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Issue 35
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Friday, 8 September
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 Dear colleagues,
As you may have seen, the Government has asked areas in schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) to close whilst works are carried out and checks and mitigations to make those areas safe are completed.
You will be aware, from our regular updates on this, that West Suffolk Hospital contains significant RAAC material in the roof and walls. Our highest priority has always been, and will always be, the safety of patients, staff and visitors to our sites.
 Today, Friday, 8 September, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Amanda Bennett is leaving WSFT. Thank you, Amanda for your sterling work over the past three years. From Monday, 25 September, Jane Sharland will be taking on the role for the Trust.
 The Trust vaccination team will be providing the COVID-19 vaccine to all our staff and volunteers from next Monday, 12 September. Seasonal flu vaccines are expected to be delivered during the week beginning 18 September, and will be made available to staff as soon as possible.
This year for the first time, all volunteers will also be eligible to receive a flu vaccination via the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Vaccination for both COVID-19 and flu is voluntary and a personal decision, but we do encourage all staff and volunteers to take up the offer to protect themselves, their families and their patients.
Visit our vaccination webpage on the staff intranet here.
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Research praises work of health coaching team
With a growing national focus on the need to support people to take a greater role in managing their health, the work of our health coaching team has been lauded in a recent report.
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Get ready for health coaching awareness week
Our health coaching team will this month be supporting an initiative from NHS England, which is launching the first health coaching awareness week, from Monday, 18 September.
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Themes of patient safety and good practice
The patient safety team be marking Deteriorating Patient Week from 11 to 15 September, with a focus on themes from incident reporting and staff feedback and ideas.
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Celebrating our physiotherapy colleagues
For World Physiotherapy Day today, Friday, 8 September, we are sharing a video featuring a few of our physiotherapists and those who support their work with our patients.
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Meet Joss Ball, energy and waste manager
Watch our video with Joss Ball to learn more about his role at the Trust and the offensive waste rollout.
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Medical Careers Fair
This Wednesday, 6 September, there was an opportunity to find out more about careers open to staff at a medical careers fair held in the education centre.
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Clinicians in partnership to focus on nutrition
Colleagues from our dietetics and nursing teams have joined up to promote safe nutrition, during a Trust ‘Nutrition Focus Week’ from 11 to 15 September. There will be a stand in Time Out restaurant at the West Suffolk Hospital all week, with a different theme each day.
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Hypo awareness campaign
Staff at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are joining forces with healthcare professionals across the country to raise awareness of a short-term complication of diabetes in a national drive to improve knowledge and care.
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Key dates in the Jewish calendar
September sees two of the most important dates in the Jewish calendar: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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Time Out specials
Click below to see the specials for the week commencing 11 September.
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  Soapbox Challenge a huge success
Wow! What a weekend. If you joined us for our fourth Soapbox then we are sure you’ll agree it was a huge success. If you didn’t then where were you? You missed a treat!
We had 14 teams take to the road with themes ranging from Scooby Doo to Mario Bros, Roman chariots to Meccano racers and lawn mowers to fireworks!
Click below to see the results, fundraising total and more photos.
My WiSH nominated for Charity of the Year
We are so excited to announce we have been nominated for Charity of the Year in the Bury Free Press Community Awards. We have been praised as being ‘a crucial charity that supports many aspects of West Suffolk Hospital’. We are passionate about the work we do and look forward to attending the awards ceremony next week. We are keeping our fingers and toes crossed that we bring home the trophy but to have been nominated is an honour.
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Not just a hot flush!
Menopause & Me is a project delivered by Suffolk Libraries in partnership with Suffolk Mind and funded by the Department for Health and Social Care.
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 Calling all community nurses
The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has opened applications for its Aspiring Nurse Leaders Programme 2023-24. The programme is designed to support the personal and professional development of nurses working in community settings, to develop their potential as leaders and managers and bring out the best in all participants.
 Bitesize domestic abuse sessions
Due to limited numbers attending these sessions because of workload pressures, we have decided to stop running these monthly sessions and instead will be offering bespoke training to wards, teams and departments. Please contact Julia.Dunn@wsh.nhs.uk if you would like to book a session for your team.
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 Domestic abuse event postponed
The domestic abuse awareness morning scheduled for Thursday, 19 October, has been postponed to Thursday, 26 October, from 9.00am to 12 noon in the Therapies Training Room at WSH. Everybody is welcome, not just clinical staff.
 NHS Elect flyer for October
Please click the link below to find details of, and to register for, free webinars for NHS staff.
Courses include:
- personal branding
- minute taking
- driver diagrams
- integrated care systems explained
- report writing.
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 Medical reviewer post available
The opportunity has arisen for consultants or SAS doctors to apply for the role of medical reviewer. The role is central to the development of the quality and safety framework at the Trust, which has established a nationally recognised best practice approach to learning from deaths, to improve the care we provide.
This week's jobs
Click below to see the full list of this week's jobs.
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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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