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VoiceMay 2015

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Latest results on Friends and Family TestNHS Mail update Our special volunteers are recognised Care Home Support Services

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Not moved over yet? Before you’re due to migrate, you’ll receive confirmation of the exact date and a link to a migration pack. This contains simple instructions and how-to guides that will help you to get up and running quickly and ensure that the switch-over is as seamless as possible.

Don’t forget to check that your NHSmail account is active and that the inbox isn’t full – for more information, go to http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/informatics-nhs-mail-migration

Already moved to NHSmail? Once you have been migrated, the guides in your migration pack will help you to set up your NHSmail account in Outlook and copy contacts and calendar appointments, etc.

Don’t forget to update your email signature to show your new NHSmail address!

What about your old @dchs.nhs.uk account? • You will still have “read only” access to your old mailbox, so will be able to view existing emails.

• Emails that are sent to your @dchs.nhs.uk address will be forwarded automatically – for the first two weeks after your migration, you’ll see a copy of the email in both your NHSmail and DCHS mail inboxes. After this, forwarded emails will only appear in your NHSmail inbox.

• To avoid missing emails, make sure that you’ve set up your NHSmail account as soon as possible after your migration date.

Remember that your email inbox is not a filing system! If you need to keep important emails from either your NHSmail or your old @dchs.nhs.uk account – especially if they may need to be viewed by colleagues – you should save them in a suitable place on the network. This will help you to manage your NHSmail inbox and prevent it from becoming full. A guide to saving emails is available at the NHSmail page on Staff Zone: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/informatics-nhs-mail-migration

Want to know more?For the latest information, including tips on how to manage your NHSmail account and general guidance on email best practice, keep checking the NHSmail page on Staff Zone: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/informatics-nhs-mail-migration

If you have a specific question, you can send it to [email protected] or tweet us on @DCHSInformatics

Even more information can be found on the NHSmail website: http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/nhsmail/about

on our NHSmail migration The latestAs you know, DCHS is currently moving to NHSmail as its sole email system. The first teams have already moved over and remaining staff will continue to be migrated on a team-by-team basis over the coming weeks.

[email protected]

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Tracy’s monthIn the April edition of The Voice, you will have seen the details of our fantastic finalists and winners in the fabulous Extra Mile Awards. It was a privilege to be able to spend the night with 400 colleagues who represent the very best of DCHS and what we are about. From 300 nominations there were 51 finalists and 10 eventual winners (plus a special Chairman’s award to recognise the colleagues who staged the ‘snow rescue’ that I’ve described before).

They are all inspiring in their own right and really do reflect the effort, commitment and values of colleagues right across the Trust, ‘winning’ on behalf of everyone.

Over Easter we saw a high demand across the local health and care system and so the Peak Flow week with colleagues at DCC and CRH has been really timely in identifying where we can work better together to move people appropriately and safely through hospital and back home. Our CRH in-reach team, IV team and Chesterfield Community Rehab Team have all done sterling work to identify people in CRH we can support at home, and with close working between DCC colleagues and our inpatient wards we have managed to reduce delayed discharges in DCHS too. All this #JoinedUpCare has led to improved bed states in both CRH and DCHS to support Easter demand pressures. Thanks to everyone involved.

At the beginning of April our new Integrated Sexual Health Service was launched - under the banner ‘Your sexual health matters’. Colleagues

have developed a fantastic new offer for people in Derbyshire, working in partnership with Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Derby Hospitals & Stockport Hospital Foundation Trusts. It’s been a great example of partnership working and a real credit to the clinical and management teams who have led its development. You can visit the website at www.yoursexualhealthmatters.org.uk.

In the latest release of NHS Friends and Family Test results I am pleased that Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust achieved higher than the national average for the percentage of people who would recommend our services to their Friends and Family with some of our services achieving a fantastic 100% recommendation. Our patients tell us every day what a difference our care and compassion makes to them and I hope that we can take great pride on what we have delivered to our patients, as well as the positive external recognition that the trust, services and teams have achieved.

So as 2015/16 begins (with our contracts duly signed on the 31/03!) there is certainly lots going on, suggesting this coming year will be as successful as the last one. More details on what we have agreed with commissioners for the year and our Operational Plan is to follow in the next few weeks.

Friends and Family TestSee page 7 for more info...

Do you know anyone who used to be a nurse but has been away from nursing for a while?

To make it as simple as possible for people like this to come back, Health Education East Midlands has refreshed return to practice programmes and provided full funding for all course fees. There’s more good news in that participants also get £500 for ‘out of pocket’ expenses.

If you know someone who has been a registered nurse previously and wishes to return to the profession, then now is the time to do it. Please help us to spread this message. The programme is a short programme of updating skills and knowledge, so that nurses can return to work and become re-registered.

Across the East Midlands there are provider organisations from a variety of settings who

offer ‘Return to Practice (RTP)’ placements and support the ‘Come Back to Nursing’ programme.

More information is available at: http://em.hee.nhs.uk/return-to-practice-nursing/ or http://comeback.hee.nhs.uk/ or email Health Education East Midlands at [email protected].

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Generous donation for scanner suite from League of Friends and Rotary Clubs

Come Back to Nursing

“The teams treat you as if you’ve never been away and people are really supportive.“

Penny, Anti Coagulation Education Nurse

“I was terrified at first, but the support I had was

exceptional.” Mary, Staff Nurse

“The practical supported placement

was brilliant and helped with our loss of

confidence.“ Vicky, Staff Nurse

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Careline is a free telephone befriending service for people living in the Derbyshire Dales and Uttoxeter area.We aim to make people’s lives better by calling those who feel in need of support – they may be elderly, less able to get out, recently bereaved, feeling lonely or isolated. We offer friendship to the people we call and peace of mind to their family and friends.Our team of 60+ volunteers make the befriending calls, providing greater social interaction for our members and helping to give them the confidence to remain living independently. We monitor people’s wellbeing and pass on useful information about the services available to them in their local community.Our service is completely free and available every day of the year including weekends and holidays.For more information call Jo or Mary on 01335 210353, email [email protected] or visit www.carelinecalling.org.uk

At a presentation ceremony in March, Prem Singh, Chairman of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust accepted a cheque on behalf of the organisation from dignitaries of the League of Friends for Ilkeston Community Hospital and Heanor Memorial Hospital as well as the Rotary Clubs of both towns.

The cheque represented the generous contribution the groups have made towards the refurbishment of the Val Jackson Scanner Suite at Ilkeston Community Hospital which was reopened officially in September.

The scanner suite first opened in 1991, as a result of fundraising in memory of local resident Val Jackson who died aged 46 from ovarian cancer. Before her death, Val’s wish was to establish a diagnostic facility at Ilkeston to help

promote early diagnosis. Her husband Keith, who has since sadly died, spearheaded the initial fundraising which reached in the region of £80,000, and today the scanner suite carries out 150 diagnostic scans each week.

The refurbishment, costing in the region of £15,000, involved gutting the original scanner room completely and replacing new windows, flooring, cabling, plumbing and cupboards. Superintendent radiographer Phil Thornhill, speaking at the re-opening ceremony in September explained: “The refurbishment has brought the room up to the best possible standards for patient care, as well as being a more welcoming environment for patients. We are tremendously grateful to everyone who has made this possible.”

Generous donation for scanner suite from League of Friends and Rotary Clubs

Careline Volunteers

Tea PartyPictured are two Careline volunteers (Irene Sellars on the left and Hope Gregory on the right).

Careline welcomed many of their volunteers to a tea party which was held at St. Oswald’s Hospital. The afternoon gave newer volunteers an opportunity to put faces to names and their more established volunteers were able to catch-up over a cup of tea and a cake.

The charity also held their final 100 Club draw for the year with eight lucky participants each winning a cash prize from £10 to £100! It’s been such a popular fundraiser that they will be running the 100 Club again from September, with membership open to St. Oswald’s staff as well as Careline volunteers and supporters.

The charity would like to thank the kitchen staff at St. Oswald’s for providing the delicious cakes and to Pat Arnold and her team for their continued support. Everyone agreed what a super afternoon it had been!

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The Erewash Care Home Support Service is a pilot project commissioned by Erewash CCG. The aim of the project is to release the GPs time from routine visiting to care homes with a view to re-investing their saved time back into the GP surgeries. The project began in October 2014 and has expanded from Long Eaton to Ilkeston areas.

The service has the expertise of experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioners who undertake planned ward rounds in 11 care homes. This enables planned assessment, holistic care delivery to avoid crisis and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. The Nurse Practitioners are experienced, competent practitioner’s working in partnerships with GPs and Allied Health Professionals to undertake clinical assessments in order to clinically assess diagnose and treat patients in an efficient timely manner. Medication reviews are undertaken with the patient and is enhanced with the expertise of our pharmacy colleagues.

The care home staff appreciate the flexibility of the service and have the continuity of the same Nurse Practitioners working alongside them.

In addition to the Nurse Practitioner the team provides the homes with a dedicated care coordinator who supports the care home residents and ensure they receive ongoing care and support from the wider community services in the Erewash Area.

The residents and their families are familiar with accessing the service and are reassured that GP advice or a visit will be initiated promptly to ensure a quality service is being delivered.

The project is due to expand further across Erewash in the near future and we are currently in the process of recruiting more Advanced Nurse Practitioner’s into our team.

Care Home Support Service in Erewash

“Excellent service, there

is always someone on

the end of the phone.”

“We find it a worthwhile,

professional, knowledgeable

service, one that we

wouldn’t want to lose.”

“We are fortunate to be involved in this

scheme.”

“Very polite and have a great working relationship.”

“We can talk about

anything and everything.”

“Other home managers are jealous of the service.”

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In the latest release of NHS Friends and Family Test results Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust achieved higher than the national average for the percentage of people who would recommend our services to their Friends and Family.

The NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) is a tool which offers patients the opportunity to provide feedback about the care and treatment they have received. A simple question is used to determine how likely a person is to recommend services to their friends and family should they need similar care or treatment.

From the 1 January 2015 the FFT was rolled out in all Community and Mental Health Services.

DCHS achieved a recommendation of 98% from the 2049 responses received. This is above the national average of 96%.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust responses accounted for 44% of the overall area team (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) FFT responses. We had the highest amount of returns in the area and was ranked 6th of 116 trusts during January 2015 achieving one of the highest number of FFT responses for community health services.

Within DCHS services community nursing services achieved a fantastic 100% recommendation, rehabilitation and therapy services achieved 99% and community inpatient services a 98% recommendation.

Feedback from our patients is overwhelmingly positive with patients describing staff as being friendly, helpful and caring.

Friends and Family Test

“Met with extreme politeness. Very attentive and gave helpful advice.

Was attended to immediately”.

“I was seen quickly and everyone has been really kind and helpful, they explained what they were

doing and why and showed understanding and sympathy”.

“The carers are attentive and

kind”.

“Very child friendly, looked after my

daughter very well”.

“Very efficient and friendly, very

professional team”.

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We promise that you will always feel comfortable and safe.

Peggy’s storyThe Home from Hospital project is currently recruiting volunteers to support patients going home from Ilkeston, Babington and Newholme hospitals. Volunteers visit patients in hospital and for up to six weeks at home, offering support to ease the transition and ensuring a safe and effective discharge, with personalised support that makes for the best patient experience we can offer.

Ellen and Peggy were introduced through the scheme on the ward at Ilkeston Community Hospital.

Peggy Shreve has always lived in her own home but earlier this year she experienced a fall which led to an admission to Queen’s Medical Centre and then Derby Royal, followed by rehabilitation at Ilkeston Community Hospital.

Peggy has recently come home from Ilkeston Hospital and she is the first patient to be allocated a Home from Hospital volunteer. Ellen is providing additional support to Peggy for the first six weeks at home.

Peggy has led an interesting life. She was in show-

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biz for 20 years and did her first pantomime at the age of 16 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham in the chorus and played Prince Charming at the Portsmouth Coliseum. She also entertained the troops in the camps during the war.

But these days she says “I want to be in my own home. I was happy till I fell again and they carted me off to the hospital. I’ve fallen 2 or 3 times because I haven’t got the balance and you can’t expect somebody of 91 to do what they used to do. I need to be looked after, I need carers. Everything is done for me and it’s someone to talk to.”

Ellen Parr is the first volunteer to the Home from Hospitals scheme. Ellen works as one of our care co-ordinators, based at Adam House Medical Centre, Sandiacre and College Street Medical Practice in Long Eaton Health Centre, and so in her “day job” is concerned to help avoid admissions.

Ellen said: “I see on a daily basis the need for such a worthwhile service and how it can make a true difference to some lonely elderly patients who are apprehensive about returning home following a spell in hospital. This is especially helpful to those who unfortunately don’t have any family or close friends to help in those first few weeks of being back in their home environment.”

Ellen is a single parent with a 16 year old son who has just embarked on his working career. She added “I feel that I can now offer three hours of my time a week to give back to this lovely generation of people who, like Peggy, have

such great stories to tell about their life and feel quite honoured to be able to hear about her life’s achievements. My Grandma sadly passed away just before Christmas last year at 100 years old. She was an amazing lady and I hope that volunteering my time for such a great cause would make her proud.”

We promise that you will always feel comfortable and safe.

Ellen’s story

Home from Hospital is funded by innovations charity Nesta and the Cabinet Office. This new service has been designed to reduce the anxiety that a patient may feel as they return home after a stay in hospital and helps to support them back into their usual day-to-day activities. We’d very much like to hear from people who could give a few hours as volunteers for this worthwhile scheme which will make the world of difference to patients.

If you would like to be involved or know someone who wants to become a volunteer, please contact Jo Blackburn, our volunteer coordinator at [email protected] Tel: 01773 525114 ex.5545 Mobile: 07891 302407.

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Peter McCarthy, Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse with DCHS, sadly died 14 months ago on 19 March 2014 after a long battle with cancer. A book is now being compiled for his family, recording expressions and memories of Peter from the perspectives of the people that Peter worked with.

Peter started his professional career as a staff nurse at St Oswald’s Hospital in 1989. In 1990 Peter started District Nurse training and successfully became a District Nurse in 1993 with Southern Derbyshire Community Health Services. Peter’s interest in Diabetes was realised in 2004 when he achieved a Diabetes Specialist Nurse position for North Eastern Derbyshire PCT and in 2007 Peter joined the Community Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service providing much needed support to health professionals and patients with complex diabetes needs across North Derbyshire.

A key part of his role was promoting self-management and empowering health professionals to care for patients with complex diabetes. Peter worked with Public Health to

develop the diabetes education programme and nursing home training across North Derbyshire.

Outside of work, Peter was a proud and devoted parent. He and his wife Janine have two children Ella and Will. Peter would write poems for his children and often spoke of them at work. Peter was also very active and enjoyed being outdoors. He participated in numerous marathons up and down the country.

In 2009 Peter was awarded the Long Service Award in recognition of his 20 years of dedication to the National Health Service.

If you worked with Peter during his career and you would like to contribute to the book, please contact Michelle Denyer: Tel: 01629 817878, Mob: 07884415168, Email: [email protected]

Peter’s family would like any donations to go to The Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and Anthony Nolan.

The full obituary for Peter is available on the intranet here. bit.do/peterwilliam

Peter William McCarthy 8 April 1962 – 19 March 2014

Keeping Peter’s memory alive

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A fond farewellChesterfield North and Brimington/Staveley Health Visitor (HV) teams would like to wish a fond farewell to two of their colleagues who retired at the end March. Judith Price and Sue Tulp have between them worked in Health Visiting for a total of 40 years.

Judith started in the NHS in January 1979 and worked in Health Visiting around Chesterfield for 30 years, also supporting education of HV students through her Community Practice Teacher role.

Sue started with the NHS in 1998 and has been a Health Visitor for 10 years, working for a short period in management before returning to Health Visiting in Chesterfield.

Also this month, we say farewell to Heather Tongue, Health Records Manager at Long Eaton Health Centre who has retired after 32 years’ service with the NHS,

We would like to wish them all the best in the future.

As part of Dementia Awareness Week, an event will take place on the afternoon of 21 May at the Assembly Rooms (above Market Hall) in Chesterfield to raise awareness of the needs of people with dementia, with the overall aim to make Chesterfield a more ‘Dementia Friendly’ town.

The event held by Chesterfield Dementia Action Alliance is targeting the general public e.g. shop workers, taxi drivers, receptionists, bank workers, estate agents.

Staff working in these areas can receive some training which will increase understanding of the particular issues that people living with dementia can experience.

Issues such as communication, dignity and environment (e.g. signage) will be discussed. Small changes to these sort of things can make a massive difference to someone who is suffering from memory problems.

This will allow their work area to become ‘Dementia Friendly’ therefore enabling people accessing their services to choose a place that meets their needs and where they feel welcomed and understood.

To book tickets visit website at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chesterfield-dementia-action-alliance-launch-tickets-16216115839 Password CDAA

Heather Tongue on right with Allyson Moore, Health Records Officer at Long Eaton Health Centre

Judith Price and Sue Tulp

Aiming to make Chesterfield a more

‘Dementia Friendly’ town

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World Autism Awareness Week 2015 took place from 27 March to 2 April with the aim of promoting understanding of the condition and raising funds for projects that support people with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. Below is a very personal account of taking part in the week from Simon Carter who works at Ash Green as a Porter.

Hello and welcome to our 1st WAAW week here at Ash Green. If you are wondering what WAAW stands for it is the World Autism Awareness Week.

Did you know that there are round about 700,000 people with Autism here in the UK?

I am one of them. My name is Simon Carter, and yes I look like any other person at work, or even walking down a street. I got diagnosed two years ago and it has made my life very interesting.

When I got to know about WAAW it gave me a chance to promote Asperger’s and Autism in general, a few of us got together during the week and via the use of a display with plenty of information and pictures of famous people who have been diagnosed with Autism, we aimed to raise awareness of the condition.

Did you know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincent Van Gogh and even Jane Austen were thought to be on the Autistic spectrum; and in present times, Daryl Hannah, Bill Gates and film

producer Steven Spielberg are all diagnosed with the condition?

The picture shows a few of us with the display that was done for WAAW, and I would like to say a very special thank you to Ann Irving, Clinical Lead for Autism (Learning Disability), Peter Hancock and Julie Dickens for their support and time in doing our 1st ever WAAW. We will be doing it again next year!

We are very lucky in the trust because in February last year a Network group was set up by Sally Edwards, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, for people who have got a disability and a long term condition. I am very pleased to be a member of that group, so don’t hide behind a mask. If you are interested in joining our group please e-mail Ian Millington who is our joint chairman of the group on [email protected].

And finally I would like to say in my experience…some people don’t understand the condition of Autism and Asperger’s and some people don’t want to understand the condition of Autism and Asperger’s.

Thank you

Simon Carter

What do Mozart and Steven Spielberg have in common?

For more information on Autism and Asperger’s syndrome visit The National Autistic Society website at http://www.autism.org.uk/

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Ripley Minor Injuries Unit and Urgent Care Centre would like to say thank you to Ripley Hospital Charitable funds that very kindly paid for a computer tablet which the unit now uses as distraction therapy when treating people undergoing painful assessments and treatments. They primarily use this for children but have uploaded some exam revision, crosswords, Sudoku (& Candy Crush!) for older clients.

Pictured are “models” Ruby Lee and Liam Lee who are the children of HCA team leader Lisa Lee. Both children were distracted by playing computer games as their “injuries” were examined by Staff Nurse Louise Williams.

Staff from across DCHS ran events at several hospitals sites to celebrate and promote ‘National Nutrition and Hydration Week’ which took place from 16 - 22 March.

The aim of ‘Nutrition and Hydration Week’ is to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition and hydration as an important part of quality care, experience and safety improvement in health and social care settings.

This is a global challenge where everyone connected with healthcare participated in various events and initiatives.

Fenton Ward at the Cavendish Hospital celebrated Nutrition and Hydration week by taking part in the National Afternoon Tea Party inviting patients, their family, friends and staff at the Cavendish. At the event a promotional board highlighted good nutrition and hydration as an essential element of care.

Melbourne Ward/Linacre Therapy at Walton Hospital held a 1950’s themed tea party for patients and relatives.

National Nutrition and Hydration Week

Charitable funds help our young patients

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The agenda has been set by you! Staff Forum members will be discussing the following agenda items on your behalf:

Translation ServiceFeedback from staff suggests that the level of service we receive from the company that provide our translation service, Pearl linguistics, is variable. Forum would be interested to know how this contract is managed and how we could ensure a more consistent level of service is provided.

Property ManagementStaff who are currently working on sites where there has been previous mention of a potential closure are worried that they may be asked to relocate. Forum members would like to discuss how the Trust manages the communication regarding the future of our estate and discuss ways in which we can continue effective ongoing comms with the wider workforce regarding these plans.

Recruitment StrategyStaff are sensing that more and more of our recruitment is involving assessment centres. Forum have been asked what the Trust’s recruitment strategy is going forward e.g. will all posts be recruited this way or just certain roles/bands?

Discharging InpatientsForum would like to discuss our process for discharging patients from our community hospitals. Some of our hospitals employ a discharge coordinator which seems to work really well, so Forum wondered why this was not adopted across all of DCHS. There was question as to whether patients were being discharged into the community too soon and given the proposed reduction in number of beds in our hospitals, there was concern that this situation would be exacerbated.

IT Strategy & Operational IssuesForum would like an update on the IT strategy and would like to discuss a number of operational issues experienced with some of our systems. Forum would be interested to know more details regarding the roll out of NHSmail and the implications for staff.

If you have any thoughts on any of these issues please feed them into a Forum member prior to the meeting; a full list of members is available on a dedicated section of the Staff Zone.

Staff ForumDCHS

Don’t miss it!

Tuesday 28 April 2015 13:30 – 16:00 at Charnos Hall, Ilkeston Community Hospital.

Come along and listen in… the next Staff Forum meeting is taking place on:

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Following their shortlisting as finalists in the Volunteer of the Year category of our Extra Mile Awards, two of our special volunteers have been presented with rosettes in recognition of their work at Bolsover Hospital.

Kendo and Sumi, two Japanese Akitas visit wards at Bolsover Hospital and the OPMH day hospital giving such happiness to the patients and staff. They have both been trained by their owners Bev and Steve Deighton.

The dogs have been assessed and accredited by the Pets As Therapy Charity. It is a ruthless assessment lasting many hours over a few days with lots of banging, clanging and strangers jumping out in front of the dogs - and the dogs must remain utterly passive.

Bev takes Kendo to the wards as Bolsover twice a week and spends time allowing patients to pet him (or scrag him as some of the patients say). This interaction with the patients is a wonderful form of therapy.

Steve often accompanies Bev to the wards, but he also visits the OPMH day hospital once a week with Sumi and this engagement has the same profound effect with those patients as Kendo

does with the patients on the rehab wards.

It should be noted that the interaction with the dogs is a significant therapeutic benefit to the staff. When the wards are full of very dependent patients, it is a small light relief to ‘scrag’ a lovely soft fluffy dog.

Kendo and Sumi are such an important part of the care provided at Bolsover. We want to thank Bev and Steve Deighton for making that care happen and we are truly blessed to have their input at Bolsover.

For more information on the Pets As Therapy charity visit https://www.petsastherapy.org/

Board moves around

Special recognition for Kendo and Sumi – two of our volunteers

Our Trust Board is moving its regular meetings to different venues around the county to enable more people to attend.

April’s meeting is booked to take place in the training room at St. Oswald’s Hospital on Thursday 30 April starting at 9am.

In May the Trust Board will meet in the The Arkwright Centre, Hardwick Drive, Chesterfield, on the 28th, also at 9 am.

In recent years the Trust Board has usually met each month at either Walton or Babington Hospitals.

Trust Secretary Kirsteen Farrar said: “We want to

give more people, including staff and members of the public, the chance to come along each month.

We hope that moving the venue to a different location within our wide area each month will enable more people to see how decisions are made and discussed by the executive and non-executive members. It is part of being fully accountable.”

Details of future venues, as well as board meeting papers, can be found on our website: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/home/about/the_board/board-meetings

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During National Walking Month 2015 DCHS will be encouraging everyone to take to their feet and feel the benefits of walking. Look out for more information on the Intranet, Discussion Forum, Facebook and Twitter.

Can’t wait to find out more? Then visit the National Walking Month website. http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/national-walking-month/get-your-free-national-walking-month-resources

Workout at Work Day is an annual awareness day organised by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. DCHS will be supporting this year’s Workout at Work Day 2015 so put the date in your diaries!

Save the date - Workout at Work Day Friday 12 June

If you require a large print version of Our Voice, please contact the communications team.Tel: 01773 824 171 ext. 5587 Email: [email protected]

- May 2015

National Walking Month