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May 2018

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What is sepsis? Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that affects an estimated 150,000 people in the UK every year. It occurs when the body’s natural response to an infection damages its own tissues and organs. If not recognised early and treated quickly, sepsis can lead to septic shock, organ failure and even death. Approximately 44,000 people die each year as a result of sepsis – more than from bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined. It’s estimated that a quarter of deaths could be avoided. Sepsis can be caused by a huge variety of common bacteria, which we all come into contact with every day without them making us ill. On occasion, the body responds abnormally to these infections and causes sepsis. Sepsis can develop following chest or water infections, problems in the abdomen like a ruptured stomach ulcer, or simple skin injuries like cuts and bites, and although there are certain groups in whom sepsis is more common – the very young and very old, people with multiple health issues, people with impaired immunity and pregnant women – it can occur in anybody, regardless of their age or health status.

Could it be sepsis? It can be hard to recognise sepsis as symptoms can be similar to flu-like symptoms – they come on very quickly and usually begin with a general feeling of being unwell. Symptoms of sepsis: ■ Slurred speech ■ Extreme shivering and muscle pain ■ Passing no urine (in a day) ■ Severe breathlessness ■ “I feel I might die” ■ Skin mottled or discoloured

If you suspect sepsis, seek medical attention right away.

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Think Sepsis to save lives Colleagues have been urged to reduce the risks of spreading infection by making prevention and control a crucial part of their daily routines. Campaigns like World Hygiene Day on May 5 aim to raise awareness of skin health while Glove Awareness Week focuses on the appropriate use of gloves by nursing staff. The Trust’s Infection and Prevention Control team will be visiting all wards at QEHB across the week to share the life-saving messages as part of their ongoing work throughout the year. Kerry Holden, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, said: “We all know how important it is to prevent and control infection but when people are under pressure it can be simple to cut corners. “We want to remind people that the procedures are there for a reason and it is important each of us takes responsibility for the way we work and plays a part in reducing infection.” A new initiative Think Sepsis was rolled out in

2017 to highlight the risks of the life-threatening condition that affects an estimated 150,000 people each year. Kerry said: “If not recognised early and treated quickly, sepsis can lead to septic shock, organ failure and even death. Sepsis is a medical emergency and if not recognised and treated in a timely manner there can be devastating consequences on both patients and their families. “The good news is that with urgent basic care we can make a real difference between survival and death in sepsis, therefore we need everyone to ‘think sepsis’. “Think Sepsis is a concept that encourages every healthcare worker to consider a diagnosis of sepsis for every patient that presents to them acutely unwell or with an acute deterioration in their condition.” For further information contact the team on ext: 13732. For information about the World Health Organisation’s work visit ¬ www.who.int/infection-prevention

The gloves are off Glove Awareness Week, an initiative launched by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), aims to highlight when gloves should and shouldn’t be worn and how to look after your skin to prevent infection. The Infection Prevention and Control team will be visiting all wards at QEHB from April 30 with the key message of challenging inappropriate glove use and the newly-launched practice of removing gloves for the preparation of IV medication. Approximately one in five nurses develop hand dermatitis – a painful, debilitating condition which may require nursing staff to be moved out of clinical areas due to the risk of infection from damaged skin. Hand dermatitis can be caused by frequent exposure to water, cleaning agents and inappropriate glove use. Are you glove aware? Over or under use of gloves can put you and your patients at risk of infection. We use 24 million gloves a year at QEHB, and evidence suggests

40% of glove use is inappropriate. Types of glove fall into two main categories – examination and protective. It is therefore crucial to carry out a risk assessment to decide whether, and which type of gloves, to wear. For more information on Glove Awareness Week, visit the RCN’s website ¬ www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/ campaigns/glove-awareness

Research Showcase Breakthroughs and innovation are on display later this month at the annual Birmingham Health Partners Research Showcase. Visitors will be able to discover the latest medical and sensory devices being used to diagnose or treat a host of conditions and uncover how we are collaborating across the region to uncover how our genetic make-up may influence rare diseases and cancer. With over 15 exhibits across a full range of medical specialties, visitors will be able to see the latest developments in the treatment of scars, strokes, traumatic brain injuries and hearing loss. Pioneering surgical techniques will be on view to show how the Trust and University are leading the way on innovations that are changing and saving patient lives. The showcase gives members of the public the insider’s view of what happens in clinical research with interactive games and displays and is open for patients, visitors and staff. Teams from across Birmingham Health Partners (a strategic collaboration between University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust) will also be on hand to let you know how you can help make a difference in healthcare by getting involved in clinical research. The showcase, celebrated on International Clinical Trials Day as part of the National Institute for Health Research’s ‘Ok to Ask’ campaign, will also look at the developments in local clinical research in the 70th anniversary year of the NHS from across the decades. Exciting developments in the past year include the opening of a dedicated medical devices testing centre which is speeding up the application of technology into use in health care; improved knowledge about rare diseases and cancer, through looking at our genes; and advances in areas such as audiology, cardiology and gastro-intestinal care. All outpatients can express their interest in clinical research to their consultant or clinical teams. Thousands of patients in 2017 participated in hundreds of studies across BHP hospitals, boosting the West Midlands to become the second-placed region in the UK for patient involvement. For more information, email: ƀ showcase@uhb.nhs.uk v Friday 18 May (10:00–15:00) J Atrium (Main Entrance), Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, B15 2GW

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2 Members’ health talks Members of UHB and HEFT can attend any of the talks listed below.

Health talks at QEHB Daytime sessions 10–10:30 Registration/refreshments 10.30–noon Health Talk J Lecture Theatre 3, Education Centre, Level 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham v Monday 21 May ‘Dying Matters’ Talking about dying makes it more likely that you or your loved one will die as you might have wished, and it will make it easier for your loved ones if they know you have had a ‘good death’. For more information see: ¬ www.uhb.nhs.uk/health-talks.htm

Health talks at HGS Sessions 17.00–19.30 Health Talk J Education centres, various sites v Wednesday 16 May Solihull Hospital Kidney Stones Mr Ather Abdelbaky, Consultant Urologist Heartlands Hospital Education Centre, 17:00–19:00 v Tuesday 21 June Solihull Hospital Gynaecological Cancers Mr Raj Saha, Consultant Gynaecologist Good Hope Hospital Education Centre, 17:00–19:00 For more information call: 0121 424 2643

The Friends of the Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre is an organisation which has been supporting patients and carers for many years, having started as the Linen League in the 1930s. In October 2016, the Friends merged with QEHB Charity, and so now works closely with the charity to identify additional ways to support patients and carers. The Friends consider requests for funding for items which cannot be provided by the NHS, but which would greatly benefit patients. Examples of some of the items that have been supplied by the Friends are large print books for the Patients’ Library, craft items to support activities with patients diagnosed with dementia, and puzzle books and activities for younger patients. The Friends would like to encourage new members to join; it costs nothing, and will help to identify new ways to support patients. For more information contact Sandra Haynes: sandra.haynes@nhs.uhb.uk

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Radio volunteer in tune with judges BHBN Hospital Radio is incredibly proud to announce Technical Director, Dave Horton, has received the prestigious John Whitney Award for outstanding service to hospital radio. Dave has been a member of the BHBN network for over 35 years, and currently serves as its Technical Director and Vice Chairman. In his time, he has seen the network move three times – from Edgbaston cricket ground, to City Hospital, and now the Queen Elizabeth Hospital – over that time, leading three complete studio rebuilds. In the past year, he built the network’s first specialist editing studio, The Auriga Suite. He was awarded the prize by Absolute Radio’s Content Director, Paul Sylvester, who started his career through hospital radio. Dave, 63, from Northfield, said: “I am so honoured to receive this award. The fact that it is nationally recognised and puts BHBN on the national hospital radio map makes it very special. “Whilst I was aware I had been entered, it was a total shock to actually win the award, because I am sure there are others in hospital radio who have been members longer than me, and who also have done some truly amazing things for their stations, too. “I must thank the network’s former Honorary Secretary, Emma Boydell, who put together my testimonial.” Nine members of the network went to The Hospital Broadcasting Association’s Hospital Radio Awards, announced at a gala evening in Windsor. They included Emma Boydell, nominated for Best Female, and Penny-Jane Bourne and Phillip Stoneman, nominated and

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shortlisted respectively for Best Newcomer. The network was also nominated for Best Event and Best Hospital Radio Station, the latter awarded to stations that showcase ‘the very best of hospital radio’.

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You Said Feedback from both patients and staff who use the Oceano system suggested that the list of available options in the ethnicity demographic field should better represent the communities from which our patients come, and should also be consistent with the fields in the Trust’s other clinical systems. We Did The Trust improved the list of options available to staff when registering patients. The options

are now the same whether you are using OPTIMS or Oceano PAS and better reflect how our patients describe themselves. Dean Croft, PAS Project Officer and Change Facilitator, said: “The Oceano Project Team continually work with users of Oceano to improve and enhance the system in order to make it as user-friendly as possible and to ensure the data we capture within it is both accurate and meaningful. “We hope that the changes we have made will be helpful to both patients and staff.”

Judges included NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens, health and media professionals from around the country, and HBA Patron, former member of BHBN and ‘Voice of The Balls’ himself, Alan Dedicoat.

Body of art work An artist has been collaborating with one of QEHB’s surgeons and his patients on a new art project. Visual artist Anne Guest has been hosting workshops with patients of upper gastrointestinal surgeon Prof Ewen Griffiths. A Turn for the Better is a collaborative project between Anne, Prof Griffiths and patients who are recovering from treatment and surgery for oesophageal or gastric cancer. Their carers and relatives are also invited to take part in the workshops. Prof Griffiths, who contacted Anne to see if she wanted to work on another project, said: “Unlike other forms of surgery, gastrointestinal surgery is beneath the surface and not particularly visible. I was interested in trying to combine something anatomical with a patient focus – similar to what she had done with her other pieces of work.” Anne successfully secured funding for the project from Arts Council England. Patients and their families have been encouraged to bring diaries, journals and other keepsakes from their treatment period. Anne said: “We have shared so much and made work that gives a real insight into how people cope with this condition, which we hope will help others.” Although Anne will be creating the final piece of art, the work the amateur artists have created during their workshops can be seen online via the website. Read more about the project by visiting the website aturnforthebetter.org.uk

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Chance to celebrate and raise awareness QEHB’s Kidney Patient’s Association (KPA) alongside renal and dietetic staff at the Trust, marked another fantastic day of awareness for World Kidney Day in March. Thursday March 8 saw scores of staff, patients and the supportive KPA celebrate 50 years since the first kidney transplant on the Queen Elizabeth hospital site. Patients from across the years came in to support the day with volunteers and staff speaking to hundreds of members of the public about their kidneys, various kidney conditions and how we might better look after our bloodfiltering organs. Personal stories were also shared and many brief stories sent in for display from patients from the resilient renal community about the kidney transplant they received at QEHB and how the procedure dramatically transformed their lives for the better. news@UHB will be featuring a number of these stories anonymously over the coming months. As part of another extraordinary World Kidney Day, the KPA’s chairman, Nick Flint handed over a cheque for £100,000 that will go towards renal research. That research is hoped to improve surgical outcomes for kidney transplant patients. This research is funded for £20,000 per year over five years and will explore methods that may increase the time a donated kidney can survive in a good condition outside of the human body. This time could then be used to run more detailed tests, find more suitable patient matches and give more time to plan surgery that may work to help lower rates of rejected transplants. Mr Andrew Ready MBE, Consultant Renal Surgeon at QEHB, said: “I’d like to thank Nick

On Thursday May 10 health staff from across the city are invited to attend the first joint nursing conference delivered by nurses across Heartlands, Good Hope, Queen Elizabeth and Solihull hospitals. With a theme of working together, the conference will take place at Birmingham City Football Club. Speakers will include: ■ Tommy Whitelaw sharing his thoughts on how we can all make a difference ■ Dr Andy Cope from ‘Art of Brilliance’ ■ Senior Sisters, Christine Carter, Laura Savva, Kate Gooding and Lewis Goodall discussing ‘leading change’ ■ Carolyn Pitt and Claire Whittle speaking on implementing the trainee nursing associate role ■ Associate Director of Nursing, Hayley Flavell, ‘Has nursing leadership changed?’ ■ Mike Hammond, QEHB and HGS Charity CEO It is an open and free event, however as spaces are limited speak to your ADN to express an interest in attending the conference. v Thursday 10 May, 09:00–16:30 J Birmingham City FC

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and the hundreds of very generous donors and dedicated volunteers that have committed themselves so tirelessly to the renal community. “This donation will go to support generations of future renal patients and deliver better outcomes for the strong renal community. “We cannot thank the Kidney Patients Association enough for their unending support.” Nick Flint said: “World Kidney Day gave the KPA an opportunity to show the public and renal patients how we have been able to support the renal departments at the Hospital. “We thank all those who have so generously supported us over recent times. Our thanks also to the staff of the Renal Department for their continued support.”

Mr Peter Ford who has had his kidney transplant for 42 years and is possibly the longest-surviving transplant patient at the QE

Charities make an impact Each year eight charities from across the UK are chosen to receive the prestigious GSK IMPACT award for improving health and wellbeing in their communities. This year, two of the eight winners were from Birmingham and Solihull. They are also partners of Umbrella, which is managed by the Trust. Both organisations went through a rigorous assessment process, being judged on innovation, management, partnership, achievement, community focus, and targeting need. They saw off competition from more than 350 organisations to achieve the accolade and will receive £30,000 as part of the prize. Birmingham LGBT provides a wide range of health and wellbeing activities for lesbian, gay,

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bisexual and trans communities in Birmingham. They help individuals to realise their full potential and have equal access to what the city has to offer. Steph Keeble, Director of Birmingham LGBT, said: “We are thrilled that we have been recognised for the impact that we have in our communities. “We are proud to employ a team of enthusiastic and dedicated individuals who are passionate about what they do, from support and advice, to events and community projects. Every one of us is responsible for the continued success of Birmingham LGBT.” The Rape and Sexual Violence Project (RSVP) offers support to children and adults in Birmingham and Solihull affected by

sexual violence and abuse. The service has experienced a 40 percent increase in the last year and has had a big impact in helping victims of all types of sexual trauma. 86 per cent of adults and 91 per cent of children who have accessed the service say that it has increased their ability to cope. Lisa Thompson, Chief Executive of RSVP, said: “We are absolutely delighted and proud that in our fortieth year of supporting abuse survivors, we have won such a well-respected award. “We hope it will increase our profile and that more organisations will want to partner with us, but most importantly we hope it raises awareness of our services among people affected by sexual abuse who need them.”

Work to reduce the speed limit to 20mph on residential roads around the Trust site will be taking place between now and the end of July. Amey, working on behalf of Birmingham City Council, will install road signs and 20mph markings on the road. There will be no new traffic calming, such as speed bumps, introduced as part of this scheme. Some roads in this area already have a speed limit of 20mph, so minimal works will be needed. Most of the work will be completed during normal working hours, Monday to Friday, between 08:00–17:00. In certain busy locations, work may need to be completed outside these hours to minimise disruption. Reducing speed limits is one of the things the city council is doing to try to improve road safety in Birmingham. Slower roads will make it safer and easier for staff who cycle to use the proposed new segregated cycle route along the A38 between Birmingham city centre and Selly Oak. To find out which roads will be affected visit : ¬ birmingham.gov.uk/20mph

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New mountain to climb for app users March saw the end of the Trust’s first Kaido Health and Wellbeing Challenge where staff across QEHB competed with each other to be the first to travel ‘Around the World in 60 days’. Now the winners of that challenge have been declared ahead of the launch of the second challenge. The Trust’s top three individuals were part of a collective that travelled the equivalent of over 64 million kilometres across all trusts that took part in the innovative, first-of-its-kind test, and saw over 1.3 million minutes of activity recorded. At QEHB over 400 individuals competed on their own, or as part of departmental teams. There was over 50,000 hours of all-important restorative sleep recorded across the Trust. The winners are: 1st place – Tanya Van Der Westhuizen 2nd place – Grant Moss 3rd place – Sarah Harris Winners were met and congratulated on their success by Head of Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing, Antony Cobley. Handing over a challenge trophy to Tanya Van Der Westhuizen, alongside certificates and prizes for the top three, Antony said: “Caring for staff is of the highest importance to the Trust and the introduction of Kaido, alongside a vast number of initiatives designed to support our staff, is having a positive impact on overall health and wellbeing. “It is fantastic to be awarding these prizes to Tanya, Grant and Sarah who have worked hard to earn the Kaido points, clock up the miles and come top at this challenge. “They have all earned these prizes by pursuing lasting and positive changes that will improve their health and wellbeing – keep up the good work.” Since the start of the challenge in January, QEHB holds the record for the highest number of users on the Kaido platform, building up an impressive 959,577 Kaido Points – earned from recording your physical activity, diet and sleep improvements. One finalist even lost 22lbs. But the platform isn’t just for fitness fanatics; higher points-earners are those that have demonstrated improvements in their daily activity, diet and sleep. However, the Trust’s Kaido Point average did fall behind East Cheshire

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NHS Trust, with East Lancashire taking the top spot of all trusts taking part in the 60-day challenge. On winning first place, Tanya Van Der Westhuizen, a senior nursing assistant in GI research, said: “I’m really proud to have come first in the competition. By simply making

The next KAIDO challenge The next Kaido challenge starts in May, with a journey along the Great Wall of China! We are always keen to hear your feedback about Kaido. Whilst some improvements to the app were made during the first challenge, please send any feedback or suggestions to feedback@kaido.co.uk. To sign up to Kaido follow these simple steps and look out for the email (which may go to your SPAM folder) with detail about the next challenge.

healthy choices and doing more in my daily routine I’ve been able to lose weight and feel much happier in myself. I am really looking forward to the next challenge.” Congratulations to all those who made it to the end of the ‘Around the World in 60 days’ Health and Wellbeing Challenge!

` Step 1. Download the Kaido App ` Step 2. Register and follow the app’s joining instructions using organisation code: 3-3-2-4 ` Step 3. Create your team (this doesn’t have to be within your own department, but can be any one across the trust) ` Step 4. Do more, improve, win! Prizes include experiences, wearable devices and fitness passes to UHB’s Morris Centre Club. To join quickly today, click on the link. https://kaidowellbeing.com/

Using computers to care The Trust has a proven reputation for its information technology, using digital solutions to improve care, reduce waiting times and to help make life less stressful for patients. In 2016, the Trust was made a Global Digital Exemplar by NHS England, meaning it is an internationally-recognised NHS care provider delivering exceptional care, efficiently, through the world-class use of digital technology and information flows. One of the programs is BookWise; scheduling software used in the hospital’s oncology and haematology departments. It is used to plan and follow a patient’s treatment pathway and helps staff ensure patients are on track with their prescribed plan. Until last year, the program was only used on one infusion unit. Now it is used on three. “Using paper systems, as we did previously, it was hard to keep track of subsequent treatments

on the pathway as it developed,” said Sarah Morries-Bates, who is the Group Manager for Oncology and Haematology at UHB. “If one treatment changed or was rescheduled, it would need to be changed manually in the whole paper trail. “With a digital system, keeping track of changes is much more fluid.” BookWise was implemented at UHB in 2004, and was upgraded in 2009, to cater to the Trust’s needs. It was particularly useful during the recent opening of the Centre for Clinical Haematology (CCH). “It played a big part in helping to plan our new haematology unit. Using its historic data, it helped the department to predict growth and even things like the number of chairs that would be needed.” One of the key components of BookWise is that it can be tailored to suit a patient’s specific

requirements. “When you register a patient, BookWise suggests pathways for that patient based on their personal needs and the facilities available, helping them stay on track with regular treatments and visits,” said Sarah. “You can also give patients a paper print-out which outlines their pathway. Using this, they know exactly what their treatment schedule will be for the next six to 12 months, so they can plan their lives accordingly. “It considers the patient as a whole person, offering holistic benefits as well as medical.”

CEO Dame Julie to retire Dame Julie Moore, Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, has announced that she will be retiring later this year. Her decision follows the successful merger of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver high quality services equitably to the populations served across Birmingham and Solihull, whilst enabling the best use of all the hospitals’ resources. Dame Julie has been Chief Executive of UHB since 2006. She said: “Whilst this has been a hugely demanding job, it has also been one of the most rewarding and pleasurable. To work with such skilled, talented and professional people doing work of real value to people, has been, and still is, an honour and a privilege. “I am immensely proud of all we have achieved for our patients. When I arrived here, there was a huge surface car park where the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham now stands. We now treat more than double the amount of patients we did back then and we have an enviable reputation for the quality of care we give. This is all due to the fantastic efforts of all the teams working within this organisation.” Dame Julie has not yet finalised her leaving date but it will be towards the end of this summer. The Trust’s Board will be making arrangements to appoint a successor who will be announced in due course. The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Chair of UHB, said: “Since becoming our CEO in 2006, Julie has played a critical role in the success, development and growth of the Trust, most recently through the merger with Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. Her dedication to our patients, our staff and our Trust has inspired enormous admiration from those who work with her and she has been able to build a loyal and talented team around her.”

50–50 Club Staff Lottery Trust colleagues have found success in the Birmingham Healthcare 50-50 Club Staff Lottery. The March draw saw T Dwyer winning the third prize of £100 while the £1,000 top prize was won by Roger Hill of BSMH. Trust colleague Mandy Collins scooped the £1,000 top prize in the April draw with the third prize of £100 going to another colleague Angela Benyera and one of three £50 prizes going to the Trust’s Jane Loney. Other prizes went to colleagues at hospitals who support the lottery. Half of the entry stakes are reclaimable as vouchers annually which in February included £805 for Love to Shop, £30 for dental charges and £95 for the National Garden Centre scheme. In the March draw £500 worth of Love to Shop vouchers were handed over. To find out more about how to take part in the draws, which take place on the third Tuesday of every month, contact either your General Office or UHB General Ledger team on Ext. 17337 ƀ 50-50Club@uhb.nhs.uk to join or claim benefits.

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Pizza-loving way to support our work Domino’s, the nation’s favourite pizza, has committed to support local hospital charities throughout 2018 in Birmingham and will help to fundraise for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, Heartlands Hospital Charity and Solihull Hospital Charity. A team from the hospital charity visited the Domino’s store in Selly Oak to find out a little more about the work that goes into making the nation’s favourite pizza and even got to make a few of their own. Domino’s will be putting on special promotions throughout the year that will offer customers discounted pizza, with money from each order coming to the hospital charity. Sophie Carroll, Fundraising Officer at QEHB Charity, said: “Our thanks go to the amazing team from Domino’s in Birmingham for deciding to support the hospital charity throughout 2018. Everyone across the Charity is really excited about this partnership and we look forward to celebrating the donations that come in from Domino’s customers over the coming year.” The donations that the Charity receives will allow us to continue to go ‘over and above’ for staff, patients and their families at the hospitals. Arshad Yasin, Franchisee of the Domino’s stores said: “We are pleased to be able to help

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our local hospitals by raising much-needed funds. These hospitals provide an invaluable service to both our employees and our customers, and by raising additional money we can help them continue their spectacular work for our local community. We are aiming to raise up to £100,000 and planning many fundraising projects this year.” Domino’s Pizza actively encourages its stores and franchisees to deliver more to the community

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Memory Walk Join QEHB Charity for a MAY memory walk around the hospital grounds to raise money to support elderly patients. The 5km walk will consist of two laps around the hospital and surrounding area, taking in some of the excellent green spaces that we have here at QEHB. Fancy dress is encouraged, the more imaginative, the better. The walk starts at 11am but come along early to take part in a Zumba warm up to stretch those limbs before taking on the walk. Water will be provided on the way round at a special cheering station. This is a perfect event for all ages, so rally your family and friends together and help to raise money for elderly patients here at QEHB. Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for children.

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by supporting local groups, schools and events. If you would like to take advantage of the offer from the Domino’s stores in Birmingham, please visit our Facebook pages by simply searching QEHB Charity or Domino’s Pizza Birmingham If you’d like more information about how QEHB Charity supports patients, visit ¬ hospitalcharity.org or 0121 371 4852

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Special deliveries were made across the elderly care wards at QEHB over the Easter period, with hot cross buns and goodie bags for patients and staff being handed out thanks to Sunrise Senior Living. The team from Sunrise, providers of residential care and assisted living, came to the hospital to deliver the Easter goodies to elderly patients and were helped out by the Charity team and activities coordinator Jo Bubb. The delicious hot cross buns went down well with patients and staff, and the goodie bags full of helpful items for patients and staff were well-received. Jo said: “Huge thanks go to the team from Sunrise Senior Living for their kind donations to patients and staff across the elderly care wards

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this Easter. It is so nice to be able to offer our patients a gift, and it was lovely to see the smiles that they generated.” Justine Ellory, Director of Community Relations at Sunrise Senior Living said: “It was a pleasure to come to QEHB to help spread some Easter joy around the elderly care wards. It is great to meet so many brilliant staff members and thank them for all of their hard work. It’s always a privilege to meet patients and brighten up their days with a hot cross bun!” If you would like to learn more about how QEHB Charity supports elderly patients at the hospital, visit ¬ hospitalcharity.org/elderlycare

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Thanks to Birmingham Hospitals Travel Club, people can now raise money to support patients at QEHB, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital whilst enjoying fun-filled coach trips around the country! The hospital charity has teamed up with Hollywood Travel Club to offer trips around the country that will see the profits from the trip go to the Charity to provide added extras for staff, patients and their families at the four hospitals. There are plenty of trips coming up this summer with Birmingham Hospitals Travel Club, including a trip to Cambridge on Saturday 2 June, a grand day out a Royal Ascot Races on 21 June and a weekend trip around the Emmerdale filming locations, perfect for all soap mega-fans, from 7–9 July. Cathryn Worth, Fundraising Manager at QEHB Charity said: “I am delighted that the Charity has formed this partnership with Hollywood Travel Club to offer a wide range of exciting trips that will raise money to support patients across Birmingham. The trips that have already happened have been a great success, both in terms of enjoyment on the day and raising money for the Charity. “There are lots of trips over the coming months, with something for everyone. I’d encourage everyone to go to hospitalcharity.org/shop to have a look at the trips and book their place. The trips would also make fantastic presents for someone special in your life!” For information about future trips and details of how to book visit ¬ hospitalcharity.org/shop

For more information and to book contact ƀ rachel.learmonth@uhb.nhs.uk ¬ hospitalcharity.org/events

Great North Swim There is still time for you to take part in this year’s Great JUNE North Swim. The course is one mile long and sees swimmers leap into the beautiful Lake Windermere, completing the event in an average of 45 minutes. The event lasts all weekend and you can pick the date and time that you want to take on the swim.

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Birmingham Classic Tennis Join QEHB Charity for a day of tennis at JUNE fantastic Edgbaston Priory Club. See some of the world’s most famous tennis players take to the court in the most celebrated preWimbledon tennis event! See the likes of Garbine Muguruza, Johanna Konta and Petra Kvitova. Tickets are £7 for adults and £5 for NHS staff and £4 for children. (Price includes a goody bag on arrival.)

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Health experts undertake global view of eye disease A team led by two Birmingham consultant eye surgeons, Professor Alastair Denniston and Professor Peter Shah, has recently completed the largest ever review of the impact of social deprivation on eye health across the globe. Overall, the findings highlight how poverty, lack of education and social disadvantage contribute to blindness around the world. Professor Denniston said: “This was a mammoth task. The team identified nearly 5,500 papers that had to be hand-sifted to extract any relevant data. “We eventually narrowed it down to just over 200 really important studies in this area, covering most parts of the globe, and generally focussed on the commoner eye conditions such as cataract, glaucoma and diabetic eye disease.” At 92 pages, the report is the most detailed analysis of this area of work. By examining the worldwide literature looking at social deprivation and eye care, the research team showed the same themes and barriers to care were replicated across the globe. “The final report is testament to the team’s dedication. It is a really important study because it identifies the extent of the problem here. The people who most need help for sightthreatening eye diseases, are those who are

least able to access it,” said Prof Denniston. The team highlighted how complex the interaction between deprivation and poor eye health can be. For example, just making a treatment free is often not enough. People often face many other barriers such as not understanding their eye problem, fear and suspicion of professionals, difficulties in travel, loss of earnings or lack of a carer to help them get to the treatment amongst many other factors. Prof Pete Shah agreed with the findings, adding: “I’ve been committed to improving eye health in disadvantaged communities throughout my career. “I’ve lead a team of ophthalmologists linking up with Moshi, a municipality in Tanzania to create an International Sandwich Glaucoma Fellowship Program and have found this work incredibly rewarding. “We have also just completed recruitment to a randomised controlled trial of medical therapy vs laser treatment of glaucoma in Tanzania, with Dr Heiko Philippin as Chief Investigator. Heiko, based in Tanzania, completed his Fellowship with me across two continents and I now act as his long-term mentor and we have become firm friends.” Looking closer to home Prof Shah added: “Our team has also undertaken several studies

Professor Alastair Denniston and Professor Peter Shah, consultant eye surgeons

showing how social deprivation impacts on eye health in the UK, but the work with Prof Denniston shows for the first time the extent to which many of these barriers are common

to people all over the world. Our hope is that this will now help guide leaders in healthcare to break down the barriers to improve care of potentially blinding eye diseases world-wide.”

Launch of Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre Key members of the Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy treatment centre recently held their first meeting. The recently formed health consortium, jointly led by the National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR BRC) and NHS Wales, was awarded £7 million by Innovate UK to ensure more patients benefit from a new generation of breakthrough therapies. The Midlands and Wales collaborative is one of only three centres in Britain awarded funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund by Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency, to develop an advanced therapy treatment centre. The Midlands & Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (MW-ATTC) will operate from four centres: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and Nottingham University Hospital. The NIHR Birmingham BRC is a partnership between University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Birmingham, and has a long-standing track record in cell therapy innovation and translation. NHS Wales will be joint lead for this centre, though the Welsh Blood Service (WBS), Velindre NHS Trust. Its vision is to enable UK Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) companies to

reach the clinical market, whilst building clinical capacity across the UK to benefit outcomes. ATMPs, which can be cell or gene therapies, show great potential in treating patients with conditions that cannot be cured with current treatments. These include arthritis, liver disease, several types of cancer, and diabetic ulcers. Professor Philip Newsome, Director of the Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre, Director of the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Liver Research and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist at UHB, said: “The anticipated Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre outputs will ultimately give patients with challenging illnesses access to breakthrough medicines. “We will demonstrate that the UK is an excellent location for advanced therapy medicinal product research and development by working together for patients and innovators, to

reinforce the UK’s position as a world leader in this important field.” ATMPs are just beginning to be available, with the UK playing a leading role. However, even when new ATMP therapies are developed and shown to be effective, there are major challenges in rolling them out to patients. The MW-ATTC will address these challenges. Catherine O’Brien, Director of the Welsh Blood Service and consortium lead for NHS Wales said: “The programme will cover aspects of advanced therapy development, deployment and practical consideration for the pathway, from diagnosis to delivery of treatments in a clinical setting. The collaborative brings together a wide range of expertise to deliver these developments in routine clinical practice.” The combined expertise of the project’s industrialists, clinicians, academics and computer system experts will work with

major teaching hospitals across the Midlands and Wales, reaching almost 15 million people and providing a unique opportunity to set up cell therapy to succeed. The MW-ATTC project will last for three years and is funded by a total of £9 million, with an additional £2 million from further revenues on top of the £7 investment from Innovate UK. Collaborations in Leeds/Newcastle/ Edinburgh – the Northern Alliance – and a Manchester group (iMatch), will also be establishing advanced therapies treatment centres at the same time and, together with the Midlands-Wales consortium, will ensure the project benefits are implemented nationally as part of the bid requirements. The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult will play a coordination role for the network and provide support to the network.

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Researcher’s PhD aims to benefit trauma patients Major David Naumann, who recently worked for the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC), is currently working on a research-based PhD. Major Naumann, who recently undertook his viva voce, talks about his work and the benefits this could have for trauma patients.

What is your PhD focused on? My research investigated the behaviour of the tiniest blood vessels in the body (the microcirculation), responsible for providing oxygen to organs in our bodies. I was primarily interested in how the microcirculation reacts in patients with major injuries, and those who are bleeding. Understanding a bit more about the microcirculation in these critically injured patients may enable us to design more accurate and more precisely targeted treatments.

What have been the main challenges of your PhD? One of the challenges of was that the patients that I wanted to include could arrive at hospital any time, day or night, and I had to see them very soon. That made my research quite unpredictable and tricky at times. Car accidents were the main cause of injury for many of these patients, and of course these incidents cannot be predicted at the start of any working day. It was also a bit of a challenge to stand back and not interfere with clinical management of the patients, as I was seeing them for research purposes only. As a doctor with an interest in trauma, that was difficult, but I knew that these patients were in good hands with their clinical team.

What will change for you as a result of doing your PhD? I am currently training to be a surgeon, and having some research experience may enable me to have a better understanding of how to design and implement studies alongside my clinical work, and to teach and mentor others that wish to do so too. I believe that this kind of approach is beneficial to patients, because it facilitates a working environment that aims

for improvements in both care and outcomes.

Why did you choose to do a PhD in your area? I’m a military doctor (in the British Army), and therefore am interested in the care of injured patients. We have made great improvements in the care of combat casualties over the last decade or so in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, but are always striving for better, through innovation and improvements wherever possible. Gaining insights into the way the blood vessels in our bodies behave after injury is of great interest to me, and I feel passionately about learning and asking questions in this area so that we might one day have even more effective treatments.

What do you feel the main benefits (for those undertaking it, and patients) are of undertaking a research-based PhD? Doing full time research for a PhD enables you to ask more detailed and difficult questions than might be possible in between clinical commitments or as an extracurricular activity. It also helps the researcher gain a very deep understanding of a topic so that novel discoveries might be made, and new challenges addressed. Research is beneficial to patients because it may facilitate the advancement of clinical care based on scientific evidence. I think all healthcare staff should be aiming to ask these kinds of questions, but having the capacity to do it full time as part of a PhD programme makes it a lot more feasible!

Would you recommend others to do a PhD? I would recommend a PhD to anyone that has a passion for asking questions and designing ways to answer them. I’ve enjoyed taking time out of my clinical career to do full time research because it’s allowed me to do just that. It’s not for everyone, and can be challenging, but it’s also full of unexpected twists and turns. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to learn, develop, and add evidence to the scientific world for the benefit of patients.

UHB is now firmly established as one of the top 10 centres in the world for liver research, treatment and transplantation. Providing a service that goes from ‘trial to treatment’, according to Gideon Hirschfield, Professor of Autoimmune Liver Disease and Honorary Transplant Hepatologist, is what makes the Trust unique, placing the importance of clinical research for UHB patients, at the centre of their day-to-day clinical care. Equally, the Trust stands out because of the appointment of an autoimmune liver disease Clinical Nurse Specialist, Jennifer Hayden. As new guidelines for the treatment of autoimmune liver disease are published in the leading journal for gastroenterology and hepatology, GUT, researchers and clinicians in Birmingham have taken the lead in pushing ahead with new drugs and new treatment standards for patients at specialist autoimmune liver disease clinics, hosted in the UHB Centre for Rare Diseases. Prof Hirschfield explained: “Until very recently, there was only one drug treatment available for patients with a particular form of liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Birmingham was one of the centres involved in clinical trials of a new therapy for patients, as well as a centre of excellence and has been at the forefront of the process to approve the new medicine. This work has collectively contributed to the first new licensed treatment in over 20 years for patients living with PBC.” The new drug, which helps the estimated one-third of patients who respond inadequately to what was previously the only offer, does not provide a cure but does help patients hopefully live longer and more comfortably. This is part of a portfolio of treatments and research which together make Birmingham a global leader in the area of liver medicine and surgery. Prof Hirschfield has lead on the development of the new PBC treatment guidelines for Europe and the UK, and is working as part of the European Reference Network for Rare Liver Disease – an indication of the excellence in care on offer at the Trust. Crucial to putting those guidelines in place and providing a quality service for liver patients at UHB is specialist nurse, Jennifer. She is the only dedicated specialist nurse in her field in England and Wales, qualified at Birmingham City University in 2013 and went straight on to work at the liver unit at UHB. In 2016 she took on her current post and has never looked back. “My patients are a lovely group of people to work with and I really enjoy getting to know them and their lives in depth, as

Jennifer Hayden – Clinical Nurse Specialist

well as coordinating their treatment” she said. Jennifer works mostly with patients with PBC, who are primarily women, usually in their 40s and 50s, with busy lives and families, struggling to cope with the often difficult symptoms that can accompany the disease. “I have got younger patients too and some men, but primarily the patient group are women, who I think enjoy having another woman to confide in and talk things through with,” said Jennifer. She added: “Quite often patients don’t want to ask what they think are ‘stupid’ questions for a consultant, but they will ask me, and of course, there are never any stupid questions.” While meeting most of her patients on a very regular basis, as the treatment requires, Jennifer also has patients from as far and wide as Manchester and Wales, a tribute to the specialist service UHB provides. Prof Hirschfield added: “UHB is recognised regionally, nationally, and internationally, as a Beacon Centre for liver treatment. “We are very grateful to the on-going vision of the Trust in supporting our work, including a regular multi-disciplinary team meeting about patients being considered for new PBC treatments from across all of the West Midlands. “Working together with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and the University of Birmingham, the combination of clinical trials, treatments and specialist nursing are really changing NHS care for liver patients, for the good.”

New funding for genomics Health Education England has recently announced funding for its Genomics Medicine Masters Programme. NHS staff are eligible for free funding to undertake individual CPDD modules, postgraduate certificates and diplomas, up to a full Master’s degree in Genomics. There are seven universities nationally that offer

Genomics Education, including the nearby University of Birmingham. For more information, visit ¬ birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/ courses/taught/med/genomicmedicine.aspx or contact ƀ genomics@contacts.bham.ac.uk

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Paralympics leaves golden memories Dr Kim Gregory, the Trust’s lead Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine, took the opportunity to apply her expert skills on the other side of the world, supporting ParalympicsGB at this year’s Winter Games in South Korea. Great Britain came away from PyeongChang with seven medals, one more than they achieved at Sochi 2014, making this their most successful Winter Paralympics in history. Dr Gregory, who volunteered at both the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 and has worked with other GB teams at other high-profile sporting events, was given the opportunity to accompany the athletes to the Games as their Travelling Chief Medical Officer (CMO). She said: “I felt privileged and proud to support a remarkable group of 17 athletes, and be part of an amazing support team that I had always hoped one day I would be part of. “I have developed a passion for Para Sport through my career and this was an opportunity which certainly surpassed my expectations. I owe a massive thanks to Dr Stuart Miller (Chief Medical Officer for ParalympicsGB) for giving me the opportunity to travel. “The team behind the team, under the leadership of Penny Briscoe (Chef de Mission of the Delegation), worked immensely hard to support the athletes and were proud to watch their hard work, determination, talent and pride translate into the results achieved. “I really hope that I get the chance to further develop my skills at future games, but I’m very aware that there are not many sports physicians that get the chance to go to the games given the four-year cycle of competition. I was very fortunate to go and ensured I used the opportunity to maximise my learning.” Dr Gregory’s main role as Travelling CMO was to provide medical treatment, alongside physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches and a sports psychologist, to the Para alpine ski, Para snowboard, Para Nordic and wheelchair curling athletes. Ensuring her fellow support teammates were also fit and well was similarly important.

(L-r) Jen Kehoe (Menna's guide), Menna Fitzpatrick (skier) and Dr Kim Gregory. Menna and Jen won gold in the visuallyimpaired slalom

The support team at the opening ceremony

“I spent most my time at the Para alpine skiing venue during competition because of the relative risks of those sports but I was there to support all of the athletes. At the Trust, I’ve seen multiple ski-related injuries since my return and I now have a greater appreciation of the injury mechanisms of those sports, having seen the technical demands of them first-hand. “Translating my sports medicine skills to a winter environment where the field of play is ice and snow brings different challenges. Although we have seen snow in Birmingham this year, the volume was significantly greater in PyeongChang. “A snow-covered environment makes for a spectacularly scenic alpine consultation room - a bit different to my office at the QE!” The indoor village-based consultation room was within the GB performance hub, which became an area to not only treat athletes but

Jeongseon Alpine Centre, which was Dr Gregory’s outdoor consultation room

as a place for the team to meet and watch competition coverage on TV in downtime. It also served as the venue for yoga sessions for staff and athletes. After the success at recent Games, Great Britain considers itself as a winter sports nation but although medal counts made headlines, Dr Gregory says that her personal priority was “that every athlete was fit and made their start line to achieve their goal of competing at a Paralympics.” She said: “It’s not just about the medallists but the team overall performance. It was a very successful Games, with fantastic performances from all the athletes taking part. “As part of the `team behind the team`, you don’t just do whatever your main role is. You muck in with whatever it is that is required. We were all shovelling snow to make the pathways safer for everyone towards our village accommodation. “The lead physio cleaned the bath! And we would disinfect the mats for the athletes to do their recovery work on, daily. There are a lot of day to day, infection control jobs that we do over and above treating athletes. And that’s just part of it, it’s not a chore, it’s not a hassle: It’s what you do because it plays a part within the team. “You are very aware that you’re in a confined ‘games bubble’ environment and if somebody picks up an infection it can spread quickly. “When you’re in that environment with the athletes, their coaches and their support teams, you learn an awful lot about the sport, the technical demands, the injury risk and profiles.” She also said that having a multi-disciplinary team MDT, was especially beneficial and a strength of sports medicine teams. “I’ve not in my previous jobs travelled with a sports psychologist and being able to see firsthand the benefits to athletes in a competitive environment was a great learning opportunity.”

The experience has developed me personally and I’ve learned a lot about myself and the skills I’ve learnt will translate and will without a doubt benefit the SEMS patients we see here at QEHB. Dr Kim Gregory Lead Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine “It’s amazing to watch athletes who have worked for four or more years achieve an ambition and to play a part in a strong ‘team behind the team’ who work equally hard in their roles and come together to provide support to the athletes. “The experience has developed me personally and I’ve learned a lot about myself. The skills I’ve learnt will translate and will without a doubt benefit the SEMS patients we see here at QEHB.” The Sports and Exercise Medicine Service (SEMS) offers a comprehensive service, delivered by a delivered by a Consultant, podiatrist, dietician and team of musculoskeletal physiotherapists, caring for recreational athletes and dancers, as well as elite athletes who choose to use the NHS. The team can treat patients aged 14 and over. The service also offers one of only three NHS dance clinics in the UK

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BHBN PROGRAMME SCHEDULE BHBN Hospital Radio broadcasts patient requests, music, news, live sport and a range of speciality programmes to NHS hospitals across Birmingham. The station, founded in 1952, is based in new studios in the Heritage Building (original Queen Elizabeth Hospital), they are on air 24 hours a day. They can also be heard via their website www.bhbn.net and the TuneInRadio app. MONDAY 4pm 5pm 7pm 8pm

Music from Stage and Screen - Miranda Burns Good Vibrations – Donna Joseph ** Hospital Request – Imogen Danworth-Warby

The Evening Show – Dale Hobson TUESDAY

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Playing it Cool – Pete Bayliss ** Easy Listening – Kelly Howell Queen Elizabeth Hospital Requests – – - Nick Whitehouse The Evening Show – Paul Millington WEDNESDAY

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The Rock Years – James Chew** Words & Music – Brian Henderson Good Hope Hospital Requests Paul Stanley The Evening Show – David Elliot THURSDAY

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Thursday Tea Time Show– Bill & Jo ** Solihull Hospital Requests Penny-Jane Bourne The Evening Show – Chris Friday FRIDAY

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Let’s Get Quizzical – Emma Boydell** Pick & Mix – Brendan Delaney The Evening Show BHBN Country – Dave Horton CBSO Concerts when broadcast are on Fridays from 7pm

SATURDAY 7am 9am 11am 1pm

Weekend Breakfast – Dave Horton BHBN Gold – Colin Monnaf** The Frock Show – Sarah Morris Queen Elizabeth Hospital Requests – Anita Shah, Michelle Woodhouse (Military Ward) (Alternate Weeks)

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Birmingham Sport Live Commentaries from Villa Park, St Andrews or Hawthorns

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Saturday Disco – Marky B Soul Train – Peter Bayliss The Reggae Selection SUNDAY

Laid Back Sunday – Bill Waldron Kitch & Kool – Brendan Delaney Mystery DJ / Music Selection The Sunday Bash – Graham Allen 1pm sponsored by Psychotron Records Hospital Requests and Duets From 4pm The Decades – Shaz Hill 6pm Asian Mix – Raveeta Banger 8pm The Evening Show – Doug Jackson 10pm BHBN Classical Collection 8am 10am Noon

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Fond farewell to manager Ward 410 said goodbye to their Ward Manager Claire Knowles in March, when she retired from her role. Claire completed her training at the Queen Elizabeth School of Nursing in 1985 and her first job was in general medicine on East Ground B at Selly Oak Hospital. Her roles with the Trust have included working at Selly Oak on West 4 in vascular and GI surgery as a qualified nurse and on West 3 Liver Unit. She later moved to Ward 726 when the new QE hospital opened in

2010. She has worked her way up to the posts of Sister and Ward Manager in her time with UHB. Claire worked on Ward 410 for seven years, from 2011. She will be missed by her colleagues and friends, who described her as ‘caring’ and ‘compassionate’, with a ‘bubbly and distinctive laugh’. One colleague said: “Claire is so hard working and accommodating. She works extremely hard and works long hours to make sure the ward runs smoothly – she will be extremely missed.”

Colleagues from across the Trust who have taken retirement have been given a fond farewell by friends and staff.

Treasured memories for housekeeper A treasured member of staff who was the firstever housekeeper at UHB has retired from her role. Janet Kelly worked at UHB for 14 years after responding to a job advert in 2004, for a new pilot scheme the Trust was trying out. This scheme was for a then-brand new role of ward housekeeper. More than a decade later, she is beloved to not only one, but two wards. “The original role of housekeeper was originally a 12 month project idea,” she said. “I saw a little advert in the Evening Mail and applied. I was given a trial run, receiving two weeks training by a lady named Judith Head. After the 12 months was up, the ward manager was given the option to keep us on and my manager, Emma Steele, did.” Janet’s time with UHB began at the old QE hospital, where she was based on the Harborne Ward. She had no previous experience within the NHS but quickly settled into her role and moved with the team to the new QEHB building in 2011. She served two wards, Ward 623 and the Young Person’s Unit (YPU), up until her decision to retire in March. Most wards usually have a housekeeper each. “I’ll be sad to leave the staff and the patients – the role has changed a lot in my time here. The staff are lovely and it is a really good team to work with. “Of course there have been very sad times and stories but the team has always pulled

Colleagues bid a fond farewell to housekeeper Janet Kelly

together. We have a good retention here. People come to work on these wards and they tend to stay for a long time. We’ve all always got along. There’s no room not to in this situation. “There have also been some brilliant times – and great nights out!” A number have staff worked with Janet for the entirety of her time with the Trust and one in particular, ward manager Tina Dwyer, has nothing but good things to say about her. “She’s part of the furniture!” she laughs. “I’ve never known the ward without her and I don’t know

what we will do without her.” Tracey Jones, who is the ward administrator and worked with Janet for a number of years, said: “Whoever replaces Janet has big shoes to fill.” She added that Janet was the ward’s “social secretary”. Colleagues past and present, and Janet’s daughter, threw her a party to say goodbye, where she said: “I can’t believe all of this is for me. I never expected anything like this – it’s so lovely to see so many old friends. I will miss the staff here terribly.”

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Ideal union for long serving colleague UHB’s UNISON branch secretary and chair of Staff Side Sharon Otto has retired after 42 years with the Trust. Sharon had worked at UHB since 1980, in a variety of roles, but ended her time here supporting and speaking up for staff that required union support. However, she started her career with the NHS as a nurse. She completed her training at City Hospital and her first role as a newly-qualified nurse was in theatres. She then moved to Selly Oak Hospital in 1980 and worked as a bank nurse before taking a job within the ENT department. She first became a union representative for the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) in 1988, which later merged along with two other public sector trade unions into UNISON. Her decision was motivated by the introduction of clinical grading for nurses, which she felt was unfair.

A friend remarked at the time that “she should do something about it and not just talk about it”, fuelling her to become a union representative. Sharon has a great passion for nursing and is very honoured to have been a nurse at UHB, but says she ‘never expected to end my career in the NHS as chair of Staff Side for University Hospitals Birmingham as well as UNISON branch secretary’. “I am most proud of helping to develop a positive relationship between Staff Side and management, working together to ensure the success of the Trust for staff and patients. This has been very harmonious and I hope it continues.” At her retirement celebration, colleagues, including UHB’s Executive Director of Delivery Tim Jones and UNISON Staff Side vice chair Bill Morris, gave speeches describing Sharon’s dedication to her work and how the Trust ‘may never see another like her’.

IT fixer here to help

Chryz Legaspi is the new IT fixer

Chryz Legaspi, pictured, the Trust’s new IT support officer, has been appointed to work across all wards at QEHB and will be on the lookout for equipment such as broken computers/laptops on wheels (COWs), desktop computers and printers, which could be negatively impacting or delaying clinical teams in getting their jobs done as efficiently as they would like. Whilst Chryz cannot be available 24/7, the IT Service Desk is, so remember that if you have an IT problem, or find a piece of faulty IT equipment you can report these by calling telephone ext: 2199, or by clicking on the Service Portal icon on your desktop and logging the issue.

Groups offer help: Patients, families and staff can turn to support from a range of groups at the Trust ALOPECIA Impartial information and mutual support to cope with hair loss Jenny: 07760 95885, 0121 440 5794. ƀ jen@araucaria.demon.co.uk ¬ www.alopeciaonline.org.uk ANN CONROY TRUST Support/education for patients living with Syringomyelia & Chiari malformation. ¬ www.annconroytrust.org 0300 111 0004

GET-A-HEAD Fundraising and support group for patients who have had head and neck cancer. 0121 371 5046 ¬ www.getahead.org.uk

PATIENTS’ READING GROUP Meets Tuesdays, Weoley Castle Library. 2pm–3.30pm. To book: 0121 464 1664.

GROWN-UP CONGENTIAL HEART PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Supports young people and adults born with a heart condition. 0800 854 759.

PITUITARY FOUNDATION This group for patients, carers and friends meets at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. For details of the dates of the meetings please visit our website ¬ birminghampituitarygroup.weebly.com 0845 450 0375

BECHET’S SYNDROME SOCIETY 0845 130 7329 ƀ info@bechetsdisease.org.uk. ¬ www.bechets.org.uk Birmingham contact: 07886 304018 ƀ anishaz@hotmail.co.uk

HEADSTART BIRMINGHAM Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation Support Group. Meetings are held on the first Friday of the month 7pm–9pm. Seminar room in outpatients department at QEHB. Patricia Hewlett 0121 459 7147

BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICT TINNITUS GROUP Practical support and advice for sufferers including group sessions and newsletters c/o Birmingham Institute for the Deaf, Ladywood Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8SZ. Eileen: 01384 831032 ƀ info@tinnitusbham.org.uk

HAEMATOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP Meeting at the Centre for Clinical Haematology on a monthly basis for information, social events, friendship and mutual support. 07766 875111 ƀ Haematologys@yahoo.co.uk.

BREATHE EASY – THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF THE BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION For everyone living with lung disease. Birmingham South Group meets monthly at Moseley Hall Hospital 2–4pm 03000 030 555 ¬ w ww.blf.org.uk BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION (BANA) BANA’s friendly West Midlands Group meet 3 or 4 times a year for mutual support, information exchange and to hear talks by specialist guests. ƀ admin@bana-uk.com 01246 550 011 ¬ www.bana-uk.com BRITISH SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION Support group for sufferers of the auto-immune rheumatic disease. 0121 478 0222 ƀ office@bssa.uk.net  BSSA, PO Box 15040, Birmingham B31 9DP BUSY Bs Support group for people with stomas and bowel disease. 0121 627 8343. COCAINE ANONYMOUS We have a meeting in Birmingham and Solihull each week, or visit our website for more information: ¬ cauk.org.uk”Meets at William Booth Centre Tuesday 7.30pm–8.30pm B4 6HA and at Hobs Moat United Reform Wednesday Solihull 8.00pm - 9.00pm B92 8SD CYSTITIS & OVERACTIVE BLADDER FOUNDATION Advice line: 0121 702 0820 ƀ info@cobfoundation.org ¬ www.cobfoundation.org DIABETES UK Regular support group meetings in King’s Heath for people with diabetes, family members and friends. ¬ www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/ Midlands and follow link to Birmingham ƀ janet.davenports@gmail.com DIGNITY IN CARE SUPPORT GROUP The group run the Memory Lane Café for patients with cognitive impairment and their carers. Café is open Wednesday afternoons. ƀ memorylanecafe@uhb.nhs.uk ¬ www.dignityincare.org.uk D.I.S.C (DEMENTIA INFORMATION & SUPPORT FOR CARERS) A service offered specifically for CARERS of people with confusion and memory (DEMENTIA) problems. 0121 553 6483 ƀ carers@discbirmingham.co.uk ¬ www.discbirmingham.co.uk FACIAL PALSY UK Facial Palsy UK have launched a Midlands support group for any adult affected by facial paralysis, whatever the cause. ƀ lorraine@facialpalsy.org.uk 0300 030 9333

HAEMOCHROMATOSIS WEST MIDLANDS SUPPORT GROUP Offering support and raising awarenessfor this generic iron overload condition. 03030 401102 ƀ helpline@haemochromatosis.org.uk HOME FROM HOSPITAL CARE Free support to Birmingham patients on discharge from hospital Including information, shopping, befriending and respite care. 0121 472 4499. INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES TRUST Listening to people with diabetes and their carers. 01604 622 837 ƀ enquiries@Iddtinternational.org ¬ www.iddtinternational.org KIDNEY PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION Runs local groups across the West Midlands. 01922 644 982 ƀ nick.flint@live.com ¬ www.kidneymatters.co.uk LARYNGECTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Meets monthly at British Legion social club, Quarry Lane, Northfield. A patient led group. Organised speakers at each session. 0121 627 2360 or 0121 627 2248. LET’S FACE IT Support group for people with any form of facial disfigurement 01843 833 724. LOOKING FORWARD – GYNAE-ONCOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP Support group for those with a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer. Meets monthly at City Hospital. Catherine Spencer 0121 507 5511 MILITARY PATIENTS Military patients will be visited by a representative from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) who will attend to their administrative, welfare, pastoral and spiritual needs. NATIONAL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION ¬ Birmingham: www.brasg.org.uk ¬ National: www.nras.org.uk Heart of England group: 01628 823 524 OESOPHAGEAL PATIENTS ASSOCIATION (OPA) National charity offering support and information to patients and carers affected by oesophageal and stomach cancers. Birmingham group hosts two meetings per year. 0121 704 9860 ƀ enquiries@opa.org.uk ¬ www.opa.org.uk PAIN FATIGUE SUPPORT Meets first Thursday of the month. Noon to 2pm, Erdington Methodist Church. 0300 330 0640 ƀ painfatiguesupport@hotmail.co.uk.

QE LIVER TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP The group meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Monday of every month (except July and August) in the Faith Centre, Meeting Room level 1, QEHB. 0121 627 2089 or 01902 679 333 (after 7:30pm). ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held 1st Tuesday of every month, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. 0121 424 1433  Lynne Reaper. THE NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY The National Osteoporosis Society runs a local support group based in Birmingham. 0121 429 7366 ¬ www.nos.org.uk THE STROKE ASSOCIATION Supporting people affected by stroke. 0303 303 3100 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm) ƀ info@stroke.org.uk ¬ www.stroke.org.uk TRACHEOTOMY SUPPORT New group for patients following tracheotomy. 0121 627 2248. VASCULITIS SUPPORT GROUP WEST MIDLANDS (VSGWM) For sufferers of Systemic Vasculitis (e.g. Wegener’s granulomatosis) as well as support for carers. The VSGWM circulates useful information and ideas, with friendly meetings held at least once a year. 0121 243 5621. WEST MIDLANDS BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT GROUP Meets in the Faith and Community Centre, first floor, QEHB on third Monday of the month, noon to 2pm. Sue Wreglesworth: 0771 7175 236 ƀ sue.wreglesworth@braintumouruk.org.uk WILSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP – UK National charitable group offering support and information to patients with Wilson’s disease and their families. For information and local support contact ƀ jerry@wilsonsdisease.org.uk ¬ www.wilsonsdisease.org.uk YOUNG ADULTS CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Is run by a group of young adult cancer patients to offer support for people who have similar needs. No strict age limit but current members in their 20s–40s. Meetings usually held last Wednesday of month at The Plough, Harborne. Vicky Stock: 0784 589 7760 ƀ stock.vicky@yahoo.co.uk

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | May 2018

May 2018 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

No. 3627

Your monthly puzzle challenge Quiz Challenge

CROSS CODE 25

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11 13

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NONAGRAM

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EACH number in our Cross Code grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have three letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check off the alphabetical list of letters as you identify them.

MAGIC SQUARE

ALAS, EPISODE IS OLD

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and each letter may be used only once. At least one word using all nine letters can be found. Guidelines: 15 Good; 18 Very Good; 21 Excellent. Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is eligible with the following exceptions: proper nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words; variant spellings of the same word (where another variant is also eligible).

USING all 16 letters of the phrase above, form four words each of four letters which will fit in the grid to form a magic square in which the words can be read both horizontally and vertically.

SPELL out a 15-letter word or phrase by moving from one chamber to another within the pyramid. You may only enter each of the chambers once and may only K proceed through openings in the C walls. The first letter may appear in any A J chamber.

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EACH row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.

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QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Anna Ford; 2 Clement Attlee; 3 Hotspur; 4 The Colorado beetle; 5 Zip code; 6 The Grampians; 7 A flower of the primula family; 8 Mountaineering; 9 Bacteria; 10 Lisbeth Salander.

EASY SUDOKU 8 9 5 6 2 3 4 7 1

2 3 4 5 1 7 9 8 6

1 6 7 8 9 4 5 3 2

9 7 8 4 6 1 2 5 3

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HARD SUDOKU 5 4 6 9 3 2 7 1 8

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6 5 9 1 4 8 3 2 7

4 6 8 5 7 2 1 3 9

5 1 7 4 9 3 2 8 6

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MAGIC SQUARE: pole; over; lens; Erse. WORD PYRAMID: Board and lodging. EQUALISER: Clockwise from top left – add; subtract; multiply; divide. Total: 5.

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HERE are two miniature fivesquare crosswords using the same grid – but the letters have been mixed up. You have to work out which letters belong to which crossword.

EQUALISER 4 12 4 2 4 2 2 10 2 4 6 16 PLACE the four signs (add, subtract, multiply, divide) one in each circle so that the total of each across and down line is the same. Perform the first calculation in each line first and ignore the mathematical law which says you should always perform division and multiplication before addition and subtraction.

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FIVE ALIVE:

NONAGRAM:

acer; acinus; acne; acre; arsenic; auric; cairn; cane; caner; canine; cannier; care; caries; carse; case; casein; cause; causer; cine; cran; crane; cruise; crus; cruse; cunner; cure; curie; curse; ecru; erica; incase; incur; incus; incuse; INSURANCE; nacre; nance; nice; nicer; nuance; nuisance; race; rice; runic; Down – 1 Pole; 2 Range; 3 Leaven; 4 Seer; 6 Lantern; 7 Reaction; 8 sauce; saucer; saucier; scan; scanner; Stood; 12 Radon; 13 Cater; 14 Fantasia; 16 Ion; 18 Surmise; 21 Bagel; scar; scare; scaur; scran; scunner; serac; sice; since; sucre; usance. Down – 1 Repose; 2 Carol; 3 Erelong; 5 Timer; 6 Honiton; 7 Design; 8 Electrician; 14 Inboard; 15 Rougher; 16 Chopin; 17 Editor; 19 Reels; 20 Throw. QUICK CROSSWORD: Across – 1 Paralyse; 5 Blur; 9 Lineage; 10 Tonga; 11 Fever; 13 Covert; 15 Naiad; 17 Also; 19 Dot; 20 Undo; 21 Bones; 23 Tartan; 24 Raise; 28 Snipe; 29 Avarice; 30 Amen; 31 Decedent.

DOWN 2. They could take the field one hour before noon (6)

6. Poet forbidden to speak (4)

(1) Across – Quaff; Optic; Asset. Down – Quota; Autos; Facet. CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: Across – 1 Rocked; 4 Itched; 9 Purcell; 10 Minus; 11 Saloon car; 12 (2) Across – Twist; Inert; Extol. Down – Toile; Inept; Total. Tag; 13 Fingerprint; 18 Hob; 19 Recounted; 21 Plane; 22 Athirst; 23

22 Savage; 25 Smite; 26 Pate; 27 Cent.

ACROSS 1. Agitator in China? (8)

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10. What might you catch with a kiddle?

WORD PYRAMID

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1

9. Which fruit has the variety Moneymaker?

5. What name is given to the first day of Lent?

8. Singer and actress Selena Gomez has had an on-off relationship with which pop star?

4. Which animal has the varieties Dartmoor, New Forest and Welsh mountain?

7. Which ancient track, parts of which are still used by walkers today, crosses England from Norfolk to Wiltshire?

3. What does the verb poll mean in terms of cattle?

9 21

6. Where might a Bézier curve be seen?

2. Which sport features drop cannons?

1. On what type of shellfish is the logo of the petroleum company Shell based?

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15 17

21 10

8. Round which one must be mad (4)

3. He will put something on a horse (7)

9. Very large lady Teresa ain’t upset inside (8)

4. Ring won’t be moved or pulled (2,3)

10. Chap sensing sympathy (6,7)

5. Entrust other crazy people (7)

11. Nail personal support by front door (4)

6. Blockhead Alan sort of commonplace (5)

13. Locate a piece of furniture (4)

7. Dislike being given another posting (6)

17. Start one choir performing this arrangement (13)

12. Come down in the world (7)

20. Dennis cavorting within outer limits of Kansas displays benevolence (8) 21. Little Ernest said to gain interest (4)

14. She should be able to play her part (7) 15. Clever one Bryan confused (6) 16. Part of a meal to be followed? (6)

22. Tommy rather fond of taking this girl in (4)

18. Monster from Hardy novel (5)

23. Traders about to include Golf as a racing car (8)

19. Some debris came down in south Wales town (5)

QUICK CROSSWORD 1

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9 11

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ACROSS 1. Direct (8) 5. Dull thump (4) 7. Unconventional (9) 9. Bangers and ---- (4) 10. Volcanic rock (4) 11. Showy flower (5) 14. Throng (5) 15. Inactive (5) 16. West London suburb (5) 17. Book of maps (5) 18. Step (5)

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19. Woollen fabric (5)

6. Catastrophe (8)

22. Snug (4)

7. Set up (9)

24. Cure (4) 26. Bicycle part (9)

8. Custodian (9) 11. Accumulate (5)

27. Overt (4)

12. Teacher (5) 28. Based on reason (8) 13. Wash lightly (5) DOWN 14. Detached (mus.) (8) 1. Close violently (4)

20. Sea duck (5)

2. Curved shape (4)

21. Hail (5)

3. Estimate (5)

23. Thread (4)

4. Tenth part (5)

24. Ring of light (4)

5. Labour (4)

25. Calm (4)

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