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The magazine of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust December 2015 www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk

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Patient saved fromthe prospect ofamputation

Celebration fordedicated volunteerturned staff

Tiny HeartsincubatorinspirescommunitykindnessThe incubator was recently donated byDrager Medical UK Limited and is now beingused as a visual for the Tiny Hearts Appeal.It aims to raise the profile and encouragepatients, visitors and staff to donate to ourvery special appeal.

Since installation at the beginning ofNovember, to coincide with WorldPrematurity Day on 17 November, we havealready received lots of donations from thevery generous Barnsley community.

The incubator is lit up with LED lights andframed with branded signage and a totaliserto show how much money has been raised sofar. This will be updated as the money raisedincreases. If you are visiting the hospital,please keep a lookout for the incubator in themain reception.

The Tiny Hearts Appeal is our charity capitalappeal which aims to raise £1 million tosupport the development of a new neonatalunit, which will be located alongside theBarnsley Birthing Centre at Barnsley Hospital.The brand new unit will feature state-of-the-art equipment to enable the neonatal team tocontinue their fantastic care and enhancetheir environment.

We all know someone who has had a baby oris due to have a baby and this is your chanceto raise funds for your local hospital andsupport the build of a brand new home forBarnsley’s special care babies. If everyone inBarnsley donated just £1, we’d be well on ourway to achieving our target; your donationwill make a huge impact – every little helps.

You can donate to the Tiny HeartsAppeal in person at the hospital orby texting TINY01 and your donation(£1, £2, £3, £4, £5, £10) to 70070.

Diane Wake, Chief Executive at BarnsleyHospital, said: “We are exceptionally gratefulto have received the incubator, this is a bigachievement for the appeal. The mainreception is one of the busiest parts of thehospital and the incubator will make it easierfor staff and visitors to donate.

“I think that having this sort of visual aidlocated on site will also help to raiseawareness of this fantastic appeal and I wouldlike to take this opportunity to encourage thegenerous people of Barnsley to continuesupporting the appeal and help build a brandnew home for Barnsley’s special care babies.”

Find out more about the latestBarnsley Hospital Charity news on page 7.

The Chief Executiveand Chairman maketheir donations.

Fundraisers Scott and Janine Meyers with the Trust Chairman, staff from the NeonatalWard and special guest Stephanie Hirst at our World Prematurity Day celebrations.

We are very excited to announce our new, unique approach to raising money for ourTiny Hearts Appeal.We have installed an incubator to act as an extra large collectiontin in the main reception.

Teams winawards forbaby care

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Hello, seasons greetings and welcome toour December 2015 newsletter. I’m SteveWragg, Chairman of Barnsley Hospital.

First of all, we’d like to wish you all a verymerry Christmas and a happy new year.With the weather turning colder, it’simportant that we all stay well and look afterour health.We want to encourage you tochoose the right care for you this winter.

In this edition we’ll be discussing healthadvice for the winter months to help you tochoose the right service for you, to ensurethat any health concerns are resolved asquickly and efficiently as possible – pleasesee page 4 for more details.

We’re pleased to be able to share some of ourfantastic staff achievements with you in thisedition. Several teams across the Trust haveeither won or been shortlisted for an awardover recent months.This is a great

achievement for the teams and the Trust as itshowcases the efforts our staff are making toprovide the best quality care for patients.

We hope you enjoy the latest edition ofBarnsley Hospital News. If you have anyfeedback or comments on this publicationplease do not hesitate to contact us oncommunications.barnsley@nhs.net

Kind regardsSteve

We are excited to announce that our Board of Directors have been shortlisted in the2015 Regional Leadership Recognition Awards for Yorkshire and the Humber, in theBoard of the Year category.The awards celebrate leadership at all levels in the NHSand recognise the achievements that our colleagues make every day in providingexceptional care.

Our Board of Directors are responsible for setting the hospital’s strategic direction, formonitoring performance against national, regional and local indicators and ensuring thehighest levels of quality for patients. The Board work continuously to maintain our vision; ‘To bethe best, integrated healthcare organisation of choice for our local communities and beyond.’

Being shortlisted for this award is testament to the hard work carried out by the Board here atBarnsley Hospital. The Board regularly face challenges and demonstrates outstandingleadership skills when tackling these.

Steve Wragg, Chairman at Barnsley Hospital, said: “It is such a great achievement to have beenshortlisted for Board of the Year. The Board works incredibly hard to provide strong leadershipfor the Trust.

“The nomination highlights the hard work we have put in to rejuvenating the senior leadershipteam and changing the way we work for the benefit of our patients and staff. As a Trust, weaim to continue to provide unwavering high quality, safe care to the local population.”

The award ceremony is held after this publication goes to print so look out for future updates tosee how our Board does on the night.

Leadershiprecognition forBarnsley’s Board

Cancelling and rearranging hospital appointmentsIf you are unable to attend a pre-booked appointment please remember to contactus to let us know you are cancelling or to re-arrange the appointment.

We have made it easier to cancel and rearrange the majority of our appointments,all you need to do is call our dedicated appointments team on 01226 434343.This telephone line is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Please note there are certain appointments we are unable to rearrange via this linebut please contact this number in the first instance and the team will refer you tothe relevant area if they can’t deal with your request themselves.

Tell us your viewsYour feedback and suggestions are very important to us. If you have feedback onthis magazine or on our hospital and the services we provide, we would love to hearfrom you. Please send us an email to communications.barnsley@nhs.netto share your views.

Contacting the hospitalSwitchboard 01226 730 00024/7 Appointments 01226 434343Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) 01226 432 430

Useful numbersCall 111 when it’s less urgent than 999Information on GPs and dentists 01226 327 176Stop Smoking Service 01226 737 077

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From theChairman

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Governor inthe spotlightChristopherR. MillingtonPartner Governor

Christmas is approachingand the annual round ofGovernor elections has nowbeen completed.The electionresults will be on the hospitalwebsite this month.

The Annual General and Public MembersMeeting (AGPM) was held on 24 September,when the annual report and accounts of theTrust for the previous financial year werepresented to the Council of Governors. I wasunable to attend the meeting myself butPauline Buttling, Public Governor, kindlypresented the Governors’ Review of the Yearon my behalf. The annual report andaccounts of the Trust for 2014-2015, andreports for previous years, can be downloadedfrom the Barnsley Hospital website.

November was an important month in theGovernor calendar. On 5 November theannual joint meeting of the Board of Directorsand the Council of Governors took place.Each year the Council of Governors areinvited to the Board of Directors meeting andhave the opportunity to take part in thediscussions on Board business, includingforward planning.

The second important event in Novemberwas the annual governors’ developmentsession, held on 17 November. This year wefocused on how we could develop andimprove Governor effectiveness.

I have previously written about the keystatutory role of the Council of Governors in

the appointment of the Trust’s Non-ExecutiveDirectors. The Governors’ NominationsCommittee began the process ofappointment of a new Non-ExecutiveDirector (NED) in October, with shortlistingand interview dates in November. TheNomination Committee’s recommendationfor appointment went to the Council ofGovernors meeting on 3 December. After theCouncil of Governors makes its decision,information about the successful applicantwill appear on the hospital website.

If you are not a member of Barnsley HospitalFoundation Trust, please consider joining.A membership form is available on page 2 ofthis issue of Barnsley Hospital News. There isno commitment but membership gives youthe opportunity to vote in the annualgovernor elections and, if you are particularlyinterested in being involved with your localhospital, the opportunity to stand for electionas a governor. Foundation Trusts are the onlyorganisations in the NHS through whichpublically elected governors have democraticlocal accountability.

Finally, I would like to add my best wishes toyou for Christmas and the New Year.

Joe Unsworth, Lead Governor

In October, the Directors attended training inorder to address the impact that diversity canhave on a patient’s experience and onemployees within the Trust. The Equality andDiversity training was presented by CliveTaylor at Indigo You.

As a forward-thinking leadership team, theBoard continues to ensure that ourorganisation works towards guaranteeing thatall patients and staff from various groupshave the same positive experience. TheEquality and Inclusion agenda is being builtinto the fabric of our organisation and will bein all of our Equality and Diversity training.

Equality and Diversity forms part of ourmandatory training programme for all staff atBarnsley Hospital. We also have a policy onEquality, Diversity and Human Rights andstatement which sets out our stance oneliminating discrimination of all types.

Beverley Powell, Equality and DiversityManager, said: “As the largest employer inBarnsley, we aim to ensure that we cancontinue our vision to engage in localpartnerships with, and to be an inclusiveorganisation where our patients willexperience safe care and our staff will beproud to work for us.”

As a result of these improvements, Monitorhas lifted the breach of licence forgovernance which was imposed on the Trustin April 2014.This is a great achievement forus and something thatwe are very proud of.

This lift of the breachof licence enables theBoard to work withless scrutiny. Monitoris satisfied with theleadership team atBarnsley Hospitaland recognises thatwe have the skills to tackle any issues anddeliver the best care for patients.

Diane Wake, Chief Executive at BarnsleyHospital, said: “We are absolutely delighted

that Monitor have lifted this breach oflicence, it is testament to the hard work wehave put in to changing the way we work forthe benefit of our patients and staff.

“We remain in breach oflicence for our financialsituation, and indeedfinances remainchallenging, but with astrong leadership teamat our helm, and thesupport and dedicationof our hardworkingstaff, we are confident

that we can deliver our recovery plan.”

Monitor will continue to work closelywith the Trust to ensure that future progressis made.

Hospitalimprovementsrecognised byregulator

LeadGovernorupdate

How would you describe your role as aPartner Governor for Barnsley Hospital?I have a passion for delivering first classcustomer service.We are at a stage nowwhere we need to encourage local providersof health services to deliver better outcomesby listening to patients.

My enthusiasm towards being a Partner Governor arises from a desire to help the peopleof Barnsley experience change by delivering new ways of working, and to encourage localproviders of health care to create a seamless, unified service.

As a governor I want to encourage local health services to unite.We should all strive todeliver services for the people who really need support. I am encouraged by thewillingness of our Directors to deliver change.

What would you say are your favourite parts of the job?My favourite parts of the job are engaging with decision makers and influencing newways of working within our great hospital.

I am part of the PLACE team, which stands for People Lead Assessment of Care and theEnvironment. It gives me an opportunity to talk directly with patients and their families,observing how the clinical staff go about their daily tasks.

I thoroughly enjoy attending our finance and performance reviews with the non-executives, where we go through Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).This informs mehow our hospital is being run.

When were you nominated to be a Partner Governor?I was nominated by NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in May 2015.

The CCG commissions services from our hospital on behalf of the people of Barnsley andone of my prime roles within the CCG covers Public and Patient Engagement.I was appointed to the governing body of the CCG.

What inspired or influenced your decision to become a Partner Governor?I have a desire to bring together the influential people in Barnsley who are able to inspirehow health services are delivered. People are very often fearful of coming into hospitaland we need empathy, not procedures.

Several key people in Barnsley’s health scene influenced my decision to become apartner governor. One particular person once said: “Stop being an angry young man,stood at the side-lines moaning. Get involved and make a difference.”

When you are not busy with work what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?I try to always maximise my time. If I am sat down, I will probably have my head into aSudoku puzzle or even a book about Hostas: a plant I love (as do my slugs and snails!)I find that gardening manages to disengage my brain from my mouth, so I try to plant,clip, dig and enjoy our garden at home.

EmbracingdiversityIt is important that staff across the hospital embrace the diversity of both patientsand other staff members.This is why our Board of Directors have embraced theEquality and Inclusion agenda.

We were recently praised by our regulator, Monitor, for strengthening our leadershipteam and improving the way we are run.

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With winter upon us it is especiallyimportant that we look after our health.Winter conditions can be bad for ourhealth, especially for people aged 65 orover, and people with long-termconditions.

Common winter illness include colds, flu, sorethroats and norovirus. The cold weather canalso exacerbate existing conditions such asasthma. There are simple things you can do tohelp yourself stay well this winter.

n Stay warm - check heating systems are ingood working order and keep living roomsat 18°C (65°F) and bedrooms 21°C (70°F).

n If you are leaving the house in badweather make sure you are wrapped up in

plenty of layers and wear appropriatefootwear for the weather.

n If you get cold or flu symptoms the bestremedy is to rest at home, keep warm anddrink plenty of water to avoiddehydration. You can take paracetamol oribuprofen to lower a high temperatureand relieve aches.

n Eat well - food gives you energy, whichhelps to keep you warm. Try to haveregular hotmeals anddrinksthroughout theday.

n Look out forelderly relativesand neighbours,

make sure they are warm enough andhave supplies of essential food items andmedicines.

It is important to remember a lot of illnesses orsymptoms can be treated in your own homeby using a well stocked medicine cabinet,eating well and by getting plenty of rest. If youare ill please remember to choose the mostappropriate treatment or service for yourailment, A&E is not always the best option.

If you’re not surewhich NHS serviceyou need, call 111.An adviser will askyou questions toassess yoursymptoms and then

give you the advice you need, or direct youstraightaway to the best service for you in yourarea.

You can also visit your local pharmacist, theyare expert in many aspects of healthcare andcan offer advice on a wide range of long-termconditions and common illnesses such ascoughs, colds and stomach upsets.

GPs assess, treat and manage a whole range ofhealth problems. They also provide healtheducation, give vaccinations and carry outsimple surgical procedures. Your GP willarrange a referral to a hospital specialistshould you need it.

For more information about staying wellthis winter and what NHS service is best

for you, visit http://www.nhs.uk/staywell/

Health Chiefslead the wayand fight the flu

Is A&E the right place for you?Are YOU struggling to get an appointment with a GP?

Call 01226 242429 for an appointment with a GP or nurse.

Rather than going to our A&E to be seen, a new service,i-HEART Barnsley, is offering more choice to access eveningand weekend appointments with GPs and nurses.

This NHS service is available to anyone registered with a GPpractice in Barnsley.

The i-HEART Barnsley service has been set up to provide

more appointments in the Barnsley area whilst offeringdifferent types of consultations.

These include: face to face, over the phone, via a video callor email.

The service is available: Monday to Friday – 10am to 10pm.Face to face appointments are available – 6pm to 10pm attwo locations in Barnsley.

Other consultation methods telephone, video call and emailare available 10am to 10pm.

Saturdays – 10am to 1pm.This includes face to face,telephone and video call appointments and email advice.

How do I access the service?

You can access i-HEART Barnsley services in two ways.

Telephone - you can call 01226 242429.

Website - you can request a call back via the websitewww.iheartbarnsley.org.uk.

For more information please visit www.iheartbarnsley.org.uk

Occupational Health and Wellbeing staff havebeen visiting wards across the hospital tovaccinate staff against flu and the Board ofDirectors were first on their list. At BarnsleyHospital we encourage all staff to getvaccinated against flu each winter, via theNHS Employers ‘Flu Fighter’ campaign.

The impact of the flu virus on frail andvulnerable patients can be serious, even fatal,and outbreaks can cause severe disruption inhospitals. When staff receive the vaccinationthey are significantly less likely to be carryingthe virus and therefore reduce the spread ofinfection to those they come in contact with,

including patients, colleagues, family andfriends.

Winter is the busiest time for the NHS and weare supporting the ‘Flu Fighter’ campaign,which is in its fifth year, by encouraging allcolleagues to protect themselves by getting aflu vaccination.

All health staff at Barnsley Hospital, includingdoctors, allied health professionals, nurses,midwives, administrative and corporate staffare being encouraged to have the flu jab thiswinter to cut the risk of it spreading topatients and colleagues.

The Occupational Health and Wellbeing teamhave been paying regular visits todepartments across the hospital, along withholding a ‘flu jab clinic’ on Wednesdays, toensure that all staff have had the opportunityto get their flu vaccination.

Jose Fernandez, Associate Director of HumanResources & Organisational Development,said: “Our staff have been fantastic as always

in supporting this campaign and we have hada brilliant take-up of flu vaccinations this year.

The team in Occupational Health andWellbeing are excellent and have beenworking tirelessly across the hospital tovaccinate staff at times and locations that suitour staff. They are such an approachableteam and staff have been full of praise fortheir friendly approach.”

Barnsley Health Chiefs lead by excellent example with the fight against flu atBarnsley Hospital.The board of directors were more than happy to support the‘Flu Fighter’ campaign to help protect vulnerable patients from the risk of catchingflu by minimising the risk of passing the virus on.

Chairman, Steve Wragg,has his flu jab.

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The team receiving their award.

Teams win awards for baby careBarnsley’s Having a Baby Programme, apartnership project between BarnsleyHospital, Barnsley Council and South WestYorkshire Partnership NHS FoundationTrust, has been shortlisted for twoprestigious Children and Young People New(CYPN) Awards.

The programme covers a range of topics,including; expectations of labour, birth,parenting, infant feeding and safe sleepingand is delivered over five sessions acrossBarnsley’s children centres.The Having aBaby initiative has been shortlisted in boththe Early Years Award and PartnershipWorking Award categories.

Our midwives, along with professionals fromchildren centres, the infant feeding teamand health visitors deliver the programme. Ithelps to make significant improvements topeople’s lives in order to give Barnsley’sbabies the best possible start in life.Professionals provide outstandingmultiagency work, supporting parents withpractical information and advice across allcommunities, including those who aredisadvantaged and hard-to-reach.

Sue Gibson, Head of Midwifery at BarnsleyHospital, said: “We are so pleased to havebeen shortlisted for the awards, it is a realachievement. Staff have worked incrediblyhard and are very committed to providingthe best possible experience for newlyexpectant parents.

“We have received a lot of fantastic feedbackabout the programme. Parents who haveattended sessions have been very pleasedwith how the sessions have prepared themfor their future family life.”

We are also pleased to announce that theNeonatal Unit was awarded a Proud ofBarnsley award, in the ‘Hospital Hero’category, for their tireless work anddedication to some of the most poorlybabies in Barnsley.

Staff on the Neonatal unit provide specialcare for babies who are born at 27 weeksgestation and above.The unit is also able tostabilise any baby born with surgicalproblems, heart problems or if the baby hasbeen born under 27 weeks gestation readyfor transfer to a specialist unit elsewhere.

Babies can spend up to 14 weeks on the unitand staff always go above and beyond theirroles to support families and make theirlives on the unit as easy as possible.

The Barnsley Chronicle Proud of Barnsleyawards recognise those who really make adifference in our community and celebratethe positive work being done in our town.

Our Women’s Services Department has received outstanding recognition recently.This recognition is a true reflection of the exceptional work carried out by staffeveryday across all areas of the department.

Dementia Care initiatives reach top five

Communication Toolboxwins digital award

Hospitals across the countrywere asked to submitapplications about theirdementia friendly initiativesand how they aim to create adementia friendly hospital.Our Dementia NurseSpecialist focusses on allaspects of dementia careacross the Trust, leading onto various new projects.

The Dementia FriendlyAwards are held each year torecognise the excellent workdone by specialists acrossEngland and Wales forpatients living with dementiaand their families and carers.

Our hospital’s DementiaStrategy has six key aimsincluding; person-centreddementia care, patientexperience, dementiaawareness, partnershipworking, patient and carerinvolvement and dementiafriendly environments.

Initiatives used within ourhospital have included oursupport to the John’scampaign; Stay with Me,Twiddle Mats,The SugarCube Café, DementiaAwareness training forhospital staff andpartnership work with the

Alzheimer’s Society.

Victoria Faxon-Wastnage,Dementia Nurse Specialistat Barnsley Hospital, said: “Itis fantastic news that thehospital has beenrecognised for the workbeing done in dementiacare.We are workingincredibly hard to become adementia friendly hospital.”

Victoria was invited toattend an interview panelon the 19 October to discussall aspects of dementia carewithin Barnsley Hospital.

Our fantastic Dementia Nurse Specialist has received praise for the Dementia Friendlywork within our Hospital. The Dementia Friendly initiatives have been chosen as oneof the top five in the sixth National Dementia Care awards, in the Best DementiaFriendly Hospital category.

Our Assistive Technologyteam won against threeother finalists in the DigitalHealth category for theirinnovation. The‘Communication Toolbox’app aims to help withcommunication for patientsacute care settings. The appwas developed with ImperialCollege, the Royal College ofArt in London and Devicesfor Dignity in Sheffield.

Patients in ITU are oftenintubated (have a breathingtube) at some point duringtheir stay, leaving themtemporarily unable to speak.As medicine and technologyadvances, patients aresedated at a lesser lever thanpreviously, making patientsmore aware of their

experience of ITU and yetunable to effectivelycommunicate.

The 2015 MedipexInnovation Awards focusedon applications that are costeffective, creative, promotesafe healthcare, preventpremature deaths, enhancethe lives of people with longterm conditions or can makea contribution to economicgrowth.

Simon Judge, Senior ClinicalScientist at Barnsley Hospitalsaid: “We are extremelyproud to have won theMedipex Innovation award;this is a huge achievementfor the team.”

“As always, the needs of ourpatients at Barnsley Hospital

were at the centre of thisinnovation. Improvedcommunication willultimately lead to better careand the improved wellbeingof patients. It will enhancethe quality of care that ourpatients receive byimproving the effectivenessand efficiency of care.”

The Medipex NHSInnovation Awards were heldon 8 October at Oulton Hallin Leeds. The AssistiveTechnology team werepresented with a cheque andtrophy. TV presenter andNHS Paediatrician, Dr RanjSingh presented the awardsand the Digital Healthcategory was sponsored bySynergix Health.

We are extremely pleased to announce that our Assistive Technology team have wonan award for their ‘Communication Toolbox’ app which they are developing to helppeople communicate when in intensive care (ITU) and unable to talk.The team wonthe award in the Digital Health category of the Medipex NHS Innovation Awards.

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Celebration fordedicated volunteerturned staff

Nigel Brooke, from Royston,was facing the dauntingprospect of lower limbamputation due to theeffects of a diabetic footulcer, fortunately is nowgetting back on his feetthanks to a new pioneeringtechnology beingimplemented here atBarnsley Hospital.

Mr Brooke has suffered froman ulcer on his left foot sinceOctober 2014 and hadpreviously undergonevarious treatmentsincluding an air cast walker.Earlier this year ourSpecialist Podiatry Teamsuggested an innovative newapproach to treatment.

Lead Podiatrist, Sarah-MayPoppleton, recommended anew type of cast called theTCC-EZ – a Total ContactCasting system.

The TCC-EZ, fromDermasciences Europe, is aone-piece, roll-on, wovencast that can be applied injust ten minutes by thepodiatrist. It works bypromoting healing of thewound by minimisingpressure and friction, as theTCC-EZ redistributes theweight away from thewounds, meaning it can healeven while the patient iswalking.

Mr Brooke didn’t have longto wait to see results as injust four weeks a woundthat was originally 9mm indepth was almost healed.He is now looking forwardto going on holiday andwelcoming his thirdgrandchild into the world.

Sarah-May Poppleton, whoworks for the South WestYorkshire NHS FoundationTrust Community PodiatryTeam based at BarnsleyHospital, said:“We decidedto use Total Contact Castingas it’s considered the goldstandard of treatment forneuropathic ulcers. I wasnervous about using a caston a foot with ulcerationhowever I was interested touse TCC-EZ in clinic and seehow much pressure relief wecould get with the cast.

“We were shocked and

amazed at how much thewound had healed when MrBrooke came for his firstdressing change two daysafter the initial fitting.Wehad never seen such adramatic healing technologybefore.The technology hashad a huge impact on his lifeboth physically andphysiologically.

“Using new technologies likeTCC-EZ mean that episodesof treatment are shorter –wounds won’t get deeper sothere’s less likelihood of boneinfection which would resultin admission and hospitalstay.There’s also a reductionin amputation or surgicalintervention which is a bigcost saving in itself. Diabetesis the most common cause ofnon-traumatic limbamputation, with diabeticfoot ulcers preceding morethan 80% of amputations inpeople with diabetes.”

Mr Brooke said: “I’ve beensuffering from diabetic footulcers for four years and it’sbeen really irritating.Previously I’ve had a biggerboot which made standingand balance difficult.Thisnew technology has meant Ican get about without beingheld back and having to relyon people.

“I heard about thistechnology two months agoafter my doctor showed theliterature as an alternative tosurgery. I knew I had to giveit a go or lose half my foot.

“After the first two days wewere astounded at howquickly the ulcer started toheal.This treatment hasworked wonders for me andthe treatment from the staffat Barnsley Hospital issecond to none.”

Patient savedfrom amputationby innovativetechnology

Mr. Brookes, Sarah-May and Mark from Dermasciences

Donna Hinton, who nowworks as a MedicalImaging Care Assistanton the Breast ScreeningUnit, is celebrating hernew role at BarnsleyHospital after previouslyworking as a hospitalvolunteer for four years.

Donna started to work as avolunteer in 2011, after aDoctor caring for her at thetime asked her whether she’dbe interested in becoming ahospital volunteer. Herpersonal experience at thehospital inspired Donna togive something back.

During her time as avolunteer, Donna hasworked in the outpatientsdepartment, helping patientsand visitors with directionsand general enquiries and inthe diabetes clinic, speakingto patients and assisting withgeneral care needs. Donnarelishes in meeting newpeople, helping patients andis very much a ‘people person’.

After gaining valuableexperience working as avolunteer, Donna decided tolook for a permanent rolewithin the Trust and secureda role as Medical ImagingCare Assistant on the BreastUnit. Her daily role nowinvolves inviting patientsinto their appointments,making sure they’recomfortable, chaperoningprocedures and speaking topatients after they havereceived their care.

About her experience, Donnasaid: “I started the position inSeptember this year and Ilove working at BarnsleyHospital. I like talking topatients and making sure

they’re happy with their care.

“Helping people throughhard times comes quitenaturally to me and I find myrole very rewarding, I’msettling in well.”

Donna Hinton -volunteer to HCA

This exciting and innovative, consultant-ledservice offers advice and treatment forconditions of acosmetic nature. It isanticipated that theservice will be availablefrom late 2015onwards.

Initially, the service willoffer; Intense PulsedLight Therapy andadvanced electrolysisfor the removal of hairand red facial threadveins and facial anti-aging injections(wrinkle-relaxinginjections and dermal fillers) for a moreyouthful and refreshed look.

In 2016, the service is set to expand furtherand will offer services to promote andencourage skin health, for example top-to-toeskin checks or ‘skin MOT’s’, for reassuranceover skin blemishes.

Additional cosmetic services will includeinjection treatments for leg thread veins, as

well as access tocomplexion-enhancingchemical peels andevidence-based anti-aging creams and de-pigmenting agents.

A key feature of thisself-pay service is thatit is ‘by the NHS, forthe NHS’. All staff areNHS regulatedassuring the service issafe and effective. Inaddition, all incomegenerated from the

Skin Direct cosmetic consultations andtreatments is returned fully to BarnsleyHospital to support local NHS services.

For more information or to register aninterest in this service please email

karen.sharman@nhs.netor call 01226 432085

We are proud to announce that we will soon be launching a new, self-pay, cosmeticskin service, Skin Direct, run from our Dermatology Department.

Barnsley Hospital launches Skin Direct

We’re pleased to reveal that a Barnsley Hospital patient has become the first typetwo diabetes patient in Yorkshire to have his foot ulcer healed by using an innovativenew technology.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust // December 2015 7newsBARNSLEYHOSPITAL

Barnsley Hospital Charity updateOur Tiny Hearts AppealWe’ve seen the public really jump on boardto show their support for this very specialappeal, and we’ve been overwhelmed by justhow much the people ofBarnsley wants to help.We have already raisedover £105,000!

The Tiny Hearts Appeal is acampaign which aims toraise £1 million to support the developmentof a brand new, state of the art neonatal unitwhich provides special care to new babies.

The new unit will be built around the needsof the babies and their families and will havestate-of-the-art equipment provided toenable the neonatal team to continue theirfantastic care and enhance theircapabilities.The unit will sit on the samelevel as the Barnsley Birthing Centre, whichmeans that the babies will not have to be

exposed to different environments anddifferent temperature changes, nor will theyhave to be taken into an elevator.

Premature babies areunderdeveloped and haveto be given extra help fortheir tiny bodies to copewith the outside world, andcan spend up to 13-14weeks on the unit.The care

on the unit is focused around allowing thebabies to fully develop and the current unitneeds to be updated and expanded in orderto allow parents to have proper bondingtime with their babies.

Text TINY01 followed by the amountof £1, £2, £3, £4 or £5 to 70070

www.justgiving.com/tinyhearts

If you donated just £1, that’s £230,000for the Barnsley population.

Barnsley Hospital Charity is based at Barnsley Hospital, and operates todirectly support the care and needs of Barnsley Hospital patients, and theirfamilies. Charitable donations can provide those little extras which not onlycomplement what the Trust already provides, but can help reduce theeveryday stresses and anxieties which can be associated with treatments,illnesses and hospitals in general.

Your kind and generous donations have enabled us to purchase things suchas extra sensory toys for children with learning difficulties and snugglies fornewborns and premature babies, specialist training in nipple tattooing forwomen who have undergone breast surgery following breast cancer andspecialist equipment that cannot be provided by NHS expenditure.

Your donations, however big or small, all count and make a huge differenceto local care here in Barnsley.

Text BHCH00 followed by the amount of £1, £2, £3, £4 or £5 to 70070https://www.justgiving.com/barnsleyhospitalcharity/

www.facebook.com/barnsleyhospitalcharityContact the charity on 01226 431650 for an informal

chat and to register your fundraising or emailbarnsleyhospitalcharity@nhs.net

• Thomas’s Tiny Hearts Fundraiser •

• Velocity Zip Wire Challenge •

• Outreach Centre’s Gift of Love to Neonatal Unit •

We have lots of supporters who raise money in a range of different ways for the charity and its funds.We have highlighted a few of these below. Thank you to everyone who supports the charity,

you are making a real difference!

• Fantastic fundraisers •

Our Tiny Hearts Appeal benefited from a framed Ronaldo shirt (pictured, left), signed by theReal Madrid player which was been kindly donated by well-known Barnsley businessmanDerek Carpenter.The charity auctioned the fantastic item through eBay.

In an exciting partnership we have launchedthe BHC-Unity Lottery, with one of the UK’sleading charitable lottery providers. There is ahigh value prize fund each week with £25,000prize for six matches, £1,000 for five and manysmall prizes.

Lottery participation costs just £1 per weekand you (and your family) can buy as manytickets as you wish, each bearing a unique sixdigit number.

You can join through amonthly direct debit at a costof £4.34 per month whichyou can cancel at any time.

You can also purchasenumbers in advance with adebit card or cheque. Againyou can purchase monthly,with three months costing£13, six costing £26 and a year costing £52.

As the commitment is between players andthe Unity Lottery, we

regret thatBarnsleyHospitalCharitycannot selltickets ortake cash atthe hospital

and Unity Lottery cannot facilitate payrollgiving at this time.

To join the BHC-Unity Lottery, pleasevisit the Unity Lottery website atwww.unitylottery.co.uk/charity/display/Barnsley-Hospital-Charity.

It takes less than five minutes to sign up andyou will immediately start to raise funds forour charity.

Join Barnsley Hospital Charity Lottery today!

The Christian Outreach Centre, based atDarton, Barnsley attended the Neonatal Unitat Barnsley Hospital recently to donate gifts oflove to the unit.

Generous members of the outreach centrekindly helped Barnsley Hospital employee

Jane Hen, by donating brand new, unopenedgifts of clothes, nappies, blankets and lotsmore for babies aged 0 to 3 months to theNeonatal Unit.

Jane Hen, Jeff Baxter, Pastor of the ChristianCentre and his wife Lillian Baxter presented

the gifts to Steve Wragg, Chairman ofBarnsley Hospital Charity and Ben Dockerillfrom the Neonatal Unit (pictured, right).

The gifts were donated and will be storedon the Neonatal Unit to help supportbabies and their parents.

A young woman from Barnsley took part in the Velocity Zip Wire, in Wales, to raise money forthe Tiny Hearts Appeal. Sarah Williams, from Silkstone, has worked for Barnsley Hospital sincequalifying as a midwife in 1999, and now works as a community midwife.

She took part in the Zip Wire challenge, described as the longest zip line in Europe, with herhusband and three friends. The zip wire is also the fastest in the world and can reach speeds inexcess of 100mph. Sarah raised in excess of £300 for the appeal.

Ronaldo shirt eBay auction

A Barnsley couple organised an amazing charity fundraisingevent in aid of the Tiny Hearts Appeal and absolutely smashedtheir target of £2,000 by raising in excess of £4,500 for thecharitable fund.

Scott and Janine Meyers (pictured, above left, with SteveWragg, Chairman of Barnsley Hospital) organised Thomas’sTiny Hearts Fundraiser to celebrate the christening of theirbaby Thomas who was born 13 weeks prematurely at Barnsley

Hospital where he was cared for by the Neonatal Unit.

Thomas was born at just 27 weeks and 4 days and was the size

of a 25 week gestation baby.

December 2015 // www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk8newsBARNSLEYHOSPITAL

Over sixty members of staff from across the Trust havesigned up and made their pledge to become a LearningDisability Champion.

Introducing Learning Disability Champions is a brand newinitiative that has been launched by our Learning DisabilitiesLiaison Nurse, Tracey Helliwell, to help us better meet theunique needs of patients with learning disabilities.

Learning Disability Champions are based in departments andareas across the Trust, they are an advocate forlearning disabled patients. The Champions willpromote best practice around the care andtreatment of patients with learning disabilitiesduring their time within that particulardepartment. They also act as a role model forstaff providing leadership, guidance and adviceon the care of this group of patients.

Each Champion has volunteered their time tothis additional role and undertaken trainingto equip them with the necessary skills andtools to be able to undertake their new roleeffectively. The Champions also have on goingsupport from the Learning Disabilities LiaisonNurse and through the Champions networkwhich meets bi-monthly to raise issues, shareideas and support the groups needs.

Tracey Helliwell, said: “It is absolutely fantasticthat our staff are getting involved with thisproject and volunteering their time to makethe patient experience for this group ofpatients even better.

“The role of the Learning Disability Champion is to enable usto provide a 24/7 service for our patients with learningdisabilities, something that previously wasn’t possible.Myself and the Champions will be continuously developingthe service and looking at different ways to support patientsthrough various means throughout their time in our care.

“If we get it right for this vulnerable group of patients it willhelp us get it right for other patients too.”

The Learning Disabilities Team here at the Hospital workclosely with service users and external partners such ascommunity healthcare providers, the local council and othersto help develop the services further. They meet on a regularbasis as the Learning Disabilities Working Group.

If you are a service user or partner organisationand would like to be involved in the group

please contact Tracey Helliwell on01226 431217.

Hi both, thanks for meeting with ustoday. First of all can you explain to uswhat the Portfolio Management Office(PMO) does?Katherine: The PMO provides a wide rangeof support services to the Trust includingbusiness planning, strategy, projectmanagement and change managementadvice.

Jack: That’s right; we support all areas of thehospital to make our services sustainableand to implement change safely for ourpatients and staff.

Katherine: We also support staff with serviceimprovement work to progress the patientjourney and experience. Staff will come tous with ideas of how they want to makepositive changes and we will help them toplan and implement the changes.

Do you have an example of this you canshare with us?Katherine: Yes, we have recentlyimplemented a new starter process whichhas streamlined the process for newemployees to the Trust, it means that theywill be able to get access to systems and allthe new starter elements much quickerthan previously as all necessary processeswill be carried out prior to their start date.

Jack: Yes, they can hit the ground runningand be out there doing excellent work assoon as possible!

How many team members are in thePMO team?Katherine: We are quite a small team, thereare 11 of us in total but the team is made upof full time and part time workers. Due tothe nature of the work we do we work

closely together as a team, luckily we all geton really well!

Jack: Our team is made up of staff from alldifferent career backgrounds which worksreally well as we all have somethingdifferent to bring to the table.We have stafffrom clinical, learning and developmentand business backgrounds so it’s a real mix.

Can you tell us about a majorachievement of the team?Katherine: In 2014/15 the PMO took overmanagement of the Trust’s CostImprovement Programme (CIP). The CIP isthe identification of schemes to increaseefficiency/or reduce expenditure. SincePMO took over management of this we sawthe first successful achievement of targetfor cost improvement at Barnsley Hospitalwith the programme achieving £6.4m ofsavings (an over achievement of £117k).

Jack: This is a great achievement for theteam and we have managed to do this byworking with staff from across the wholeTrust.We have supported staff to help themdeliver their ideas.

Thanks for meeting with us; it’s been greatgetting to know you!

Both: Thank you!

The PMO team welcomes feedbackfrom both staff and patients.

If you have any suggestions about howthe Trust can save money or ideasabout improving patient services

please contactcommunications.barnsley@nhs.netand we will pass your comments on.

In each edition of Barnsley Hospital News we will introduce you to one of our teams,departments or wards so you can find out more about what each area does acrossthe Trust.

In this edition we will be talking to Katherine Sowden, Head of Business Planning &Programmes and Jack Harding, Programme Manager about the PortfolioManagement Office.

Staff pledge to be LearningDisability Champions

Meet the team…PortfolioManagementOffice

Staff at Learning Disability training.