Welcome to the latest edition of your UHSussex staff newsletter, a round-up of the news stories from across our hospitals throughout July |
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Dear colleague
We started the month celebrating the NHS reaching its milestone 74th birthday and recognised team members who shared their birthday on this special day. We also featured one of our STAR Award winners, who was invited to celebrate the NHS anniversary at No.10 Downing Street.
Meanwhile, the UHSussex@Prides2022 celebrations continued, with Trust colleagues and staff LGBTQI+ Network attending Worthing Pride and Trans Pride in Brighton. What's more, we shone a light on World Hepatitis Day, welcomed a state-of-the-art X-ray room, and heard from more staff about their views on the 3Ts Stage 1 Building.
And finally, it was a month of achievements across the Trust, with a Cavall Star Award winner, a digital health bursary award, maternity staff graduating the Patient First programme, and much, much more.
So please grab a cuppa and take some time out to catch up on our news.
Thank you,
Communications
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On 5 July, the NHS celebrated 74 years of service.
The NHS is truly an organisation with people at its heart, and we said a huge thank you to all of our brilliant colleagues. You help to shape our workplace for the better every day, putting patients first with such skill and compassion.
We also wanted to recognise team members who share a birthday with the NHS and also wish them a very happy birthday.
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STARS winner Sharmila celebrates NHS birthday at no.10 |
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STAR Awards winner Sharmila Jeyasingh marked the 74th birthday of the NHS with a trip to Downing Street and a garden party with the Prime Minister.
The consultant paediatrician at The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital joined 100 other health professionals from around the country at the reception that celebrated the anniversary of the NHS and the Adult Social Care system.
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This month bought us two superb Pride Parades; Worthing Pride on 9 July and Trans Pride in Brighton on 16 July.
Staff from our LGBTQI+ Network attended, as well as the Sexual Health team, Membership team, and charity colleagues. They were joined by Chief Executive George Findlay, Chief Operating Officer Dr Andy Heeps and Chief Nurse Maggie Davies.
Next up is Brighton and Hove Pride on 6 August where Trust network members and allies will celebrate on a huge 13-metre float, kindly donated by Lang O’Rourke, with a DJ, balloons, and confetti canons.
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Charity raises an incredible £260,000 for new state of the art X-ray room at PRH |
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Patients can now be X-rayed more quickly and safely thanks to a new digital X-ray room at Princess Royal Hospital.
The hospital’s League of Friends charity raised an incredible £260,000 to refurbish the new unit, which includes a new state-of-the-art X-ray machine and dental imaging equipment.
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Trafford Ward nominated for Team of the Year Award at Practice Learning Awards 2022 |
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The team on Trafford Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital received a nomination for Team of the Year, as part of the Practice Learning Awards 2022. The awards are hosted by University of Brighton’s School of Sport and Health Sciences.
Students are welcomed onto Trafford Ward, where the Sussex Kidney Centre sits, to complete work placements, as part of a programme with the university.
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3Ts Redevelopment – First Impressions of the Stage 1 Building |
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There is a growing sense of excitement about Stage 1 of the 3Ts Redevelopment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital that is due to open early in 2023. The reactions of staff looking round their services’ new homes have ranged from impressed to amazed.
“It is the amount of space that first strikes everyone,” says Eoin O’Flynn, Clinical Planning Manager for 3Ts and Radiographer. “Once the sheer scale of the building begins to sink in, the individual improvements then make a real impression. These always include how much better the experience will be for patients and how the more spacious departments will help staff manage the day to day challenges of care.”
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Staff striving for digital change recognised as ‘future leaders in digital health sector’ |
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Staff from the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital were awarded a digital health bursary as part of a ‘35 under 35’ programme.
Congratulations to Digital Nurse, Becca Robinson, and EPMA (Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration) Lead Pharmacist, Sam Coffey, who received this esteemed bursary as a reflection of their dedication and bright futures as digital health leaders. The bursary also included attendance at an exclusive summer school.
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Through ‘dedication and hard work’, maternity staff graduated Patient First programme |
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Staff from Princess Royal and Royal Sussex County maternity wards completed their Patient First Improvement System (PFIS) training.
PFIS, which is delivered by the Kaizen team, develops colleagues' ability to solve problems and improve performance. It recognises that those who do the work should be the ones improving the work and it empowers them to find ways of resolving issues.
Maternity colleagues from Brighton and Hayward’s Heath were amongst the first to complete the programme since the pandemic.
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Brighton pier turned purple to shine a light on World Hepatitis Day |
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Brighton Pier turned the colour purple on 28 July to mark World Hepatitis Day and shine a light on people suffering from the disease across the globe.
The Sussex Hepatology Network were at the pier providing information for people who wanted to know more about hepatitis – an illness which kills one person every 30 seconds.
The network is formed by colleagues from the Trust, working alongside staff from East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT).
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Lynne shines bright with Cavell Star Award |
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Congratulations to Lynne Mould, Paediatric Matron at Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, who was awarded a Cavell Star Award - the first at the Trust.
Lynne was nominated for her support of fellow colleagues who felt she goes above and beyond her usual duties. She was kindly presented with her well-deserved Cavell medal and pin by Dr Emma Wadey, Mental Health Professional Nurse Lead for NHS England.
Cavell Star Awards are a national awards programme that shine a light on nurses, midwives, nursing associates and healthcare assistants who show exceptional care to their colleagues, patients and patients’ families.
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The quarterly NHS People Pulse survey is open until 31 July.
This is an opportunity to share your insights and experiences. The outputs from the survey are reviewed at a national level and will help to shape the support available for NHS staff across the country.
Make a positive difference by taking five minutes to complete the survey online or via the QR code.
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Finance team win Star of the Month |
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The finance team were Star of the Month winners for June thanks to their outstanding achievements, completing the first set of annual accounts for UHSussex.
With more than 150 staff, the finance team have integrated financial systems and produced a consolidated set of accounts for the newly merged Trust alongside working with new auditors, resulting in them receiving four nominations for Star of the Month.
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Patient First Planet First news |
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In July, our series of stories published on the intranet explored how the public perceived sustainability in healthcare, how they viewed changes to health care that support sustainability and what we could do to better integrate their concerns and views into the actions we take in delivering our Green Plans.
In the joint collaborative piece of work alongside Sussex Health and Care Partnership, Care Without Carbon, and Surrey County Council, we surveyed over 800 people representative of Surrey and Sussex populations on topics including:
- What patients think about digitally based NHS care options
- What patients think about the NHS carbon footprint
- What patients think about more sustainable medicines and medical equipment when in NHS care
Visit our Green Plan page to find out more about the Trust's net zero ambitions, and if you would like to champion sustainability in your department, sign up as a UHSussex Green Ambassador by email.
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Don’t miss your chance to sign up for the Trust charities’ skydive experience taking place in Salisbury on 21 August – an exhilarating 10,000ft tandem jump supported by specialist skydive instructors, which includes a magical five minute parachute ride across the beautiful Salisbury Plain and sites of historic interest.
Sign up to jump and raise funds for Love Your Hospital charity to support St Richard’s, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals. For more information contact John Price or call 0800 028 4890.
Sign up to jump and raise funds for BSUH Charity to support the Royal County Sussex, Princess Royal, Royal Alexandra and the Sussex Eye Hospital. For more information contact Samantha Craycraft or call 01273 665102.
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Fancy a great night out? An event not to be missed! |
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The Wonderland Ball is coming to The Grand Hotel Brighton on Saturday 1 October. Fantastic entertainment, with a three course meal, welcome drink and half-bottle of wine is included with your ticket.
For the second year, BSUH Charity is delighted to be one of the charity beneficiaries for this popular event run by local round table club Brighton Regency 10. Last year, their spectacular Great Barnum’s Bonanza Ball raised £6,000 to help support staff and patients across our hospitals.
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Congratulations to staff fundraising efforts |
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Sian Herlihy, Cancer Support Worker (Haematology) at Worthing Hospital, completed the 40km Brighton Breezy charity bike ride on 24 July in two hours and 24 minutes. She has so far raised £118 for Albion in the Community charity, with donations still open on her Just Giving page.
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Carole Dowsing, Medical Records Clerk at Southlands Hospital, completed the 1.1km Pier to Pier swim in Brighton on 15 July in 27 mins and 55 seconds. Carole (on the left) has so far raised £500 for St Barnabas House hospice in Worthing.
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In case you missed it....
Here's our round-up of all the stories and updates across the Trust in July:
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Patient feedback highlights |
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