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The magazine of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust March 2016 www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk

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The BarnsleyBabiesInitiative page6

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Nurse uses hercancer journey tohelp patients

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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) hasrecognised a significant number of areas ofgood quality care here at the hospital, it alsorecognises the Trust’s commitment and plansto secure further improvements in servicesprovided for patients.

We welcome the report and the feedback itprovides and I am delighted that theinspection highlighted so many areas of goodpractice at our Hospital. Our End of Life Carehas been rated ‘Outstanding’ for the level ofcare provided which is absolutely fantastic andthis is something we are extremely proud of.

To have had the majority of areas inspectedrated as Good is testament to the hard workand commitment of our staff and the work wehave done to transform our Hospital. Inparticular, the report highlights the excellent

attitude of our staff, who have received arating of ‘Good’ for caring for our patients andI would like to thank them for their continuedhard work in delivering continued highquality care for our patients.

I am pleased to say that since the CQCinspection in summer we have implementeda number of changes in the Trust whichaddress the issues raised in the report. Withour continued work to make positive changesto the Trust and with the breach of licencefrom Monitor lifted in September 2015, I amconfident that if we were inspected again nowwe would receive and overall rating of good, ifnot higher.

One of the principles used by the CQC whenrating a Trust is that where NHS Regulator,Monitor, finds a failure to comply with licence

conditions or is taking regulatory action, theoverall Trust rating will normally be limited to‘Requires Improvement’ at best. At the time ofthe CQC inspection in July 2015, our Trusthad two breaches of licence in place, for ourfinancial position and our governancearrangements. This placed a limiting factor onthe overall rating we could achieve despite theGovernance breach being lifted by Monitor inSeptember 2015.

Since the CQC inspection, Monitor lifted thebreach of licence for governance inSeptember 2015, recognising that the Trusthas strengthened senior leadership andimproved the way the Trust is run.

You can find a link to our CQC reporton the homepage of our website

www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk

Our CQC report, which we received on 13th January, gives the Trust ratings of ‘Good’ for providing caring, effective and responsiveservices, with an overall rating of ‘Requires Improvement’ following an inspection by the CQC in July 2015.

The legendary former cricketumpire, Harold Dennis “Dickie”Bird OBE, was born in Barnsleyand is a much loved celebrity inthe local area and beyond.Dickie has chosen to back theTiny Hearts Appeal as his charityof the year and his donation willbe a giant step forward for us inmeeting the target of £1million.

The Tiny Hearts Appeal waslaunched to support thedevelopment of a brand new,state of the art neonatal unit forbabies who need special care.The unit will be situatedalongside the Barnsley Birthing

Centre which means that thebabies will not have to beexposed to differentenvironments and differenttemperature changes, norwill they have to be taken intoan elevator.

Barnsley Hospital Charity’sChairman, Steve Wragg, said:“We are absolutely delightedthat Dickie Bird OBE has chosento support our Tiny HeartsAppeal. He is one of Barnsley’sbiggest celebrities so putting hisname to the appeal is sure todrum up even more supportfrom local people.

“We are extremely grateful forDickie’s very generous donationof £35,000.This money is a bigstep in taking us closer to the£1million total, our current totalfor the appeal stands at almost£130,000 so with Dickie’sdonation to add we are well onour way.”

Dickie said of his donation:“I am delighted and honouredto be involved with BarnsleyHospital Charity’s Tiny HeartsAppeal. Barnsley is my hometown and the appeal is raisingmoney for a tremendous causefor the people here. I have beenand visited the ward and seenfor myself the great work of thestaff caring for the prematurebabies and I felt very humbled –

it brought a lump in my throatand a tear to my eye.

“I sincerely hope that everyonewill put their hands in theirpockets to support this worthycause and I’m sure it will givepeople the same sense of prideas I feel to be involved in this. Ifeveryone in Barnsley donatedjust £1, it would be a massiveboost to the appeal, taking thetotal almost half way towardsthe £1million target.”

Dickie presented his donation toBarnsley Hospital Charity and

staff from the neonatal unit at aspecial cheque presentationceremony which took place

at Barnsley Hospital onFriday 4th March 2016.

Celebrity and local legend, Dickie Bird OBE, has shown hissupport to our Tiny Hearts Appeal by donating a huge£35,000 to the cause.

By Diane Wake, Chief Executive

LocallegendsupportsTinyHearts

Care Quality Commissionreport welcomed

Dickie Bird OBE presents hismoney to Steve Wragg, Chairmanand Diane Wake, Chief Executive.

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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Hi, I’m Steve Wragg, Chairman ofBarnsley Hospital. I’d like to welcomeyou to our March 2016 newsletter, thefirst newsletter of the year.

You may have noticed our very excitingcharity news on the front cover of thismagazine. We are extremely grateful to havereceived a generous donation of £35,000towards our Tiny Hearts Appeal from thelegendary local celebrity, Harold Dennis“Dickie” Bird OBE. Dickie Bird has very kindlychosen to back the appeal as his charity of theyear. This is a big step for the Tiny HeartsAppeal and we can’t thank Dickie enough.

I am also pleased to announce that we haveappointed two new members to our DirectorTeam. In January this year we welcomed TomDavidson, Director of ICT and Janet Dean,Non-Executive Director. You’ll be able to findout more about our new Directors in thearticle below.

It’s coming towards that time of year wherewe celebrate the hard work of our staff at ourannual Heart Awards. Don’t miss out on yourchance to nominate a member of staff, or ateam, who you feel has made an outstanding

contribution to your care in the Patient’sChoice Category. You can find out moreinformation about the Heart Awards and howyou can place your nomination on the centrefold of this newsletter.

We hope you enjoy the latest BarnsleyHospital News. If you have any comments orfeedback on this edition please do nothesitate to contact us oncommunications.barnsley@nhs.net

Kind regardsSteve

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Tom joined the Trust after working asDirector of ICT at Sheffield Health andSocial Care NHS Foundation Trust, a postheld since 2008. Tom has a wealth ofexperience to bring to the role afterworking in various IT positions in theNHS. His educational backgroundincludes a degree in cybernetics andpsychology and a postgraduate diploma inleadership, amongst other qualifications.

Tom will be responsible for leading anddelivering an ICT programme of work,providing a strategy of technicalinnovation which enables efficiency andeffectiveness for the whole organisation.

Janet Dean joins the Trust as a Non-Executive Director (NED), NEDs play a keyrole in the Trust, sitting on the Board of

Directors with input on strategy,performance, service improvement andresources. Janet is a former Executive ofDoncaster Metropolitan Borough Counciland Non-Executive at Yorkshire andHumber Strategic Health Authority, a postheld from 2006 to 2013.

Janet is currently Company Director atDean Knight Partnership Ltd. Otherpresent appointments include BoardMember of Metropolitan Housing Trustand Chair of its subsidiary Clapham ParkHomes, Trustee and Clerk to the FinanceSub-Committee at The Mount School Yorkand Governor at Sheffield HallamUniversity. At our Trust, Janet is a memberof the Quality and Governance Committeeand the Audit Committee.

Earlier this year the Trust appointed a new member of the Director Team,Tom Davidson, Director of ICT and a new Non-Executive Director, Janet Dean.

A warmwelcome…

From theChairman

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Hi Tony, how wouldyou describe yourrole as a PublicGovernor forBarnsley Hospital?As a PublicGovernor, I havetwo main roles.The first is torepresent thepeople of Barnsleyand the secondis to monitor howsuccessfully theNon-ExecutiveDirectors ensure that the executives are performing theirroles.This is done by attending meetings, asking questionsand seeking explanations.

I was recently asked to be the Governor representative onthe audit committee.This gives me good opportunities toobserve the non-executive directors challenging theexecutive and seeking to understand why things are donein a particular way.

There are a lot of reports to read and these are very usefulin helping an untrained person to understand the reasonswhy things are done in a particular way.They also giveGovernors a chance to appreciate the kinds of problemsthat are faced as the hospital works to provide the besthealth care that it can.

What would you say are your favourite parts of the role?Visiting wards as part of a team to see how they are workingis very rewarding.This gives an opportunity to talk to staffand patients and discover their views. I have found thatpatients and often their families are very pleased with theirtreatment.This includes people who have chosen to cometo Barnsley from out of the area. Many of them now say thatthey will always choose to return to Barnsley.

It is also encouraging to see that staff on the wards aresupportive of each other and are very concerned to give thebest care to their patients.This enables the large majority ofpatients to leave the hospital with their problems resolved.But, of course, some people are very ill and I have foundthat, where necessary, any problems that patients haveexperienced will be thoroughly investigated.

When were you nominated to be Governor?I was elected a public governor in January 2014. It took alittle time for me to work out what the Governors were forand how they set about their work.The more meetings youattend, the more quickly you get used to the role, and areable to contribute by asking questions and discussing issueswith different members of staff.The more one contributes,the more interesting it becomes.

What inspired or influenced your decision to becomea Public Governor?As a member of the Trust, I enjoyed reading BarnsleyHospital News and when the next elections for Governorswere advertised, I thought that this would be an interestingrole to play. Happily my wife and I are very healthy but as weget older we find ourselves visiting different clinics.We havebeen very pleased with the way in which those have workedand looked after us. So I stood for election and was fortunateenough to be elected.

When you’re not busy with work what do you enjoy doingin your spare time?Now that we are retired we seem to be increasingly busy.We spend time with our grandchildren, which helps to keepus young. I like to read the newspapers thoroughly and docrosswords and other puzzles to keep the brain active.We also enjoy music and the theatre and spend time atconcerts, the theatre and the opera.We have a walk as oftenas we can to try to keep fit, and we really enjoy our holidaysand time with our friends.

Governor inthe spotlightTony DobellPublic Governor

The New Year brought new Governors and a new Non-Executive Director. We welcomed three new PublicGovernors, Kathryn Armitage, Steve Long, and RobertSlater, and two new Staff Governors; Gilly Cockerlineand Joanne Bleasdale. You can find out moreinformation about the new Governors in this editionof Barnsley Hospital News. In other Governor news,previous Staff Governor, Jordan Ramsey, was not re-elected and Zubair Warriach, also a Staff Governor,was not re-elected. We’d like to thank them for theircontribution and wish them well in the future.

The Governors’ Nominations Committee interviewedapplicants for the vacant Non-Executive Director post inNovember and the Council of Governors, at its meeting on3rd December, accepted the recommendation of theNominations Committee to appoint Janet Dean with effectfrom 1st January 2016.

In other news,The Care Quality Commission report on thehospital was published in January.Trust Chief Executive,Diane Wake, gave a presentation to Governors on theTrust’s response to the CQC report at the Council ofGovernors meeting on 17th February.We were pleased thatthe majority of areas inspected by the CQC were rated as‘Good’ (with one as ‘Outstanding’) and the response of theTrust to the areas requiring improvement. Despite thepressures on the hospital the staff are doing a tremendousjob in maintaining a high quality service to the peopleof Barnsley.

The financial position of the Trust remains a priority andthe Governors are pleased at the action taken by the Boardof Directors.

The Council of Governors regularly receive reports fromthe Directors on the deficit position and the turnaroundplan.These are extremely difficult times for the whole ofthe NHS, and most Trusts are in financial deficit.TheGovernors share the view of the Board and the staff that,despite financial pressures, we must not compromise onpatient safety and quality of service.

There has been a lot in the media about hospital sevenday working and claims that patients admitted over theweekend are at greater risk than when admitted onweekdays. From the information we have received asGovernors this is clearly not the case in Barnsley Hospital,and if you are unfortunate enough to require hospitaladmission over the weekend you will be as safe as ona weekday.

Finally I would like to invite you to come along to the nextCouncil of Governors meeting, on 20 April.These eveningmeetings are held every two months, in the hospital’sEducation Centre. Meetings of the Board of Directors arealso open for observation by members of the public.Youcan find the dates and times of these meetings on theBarnsley Hospital website.

Joe Unsworth, Lead Governor

Welcoming our new GovernorsWe are pleased to welcome ournew Governors, Steve Long,Robert Slater, Gilly Cockerline,Joanne Bleasdale and KathrynArmitage, who recently joined theTrust this year and will sit on theCouncil of Governors.

Governors play an important role in theTrust and act as the voice of localpeople. The Council of Governors isresponsible for helping to set thedirection and shape the future of thehospital, based on members’ views.Our Governors support a range ofactivities across the hospital, including;representing patients, staff and public,improving access and patientcommunications, providingconsultation and involvement,

focusing on environmental issues andhospital resources, encouraging morepeople to become Trust members,appointing the Trust’s external auditorsand appointing non-executive auditors.

The Council of Governors is made upof sixteen Public Governor seats, sixstaff seats and seven nominatedGovernor seats from partnerorganisations. Three of our newGovernors make up the publicconstituency while the remaining twojoin our staff constituency.

Kathryn Armitage, Public Governor, isa semi-retired, qualified accountantwho has lived in Barnsley for themajority of her life. Kathryn waspreviously a Finance Director for adivision of a large PLC for 25 years.

Steve Long, Public Governor, is a CivilServant who has managed largenumbers of staff across the UK.His work requires communicating withpeople across all walks of life at variouslevels, from Cabinet Ministers to theman in the street.

Robert Slater, Public Governor, hasworked as a Director and CompanySecretary for a local engineeringcompany whilst has enabled him tohave a full insight into peoplemanagement and financial statements.

Joanne Bleasdale and Gilly Cockerline,both Staff Governors, have worked atthe Trust for many years now.Joanne works as a Senior PaediatricPhysiotherapist in Physiotherapy whileGilly works as a Contract SeniorInfection Prevention/Control Trainerin Infection Control.

Steve Wragg, Chairman of BarnsleyHospital, said: “I am delighted towelcome our five new Governors.There was a significant amount ofinterest in these positions which is areal testament to the increasinginterest and positive reputation ofBarnsley Hospital as a brilliant placeto work.”

Lead Governorupdate

Kathryn Armitage Steve Long

Joanne Bleasdale Gilly Cockerline

Robert Slater

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Barnsley Hospital Charity update

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 •

Sainsbury’s Local has been fundraising for the Tiny Hearts Appeal as Charity of the Year – buttwo local stores, Monk Bretton and Athersley, recently joined forces to submit a bid for acommunity grant from Sainsbury’s grant scheme. The application was successful and £1,000community grant has been awarded to the appeal.

Thank you to all the staff who have supported our appeal!

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Margaret Broadhead, one of the hospital volunteers.Margaret kindly knitted some Easter chicks which went on sale this week from the volunteerscafé in the hospital – each chick contained a Cadbury’s Crème Egg. They sold out within an hourand raised a fantastic £55. Monies raised went to our Tiny Hearts Appeal.

Thank you Margaret and well done!

Volunteer knits Eastertreats for Tiny Hearts

Sainsbury’s Localcommunity grant

Left to right: Claire Musson, Yasmin Henstock, Amanda Bennett, Steve Wragg, Janice Elvin, Diane Mellor, Nicola Scott,Angela Pursglove and Helen Jaggar, Chief Executive.

Berneslai Homesfundraisers help appealBerneslai Homes has been fundraising for the Tiny Hearts Appeal throughout 2015 and 2016and they raised a brilliant £1,146.94 for the appeal! They presented a cheque to Steve Wragg,Chairman of Barnsley Hospital Charity on 8 February.

Thanks for your support guys!

Royal Engineers AssociationMembers of the RoyalEngineers Association inBarnsley have kindlydonated a cheque to theTiny Hearts Appeal for£400. The donation wasmade after themembership reduced tojust five members andthey sadly decided toclose the branch,donating the funds to ourcapital appeal.

Thank you to all forthinking of us!

Alhambra Shopping Centresupports Tiny HeartsThe Alhambra Shopping Centre has been fundraising for our Tiny Hearts Appeal over the lastyear and have raised in excess of £6,500 – with £5,000 being raised from the Christmas Grottoalone.

Alhambra’s marketing manager, Steph Higham said: “As a company we choose a local charity tosupport every year and given the great work the hospital does for the local community, we hopethat our donations will help them continue to do so and help with the new baby unit.

A special thank you goesout to all the volunteersrepresenting the charitywho worked in ourgrotto this year, wecouldn’t do it withoutthem.”

Thanks to everyone atthe Alhambra for their

on-going support!

Members of Barnsley’s Royal Engineers Association presenting cheque toSteve Wragg, Chairman of Barnsley Hospital Charity.

Jon Robinson, Monk Bretton Store Manager, and Russell Holmes, Athersley Store Manager.

Nominate YOUR starof Barnsley Hospital

We’re pleased to introduce you to Barnsley HospitalCharity’s new Fundraising Co-ordinator, BethKaminski. Beth started her new role in Februarywhen the previous post holder left the Trust.

Beth brings a wealth of experience to the role withfour years fundraising experience working in anumber of positions for Overgate Hospice inElland and for Yorkshire's leading children’scancer charity, Candlelighters, which is based inthe Leeds General Infirmary. She also holds a firstclass BA honours degree in Events Management.

Beth said of her appointment: “I am so excited tostart my role as Fundraising Co-ordinator and

to work along side the CommunicationsTeam, who have all made me feel

very welcome!

“Barnsley Hospital Charity isa fantastic cause and I am very

eager to get stuck in and startraising lots of money! If youhave some ideas or would liketo fundraise please do get intouch, I would love to hearfrom you!”

Beth is the first point ofcontact for all things BarnsleyHospital Charity related, she isbased on site at the hospitaland can be contacted on01226 431650 Monday –Friday, 9am – 5pm.

Welcome to yournew role, Beth!

For the past seven years we have heldour annual Barnsley Hospital CharityHeart Awards, which recognise thehard work and dedication of staff andvolunteers. In the past only staff wereable to make nominations, but in 2014we added a brand new ‘Patient’sChoice’ category.

The Patient’s Choice category givespatients, past or present, or theirrepresentatives, a chance to nominatea member of staff, or a team, whothey feel has made an outstandingcontribution to their care. Patients cannominate any member of staff or team,from a volunteer to a surgical team.

Chief Executive, Diane Wake, said:“We added this category to givepatients the opportunity to contributeto the awards. We have received somefantastic nominations from patientsthe past two years and I encourageanyone who has experienced excellentcare in our hospital to nominate forthis years awards.

“It doesn’t have to be clinical staff younominate, any can nominate anyone.It could be the receptionist that wentthat extra mile to make you feel relaxedand showed you where to go, or itcould be the surgeon that removedyour appendix and saved your life.It’s really up to you!”

The winner will be selected by apanel of judges made up of keystakeholders including patient andstaff representative. They will bepresented with their award at TheBarnsley Hospital Charity HeartAwards on Friday 10th June 2016 atOakwell Stadium, Barnsley.

If you would like to make anomination please go to

www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/heartawards2016 and click on the linkto the nomination form. Please make

sure you click the Patient’s Choicecategory when prompted. If you wishto nominate more than one member

of staff or team you can do thison separate forms.

Our annual staff awards now has a category which gives patients thechance to nominate a member of staff who they feel has gone above andbeyond their line of duty.

Beth Kaminski,Fundraising Co-ordinator

Welcome to BarnsleyHospital Charity’snew Fundraising

Co-ordinator

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Diane Wake andSteve Wragg at

the incubator.

The initiative was officially launched at WorldPrematurity Day on 17 November 2015, and hasproven to be a huge success, contributingsignificantly to the charity’s capital appeal.

The Tiny Hearts Appeal is a campaign run by thecharity which aims to raise £1 million to support thedevelopment of a brand new, state of the artneonatal unit for babies who need special care.The unit will be situated alongside the BarnsleyBirthing Centre which means that the babies will nothave to be exposed to different environments anddifferent temperature changes, nor will they have tobe taken into a lift to be moved.

The charity received the incubator after it waskindly donated free of charge by Drager Medical UKLimited and adapted to be made secure by PaulNicholes, Specialist Medical Engineer Technician.It is now being used as a visual tool for the TinyHearts Appeal and is acting as a giant money box toraise funds for the appeal.

Our Chief Executive, Diane Wake, said: “Since itslaunch, the incubator has received many positivecomments from staff, patients and the public and

has proved to be a real hit and vocal point ofconversation.

“Children stop to put their pocket money inside,and I have even heard some parents explaining totheir children that they were once cared for in anincubator. Everyone has a story to tell, and theyoften share these with us.

“We all know someone who has had a baby or is dueto have a baby and this is a chance to raise funds forBarnsley Hospital and support the build of a brandnew home for Barnsley’s special care babies.”

Premature babies are underdeveloped and have tobe given extra help for their tiny bodies to cope withthe outside world, and can spend up to 13-14 weekson the unit. The care on the unit is focused aroundallowing the babies to fully develop and the currentunit needs to be updated and expanded in order toallow parents to have proper bonding time withtheir babies.

If you’d like to support the Tiny Hearts Appeal,you can make a donation online at

www.justgiving.com/tinyhearts or alternatively,contact the charity on 01226 431650.

We would like to say a huge thank you to our patients, staff and the general public who havemade donations to the Tiny Hearts Appeal incubator – no matter how big or small – helping itraise over a fantastic £12,000 in under just five months!

Tiny Hearts incubatorhits over £12k

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The Barnsley Babies Initiative

We are delighted to announce the purchase and successfulinstallation of the latest state-of-the-art equipment for thetreatment of urinary stones.

The Lumenis Versapulse™100 watt Holmium Laser was installed atthe Trust in February 2016.

The laser is the first of its kind to be used in Barnsley and it isexpected to greatly improve the overall patient journey for thoserequiring this kind of treatment. Previously patients with stonedisease required treatment at Sheffield. Although the service theyreceived was excellent, it required three separate journeys to Sheffieldwith the associated problems of driving, parking, time and cost.

The Urology Department has also invested in the very latesttelescopes, including two Storz Flex-XC digital flexible uretero-renoscopes.This remarkable piece of technology is a telescope sothin and flexible it can be passed into the bladder, right up into thekidney and turn stones into dust even round a bend of 180 degrees –a procedure which would have been impossible only 25 years ago.

Mr Stephen Mitchell, Consultant Urological Surgeon and ClinicalLead for the Division of General Surgery and Urology, said: “I amdelighted that we are now able to offer the very latest state-of-the-arttechnology for the treatment of urinary stones at Barnsley Hospital.This means the best available treatment to local people from theirlocal hospital.The holmium laser gives unrivalled performance andsafety in the treatment of stones in the kidneys, ureters and bladder,the vast majority of which we can perform as a day case.

“To be able to develop this new service is a personal privilege for me,and great news for the people of Barnsley.”

Mr Mitchell and his team treated the first patients with the laser onTuesday 23rd February and the feedback has been positive.

Barnsley Hospital and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have teamed upto provide information and advice to new parents and parents-to-be.

Our Maternity Services Team has been working withCommunity Safety Officers from South Yorkshire Fireand Rescue Service to develop the Barnsley BabiesInitiative. The initiative aims to raise awareness ofhow parents can ensure that babies are sleeping in asafe environment. The initiative was launched in linewith the Lullaby Trust’s national Safer Sleepcampaign.

The Safer Sleep campaign promotes the importanceof safe sleeping for the whole family including adviceand guidance on how to significantly lower the riskof Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). WhileSIDS is rare, there are essential things that parentscan do, or avoid doing, to lower the chances of SIDS.

Our Maternity Services Team has undergone trainingwith South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to learnabout fire safety and how parents can ensure thattheir child is kept safe whilst sleeping. The BarnsleyBabies Initiative promotes messages including; theimportance of a smoke free home and car, the bestsleeping position and environment for babies andtemperature control.

During the week commencing 14th March Barnsley

Hospital supported the national Safer Sleep Week.Maternity staff were available in the Women’sServices foyer to offer advice and information toparents, visitors and members of staff.

As part of the Barnsley Babies Initiative midwiveswill now provide all pregnant women with aSleepsafe bag which includes a room thermometerwhich has advice about safe temperatures printedon it, a scan frame to display prenatal scans and adocument file for parents to keep important healthinformation about their baby in. The bag also hasessential information and maternity contact detailsprinted on it.

Joanne Poskitt, Specialist Midwife, said: “We havebeen working with the Fire Service for a while nowand we are extremely proud of the Barnsley Babiesinitiative, we have had some fantastic feedback fromour mums. We are excited to launch the Sleepsafebags for new parents and initial feedback has beenvery positive.”

For more information about the national SaferSleep campaign, please visit the Lullaby Trust

website at www.lullabytrust.org.ukSleepsafe bag andcontents.

Mr Stephen Mitchell, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Ben RoebuckLaser Protection Officer with the new equipment.

Consultant Paediatrician, Dr RajeevGupta, and his clinical team forweight management were finalists inthe prestigious General Practice Awards2015 in the Clinical Team of the Yearcategory.

Dr Gupta and his team developed a uniquemodel for weight management for childrenliving in Barnsley, known as the DoubleIntegration Model. The model aims to dealwith obesity and weight management issuesin children and is run in conjunction with theadult weight management services. Theweight management team will providespecialist support and a programmespecifically created for each individual child.

The hospital works together with communityservices to better help educate children andtheir families about obesity and its effects.The model works by encouraging childrenand families to make sustainable lifestyleand behavioural changes together, such ashealthier eating and increasing physicalactivity.

The General Practice Awards take place eachyear and are designed to recognise, highlightand reward the hard work and innovationthat happens every day in surgeries across theUK. The awards were held on 26th November,at the Lancaster Hotel.

About the award, Dr Gupta said: “The servicehas been very effective and I am incrediblyproud of the whole team for developing sucha successful service and for receiving thenational award.

“We have worked very hard to develop theservice and it’s great to know that it is having apositive impact on the lives of children in thelocal community.”

For more information and advice aboutweight management services for children,

please contact 01226 432860.

In her role as Head and Neck Cancer NurseSpecialist, Lisa Sanderson works daily withpatients who are suffering from various formsof cancer but it wasn’t until March last yearthat Lisa could truly appreciate what theywere going through.

Sadly in March 2015 Lisa was given the lifechanging news that she had rare aggressiveneuro endocrine cancer in her breast afterfinding a lump one morning.

Thankfully Lisa is now on the road to recoveryand she is using her own cancer journey tohelp her patients through theirs.

When Lisa started back at work in January2016 she created a notice board detailing hercancer journey from diagnosis to the end ofher treatment. Lisa’s board includes picturesand anecdotes which explain how she felt ateach stage of her journey and tips and hintsfor getting through each stage. The board ison display for her patients to look at whenthey are in hospital.

Lisa said: “I had a lumpectomy in April 2015followed by further surgery to remove lymphnodes, I then underwent five cycles ofchemotherapy and twenty three sessions ofradiotherapy. It was really gruelling bothphysically and mentally and although I havealways been empathetic towards my patientsI didn’t really understand what they weregoing through until I experienced it first hand.

“My family and friends were a fantasticsupport to me throughout my treatment andwelcoming my new granddaughter to thefamily helped me focus on the positives.My patients were also really supportive and Iattended support groups with them. I decidedto document my journey so I could see howfar I had come, it wasn’t until I looked backover the pictures that I realised how poorly Iactually looked.

“Now I am back at work I want to use myexperience for something good, I am hopingthat by sharing my journey with my patients itmay relate to some of their experiences andgive hope and inspiration.”

Lisa’s board is based in the OutpatientDepartment where she works, she has also

been asked to create a booklet about herjourney to share with patients suffering frombreast cancer, this is Lisa’s next project in this

stage of her journey.Welcome back, Lisa!

Barnsley Hospitalinstalls state-of-the-art equipment

A Barnsley Hospital Nurse Specialist is using her experience of being diagnosed withcancer to help her patients through their own care journey.

Nurse uses her cancer journey to help patients

Lisa with her journey board.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust // March 2016 7newsBARNSLEYHOSPITAL

Barnsley Hospitalpositive aboutemployingdisabled peopleWe are pleased to announce that wehave been awarded ‘two ticks’ for beingpositive about employing disabledpeople.

The ‘two ticks’ positiveabout disabilitysymbol isawarded byJobcentre Plusto employerswho arepositiveaboutopportunitiesfor disabledpeople, andhave madecommitments toemploy, keep anddevelop disabledmembers of staff.

The Hospital’s Equality andDiversity Manager, Beverley Powell, said:“We are delighted to have been awarded thetwo ticks symbol fourteen years in a row.Weare proud of our continued commitment tothe equality and diversity agenda.

“The symbol helps to make it clear todisabled people that we are positive abouttheir abilities and welcome applicationsfrom them. It also shows our existingemployees that we value their contributionand will treat them fairly should theybecome disabled.”

Employers who use the two ticks disabilitysymbol have to make a number ofcommitments regarding recruitment,training, retention, consultation and

disability awareness.These are:

n To interview alldisabled applicants

who meet theminimumcriteria for a jobvacancy and to

consider them ontheir abilities

n To discuss withdisabled employees, at

any time but at least once ayear, what both parties can

do to make sure disabledemployees can develop and use

their abilities

n To make every effort when employeesbecome disabled to make sure they stayin employment

n To take action to ensure that allemployees develop the appropriate levelof disability awareness needed to makethese commitments work

n To review these commitments each yearand assess what has been achieved,plan ways to improve on them and letemployees and Jobcentre Plus knowabout progress and future plans.

Introducing the new IronDeficiency Anaemia Service

Iron deficiency anaemia is a conditionwhere lack of iron in the body leads to areduction in the number of red blood cellsand is a common cause of anaemia whichneeds early assessment.

The new service is extremely beneficial topatients who previously may have beenreferred to various different clinics beforebeing assessed by the relevant physician.The role of the service is to triage, investigateand manage patients with iron deficiencyanaemia in a timely fashion.This will reduceunnecessary admissions and length of stay.

All patients with iron deficiency anaemiacan now be referred to the nurse-led clinicand have a point of call if they need anyfurther support or advice. Doctors in thehospital and GP’s across Barnsley are able to

refer iron deficiency anaemia patients to theservice, either on an internal referral formor on a choose and book referral.

Stacey Ward, Specialist Nurse, said:“The Iron Deficiency Anaemia Service wasintroduced in January 2016.The service hasallowed us to work much more quickly as allpatients are assessed in a centralised clinic.Having this service means that there is nowa set protocol and pathway when patientsare referred and we’re very pleased withits success.”

The service is run byStacey Ward, Specialist Nurse.

If you would like any moreinformation about this service,

please contact Staceyon 01226 431389.

We have recently introduced a new Iron Deficiency Anaemia Service to the Hospital.The new service is a nurse led clinic to assess and manage patients with irondeficiency anaemia.

We need YOUR opinions!Help us develop our services

and priorities for 2016/17We are committed to providing safe,quality care for our patients and theirloved ones. Quality means gettingthings right first time, every time for allpatients who use our services, theircarers, families and our staff.

Our Quality Strategy was first introduced in2014 and helps the Trust identify what we aredoing well and most importantly what wecan do better and how.

We have always been committedto providing the highest standardof care and we listen to the viewsof our patients, our staff andother stakeholders to ensure wecontinue to deliver high qualitycare and make improvementswhere necessary.

At the start of each financial yearwe identify potential areas forimprovement and as part of this process, wewould like to know what matters to you tohelp us develop our quality goals for thecoming year, we want to hear your opinionson how we should shape our services.

We have created a short survey to enable youto give your feedback, to make it as easy aspossible for you there are three ways you cancomplete the survey:

By typing this address in to your internetsearch barwww.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/qualitypriorities.

If you have a smart phone with a QR readeryou can access the survey by scanning theQR code below.

Or if you would prefer to fill in apaper copy you can collect onefrom the PALS desk in the mainentrance of the hospital andreturn your completed surveyto the same desk.

The survey is one multiple choicequestion with the opportunity toleave a comments it should take

no longer than five minutes to complete, isconfidential and is open to everyone,including staff.

Thank you, we really appreciate youtaking the time to give your feedback!

Barnsley Hospital receivesgenerous donation frompatient’s estate

Miss Alison Wilkie Davies of Cawthorne, wastreat under the care of Doctor M Jamil Malik,Consultant Physician in RespiratoryMedicine. She was diagnosed using anEndobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy(EBUS) which is a minimally invasive buthighly effective procedure used to takebiopsies from patients’ lungs without theneed for general anaesthetic.

Alison requested that the remainder of herestate was to be distributed by her twoexecutors. One of the executors, Mr EdwardWood, met with Dr Malik to find out whatkind of equipment would benefit theRespiratory Department. It was clear that theuse of the EBUS to detect and diagnoseAlison’s illness was invaluable.

When Alison sadly passed away, Mr Woodallocated funds to specifically purchase threenew diagnostic tools at a cost of over£150,000; another EBUS, a bronchoscopefor opening up and viewing inside the lungsand an endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) whichallows medical staff to obtain images andinformation about the digestive tract andthe surrounding tissue and organsincluding the lungs.

Dr M Jamil Malik, Consultant Physician inRespiratory Medicine and Specialist in EBUS,said: “It is fantastic that this patient was soimpressed with the care she received here.We are extremely grateful to receive thisgenerous donation from her estate.

“The donation has allowed us to purchasethe new equipment which will really helpthe people of Barnsley. Before BarnsleyHospital had the EBUS system installedpatients who needed a biopsy would need tobe transferred to Sheffield for invasive surgeryunder general anaesthetic. Having the scopesin place here at Barnsley not only meanspatients don’t have to travel for theirtreatment but also means their treatment issafer with less risks.

“We were the first hospital in South Yorkshireto use the EBUS and have safely diagnosedover 200 patients without having to sendthem to Sheffield for treatment. We can alsouse the scopes to stage cancers and see if ithas spread. Now thanks to this patient’ssignificant donation we will be able todiagnose and treat more patients.”

The donation is one of the largest ever madeto Barnsley Hospital from an estate and will

greatly improve the care for Barnsley patients.

We have recently received a generous donation in memory of a patient whounderwent treatment in the Respiratory Department.The donation has allowedthe department to purchase new equipment to benefit patients across Barnsley.

Mr Wood and Dr Malik with endoscopy staff.

March 2016 // www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk8newsBARNSLEYHOSPITAL

Hi Emma, thanks for meeting with us today.First of all, can you explain to us what theCommunications Team does?Emma: Our team takes a leading role in how BarnsleyHospital interacts with the community and how itcommunicates with patients, staff and other relevantgroups, such as the media, partner organisations, localpoliticians etc.

As a team we are responsible for a wide range of tasks butsome of our main duties are listed below.

n Managing the reputation of the Trust

n Developing, implementing and evaluatingcommunications strategies

n Ensuring effective two-way internal communications

n Taking the lead on media handling, proactively placinggood news stories, dealing with enquiries and producingmedia releases

n Developing links with stakeholders such as BarnsleyCouncil and Barnsley CCG

n Producing internal and external news publicationsincluding Barnsley Hospital News,The Buzz,The Shout Out and In The Media

n Leading public relations

n Taking editorial responsibility for the Trust’s intranet,website and social media sites

n Ensuring that other health organisations are kept fullybriefed on developments, plans and any incidents intheir organisation

n Managing the corporate identity and taking localresponsibility for the Trust’s and the NHS brand

n Advising senior colleagues on strategic communicationsand related issues

n Engaging in health promotion campaigns.

How many members of staff are in theCommunications team?Emma: We are a small but efficient team; there are currentlyfour members in the immediate Communications team.

Along with myself, the team includes;Erin Brady, Communications Specialist,Tanya Oates, Communications Assistant andAbby Mills, Communications Apprentice.

Barnsley Hospital Charity also falls under theCommunications Department so our new FundraisingCo-ordinator, Beth Kaminski, sits with the team.(You can find out more about Beth in her charityintroduction on page five.)

The Trust’s Commercial Marketing Manager, Shaun Beck,also has a link to our team and is involved in some ofour projects.

How does the team work together?Emma: We all work really well together.We regularly haveto work as a team when developing communicationsplans for projects throughout the hospital and beyond.In a communications environment, many things are verytime-sensitive, which means we have to have regular contactand keep each other updated, especially when it comes tomonitoring the press.

We have regular team meetings too where we discussnew and upcoming projects, share ideas and discussour workloads.

Do your team do graphic design work and printing?Emma: We don’t currently have an in house graphic designerin the team.We have made poster, leaflet and PowerPointtemplates available on our staff intranet along with brandingguidelines so staff can put together their own artwork.The Communications Team are more than happy to checkover any posters to ensure they are to Trust brand. For largerprojects my team can provide details of approved externalgraphic designers.

As for printing, unfortunately, we are unable to print orlaminate work for other areas. Staff can request printingwork via the procurement department.

Thanks for meeting with us; it’s been great getting toknow you!Emma: Thank you!

If members of the public, or staff members,would like to share a story about the Trust, eitherfor use in the media or for specific departments,

you can contact the team on the following details:E: communications.barnsley@nhs.net T: 01226 432575

In each edition of Barnsley Hospital News we will be introducing you to one of our teams, departments or wardsso you can find out more about what each area does across the Trust.

In this edition we will be talking to Emma Parkes, Communications and Marketing Director about theCommunications Team.

This year National Apprenticeship Week took place between 14th and 18th March,throughout the week we held a programme of events to come together andcelebrate apprenticeships in our organisation.

Some of the events included partnering up with Barnsley College to showcasecurrent apprentices and provide one to one support for managers who areconsidering recruiting an apprentice.

Our Learning and Development staff also attended a careers fair at BarnsleyCollege to promote apprenticeships opportunities within the Trust.

Theresa Rastall, Head of Learning and Organisational Development, said:“The apprentices that we have here at the Trust bring enthusiasm, a great workethic, energy and a passion for learning. They are valuable members of the teamand contribute to their team’s work.”

Apprenticeship facts

n A person aged 16 or over can work in a care setting, as long as they areundertaking training, are competent and are supervised.

n Apprentice training is tailored to ensure that you develop the skills andknowledge that your employer wants.

n Many successful careers start with an apprenticeship. On completion, 90% ofapprentices stay in employment with 71% staying with the same employer.

n Young people who work in hospitals can work during the hours of 10pm and6am, to maintain a continuity of service to the patients.

n Less than 7% of the current NHS workforce is 16-24.

Apprenticeship opportunities are advertised on the following websites;www.jobs.nhs.uk and www.apprenticeships.org.uk

Left to right: Abby Mills, Shaun Beck, Tanya Oates, Beth Kaminski, Erin Brady, Emma Parkes .

Meet the team… Communications Team

Apprenticeships at Barnsley Hospital NHSJOBSWe have supportedcadets and apprenticesat the hospital for overthirty years and onaverage we have fiftyapprentices working inthe organisation at anyone time. In March, wecelebrated NationalApprenticeship Weekwith a range ofactivities.