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National awards Volunteers scoop - INSIDE - South Tees Hospitals NHS
INSIDE
                Redcar Urgent Treatment
                Centre opens its doors
                Ben gets his vision back –
                and his confidence!
                Kidney self-testing could
                revolutionise medical care
 January 2020   Smartphone feedback a
                bright idea

Volunteers scoop
national awards
National awards Volunteers scoop - INSIDE - South Tees Hospitals NHS
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     Friarage saves
     29 tonnes of
     carbon in six
     weeks
                                              Redcar Urgent
     RECYCLING has been
     introduced at the Friarage
                                            Treatment Centre
     and is already proving a
     great success.
     More than 13 tonnes of dry mixed
                                                      opens its doors
     recycling - cardboard, paper, tins,    REDCAR Urgent Treatment
     cans and plastic – has already
     been collected.
                                            Centre opened its doors in
                                            October, replacing the minor
     The Trust is also using anaerobic
     digestion to deal with food            injury unit at Redcar Hospital.
     waste which has already                The Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)
     provided enough energy to heat         enhances the services available from
     a small home for five months,          the Redcar Hospital site, providing
     and the residue goes to farmers        treatment and advice for minor
     for fertiliser.                        illnesses as well as minor injuries.
     In this first six weeks of operation   Opening times remain as 8am to           turn reducing the number of people
     we have saved nearly 29 tonnes         9.30pm and the centre is open            who attend emergency departments
     of carbon – the equivalent of          365 days a year - including all          when they could be treated more
     powering 17 homes for a year, or       bank holidays - with access to           appropriately elsewhere.
     keeping 11 cars off the road.          x-ray facilities.                        “If you have a non life threatening
     We’ve already rolled out recycling     Pre-bookable appointments are            problem and you’re not sure what
     to 25 wards and departments,           available via NHS 111 where              to do, you should call NHS 111 and
     with plans to reach the whole          appropriate, but patients can still      they will direct you to the most
     of the Friarage by the end of          walk in. Free parking is available       appropriate service. If you need an
     January 2020.                          on site.                                 urgent face-to-face appointment NHS
                                                                                     111 may direct you to your closest
     We also offer electronic               The change is part of a national drive   urgent treatment centre.
     equipment recycling for old            to introduce UTCs across the country
     fridges, TVs and condemned             by December 2019 to ensure patients      “The UTC can treat a range of
     medical equipment.                     have the same experience of urgent       conditions such as strains and sprains,
                                            services regardless of where they are    abdominal pain, eye problems,
     And the Sir Robert Ogden
                                            in the country.                          suspected broken limbs, feverish
     Macmillan Centre will soon
                                                                                     illness and minor head injuries.”
     introduce coffee cup recycling.        Julie Suckling, urgent and emergency
                                            care service manager said: “It is        For more information visit southtees.
     For more information contact
                                            hoped this new standard will reduce      nhs.uk/hospitals/redcar
     Stephen.bell1@nhs.net
                                            any confusion around which part
                                            of the NHS offers which service, in
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      Volunteers scoop
       national unsung
      hero award
      THE Trust’s therapeutic                          above and beyond for their patients                   time to support patients with spinal
                                                       or cause.                                             injuries at James Cook. In total there
      supported volunteers team                                                                              are more than 500 volunteers across
                                                                The team received their Unsung Hero
      has been recognised as one                                award from medical broadcaster Dr            the Trust. Ify is one of 30 therapeutic
      of the country’s top unsung                               Hilary Jones and Strictly
                                                                                                             supported volunteers who have a
                                                                                                             learning or physical disability.
      health heroes after scooping a                            Come Dancing judge
                                                                                                              The team were nominated by
      national award.                                           Shirley Ballas at a
                                                                                                                 patient Sam Watson, 21, who was
      Now in its third year, The Sun                            special ceremony
                                                                                                                   left paralysed in July. Sam had
      newspaper’s Who Cares Wins Awards                         in London
                                                                hosted by
                                                                                            “Our   volunteers       previously worked as part of
      ceremony honours those across the                                                                              the volunteer team before his
      health and social care sector who go                      Lorraine Kelly.             are some of the
                                                                                                                     motorbike accident.
                                                                                              best around.”          Debi said: “I’m absolutely over
                                                                                                                    the moon for the team to be
                                                                                                                  recognised like this. It’s a real
                                                                                                               honour. The work that our volunteers
                                                                                                             do is fantastic and they are a real asset
                                                                                                             to the Trust and the region.
                                                                                            The volunteers
                                                                                                             “We have developed a very special
                                                                                            were represented
                                                                                                             community of people who are
                                                                                            at the awards by
                                                                                                             enhancing the patient experience while
                                                                                            Debi McKeown,
                                                                                                             getting experience themselves. And
                                                                                            lead nurse for   often they have to overcome their own
                                                                                            therapeutic      challenges too. Many of the team go
                                                                                            support, and     on to get permanent roles at the Trust,
                                                                                            volunteer Ify    which is giving South Tees a home-
                                                                                            Nwokoro.         grown workforce.
                                                                                            Ify was          “The country can now see what we
                                                                                            paralysed        already know - that our volunteers are
                                                                                            following a      some of the best around.”
                                                                                            road traffic     If you are interested in joining the
                                                                                            accident in 2009 volunteers at South Tees visit southtees.
Sam Watson, Debi McKeown, Ify Nwokoro and Dom Jones (left to right) Pic courtesy of The Sun
                                                                                            but gives up his nhs.uk/services/therapeutic-support

      We are the
         champions
      OUR therapeutic care volunteers also won national recognition
      when they were presented with a Helpforce Champions Award for
      celebrating inclusion and diversity in volunteering.
      Helpforce is a national movement                 testament to the wonderful team of
      on a mission to improve the lives of             volunteers we are so lucky to have.
      NHS staff, patients and communities
                                                       “Every day they give up their time to
      through the power of volunteering.
                                                       come and make a difference to our
      Debi McKeown, lead nurse for                     patients’ day, they do this willingly and
      therapeutic support said: “To win two            always with a smile. I am incredibly
      awards in such a short space of time is          proud to be part of this community.”
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    Innovative
      measures
    INNOVATION is the name of the game for the clinical
                                                                                                     The Limb Activation
                                                                                                     Therapy Tool (LATT)

                                                                                                       pressing a button with a limb on the
                                                                                                       neglected side.
    measurement section of the medical physics department at                                           “Having developed a functioning
    James Cook.                                                                                        prototype, the team went on to
                                                                                                       further develop the LATT, adding
    The work of the section is very varied;   neuropsychology who wanted a
                                                                                                       a timing feature so that the time
    it can see the team working alongside     device to help the rehabilitation
                                                                                                       taken for the patient to respond
    spinal surgeons providing spinal cord     of patients who have a specific
                                                                                                       could be tracked. A download
    monitoring as they correct spinal         attention disorder that causes them
                                                                                                       feature was added, allowing the
    deformities, to adapting wheel chairs     to neglect one side of their body.
                                                                                                       patient’s response times to be
    and buggies to carry medical              This can occur in patients who
                                                                                                       transferred to a computer and saved
    equipment for greater                        have suffered a stroke or similar
                                                                                                       for further analysis.
    patient safety and                               neurological event. A device
                                  “Research            used to exist but was no                        Dr Jenna Moffitt, clinical psychologist
    freedom, to the
                                                        longer available and there                     said: “The device collects data
    development of                 suggests              were no commercially                          on the speed and accuracy of the
    completely new
    and novel devices
                              techniques    like          available alternatives that                  patient’s response so progress can
                                 these have               were suitable.                               be measured. Research suggests
    for patient                                                                                        techniques like these have shown
    benefit.                shown promise in              “A specification was
                                                                                                       promise in improving visual neglect.
                                                         drawn up for a Limb
    For example the          improving visual              Activation Therapy
                                                                                                       We have used it with several patients
    team developed                neglect.”                                                            on our neurorehabilitation ward to
                                                            Tool (LATT) – a device
    a device which can                                                                                 good effect.
                                                             that would remind
    aid rehabilitation of                                                                              “We are very grateful for the support
                                                             the patient to make
    patients who have suffered                                                                         of the clinical measurement section
                                              voluntary movements of a limb
    a stroke and are experiencing             on the neglected side. The team                          in medical physics in developing this
    limb neglect.                             designed a prototype that would                          for us.”
    Dr Sarah Whitbourn, head of               beep, vibrate, or flash a light or any                   Sarah said: “I would ask our
    clinical measurement and medical          combination of the three stimuli                         colleagues to come to us if they have
    photography said: “We were                after a period of time. The patient                      an interesting idea – we can usually
    approached by a colleague from            stopped the device from beeping by                       find a way to help.”

                      Darren Ruddy, healthcare science assistant higher level; Dr Sarah Whitbourn,
                      head of clinical measurement and medical photography; Ian Boddy senior
                      clinical technologist; and Tony Alton, clinical technologist (left to right)
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 Ben gets his
     vision back
– and his confidence!
“YOU know when everything is cloudy and misty, and then all
of a sudden it’s a bright sunny day…”
This is how Ben Howard, 17,                   commenting on how bright Lynne’s              Emma was so impressed with
describes the moment he regained              shoes were and when he went to the            Lynne’s support that she put her
his vision thanks to a timely                 beach he was amazed to be able to             forward for a South Tees Hospitals
operation at James Cook and his               see every grain of sand.                      NHS Foundation Trust Healthcare
new specialist contact lenses.                                                              Professionals Award which she went
                                              “I feel so much better - I have got my
                                                                                            on to win, although she still insists
Ben was just 14 when his sight rapidly        confidence back,” he said.
                                                                                            she was just doing her job.
started to deteriorate. He noticed he
was struggling to read the board at           This summer Ben successfully sat his
                                                                                            Dad Simon added: “It’s more than a
school but moving closer to the front         GCSEs and he has now started at an
                                                                                            job. It changes people’s lives.
of the class failed to help.                  engineering college. He has also been
                                              able to enjoy his first driving lessons.      “Without Lynne helping to give Ben
After a series of tests the Thornaby                                                        the confidence he needed
teenager was diagnosed with                   Lynne said: “He’s a completely                it would have been a
Keratoconus - a condition that causes         different person to when I first met          longer ride.”
the cornea at the front of the eye            him. Now you can’t shut him up!”
to weaken, get thinner and change             Mum Emma said: “Hearing your                                           “Hearing your son
shape, which can cause blurry and
distorted vision.
                                              son say “I can                                                         say “I can see and
                                              see and it’s so
                                                                                                                      it’s so bright” is
Ben’s eyesight deteriorated to such           bright” is heart-
a point that he struggled to identify         melting, but                                                            heart-melting.”
people’s faces from across the                we would not
room and he would only have the               have had this if
confidence to walk one way home               Lynne had not
from school. At one point his family          provided the
were even talking about getting him           care she has.”
a guide dog.
But then he underwent a cross
linking operation to make his cornea
stronger and prevent any further
sight loss. It was then that he was
introduced to optometrist Lynne
Welham who has helped fit him
with specialist contact lenses.
Ben’s sight problems were very
complex and several sessions
were required to find the right
lenses but the results have been
life changing.
“It was tear-jerking when
he first read the chart,” said
Lynne. “We could see him
looking round the room. It was
almost like the world opened up
to him.”
Ben said he noticed colours
more clearly and remembers               Patient Ben Howard with optometrist Lynne Welham
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       Ghanaian doctors
    perform first heart
     operations
    THEY’VE done it!                           with the unit.
                                               This time a team of 17 jetted out
    Our heart team have completed their        in October to help perform heart
    second mission to Ghana, helping local     surgery and complete further training
    doctors successfully perform their first   with the Ghanaians to enable them to
    heart operations.                          continue the life-saving work and set
                                               up their own surgical unit.
    In preparation for the trip, 10
    Ghanaians, including cardiologists,        The Teesside team also performed the
                                                                                         The Teesside team successfully
    nurses and a surgeon, spent four           hospital’s first angiogram - a special    completed their second mission
    weeks in the cardiothoracic theatres       type of x-ray which uses contrast dye
    at James Cook to develop their             to allow doctors to look at the blood
    surgical skills.                           vessels that supply the heart to see
                                               how well the blood is flowing.
    Ghana, with a population of 28 million
    people, has only one functioning heart     Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon
    unit in Accra in the far south of the      Joel Dunning said it was a very
    country. Further north in the Kumasi       positive second mission:
    region there are 200 patients between      “During the second mission we
    the age of 20 and 50 who need a heart      were shocked that, in area with a
    operation now to save their life.          population of three million people,
                                               no angiogram tests were available.
    A team of 12 from South Tees
                                               “Therefore, in addition to the first      Surgeons carry out life saving heart
    Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust                                                       operations in Ghana
    and North Tees and Hartlepool              operations being performed by local
    NHS Foundation Trust went on a             doctors, we were able to perform
                                                                                        The team captured their
    successful first mission to the Kumasi     the first angiogram. The procedure
                                                                                        adventures in a daily video blog
    Hospital in Ghana in February 2019         was carried out by Justin Carter from
                                                                                        which can be viewed at
    led by consultant cardiothoracic           North Tees.
                                                                                        youtu.be/b1ny9oRkkp8
    surgeon Enoch Akowuah, who grew            “We are now deep into the
    up in Kumasi. The team performed           planning for our third mission,
    heart surgery and pacemaker                which we hope will take place in                         The Ghanaian team spent four weeks
                                                                                                             on the heart unit at James Cook
    insertions and forged close links          the first half of 2020.”
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THE Trust held its first ever Healthcare Professionals Awards in October to
recognise the important role healthcare professionals carry out at the Trust.

And the
 winner is…              Health care professional staff work in many different roles
                                                                                                 Adele Gill

                             including scientist, allied health professional and
                                  pharmacy teams. They provide direct treatment
Partnership                          to patients or other support services such as                              Service
working                                  diagnostic tests to ensure timely, accurate
                                             and effective care.                                          improvement
award – Kathryn                                   Around 100 teams and individuals                             award –
Malcolm and                                          were nominated for their
                                                                                                             Adele Gill
                                                       amazing achievements –
Poppy Rowell                                              well done everyone!                  Pharmacy technician Adele Gill
Occupational therapist Kathryn Malcolm and                                                   set up the Homecare service. This
speech and language therapist Poppy Rowell                                              service is provided by pharmaceutical
work with patients admitted for neurosurgery                                           companies and involves the delivery of
who require specialist rehabilitation. This is often                                medication to patients’ homes to prevent
very traumatic experience for patients’ families and                                their attendance at outpatient clinics and
these families require a lot of support and reassurance                                  the need to collect their medication.
particularly when moving from acute to rehab wards.                                      Currently 1,500 patients are on the
To provide additional support this team drew on expertise                           database which was started in December
across the Trust to work in partnership and provide an Acute                         2018; the ordering from rheumatology,
Brain Injury Education session for families. They worked                                 gastroenterology and dermatology
with families to set up an interactive educational talk and                                has already been moved over and
linked with local charities to provide additional emotional     Outstanding                   300 neurology patients will be
                                                                                              the next group to be added to
support and further information on community services.
                                                                contribution                                     the system.
The initiative involved occupational therapy, speech and
language therapy, the Headway charity and the ward             award – Lynne                      Setting up this service has
                                                                                                        achieved a great deal
26 nursing team, so was a true partnership effort
which has enriched the quality of service provided.               Welham                                 and made a valuable
                                                                                                            contribution to the
                                                          Nominated by her patients and their                 safety of patients,
            Kathryn Malcolm
            and Poppy Rowell                            families, experienced optometrist Lynne                    governance of
                                                      Welham often goes above and beyond her                     processes, freed
                                                       role when dealing with apprehensive and                    up clinical time
                                                                   emotional patients.                                   and most
                                                  Her specialist role has improved the vision of many                  importantly
                                                    patients with life-changing consequences. With                       improved
                                                   Lynne’s help one patient was able to sit his GCSE                    the service
                                                  exams and begin a career in industry, something his                      for our
                                                      family did not feel would                                           patients.
                                                            ever be possible.                  Interim chief executive
                                                                                                   Sue Page, Lynne
                                                                                                   Welham and
                                                                                                   director of nursing
                                                                                                   and quality
                                                                                                   Gill Hunt
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                                                                                       Almost 200 staff sign up on day one at the Friarage

    I can see a rainbow
    AS PART of our aspirations to embrace and value people and                        judgement – and that staff will
                                                                                      know how to signpost people to the
    recognise the benefits that diversity brings, we have launched the                support available.
    NHS rainbow badge for our staff.                                                  We have already had more than
    The initiative aims to make a positive   people define themselves.                600 staff sign up to the rainbow
    difference by promoting a message                                                 pledge and our staff are now proudly
                                             We launched the initiative at James
    of inclusion and shows that the                                                   wearing their badges. We are
                                             Cook and the Friarage hospitals in
    Trust is an open, non-judgemental                                                 developing our equality, diversity
                                             October 2019, with staff signing up to
    and inclusive place for people that                                               and inclusion strategy through our
                                             wear the badge and pledging to do
    identify as LGBT+.                                                                network groups which provide a
                                             their best to find appropriate support
                                                                                      forum for our staff to come together,
    LGBT+ stands for lesbian, gay,           for them if they need it.
                                                                                      to share ideas and information, raise
    bisexual, transgender and the +
                                             For staff wearing the badge, it comes    awareness of challenges and provide
    simply means that we are inclusive
                                             with the responsibility that people      support to each other.
    of all identities, regardless of how
                                             can talk to the wearer about who
                                                                                      The rainbow initiative is just one way
                                               they are, be open about their
                                                                                      to support equality and diversity. By
                                               identity and how they feel without
                                                                                      increasing awareness of the issues for
                                                                                                LGBT+ patients when they
                                                                                                  are accessing healthcare,
                                                                                                  staff can make significant
                                                                                                  differences to their
                                                                                                     experience, and in turn
                                                                                                        to the physical and
                                                                                                         mental health of
                                                                                                          our patients.
                                                                                                               Should you wish
                                                                                                              to wear a rainbow
                                                                                                              badge, please fill
                                                                                                             in the pledge form
                                                                                                             on the intranet and
                                                                                                            send to either Sarah
                                                                                                            Binns or Hannah
                                                                                                           Lindsey in the HR
                                                                                                           department.

                                                                                                                      The rainbow badge is
                                                                                                                   launched at James Cook
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    Innovative design
helping children
    with cystic fibrosis
AN INNOVATIVE design and adaptation to a traditional nebuliser is making it easier for children with
cystic fibrosis to receive their medication.
Thanks to the collaboration between the                 make it easier for children to hold their nebuliser, has now
Trust’s medical physics department and the              become a reality.
cystic fibrosis team along with medical product         An experienced paediatric physiotherapist in the cystic fibrosis
specialist, Niche Medical Ltd, the original idea to     team at the hospital thought that a handle attachment might
                                                        make it easier to hold the nebuliser in the correct position,
                                       Indie Breckon    particularly for some of our younger patients. The medical physics
                                         of Boosbeck
                                       demonstrates     department developed a handle that clips on to the nebuliser
                                         the Nebigrip   handset without changing how it works. This was tested with
                                                        patients and they liked it.
                                                        Working with Niche Medical Ltd, the team were able to turn the
                                                        innovation into production, specially developing the device to enable
                                                        easier self-administration of medication for young children, with
                                                        minimal adult supervision and with easy attachment and removal.
                                                        The device has been designed to be lightweight and ergonomic to be
                                                        easily held in one hand, leaving the other free for activities.
                                                        Niche Medical Ltd have now launched their new product ‘Nebigrip’
                                                        and this nebuliser mount is built to work perfectly with the PARI
                                                        eFlow® nebuliser and can be attached and removed with ease.
                                                        This has meant that children needed less supervision during their
                                                        treatment and it has helped children and young people gain
                                                        independence and take ownership of their own treatment.
                                                        The product was recently showcased at the Trust’s innovation event
                                                        which saw exhibitors sharing inventions, innovations and ideas, all
                                                        with the aim of improving care and patient experience.
                                                        More information about Nebigrip can be found online at
                                                        www.nebigrip.com where the product can also be purchased.

Babies cry, you can cope!
A NEW programme to support parents to manage normal               the advice given by our staff, parents and carers are well
infant crying, and to prevent abusive head trauma injuries to     equipped with the tools they need to understand normal
babies caused by shaking - also referred to as shaken baby        infant crying and keep their baby safe.”
syndrome - has been launched across the region.                   Please email louise.hand@nhs.net or
ICON is an evidence-based programme designed to help              susan.taylor71@nhs.net to request campaign posters.
parents and carers understand the normal crying pattern of
young infants and to help them develop successful coping
mechanisms to deal with this.
I – Infant crying is normal
C – Comforting methods can help
O – It’s OK to walk away
N – Never, ever, shake a baby
Maternity staff are now routinely giving out advice and
leaflets on the ward with the key message being babies cry,
you can cope.
Louise Hand, specialist midwife for public health said: “We
think this a great concept to help parents and carers manage
the stresses which can be caused by normal infant crying.           Mum Chloe Masters, dad Dom and children Cayden, Avery
Taking a new baby home can be overwhelming and with                 and Phoebe Grace support the ICON campaign
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        Pet therapy launches
     at Trinity Holistic Centre
     WHEN you have to spend a long time in a hospital bed it can                             The Pet Shed was officially opened
                                                                                                  by Middlesbrough Mayor
     be hard not seeing much of your friends – especially the                                         Andy Preston and patient
     four-legged kind!                                                                                 Darren Strafford.
                                                                                “Pets are such
     But not anymore - Staff at the Trinity    Lauren Farrow,                                            Darren, 50, of
     Holistic Centre at James Cook have        Macmillan
                                                                              an important part
                                                                                                          Appleton Wiske,
     pulled out all the stops to open up       information and                 of our lives and           has six dogs and is
     their own pet shed.                       support centre’s                can really affect          currently in hospital
                                               business manager                                           for  up to six months
     The purpose built facility in the         said: “We wanted to
                                                                                 our sense of
                                                                                                         after breaking his leg
     holistic centre garden now provides       use our garden to                  wellbeing.”           in two places in a sky
     an opportunity for families to bring      help patients who                                      diving accident.
     in small animals such as dogs, cats       are missing their
     and rabbits so that patients can be       pets to spend                                      He said: “I think it’s a fantastic
     reunited with their much-loved pets       some precious time with them.             idea. Dogs offer calmness and lift the
     – providing they are well enough to                                                 mood and this gives you the chance
     leave the ward.                           “Pets are such an important part of       to bring in your own dogs which is
                                               our lives and can really affect our       much more special.”
     Patients will be accompanied by a         sense of wellbeing so this project fits
     staff member or therapeutic care          really well with the holistic work that   This project has been made possible
     volunteer from the Trust throughout       we do.                                    thanks to the kind sponsorship
     their pet therapy session and strict                                                of Middlesbrough and Teesside
     hand washing rules will be in place to    “Guidance from the Royal College of       Philanthropic Foundation’s Golden
     comply with infection control rules.      Nursing champions the importance
                                                                                         Giveaway, Ageing Better, Serco and
                                               of this kind of therapy so we were
                                                                                         friends and family of Christine Wall.
     The pre-arranged visits can be for up     keen to make it a realistic option for
     to an hour, but for safety reasons only   our patients. After all, patients who     To find out more visit
     one pet can be on site at any time        spend long periods of time in hospital    southtees.nhs.uk/trinity, follow
     and they must be kept under control       can actually have a quicker recovery if   @TrinityholisticTHC on Facebook
     by a family member.                       they have access to their pets.”          or call the centre on 01642 854839.

      Middlesbrough Mayor Andy
      Preston and patient Darren
      Strafford (left) officially open the
      pet shed with senior therapeutic
      care support worker Claire
      Bolland and Gizmo the dog
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               Smartphone
                 feedback leads to
Bright Ideas Award
HEALTHCARE innovators from the Trust were honoured at the                            Awards has further strengthened
                                                                                     the view that the North of England
annual Bright Ideas in Health Awards.                                                      is a powerhouse of health
The Trust’s vascular birthmark team            a project which teaches                           innovation. The expertise,
were named as winners in the                   children how to                                      capability and passion
Outstanding Research Collaboration             swallow tablet                                         for doing things
with the NHS category.                         medication and                                           differently to
                                               a collaborative                                            ultimately
Vascular birthmarks are                                                                                    benefit patients
                                               approach to
discolourations of the skin caused by                                                                       was showcased
                                               reducing falls in
abnormal growth or formation of
                                               older adults in                                              by every one of
blood vessels.
                                               the community.                                               our finalists.
The Trust is undertaking a study
                                               Dr Nicola Wesley,                                            “This kind of
directed to the treatment of
                                               interim chief                                                innovative
vascular birthmarks, with the aim
                                               executive officer                                           approach to
of providing significant benefits to
                                               at the Academic                                            healthcare
both patients and the NHS, with
                                               Health Science                                           improvement is
patients requiring fewer repeat
                                               Network for the                                        so important to
treatments and achieving a faster
                                               North East and North                                 the future of the NHS
treatment response.
                                               Cumbria (AHSN NENC),                              and we’re proud to see
Tobian Muir, plastic and                       which organises the awards, said:     the progress being made within the
reconstructive surgeon said: “We               “This year’s Bright Ideas in Health   North East and North Cumbria.
are exceedingly proud of the award
for a project that is an excellent
collaboration between technology
through the IGEA medical company
and clinical medicine.
“The study aims to improve
response rates for patients suffering
from vascular birthmarks
that are very challenging
to treat. The study is
patient based and is
utilising cutting edge
digital technology to
allow patient feedback
through a smartphone
from home rather than
having to come to
hospital to complete
response forms.”
Other bright ideas that
took home awards included

Sri Murugan, associate specialist in plastic
surgery, Samantha Tinsdale from IGEA
medical company and Tobian Muir, plastic
and reconstructive surgeon, collect their
award (left to right)
12    Talking Point l January 2020

     Ground-breaking clinical
     care for heart patients
     HEART patients are benefitting from the very latest
     ground-breaking clinical care thanks to a cutting
     edge team.
     A range of specialist teams at James        vessels and the heart, stroke,
     Cook have come together to develop          renal failure or even death,
     a non-invasive programme using              with an overall risk of these
     state-of-the-art radiation treatment        complications of 5 to 10%.
     with their first patient treated - one of   Stereo-tactic Ablative
     only three in the UK - in July 2019.
                                                 Radiotherapy (SABR) is a
     Heart failure and heart disease are         state-of-the-art radiation
     common and patients with these              treatment that allows             SABR is an                       The non-invasive VT
     conditions are at high risk of sudden       precise targeting of
     cardiac death due to dangerously            organs defined on            attractive treatment           ablation programme team
                                                                                                                         at James Cook
     fast heart rhythms or ventricular           scans (CT/MRI).               option for patients
     tachycardia (VT).                                                          with VT as it may
                                                 SABR is an
     While this risk of death can be             attractive                      be able to treat             over 18 months,
     reduced by using an internal                treatment option
     defibrillator (implantable cardioverter-    for patients
                                                                               areas of the heart             learning from each
                                                                                                              other and through
     defibrillator), patients may suffer         with VT as it may            that we cannot get             our collaborative
     frequent episodes of VT and shocks          be able to treat              to properly with a           approach with like-
     from their ICD, both of which carry a       areas of the
     poor prognosis and are unpleasant.          heart that we
                                                                                    catheter.             minded individuals in
                                                                                                        Newcastle and Sheffield
     Drug treatments are only                    cannot get to                                       to achieve a UK first. Three
     partially effective at preventing           properly with a catheter. It                 Northern centres are still the only
     dangerously fast heart rhythms              is likely to be better tolerated than    places in the UK to have delivered this
     and many have potentially life-             the conventional treatment, and is       ground-breaking treatment.
     threatening side effects.                   deliverable on an outpatient basis in
                                                                                          “Together we have set up the first
                                                 less than 15 minutes.
     Conventional treatment for VT and/                                                   UK SABR VT ablation consortium,
     or ICD shocks that do not settle with       A team of radiographers,                 presented the first three patients ever
     drug treatment is invasive VT ablation.     physiologists, cardiologists,            treated in the UK at the International
     This procedure uses catheters               oncologists, imagers and medical         SABR VT ablation symposium in the
     introduced via a big vein or artery in      physicists have now come together        US and developed SABR protocols
     the leg to ablate (or ‘burn’) scarred       at the Trust to combine their expert     for other centres. We are currently
     areas of the heart to stop short circuits   skills and successfully set up a local   designing the first UK SABR VT
     and prevent VT.                             SABR VT ablation programme on a          ablation trial.
     However, this procedure involves a          compassionate-use basis.                 “We were also finalists at the Bright
     six-hour general anaesthetic, technical     Matthew Bates, consultant                Ideas in Health 2019 Awards. More
     challenges and significant risks to         cardiologist and electrophysiologist     patients will be treated soon as we
     patients including damage to blood          said: “We have worked together           continue to build the service.”

     Bright Ideas in Health finalists 2019
Talking Point l January 2020     13

Kidney self-testing
        could revolutionise
        patient care                                                                                     “It’s a simple idea
                                                                                                            but we need
                                                                                                            to refine the
                                                                                                       technology, including
PATIENTS have been testing their own kidney function at home as                    “You
                                                                                   can test             developments that
part of a clinical study that could help revolutionise patient care.               yourself             will make the blood
Renal patients at James Cook have       blood and urine test and we thought        straight
                                                                                   away and             self-testing devices
been self-testing their own blood       if they could do this at home we can
and urine samples using two hand        save them a journey to hospital and        find out if         easier for all patients
held devices.                           the inconvenience of organising time       everything is               to use.”
                                        off work or time with their family.        ok,” he said. “It
The patients then attended                                                         really helps reduce
appointments at the hospital on         “It also means we can spend more           your level of anxiety.”
the same day to have their kidney       time with those patients who are ill
function tested conventionally by       and really do need to see us.”             He believes the device is going to
healthcare professionals to help                                                   make a huge difference to patients in
                                        The innovative idea earned the team        the future.
measure the accuracy of their self-
                                        a finalist’s spot at the Bright Ideas in
test results.                                                                      “I used to travel for work and had
                                        Health Awards 2019 and was also well
Renal consultant Jonathan Murray                                                   to arrange my travel around my
                                        received by the 15 patients who took
                                                                                   appointments, but with self-testing I
hopes that the results of the study     part in the study.
                                                                                   could just take the devices with me.”
will lead to national trials, and
eventually to patients being able       David Forsdike, 57, of Darlington,
                                                                                   Dr Murray said there is still some
to self-test at home as part of their   has been a renal patient at the Trust      work to do to make the devices
routine care, therefore reducing the    since 2000. Three years ago he needed      more user-friendly.
number of hospital appointments         a kidney transplant and was lucky
                                        enough to get a living donor. He said      “It’s a simple idea but we need to
they have to attend.
                                        he had no problem doing the kidney         refine the technology, including
“It’s very similar to how people with   function tests at home.                    developments that will make the
diabetes check their own blood sugars                                              blood self-testing devices easier for all
at home,” he said. “There’s no reason                                              patients to use.
why patients should not be able to                                                 “We very much hope the pioneering
check their own kidney function at                                                 work we have done here in the
home too, but it’s never been                                                      Tees Valley will provide a platform
done routinely before.                                                             for development of this idea at a
“Many patients need                                                                national level.”
their kidney function
checking but are
otherwise fit and
well, and would not
otherwise need to
see a doctor
or nurse.
“Often,
they only
require a

David Forsdike with the
renal team at James Cook
14   Talking Point l January 2020

                                           New stoma care
                                            prescribing
                                           service
                                           A NEW stoma care prescribing service – the first of its kind in the
                                           country - has been launched for patients across Middlesbrough,
                                           Redcar and Cleveland.
                                           A stoma is an opening on the                               the most clinically relevant products
                                           surface of the abdomen which                               and advice from nurses with specialist
                                           has been surgically created as a                           skills and knowledge.
                                           diversion from the bowel and is
                                                                                                      Samantha Griffiths, assistant service
                                           undertaken to treat a range of
                                           bowel illnesses including cancer,                          manager for community services said:
                                           diverticulitis and Crohn’s disease.                        “The new service will enhance patient
                                                                                                      experience as patients will order the
                                           The new service, open Monday to                            stoma products directly via the co-
                                           Friday, 9am to 3.30pm, provides                            ordinators ensuring patients receive

      Art attack not                       monthly telephone reviews, repeat
                                           prescription for stoma products
                                                                                                      the right product in a timely manner
                                                                                                      with access to the stoma specialist
                                           and access to the team of specialist
      heart attack!                        stoma nurses.
                                                                                                      nurses if needed.
                                                                                                      “It will also help to eliminate waste
                                           Stoma patients can contact the team                        and reduce the time taken for
      BUDDING young doctors                of prescribing coordinators based at                       patients to receive their products.”
      from Yarm School visited             Langbaurgh House, Guisborough.
                                                                                                      The new service is one of a kind in the
      James Cook to present                Patients will be triaged by a stoma                        country and aims to provide excellent
                                           prescribing co-ordinator, their
      posters they had designed            prescription printed off and delivery
                                                                                                      holistic care for over 1,000 patients
      especially for Ward 32.                                                                         across the area who live with a stoma.
                                           arranged and reviewed by one of the
      Not only will the fantastic          community stoma specialist nurses if                       The team can be contacted on
      artwork from the Year 3 pupils       clinically needed ensuring access to                       01287 284450.
      brighten up the ward walls, but
      it will also help promote vital
      healthy heart messages to staff,
      patients and visitors.
      Six of the pupils were selected
      to present the designs to ward
      manager Maria Stokes. Each child
      received a goody bag and enjoyed
      a tour of the ward.
      The poster campaign was
      arranged by cardiothoracic
      consultant Jonathan Ferguson
      whose son Thomas attends the
      school and is a regular visitor to
      the ward. Posters emphasised
      the importance of healthy eating
      and exercise to help maintain a
      healthy heart.

                                            Alison Hall-O’Donnell; stoma specialist nurse; Sam Griffiths, assistant service manager for community
                                            services; Carole Younger, stoma specialist nurse; Alistair Monk, medicines optimisation pharmacist NHS South
                                            Tees Clinical Commissioning Group; Julie Morris-Roe, stoma specialist nurse (left to right)
Talking Point l January 2020   15

  New technique
could help save lives
                                                                      JAMES Cook is one of 15 sites across the country taking
                                                                      part in a study to test out a new technique that could help
                                                                      save hundreds of lives.
                                                                      Each year around 5,400 people in         aorta (the main artery) to stop the
                                                                      England and Wales die after being        bleeding until a patient can be
                                                                      severely injured – for example, in a     taken to an operating theatre.
                                                                      road traffic collision, or as a result   While REBOA has shown early
                                                                      of a major fall.                         promise it is not yet known
                                                                      The leading cause of preventable         whether it is better than
                                                                      death following injury is                the standard care given to
                                                                      uncontrolled bleeding, which             trauma patients.
                                                                      usually requires immediate               This study aims to compare
                                                                      surgery. However, some patients          standard major trauma centre
                                                                      die before they can reach an             care with REBOA versus standard
                                                                      operating theatre.                       major trauma care alone, in a fair
                                                                      REBOA (which stands for                  and balanced way.
                                                                      resuscitative endovascular               A&E consultant Chris Smith
                                                                      balloon occlusion of the aorta)          said: “Due to its high incidence
                                                                      is a new technique which could           of receiving major trauma and
                                                                      help with this.                          working closely with two air
 Ric Procter, A&E consultant, Kerry Colling, research team
 lead, Carol Hannaway, research nurse co-ordinator and                The technique involves passing a         ambulances, James Cook is an
 Dean Wilkinson, research healthcare assistant                        small inflatable balloon into the        ideal centre to be involved.”

Celebrating the brilliance
     of star nurse Cheryl
By Amy Kilvington

CHERYL Honeyman, a specialist nurse for paediatric spine, working                                         to nominate a nurse, midwife or
                                                                                                          healthcare assistant for a Cavell Star
at James Cook was nominated for a Cavell Star Award going                                                 Award can find out more at
above and beyond for her patients’ families over the past 16 years.                                       https://www.cavellstarawards.org
Cheryl reacted to winning her Cavell                         throughout the UK for a team mate
Star Award after being nominated                             who has shown exceptional care                Cheryl Honeyman, specialist
by a patient: “It was such a surprise; I                                                                   nurse for paediatric spine,
                                                             for either their colleagues or their
                                                                                                           with her Cavell Star
was so humbled and honoured! I was                           patients and patients’ families.              Award
really grateful to be recognised in this
way. No matter how tough things are                          John Orchard, chief executive at
and how hard the work is at times                            Cavell Nurses’ Trust, explains: “Thank
and how 24/7 the role can be, when                           you to our partner and wonderful
you know you’ve made a difference                            sponsors for making the Cavell Star
like that to people’s lives it makes                         Awards happen.
everything worthwhile.”
                                                             “You can say a big ‘thank you’ to your
Cavell Nurses’ Trust launched                                colleagues by giving them a Cavell
the Cavell Star Awards in 2018 in                            Star Award!”
partnership with LloydsPharmacy
Clinical Homecare. Nominations are                           Do you have someone in mind?
being sought from nursing teams                              Healthcare professionals wishing
16   Talking Point l January 2020

            Bright Red nurse
     starts at the Friarage
     ASSISTANT practitioner in haematology Heather
     Lee is now in post at the Friarage thanks to a
     partial investment from blood cancer charity
     Bright Red.
     Heather, who started her role        interventions, which also
     in August, said: “This is a new      involves recognising if there
     role within the haematology          is a change or deterioration
     department at the Friarage and       in their condition following
     we think it is one of the first of   treatment, and escalating
     its kind in the country.             where necessary.
     “As an assistant practitioner        “The team’s vision is to focus
     I work alongside the clinical        on the patient’s life after
     nurse specialists to provide         treatment. My role supports
     support and advice to                the team to maintain and
     patients with haematological         deliver a high standard of
     conditions, coordinating             care for all our haematology
     their care from the point of         patients to help them live well
     referral throughout their            with and beyond cancer.”
     journey and beyond.                  This is the fifth nursing post
     “I visit patients both in            funded by Bright Red, a charity
     the hospital and in the              established to improve the lives
     community to manage                  and treatment of people in
                                                                             Sarah Clarkson, clinical nurse specialist in haematology, Heather Lee,
     their individual conditions,         the North of England who are       assistant practitioner in haematology and Jennifer Lawn, clinical nurse
     undertaking specific patient         dealing with blood cancer.         specialist in haematology at the Friarage (left to right)

     NHS careers
                                                                                                                              “We hope to
                                                                                                                              see some of
                                                                                                                             these students

       in the spotlight                                                                                                       as our future
                                                                                                                              colleagues!”

     MORE than 100 students from local schools attended the first                               “The workshops were interactive and
                                                                                                the enthusiasm from South Tees staff
     STRIVE (South Tees Research Innovation and Education) NHS                                  to share the details of their professions
     Careers Day at James Cook.                                                                 was infectious.
     Students attended five workshops            hope it will become an annual event at         “The students left on a high from
     and visited a number of information         James Cook and the Friarage.                   all that they had observed and
     stands showcasing a wide range of                                                          participated in and many forms
                                                 Jennie Winnard, Director of operations
     healthcare careers including surgery,                                                      were collected for further details of
                                                 for STRIVE said: “Our first careers
     anaesthesia, dietetics, urgent care                                                        apprenticeships, work experience and
                                                 day was a great success. 148 students
     and pharmacy.                                                                              university entry.
                                                 attended and had the opportunity
     The event was a big hit with both staff     to visit five of 16 themed workshops           “We hope to see some of these
     and students and the STRIVE team now        showcasing NHS careers.                        students as our future colleagues!”
Talking Point l January 2020            17

Supporting your
         return home
ONGOING help is at hand for patients leaving hospital thanks to a
free service to provide adults in North Yorkshire who have been in
hospital with practical help and support when they go home.
Home from Hospital has been                   Home from Hospital provides short
commissioned by North Yorkshire               term support dependent on an
County Council to ensure people are           individual’s needs and may include:
safe on return to their own home and          • S upport for family / friends
to provide information and advice                                                      Tina Warrior, operating department practitioner,
                                                who are caring for a person            Nikki Lucas, staff nurse, and Laura Dalton,
regarding access to other services that         recently discharged                    theatre healthcare assistant
will enhance their quality of life and
reduce the likelihood of readmission          • L iaising with Health and Social
to hospital.
The service is available to North             •H
                                                Care professionals
                                                elp to access appropriate services   Colourful
                                                                                      donation
Yorkshire residents with staff based           and organise ongoing support
at the Friary, the Friarage and James         • Essential food provision
Cook hospitals.
                                              •P
                                                rescription collection and
Julie Duerden, Home from Hospital              medication checks
service manager said: “This free
                                                                                      THE paediatric surgical day
                                              •T
                                                elephone support and keeping         unit received a donation
service can support your return home,
                                               in touch
assisting to re-build confidence and                                                  of cups, bowls, plates,
independence and provide ongoing              • Light household tasks
                                                                                      cutlery and story
help to prevent hospital re-admission.
“It is for anyone aged 18 and over            Who can make                            books thanks
                                                                                      to the efforts      “This amazing
living in North Yorkshire who might
require support at home as they leave
                                              a referral?                             of theatre        donation will help
hospital following a day procedure,           Nursing and therapy staff, patients
                                              and visitors can all make a referral
                                                                                      healthcare         us offer an even
an unexpected trip to the emergency
department or after a more lengthy            to the service. To make a referral      assistant           better service
                                              telephone the team on 0300 365          Laura Dalton.
stay in hospital.
                                              4600 or download a referral form:
                                                                                                         to our younger
“Our resources are limited so                 www.carersresource.org/hfh-ny-          Laura                       patients.”
unfortunately we cannot help those            referral. This can be returned by       organised
who have complex long term care               fax: 01423 740 771 or email to:         for ASDA
needs or only require respite care.”          hfhny@carersresource.org                in Middlesbrough to have a
                                                                                      collection for the children’s day
                                                                                      unit at James Cook and the results
                                                                                      mean that children now have a
                                                                                      huge range of brightly coloured
                                                                                      plastic crockery and cutlery to use
                                                                                      when they have their first food
                                                                                      after an operation.
                                                                                      Dr Amy Norrington, consultant
                                                                                      paediatric anaesthetist said: “This
                                                                                      amazing donation will help us
                                                                                      offer an even better service to
                                                                                      our younger patients and we are
                                                                                      extremely grateful to Laura for all
                                                                                      her hard work in organising these
                                                                                      for us.”

 The Home from Hospital team: Sarah Swiers,
 Tracy Rose and Marie Ralls (left to right)
18   Talking Point l January 2020

     Success for
           prehabilitation pilot
     AN INNOVATIVE pilot programme aimed at improving the                                 in anaesthesia and
                                                                                          sleep medicine
     fitness, health and wellbeing of patients prior to major                             at the Trust and              “We are
     surgery has been rated as ‘excellent’ by participants.                               overall lead            delighted with
                                                                                          for PREP-WELL              the overall
     A recently published report about      75 people took part in the                    project said: “We
     PREP-WELL, a community based           programme which enables                       are delighted            success of the
     programme and clinical service,        participating patients to access              with the overall         programme.”
     highlights that 70% of participants    progressive, supervised support for           success of the
     gained clinically meaningful           several preoperative risk factors,            programme.
     improvements in their health           in the weeks prior to surgery. This           Prehabilitation
     status and quality of life (before     included targeting smoking, physical          is a key area of focus for us and one
     surgery) and that several patients     inactivity, alcohol consumption and           in which the Trust is really leading
     initially deemed too ‘high-risk’,      anxiety and depression.                       the way.
     were able to have surgery by
     improving their fitness and            Participants attended twice weekly            “PREP-WELL has been extended for
     wellbeing following participation.     supervised exercise sessions or a             four years – up to 2023 – thanks to
                                            home-based alternative.                       a grant from Sport England. We
     PREP-WELL is a collaboration between
                                            PREP-WELL was run from the Live Well          are now aiming to support a wider
     the Trust, Public Health South Tees,
     South Tees Clinical Commissioning      Centre, a community health facility in        group of patients using an increased
     Group (CCG), Northumbria University    Middlesbrough. This is a “one-stop”           number of pathways, including
     and the University of York.            centre containing a range of public           a digital home-based pathway
                                            health and lifestyle interventions,           developed in partnership with
     It was launched as a 12 month pilot    including smoking cessation, specialist       Macmillan Cancer Support.”
     in January 2018 funded by a Health     alcohol services and a gym, meaning
     Foundation innovation award, with      patients can access all support services      To find out more about the
     additional funding provided by the     in one setting.                               programme, and to download a copy
     Trust, Public Health South Tees                                                      of the report, visit southtees.nhs.uk/
     and the CCG.                           Professor Gerard Danjoux, consultant          services/prepwell-project/

                                                                                       The PREP-WELL team at the Live
                                                                                       Well Centre in Middlesbrough
Talking Point l January 2020   19

  Celebrating a
fabulous 40 years!
SISTER Cheryle Whitton, our renal day unit and home
therapies manager, has dedicated 40 years to renal nursing.
Cheryle started her nurse training in   and offering outpatients therapies
1979 on St Cuthbert’s ward at North     such as non-cancer chemotherapy,
Ormesby Hospital, which later closed    home peritoneal dialysis training and
in 1981.                                outpatient care. The service she now
South Cleveland Hospital is where       leads is patient centred and the focus
Cheryle started work in general         is on treating patients away from the
medicine, but she soon found her        acute setting.
passion in nephrology. Throughout her   Throughout her 40 year career she
time in nephrology Cheryle has cared    has supported and mentored many
for countless patients and families.    student nurses, medical students,
Cheryle has been a passionate,          junior doctors and trainee renal
focused and determined member of        registrars. Having worked with at
the team and she was instrumental       least 11 different nephrologists over
in developing the peritoneal dialysis   the last four decades she has been
service, a treatment that would see     undoubtedly a huge support to all the
patients having therapies at home, an   teams working with her and is always

                                                                                 Special
idea well ahead of its time.            passionate about the service and how
Cheryle expanded the service further    it develops.
introducing more nurses to the team     Congratulations Cheryle on 40 years!

                                                                                 delivery
                                                                                 MIDWIFE Lynn Bowman
                                                                                 has retired after working
                                                                                 full time for 38 years.
                                                                                 Lynn worked most recently in
                                                                                 community and antenatal and
                                                                                 newborn screening.
                                                                                 Louise Hand, specialist midwife
                                                                                 for public health said: “She

  Janet also hits the big 40!                                                    will be missed by everyone in
                                                                                 maternity but we are all over the
                                                                                 moon she is returning as a part
  ALSO hitting the 40 year              Janet celebrated 40 years’ NHS           time screening midwife which
                                        service with her colleagues in           frees up time for her to
  milestone in November 2019            Middlesbrough community nursing.         devote to a social life
  was nurse Janet Weatherley.           Congratulations Janet on 40 years!       and looking after
                                                                                 her puppy!”
                                                                                                        “She will be
                                                                                                         missed by
                                                                                                        everyone in
                                                                                                        maternity.”
20   Talking Point l January 2020

      Jean Mayhew celebrates her retirement with staff and children from Playdays

     Congratulations Jean
     CONGRATULATIONS to Jean Mayhew who has retired after                                                 • It is always reassuring to know
                                                                                                             that your children are in good
     29 years of looking after babies at Playdays Day Nursery on                                             hands, due to the tireless efforts
     the James Cook site.                                                                                    of staff to ensure they are kept
                                                                                                             safe and happy whilst at the
     Here’s a few messages for Jean from                          when I dropped them off on a               nursery and Jean’s enthusiasm and
     some of our hospital staff whose                             morning that they would have a             passion has always exemplified
     children she has looked after in                             fulfilled day with Jean looking after      this - Jonathan Murray
     recent years:                                                them - The Hamling family
                                                                                                          Jean said she will greatly miss all the
     • It was very hard to leave your                         • You have such a calm and containing     staff and children, but that she was
        children and go back to work                              way of caring for children and I        also very much looking forward to
        but Jean put my mind, and my                              could not have sent mine anywhere       spending more time with her husband
        daughter’s, at ease. I knew that                          else - Gemma Bargewell-Cook             and her family!

     Would you attempt CPR?
     STUDIES have shown that up to 30% of adults would not attempt
     bystander CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), yet your chances of
     surviving a cardiac are doubled if bystander CPR is commenced.
     The Restart a Heart campaign is                          School as well as more than
     an annual initiative led by the                          50 passers-by in the
     Resuscitation Council in partnership                     Atrium at James Cook
     with The British Heart Foundation,                       and in the Dundas
     British Red Cross, St John Ambulance,                    Shopping Arcade in
     and Yorkshire Ambulance Service                          Middlesbrough.
     which aims to improve the numbers                        This was the sixth
     of people surviving out-of-hospital                      annual Restart a
     cardiac arrests.                                         Heart campaign and
     The resuscitation department                             the second year the
     here at the Trust was directly                           campaign has gone
     involved in the October 2019                             worldwide. Bystander
     campaign with teams teaching                             CPR rates have
     several hundred school children                          increased by 10% since
     at Northfield School and Sports                          the campaign’s initial
     College in Billingham and Stokesley                      launch in 2013.
Short courses include:
            > Advanced ECG in Practice (online)
            > Advanced Physical Assessment and Disease Management Skills
            > Advancing Paediatric Physical Assessment Skills
            > Chemotherapy – Enhancing Practice in Cancer Care
            > Clinical Assessment of Patients with Long-term Health Conditions
            > End of Life Care (online)
            > Examination of the Newborn
            > Integrating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Intervention in Mental Health
            > Management of Frailty
            > Physical Assessment Skills
            > Principles of Major Trauma Management in the Emergency Setting
            > Supporting Learning in Practice (non-accredited)

            Masterclasses include:
            > Dementia Care
            > Diabetes Management and Prevention
            > Leg Ulcer – Chronic and Complex Wounds
            > Management of Frailty
            > Management of Tissue Viability and Wounds

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