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Staying connected

Ailsa ClaireChief Executive

Last month we held the Health Excellence Awards. What an inspiring evening that was, and a time of great pride. The range of projects and initiatives and the amazing work that our teams are doing is remarkable. I encourage you to read about these initiatives in the Health Excellence Booklet or take a look at the videos available on Hippo. Congratulations to everyone who was recognised at the Awards.

As a health provider, disability touches all aspects of our organisation. We know that many New Zealanders who live with disabilities or chronic health and mental health conditions find it harder to participate productively in workplaces that are not accessible and inclusive.

I am delighted to announce that we have received the Accessibility Tick from the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. While this doesn’t mean we have everything right yet, it means we have made a commitment, we have an action plan and, with the support of Access Advisors and our own people within the organisation, we will continue to make Auckland DHB a more supportive and inclusive place for anyone living with a disability.

Over the last 12 months our partnership with Auckland City Mission has continued to grow. The City Mission provides help and support in so many ways to rough sleepers, to homeless and to many families who just need a helping hand. Christmas is a time when families often do need that helping hand and I hope you will participate in our City Mission collection. If you can, please donate food, toiletries or Christmas gifts for people who are desperately in need of our help. You can see a full list of items needed and where to donate them on Hippo.

After another busy year I hope you all get to spend time with family and friends and have a relaxing Christmas break.

Thank you for everything you have done this year, your commitment, determination and strength has helped us care safely for our patients.

On the cover: Paul Manley, Karen Lovelock, Karyn Lowe and Ann Rudolph celebrating at the Health Excellence Awards. Not pictured: Helen Whitehouse.

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The RMO Clinical Handbook is now available as a mobile app. Sometimes called the ‘3am handbook,’ it is a resource for all interns, house officers and registrars who need readily accessible information to help provide good care to our patients. The first edition of the RMO Clinical Handbook was published in 2001. Now in its 7th edition, the handbook can be downloaded as a mobile app. The content is designed by RMOs and contains 35 medical and surgical chapters, including clear escalation guidelines and algorithms, a popular ‘common ward calls’ section as well as helpful ‘who to call, when to call’ information. The app was created by a team of programmers from the Design Lab in collaboration with a group of junior doctors and the Clinical Education and Training Unit (CETU). Dr Bodhi Wimalasena, editor of this edition of the handbook, says the biggest benefits of the app are automatic updates of important clinical content on a regular basis. “RMOs will get an improved search function, which includes a multi-word search function and a favourite function that allows quick access to common searches. All this means that RMOs can get up-to-date content automatically on their phone or on the ward computers.”The RMO Clinical Handbook App can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

Apple:

Android:

RMO Clinical Handbook App

Leo Li (at the desk), Waleed Al-Saady, Vineet Shrivastava, Bodhi Wimalasena (RMO Clinical Handbook editor), Pat Starkey (RMO Clinical Handbook coordinator).

The new RMO app.

QR Codes for the app

We welcomed 59 new doctors (interns) recently graduated from medical school at an orientation event specially designed to help them get established at Auckland City Hospital. Our new doctors will work in most clinical areas of the hospital.

Meet our new doctors


With the ‘silly season’ just around the corner there can be a lot to get done, both at home and in the office.

Christmas often means time spent with friends and family, and switching off. But it can also be a time of stress.

Wrapping up at work:Manage your time – only take on a realistic amount of work.

Make a list of key tasks so you know where to start when you get back.

Take care of your mental health. Go for a walk in the sun during the day.

Unwinding on your break:Switch off – make sure you take enough time for yourself to rest and relax.

Stick to routine – keep up regular exercise, don’t over-indulge on unhealthy food and drink, and try to go to bed around the time you usually do. Sticking to routine will make the return to work so much easier.

And for those enjoying time in the sun, don’t forget…

Be sun smart: Slip on a shirt, Slip into the shade, Slop on some sunscreen, Slap on a hat, and Wrap on some sunnies.

Remembering Dr Fiona Wu The Diabetes Service is deeply saddened at the recent passing of Consultant Diabetologist Dr Fiona (Tzou Fen) Wu. Fiona was a huge asset to the Diabetes team, well liked by her patients, and highly respected by her colleagues. Fiona graduated from the University of Auckland, School of Medicine in 1992 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College in 2000, specialising in endocrinology. She had an avid interest in clinical research, and worked as a Clinical Research Fellow with the Bone & Calcium Research Group at the University of Auckland. In 2001 she undertook the Nuffield Medical Fellowship at the University of Oxford, obtaining her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in 2007. Fiona returned to Auckland in 2011, to become Consultant Diabetologist at the Auckland Diabetes Centre. She was the lead physician in the Diabetes Research team and has supported registrars and supervised two Diabetes Nurse Specialist prescribers. She was the lead clinician in the Insulin Pump team and worked with the Diabetes in Pregnancy team.Fiona will be remembered not just for her clinical excellence but for her friendly, approachable manner and bright smile. The Diabetes Service will be remembering Fiona’s contribution to Diabetes care and research by developing a scholarship in her name.

Health, wellbeing and sun safety

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From a desire to strengthen employees’ cultural understanding, Auckland and Waitemata DHBs have collaborated to develop and launch the ‘Āke Āke’ tikanga Māori app. So far, it has received incredible feedback from both sides of the Tasman, with Dr Vanessa Beavis, Director of Perioperative Services at Auckland DHB saying, “The app is great. I sent a link to the app to my Australian councillors at the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and

Happy 20th birthday to the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit

Have you downloaded the Āke Āke app yet?

I have had excellent feedback from them too, so well done to the team!”The app is proving to be a valuable pocket tool for on-the-go Māori cultural reference. It holds a range of resources like words for waiata and pōwhiri, and explanation guides on tikanga (cultural customs). Dame Naida Glavish, Chief Advisor of Tikanga explains that the app was “borne out of a need to improve pronunciation and raise cultural awareness around how to work with Māori in our hospitals and in our communities.” Why not develop your te reo over the summer break – download the app for free by searching ‘Āke Āke’ on Google Play or iTunes.

Twenty years ago the first liver transplant was carried out in New Zealand. Professor Stephen Munn has been with our New Zealand Transplant Unit since it opened, performing the very first life-saving procedure and recently completing his 800th live transplant.To mark the occasion, recipients of liver transplants came together with clinicians to celebrate life and the remarkable difference that has been made to so many over the last 20 years.


Our stories, our values, our promise.

Does this reflect what it’s like at work for you?Have a conversation with three different colleagues on what we can do more of to bring our values to life and be the best we can for each other, our patients and our community. For more information head to Hippo.


Earlier this year we asked you to share with us the highs and lows of your experience working at Auckland DHB. Through conversations, walkthroughs, workshops, drop-in clinics and an online

survey, you shared your stories, focusing on how we interact with each other. Thank you for sharing, here’s a summary of the things we heard.


Celebrating excellence in healthInnovation, research and better patient outcomes were the themes being celebrated at the Health Excellence Awards.These annual awards celebrate teams and individuals whose dedication and creative thinking enable Auckland DHB and our partners to provide better care and support for patients, whānau and the Auckland community.Awards were presented to the very best projects in research, community and wellbeing, clinical care, process and systems improvement, and workplace culture. A total of 86 entries were received across all categories. Auckland DHB Chief Executive Ailsa Claire says: “The Health Excellence Awards are a time of great pride as we get to showcase some amazing innovations and the talented people behind them.” Ailsa continues, “This year I was delighted with the calibre of applications. In fact in

the Workplace Excellence category the judges’ role was so difficult we ended up with two winners!” The awards also recognise people who exemplify our values. “The Awards are an opportunity to recognise acts of kindness, going above and beyond, and respectful interactions through our individual and Team Values Awards.” Congratulations to this year’s winners and finalists, and thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application. You can find out about all our amazing 2018 Health Excellence Awards winners and finalists on the Auckland DHB website: adhb.health.nz

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Individual Values Award 2018WWiinnnneerr:: JJaann CCuurrtitissFinalists:• Emmeline Croft• Michelle Knox• Rosie BanburyExcellence Team Values Award 2018WWiinnnneerr:: TTuurreehhoouu MMāāoorri Warrdens KKii OOttaarraa TTrruussttFinalists: • Regional Youth Forensic Services• Recruitment Team• District Nursing – Maungarei locality• Orthoptist TeamExcellence in Process and Systems Improvement 2018WWiinnnerr: Imprroving the carre of the ceelllluulliititiss ppaatitieennttFinalists:• Releasing Time to Care • High Tech Imaging client centric design initiative in primary care • See, best practice can work! Seeing success in a team approach to discharge planning Excellence in Community Health and Wellbeing 2018WWiinnnneerr:: MMuulltitiddiisscciipplliinnaarryy DDiiaabeticc Foot SerrviceFinalists:• Kāinga Ora Healthy Homes: Home is where your heart is • Increasing Community Immunity • Orthopaedic patients getting the right care sooner

OOuurr 22001188 HHeeaalltthh EExxcceelllleennccee AAwwaarrddss wwiinnnneerrss aanndd ffiinnaalliissttss aarree::Excellence in Research 2018WWiinnnneerr:: IInnttrraauutteerriinnee iinnsseemmiinnaatitioonn:: aa pprraaggmmaatiticc rraannddoommiisseedd ccoonnttrroolllleedd ttrriiaallFinalist:• Is it necessary to fast before cardiac catheterisation?

Excellence in Clinical Care 2018WWiinnnneerr:: VVaalluuiinngg tthhee titimmee ooff oouurr lliivvee kkiiddnneeyy ddoonnoorrssFinalists:• Reducing surgical site infections • Optimising acute patient workflow in Emergency CT • Orthopaedic patients getting the right care sooner

Excellence in the Workplace 2018 Joint winnneerrss:: RReelleeaassiinngg TTiimmee ttoo CCaarree aanndd TToo TThhrriivveeFinalists:• AskHR • Joy at Work

Chief Executive Award 2018Winnerr: Fit forr the FuturreFinalists:• Kāinga Ora Healthy Homes: Home is where your heart is • Connecting and supporting patients with SCAD and takutsabo syndrome


In October, the contribution and achievements of the Allied Health, Scientific and Technical workforce were celebrated at their annual awards ceremony. Nominations received for this very diverse service reflected the brilliant work done by the teams every day.“The awards are a great opportunity to recognise our people who are aiming high,” says Sue Waters, Chief of Health Professions. “The whole of the Allied Health and Scientific workforce are a team of people who aim high, whether it’s the things they do on a day-to-day basis, the innovation and improvement projects they lead and take part in, or the research and on-going education they undertake.”“The Awards were a great opportunity to highlight all the work taking place to improve patient experience and health outcomes,” she adds.Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the 2018 Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Awards.

WinnersAdult Community and Long Term Conditions – Innovation and Leadership AwardWinner: Sue JarvisAdult Community and Long Term Conditions – Staff Choice AwardWinner: Claire GreyAdult Medical Directorate Values-based Practice AwardWinner: Sujatha ManiAdult Surgical Directorate AwardWinner: Orthoptist teamCancer and Blood Directorate Innovation AwardWinner: Kristin Chua Cancer and Blood Directorate Values-based Practice AwardWinner: Brett TaylorCardiovascular Directorate AwardWinner: Iris Fontanilla Child Health Directorate Allied Health Professional AwardWinner: Toni ShepherdChild Health Directorate Scientific or Technical Health Profession AwardWinner: Cathy DouglasClinical Support Directorate Individual Award for Leadership and Clinical ExcellenceWinner: Ziyen LamClinical Support Directorate Team Award for Clinical Excellence and Team WorkWinner: Forensic Pathology Team.Clinical Support Directorate Research AwardWinner: Anita JacksonMental Health Directorate Award for Clinical Excellence or InnovationWinner: Richard AllamPerioperative Directorate – Anaesthetic Technician AwardWinner: Kevin Hooper

Perioperative Directorate – Sterile Supply Technician AwardWinner: Endoscopy TeamWomen's Health Directorate AwardWinner: Karen McCormackChief of Health Professions : Excellence in Leadership Award Winner: Trish TillsonChief of Health Professions: Innovation AwardWinner: Nathanial McTaggartChief of Health Professions: Research AwardsWinner: Barbara CormackChief of Health Professions: Values-based Practice Team AwardWinner: Regional Youth ForensicsChief of Health Professions: Values-based Practice Technician Assistant AwardWinner: Carol De'AthChief of Health Professions: Values-based Practice Therapy Assistant AwardWinner: Jan Curtis

You can see a list of all the finalists on Hippo.Thanks to the Auckland Health Foundation for their generous funding to make these awards possible

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Thank you for all that you doThere is a compelling goodness about the work of people in our health system. We see it every day in the hospital and out in the community as we strive to do the best for those who come into our care. Thank you for all that you do, and for the times you go out of your way to manage the difficult situations that arise from time to time. Thanks for the high levels of expertise you bring to your tasks. Thank you for the discipline and generosity you showed during the strikes to keep the hospital going when under the greatest stress. Thanks for the support you provide each other when things get hard and we need to back each other up. Thanks for the genius of the latest innovation and the willingness to try new stuff to improve the patient experience and get better outcomes. Thank you for the way you take care with people’s names and respect the cultures that come through our door. We see our values on show every day, exemplified by your treatment of one another and those we serve. These values are often tested in times of great tension and for the most part they remain authentic and durable. And when things don’t go well, the sense to apologise and move on makes the path forward easier. There is a camaraderie that is to be cherished. May your Christmas give you rest and sustain you.

Pat SneddenAuckland DHB Board Chair


Professor Lesley McCowan Gluckman MedalProfessor Lesley McCowan, an internationally renowned obstetrician, has been awarded the Gluckman Medal from the University of Auckland for her outstanding contributions to pregnancy research. The results of her work have led to changes in clinical practice and health promotion campaigns.

Dr Colin McArthur Beavan Medal for ICU researchDr Colin McArthur is a clinical researcher and intensive care specialist. He was awarded the Beavan Medal – the highest honour from the Health Research Council of New Zealand – for his success in driving ICU research in New Zealand.“The Medal acknowledges the many others involved, and that intensive care research has come of age,” says Dr McArthur.

Professor Cindy FarquharLiley medal for fertility researchProfessor Cindy Farquhar, consultant clinician at Fertility Plus and Women’s Health, received the prestigious Liley Medal from the Health Research Council of New Zealand for her research into intrauterine insemination (IUI) – a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF.Her research showed that IUI was three times more effective than couples trying to conceive naturally around likely ovulation times.

Dr Anil Nair Fellowship in health management Congratulations to Dr Anil Nair, Clinical Director, Adult Emergency Department, who is now a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management and the New Zealand Institute of Health Management.This fellowship is awarded to people who are recognised by their peers as leaders in the health and aged care sectors. Fellowship is the highest membership category and it is recognised both nationally and internationally.

Aiming highCongratulations to our people who have received external recognition for their achievements.

True examples of our people living our value of Angamua – Aim High.

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Local Hero Award winner Greta Pihema receives her award from Chief Medical Officer Margaret Wilsher.

Local Hero Award winner David Smith receives his award from Ailsa Claire.

Congratulations to our October and November local heroes: Greta Pihema, Staff Nurse – Adult Emergency Department, and David Smith, Scheduler – Oncology. Here are their nominations:“Greta is the most patient, caring and kind nurse I have ever come across. She is a strong advocate for her patients. She takes the time to provide medical care for her patients and provides the human touches as well, offering support to patients and their families, cups of tea and food, warm blankets. If any of my family ended up in hospital I would be so happy if Greta was our nurse – can you get a bigger compliment than that! Greta not only provides outstanding care to her patients, but she is always there to provide help and assistance to her colleagues. She is the kind of nurse we all aspire to be, and if we were all like her this world would be a wonderful place. Thank you Greta for the sunshine you bring to the Adult Emergency Department.”

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Jo GeorgeJoanna NuaJoanne CommarieuJohn KolbeJudith BrugesKatrina ProsserKayla HeyerLisa BradyMahia WinderManjula SicklerMaria Talosaga-KumarMax Langlands

“David was called upon to cover the Radiation Therapy reception desk at short notice. He was ‘deployed’ from another area within the service. The Radiation Therapy Treatment team was so very impressed with his eagerness, friendly attitude (to patients and the staff team) and his initiative. He ensured that all after-hours inpatients (including the urgent patients we had) were all booked with the after-hours orderlies and that the appropriate people were aware. He was an absolute pleasure to have as part of our team and he fitted in so well and so quickly. The patients have continued to ask after him as he built great relationships with them in such a short time. Thank you David for being so willing to cover this reception desk at short notice and doing it in such a friendly manner.”

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to our recent starters Hippo turns 2!

In December 2016, we launched Hippo – our new Auckland DHB intranet. Are you still wondering why we named our intranet ‘Hippo’? We asked our teams to suggest a name for our intranet and vote on a shortlist. The winner, ‘Hippo’ references both the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge to share and teach, and the Hippocampus – the learning part of our brain. We’ve come a long way since the launch, and we’re excited about where Hippo is heading!We’ve received some great feedback in the last two years, and have made some changes in response to your suggestions. We hope Hippo is making your life at work easier.Our journey isn’t over yet. We’re still working on moving sites that are currently on the old intranet platform. If you want to find out more, please get in touch with Treesha Sinha, Online Content Editor. Please keep your feedback coming in – there’s a feedback link on every page of Hippo.

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