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The magazine of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
December 2023
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PICTURED LEFT: From left, Gavin Boyle, Chief Executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, Barnsley Hospital Chair Sheena McDonnell, Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Executive, and Barnsley Hospital Chief Executive Dr Richard Jenkins. And right: The Diagnostic Centre in the Glassworks.
NHS chief praises diagnostic centre
Barnsley Hospital CEO Dr Richard Jenkins
Optimism through the storms
Welcome to the winter edition of Barnsley Hospital News. It’s fair to say the last few months have The Chief Executive of the amazing to visit Barnsley and Initially, the CDC was allocated and-a-half weeks, while waits for remained challenging – not only in the NHS, Amanda Pritchard, has see first-hand the huge approximately £2.8million of ultrasound screening have fallen hospital but in the wider world. South visited the ground-breaking difference that the capital funding via the national from six weeks to just two weeks. Yorkshire and other parts of the country Community Diagnostic Centre community diagnostic centre CDC programme, and a further Breast screening uptake rates were battered by storms, at the same (CDC) in Barnsley’s retail is having on the lives of local sum of around £4.6 million increased from 50% in April 2022 time as we headed into our traditionally centre The Glass Works. people – by bringing health from the same pot. Additional to 72% in October 2022. difficult ‘winter mode’ when Covid and checks to the high street, staff services now include Ms Pritchard toured the CDC Ms Pritchard added: “The staff flu are on the rise. there working with their local computerised tomography (CT), working at the Glassworks CDC and was welcomed by Barnsley partners, are ensuring services abdominal aortic aneurysm Despite this, we have many successes Hospital Chief Executive Dr and at local blood pressure are as convenient as possible for screening, URO-Dynamics to celebrate. In October, we were proud Richard Jenkins, and Gavin checks in the market were patients as well as successfully (bladder) and retinal eye that the Chief Executive of the NHS, Boyle, Chief Executive of the incredible – from student driving down waiting times.” screening. Amanda Pritchard, visited our South Yorkshire Integrated Care radiographers to specialist Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Board. She went on to meet The unit firstly offered breast The CDC development means nurses, they should all be Barnsley (see full story left). She said it radiographers, sonographers, screening and phlebotomy waiting times for some screening immensely proud of their work was ‘amazing’ to see first-hand the huge speciality nurses in the Capsule (blood test) services, plain film have been cut substantially. - it is absolutely first class and difference the CDC is having on the Endoscopy Service and NHS X-Ray, DEXA (bone density) Waiting times for plain film exactly what we want to see lives of local people by bringing health apprentices and trainees. screening and non-obstetric X-Ray are down from two-and-a- happening for patients right checks to the high street. ultrasound. half weeks in March 2022 to one- across the county.” Ms Pritchard said: “It was In all, we spent £18.6 million on infrastructure last year on developments such as the CDC and our new Intensive Care Unit. We also delivered our national elective recovery objectives despite emergency care pressures – we had over 100,000 visitors to our Emergency Department last year. Managing this is just one of the many achievements of our incredible staff. They are our greatest asset and, with the help of our hospital charity, we have funded extra measures to support their health and wellbeing (see page 4). These include engaging an occupational HOSPITAL HEROES: Hospital volunteer Margaret Broadhead, Robert Blackburn and Jane Parker and the Stoma Care team psychologist to offer help. We increased our number of care support workers and welcomed new staff members including our Director of Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs, Sarah Barnsley Hospital was the care and support that utation preceded her. any of the team, including Barnsley Hospital Moppett. We also welcomed new public celebrating after Lead Julie’s mum (Carmel) Jane consistently the ward clerk, my mum Charity’s Neonatal Unit and staff governors (see Page 3 – Tom Colorectal/Stoma Care received as she adapted displayed empathy is fondly welcomed by fund for tiny babies who Wood). Clinical Nurse Jane to living life with a stoma. towards my mum and gave all and remembered. The are born prematurely. Patients, their families and carers Parker and her team emotional support has Friendly and compassion- her the knowledge and The hospital charity had a remain at the heart of our Trust and we won the ‘Hospital Hero’ confidence to understand been outstanding.” are dedicated to involving them in our ate, this unique team was further celebration when category of the Proud of her new regime, whilst improvement projects. Recently, this praised for its humour A long-term supporter of its supporter Tony Batty Barnsley Awards. using humour to address as well as its outstanding Barnsley Hospital Charity won the Community Hero included projects to help families of any negativity or those living with dementia (see Kelly The announcement came emotional support. was also a winner in the category. uncertainty displayed Furniss’ story on Page 3). We also imat a glittering ceremony on In July 2023, following an Charity Fundraiser Each Christmas and by us. proved our discharge processes and November 17 at category. Robert emergency admission and Easter, Tony (Tony’s established a live booking system to Barnsley Metrodome. “Jane also advocated for Blackburn, a swimming colostomy surgery and Barbers) rallies a group of support reduction in missed Jane and the Colorectal my mum on more than instructor at Royston cancer diagnosis of likeminded volunteers to appointments and cancellations. Team beat off competition Carmel, Jane was one occasion during her Leisure Centre – Barnsley collect toys and gifts for from two other hospital stay in hospital ensuring Premier Leisure, took on Our ambition is that over the next few introduced to support the hospital and others nominees, the my mum’s needs were an epic challenge on 9 years we’ll continue to apply innovative Carmel. across the region. Endoscopy Unit and met when we were not June 2023 swimming in ways to tackle health inequalities and Julie said: “Jane was The Trust is extremely the Diabetes team. present to support her. It’s the Great North Swim in meet some of the challenges we face. friendly and compassionproud of all the fantastic clear that Jane is part of Windermere, covering a I hope you and your families have a A grateful daughter (Julie ate from the start and we work staff and volunteers happy and healthy winter, and that you a unique team. When we total of two miles. Parkin) nominated Jane quickly learnt from friends have had contact either by do every day at the enjoy a peaceful break as we look and her team following Robert raises money for and family that Jane’s rephospital. phone or face-to-face with forward to the new year.
Fabulous Proud of Barnsley winners
Festival of Lights brightens day Storm Debi failed to dampen spirits at Barnsley Hospital as staff celebrated the Hindu festivals of Diwali and Onam with music and dancing. The hospital’s international nurses and the Race Equality Staff Network met in Collier’s, the hospital restaurant, and invited others to learn about their culture and customs. Diwali is the Hindu festival of
lights, and India’s biggest holiday of the year. Onam is an annual harvest festival mostly celebrated by people living in and from, Kerala (one of India’s states); it is the official festival of Kerala. Roya Pourali, Inclusion and Wellbeing Lead at the hospital, said: “I’d like to acknowledge the huge teamwork and effort that goes into educating everyone
about different cultures and customs, and the diversity our international nurses bring. “The majority of our international nurses are from India and Pakistan and we are proud to celebrate them. This event is such as success largely because of the support of our senior leadership and the fact that everyone in the hospital is participating and sharing cultures.”