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April 2019 RDaSH leading the way with care
Welcome...
from the Chief Executive
Welcome to the April edition We’ve teamed up with Sheffield Health and
Social Care NHS Foundation Trust to bring a
of Trust Matters which is full of
new and enhanced perinatal mental health
your stories and achievements. service to women and families in Rotherham
and Doncaster. We’re also working with
This month we launched our Trust strategy
NAViGO to introduce a new perinatal mental
for the next five years to ensure that we
health service in North Lincolnshire.
continue to lead the way with care. Our new
strategy focuses on six ambitions to help us
Throughout April, which is Stress Awareness
to take the next steps for our patients, staff,
Month, our Improving Access to Psychological
members and our communities. A key part of
Services (talking therapies) teams in North
delivering these ambitions is The RDaSHWay,
Kathryn Singh Lincolnshire, Rotherham and Doncaster
which will see us taking a new approach to
Chief Executive have been encouraging anyone who is
developing a culture of continuous quality
experiencing stress to get in touch and enrol
If you’ve a story improvement through everything we do.
on one of their free courses.
to tell let our
Communications Team Also in this issue we celebrated our champion
know. Email rdash. I know that there is lots of great work
flu vaccinators and everyone involved in
rdashcommunications@ being done and I want to thank all of you
nhs.net making this year’s staff flu vaccination
for everything that you do here at the
or ring them on campaign the most successful in our history.
01302 796204. Trust.
We achieved an amazing 89% of our
Don’t forget you can frontline health workers having their flu jab
also follow us on social Kind regards.
to protect our patients, colleagues, family
media: and friends. I am very proud that we have
@Rdash_nhs such dedicated and committed workforce
Rdash nhs
and want to take this opportunity to thank Kathryn .
everyone who contributed to this very
important campaign.
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Staff matters
Well done to our GEM
Award winners!
Well done to everyone who received a Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award.
All well and truly deserved!
Our GEM Award winners for March are:
Camanda Simmonite and Emma Jones Catherine Collins David Powell
Community Team Learning Disabilities,
Forensics, Doncaster Informatics, Corporate
Doncaster
Emma Gorvett Judith Bower Holly Fisher
School Nursing, North Lincolnshire Amber Lodge, Doncaster East Community Nursing, Doncaster
Alice Hill Carole Tinsley Natalie Cox
East Community Nursing, Doncaster East Community Nursing, Doncaster East Community Nursing, Doncaster
Stacey Sockett Mandy Peckham Michelle Kerry
Community Team Learning Disabilities,
East Community Nursing, Doncaster Immunisation Team, Children’s Care Group
Doncaster
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Staff matters
Simon Darby-Smith Tracy Lawson East Community Nursing Team,
Magnolia Lodge, Doncaster Purchasing, Corporate Doncaster
To download your photograph from the day visit:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/nhsrdash/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1288216804649811
GEMS feedback from the day...what you said:
I think it's a lovely idea and Delivered with genuine
really enjoyed the event. pride for the people
receiving awards.
by
Really enjoyed the It was lovely to be recognised
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event. Felt very valued both my staff team and RDaSH.
and pleased I came, thank you goes a long way.
thank you.
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News matters
We’ve launched Our Five Year Strategy
This month we launched our ‘Our Five Year Strategy 2019-2024 RDaSH
Leading the way with care’.
This strategy builds on the work we’ve already done through a two-year programme
of transformation, recognising the need for continuous change and improvement
to build a whole-system approach in support of developing place based integrated
services.
We focus on six ambitions which help us to take the next steps for our patients,
staff, members and our communities. Our new approach to quality and cultural
development ‘The RDaSHWay’ will help us to deliver these ambitions.
You can read our strategy and find out how we plan to lead the way with
care via this link:
http://www.rdash.nhs.uk/54697/rdash-five-year-strategy-launch/
Our Vision
RDaSH Leading the way with care
Our Ambitions
Ambition One Ambition Two Ambition Three
Develop and deliver services Take the lead with our
Be a leading provider which have a focus on partners to drive the
of co-ordinated mental and prevention and early development of accessible
physical healthcare services intervention, building resilience patient centred care services
for people of all ages and promoting recovery closer to peoples homes
Ambition Six
Ambition Four Ambition Five Maximise benefits to patients
Develop a healthcare
Embrace technology to through ensuring a strong and
workforce who are equipped
innovate and continually sustained financial position to
to provide the highest level
improve clinical services underpin the delivery of high
of clinical care
quality clinical services
Our Values
Empowering Open,
Passionate Reliable Caring Progressive
and supportive transparent
and safe
of staff and valued
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News matters
Affected by cancer and want to tell your story in
pictures and films
People touched by cancer across
South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North
Derbyshire are being asked to share
their stories using pictures and films.
The Cancer Alliance, a partnership of
NHS, public, voluntary and charitable
organisations delivering cancer care, has
launched its appeal called: ‘Cancer: A picture
tells a thousand words’.
Sue Yates, (pictured) a former breast cancer
patient and a trustee of the national charity
‘Flat Friends UK’, which supports ladies living
without reconstruction after mastectomy,
has agreed to tell her story through images
of her journey. She said: “A picture tells
a thousand words! For me this is about
creating a legacy and helping others by
talking about and showing real experiences of cancer through images and
pictures. Many of us take photos to document our cancer journey – whether that
is having treatment or how we felt after, just living with the illness.
“I think it’s really positive that people can share their stories to help others by
inspiring them, showing what it’s like to have treatment. It’s also our opportunity
to work with organisations connected with cancer care to understand what
works well as well as how things could improve to make it better for the patients,
their families and loved ones.”
Family and friends of those affected by cancer are also welcome to act as models
to illustrate the cancer journey on behalf of their loved ones or to show their own
experiences.
The images will be used online, across the Cancer Alliance’s new website (yet to
be launched), in promotional materials and across social media. Most importantly,
the images will be used to understand what is good and where improvements
can be made. The Cancer Alliance is also looking to produce a piece of artwork
that will celebrate the experiences and engagement of the people who come
forward.
By taking part, sending in images and videos, you are giving permission for the Cancer Alliance to use these pictures and
films. The images and photography need to be of the individual concerned, unless permission is given for others in the
photograph and can be at any stage, or setting, in the cancer journey from people’s homes and gardens to holidays and while
having treatment.
For more information or to submit your pictures or film, please email: sybndcancer.alliance@nhs.net. You can also
tweet us @CA_SYBND, through Instagram on @canceralliance_sybnd or via Facebook, search for ‘SYBND Cancer
Alliance’.
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Staff matters
Celebrating our Champion flu vaccinators
The year’s staff flu vaccination campaign has been our best ever – vaccinating 89% of our frontline staff
which is a fantastic achievement.
To show our appreciation and recognise the remarkable contribution that our flu vaccinators, supported by their care group
flu admin leads have done this year, we celebrated this achievement at an awards ceremony.
Here are our Champion Flu Vaccinators and Vaccinator Leaders in each care group:
Barbara Symonds, our top vaccinator
Tracey Dodsley • Children's Care Group Debbie Senior • Rotherham Care Group • Children's Group (vaccinated 192 staff)
Sara Long • North Lincolnshire Care Group Matt Ellis • Rotherham Care Group Karen Foltyn • Corporate division
(vaccinated 59 staff) (vaccinated 59 staff) (vaccinated 108 staff)
collected by Graeme Tosh
Champion Flu Vaccinators who were not present:
Jan Hodgett, Corporate division
Kathryn Seddons and
Jeanette Green, Doncaster Care Group
Alison Lopich
North Lincolnshire Care Group
Vaccinators Leaders who were not present:
Cat Magee, Doncaster Care Group
(vaccinated 68 staff)
Well done !
Once again thank you and also to all of you who took up the offer of the flu vaccine this year to help protect our
patients, colleagues, family and friends.
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Staff matters
Welcome to Lisa
A warm welcome to Lisa Elder, Clinical
Effectiveness Support Officer, who’s providing
project support for clinical policies, National
Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence
guidance and clinical audit. Lisa can be contacted
on 01302 796477.
Cheerio to Lynn
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) staff say cheerio to Lynn Eyvbowho
after 32 in the NHS – the majority of this time in CAMHS. In the latter years, Lynn was the
Admin Lead for CAMHS and she did a fabulous job and we will all miss her.
Farewell Jacqueline BESTWISHES
Jacqueline Riches, one of our Nurse Medical Prescribers who worked at Stapleton Road, Doncaster,
retired in March after 37 years’ service with the NHS. “All the best in your retirement” from all your colleagues.
WELLDONE
Congratulations to Tracy Dodsley, Children’s Care Group Support Co-ordinator, and Sherree Cousins, Children’s Care
Group Secretary, who work Park Lodge, Doncaster, who’ve both passed the National Examination Board for Occupational
Safety and Health (NEBOSH) qualification. This course covers the management of safety, controlling workplace hazards as
well as a practical assessment of hazards.
Happy retirement Maggie
After a nursing career which spanned 43 years in the NHS, Maggie Barber, Community
Palliative Clinical Nurse, retired from the Trust in March. Maggie had worked in hospital,
district nursing and then specialist palliative care. Many of her colleagues, both past and
present, attended a special retirement presentation at St John’s Information and Support
Centre to wish her well in her retirement.
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Staff matters
Burnout Research study
Researchers from the University of Sheffield and our Grounded Research Team have linked up with the Trust's
Health and Wellbeing Team on a research project to look into what causes burnout in NHS staff working in
clinical care.
The study comprises of a questionnaire followed by a few short surveys which will try to identify individual stressors and the role they
play (over time) in burnout.
It’s hoped that the results from the research will be used to create a model that can predict when burnout may occur.
To take part you must carry out clinical work at the Trust. The link below will take you to the initial questionnaire:
https://sheffieldpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9BMW4TsTM4lvXTv
Who can I contact for more information?
The lead researcher on the project is Ben Davies. If you have any questions about taking part in the study, please contact Ben on:
bdavis1@sheffield.ac.uk
Our Health and Wellbeing team is supporting the promotion and delivery of this study, if you would like to find out more information
on how we intend to use the results of the study to support staff, please contact the team on rdash.healthandwellbeing@nhs.net
Research Contacts:
Ben Davies, Clinical Psychology trainee at the University of Sheffield, bdavis1@sheffield.ac.uk
Jaime Delgadillo, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield/
Clinical Research Fellow and Psychotherapist at RDaSH NHS FT, jaime.delgadillo@nhs.net
Grounded Research Team heather.rice3@nhs.net
Aurora Fashion Show
A member of our staff Joanne Robertson is taking part in this year’s Aurora
Fashion Show and modelling some of the clothes at the Doncaster Dome on
May 10.
Joanne said: “Aurora is a local cancer charity which provides support and
wellbeing to those who have cancer and also their carers. They provide free
wellbeing and support classes and beauty treatments such as manicures,
facials, massages, hair dressing. Aurora has clinics at Doncaster Royal Infirmary,
Montagu and Bassetlaw Hospitals. To someone who has been through cancer
they are a god send.”
Joanne is also selling tickets for the Aurora Fashion show, £10 per ticket, as well
as raffle tickets at £1 each – she is also collecting loose change for the charity.
If you like to support Joanne and the Aurora charity email Joanne.robertshaw@nhs.net
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Staff matters
Tim’s on secondment to
Comms
Tim Buckle, Videographer, is currently on
secondment to the Communications Team to focus
on the videoing needs of the Trust.
Video allows healthcare services to reach more people
with their messages, both internally and among the wider
public. Video is ideal for highlighting innovative products,
services and ways of working. Above all video brings to life
the human stories behind the statistics and reminds people
that the NHS is first and foremost an organisation driven by
dedicated and compassionate staff.
Whether you are looking to explain new procedures,
demonstrate best practise, introduce new policies or provide To find out more email Tim on tim.buckle@nhs.net
valuable updates, video is a cost effective way to ensure
information is delivered consistently and clearly across your
healthcare organisation.
Congratulations
Well done to our Tissue Viability and
Lymphoedema Team for being finalists in the
2019 Journal of Wound Care Awards in the
Venous and Lymphatic Disorders category.
Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2019
Lymphoedema Awareness Week took place from 3-9 March and the Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema
Service team members wore odd socks that week in support of raising awareness of Lymphoedema.
Their aim was to get out that message that people shouldn’t ignore a little bit of leg
swelling if present for over three months, as it could be a sign of Lymphoedema.
10Staff matters
11Staff matters
Rocking their sock for World Down Syndrome Day
Our teams across the Trust showed their support for World Down Syndrome Day on March 21. They
wore their brightly coloured odd socks to raise awareness and understanding of Down Syndrome.
Community Learning Disability Team Caption Community Learning Disability Team in Scunthorpe
Apprentice of
the Year Award
for Cheryl
Its top marks for Cheryl
Watkinson our Patient and Public
Engagement and Experience
Lead, who scooped the
Apprentice of the Year Award
from the RNN College.
Cheryl received the Highly Commended
Award as part of the College’s national
apprenticeship week which celebrated
the achievements of their apprentices.
Cheryl was nominated for the award
If you are interested in doing an Cheryl is pictured third from left with
by her assessor for going above and
apprenticeship please contact the staff of the RNN and our Learning and
beyond in mentoring in a new member Development Team.
Learning and Development Team
of her team. For introducing new
on telephone 01302 798343 or email
processes to improve performance
rdash.learninganddevtraining@nhs.net
and quality of the service and for her
leadership skills and stepping up to
chair network meetings on behalf of
her manager. Congratulations Cheryl
excellent achievement.
12Staff matters
Stress busting activities Give PAM Life a go; there are lots of useful resources
available to help you to cope better with stress. Try the Live
Your Life modules and articles about stress, relaxation classes
during April and even Yoga videos.
We’ve got lots of holistic therapies including hand and arm
April is Stress Awareness Month and our Health massage, Reiki and mini shoulder massage. Here are the dates
and Wellbeing Team is busily promoting a range of and venues near you:
stress busting activities and sharing information to
support your wellbeing. Monday April 15 at Berkeley House
Wednesday April 17 at the Opal Centre
Here are some of the things on offer to help you to relax and
chill during April: Wednesday April 17 at the Woodlands (afternoon)
Thursday April 18 at Park Lodge
Free Tai Chi sessions are on offer at the Woodlands in
Rotherham every Wednesday evening throughout April Wednesday April 24 at Great Oaks
between 4.30 and 5.30pm delivered by local Tai Chi Tuesday April 30 at Swallownest Court.
instructor. Spaces are limited please contact the Woodlands
reception on 01709 447001 to book. There is always the Employee Assistance Programme
through which you can access support from trained
Remember there are also free fitness classes at Tickhill Road professionals through the 24-hour phone line, every day of
Hospital every week too. Tuesday is Body Conditioning, the year by ringing 03303 800 658 (calls charged at local
Wednesday is Yoga and Thursday is Bootcamp. Friday – relax rate) or via the website through the web: www.vivup.co.uk
and put your feet up, you’ve earned it.
For more information email rdash.healthandwellbeing@nhs.net
For those of you who prefer to combat stress through
your phone or computer any time of the day, we have
an online digital platform called Silvercloud. You’ll learn
techniques to overcome symptoms of low mood, anxiety
or stress through a programme of modules which deliver
cognitive behaviour therapy via your Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies (IAPT). You’ll be assigned an IAPT
worker who will support you throughout the programme.
This service is totally confidential. To access Silvercloud
please email rdash.doncaster-iapt-silvercloud@nhs.net
Staff engagement groups – Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Service
A team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has asked This engagement group is open everyone who works in
for a series of engagement meetings with staff across the CAMHS throughout the Trust. However, spaces are limited
Trust to talk to you about your work and to hear your views. and if you would like to attend, please book you place with
Laura Powell, Compliance Officer, on 01302 796904
It’s not part of any inspection but just a way for or email Laura.Powell4@NHS.net.
them to engage with you in a more informal
way. Those of you who work in CAMHS will The CQC will also be holding engagement events
have an opportunity to meet the team on later this year for the Children’s and other care
April 30 from 11am to 12noon in the groups.
Seminar Room, Opal
Centre, Doncaster.
13Their opinion counts
It’s morale-boosting to get a pat on the back, or a ‘thank you’ from colleagues,
managers – and especially, patients and service users.
Here, in ‘Their opinion counts’, is a selection of comments and compliments from the
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14Children’s Matters
Volunteer Mentors needed to support children across Doncaster
The search is on to find over Pupils aged 9 to 18 from schools To apply to be a mentor you must
100 volunteers to be mentors to across the borough will be part of the be at least eighteen years old and
‘Trusted Mentors’ project, which is being all candidates also need to have a
vulnerable children and young funded through the Department for Disclosure and Barring Service check,
people across Doncaster. Education’s Doncaster Opportunity Area which will be arranged by DCST.
programme, following research into the
Colleagues at Doncaster Children’s positive impact mentors can have on For more information or to sign-up
Services Trust (DCST) are looking young people. as a mentor please contact Cheryl
for people to spare just two hours a Blackett at cheryl.blackett@dcstrust.
month to help a child or young person A dedicated team will match each pupil co.uk or on 01302 735721 or visit
raise their aspirations and try new with a mentor and provide volunteers www.trustmentor.co.uk
experiences. with ongoing training, supervision and
practical support.
Teams support STOMP and
STAMP Campaign
Tracy Wileman, Nurse Consultant for Learning Disabilities in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry service (CAMHS), recently attended the launch of
the STOMP and STAMP campaign.
This campaign which is supported by NHS England aims to improve the care for
younger patients with a learning disability and/ or autism by Stopping The Over-
Medication of children and Young People with a learning disability, autism or both and
Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Mediation in Paediatrics.
Tracy is pictured right .
15Children’s Matters
National award for Jayne
and Carmel
Celebrations are under way after two members of
the multi-agency Child Exploitation team walked
away with a top title at a national awards ceremony
in recognition of their work in tackling Child Sexual
Exploitation.
Jayne Pezzulo from this Trust and Carmel Bartlett from the
Doncaster Children’s Services Trust and were presented with
the trophy in the Helping Hands category of the National
Working Group charity’s Unsung Heroes Awards.
The NWG supports organisations around the country in
spreading the message about Child Sexual Exploitation and it If you suspect an instance of CSE, contact the team on
is the fourth time Carmel and Jayne have been shortlisted for 01302 737200. You can find out more about their work
the Helping Hands award. at: www.doncasterchildrenstrust.co.uk/how-we-can-
help-you/child-sexual-exploitation
Debbie Smith, Chief Operating Officer, said: “I am delighted
that Jayne and Carmel have won this national award. Caption: Left to right: Carmel and Jayne
It demonstrates their passion and commitment to raise
awareness of child sexual exploitation and keep children and
young people safe in our communities.”
Doncaster School Nursing
Team leads the way
Our School Nursing team in Doncaster recently hosted
colleagues from two NHS trusts, one in the Humber
and the other in Liverpool who were keen to find out
more about the work being done in Doncaster.
Denise Purdon, Clinical Team Leader from Humber Teaching
NHS Foundation Trust, her colleague Jacki Scott and Julia
Walsh, Specialist Community Public Health Nursing student on
placement in Liverpool, approached Jayne Ashby, Team Lead for Jayne said: “Its credit to our entire team that other School
Doncaster School Nursing, after following the team on Twitter Nursing teams want to come and spend time with us to
and wanted to meet the team and learn about the service model look at how we are working and what we are doing. We
and innovative resources designed within the team. are looking forward to repaying the visit and going over to
Humber to meet our colleagues there."
DONCASTER
SCHOOL NURSING TEAM
16North Lincolnshire Matters
Work continues to
improve mental health
services for new and
expectant mums
Mental health services for new and expectant mums
in the Humber region and parts of Yorkshire are being
developed by the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and
Care Partnership of which we are a member. We are
working with NAViGO to introduce a new service in • Severe mental illnesses including schizophrenia, schizoaffective
North Lincolnshire. disorder and bipolar affective disorder
• Postpartum psychosis
Perinatal mental health problems are those which occur during
pregnancy or during the first year following the birth of a child. • Severe self-harm
Perinatal mental illness affects one in five women, and covers a • Suicidal thoughts.
wide range of conditions. If left untreated, it can have significant
and long lasting effects on the woman and her family. If you are concerned that you or someone you care about might
be experiencing perinatal mental health problems you can speak
Examples of perinatal mental health conditions include: to health professionals involved in your care, such as your GP,
midwife or health visitor, who will be able to offer support and
• Moderate to severe postnatal depression refer you to an appropriate service.
• Anxiety disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder and
panic disorder For more information please visit:
• Eating disorders https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/services/our-services/adult-
• Post-traumatic stress disorder mental-health-services/humber-coast-and-vale-health-
and-care-partnership/
Stress Awareness Jane Crothers, Lead Psychological
Wellbeing Practitioner, said: “Our free six-
Month in week stress control group, which runs at
community locations across the borough,
Scunthorpe aims to teach people to understand the
triggers of their stress and anxiety and
provides them with the support and self-
Our team from a Scunthorpe town help techniques to be able to manage it.
centre shop which provides mental We also provide an information pack and
health talking therapies and advice activities for people to work through in
their own time.”
are urging North Lincolnshire people
who may be experiencing stress to Jane added: “Stress control is just one of a
enrol on one of their free courses. whole range of therapies we provide and
I’d urge anyone who is feeling the effects
The Talking Shop, on Market Hill, of stress to call into the Talking Shop. They to start receiving help and set them on the
Scunthorpe, DN15 6SS is the base for will be able to have a brief confidential right track to recovery.”
our Improving Access to Psychological consultation with one of our therapists to
Therapies (IAPT) Service, which provides discuss the service and their needs. For more information telephone the
talking therapy to people experiencing Talking Shop on 01724 867297.
common mental health conditions “If one of our talking therapies is
including stress, depression, anxiety, appropriate for them, we will book them
bereavement and low esteem. a more in-depth assessment appointment
17North Lincolnshire Matters
SWATT running club
There’s a new running club called the Sprinters, Walkers
And Trash-Talkers (SWATT) on a Thursday evening in
Scunthorpe.
Set up by Wendy Fisher, Kate Ashley and Sallie-Ann Barnard
who’ve teamed up to bring this new running group to staff in the
North Lincolnshire Care Group.
In their spare time outside of work Wendy and Sallie-Ann
completed the Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) training.
They’ve now joined a network of Workplace Run Leaders across
North Lincolnshire to share ideas with other organisations about
how to improve the physical health of their workforces.
Sallie-Ann has also set up power-walking sessions for the group.
The aim is to increase the stamina of the runners and help
them to breathe properly when exercising. It’s hoped that these
sessions will boost the quality of the weekly run sessions too. SWATT shows what can be achieved through self-motivation and
volunteering their time to set up something positive to support
Our Health and Wellbeing team has recently supported this the health and wellbeing of their colleagues. Wendy, Kate and
running group by funding LiRF course and buying some Sallie-Ann have set the best example of leading from within their
equipment used during warm up and the runs. teams in North Lincolnshire to benefit the staff across the Care
Group.
If you want to set up your own groups get in touch with the
Health and Wellbeing team and find how they could support you SWATT runs every Thursday evening at 5.15pm at Central
too. Park in Scunthorpe. For more information or to join, please
contact Wendy Fisher on wendy.fisher5@nhs.net
Graham's Day
We have Graham's Day to remember our friend and colleague
Graham McClellan who sadly ended his life.
We have an annual football match and have various stalls on
the day.
Our aim is to encourage people to talk around their own
mental health , to bring people together, to target stigma
and discrimination around mental health.
18Doncaster Matters
New service for Doncaster families
A new service has been set up to provide specialist
assessment and treatment to mums and their
families living in Doncaster.
The service offers confidential, non-judgemental care and
treatment to women with a mental health problem who are
planning to have a baby, are already pregnant or have given
birth in the last 12 months.
Called the Sheffield Rotherham Doncaster Perinatal Mental
Health Service, it is run in partnership with between this
Trust, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation
Trust, and Light, a local perinatal peer support charity.
We offer confidential, non-judgemental care and treatment
to women with mental health problems who are planning Sheffield Rotherham and Doncaster Perinatal Mental Health Service
team from left to right: Amy Jenkins, Service Lead; Claire Baigent, Light
to have a baby, are already pregnant or have given birth in
pre & postnatal support charity; Jenny Lastra, Clinical Lead; Natalie
the last 12 months. Harwood, Mental Health Nurse; and Rachel Herbert, Social Worker.
You can find out more about the service and the support we offer by taking a look at our service leaflet via this link:
http://shsc.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sheffield-Rotherham-and-Doncaster-Perinatal-Mental-Health-Service-leaflet.pdf
To access the service you must be referred by a health or social care professional working in Doncaster. This could be your GP,
community mental health team, midwife or health visitor.
If you’d like to find out more about the service you can speak to your local team on Doncaster 01302 566999
rdash.doncaster-perinatal-mental-health-team@nhs.net
Mental Health System You can help too by making sure your friends and family are
aware of and make best use of the different mental health
services available.
Perfect! You can find out more via this link:
Health and care organisations across Doncaster and http://www.doncasterccg.nhs.uk/your-care/mental-health/
Bassetlaw held a week-long mental health system mental-health-systemperfect/
perfect exercise in March.
Please take this short survey which will help to capture your
System Perfect is a project which happens several times a awareness of the different services and where to go for help,
year; the focus this time was on mental health services, raising support and advice.
awareness and encouraging conversations locally so people can
access the support they need in their local communities. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KZNLHMD
Over the last 12 months, like most areas across the country, we’ve
seen a rise in the number of people attending the emergency
departments when they need mental health support or when
they are in crisis.
System
The System Perfect team took action to better understand
the use of the emergency department for people when they
Perfect
experience mental health crisis, as well as raising awareness of
the wide range of services that operate to support and address
individual mental health needs.
19Doncaster Matters
Budding author
Emma
Watch out J.K. Rowling for we
have our own budding author!
Emma Ewen (34) of Wheatley, who
attends our Learning Disability Services
in Doncaster, was inspired to write by
therapist Luisa Barclay. Now Emma has
written two fabulous stories.
Emma, whose favourite author is Cathy
Glass, said: “Luisa inspired me and I’ve
found writing to be therapeutic. I tried
it, liked it, enjoyed it and so carried on.” a’s stories…
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open
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Luisa said: “Emma is great at writing after matc
stories. She has done incredibly well.”
e.
Gripped yet? back hom
Shortlisted in
national awards
Doncaster’s Rapid Response
Service has been recognised as
an exemplar service in the 2019
Health Service Journal’s (HSJ)
Value Awards. reduce the number of admissions to
od luck
go
hospital that could have been avoided.
This new and innovative service has This service has resulted in fewer people
been shortlisted in the Improving Value requiring long-term care, with more
in the Care of Older Patients Award. people being able to stay at home due
to receiving the care they need, closer to
The Rapid Response service ensures home.
that just one integrated health and
social care assessment is completed in The HSJ Value Awards ceremony takes
a patient’s home as a result of a fall, place in Manchester on Thursday 23
illness or injury, ultimately helping to May 2019.
20Doncaster Matters
21Doncaster Matters
Celebrating Red Nose
Day
All staff and service users had a fun comic
relief day on March 15 with lots of activities
happening throughout the day. There was a
red nose day interactive quiz, plate spinning,
juggling, jokes, specially written poem in
Makaton (about the colour red), lots of live
music, songs, dancing, and bouncing on the
trampoline.
Mark Coley, Staff nurse who organised the event,
said: “Thank everyone who took part in the event and
donated to this great cause. There were lots of laughs
and smiles all round.”
Flying the flag for Tim Young, Chief Executive of the Alcohol and Drug Service
which works with this Trust to run Aspire, said: “I am very proud
of what we are achieving by giving those who have an addiction
recovery at the United the best possible chance to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.”
Nations in Vienna If you or someone you know is experiencing drug or
alcohol issues and want to talk to someone in confidence
please visit www.aspire.community, or ring 01302 730956.
A leading expert in the drug and alcohol recovery
service in Doncaster attended the 62nd Commission on
Narcotics Drugs (CND) event in Vienna on March 20.
Stuart Green, Service Manager at the Doncaster-based Aspire
Drug and Alcohol Service, shared the work that is being done in
the borough to support the recovery of people with a drug and/
or alcohol addiction, to help them to become valued citizens in
their communities.
The event, which was held in Austria at the United Nations,
focused on creating Recovery Cities, an innovative model which
aims to nurture sustainable connections and networks by the
people themselves at a town/ city level.
Stuart said: “Being part of the Recovery Cities venture puts us
at the forefront of the recovery movement. Sharing the work
that we do in Doncaster on an international platform supports
our ambitions to create a safer and more supportive recovery
community for the people of Doncaster and beyond.”
22Doncaster Matters
Speak up during Team Manager Tim Godley said: “One in
six people will experience stress or anxiety
during their lives, but people are still afraid
Stress Awareness to admit they need help.
Month “Our free six-week stress control group,
which runs at community locations across
the borough, aims to teach people to
April is Stress Awareness Month understand the triggers of their stress
and health staff from a town centre and anxiety and provides them with the
shop which provides mental health support and self-help techniques to be
able to manage it. We also provide an
talking therapies and advice is information pack and activities for people
urging Doncaster people who may to work through in their own time.”
be experiencing stress to enrol on
one of their free courses. Tim added: “Stress control is just one of a
whole range of therapies we provide and to start receiving help and set them on the
The Talking Shop, 63 Hallgate, is the base I’d urge anyone who is feeling the effects right track to recovery.”
for the Doncaster Improving Access to of stress to call into the Talking Shop. They
Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service, will be able to have a brief confidential For more information about the help
which provides talking therapy to people consultation with one of our therapists to on offer ring 01302 565650, or call
experiencing common mental health discuss the service and their needs. into the Talking Shop at 63 Hall Gate
conditions including stress, depression, in Doncaster’s town centre which is
anxiety, bereavement and low esteem. “If one of our talking therapies is open weekdays between 9am and
appropriate for them, we will book them 5pm.
a more in-depth assessment appointment
New clinic room for Doncaster hostel
Vulnerable people who use hostel accommodation in Doncaster are
benefitting from a brand new on-site health room where they can
receive medical care and treatment by a GP and other health
professionals.
The clinic room, which opened in March, and located inside Wharf
House on Wharf Road in Doncaster, is a joint venture between
Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service, a GP Federation called Primary
Care Doncaster Ltd and Riverside Care and Support, a service for
the homeless in Doncaster.
The new facility gives this group of people improved access to
health care in a setting which better meets their needs and to
reduce the likelihood of health related conditions from becoming
more serious.
Stuart Green, Service Manager for Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service, BEATING ADDICTION
said: “By having this dedicated health room inside the hostel is a great opportunity to
meet people in their own accommodation and ensure that they get the medical attention IN COMMUNITIES
and support that they need. This group of people is more likely to have a drug and/ or alcohol
addiction, that’s why we provide support, advice and wound care treatment to aid their
recovery and wellbeing.”
The team which consists of a GP, wound care nurse, Hepatitis C specialist nurse and drug and alcohol support, previously saw
people on a specially adapted ‘Health Bus’ parked on Wharf Road. The dedicated clinic room provides a better space for the team
to see, assess and treat any health related conditions inside the hostel.
Wharf House is located on Wharf Road in Doncaster and provides accommodation and support for single, homeless people aged
over 16 years in the Doncaster area.
23Doncaster Matters
Save the date for the Recovery Games
This summer the Recovery Games is coming to Doncaster to celebrate the achievements and success of all those
in recovery from drug and/ or alcohol addiction.
The date’s set for Friday August 16 where hundreds of competitors will go head to head in a day of fun packed gladiator style games
and obstacle courses. Teams are made up of people from within the recovery community who have either ‘lived’ experience or who
work, volunteer or mentor in the drug and alcohol service.
The event is organised by Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service, which is run by this Trust together with registered charity The Alcohol and
Drug Service. It’s totally funded from sponsorship and fundraising activities. If you’d like to support the Recovery Games please go to
https://ads-uk.org/4910-2/
Students urged to visit Carol Bowyer, Voluntary Services Manager, said: “Volunteering is
great to gain experience to help you get the job you want or to
put on your CV or college and university applications.”
health trust Joanne Greaves, High Needs Students Key Worker at Doncaster
College and University Centre, said: “It is great to have such
Our Voluntary Service Team visited a local college to fantastic volunteer opportunities for our students with additional
meet students with learning or physical disabilities. needs. Carol and her team provide safe, engaging and very
worthwhile placements, while meeting individual needs. It has
The team attended Doncaster College and University Centre been great to work with Carol and the Trust.”
at The Hub and chatted to students about the benefits of
volunteering and the opportunities available at this Trust. To find out more email carol.bowyer@nhs.net
24Rotherham Matters
New service
for Rotherham
families
A new service has been set up
to provide specialist assessment
and treatment to mums and their
families living in Rotherham.
The service offers confidential, non-
judgemental care and treatment to
women with a mental health problem who
are planning to have a baby, are already
pregnant or have given birth in the last 12
months.
(Left to right): Amy Jenkin, Service Manager – Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster
Called the Sheffield Rotherham Doncaster Perinatal Mental Health Team; Denise Holden, Perinatal Administrator, Rotherham;
Perinatal Mental Health Service, it is run Rachael James, Perinatal Practitioner, Rotherham; Claire Baigent, Peer Support
in partnership with between this Trust, Coordinator LIGHT, Rotherham and Doncaster; and Rachel Maltby, Perinatal Clinical
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Lead/ Team Manager Rotherham.
Foundation Trust, and Light, a local
perinatal peer support charity. To access the service you must be referred This could be your GP, community mental
by a health or social care professional health team, midwife or health visitor.
We offer confidential, non-judgemental working in Rotherham.
care and treatment to women with mental
health problems who are planning to have Get in touch
a baby, are already pregnant or have given
birth in the last 12 months. If you’d like to find out more about the service you can speak to your local
You can find out more about the service team on Rotherham: 01709 447070 or email
and the support we offer by taking a look rdash.rotherhamperinatalservice@nhs.net
at our service leaflet.
Stress Awareness James Bell, IAPT Team in Rotherham, said:
“One in six people will experience stress or
anxiety during their lives, but people are
Month in still afraid to admit they need help.
Rotherham “Our free six-week stress control group,
which runs at Unity Centre, St Leonards
Road, S65 1PD, teaches people to
As part of Stress Awareness Month understand the triggers of their stress and
our health staff in Rotherham is anxiety while giving them the support and
urging anyone who is experiencing self-help techniques to be able to manage
it. We also provide an information pack
stress to enrol on one of their free and activities for people to work through
courses. in their own time.”
Our Improving Access to Psychological The Rotherham IAPT service is for people
Therapies (IAPT) Team, which runs a series disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder,
aged 18 and over, who present with no
of stress control courses throughout the bereavement and mild eating disorders
risk to themselves or others. The service
year, is particularly interested in seeing (not anorexia nervosa).
sees people experiencing common
Rotherham folk who feel stressed to sign mental health problems, including:
up this April. Anyone wanting to attend will
depression, general anxiety, stress, panic,
need to book a place in advance by
phobias, social anxiety, low self-esteem,
telephoning 01709 447755.
health anxiety, obsessive compulsive
25Engagement Matters
BAME group goes from
strength to strength
Our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
networking group has met recently sharing ideas and
good practice. Here’s a photo from the day.
Want to know more about the BAME group? Contact
Noma Makhanda by emailing noma.makhanda@nhs.net
Members of our BAME networking group
Meet your Governors
Each month we ask a governor to tell us about their role. This month we welcome
Colin O’Neil, Staff Governor
Hello my name is Colin O’Neil and I work in the Adult Mental Health Team as part of Occupational Therapy.
I have worked in this role for over 25 years and enjoy every minute. I’ve recently become a Staff Governor
and this role is new to me but I see it as ensuring that the Trust’s strategy and direction is shaped by you,
ur staff, and to act as a voice and a conduit to ensure that your views as staff are represented.
As a collective, the governors hold the Board of Directors to account and we ensure that information is
provided in a transparent and timely manner. It is not any governor’s role to look individually at people’s
concerns but to listen to what you have to say and to work on these alongside the members of the Board of Directors. So please do not
hesitate to approach me with ideas or anything you would like to know more about! You can contact me on colin.o’neil@nhs.net.
Eileen’s world-class marmalade
One of our governors who’s also the founder of local Doncaster
charity DonMentia is now one of the world’s best marmalade
makers – and that’s official.
Eileen Harrington returned triumphant from the World’s Original Marmalade
Awards festival in Cumbria, where she collected three silver certificates for her
tasty Seville speciality.
Eileen said: “The competition is the Olympic Games of marmalade making. I’m
thrilled that my recipe has gone down so well with the judges this year.”
Eileen, pictured, has been making her delicious preserve for the past six years
from a secret recipe, which she sells to raise funds for DonMentia.
This year she has produced over 300lbs this year, which are selling well at various shops and other outlets in Doncaster and should raise
around £1,000 for the charity.
You can still get hold of a jar at the newly opened Café Flourish at St Catherine’s House, Woodfield Park, Balby.
26Hospice matters
Kind hearted shoppers give
back to hospice for Easter
For the fourth year running kind hearted ASDA
shoppers in Doncaster have donated Easter eggs for
St John’s Hospice in Balby.
Carolyn Halls started the egg donation in 2015 and has vowed to
keep it a yearly tradition ever since.
Carolyn said: “I started the egg donation years ago. After seeing
how many shoppers were willing to donate I wanted to make
sure we did it every year. The hospice is well known by many
staff and lots of our customers, with some having personal
experiences of it. As always, our customers show real community
Hospice fundraiser Lindsey Richards said: “We want to thank
spirit and love to give back.”
Carolyn and all the shoppers for such a generous donation that
will bring many smiles to people’s faces this Easter.”
Customers and staff at the Lakeside ASDA donated over 100
scrumptious eggs that will be given out to patients in the hospice
over Easter.
Pensioner’s bowling green challenge Hospice Easter
for St John’s Raffle Winner
A pensioner has set himself a
running challenge that will benefit a Congratulations to Linda
Doncaster-based hospice. Pritchard from the WellBean
Coffee Lounge at Tickhill Road
Les Crownshaw of Firbeck who is 67 Hospital, who won this years’
and a member of Tickhill Bowling Club
Easter Basket raffle at the
in Doncaster, regularly sets himself
challenges. This time he has decided to Hospice.
test his running skills to raise money for
St John’s Hospice in Balby. Les will run a Les will set off from Denaby Welfare at
whopping 50 miles over two days, to every 9am on Saturday 18 May and will finish at
bowling green in Doncaster. Tickhill Bowling Club on Sunday 19 May
at around 6pm. He’ll be supported by
Les said: “I like setting myself challenges fellow Tickhill Bowling Club member, Dave
that benefit my health and a local charity Higgins also 67.
at the same time. This will be my fifth time
raising money. I chose the hospice because Anyone who wishes to support
a member of our bowling club volunteers Les can find a list of times and
there and I’ve heard great things about it.” stops on the donation page here
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/
LeslieCrownshaw
For more information of how to donate visit:
www.stjohnshospicedoncaster.co.uk
Follow us on: @stjohnsappeal stjohnshospicedoncaster
27Flourish Matters 28
Flourish Matters
More training opportunities “Café Flourish creates an environment for learning that will be
as near to working in business as possible to help those taking
part to gain the vital skills they need to then look for work,”
at the newly refurbished added Steve. “Our ambition is to create a centre of excellence for
vocational pathway training.”
Café Flourish Come and see Café Flourish for yourself – open Monday – Friday
9am to 4.30pm and Saturday – Sunday 11am to 4.30pm.
A popular Doncaster café has been given a total
makeover and a brand new name with more
opportunities for people wanting to learn vocational
skills.
The former Victorian Tea Room at St Catherine’s House at
Woodfield Park, off Tickhill Road, Balby, re-opened on April 1,
following a complete transformation as Café Flourish.
Steve Gillman, Flourish’s Operations Manager, said: “We are really
excited about the transformation. We already train people in new
skills but the revamped Café Flourish will enable us to train more
people in more skills.
“We have created the opportunity for Doncaster residents
wanting to gain experience or confidence through training in a
wide range of areas including how to be a barista, customer care
(Left to right): Steve Gillman, Flourish Operations Manager,
skills, using tills, food preparation, baking and cooking.
Kay Largent and Jane Wright, Catering Assistants and Paul
Kendrew-Jones, Managing Director.
Fun on offer includes: • Free children's crafts
• Easter Bunny • Bouncy castle
• Face painting • Craft stalls
• Easter bonnet competition • Tombola
• Plants and gifts • Mr Bumble
• Easter egg hunt • Treats in Flourish Café
29LiA Matters
The RDaSHWay is our approach to
improvement and cultural development Culture of Care Barometer
across all of our teams and departments. The This year, April will see the launch of the
RDaSHWay is about working together, aligning ‘Culture of Care Barometer’ in place of the
skills and effort, reducing bureaucracy and supporting previous LiA Pulse Check. The barometer will help us
gain more information to better improve our workplace and
decision making closest to front line services. It is about
care for patients and as well as inform the development of
providing appropriate support, governance, investing in The RDaSHWay.
our workforce, building both capability and the culture
The questionnaire is still only one page, is quick to complete
for continuous improvement in quality. and will provide more localised and targeted cultural
insights enabling our improvement journey.
Join our ‘I CAN’ network What is the Culture of care barometer?
The barometer, developed at Kings College London
We have also started to form the ‘I CAN’ network and and supported for use by NHS England, is created to be
this is your opportunity to get involved! applicable for front line care staff as well as support staff,
with questions that all staff groups should find relevant to
‘I CAN’ stands for ‘Improvement and Culture Ambassador them no matter their role.
Network’. It is a growing group of staff, carers, service
users and patient representatives who are champions and Who will take part?
practitioners supporting organisational change at every All our staff will be invited to take part. Forms will be made
level. It will be supported with learning, development and available on the intranet, in your work areas and also via
coaching support. your managers and clinical leads. This matters because
great workplace culture is affected by all staff who work in
Please contact the Improvement and Culture Team for it. It is therefore really important that all voices are heard,
more information please telephone 01302 796273. therefore please complete your feedback and encourage
other colleagues to do the same.
What will happen to the results?
After people have completed their questionnaire results
will be analysed and provided to all teams in the trust to
help them focus upon what is working well as well as areas
where improvements are needed in order to provide the
best care for patients and support for one another in the
Improvement and workplace.
Cultural Ambassador
Results of the ‘Culture of Care Barometer’ will better inform
our cultural and quality improvement as we progress with
The RDaSHWay.
Why does this matter:
The use of the ‘culture of care barometer’ aims to improve
our organisational insights and allow us to internally
understand and use this measurement tool to target
support and improvements supporting the development of
compassionate leadership and culture.
To know more about the Culture of Care Barometer please
contact the Improvement and Culture team on telephone
01302 796275 or email rdash.improvement@nhs.net
Look out for the launch in the Daily Email and on the
intranet during April.
30LiA Matters
31LiA Matters
Implementing Change – Medication round in progress
Our mission
Our mission on the ward was to reduce medication errors due
to interruptions by implementing the tabards again but in a
different way with patients with Dementia our main focus. A
patient suffering from dementia became extremely anxious
and upset when the nursing team wore the original coloured
medication tabards, which were red.
How we made the change
We agreed on the colour green for pharmacy and
“Medication Round In Progress” to be written on the front
and back. The tabards were made by our sewing department
and we issued the tabards on three of our wards. We
removed the red ones and introduced the tabards to the
Nursing team.
Why we needed to change
In 2006 the red tabards were introduced for nurses to wear
when completing their drug rounds with “DO NOT DISTURB”
written on the front of them and it was found there was a
71% reduction in nurses being interrupted when they were
first introduced. In 2011 the Nursing standards researched
some of the pros and cons to the red tabards which
suggested some patients especially patients within diagnoses
of dementia, may feel intimidated and a situation arose
where a patient did not feel they could interrupt the Nurse
even in an emergency situation due to the alarming colour
and the bold writing on the front
The difference we made
The green tabards drew interest from patients and their
families as they had not seen this colour before and questions
were initiated around when is it appropriate for the nurses to
be interrupted.
The Tabards were well received from the nursing team and
put a new perspective on the medication tabards.
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