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Edition 13 - April 2013
Staff Briefings
about Francis
Report
We held a number of staff briefings
about the Francis Report which all staff
were invited to attend. Over 1,000 staff
attended. These sessions were mainly
led by the Chief Executive, Andy Hardy.
These briefings were for staff to get an understanding about what
the Francis Report sets out and about UHCW's plans for the
future. We received positive feedback from these briefings which
will help the Trust shape its future plans.
Additionally I would like to inform you that the Trust's Chairman,
Phil Townshend will step down from his role in May 2013 at
UHCW. I would like to take this opportunity to wish him all the
best in his future pursuits and thank him for his tremendous
contribution to UHCW during his time here.
Notice about GP
letters sent to
UHCW
UHCW would like to politely ask that all
Meghana Pandit
Chief Medical Officer
Changes to Dementia Risk Assessment
GPs will now receive referral letters for
inpatients with a positive Dementia Risk
Assessment or a diagnosis of delirium.
As the Trust is working towards a
paperless environment, these letters will
only be sent electronically to each GP’s
Docman system.
GPs without Docman will continue to receive paper copies for the
time being.
GPs letters that are written for patients
that are coming into hospital to be
marked DEAR MEDICAL TEAM, DEAR
SURGICAL TEAM etc.
This is to ensure the flow of patients are
dealt with correctly, especially as the
Trust has implemented a new model of
working between Emergency Medicine
and Acute Medicine / Medicine which
went live in February 2013.
If you call or email Paula Dodgson, GP
Liaison Nurse please can you put the
observations on the letter or verbally let
her know.
More information about the Dementia Risk Assessment will be
provided in a special edition of this newsletter next month. If you
would like more information before then please contact Clinical
Nurse Specialists Liz Kiernan, Tracey Chapman or Rose O'Malley
on: 02476968333.
We understand GPs find it hard to get
hold of Paula Dodgson sometimes but
she is happy to take calls from the
receptionists, take emails as referrals
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and telephone messages.
Good Transfusion Sampling Guide
In order to prevent serious
blood transfusion incidents due
to mis-identification of samples,
Blood Bank at UHCW will
reject samples if the following
national guidance is not strictly
adhered to:
The Transfusion Request Form MUST contain the following
patient identification details (banda label/addressograph labels
are acceptable on request forms):
Surname (correctly spelt)
Forename (in full and correctly spelt)
Date of birth (not age or year of birth)
Hospital number (NHS number acceptable only for
antenatal/CRM samples)
Gender (and/or on the specimen)
Collector’s details
Name/Signature of requesting medical officer
The Sample MUST have the following details handwritten on it:
(Banda label/addressograph labels are NOT acceptable on
sample bottles):
Paula Dodgson, GP Liaison Nurse can
be contacted on 02476966223 or you
can email [email protected]
or [email protected].
Notice for patients
about hearing aid
batteries
Please click here for a copy of a poster
which we would ask you to display in
your practices which notifies patients
about the replacement of hearing aid
batteries.
Update on UHCW
consultants
Since February 2013 to April 2013 the
Surname (correctly spelt)
Forename (in full and correctly spelt)
Date of birth (not age or year of birth)
Hospital number (NHS number acceptable only for
antenatal/CRM samples)
Gender (and/or on the request form)
Collector’s details
Date and Time specimen collected
There will be no exceptions to this, and when a sample is rejected
the patient will have to be bled again. A new sample will have to
be sent to Blood Bank with a new form. Currently 42% of all
rejections are because the collector’s details are either not on the
sample or the Transfusion Request Form. For more information
click here.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening and
Surveillance Programme, Coventry and
Warwickshire
The local Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
(AAA) Screening & Surveillance
Programme for Coventry and
Warwickshire has been in place for the
past year. This is part of a NHS national
screening programme which is being
implemented gradually across England,
and will cover the whole of England by
April 2013.
following consultants have started at the
Trust:
Mr Nonavinakere Manjunatha,
Opthalmology
Mr Zaed Zoher Raouf, Consultant
Colorectal Surgeon
Mr Gabriele Marangani,
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Since February 2013- April 2013, the
following five consultants have left the
Trust: Dr Kamran Rostami,
Gastroenterology; Dr Arun Dheer,
Radiology; Ms Rabia Din, Neuro Rehab;
Mr Alan Duby, Trauma and
Orthopaedics; Dr Hatim Ali, Care of the
Elderly and Acute Medicine; Dr Edwin
Borman, Anaesthetics and Dr
Krishnendu Ghosh, Gerontology.
All consultants can be contacted through
the switchboard on 02476 964000 or on
email using the template:
[email protected].
The Arden Local Area Team (LAT) commissions UHCW to
provide this screening programme for the local area.
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The programme screens the cohort of men who turn 65 between
1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 in Coventry and Warwickshire
– approx. 5,000 men. If men over 65 would like to be screened
they can self refer to the programme directly.
This screening programme aims to be accessible to patients and
to deliver healthcare in the community. In Coventry, screening
takes place in the City of Coventry Health Centre and screening
is available at most Warwickshire GP practices over the
screening year.
Contact Us
GPs will receive notification of every patient that has been
scanned and all those patients that did not attend. It is important
for GPs to encourage patients to attend this quick and free scan
to reduce their chances of suffering a burst aortic aneurysm.
We know there are often key people you
For more information please visit:
http://aaa.screening.nhs.uk/professionals or click here to read the
patient information leaflet available.
If you call 02476 964000 you can ask to
speak or bleep to the consultant you
need to contact and there are several
ways to do this:
want to contact.
Alternatively, you can contact Nigel Wood, AAA Screening and
Surveillance Programme Manager at [email protected] or
telephone 01788 663428.
CASTLE Education Day
The CASTLE Education Group
"Crossing Boundaries" presents 'Your
Gut and Beyond' education day.
This is being held on Thursday 2nd
May 2013 between 9.30am-4.30pm
in Stratford Upon Avon.
Email them using the
[email protected] format.
Alternatively you can contact Sarah
Conlon, GP Communications &
Engagement lead on 02476967617 or
email [email protected], and
she will endeavour to answer any
questions you may have.
We have details of our consultants and
their specialities in the GP area of our
website.
This education day is provided for free for all health and social
care professionals in Coventry and Warwickshire.
To find out more information about this education day please
click here.
With Thanks...
We often receive letters and emails from
patients and their families giving thanks
to staff at the Trust.
A staff member has sent thanks to all on
Ward 23 for the excellent quality of care
given to them during their admission.
They described the whole experience as
seamless and expressed gratitude for
the expertise and support given.
A patient emailed to express their
grateful thanks for the work of Dr
Andrew Ilchyshyn and his team
following a procedure. They commented
that staff were pleasant, efficient and
professional and they had nothing but
praise.
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