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1. Star of the month – congratulations to Patrick Thorburn A well-deserved Star of the Month award was presented to senior trainee anaesthetist Patrick Thorburn recently during a teaching session with his trainee colleagues. Patrick was nominated by Lorraine Tinker, Directorate Lead Nurse in Children’s and Women’s Services, who said: “Patrick was a father attending L7 at The Alex with his child for a day case operation. The consultant anaesthetist scheduled to be doing the list had to escort a critically ill child in the ambulance to Southampton so the paediatric surgical consultant was due to let the families on her list know that surgery that morning would be cancelled. ” Patrick then offered to staff the list and his kind offer was taken up, Lorraine explained: “He staffed a paediatric list in theatres that morning so his child and the others all got their operations done as planned. The children had all been prepped, starved that morning, families had made arrangements and taken days off school as well as the anxieties of a child having surgery. Everyone was very grateful.” The award was presented by Romesh Rasanayagam, Consultant Anaesthetist, during a training session which Patrick was running late for because he’d once again stepped in at the last minute to help out in theatres. Well done Patrick! 2. Laparoscopic Surgery – Love it or hate it? The first Laparoscopic Surgery training day held at PRH on the 18th January was a great success. Developed with the ambition of helping staff fall in love with the speciality, the day was packed full of hands on tips and tricks to help surgical staff acquire knowledge and get to grips with the specialty. The study day was a chance for staff from across BSUH sites to come together to network, ask questions and discuss experiences. The Gynae Oncology team, Dr Peter Larsen Disney and Dr Sonali Kaushik were on hand to encourage staff development of laparoscopic skills and provide expert knowledge. Laparoscopic surgery requires a multi-professional team including a surgeon, a camera holder, a scrub nurse, circulating staff and an anaesthetic team to ensure the operation is performed safely and effectively, ensuring minimal waste. Laparoscopic surgery moves away from the traditional “clip- cut –tie” technique, to a very specialised form of surgery. The benefits to patients include shorter hospital stays and reduced risk of infection.
Problem solving during laparoscopic procedures is essential. Prior to the arrival of the surgical team,
safety checks are performed and the camera stack and instruments are checked. It is essential to have
knowledge of some of the frequently occurring events that can develop during an operation in order to
resolve them quickly.
From 3rd February, Main Theatres will be running a weekly skills training session open to all surgical
staff (subject to equipment availability).
This will take place on Mondays at 2pm in between Theatres 2 & 3. The February challenge will be a
heart shaped water balloon dissection.
Contact Deb Jones to book your place ext: 3577 deborah.jones52@nhs.net.
3. Celebrating Improvement with the Cardiac Investigations Team
The Trust welcomed Lee McDonough, Director General of Acute Care and Workforce for the
Department of Health and Social Care to RSCH on Tuesday 28th January.
Part of the visit was to hear about some of the fantastic work the frontline teams have been
concentrating on. Lee was particularly interested to see our Patient First Improvement System (PFIS)
work, to see what we do differently from other trusts.
Our Cardiac Investigations Unit (CIU), alongside the
Kaizen team, took Lee through the improvements
they’ve been working on since undertaking their PFIS
training.
The CIU team, who graduated PFIS on Wave 5 in 2019,
said it was difficult to choose one singular example from
the many improvement tickets the team have raised and
solved.
The CIU team talked through a recent initiative to
standardise their Pacemaker Remote Monitoring
service. The service means that clinicians can monitor
patients’ Pacemakers remotely and highlight any issues
Pictured Left to right: Caroline New-Jackson, Lee
(sometimes before the patient even knows about it). A
McDonough, Harriet Hogg and Shelagh Blunt
problem the service encountered was that sometimes
the pacemakers will disconnect, meaning they are no longer being monitored remotely.
The team used PFIS tools to refine the process of notifying patients of any issues, arranging for them
to re-connect with the service if they wish to. In doing so, they have been able to improve patient
experience and prioritise patient safety.
Before leaving, Lee said: “It’s good to get out and see frontline staff focussing on improvement work.
I’m going away feeling motivated and inspired!”
4. Leadership, Culture and Workforce (LCW) Programme – Improving
Integrated Education at BSUH
When we developed our Leadership, Culture and Workforce (LCW) programme we recognised
education as a significant enabler of culture change and making improvements.
As a teaching hospital, our goal is to provide a future-focused learning experience to benefit our staff
and improve things for patients. An Integrated Education Programme Board chaired by Denise Farmer,
our Chief Officer for Organisational Development, agreed an initial plan to address priority issues,
including:
A review and refresh of the Trust’s vision and strategy for Integrated Education.
Funding flows and allocation - with an initial focus on medical education and our response to
planned increase in BSMS student numbers.
Sustainable and consistent response to feedback related to education.
Capital investment in education resources.
Using valuable feedback, we’ve been working alongside BSMS and Health Education England to
clearly understand issues, map education requirements, review processes for funding allocation and
identify improvement opportunities. What’s more, we’ve been able to complete upgrades of A/V
equipment in AEB seminar rooms and are now working towards refurbishment of the AEB lecture
theatre in the future.
Look out for further updates coming soon!
5. Show your Pride with BSUH@Prides 2020
It’s official - we’re going to be at the centre of another
summer of Pride in Brighton, and you’re invited! This will be
the second year that our trust has been at all three Pride
events in the city. Starting with Disability Pride on 12th July,
Trans Pride on 18th July and then Brighton Pride taking over
the city on 1st August, it’s going to be a busy month where
BSUH will be shown off in all our proud glory!
To be at our best, we need your help.
Disability Pride and Trans Pride are both community centred events. Disability Pride is an amazing day
for anyone with any impairment, their friends and families. Trans Pride keeps the original spirit of the
Pride protests and is a great day where trans people, friends, allies and family can meet and have an
amazing time in a fun and safe space.
We’ll have a stand at each and will be able to meet all visitors personally. We might also be asked to
help with the marches along the seafront again (to be confirmed).
Volunteer spaces are limited for each event, so get your name down early for a chance to be involved!
To be a part of Disability Pride, follow this link - http://bit.ly/disabilitypride2020 - or email
Victoria.Johnson30@nhs.net
To get your name down for Trans Pride, follow this link - http://bit.ly/transpride2020 or email
Elizabeth.Heath@nhs.net
At Brighton Pride, we’re looking for colleagues to be a part of our float. The Brighton Pride Parade
theme is ‘Back to the Future’ and Ash Hicks already has a number of design concepts underway!
Whether you want to be part of our presence at Brighton Pride as a Wheel Marshal for our float, or on
the float itself, you’ll need to move quickly to secure one of the spaces! Follow this link for more
details: http://bit.ly/brightonpride2020
If you’d like more details about our part in Brighton Pride this year, just drop Ash an email:
Ashley.Hicks@nhs.net.
The team will be up at PRH outside Bluebells restaurant all day on Wednesday 12th February to
encourage colleagues to volunteer for the events. Look on Workplace and Infonet for details of where
they’ll be closer to the time. We’ll also be helping colleagues on shift during each event to get into the
Pride Party Spirit – watch out for more details on Workplace and future editions of Buzz!
6. Find out about career development at the band 2 – 4 conference
Are you a in a band 2 – 4 role as a Healthcare Assistant, Administrator or Allied Health Professional
and looking to develop?
Come along to a multi-professional conference to find out about further your career with a day of talks,
interactive workshops and current themes within the Trust.
26th March – The Kaizen Suite, St Mary’s Hall RSCH – but hurry, places are limited!
Book now via IRIS. For more information contact nena.coomber@nhs.net
Best of BSUH
Thanks to you
Did you miss? Upcoming events and training
(posted on Info-net or Workplace over the past week) Please see nww.bsuh.nhs.uk/news/events-calendar/
All training events are on http://iris.bsuh.nhs.uk
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