley, Team Manager for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service, said: “Every year during Stress
Awareness Month we support World Book Night and receive 80 books to distribute locally.
“The theme this year is mental health. I hope that local people will take the opportunity to call in and take a book and
experience just how good reading is for stress relief, relaxation and their mental health.”
The books went on display on April
23 which is World Book Night run
by The Reading Agency, a national
charity.
Kate added: “I would urge anyone
who is experiencing issues with stress
to get in touch. We are here to help
and offer many therapies to help
manage and control mental health
problems and emotional distress.”
The Talking Shop also offers a
range of talking therapies to people
experiencing common mental
health conditions including stress,
depression, anxiety and low esteem.
For more information telephone the
Talking Shop on 01724 867297.
Photo shows: Kate Ashley, Team Manager for IAPT service and the free books.
15Rotherham Matters
Celebrating Easter at the Woodlands
Youngsters from a Rotherham school brought Easter cheer to patients with dementia.
The youngsters are pictured together with school and The Woodlands staff.
Pupils from St Mary’s Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School, Herringthorpe Valley Road, headed to The Woodlands, our
dedicated unit for people aged over 65 with mental health needs and entertained patients with a special Easter concert.
John O’Grady, our Modern Matron for The Woodlands, said: “The children are fantastic singers. Our patients and staff loved
their concert. We can’t wait for their next visit! They are superb.”
Not only did they enjoy the youngsters’ concert, they also held a bun sale and an Easter raffle.
Dianne Graham, Rotherham Care Group Director, also admired the patients’ eggs which they had decorated.
Tracey Green (second from left) and Tracy Crompton (far right)
are pictured with patients with homemade buns and a giant
Dianne Graham is pictured with the bunny from the Easter raffle prize. The buns and raffle raised
patients’ decorated Easter eggs. money for patients at The Woodlands.
16Rotherham Matters
Showcasing The Woodlands
Dianne Graham, our Rotherham Care Group Director,
has been filmed for a Rotherham Together Partnership
video which will showcase all the excellent projects
going off in the borough.
She was filmed recently at The Woodlands, to showcase our Ferns
Unit and to talk about social prescribing and other initiatives we are
proud of in Rotherham.
Perinatal support group in
the news
Our Perinatal Mental Health Support Group was recently
in the news.
ITV Calendar came and filmed the group and interviewed Rachel
Maltby, Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Lead, on 29 March.
The group is designed to support the mental health and wellbeing
of new and expectant mums in Rotherham and has been set up in
partnership with Home Start and this Trust. Rachel Maltby, Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Lead.
You can watch Rachel and the group on this following link
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2018-04-02/new-support-group-launched-to-support-mums-mental-health-in-rotherham/
Why not get on your bike?
Rotherham staff have the chance to take part in the
Tour de Rotherham challenge which will take place on
Thursday 3 May and will last all day (8am – 4pm).
It will be a biking challenge across all the local health
and social care providers in Rotherham, so we will be
getting involved along with The Rotherham Foundation
Trust (TRFT), Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group
and Rotherham Council.
There will be bikes across a number of different locations – for our staff it will be one bike in The Woodlands reception
area and another in Swallownest Court reception area. There will be 15 minutes slots for staff to sign up too. Please note
this is for staff only.
Any staff who signs up to take part will be entered in a prize draw which will be pulled randomly from across all of the
organisations.
If you’d like to book a slot at The Woodlands please contact Susan Harris susan.harris35@nhs.net or Tracey
Green t.green2@nhs.net. Staff at Swallownest Court that would like to book a bike should contact
Sue Morrison sue.morrison3@nhs.net
17Doncaster Matters
Stand up to All the fun of the Easter Fayre at
Cancer fundraiser New Beginnings
The Stand up to Cancer charity Once again the Easter Fayre at New Beginnings was a cracking
fundraiser at Jubilee Close raised success.
£137 for Stand up to Cancer.
Visitors browsed craft stalls, had a go on the tombola, raffles and took advantage
Thank you to everyone who baked of free bicycle servicing. Well done to the team for providing an enjoyable and a
and supported the team on the day. fun packed day.
Social identity mapping
at New Beginnings
Professor David Best from the University of
Sheffield recently delivered a social identity
mapping session for service users, staff and
mentors at New Beginnings in Doncaster.
Social identity mapping is a tool that provides an
overview of a person’s social world, discovering positive
networks or relationships with others. In the case
of recovery from addiction, social identity mapping
provides a useful framework of how groups influence a
person’s behaviours both positively and also negatively.
It can be used to help people to map, move into and
engage with networks and groups which are supportive
of recovery.
The session was well attended and will form part of
the New Beginnings’ strength based relapse prevention
techniques.
(left to right): Neil Firbank, New Beginnings’ Senior Day Programme
Practitioner; Professor David Best and Reece Storr, Recovery Practitioner
18Doncaster Matters
Helen retires from Doncaster drug and alcohol services
After 35 years a leading figure in Doncaster’s drug and alcohol services has decided to ‘call time’ on her
career and retired on April 20, 2018.
Helen Owen, from Single Point of Access (SPOA) at Rosslyn House was the Team Leader at Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service
and also the Chief Executive of local charity Doncaster Alcohol Service (DAS).
Helen first started working in the drug
and alcohol field when she was appointed
Director of the newly formed DAS charity
in 1982. More recently she moved to work
alongside Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service,
delivering on a sub contract and providing
the team leader function in SPOA.
Over the years she has been instrumental
in supporting the setting up a first rate
drug and alcohol treatment and recovery
service for the people of Doncaster. She
was involved in the launch of Aspire’s
online Live Chat service to give local people
easy access to drug and alcohol advice. She
worked with partner agencies across the
borough to support vulnerable homeless
people. Other projects included the
creation of a social hub at Rosslyn House
for clients as well as raising awareness of
the hepatitis screening and vaccination Helen Owen (centre) with Callum Dixon (left) and Stuart Green, Aspire Service Manager
programme. (right) at her retirement event at Sinclair House, Doncaster.
Stuart Green, Service Manager at Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service who has known Helen for over 14 years, said: It has been a
pleasure to work alongside Helen. She will be a hard act to follow and I wish her every success in the future.”
Helen will be succeeded in the role of Chief Executive Officer of DAS by Callum Dixon.
Manual Handling
Patient Key Trainers
Congratulations to everyone who has
completed the latest Manual Handling
Patient Key Trainers course.
The course provides the knowledge and
practical skills which are then transferred to
the workplace to promote and reinforce safe
handling methods.
Introduced over 20 years ago, the key trainer
role continues to play a crucial role in keeping
patients and staff safe – keeping staff up to
Staff from across the Trust
date with current practice and providing a direct
link to the Manual Handling Team. An added extra is that the training can be delivered place based reducing the time away
from work areas whilst still helping staff to maintain their mandatory and statutory compliance.
“Well done everyone” from the Learning and Development Team!
19Doncaster Matters
Finding out more about Parkinson’s disease
Doncaster residents with Parkinson’s disease and their carers headed along to an information day at a
Balby based hospital to mark World Parkinson’s Day.
Pictured are RDaSH staff, patients and representatives from Parkinson’s UK who gathered to mark World Parkinson’s Day.
The Doncaster Community Parkinson’s Team held the information day at our Tickhill Road Hospital, off Weston Road,
(on April 11) in the Evergreen department.
One of the organisers, Rebecca King, Rehabilitation Assistant, said: Parkinson’s disease is a condition in which parts of the
brain become progressively damaged over many years. The three main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are a resting
tremor of particular parts of the body, slow movement and stiff and inflexible muscles.
“A person with Parkinson’s disease can also experience a wide range of other physical and psychological symptoms, including
depression and anxiety, balance problems, a loss of sense of smell, problems sleeping and memory problems. We had a really
successful day and gave out advice about the condition and promoted the support that is on offer.”
Bowel cancer Know your symptoms
Blood in your poo? The three main symptoms
of bowel cancer are:
See your GP! • Persistent blood in the stools that occurs for no obvious
Got blood in your poo? If so see your GP, is reason.
the message as Doncaster marks Bowel Cancer • A persistent change in bowel habit – which usually means
Awareness Month. going to the loo more often, with looser stools.
Staff at The Macmillan Living Well Cancer Information Service, • Persistent lower tummy pain, bloating or discomfort –
based at our Tickhill Road Hospital site, off Weston Road, that’s always caused by eating and may be associated with
Balby, are promoting the signs and symptoms of the disease loss of appetite or significant unintentional weight loss
and encouraging anyone with symptoms to head to see their Joanne O’Marr, our Macmillan Living Well Cancer Information
doctor. service lead, said: “If you have any symptoms please see
your GP. The sooner you act the better. Also bowel cancer
The Cancer Information and Support Service is also part of symptoms are very common, and most people with them
Be Cancer Safe – a social movement across South Yorkshire, don’t have cancer.”
Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire which aims to raise
awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and the For more information about bowel cancer please click here:
opportunities for screening to increase the number of people http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/
diagnosed earlier. bowel-cancer or https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/
20Doncaster Matters
Interested in helping us to tackle
cancer in Doncaster?
Doncaster needs Cancer Champions to help us spread
the message about the signs and symptoms of the
disease.
Help us get people diagnosed earlier so they have a
better chance of beating cancer!
Screening Screening tests are available for a number of
different cancers. If you are invited for screening,
go, even if you don’t think you have any symptoms.
Awareness Be aware of changes to your body or unusual
symptoms. Check your body regularly for any
changes.
Fast If you are experiencing symptoms, act fast. Book
an appointment with your GP as soon as possible.
Talk to your GP about all your symptoms, no matter
how small you may think they are.
Early Early detection of cancer greatly improves survival.
If you are worried about your health it’s better to Be
Cancer Safe and have your symptoms checked as
soon as possible.
Become a Cancer Champion and call us on
01302 796947
Or email rdash.becancersafe@nhs.net
21Doncaster Matters
New car park opens
Our new car park is open after we listened to you about parking on the Tickhill Road site.
Thank you to everyone who took part in our parking consultations and for other feedback received. We’ve listened to you and
acted and the new car park should help staff to park more easily.
However, the lighting installation is not finished at the moment and staff are advised not to park in the area if they will be
leaving work when it is dark. This work will be completed shortly.
Lynne goes Total Warrior for Recovery Games
A support worker at New Beginnings in Doncaster is
doing the Total Warrior endurance challenge to raise
money for the Recovery Games, an annual event which
celebrates the achievements of people in recovery from
drug and alcohol addiction.
Lynne Andrews (pictured), aged 45, who works at the specialist
detoxification and rehabilitation unit, will face the seven mile
obstacle race on 24 June, battling through mud, ice and fire with
her team mates the Donny Destroyers.
Lynne said: “For me the Total Warrior is the ultimate test of strength,
stamina and sheer determination. I decided to take on this challenge
and do my bit for the Recovery Games and show that people can
and do fight their way back to recovery from substance addiction
with the right support and strength of character. Together with
the Donny Destroyers we will be wearing purple, the international
colour of recovery.”
The Recovery Games is held in August each year and is a major event in the recovery calendar. It brings together people from
all parts of the UK, who are involved in treatment and recovery, including support workers, their family and friends to go
head-to-head in fun packed ground and water sports.
If you would like to support Lynne and the Donny Destroyers in their Recovery Games fundraising challenge
please go to https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/lynneandrews1
If you or someone you know is experiencing drug or alcohol issues and want to talk in confidence please visit
Aspire’s live chat at: www.aspire.community, or ring 01302 730956.
22Doncaster Matters
The date’s set for the 2018 Recovery Games and the race is on to reach the
£10,000 sponsorship needed to stage the games and make them a success.
The Recovery Games is an annual event which strongly link into the five
ways to wellbeing to celebrate the value of recovery from drug and/ or
alcohol addiction. This is a key platform to help change attitudes and break
down the stigma surrounding addiction and creating visible recovery.
This year’s event is due to be staged on Friday 17 August at Hatfield Marina
in Doncaster and is expected to once again attract hundreds of people from
across the UK.
Aspire Service Manager Stuart Green said: “Feeling a part of the community
in which people live is an important part of someone’s ability to sustain
recovery and to thrive.
“Over the past five years our games have developed from a key date in the
recovery calendar to become a fantastic opportunity for people from across
the wider community to come together and join in, and we’re extremely
proud of the success that this event has created to celebrate and promote
wellbeing.
“However, staging such an event comes at a cost, so we’re appealing for
donations and support – no matter how small – to enable us to deliver this
year’s event.”
If you are interested in fundraising making donation please
visit: https://mydonate.bt.com/events/recoverygames2018
Organisations interested in providing sponsorship can
contact Stuart Green on phone 01302 303900 or email at
Stuart.Green4@nhs.net
23Hospice matters
Climbing the heights for St John’s Hospice
A former Warmsworth man is going to scale the heights to reach the top of Africa’s highest mountain to
raise money for a Balby-based hospice.
Matt is pictured centre surrounded by St John’s Hospice staff.
Matt Watson, now of Sheffield, decided to do the feat to say ‘thank you’ to St John’s Hospice for the care they gave his work
colleague who was cared for at the hospice as he battled a brain tumour.
Matt will travel to Tanzania in October to take part in an eight day trek, where he will ascend to the summit of Kilimanjaro
At 5,895 meters , or just over three-and-a-half miles, above sea level, Kilimanjaro is the highest free standing mountain in
the world.
Matt said: “I love hiking and climbing mountains, having done this in various weathers, but Kilimanjaro is a very different
beast. Going without a shower for over a week will test me, not to mention the altitude, which will push me to unknown
limits. I am under no illusion and realise this will be a massive undertaking.” “I’m raising money for St John’s Hospice at
Doncaster in recognition of the outstanding work they do. This is in memory of my work colleague who was cared for there.”
Chris Smith, of the hospice fundraising team, said: “What an amazing feat! We want to thank Matt for doing this for us.
Every penny Matt raises will go towards caring for our patients.”
Anyone wanting to sponsor Matt can visit: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MatthewWatson18
For more information of how to donate visit:
www.stjohnshospicedoncaster.co.uk
Follow us on: @stjohnsappeal stjohnshospicedoncaster
Registered charity no: 1055641
24Flourish Matters
Cracking good fun
Hundreds of visitors headed to a historic house and
grounds in Balby to celebrate Easter!
Easter bunny made a special visit to St Catherine’s House, and
youngsters could take part in an Easter egg trail around Woodfield
Park, off Tickhill Road.
There was fun for all including a bouncy castle, games for the kids,
craft stalls, and much more.
Wendy Parkes, of Flourish Enterprises, who was one of the event
organisers, said: “We had an unbelievable turn out. It was fantastic
to see so many people head down here and enjoy the grounds and
the Bank Holiday fun.”
Shauna Brady, of Balby, is pictured with her two-year-
Brothers Archie MacArthur (4) and Louie (2) of Edlington, are pictured with the old twins Orlaith and Emily.
Easter Bunny.
Staff and patients from Emerald Lodge, Bentley, are pictured with hand-made Easter goodies.
25Flourish Matters
Five Star rating for
Victorian Tearoom
It was good news all round for the Victorian
Tearoom at St Catherine’s House when it
received a Five Star Food Hygiene rating in
March from the Foods Standards Agency.
The Food Standards Agency rates a business
in all aspects of their food hygiene standards,
including food hygiene handling, cleanliness
of facilities and food safety. Five stars is the
highest possible rating, which means that the
Victorian Tearoom is the best it can possibly be.
Operations Manager for Flourish Enterprises
Wendy Parkes responded: “Well done to the
Tea Room staff for enabling us to maintain our
Five Star hygiene rating.”
You can see a copy of the report at: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-
GB/1043107/Flourish-Enterprises-Tickhill-Road
Eileen’s marmalade flourishes
Eileen Harrington (pictured), who founded the DonMentia charity five years ago to help Doncaster
people who have dementia and their carers has picked up an award for her marmalade.
Her husband – also called Don – died with
dementia in 2008 after having the disease
for nine years. Eileen has spent the last
five years tirelessly fundraising thousands
of pounds for DonMentia and many local
people and carers have benefited from her
work.
Eileen continues to add to her trophy
collection and congratulations are in order
as she has just picked up an international
award at what is known as the Olympic
Games of marmalade making. She has just
beaten off thousands of competitors to earn
a bronze certificate for her Seville orange
speciality at this year’s World’s Original
Marmalade Awards, held in Cumbria.
The judges praised its good flavour.
Eileen, pictured, has been making her
delicious preserve for the past five years,
which she sells for £2.50 a jar to raise funds
for DonMentia.
This year she has produced well over 300lbs of Seville – which are selling well at various shops and other outlets in Doncaster
and should raise £750.
Why not call into the Victorian Tea Room at St Catherine’s House and buy some of Eileen’s award winning marmalade.
26Listening to you and changing what we do
Kathryn Singh
Chief Executive
Listening into
Action (LiA) is our
vehicle for quality
improvement.
In years one and two, we
have achieved a lot including:
170 clearly defined clinical
improvements, 70 ‘Quick
Wins’ and a ground swell
of enthusiasm for quality
improvement.
This next year will involve full engagement and involvement which include:
of the executive and wider leadership team; the streamlining
of thinking and resources; actively adopting LiA around the Service Improvements (transforming services)
Trust’s top priorities for improvement; making LiA openly and
widely available to all staff. Acute Mental Health care pathway
Our 2018 LiA journey is based on the new and simplified ‘LiA
Risk assessment
4 Quarters’ model, designed to focus and streamline effort
throughout the year. LiA thereby ‘maps’ into an ‘annual
planning cycle’ to aid planning, actions, and delivery of results Reducing out-of-area placements
for our more complex changes which will require a longer
focus than the previous two years 20 week cycle. Suicide prevention
This change will enable us to provide priority focus upon our Professional leadership and career pathways
‘big ticket items’ as well as the rapid changes that our staff
have identified through the Big Conversations, and provide Compassionate care and leadership.
extensive focus upon our ‘Big Ticket’ LiA priorities for 2018
27LiA matters
Big Conversation
We held our two Big Conversation events on 17 and Pictures from the events...
19 April and once again they were a huge success!
Over a hundred staff headed to the events at New York Stadium in
Rotherham and Castle Park in Doncaster to hear the latest updates
on our LiA journey.
The conversations provided:
An overview of our successes across the Trust
Reflection into how the successes linked with our Trust values
Consideration of the next stages of our LiA/Improvement Journey
An opportunity to shape how we can most effectively ‘lead the way with care’
The opportunity for staff to contribute ideas going forward.
Those attending had the chance to express their work frustrations. Staff and
managers had the opportunity to work together to find solutions to make changes
to benefit patient care and staff wellbeing. There’s no better way to improve our
services than via staff and governors – and that’s one of the main messages from
the event.
Jude Graham, who leads our LiA journey, said: “We’re using our LiA journey to
drive our Quality Improvement at the Trust. We’ve come such a long way already
but know we still have further to go. You, our staff, can still sign up to be LiA
Champions and put forward ideas on how you can improve or enhance what you
do at work. Do you have a simple idea that would save time or money?
If so let me know.”
If you’ve got an idea simply email Jude on judith.graham3@nhs.net
28LiA Matters
Big Conversation
We asked those attending the Big Conversations this question:
How has today’s session made you feel? Doncaster:
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“Empo w ding”
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to do” e fu l th a t th ings will chan
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To read all of the comments and replies follow this link:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/49778/listening-into-action-lia-big-conversations/
Where next? …
We are now busy typing up all of the frustrations and suggestions for
change that have come from our Big Conversations. Some of these will
orm part of our ‘Big Ticket Item’ work for the next year concerning:
Service Improvements (transforming services)
Acute Mental Health care pathway
Risk assessment
Reducing out of area placements
Suicide prevention
Professional leadership and career pathways
Compassionate care and leadership.
Others will be challenges that can be solved more rapidly. We will be working with
all teams in terms of progressing these actions, and will be featuring the outcomes
in our future issues. If you have made a change as a result of listening to others
frustrations please contact us!
29LiA Learning matters
You can be an apprentice at any age!
Did you know that by becoming an apprentice it lets you upskill and gain relevant
qualifications and experience in your current role without taking a pay cut.
You get 20% of your core hours paid for off-the-job learning this can be for:
• Study time for revising and completing modules of the apprenticeship
• Mandatory and statutory training
• Team meetings
• Assessed observations and meetings with college assessors.
Your 20% study time can be taken to suit you and your work area, it doesn’t have to be over a full day, there are many
options. In many cases you do not need to attend college to complete the apprenticeship, it can all be done on site or in the
workplace.
Apprenticeships start from NVQ Level 2 and go all the way up to degree level in many working areas.
If you’re interested in upskilling yourself or are a manager who would like to upskill staff please contact Ian
Warner for more information on ian.warner@nhs.net or 01302 796274
Apprentice spot light...
Apprentice Chelsie Leonard from Doncaster joined
our Trust 18 months ago. Here she tells us what
she’s got up to during that time and why it’s good
to be an apprentice!
When I left school I was confused about what I wanted my
career to be, I knew it needed to be something practical so I
left school and became a plumber. Unfortunately, this didn’t
fit when I became pregnant so I retrained and became a
dental nurse. While I loved dental nursing, it didn’t fulfil my
need to constantly be pushing myself to do more. That’s when
I saw an ad for an NHS apprenticeship. I applied with an open
minded attitude and thought I’d take whatever got thrown
my way.
I ended up with an apprenticeship in Learning and Development, something I knew nothing about. I’m
currently 18 months into my apprenticeship and I’ve found it’s fully satisfied my needs to push myself and do
different things, I’ve trained to become a Back Care Key Trainer, I took over managing the Care Certificate and
helped out with apprenticeships; talking people through what they’re like and what to expect. While doing
this I also spent time with the school nurses and health visitors, completing training such as Outcomes Star. Now
I’m currently in the Communications Team and each and every day I’m being pushed to do something new.
I’m so glad I saw the job advert for the apprenticeship as I feel I can finally settle somewhere but still have the
opportunities to do new things and push myself. I highly recommend an NHS apprenticeship to anyone!
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