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31 March 2022
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Staff message from Chief Executive Dr Owen Williams
Dear colleague,
It is with great sadness that I share with
you the news that our Trust Chairman
Professor Michael Luger has died
suddenly.
This is obviously a huge shock and our
thoughts and condolences are with his
wife and family. My colleagues and I will
do all we can to support and comfort
them.
Michael joined the NCA in January 2021
and played an integral role in our journey
to formally becoming our single Trust in
October 2021.He brought to us the
extensive knowledge and experience that
he accumulated over his long career
working in higher education, international
governments, and industry.
I know his colleagues and peers at the University of Manchester and in education will be
equally devasted by this news.
Michael was extremely passionate and positive about the NHS and our organisation, and
all of the opportunities that we have to build on for our patients, communities and
colleagues. It is extremely saddening that we will not have him with us as we continue our
journey.
We will of course, over the coming days, share further details on how we can pay tribute to
him.
Owen
Chief Executive
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Bury encourages ‘Home First’
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L-R: Penny Lloyd-Martin, the NWAS team, Lisa Forshaw
Bury Care Organisation, alongside local system partners, held an event last week (24
March) which aimed to promote the importance of patients being discharged back to their
home or usual place of residence as soon as possible.
The NHS promotes a ‘Home First’ approach because evidence shows it’s much better for a
patient’s physical and mental wellbeing to leave hospital as soon as they are medically
ready for discharge.
Colleagues at the event were told why it is important to do everything possible to enable
patients, particularly older people, to continue their recovery in their own home
environment or, for those few who cannot go straight home from hospital, within a care
location most suited to their needs.
Penny Lloyd-Martin, director of operations at Bury Care Organisation, said: “I was
‘delighted with the level of engagement from all attendees and excited to see a renewed
focus on ‘why not home, why not today’?’’
Rochdale colleagues deliver community safe fasting message
Rochdale’s BAME staff network chair has been out in the community promoting an
important message about fasting safely in Ramadan.
Mohammed Tariq rounded up three expert doctors and headed out to Madina Masjid
Mosque last weekend to offer free advice.
He was accompanied by kidney expert Prof Philip Kalra, NCA director of research and
innovation, and diabetes specialist Dr Naveed Younis, from Manchester University NHS
Foundation Trust.
Dr Stuart Stewart, research ambassador at Rochdale, also talked about how research
improves health and how members of the community can get involved.
Mohammed Tariq, said: “It’s great to give something back to the community and explore
ways we can work together to improve health for all.”
Social workers come together to look to the future
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Top left: the sensory team, bottom left: the Walkden team, right: Kaye Cooke
Colleagues working in adult social care came together to reflect on the past, look to the
future and celebrate all they have achieved for World Social Work Day.
Salford Care Organisation’s adult social care teams held lots of events and activities on
this year’s theme which was ‘Co-building a new Eco Social World: Leaving no-one behind’.
Colleagues took time to reflect on the past year and what this theme may mean to them
and their role. A competition was held for adult social care staff on the theme, with a
chance to win tickets for RHS Bridgewater. Congratulations to Kaye Cooke who won the
prize.
The Sensory Team took the opportunity to come together at Ordsall Hall, whilst the
Hospital Team gathered with lots of treats and a pamper box.
Over in Walkden, the team took some time to have lunch together in their local community
and stopped by the ‘chatty benches’ – one of the initiatives developed in conjunction with
START, Walkden Town Centre and Community Lead Support.
Rochdale Health Visiting team’s blooming marvellous campaign
Parents of newborn babies in Rochdale will be handed a blooming amazing gift by our
community health visiting team, as part of a new Council and Care Organisation scheme to
improve the local environment.
4,000 packets of wildflower seeds, donated by Bowlee Garden Nursery, will be handed out
to parents during their new birth home visit in the first few weeks after birth.
It is hoped the family will plant the seeds to boost biodiversity and help the council hit its
climate change target of becoming carbon neutral by 2038.
Alison Kelly, director of nursing at Rochdale Care Organisation, said: "Not only will this be
a huge benefit to the environment, but it is also something that families will remember as
their children grow up."
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Children’s services have struck gold… again!
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Congratulations to colleagues working in Salford’s 0-19 and Early Help services who have
retained their joint UNICEF gold award.
Following a review of the services, Anne Woods, programme director at UNICEF, said that
despite the challenges of the pandemic, the team had continued to give priority to support
infant feeding.
She said: “We were delighted to see the quality of work that is being implemented by the
service and the positive outcomes being achieved as a result.
“It is exciting to hear about the new initiatives, including the gastro pathway and tongue tie
referral pathway, and of the reintroduction of face-to-face baby social groups and the
review of well-baby clinics.”
Complementary therapy team win Prestigious Award
A dedicated team of therapists who provide essential pain management for our dialysis
patients have won a prestigious international award.
Salford Care Organisation’s complementary therapy team have won a Complementary
Therapy Award 2022 in the pain management category.
Complementary therapies, and in particular aromatherapy, are proven to benefit patients
who are on dialysis, both physically and psychologically.
Janet Cairnie, lead complimentary therapy practitioner and trainer, makes the blends for
the team to use on the dialysis patients. These can help with chronic pain and spasms in
the patient’s legs and feet, muscle pains and bone pains. She said: “The team are
amazing! They are all professional, qualified therapists who volunteer to give up their free
time to come and provide therapies for the patients who are on dialysis.”
Julia Taylor MBE credits colleagues for inspiration
A urology consultant nurse has praised
the ‘amazing work’ of her colleagues after
receiving her MBE from His Royal
Highness Prince Charles.
Julia Taylor, a Macmillan consultant nurse
in Urology, at Salford Care Organisation,
attended Windsor Castle to be formally
presented with the accolade in recognition
of her services to urological nursing.
She said: “What an amazing and
unforgettable experience for both myself
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and my family. It was such an honour and
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Highness Prince Charles in the beautiful
setting of Windsor Castle.
“It is a privilege and reflects the amazing
work undertaken with many inspiring
nursing and medical colleagues here at
Salford Royal, in a culture that embraces
quality improvement and has patient
safety at its focus.”
NHS Staff Survey 2021 – Results now available
This is the place where we listen and act on your feedback together
A big ‘thank you’ to more than 8,000 of you who shared your views on what it is like to
work at the NCA in the NHS Staff Survey 2021.
The results are now in and whilst we can’t respond directly to every one of you as the
survey was confidential, we’d like to share our gratitude for taking the time to tell us how
you’re feeling and giving us your honest feedback.
We’ve read every single comment and all your feedback will be used to make
improvements to the NCA so we can make this a great place to work.
Lasting change isn’t something we can make happen within 12 months or before the next
survey, but we can embed the foundations of change by working together to make
improvements and it begins by you telling us how you feel.
Further information can be found on the intranet news pages here.
Feedback via email: I would like to give a big shout out to Ward 24 at Fairfield FGH. Speaking as a
professional finding myself as an inpatient on ward 24, I need to say what a great place to recover!
I cannot thank the team enough for their outstanding and impeccable care I received over my 10 day stay.
The staff went above and beyond to tailor each and everybody's needs down to personal care of grooming
of the nails, hair and promoting their self- worth at probably one of their lowest of times. This was lovely to
witness, to see smiles on patients' faces and hear them laughing in these difficult times.
Stand up and be proud of the difference you are making to patients’ lives - you are a credit to the NHS!
Feedback via email: I've been an outpatient on the Eye Unit / day case ward at Rochdale General several
times in recent months. The staff are gifted individuals with pure hearts of platinum.
The doctor has rung me every day to come into clinic for various tests and treatment, trying to save my left
eye from being removed and my right eye from deteriorating. He has been my rock - made of perfection
and compassion.
The reception staff are so lovely and so nice, and those in scans make it so calm, nice, relaxed and all
have mannerisms to the highest of standards. One staff member literally held my hand until I had my
treatment as I had become very anxious.
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This unit is the best place in the whole NHS and everyone is a credit to it!
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Feedback from Twitter: Brilliant sister on Ward 9 Fairfield Hospital goes above and beyond to explain
everything about my Mum. So hard when I’m 250 miles away – I hope I get to meet you later this week.
Thank you!
My brother asked me to email you to praise you for your care and looking after him yesterday - the care
you gave him whilst he was in hospital at Rochdale Infirmary having an operation was exceptional.
You went above and beyond your duties - he could not have asked for better care, both before and after
the operation. You could not have done any more.
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