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 An initiative that encourages children and young people with disabilities to enjoy physical activity has been awarded a grant of £6,600 from Sport England’s Together Fund.
The scheme offers four-week blocks of sessions at three Suffolk sports centres to children who access its service. These can be young people with any disability or long-term condition - such as cerebral palsy.
 The medical division have joined forces with the patient experience team to try and reduce the number of personal items belonging to patients getting lost while they are in hospital.
Lost patient property is a Trust-wide issue and a quality improvement (QI) project was launched following the medical division improvement event last year.
 As part of our ethos to design our new hospital with those who it will impact the most, we want to ask for your input in what we need in our public and retail spaces.
By retail and public spaces, we mean what cafes and shops could be included within the new hospital alongside what waiting areas and receptions look like and include.
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You said we did – research under way on personal protection devices
During our autumn of active listening, as part of the ‘What Matters to You’ engagement with staff, issues were raised around problems with the Soloprotect personal protection devices. Work is underway to review the arrangements for personal protection because of the feedback received.
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Would you like to get involved in Leading Lights?
Leading Lights is an informal conversation on relevant topics in healthcare and is open to all colleagues to attend. The July session will focus on chapter 10 of Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez titled The Drugs Don’t Work.
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‘Healthy Heart – why heart health is important and how to look after yours’ – your invitation to join our Medicine for Members event
All colleagues are invited to join our next ‘Medicine for Members’ event on heart health, due to take place on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 at Sudbury AFC.
The event will feature our lead cardiology consultant, Dr Pegah Salahshouri, talking about how we can all can take positive steps to look after our heart health as well as her experiences as a cardiologist.
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Reflecting on healthcare estates and facilities day
Last week, the estates and facilities division celebrated the 2nd annual national healthcare estates and facilities day. As part of the day, senior managers visited various departments across the division to hand out small tokens of appreciation for the work they do.
My WiSH kindly donated a voucher towards an estates and facilities prize draw. This was drawn by Sue Smith and the winner of the voucher was the catering department’s William Pascual – congratulations William!
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Lymphoedema Support Suffolk offer generous donation
A big thank you to Lymphoedema Support Suffolk (LSS) for their donation of a bio vest and sleeve compression garment to our Trust’s lymphoedema service earlier this month.
This donation was also made possible by a very generous £500 donation from Bury Rotary Club, with the garment being purchased through the My Wish Charity.
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Time Out specials menu
View the Time Out specials menu for the week commencing 3 July.
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 Congratulations to our colleagues from the stroke unit and regular fundraiser Tony Lawrence who took on our charity skydive on Saturday, 17 June.
This event was kindly sponsored by Eileen Hale. You may remember Eileen’s story, her husband Nigel sadly passed away and she made an in-memory donation to thank staff for the great care shown to him during his stay. As Nigel had always wanted to do a skydive, the idea of sponsorship for the event was born.
Ready to cheer the group on, fundraising officer Tanya and comms officer Lucy made their way to Beccles Airfield with Eileen, who’d kindly brought an array of champagne and non-alcoholic drinks for the team to celebrate.
The clouds cleared and the sun was shining, ready for our fundraisers to take the 13,000 ft leap and descend at 120mph...
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 Join our Christian Fellowship
Our Christian Fellowship provides a welcoming space where you can explore and deepen your faith, connect with others who share your beliefs, and experience the transformative power of community.
The group will now meet on the last Monday of each month – at 12.30pm in the chapel at West Suffolk Hospital.
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 Could you be preceptorship champion at the Trust?
Preceptorship is a structured start for newly qualified practitioners. The main aim is to welcome and integrate newly registered practitioners into their new team and place of work.
Preceptorship helps professionals to translate and embed their knowledge into everyday practice, grow in confidence and have the best possible start to their careers. Preceptorship isn’t designed to replace appraisals or be a substitute for a formal induction and mandatory training.
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2-day health coaching skills training
An opportunity for clinicians to develop their understanding of the principles of health coaching and behaviour change as well as a practical set of tools they can apply immediately in their work.
An energising and interactive 2-day course with an emphasis on skill practice and development. Particularly relevant for working with lifestyle change, motivation, managing resistance and increased concordance. This training is recognised and accredited by the Personalised Care Institute.
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Palliative care conference
The next palliative care conference is taking part on Friday 10 November.
The event will be held at the Education Centre at West Suffolk Hospital and will be open to 100 delegates of all disciplines working in the health and social care sectors from across Suffolk and neighbouring counties.
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Senior healthcare support worker apprenticeship (level 3)
This is an opportunity if you are a healthcare support worker working in the hospital or community (either in a nursing or therapy support role) to increase your knowledge and skills and gain a recognised qualification. The course is 18 months long, run in partnership with West Suffolk College and will start mid-September. Successful completion leads to achievement of a level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support.
Nursing associate apprenticeship (level 5)
Studying with the University of Suffolk this two-year programme regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) leads to the completion of a Foundation Degree in Health and Wellbeing and eligibility to register with the NMC as a nursing associate. The course is due to start February 2024.
Registered nurse degree apprenticeship (level 6, 2 year ‘top up’ course)
Studying with the University of Suffolk this two-year programme regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) leads to the completion of a nursing degree and eligibility to register with the NMC as a Registered Nurse. The apprenticeship is due to start February 2024 (please note most applicants will be required to successfully complete a mandatory bridging module which will commence in November 2023 before they can be enrolled onto the course).
Are you a band 6 or 7 clinician with community leadership experience who is looking for a new and exciting challenge? The Trust is committed to developing a skilled and responsive community workforce for the future.
We are looking for individual clinicians who currently work in, or support the community and integrated therapies division, who would like to develop through an apprenticeship / top up module to become an advanced clinical practitioner (ACP).
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The Green Sheet is produced weekly by the Trust communications team Editorial submissions deadline: Tuesday, 5pm.
Please send submissions, queries and feedback to GreenSheet@wsh.nhs.uk
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