Next two pay days
Please note you will be paid on the following dates:- 23 December 2015 and 26 January 2016
All pay days can be found on the intranet under Workforce and Organisational Development. Please click on ‘Payroll’ and then ‘When do I get paid?’ or click here.
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Poster competition
Staff Nurse, Cher Maxwell, has been announced the winner of a poster competition amongst The Tissue Viability Team.
Pictured in the attachments with Tissue Viability Nurse, James Hobbs, Cher won a book token and a goody bag.
The poster will be used to raise awareness across CHFT regarding prevention of heel pressure ulcers. Cher’s ward (7ad) has also won a Repose Wedge, which is designed to offload pressure to the heel.
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Child Health Care Closer To Home C3
Away from home project - Children Health Care closer to home C3 is a project which has been running for the last 16 months, it has two pilot sites one at Innovations Childrens Centre and the other at Meltham Road Surgery Huddersfield.
The main drivers are to ensure patient views and experiences are at the heart of the project.
On the 16th September, Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Locala Community Partnership, Amanda Barwick & Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner, Ian Melling, presented the project at a conference in Birmingham- “Innovations in Paediatric Community Practice” (see attachments).
The study day was chaired by Kath Evans NHS England head of patient experience for Maternity, Children and young people.
Childrens services general manager, Gill Harries, told us, "It was a very informative study day and was interesting to discuss practice in other areas of the country and develop a network to share good practice."
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On November 27th, the UK Sikh Healthcare Chaplaincy Group organised a day of prayer at CHFT.
The event aimed to promoting community links between the NHS and the Sikh community.
Members of the Sikh faith came to HRI to perform a prayer known as Ardas (see attachments).
Members of the Sikh community made up from various Gurdwaras, Sikh voluntary organisations and Sikh student societies took part in the day ensuring that all UK hospitals prayed for the well-being, recovery and good spirits of those who are currently in hospital and for World Peace.
The vibrations of the prayer helped reach out to all, regardless of faith, race or gender, and the hope for the day was that it will also result in raising awareness within the Sikh community of Sikh chaplain (sewak) volunteering opportunities across hospitals in the UK.
By creating a link between hospital chaplains and their local Sikh community, the two can work together at recruiting new chaplains from the Sikh Community to the various hospitals.
Hospital Chaplain, George Spencer, told us "The intention for the day was for the prayer to reach out to all, regardless of faith, race or gender."
"This is the third year the Ardas has been prayed in our hospitals and was organised by our honorary Sikh chaplain, Mr Harbinder Singh.”
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New Locala telephone number for new Single Point of Contact
Locala's new Single Point of Contact (SPC) opened for business on 1 December. This has just one telephone number for anyone - health and social care professionals, patients and the public - to use to make referrals, book/change appointments or ask questions. It will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
By next Spring all Locala services will be accessible via this number (1) but initially it only replaces numbers you use to contact their
- Locality Services (District Nursing, Community Matron, Intermediate Care, Rapid Response)
- Community flexible beds (Step up, Step Down)
The new Single Point of Contact telephone number is: 0300 304 5555. To keep the phone lines as free as possible for the more complex referrals we ask that SystmOne users please use e-referrals.
The call handlers are all highly trained, have access to SystmOne and should be able to deal with most of your queries but they will refer to clinical colleagues within the call centre if required.
From 8.00am on Tuesday 1 December Locala teams will be waiting for your calls 24/7. They will be monitoring calls and feedback to constantly improve their service. Any feedback about any Locala service, including the Single Point of Contact, should be directed to Locala’s Customer Liaison Team on 0303 003 4529, Option 1 Monday to Friday, 8.30 -17.30, excluding Bank Holidays, or via enquiry@locala.org.uk
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The 12 online frauds of Christmas
In the countdown to Christmas it is important to beware of online criminals who target internet shoppers with scams.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas last year, tens of thousands of people fell victim to an online fraud.
Adele Jowett, Local Counter Fraud Specialist, recommends that you read the leaflet ‘12 online frauds of Christmas’ which includes top tips to protect yourself.
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