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04 #DCHSCommunityWeek 06 Annual Members’ Meeting / Annual Governors Meeting 12 Heanor’s Rebirth

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Ingredients

500g of pumpkin

2 tablespoon of coconut oil

1 teaspoon of mustard seeds

1 white onion, diced

Thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled & grated

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1/2 red chilli, diced

1 courgette

2 teaspoons of garam masala

1 teaspoon of turmeric

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

400ml of coconut milk

1 x tin of chopped tomatoes

Method

Cold evenings mean hearty, comforting dinners, and this is just that. Pumpkin makes the best vegetarian curry as it gently soaks up all the spices and flavours. We know it can be difficult to prepare but it’s really worth a few minutes of your time scooping it out!

Preheat your oven to 200’C. Start by peeling, scooping out and chopping your pumpkin into cubes. Drizzle some coconut oil over the pumpkin, season well with salt and pepper and roast for about 30 minutes until tender.

While that’s roasting, slice the courgette. Heat a tablespoon of coconut oil in a medium sized pot on medium heat and add in the mustard seeds. When they start to pop, add in the diced onion. Cook for a few minutes until the onion has started to soften, then add in the minced garlic, ginger, chilli and spices.

When the onion is soft, add in the courgette and toss well. Pour in the coconut milk and chopped tomatoes. Add the roasted pumpkin and bring it to a simmer. Let it simmer for about 15 minutes until the courgette is cooked.

Serve with rice or Indian flatbread with yogurt and fresh coriander.

Perfect Pumpkin Curry Complete this sudoku

while waiting for your curry

to cook!

A warm welcome from Prem Singh, chair

Welcome to our second edition of the new look My Community newspaper.

This edition looks at our first #DCHSCommunityWeek in October packed with exciting events and activities, all covered by the communications and engagement team on our social media channels. We couldn’t quite fit everything in, so if you are interested in learning more about what happened during the week, type in the hashtag #DCHSCommunityWeek on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and it will show you all of our activities.

On a more serious note, we are saying goodbye and thank you to governors leaving DCHS at the end of their terms and welcoming new governors on pages 10-11. An update on the progress of the Better Care Closer to Home consultation taking place in north east Derbyshire is on page 14.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Best wishes,

Prem

Contents

Your editorial team

Lauren Shiel lead editor

Engagement officer

Email laurenshiel@nhs.net Call 07817 823827 Follow @LaurenDCHS

4 #DCHSCommunityWeek

6 Annual Members’ Meeting / Annual Governors Meeting

8 A chat with Tommy Whitelaw

9 Dementia Rapid Response team

10 New and departing governors

12 Heanor’s rebirth

14 Better Care Closer to Home update

15 PLACE visits

Back page Tasty meal for cold nights

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News in brief

Derbyshire community diabetes patients see health boosts after education programmePeople living with, or at risk of, diabetes in Derbyshire have seen huge health improvements after attending X-PERT Health group education sessions to help manage their condition.

DCHS has been presented with two awards by charity X-PERT Health after seeing impressive results for our patients attending diabetes education sessions in 2015 and 2016.

The X-PERT Health sessions aim to educate patients so they can make informed decisions about their lifestyle, to help prevent or manage diabetes.

In recognition of our work in Erewash, joint-funded with Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group, we won second place in the ‘highest participant empowerment and satisfaction score’ category and won third place for the ‘best participant attendance score’.

Video: our achievements and looking to the futureWe launched a brand new video at our annual members’ meeting in October showing our activities and successes over the past year, and looking forward to the future.

Staff from across the organisation can be seen talking about our achievements, including our in-house TV celebrity, Sid (dad) Siddiqui from Gogglebox! Do you know anyone who works for us? Maybe they are featured too!

If you missed the meeting, did you know that you can watch the video on YouTube?

Take a look by searching for Derbyshire Community Health Services on YouTube.com or type: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfqUUmiMKk

Governor election results

We’re saying hello to new governors and goodbye

to those sadly leaving us after their incredible hard work supporting our Trust. Read about the latest changes

on pages 10-11.

Rebecca Oakley editor

Head of communications and engagement

Email rebecca.oakley1@nhs.net Call 07775 435830 Follow @RebeccaDCHS 03

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Frailty in the elderly

Over in Ilkeston, the week kicked off with a special frailty day event for staff, hosted by the Quality Always team. There was a full house at Charnos Hall to hear the brilliant frailty presentation from our deputy medical director, Dr Bola Owolabi.

Virtual chat

Prem Singh and Chris Sands took part in one of our first ever live streamed Q&A sessions answering a host of questions on current hot topics.

Chairman, Prem, and director of finance, information and strategy, Chris, answered questions ranging from future staffing and new models of care to our financial viability in the coming years.

The two bounced the questions and thoughts off one another for the full hour and if you haven’t had the chance to watch the recording yet you’re missing out – see our YouTube channel by searching youtube.com for Derbyshire Community Health Services – it’ll be an hour well spent.

#DCHSCommunityWeekWhew – what a week! The first #DCHSCommunityWeek was an enormous success,

featuring events every day of the week between Monday 2 October and Sunday 8 October.

Kids come calling

School children from Fairfield Primary School came to visit the patients at Cavendish Hospital. The children read to patients on Fenton Ward and entertained them with songs.

Monday

Tuesday

Twitter takeover day

It was twitter takeover day – we gave a big shout out to DCHS, our services, colleagues and patients and closed the week by celebrating what an amazing service DCHS provides to so many people!

Life-saving training

We welcomed Amber Community First Responders, Andy and Michael, who joined us at Babington Hospital on Saturday. The team kindly volunteered their time to teach us the basics of CPR and how to use a public access defibrallator. Thank you Andy and Michael.

School drawing competition

We were overwhelmed by the number of entries we received for our school drawing competition with over 400 entries from 28 schools across Derbyshire.

A shortlisted select of entries were displayed at our Annual Members’ Meeting on Thursday and guests voted throughout the day for their favourites!

We are pleased to share with you the winning designs which will be turned into a poster and all the entries will be showcased across our MIU departments.

Congratulations to both winners!

Thank you to all schools that took part!

Key stage 1 winner

Key stage 2 winner

Saturday

Bake Off!

Several of our public governors and senior executive staff took on the roles of Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith at this years’ bake off, at various hospital sites including Clay Cross, Walton, Buxton, St Oswalds and Ripley.

There was not a soggy bottom in sight!

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Through sharing his moving personal experience of caring for his late mother Joan for five years, Tommy has campaigned for better awareness of how dementia affects lives and for greater support for families and carers.

With an ageing population and increasing numbers of elderly people being diagnosed with dementia, Tommy’s story has attracted widespread interest. His Twitter posts @tommyNtour have

attracted over 15,000 followers and he is in demand to share his story in person, on radio and TV.

During the afternoon, there were presentations from key DCHS people on important aspects of the trust’s work during the past year and looking ahead, we showed a video summarising our achievements and successes over 2015/16, and gave the audience a chance to ask questions.

If you couldn’t attend but would love to see what happened, we streamed the event on our YouTube channel and you can also watch the achievements video we launched at the event.

Youtube.com – search for Derbyshire Community Health Services.

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There was not a dry eye in the house when high profile dementia carer and campaigner Tommy Whitelaw spoke at Belper Town Football Club

on Thursday 5 October during the annual members’ meeting.

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A chat with Tommy WhitelawWe had a chat with Tommy to learn a bit more about why he decided to raise awareness about dementia.

When you first encountered dementia, do you think you knew enough about it to be able to spot the symptoms?

As a son I stumbled in to caring for my mum, with a lack of understanding within and around us.

What inspired you to start your blog, Tommy on tour?

The feeling of loneliness and isolation and suddenly people not seeing my mum for all she was, had been and still had an opportunity to be.

I wanted to try and make that better for my mum and others by raising awareness of dementia.

Going by the letters that you have received from other carers, what would you say the biggest issues

and difficulties are for them in their daily lives?

Loneliness, isolation and a lack of understanding.

What are the three key things that you would like people to take

away from your presentation?

That we are all unique and remarkable and all our stories should matter to all who play a part no matter how big or small that part may be.

And no matter what your role or position, you have the potential and opportunity to transform the lives and experiences of people living with dementia.

When you’re not working, travelling the UK and educating people about dementia, what do you enjoy doing

in your spare time?

I love going on walks, but at the moment all my time is taken up with the tour!

Following the Better Care Closer to Home consultation, the partnership NHS services in Derbyshire are looking to put a similar service in place in North Derbyshire to replace the current hospital bed service. There are currently 6,000 people in North Derbyshire with dementia, and it is expected to rise to 7,000 over the next five years.

The primary aim of the DRRT is to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia at times of crisis, by delivering rapid assessment and intensive support. Research has found that patients with dementia are likely to get better faster from illnesses if they are kept at home rather than taken to an unfamiliar place such as a hospital.

The team is multi-disciplinary and includes mental health nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and health care assistants, supported by others specialising in physiotherapy, psychology and pharmacy.

How will the service work?

The service is delivered in the person’s home. The team is flexible and highly responsive, providing a same-day response. The service is available Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am - 8pm and also between 9am - 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Assessments, interventions and treatments offered by the team are informed by evidence-based best practice (from research and associated guidance including that provided by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence – NICE).

The Dementia Rapid Response Team (DRRT) is a community-based service that has covered the south of Derbyshire since 2015, aiming to provide care and support for patients with

dementia and their carers closer to their homes rather than inside hospitals.

Extended service

Dementia Rapid Response

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Amber Valley, Erewash & South Derbyshire: Ray Asher and Roz Coldicott

Derbyshire Dales & High Peak: Brenda Greaves and Paul Kirtley

Bolsover, Chesterfield & North East Derbyshire: Maureen Strelley and Peter McDonald

Rest of England: Diana Wood

We would like to thank each and every one of our departing governors for their valuable contributions to

the running of our organisation during their terms.

In Bolsover, Chesterfield & North East Derbyshire there were three

vacancies and the following people were elected unopposed -

An election for a third governor will be held in the New Year.

In Amber Valley, Erewash and South Derbyshire there were four vacancies and the following people were elected as a result of the vote -

In Derbyshire Dales and High Peak there were two vacancies and the

following people have been elected as a result of the vote -

In the City of Derby there were two vacancies and the following people have been elected as a

result of the vote -

15 places on the 31-strong Council of Governors were up for election, including 11 public and 4 staff governor posts.

New and departing governors

We also have four newly elected staff governors -

Julian Miller

Julia Ward

John Dick Peter Ashworth

Helen Knight Kevin Miller

Merrilee Briggs Terence Watson

Bernard Thorpe Paul Gibbons

Administrative, Clerical and Managerial Hannah Edwards

Nursing Melanie Baker-Hunt

Other Registered Professionals Sara Nash

Facilities and Estates Louise Holmes

The public governors sadly departing us this year for pastures

new are -

“Getting the builders in”… is not the most soothing of phrases. We’ve seen those Grand Design projects on TV that go massively over budget and over time. But that’s without the combined talents of our capital and estates team to guide things through!

As the brand new Heanor Memorial Health Centre nears completion on budget and on time we take a moment to celebrate their achievement. It really is going to be a lovely new space for our Heanor outpatients’ teams – worth all the packing up to come!

A new era is dawning in healthcare in Heanor – with a brand new health centre set to open its doors to care for today’s residents and future generations of local people.

It marks the end of a long journey to create health facilities fit for the future after the closure and demolition - on asbestos safety grounds - of the community’s well-loved but outdated former hospital.

Many people - including our estates team - have worked very hard to deliver the project successfully. Public opinion was very clear that we should remember the past, while celebrating the future, in naming the new building Heanor Memorial Health Centre.

The name echoes that of its predecessor Heanor Memorial Hospital. In a public vote the new name won 53% of the overall vote.

The total cost of the project is around £3.5m, incorporating not just the building costs but all the associated costs of fitting out, preparing and opening the new building ready for patient care.

When the new building opens in late 2017 it will be a base for a wide range of outpatient services.

The new health centre is due to be handed over by contractors on 24 November. We will then get ready for our first patient appointments on 8 December.

Nearly all the material from the demolished former Heanor Memorial Hospital was recycled, as part of meeting the highest environmental standards for the town’s healthcare project.

In total, the demolition involved the removal of 1,023 tonnes of material, of which 1,018 tonnes was recycled. The total tonnage of material taken off the site also included five tonnes of asbestos, safely removed.

1,200 bricks from the old hospital have been saved to create a memorial seating area within the new healthcare facility, linking the past with the future.

Heanor’s rebirth!Visiting the building under construction in August 2017, our chairman Prem Singh, said:

“This is looking fantastic - not only because we can bring services back into Heanor, into brand new purpose-built facilities, but because a lot of attention has gone into making the facilities look attractive as well.”

November 2015

Amber Valley Borough Council formally approve plans for a single

storey purpose-built health development, as a base for a range of health services for the local community

July 2015

Proposals for a new health centre go out to public

consultation, led by Southern

Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning

Group

October 2015

Heanor Memorial Hospital

demolished in a painstaking brick-by-brick approach to recycle nearly all the material

January 2016

Structural engineers carry out technical

analysis of the site

May 2016

Initial consultation with Heanor

residents on the naming of the proposed new

facilities

September 2016

East Midlands firm A&S Enterprises

Limited appointed

December 2016

Our chairman Prem Singh and guests celebrate the turf cutting ceremony

July 2017

A public vote chooses Heanor Memorial Health

Centre as the name

Late November 2017

The new Heanor Memorial Health Centre building is due to be handed

over to us by contractors

Early December 2017

First patients to be treated in the brand

new building

February 2017

Quick progress on superstructure – up to roof level

June 2016

Tenders invited from building contractors

September 2013

Discovery of widespread asbestos forces closure of the

building

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Heanor Memorial Hospital opens,

paid for by public subscriptions, and cares for

generations of Heanor residents

20,000 bricks which will be used for construction projects that involve the use of reclaimed bricks

A large amount of hard core, made up of broken bricks and other fragmented materials

5,000 roof tiles which will also be used on construction

projects that involve the use of reclaimed tiles

Plastics and glass sent to Ward Recycling Centre for reuse or recycling

Three tonnes of scrap metal

1,200 bricks from the old hospital have been

saved to create a memorial feature within the new

healthcare facility

Reclaimed

and

Recycled

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Heanor Memorial

Hospital - gone but

not forgotten!

Ash Green

“A welcoming, friendly atmosphere.

Spacious and well maintained building

with good light and gardens.”

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To recap, BCCTH focuses on how we can better provide both inpatient and community services to help older people recover more quickly from illness and operations, and older people with dementia in north Derbyshire. It’s a long-term plan and changes will take time to put in place. The full plan and timetable for BCCTH is in development and we are working closely with clinical experts in the services to plan how we, as providers of those services, can adapt them so they’re in line with what local people want and fit for the future.

As with any project of this size, NHS and social care bodies across the north of the county have set

up a full project structure to shape, oversee and implement the plans; joined-up care between us all is integral to making this a success for our patients.

Some of you will be aware that, regrettably, Riverside ward at Newholme Hospital and Hudson ward at Bolsover Hospital have had to be closed temporarily due to safety concerns and to ensure nursing staff are not stretched too thinly. These decisions were certainly not scheduled as part of the BCCTH planned process of implementation, and were not taken lightly. Carolyn White, chief nurse, said: “We have been closely monitoring the staffing levels on the two wards and despite significant

efforts to recruit additional nurses we have now reached the point where it is very difficult to cover the rotas consistently. So we have taken the difficult decision to close the wards temporarily, to help stabilise the staffing situation.” You can read more about the situation at Riverside and Hudson on our website: www.dchs.nhs.uk.

Regular updates charting the progress of Better Care Closer to Home will soon begin.

In the meantime you can find more information about BCCTH at www.northderbyshireccg.nhs.uk, www.hardwickccg.nhs.uk and www.joinedupcare.org.uk

This year we had a string of amazingly successful results:

• We beat the national NHS average on all six areas!

• Four buildings achieved a 100% score rate for cleanliness – Ash Green, Bolsover, Cavendish and Ripley

• We made improvements on last years’ scores, which is very difficult to do when you’re already reaching the 90s on most of your scores!

PLACE occurs annually between March and May, with teams of patient representatives and staff assessors. As part of the assessment process, patient assessors are asked to provide a brief summary which they felt accurately reflects the hospital as a whole.

We had a chat with one of this years’ patient assessors, Sally Wheatley, about the experience from her perspective as a public member.

What happens during a PLACE visit?

It’s an assessment of the care environment from a lay perspective, with an opportunity to chat to staff and patients. We look at a range of things which impact on the quality of patient care which could be anything in the environment!

What do you think of the PLACE visits?

I think the PLACE visits provide an opportunity to bring an everyday lay perspective into the healthcare environment - we may observe things which are not always obvious to staff and can make suggestions for improvement. The visits help me keep in touch with what in-patient care environments are striving to provide.

What is the best aspect of the visits?

The best aspect is that they are conducted in a relaxed and professional way, there’s an opportunity to provide immediate feedback where appropriate e.g. ‘you make excellent food!’ and everyone seems to understand that it’s all about continuous quality improvement. That’s a long winded way of saying they don’t feel tokenistic or disingenuous!

Here’s a few of the comments from our assessors:

St Oswalds Hospital - “Care has been taken with the aim to maintain the building for the future. This also helps to reduce maintenance costs whilst making sure the patient experience is of a high quality.”

Whitworth Hospital - “Considering the age of the building it appears well maintained and fit for purpose. Oker ward lounge/dining room – as a lounge it isn’t user friendly and needs some consideration”

If you would like a copy of this years’ PLACE results, please contact dchst.members@nhs.net to receive an email version.

Better Care Closer to Home

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PLACE visitsThe PLACE (Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment) programme,

gives a visual assessment of the buildings, cleanliness, food services, patient environment, privacy, dignity, disability and dementia friendly environments,

provided across all DCHS community hospitals.

Four buildings achieved a 100% score rate for

cleanliness – Ash Green, Bolsover, Cavendish

and Ripley

Following last year’s extensive public consultation and in-depth analysis of the feedback received, the two clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the north of Derbyshire have now made their

decisions on the broad plans for the Better Care Closer to Home programme (BCCTH).