 Head of integrated therapies and Allied Health Professional (AHP) lead for WSFT, Gylda Nunn, who has been a key force in driving integration across the Trust, retired on Wednesday, 31 May.
Colleagues came together to show their appreciation for Gylda at a special send-off, including a performance from the LIFT choir. CEO Ewen Cameron said that Gylda had been one of the first people he met at the Trust, and she made him understand the importance of integration and what a key priority it is for our teams.
 In June 1973, records clerk Verna Hamilton was part of a human chain gang moving paper medical records from the old hospital site to the new West Suffolk Hospital. 50 years later, Verna is still with us at Hardwick Lane, and still managing patient data with the trauma and orthopaedics team.
On 1 June chief executive Ewen Cameron presented Verna with a trophy to mark her 50 years’ service.
Members of the WSFT estates development team have been shortlisted for a national Health Estates Facilities Managers Association (HEFMA) award in the Project of the Year category in relation to managing the West Suffolk Hospital’s RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) infrastructure.
The awards were held this week at the HEFMA National Leadership forum in Milton Keynes.
 To mark National Volunteers’ Week, 1 to 7 June, voluntary services manager Val Dutton celebrates our volunteers.
At the start of National Volunteers’ Week, we want to take the opportunity to acknowledge and shout about everything our amazing volunteers do to support our staff, patients and visitors.
The past year has brought challenges to the healthcare sector, and we are especially proud of how well our volunteers have coped with the impact this has had on their volunteering roles, and they have continued to work incredibly hard to support our amazing staff and patients.
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Next Friday, 9 June, will see the first Schwartz Round for WSFT staff, who are invited to join a forum where colleagues from all disciplines and roles can gather to discuss the challenges of the emotional and social aspects of working in healthcare.
The underlying premise of this initiative is that the compassion shown by staff can make all the difference to a patient’s experience of care, but that to provide compassionate care staff must, in turn, feel supported in their work. The Round is from 1 to 2pm in education centre, with lunch provided from 12.30pm. The first topic is “How Covid has changed me”.
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Two Schwartz round steering group members, Joanne Hoyle (pictured left) and Christian Jenner share their thoughts.
 Dietitians Week begins on 5 June, and the image below shows the daily themes being highlighted. Members of the Trust’s dietetics team are aiming to use this week to promote their profession and spread the message about the important and varied work that they do.
The week is organised by the British Dietetic Association (BDA), and you can read more about the week and the work of the BDA in celebrating and supporting this diverse profession and workforce here.
Carers’ Week runs from 5 to 11 June and recognises the huge contribution unpaid carers make to society.
At WSFT we will be marking the week with:
- Thursday, 8 June from 2 to 4pm in the WSH Chapel: Tea, Cake and Advice Drop In for all carers. This includes staff as well as the family carers who visit our patients. Please encourage unpaid carers within your area to come and see us! Free goody bag gifts provided by My WiSH as well and free tea and cake
- Friday, 9 June between 11am and 4pm, Carers Bus from Suffolk Family Carers will be in visitors’ car park D (by the rear entrance). Encourage your family carers (including colleagues) to drop in!
From next week, a member of the patient safety team will be available in the counselling room in the chapel once a month between 1 and 2pm. This is an opportunity to ask questions, discuss how best to raise your concern or share your suggestions about how we can improve patient safety in our organisation.
No appointment is necessary, just drop in:
- Tuesday, 6 June
- Wednesday, 5 July
- Thursday, 3 August
- Friday, 8 September
- Monday, 2 October
- Tuesday, 7 November
- Wednesday, 6 December.
An online development workshop for support workers, organised by Health Education England, is being held on Wednesday, 7 June from 1 to 3pm. All support workers are welcome and can find out about specific areas of need.
There will be breakout rooms dedicated to:
- job prep and application forms
- academic writing, study prep, accreditation of prior experiential learning and education access requirements
- functional skills
- coaching and mentoring.
Click here to see more information and to register
The national “Legs Matter” campaign takes place from 12 to 16 June.
In advance of the week, Anna Taylor, community lead tissue viability nurse, is highlighting a free online event, with more to come in next week’s Green Sheet:
Tuesday, 6 June 6.30-7.30pm
Webinar - Wound pain: can we do better? Transforming our patient’s quality of life, using non-pharmacological approaches in wound pain management
In a bid to improve the delivery of dynamic air mattresses to the wards, from Monday, 19 June, the IQ Medical dynamic air mattresses will be delivered to the wards already inflated, bagged and ready to go directly onto patients’ beds.
The pilot scheme from our EBME (electro bio-medical engineering) colleagues will run for two weeks to allow the service to be evaluated. The scheme will run from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am to 3pm, with the mattresses delivered by EBME staff. Requests for these devices will remain the same. This is a service development idea so please send any feedback, whether negative or positive, to: lee.heathcote@wsh.nhs.uk. EBME manager.
The Sewing Room at the West Suffolk Hospital will be closed all day on the following Wednesdays: 14 June, 21 June and 28 June.
The rest of the week it will be open as normal from 7.30am to 3pm. Appointments will be needed – contact extension 3555.
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