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staff magazine | Winter 2020 Feeling GR8 Exercise your right to a Saying thank you for Making appraisals healthy life p4 great care p5 work for you p6
Contents | www.leedsth.nhs.uk
4: Exercise your right to a healthy life
5: First DAISY awards presented to
nursing and midwifery staff
6: Getting the most out of your
appraisal
7: GR8X Trustwide launch
8-9: Health and wellbeing: your stress-
busting guide
10: Investing in our people through
Lean for Leaders
11: The nineteenth century link
between Leeds and Malta
12-13: Making the season bright at LTHT
14-15 Funding boost for Radiotherapy
services
4 5 16: Exciting year ahead for Building
Exercise your right to a healthy life First DAISY awards presented
the Leeds Way
17: The Bulletin survey
18 Pre-dialysis patient event
19: Virtual consultations
20: My Job – Elle Oldroyd
21: ANNP clinic launch
22-23: Farewells
24: Donations
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Getting the most out of your appraisal GR8X Trustwide launch 25: Staff Lottery: What we did in
2019
26: 60 Seconds – Steven Sawyer
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Trust consultants
named in New
Year Honours
Congratulations to two LTHT consultants community healthcare teams to ensure
who have been named in the Queen’s high quality care for older people. She
New Year’s Honours List. has also recently served as President of
the British Geriatrics Society.
Dr Eileen Burns and Professor Philip
Howard have been honoured for their
services to patients: Eileen for her
Professor Philip Howard has been
honoured with an OBE for his services Welcome to the
contribution to integrated care for older to healthcare, as a Consultant
people and Philip for his work on the use
of antibiotics.
Pharmacist here in the Trust, and as
National Project Lead in Antimicrobial
Winter issue of
Resistance for NHS Improvement.
“Eileen and Philip have both
made an incredible impact in
Philip’s expertise in antimicrobial Bulletin!
stewardship has led him to represent
healthcare across Yorkshire and his profession at a national, European It’s a new year, and a new decade,
and global level. Philip is also visiting which for many provides an important
nationally and these Honours
professor at the School of Healthcare, opportunity to reflect on where we
are a credit to their dedication to University of Leeds and works closely are in life and where we would like to
their professions.” with partners to improve awareness of see ourselves going next.
the use of antibiotics. Philip became It can be difficult when we are busy
Dr Eileen Burns has been honoured President of the British society for with our day-to-day lives to put aside
with an MBE for her contribution to Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in 2018 - time to think about our health and
integrated care for older people both the first time a pharmacist has held this wellbeing, as well as our career and
here in Leeds as a Consultant in Elderly prestigious post. where we want to take it. Often the
Medicine and across the NHS. two are closely related. But in this
Eileen and Philip have both made an
Eileen has been integral in launching incredible impact in healthcare across issue of Bulletin we want to focus on
the ‘Sit Up, Get Dressed, Keep Moving’ Yorkshire and nationally and these you – your health, your wellbeing, and
campaign, and in helping us provide Honours are a credit to their dedication your career. Features include how you
joined-up care between hospital and to their professions. can get the most out of your appraisal
this year, how you can manage stress,
and the benefits of stopping smoking
and exercising more.
I hope you will take this as an
opportunity to reflect on your own
health, wellbeing, and career goals.
Perhaps you’ll decide now is the time to
take some steps towards making changes
in your life that are right for you.
We all have areas of our lives we’d
like to see changed for the better -
and when we feel better, we’re more
likely to do a better job and make the
people we interact with feel better
too – so please do consider making
2020 a year about you!
Kind regards
Julian Hartley
Chief Executive
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Exercise your right to a healthy life
We all know the many benefits that
exercise brings, but that doesn’t make
it any easier to get into the habit of
regular exercise. With a new year just
begun, now is the perfect time to
set fitness goals to make 2020 your
year of healthy habits. At LTHT we
have a Staff Fitness membership that
can help you achieve just that. Here,
Lauren Lawrance, Health and Fitness
Coach, explains the benefits of regular
exercise, how staying motivated has
helped her progress in her career, and
how you can get fit this year.
Why exercise?
“Exercise is very important to support
overall physical and mental wellbeing
and any exercise is of value. This
can include gardening, walking,
swimming, running or any exercise
that raises your heart rate. Here at
LTHT we have one mile walks around Motivation is key from my manager I have been able
each site to help incorporate into to continue to develop my skills and
“My favourite part of my role is knowledge which has enabled me to
your daily routine. We also promote instructing personal training sessions
using the stairs instead of the lift progress to my current role of Health
and helping our members make the and Fitness Coach.
when possible. small changes they need to reach
“My main motivation to exercise is to their goals. I really enjoy teaching “Now I get to share my knowledge
feel fit and healthy and improve my classes to members to help them and skills by mentoring the new
mental wellbeing; I also want to be a increase their fitness level and help apprentice each day whilst getting
good role model for our gym members. I them feel motivated to continue to the opportunity to explore ways we
enjoy most exercise and mainly focus on see positive benefits. can develop the service further. On
resistance training as that’s where I see top of that I promote the health and
“I started out on a Health and Fitness
the most benefits. wellbeing agenda within the Trust
Apprenticeship and would definitely
and assist with stands and events
By taking part in exercise I am continually recommend this route to others
throughout the year. It helps me stay
improving my mental wellbeing and it is as it is a good way of training and
motivated in my career to know we
a good stress release.” learning on the job. Through support
are sending this important message to
our staff.”
Making healthy habits stick
“As part of the Fitness membership
staff have access to two gyms, classes,
personal training sessions, exercise
plans, healthy eating advice and
fitness testing. Both gyms have a range
of cardio and resistance machines
available. The monthly cost is £15 (£18
for non-NHS and university staff). We
run regular campaigns and challenges
to encourage staff who may already
be fitness members or staff who may
be inactive to make small changes and
promote healthy living.”
To have a look around one of the gyms
or discuss the Staff Fitness membership
package please contact: leedsth-tr.
healthandfitness@nhs.net
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First DAISY award winners announced
A bereavement midwife and an oncology
ward sister were chosen in January as
the first winners of an international
nurse and midwife award scheme.
LTHT has partnered with The DAISY
Foundation to honour the compassionate
care of extraordinary nurses and
midwives at hospitals in Leeds.
Tracy Campey, bereavement midwife in
the antenatal department at St James’s
hospital was the first winner to be
announced. She was presented with
her award in an emotional and moving
ceremony after being nominated by the
mum of a baby who was sadly stillborn.
An extract from her nomination reads:
“Tracy really seemed to understand and
empathise with us, and she really helped
us navigate our early days of grief. She
has always been there for us and I will
never forget this. I would like to thank
of patient care, not just for clinical care, awestruck by the clinical skills, care and
her with all our heart.”
but emotional support as well. I’m proud compassion of the nurses who cared for
Katie Sweeting, sister on ward J96 to work alongside Katie.” Patrick, so they created this international
at Leeds Cancer Centre received award to say thank you to nurses and
Lisa Grant, Chief Nurse at Leeds
nominations from two of the doctors midwives everywhere.
Teaching Hospitals said: “It was a
and the matron on her ward for the
pleasure to present Tracy and Katie with Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, President and
excellent leadership of her team and
their DAISY awards. We received lots of Co-Founder of The DAISY Foundation
the support she provides to patients and
incredible nominations but these two said: “When Patrick was critically ill,
their families.
really stood out for the difference they our family experienced first-hand
One of her nominations was for the care had made to patients and their families. the remarkable skill and care nurses
she provided to the young family of a The DAISY award is a fantastic way provide patients every day and night.
cancer patient, going above and beyond to recognise our nurses and midwives Yet these unsung heroes are seldom
to ensure they got to see their mum who go the extra mile to deliver recognized for the super-human,
before she died. compassionate care in our hospitals.” extraordinary, compassionate work
Her colleague wrote: “This affected us The DAISY Award was established by the they do. The kind of work the nurses
all, and I know it was heart-wrenching DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick at Leeds Teaching Hospitals are called
for Katie to be so involved with. Nurses Barnes who died aged 33 of ITP, an auto- on to do every day epitomizes the
are our rocks, they are the corner stone immune disease. The Barnes family were purpose of The DAISY Award.”
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Making the most of your appraisal
Appraisal season is here and it’s your on offer at the Trust and think about
chance to put the focus on you! how we can access these to achieve our
career aspirations.
April will see the start of the Trust’s
sixth annual Agenda for Change “I try to use the run up to appraisal
appraisal season and this year we will season to think about the personal
be making some key changes to make development that I want to access to
sure appraisals are all about you. Keep help me to grow as a practitioner and
an eye out for more information over provide a better service to patients.
the coming months. I think it’s really important to look
outside the box, and that means not know that this is my time. The work of
Here, Josephine Harrison, Sister in just considering classroom based my colleagues and I is always busy and
Corporate Nursing, explains the courses but also different opportunities important, but I also know that looking
importance of appraisals and how you like coaching or shadowing. I also try after ourselves is equally critical. The
can make the most out of yours. to think about a few SMART objectives appraisal, though, is a protected
“Appraisal is a fantastic opportunity that I can bring to the appraisal period of time that allows me to talk
for my colleagues and I to look at the meeting to make sure that I am to my manager about those issues and
range of development opportunities shaping the discussion. provides an opportunity to suggest
improvements to how we work. It’s
I want to make sure that my my time to talk about where I am now
manager and I are on the same and where I want to be in the future.
page regarding what’s going on It’s my time to talk about how I can
develop and improve and it’s my time
in my life, this means that we can
to talk about my wellbeing.
change something if we need to.
“During the appraisal itself I think it’s
It’s my time to talk about where I
really important to talk about a range am now and where I want to be
of topics, including work/life balance in the future.
and health and wellbeing. I want to
“Appraisals aren’t perfect, the success
make sure that my manager and I are
of them is dependent on the two-
on the same page regarding what’s
way involvement of both manager
going on in my life, this means that we
and appraisee. They can be seen as
can change something if we need to.
a box ticking exercise that has little
This doesn’t mean it should all be done
relevance in the workplace. However
during appraisal season, my manager
my experience is that, by putting in 10
and I ensure we have regular catch-ups
minutes of preparation beforehand
to talk about progress in my role and
and bringing things to talk about,
the achievement of my objectives as
appraisal can actually be used to make
well as any other issues of importance.
a really positive contribution to myself,
“The reason I do all of this is because I my workplace and my patients.”
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GR8X launches Trustwide!
GR8X – ‘the positive Datix’ – launched
across LTHT in January, allowing more
staff to learn from what went well and
celebrate excellent practice.
The initiative aims to highlight examples
of positive practice through the principle
of ‘learning from excellence’ so that
people who go the extra mile know
that their efforts are acknowledged and
appreciated - helping create a positive
culture in the workplace.
In medicine there is a tendency to focus
on avoidance of harm and learning
from mistakes. Whilst this is important,
it can sometimes mean we miss the
opportunity to celebrate and learn from
those occasions when we ‘get it right’.
GR8X aims to fix this by valuing the best
of “what is” to feed into ideas of “what
should be”.
“By helping your team member
recognise what excellence looks
like for her—by highlighting
good practice and saying - “That!
Yes, that!”—you’re offering her
the chance to gain an insight;
you’re highlighting a pattern that
is already there within her so that
Initial feedback from staff: Clinical governance teams within CSUs
she can recognise it, anchor it,
will highlight learning from received
re-create it, and refine it. That is “It makes an enormous difference just
GR8Xs at monthly meetings to celebrate
learning.” to know that someone somewhere has
the good work!
noticed!”
Marcus Buckingham and Ashley “Clearly the little things you do and say
Goodall from the Harvard make a bigger impact than you think!” Join the GR8X family!
Business Review. The initiative has now expanded If you’re interested in bringing GR8X to
to five more CSUs across the Trust - your CSU get in touch with the Junior
Women’s Services, Oncology, Theatres Doctor Body (leedsth-tr.JDB@nhs.net)
The story so far… and Anaesthesia, Adult Therapies, or Junior Doctor Forum (leedsth-tr.
and Adult Critical Care. The expanded juniordoctorforum@nhs.net)
GR8X was first introduced in Leeds
GR8X system is being championed by
Children’s Hospital in January 2019
the Junior Doctor Body across the new Or visit www.padlet.com/mededleeds/
thanks to the work of an enthusiastic
participating CSUs but any member JDB to learn how to build your own
team led by the Junior Doctor Forum,
of staff can submit a GR8X and all are GR8X system.
who were exploring ways to embed a
encouraged to do so!
wider ‘learning from excellence’ culture
in children’s services.
Later that year the initiative rolled How do you submit a GR8X?
out across the rest of the CSU,
with a range of nominations from Click on the GR8X button on the
team communication skills to being Intranet homepage! QR codes found
supported by a colleague on a bad on posters across each participating
day. Following the initial roll-out, CSU as well as Padlet pages also grant
the focus then led on to seeing how access to the online system. Once
examples shared through GR8X could submitted, the recipient receives a
help inform governance and lesson- personal email and certificate with
learning processes. Since then, over 300 the reason for their commendation
GR8X nominations have been made for detailed on the certificate. The sender
colleagues in the Children’s Hospital. remains anonymous.
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Feature | www.leedsth.nhs.uk Health and wellbeing: yo Workplace stress is an important topic but one that there is unfortunately still an element of stigma attached. LTHT is committed to eliminating workplace stress and encouraging more people to speak openly about the subject to effectively tackle stress at work in more preventative ways. A recent report from the CIPD and Simplyhealth highlighted that the top three causes of stress-related absence are workloads, management style and relationships at work. LTHT has a range of tools and tips on the intranet to help staff to manage stress, including individual and team resilience, spotting the signs of stress and coping skills, along with the support services listed here. Teams across a number of CSUs have worked together to improve staff wellbeing and reduce stress. These include a wellness room for theatres staff at St James’s (pictured below), a ‘Going Home Checklist’ poster, and more Pets as Therapy dogs providing animal therapy on a number of wards (pictured, right). 8
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our stress-busting guide
Able Future in the workplace. The service also has sessions are designed to explore “what
access to advice from psychiatrists, work does to you” in a safe environment.
Able Futures is a nationwide specialist psychologists, counselling and For dates of the next round, keep an eye
partnership designed to help people physiotherapy. For information on out for the latest issue of InTouch.
living with mental health difficulties making a self-referral, visit the OHS
have more good days than bad ones. Intranet page.
The service is designed to help people
in work and in need of support. Call the Staff gyms, health & fitness
free, confidential service on 0800 321 Fitness memberships are available for
3137 from 8.00am to 10.30pm, Monday Schwartz rounds all members of LTHT staff and students,
to Friday. Rounds are open to all staff and are an and includes use of the gym, free fitness
opportunity to share what it feels like to classes and PT sessions. To contact a
work in our hospitals. They are designed member of the team email Leedsth-tr.
Critical Incident Counselling for colleagues to support each other in healthandfitness@nhs.net or call 0113
providing compassionate care. These 20 66237.
Support Service
The Critical Incident Counselling
Service provides a timely response to
individual staff or groups who have
been involved in a critical incident at
work. To access counselling, call 0113
20 65515 to request a Critical Incident
self-referral form, or email leedsth-tr.
criticalincidentcounselling@nhs.net
Employee Assistance
Programme (EAP)
The EAP is a staff advice, information
and counselling service. Trained
counsellors are available 24/7 and can
provide immediate support or offer
one to one telephone counselling
sessions within 48 hours. Advice is
available on financial, legal, family and
personal issues. Call 0800 174319 or
log in to the online Live Chat at www.
carefirst-lifestyle.co.uk with Username:
leedsteaching and Password: hospitals
Leeds Incident Support Team
The LIST (Leeds Incident Support Team) is
a voluntary group of LTHT staff who have
previously been involved in more serious
incidents. They have made a commitment
to be available to talk to other staff who
may also have been involved in a similar
type of incident about the process of an
investigation and to answer questions.
Contact the Serious Incident Team on
0113 206 4598.
Occupational Health Service
Occupational Health is primarily
concerned with the prevention, or
minimisation, of the impact of ill health
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Investing in our people through
Lean for Leaders
Lean for Leaders is a programme run
by our Kaizen Promotion Team. The
programme provides formal training and
certification in lean methodology for
colleagues in a leadership role, enabling
them to undertake improvement,
otherwise known as kaizen, projects in
their workplace, which is described by
the methodology as the genba.
Any employees can apply to take
part in Lean for Leaders training.
The course runs for a year with six
day-long sessions and genba work to
be completed between sessions. The
six modules cover the tools of the
Leeds Improvement Method in depth.
The course focuses on the power of
observation to understand processes
and behaviours and using innovation
and creativity to develop ideas.
By the end of the session you will be
able to display skills in observation and the projects we worked on came from “Of all the work we did for the lean
perform successful root cause analysis this list. I think it was vital to involve all for leaders course, I am most proud of
and value stream map creation, to staff and recognise their experience and our production board. We chose to
develop understanding of supply and expertise and we were lucky to work develop a patient safety huddle board,
demand and creating change in your with such a motivated team who were where we identified patients at risk of
own genba. open to trying new ways of working. falls, pressure ulcers, malnutrition or
infection. Staff feedback was that these
Here, Laura Sedgley, Senior Sister Neuro huddles currently did not offer much
Critical Care explains why she joined that was relevant to their shift and they
the Lean for Leaders programme and did not prioritise attending. Again
the benefits that she felt not only we sought feedback from staff about
individually but across her team too. what would make these huddles more
“I took part in the training as I was keen relevant to staff. We added in their
to improve my leadership skills and also recommendations, such as a review of
increase my knowledge and skills of the the daily plan for each patient, which
lean methodology. I think initially the has allowed us to plan for events where
biggest challenge I faced was a huge staff may need more help and support
lack of confidence that I felt I was not from the team and the feedback from
in a senior enough role to benefit from staff has been incredibly positive. This
the training, but as the training went on has prompted more involvement from
I realised my having a role on the front staff within lean projects, which is great
line (or genba as KPO team would say) to see.
was a positive advantage! “I would encourage all staff to get
“I was lucky enough to do the course involved. Before doing the training,
with my friend and colleague I thought lean for leaders that was
Emma Horne. We were keen to relevant only to managers. Now
implement projects that would I can see that this training is
benefit the unit where we vital to all staff in the Trust
work (Neuro Critical Care as it helps us to recognise
at LGI). We did a great and celebrate our teams’
deal of work asking staff excellence and help to
what would improve support them in their
their working day daily work by reducing
(identifying the rocks waste and things that
in their shoes to do not add value to
use lean speak!) patients or staff.”
and many of
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The nineteenth century link between
Leeds and Maltese hospitals
An initiative is being launched to
further strengthen Trust ties with the
island of Malta.
Over the last six years LTHT has
developed close links with Malta
through the delivery of medical
physics training courses and by using
scientific and technical expertise to
commission complex equipment in a
new Oncology wing of the Mater Dei
hospital in Valetta.
At the same time, the relationship
established with Malta Medical School
has culminated in the exchange of
a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to develop a fellowship
programme for Maltese doctors. In
establishing this programme, links
have been discovered between Leeds
Hospitals and Malta that date back to
the end of the nineteenth century. This
is through the eminent and pioneering
surgeon Sir Berkeley Moynihan who Surgical Fellowship during a two-day Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon;
spent most of his career at Leeds visit to LTHT in January. Rebecca Blythe, Senior Sister; and Sam
General Infirmary. Monkman, Ward Sister.
The visitors were taken on a tour
A bust to commemorate his of the breast clinic and ward by Raj The group then visited the Children’s
achievements resides on the stairwell Achuthan, Consultant Breast Surgeon; Hospital aided by Mike Richards and
within the Gilbert Scott Building at before being taken around our Cancer included the CRF, ITU, and Paediatric
LGI. Sir Berkeley was born in Malta Centre by Darren Treanor and Kate Oncology.
where previous generations of his Smith, and then onto the Radiotherapy At the end of the visit, Professor
family had held prominent positions Department where they met with Paul Finan gave a presentation on
in society and whose legacy is still Hazel Rodgers and Viv Cosgrove. They the history of Sir Berkeley Moynihan
recognised today. also discussed future collaborative (later 1st Baron of Leeds), followed
To mark this historic link between LTHT working with Suzanne Kite and by a fascinating insight into the LGI
and Malta the Leeds Moynihan Surgical Susie Gillon, Consultants in Palliative archives relating to an actual major
Fellowship was created and the first Medicine. Finally, Rob Armstrong gave injury patient, who was treated by Sir
Maltese doctor - Breast Surgeon, an overview of the new enhanced Berkeley, from Ronnie Walsh, Clerical
Elaine Borg - commenced her one-year theatre scheduling system which had Officer from A+E who also works as a
placement at LTHT in January. been requested earlier in the visit. volunteer archivist.
Gordon Dingli, Chair of Surgery; The second day they visited LGI where On the culmination of the visitors’ time
Walter Busuttil, Medical Director; and they toured the Major Trauma Centre, at the Trust, Ray Galea, Postgraduate
Elaine Borg, Breast Surgeon – Mater starting with the helideck fire crew, Dean from Malt, remarked upon the
Dei Hospital; and Ray Galea, Head of meeting with many staff en-route impressive commitment, enthusiasm
Postgraduate Training, Malta; came to and onto our major trauma ward to and professionalism of the members of
formally launch the Leeds Moynihan meet with Professor Peter Giannoudis, staff they met throughout their visit.
11News | www.leedsth.nhs.uk Making the season bright at LTHT Whilst nobody wants to be in hospital over Christmas, staff at LTHT always go the extra mile to make it a special time for patients who aren’t able to go home. This doesn’t go unnoticed by the Leeds community, and the Trust welcomed a number of guests to thank staff for their hard work and wish a Happy Christmas to everyone working or staying in hospital over the festive period. Collaborative work between the stroke rehab team, estates team, and the Hope Pastures charity, saw Cloud the pony visit the LGI to see a patient called James, who is a volunteer with the charity and was missing the horses. James was blown away by the Christmas visit and it made his long stay in hospital recovering from a stroke a little brighter, while helping to support his recovery. Here are a few photos from Christmas 2019 at LTHT. 12
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New Maggie’s Centre
opens its doors
Maggie’s Leeds centre at St James’s The centre is currently developing
Hospital, Leeds is now open to anyone its programme of support which will
living with cancer, as well as their family include courses such as Managing
and friends. Stress, led by a Clinical Psychologist
and designed to encourage different
Hospital staff have watched it gradually
ways of relaxation and ways to manage
come to life - from a piece of grassy
anxious thoughts.
wasteland next to the multi-storey car
park and Bexley Wing to the beautifully The “Where Now?” programme
designed building that it is now. will help people at the end of their
treatment and the uncertainty that
Architect Thomas Heatherwick told a
brings including returning to work.
pre-opening reception in November that
the new Maggie’s Leeds building is one The centre will also, in time, be
that celebrates the joy of living rather linking with the expert dietetic team
than the fear of dying. That’s what it is at the St James’s Hospital to deliver
designed to be. nutrition workshops as well as many
other support, gentle exercise and
It’s also a testament to the Leeds
creative groups.
Teaching Hospitals Trust estates and
gardens team who worked hard
with the design and construction
teams to make the new Maggie’s
building happen.
The new facility has an impressive 17,000
plants, 23,000 bulbs, and 49 different
species making it one of the greenest
buildings ever.
Visitors can come in for a quiet moment,
a chat with others around the kitchen
table or group and one-to-one support
with one of the professional team.
Emotional and practical support will be
on hand from Cancer Support Specialists,
Clinical Psychologists and a Benefits
Advisor, who is able to help with money
worries and application processes.
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Leeds scientists to lead the way in new
radiotherapy research
Leeds scientists and clinicians have
been given a major cash boost from
Cancer Research UK to pioneer new
radiotherapy technologies and
techniques that could help more people
in Yorkshire survive cancer.
Led by Professor David Sebag-
Montefiore, experts from the Trust
and the University of Leeds will receive
£3.5 million over the next five years
to fund advances in radiotherapy
research, including the use of artificial
intelligence with imaging technology.
Leeds was chosen as one of just seven
Centres of Excellence in a UK-wide
network, RadNet, to accelerate advances
in radiotherapy research. Other centres
include Manchester, Cambridge, Oxford,
Glasgow and London.
The Leeds Cancer Centre, based
at St James’s, is one of the largest
radiotherapy centres in the UK treating simulator, a critical piece of equipment cancer in Yorkshire.”
more than 7,400 new cancer patients allowing patients to have MRI scans in
“Using artificial intelligence analysis
from across the region every year. the radiotherapy department. It will be
Radiotherapy is used in over 40% of the first MRI simulator to be installed in of the MRI scans will help us to tailor
patients cured of their cancer. Yorkshire future treatment for patients reducing
side effects, resulting in new, precise and
The research at the Leeds Centre The new funding will also pay for 13 new personalised treatments - and improved
of Excellence will combine the use researcher posts and strengthen Leeds’s quality of life afterwards - in the next
of artificial intelligence, magnetic position as an excellent destination to five to ten years.
resonance imaging and new drugs with train the next generation of researchers.
radiotherapy, focussing on patients “The funding from Cancer Research UK
Professor Sebag-Montefiore said:
with anal, rectal, prostate, liver and will help accelerate our development
“We are very proud that Leeds has
brain cancers. of new and advanced radiotherapy
been awarded this grant to bring
The Trust’s charity Leeds Cares played a the next generation of radiotherapy techniques leading to the best treatment
key role in the successful bid for funding, treatments to patients sooner, helping approaches for patients across a broad
raising £2.4 million for a dedicated MRI to save the lives of more people with range of cancers.”
Yvette Oade, Deputy Chief Executive
of LTHT, said they were fully
committed to providing the best
integrated care and helping to
accelerate the development of new
and better treatments.
“Creating a new Centre of Excellence
will help more patients survive cancer
in the future. We are proud to work in
partnership with the University of Leeds
and charities like Cancer Research UK and
Leeds Cares to make all of this possible.”
Leeds Cares Interim Managing Director
Andrew Cratchley said: “Thanks to the
inspiring generosity of our donors,
we have been able to fund projects
like the MRI simulator. With ongoing
support, we can continue to make a huge
difference to radiotherapy patients across
Yorkshire and beyond.”
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Leeds to benefit
New radiotherapy machine from funding for
delivers cutting-edge new scanners
Leeds has been chosen as one of 78
treatment NHS trusts to benefit from multi-
million pound Government funding
to upgrade cancer testing and
A new state-of-the-art radiotherapy to ensure that patients are getting the detection technology.
machine, that delivers faster and high- best treatment possible at all times,” The Prime Minister last year pledged
resolution treatments to cancer patients, said Hazel Rodger, Head of Radiotherapy an extra £200 million in funding for
has been introduced in the Leeds Cancer at LTHT. new, state of the art cancer screening
Centre at St James’s Hospital. equipment across the NHS.
“We’re proud here in Leeds to be able
The new linear accelerator (linac) to deliver some of the best cancer The funding is available over the next
allows a specific dose of radiation to be radiotherapy treatment available in two years to replace, refurbish and
targeted directly to cancerous cells with the world.” upgrade CT and MRI scanners, bringing
more precision and less damage to the The first wave of linac machines were in alternatives with lower radiation
healthy cells surrounding them. installed in Leeds from 2008 when the levels, and breast screening imaging
It will form an important part of patients’ facility was opened. They are part and assessment equipment.
care plans, providing the most cutting- of a managed service schedule which LTHT will use the funding to support
edge treatment available. means that a planned programme of the replacement of its scanners older
maintenance, updates, quality assurance than 10 years which include one CT
By offering a higher definition and replacement always maintains high machine and three MRI scanners.
radiation beam the new machine standards of care.
delivers faster treatment and an This will improve patient experience
improved patient experience. The ten linac machines in Leeds are leading to earlier diagnosis and
used on average between 8 am and potentially saving more lives. The new
Radiotherapy is an important part of 6.30 pm with each treating about 50 machines are more efficient, easier to
cancer treatment and, after surgery to patients a day at the Leeds Cancer use, scan and construct images quicker,
remove the tumour, cures more people Centre. This is the highest number of and reduce the need to re-scan.
than cancer drugs. machines of this type situated on a
single hospital site in the country. Yvette Oade, Deputy Chief Executive
Not all patients have conditions that of LTHT, said they were delighted
mean they necessarily benefit from the When a machine reaches 10 years to receive the new funding. “It will
higher-resolution dose of radiotherapy old they are replaced as part of this allow us to upgrade our equipment
offered by the new machines, and planned programme. and improve the already excellent
the older equipment, which is due for care we provide for our patients. We
replacement in the first half of 2020, The introduction of this latest machine
at Leeds Cancer Centre means already have a schedule for replacing
still delivers some of the best treatment our machines and the funding will
the remaining two linacs on the
available in the country. help us to progress our plans and
replacement programme reaching the
“This new state-of-the-art linac machine 10-year milestone will be taken out benefit patients much faster.”
is part of a programme that constantly of use during 2020 and new machines Health and Social Care Secretary,
upgrades our radiotherapy equipment tested and installed. Matt Hancock, said the new state-of-
the-art equipment for the 78 trusts
across England will ensure doctors and
clinicians can help even more people
survive a cancer diagnosis and stop the
disease as early as possible.
“It’s mission critical that the
technology our NHS uses to prevent
and diagnose cancer is brought into
the twenty first century. We have
backed the roll out of these new
machines with £200 million in funding,
as part of our Long-Term Plan, backed
by an extra £33.9 billion a year.”
Each trust has been allocated funding
for new machines based on an
assessment of local infrastructure
and local population need. They will
all contribute to the NHS Long Term
Plan’s goal of catching three quarters
of all cancers earlier when they are
easier to treat.
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An exciting year ahead for
Building the Leeds Way
This year promises to be an exciting
one for the Trust’s Building the Leeds
Way programme.
In the last edition of Bulletin (Autumn
2019), it was reported that Hospitals of
the Future - the Trust’s proposals for a
new hospital for adults and a brand-new
Leeds Children’s Hospital - had been
given the green light by the Government,
with the announcement that the Trust
had been awarded a share of £2.7 billion
new money in a first wave of funding
from the Treasury.
In December 2019, more good news
was announced when Leeds City Council
granted the Trust Outline Planning
Permission for the build.
This means 2020 begins at the outset
of a five-year programme that will see
the opening of the two hospitals in
2025. It’s an ambitious, but achievable
timetable.
Over the course of the year, there will
be a focus on activities to prepare the
LGI site for the building works and
ensure the Trust has everything in place
to appoint the specialist designers and
contractors that will be responsible for
delivering the new hospital buildings.
This includes:
• Holding a three-month formal public
consultation on proposals to centralise
maternity and neonatal services at
the LGI and make changes to hospital
antenatal services. This runs until
13 April 2020 and a decision on the
proposals is expected in July.
• Beginning works in preparation for
demolition of the Old Nurses’ Home
at the LGI, which will be the site of
The brief will consider a broad The Trust has also submitted an
the new hospitals. This will take place
range of areas. These include the Outline Planning Application to build
towards the end of the year.
‘whole hospital’ design and how the a new Pathology laboratory at St
• Developing a procurement and environment will feel and function, the James’s University Hospital. Should
contracting strategy and all the specific clinical requirements of each Leeds City Council grant permission
necessary documents ready for a service, planning for digital and new for the build, works to prepare the
market competition to ensure we technologies, the future flexibility of site will begin this year. The new
appoint the best contractors for the the space, wayfinding, materials and laboratory is scheduled for completion
design and build. landscaping. in 2023 and will serve not just the
Trust, but also hospitals in the West
In the first half of the year, a detailed The Trust will be engaging with staff,
Yorkshire and Harrogate region.
Design Brief will be drawn up for the patients, families and others to help
hospitals. This is a critical document that shape the Design Brief, and the proposals If you’d like to know more about any
will focus on the Trust’s vision for the for a design competition later in the year aspects of the Building the Leeds Way
hospitals and what staff and patients that will enable the Trust to select the programme, visit www.leedsth.nhs.uk/
need from it. design team for the new hospitals. about-us/building-the-leeds-way.
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Staff celebrated
in local press
health awards
Congratulations to Surinder
Sapal and Emma Beaglehole who
both won Yorkshire Evening Post
Health Awards in December 2019.
Surinder Sapal is an Advanced
Practitioner Radiographer in the
Breast Screening department at
Seacroft Hospital, and won an
Unsung Hero Award after donating
a kidney to save the life of a
desperately ill child – an incredible
act of selflessness and thoroughly
well deserved.
Emma Beaglehole is a Paediatric
Physiotherapist at Leeds Children’s
Hospital and won Therapist of the
Year after being nominated by a
young patient – this reflects the
Pre-dialysis team host
successful patient
hard work and patient-centred care
delivered by both Emma and the
wider team.
information event
Well done to everyone else who was
shortlisted: Delivery Suite Teams and
Twins and Multiple Midwife Team
(Midwife/Midwife Team of the Year),
Laura Smith, play leader (Therapist In response to patient requests and the patient perspective as a valuable
of the Year), Tom Hart, healthcare to provide peer support, the Renal contribution to decision making, how
assistant (Carer of the Year), Debbie Pre Dialysis service recently held they manage their treatment and
Hale, DIT matron (Nurse of the an event for patients with Chronic the impact on quality of life as an
Year), Lauren Bond, domestic, and Kidney Disease. These patients are individual and their family.
Pre-assessment team, Bexley Wing heading towards end stage kidney
(Unsung hero). The day allowed pre dialysis patients
disease where they will require renal
to meet, chat and share experiences
replacement therapy.
with those having renal replacement
The team’s role is to educate therapy. The event was well attended,
these patients about their options enjoyed by all, with extremely positive
and whether they undertake feedback. The main message the team
hospital dialysis, home dialysis, or took from the day was from the dialysis
transplantation. This involves a wealth and transplanted patients, who said
of information and can often prove they would have found such a day
challenging in the context of decision useful at the start of their journey. In
making. The team strive to provide response to this the team plan to hold
a balanced viewpoint, recognising another event in the new year.
Maternity and Neonatal public consultation
A formal public consultation has been (CCG) and NHS England’s Specialised to share their views by completing a
launched on proposals to centralise Commissioning Team and will run until short survey or attending a public drop-
inpatient maternity and neonatal Sunday 5 April. The Trust is working in event. Following the consultation, a
services in the new hospitals at Leeds closely with them to support the decision on the best way forward for
General Infirmary and consider how consultation, highlighting the challenges maternity and neonatal services in Leeds
best to provide maternity hospital currently faced and how the proposals is expected in July 2020.
outpatient appointments. will improve services for patients.
The consultation document and more
The consultation is being led by Anyone with an interest in maternity information can be found at www.
Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group and neonatal services in Leeds is invited leedsccg.nhs.uk/maternityleeds.
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Leeds hospital doctors will “virtually”
see you now
Patients at Leeds Children’s Hospital •A
reduction in people not same time - one at work and the other
could save themselves time and stress by attending clinics from home.”
having video consultations from home
The Trust carried out research among its One patient who has already benefitted
without the need to visit their clinics.
clinical staff to gauge interest in the new from the new facility is 12-year-old
A new video consultation room has been technology and has since held training Joshua Proctor from Ossett who received
created in the Children’s Outpatient workshops to demonstrate how it can treatment at the hospital for a malignant
Department which will allow some benefit some patients. tumour on his leg.
patients the flexibility of being seen by
their consultant team online rather than Dr Sue Picton, a paediatric oncologist,
Joshua, and his mother, Holly Barras,
attending the hospital. said the new facility would not
had a video consultation with Dr Picton
be a replacement for face-to-face
A study funded by the National who shared some scan results which
consultations which were still necessary
Institute of Health Research (NIHR) in in many cases. would have previously meant a visit to
2018 showed that about 22% of all the hospital.
consultations could be carried out by “Video consultations are an additional
service we can offer and have been “Appointments would often involve
using video consultation technology.
particularly appreciated by my patients the stress of getting to the hospital
The NHS Long Term plan also sets out the who attend hospital following MRI scans during the rush hour, finding a
requirement for a 30% reduction in face for brain tumour follow-up. parking space, the cost of parking
to face outpatient appointments. LTHT and taking time off school,” said
is working hard to adapt to these new “They have not had to travel, find a
Miss Barras. “It could sometimes
ways of working. parking space or take time off work
to attend with their child. I have been mean having to take a full day
Video consultation could bring a range of off school and work just for a
able to show them the images of the
benefits that include: 15-minute appointment.
child’s recent scan and answer their
• Saving time and stress by removing the questions – all while in the comfort of “Having the video chat worked easily
need to travel to the hospital their own home. for us, and after sitting through the
• Reducing costs in clinical areas because “On another occasion I have also been consultation Joshua was able to go back
of fewer outpatient clinics able to talk with both parents at the to school.”
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Ellé Oldroyd
My days in community are spent providing routine
antenatal care such as blood pressure checks and
discussing information around preparing for birth
and caring for a newborn. I also carry out home
visits following birth for routine checks on both
mum and baby.
The rest of my time is spent on Delivery Suite, where
every day is completely different!
What else have you done in your career
so far?
I started my training straight from Sixth Form
so midwifery is all I’ve ever known! I qualified
in October 2017 and carried out an 18 month
preceptorship rotating around the different areas
of the maternity unit. I also spent three months on
Transitional Care gaining experience in caring for
babies who are born needing additional care.
What’s the best thing about your job?
Every day is different so you never know what to
expect. I also love the team I work with on Delivery
Suite at St James’s; I’m still quite junior in my career
and I always feel supported and never afraid to ask
questions if I am unsure.
What is the one thing you would change at
LTHT to help you do your job better?
LTHT is a very busy trust so more staff would always
be helpful. If Costa could be open 24 hours that
Ellé Oldroyd, Midwife, St James’s and would definitely make night shifts a bit easier!
Seacroft Hospitals has worked for the
Trust for 2 years What’s your best advice to a new starter at
the Trust?
Summarise the main aspects of your role?
Don’t be afraid to ask questions!
I am part of the Continuity of Carer Team working
in Seacroft and St James’s. The team launched in
September and consists of myself and six other
midwives who split our time between community
care and Delivery Suite.
We aim to provide continuity to women living
in the Seacroft area through their pregnancy,
labour and the postnatal period. We each have
our own caseload of women for who we are the
named midwife, however we then carry out group
antenatal consultations to allow women to meet
the other midwives on the team and other women
in their area who are also expecting a baby at a
similar time.
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New clinic at Leeds
Children’s Hospital
Teams pledge their
set to deliver high SUPPORT
Leeds Teaching Hospitals firmly believe
quality neonatal care
that end of life care is everybody’s
business. Kindness and compassion
are part of the Trust’s core values but
there are also simple, practical things
that hospital staff can do to support
A new clinic has launched in the the relatives and carers of patients
Outpatient department at Leeds approaching the end of their lives.
Children’s Hospital designed to provide
improved continuity of care for babies Small things can make a huge difference
and families who have stayed on the at such a difficult time and with that in
mind, the SUPPORT campaign aims to
Neonatal Units.
raise awareness of the things that can be
The clinic is run by a team of four senior done to improve the visitors’ experience
Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners of end of life care. This encompasses
(ANNPs), alongside six others who are many practical elements, from offering
either newly qualified or currently car parking permits, comfort care
training to qualify as an ANNP. The packs and open visiting to providing
expert team is equipped with the skills refreshments and explaining where to
and knowledge to deliver high quality get something to eat.
neonatal clinical practice, offering a The SUPPORT campaign was inspired
service to young patients that combines by feedback from the Bereaved Cares
both nursing and medicine. Survey, which runs annually for a three
month period. Feedback from the survey
has been invaluable in providing clear
“The development of an ANNP- insight into families’ experience of the
led clinic will deliver high quality, care their loved one has received.
family-centred care in “My brother had the best care possible,
a cost-effective fashion and and so did I. There are no words that can
will optimise the patient possibly thank everyone enough. They
outcomes and experience for the were so supportive from the Consultants
to the cleaners”, but the Trust doesn’t get
families through a streamlined practitioners to further develop
it right every time; “We were not directly
treatment process.” their scope of autonomous advanced
told about some of these facilities &
practice,” she added. found by chance/other people telling us”.
The clinic will ensure patients are seen SUPPORT is a mnemonic with an
This new clinic design pushes forward
in a more timely manner and will have associated icon set designed to help
a key point in the national NHS Plan
to modernise the neonatal service by better access to specialities within staff remember simple steps to take to
capitalising on the long-established neonatal medicine. For example, a review help those identified as important to the
practice of collaboration between of a heart murmur used to take up to dying person feel supported.
medical and nursing roles to bring more eight weeks, but under the new clinical SUPPORT stands for:
bespoke services to patients. model could be undertaken in as little as
one to two weeks. • Supporting care in the last hours and
Corene Tobin, Advanced Neonatal Nurse days of life
Practitioner and clinical lead, said: “The Celia McKenzie, Deputy Head of Nursing
development of an ANNP-led clinic will at Leeds Children’s Hospital, said: • Understanding your needs
deliver high quality, family-centred “Corene has led her team in establishing • Parking Permit
care in a cost-effective fashion and will this clinic that will improve access,
optimise patient outcomes and the • Personal Space
support the consultant-led service,
experience of their families through a reduce waiting times and benefit our • Open Visiting / Overnight
streamlined treatment process. patients and their families. It is initiatives Accommodation
“This service model frees up capacity such as this that demonstrate just how • Restrooms
in consultant-led clinics and offers pioneering the Leeds Advanced Neonatal
• Tea & Coffee
an opportunity for the nurse Nurse Care Practitioner team is.”
21Farewell | www.leedsth.nhs.uk
Bakshoo Manota Jackie Hill
Bakshoo Manota joined the Trust as a Jackie Hill, Personal Assistant to the
Ward Housekeeper on 30 March 2009. Chief Nurse and Chief Operating
Officer, retired in December 2019. Julian
Bakshoo worked on several of the wards
Hartley, Chief Executive, together with
in Gledhow Wing, St James’s, before
colleagues from Trust HQ came together
moving on to work on the Executive
to say a huge thank you to Jackie Hill for
Team corridor at Trust HQ.
her long and dedicated service across the
Bakshoo was a much-loved member of NHS and to wish her well for a long and
staff. She was quiet and unassuming, her happy retirement.
standard of work was high and she was
In his speech, Julian commended
well-regarded by the staff she met in
Jackie’s 24 years at Leeds and noted her
Trust HQ.
previous roles in the NHS in Leicester
Following her retirement, Bakshoo and and Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust.
her husband intend to enjoy some time He reflected on the positive descriptions
travelling. Her many friends, colleagues that had been received in her supporting
and managers in the Trust wish her good references from these trusts, reporting
luck and a long and happy retirement. her “enthusiasm and cheerfulness,
and described as an asset to their
organisation”. He was keen to point out
that these qualities remained with her to
her retirement.
Following a collection from colleagues,
Jackie was presented with a ‘pretend’
Christine Chew garden centre voucher (gardening
being very far from the top of Jackie’s
Christine Chew, Medical Secretary, has
post-retirement hobbies!) in addition
retired from her post, after a long career
to more serious gift vouchers from
with the Trust. Christine joined the Trust
John Lewis and White Company which
in 1965 in the Works department. Her 54
went down extremely well and were
year career within the Trust has included
gratefully received.
Dawn Marshall posts within the Estates department,
Rheumatology, Dermatology, Neurology
Dawn Marshall has retired from her and finally the post within Neurosurgery
role as Deputy Chief Nurse/Director of where she has worked for Mr Paul
Nursing (Operations) after spending the Chumas for the past 15 years helping
whole of her 36 year nursing career at with his adult and paediatric practice.
the Trust. Dawn started out as a staff Christine has always been fabulous
nurse in 1983 and, following a number of with patients and has often been a very
roles over the years, stepped in as Chief reassuring voice to concerned parents
Nurse following Suzanne Hinchliffe’s when they have been in need of support
retirement in early 2019. Chief Executive and guidance.
Julian Hartley thanked Dawn for being a
fantastic ambassador for nursing in Leeds
and joined her friends and colleagues in
wishing her well in her next venture.
A fond farewell to our
long-serving staff
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