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For staff, members, patients, visitors & volunteers
Get healthy, stay healthy
Imagine how fit you would be if you could climb Ben Nevis or Kilimanjaro while at work. Well, given the number of steps we have in our hospitals, you very nearly can. If you climb from level 1 to 5 at the Royal Derby Hospital just four times - which some staff will do in one day - you will have scaled the height of London’s Millennium Dome. There’s 96 steps from top to bottom of the Royal Derby Hospital. This means that 87 full climbs would have put you on top of Ben Nevis. Just under 400 climbs - very possible over the course of a year - and you’d be standing on top of Mount Kilimanjaro: the world’s highest freestanding mountain. In this issue of Taking Pride we look at how everyone can keep fit and active. We’ll look at what’s on offer for staff and what colleagues across the Trust are doing to improve their wellbeing, while caring for our patients and service users.
In this issue
The best way we can continue to take pride in caring for our patients is to keep all our staff healthy and happy too.
Meet our new Workforce Director
Free health checks
Senior Sister loses five stone
Wellbeing Services guide
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inform Your wellbeing is our priority. We have projects, innovations, schemes, classes, ideas and tips in place across our Trust to help keep you as healthy and as happy as possible. Meet some of the people making this happen: Dr Neil Pease is Director of Workforce and Corporate Development Dr Pease is a new face at the Trust, taking up his position in June, having carried out a similar role at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. As Director of Workforce and Corporate Development he will ultimately
oversee all programmes related to staff health and wellbeing. He began his career as a service assistant, carrying out portering and domestic duties. He then worked as a healthcare assistant, before moving into Human Resources and Education. He trained in Sports Medicine at the University of Glasgow and has spent a year in professional sport on the Board of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League team. He is married to Becci, a Health Visitor and they have two children.
I’m a firm believer in a good diet and getting active, finding a sport or pastime that suits the person and that they actually enjoy doing. I used to play rugby league and more recently I’ve switched to running, martial arts and the gym. I never use “I haven’t got time” as an excuse - you only need 20 minutes for a quick run and I always feel a lot better for it! “I am passionate that the workplace should be a healthy and happy place. Staff who feel valued, fulfil their potential and enjoy their work provide excellent levels of patient care.”
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Tracy Selsby-Orlandi is our Head of Occupational Health. Tracy manages a multidisciplinary team of 27 doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and administration team members who provide the Trust’s Occupational Health Service for staff. Along with helping our staff, the team also provides services to all NHS health providers in Derby and Derbyshire, which helps to generate income for the Trust. Within the Trust, Tracy also leads our Workplace Health Group which aims to safeguard and improve the health and wellbeing of our staff. Tracy works closely with Vanessa Edwards, our health improvement specialist, to help staff influence healthy lifestyles and offer advice and information about services including stopping smoking, being more active, eating more healthily and avoiding drinking to excess. Tracy also finds time to offer her expertise as an instructor at some of our health and fitness classes.
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What you’re saying In staff surveys you have been telling us what you feel about how we help improve your wellbeing. I’m really grateful for the efforts of my colleagues in the group. Together we’ve helped ensure that there’s lots on offer for colleagues working for us to support their wellbeing at work.”
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Workplace Wellbeing We spend a lot of time at our workplace. Though each of our roles is different, with different physical demands, it is important that we don’t neglect our health while at work. At Derby Teaching Hospitals we offer a range of ways which staff can take advantage of the healthcare skills so abundant in our workforce.
Here to help - staff physiotherapy
Your Occupational Health Service
Musculoskeletal problems can happen to you inside and outside work. Whether it’s a pain in your joints, a strain or a sprain, we can assess you and help get you on the road to recovery. Simply complete the form on Flo and either visit us at Royal Derby Hospital (for injuries under six weeks old) or London Road Community Hospital.
Did you know you can have a free and confidential health check with the occupational health department at any time?
Mountain Challenge At Derby Teaching Hospitals, we have a lot of stairs and using them is a great way to burn off calories and strengthen your muscles. To make using them more interactive, why not check out the British Heart Foundation’s “Mission Very Possible” challenge? It gives you a list of iconic landmarks and lets you see how many stairs you’d need to climb to scale their equivalent heights.
This 30 minute assessment includes information and advice on: n Height, weight, body mass index n Waist measurement n Blood pressure
Grace Pearn, Clinical Team Leader said: We’ll aim to get to you within two weeks, which will save you hanging around. It doesn’t have to be something that’s occurred at work. The Chartered Physiotherapist will then make an assessment, examine you and ask questions, give advice, or hands on treatment, depending on what’s appropriate.”
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to your individual results To book an appointment contact us on extension 54747 between 9am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays)
n Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania -
38,680 steps, 2,578 flights
See the Get Healthy Stay Healthy pages on Flo for further details or call extension 54631(LRCH) or 85520 (RDH).
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Lifestyle Wellbeing The habits we develop in our daily lives have perhaps the biggest impact on our health. Though these ingrained practices can be difficult to change, making healthy choices we can carry out every day is the best route to sustainable wellbeing.
Smoking We offer staff a range of support to stop smoking at the Adult Social Care centre in the Royal Derby Hospital, including Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Champix. These medications are available within hospital and can be arranged with the advisers and ward staff. They also make sure that when patients with smoking habits are discharged they are referred to community services, including Livewell (a healthy lifestyle service) for those living within Derby City boundaries and LiveLifeBetterDerbyshire for anyone within Derby. To contact our stop smoking service, call 87626 or email DCHST.hospitalstopsmokingservice@nhs.net
Mental Wellbeing One in four people will experience problems with mental health in their lifetime. So if you’re having mental health problems, don’t feel alone. NHS Choices has some useful tips for managing stress and there are resources to help you at the Trust. n Be Active - exercise can help clear your thoughts and
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colleagues, friends and family can ease your worries
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a week for some ‘me’ time away from work - listen to music, watch a film or pamper yourself
n Challenge yourself - set yourself goals - such
as learning a new language or sport to build your confidence
Stop before your op: a quitter’s story Allison Earl, a 41-year-old Healthcare Assistant, had smoked since she was a teenager. But she decided to knock the habit on the head when she was getting ready for an operation to have her spleen removed in September 2012. I decided to stop before my op - realising that it was time to get healthy and boost my immune system. I took advantage of the Fresh Start service that’s now been replaced by Livewell. I had nicotine patches - but only for a short time - it was talking it over with someone who understood that really made the difference to me.”
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Diet and nutrition: a lighter future Maintaining a healthy weight is extremely important and while losing weight is challenging, the rewards are huge. Pam Moore, 44, Senior Sister at Derby Private Health has managed to lose five stone over the last three years and keep it off. She began by concentrating on reducing the amount of carbohydrates she ate each day and found that the results were very encouraging. “I also gave up chocolate completely,” she said, “and eventually the craving for it disappeared.”
n Avoid unhealthy habits - don’t rely on alcohol,
Pam went from being around a size 18 to a size 12. She said: “I actually don’t feel that different, but pains in my knees have now disappeared and I am no longer out of breath when climbing stairs.”
n Help other people - try volunteering or do someone a
Foods Pam ate typically were: Bread . Chocolate . Cake . Pasta . Roast dinners
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every day which went well, or for which you’re grateful smoking and caffeine as your ways of coping. Change these habits and tackle the stress favour every day
n Work smarter - not harder - good time management
means quality work rather than quantity
n Accept the things you can’t change - recognise and
accept things as they are and concentrate on everything you do have control over
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Physical W Physical health is something we can far too easily take for granted until we lose it. We all work so closely with patients every day, helping them overcome a wide range of physical conditions. But we must pay attention to ourselves, too: the benefits are huge. Here are some of the ways we are encouraging staff to get fit and some of the people out there getting healthy. As summer approaches, this is a great opportunity to get out, get fit and raise money for good causes while doing it.
Help and support to take that first small step towards a healthy lifestyle change includes gym membership and on site classes, as well as encouragement to try different, more healthy, ways to get to and from work. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
Making good Strides James Realey, Financial Management Assistant, who began as an apprentice in our Finance team runs with the Shelton Striders in Shelton Lock and has recently taken part in the London Marathon. Last year James ran with his club in nine five kilometre runs in nine different countries within 24 hours to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Walking it off
Why not support Derby Hospitals Charity? Contact Julie Chapman on 01332 785731 for more details
Dr Chris Deighton, a rheumatology consultant at the Trust, walked 100km from London to Brighton at the end of May to raise money for the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society, helping those suffering from this chronic form of arthritis which starts in younger people. Dr Deighton is now back in training for the 13 mile Great North Run in September for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS). Year round, on a daily basis, Chris walks the 2.5 mile trip from home to work and back in all weathers.
I took up running at first to keep my weight down, and now train around 2-3 times a week. I was inspired to take up running by my dad - who is still faster than me!”
This was my third year in a row taking part in the London to Brighton walk and I’m delighted to be helping to raise the profile of this charity and help publicise this little known condition.”
If you have any comments or suggestions on how we can improve Taking Pride please email dhft.communications@nhs.net or call 01332 785778.
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al Wellbeing Debbie’s riding high Debbie Bolinger, a Domestic Assistant working at London Road Community Hospital, has just successfully competed in the ‘Special Olympics’ competition run by the Riding for the Disabled Association at Scropton.
I recently met Michael Flatley the dancer - my hero - who has said that ‘nothing is impossible’. This is something which really inspires me.”
Debbie first had heart surgery at the age Debbie has overcome many of two, followed by obstacles in life, including surgery, more surgery as a and is a shining example that if you child to totally correct want to be more fit and active and a congenital heart change your lifestyle, there are steps defect. Debbie, that you can take to get there.” who has learning Malcolm Campion, Debbie’s father difficulties, has also had surgery on her spine and right knee over the years and, at 49, decided it was time to lose weight and return to horse riding. Staff at Glenfield Hospital, where Debbie has had a series of treatments, have helped support her and she has also very much appreciated the support of her managers in the Facilities service of the Trust. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
Get Active! Sunday, July 12: Jenson Button Triathlon - Take on F1
Here’s a quick guide to some of the upcoming challenges in Derby: Sunday, September 20: Cycle Derby North Derbyshire Sportive - Tackle either a 40k, 80k or 160k cycle route up
star Jenson Button as he and hundreds of others complete a 200m lake swim, 10km bike ride, and a 2.5km run at Markeaton Park. To enter, visit www.jensonbuttontri.com
and around the Peak District. Different distances will cater for different abilities. To enter, visit www.cyclederbysportive.co.uk
Sunday, July 19: Kedleston Hall Trail Run - Try either a
Sunday, October 11: Derby City Half Marathon - New
three-mile or one-mile run around the picturesque grounds of Kedleston Hall. Register on the day for a 9am start. To enter, visit www.activederbyshire.co.uk
event for this year, give yourself a real training goal by entering to run more than 13 miles around the streets of Derby. To enter, visit www.sfevents.org.uk/derby-cityhalf-marathon
Travel plan weeks You can also get healthy and stay healthy by trying a different way of getting to work. Why not give it a go? Look out for incentives, offers and advice during our travel plan weeks throughout the rest of the year. June 15 to 19
2 Wheels 2 Work week
July 13 to 17
Walk 2 Work week
September 21 to 25
Leave Your Car at Home week www.twitter.com/DerbyHospitals
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At a glance - what’s on offer for staff? What? Occupational Health Lifestyle Screening
When? Appointments by request
RDH or LRCH
More details Contact us on extension 54747 (external 254747) between 9am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays)
A member of the back care team will make an Complete an Occupational Health referral appointment with form on Flo the referred member of staff in their place of work
Back Care - for concerns about your manual handling technique, work station or back care in general.
BUPA Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) helpline available to all Trust employees and family members over the age of 18 living in the same household.
Where?
BUPA EAP provides a confidential service offering counselling, coaching, advice and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Staff physiotherapy - rapid access to a Chartered Physiotherapist for an assessment and treatment if appropriate.
Call 0800 269 616 or visit www.bupa.co.uk/eaponline
RDH (recent acute injuries) and LRCH (acute and chronic conditions)
Complete a referral form on Flo and get your manager’s signature
Gym in Cardio Rehab
8am-6pm
Level O, RDH
Membership details and form can be downloaded on Flo
Legs, Bums and Tums Class
Monday 5.15pm-6pm
Cardiac Rehab Studio, RDH
Free
Pilates
Wednesday 5pm-5.45pm
Physio Gym, LRCH
Free
Boxing Circuits
Thursday 5pm-6pm
Cardiac Rehab Studio, RDH
£3.50
Zumba (Intermediate/Advanced)
Thursday 5pm-6pm
School of Nursing, RDH
£4
Free week’s membership Virgin Active Health Club Derby
Advertised opportunities each year
Health Hub - access a range of leaflets on healthy living, social care and conditions available for staff, patients and visitors. No Smoking Support - from our in-house no smoking service
Cycle 2 Work - access a new bike up to a maximum value of £1,000, making savings on the cost through salary sacrifice.
Level 1, opposite PALS, RDH Advice and information
RDH
Contact us on extension 87626 or email: DCHST.hospitalstopsmokingservice@nhs. net Spread the cost over 18 months and save through salary sacrifice. You need to be a permanent/substantive Trust employee and be aware that salary sacrifice could affect the amount of pension benefits you build in the 2015 Scheme. See Flo Staff Benefits pages for further details.
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