The Stephanie Marks Appeal has held a very successful Oriental Evening this week. The evening was sponsored by the Desborough Hotel Group and was held at the Anchor Hotel in Shepperton on Friday 22nd April.

The evening was a sell-out with over 60 guests helping to raise funds for the diabetes appeal. As well as money from ticket sales the

evening was boosted by the sell-out fortune cookie tombola. Brooklands College students donated 250 fortune cookies, each with a fortune inside, and 50 with a number that corresponded with a prize. Prizes ranged from a portrait sitting worth £225 to family Odeon cinema vouchers.

There was musical entertainment and dancing after the meal, and everyone had an wonderful evening. Press Officer Jane O’Kill was there: “I haven't had a such a good Chinese meal since I was in Beijing!” she said. “It was a great night, and we have an excellent photographic record of the evening, and it would be true to say a good time was had by all !”

Fundraising Manager Val Marks said: “Desborough Hotels have been fantastic. They have paid for the venue, the food and even some of the other costs. Every penny made on the night came straight to the appeal. What’s more they have signed up to do it all again in July, when they will be hosting a Summer Bar-B-Que at the Warren Lodge in Shepperton Square. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through me in the fundraising office.”

Val can be contacted on 01932 722330 or val.marks@asph.nhs.uk.

Appeal goes ORIENTAL!

Awards for the wards with the m o s t improved rates of MRSA were handed out this week by Trust Chief Executive Glenn Douglas.

The Awards were given to the wards who had improved their wards rate of MRSA in the third quarter, Oct-Dec 2004.

Wednesday 27th April 2005 Issue No. 120

If you wish to have something featured in a future edition of aspire please email martin.stevens@asph.nhs.uk or call ext. 2163

Notice Board London Marathon round-up

Well done to all those who took part in the London Marathon this year and for raising money for many good causes – if you sponsored someone, remember to pay up, so all the effort they put in does not go to waste. Details of the people we know who ran are as follows:

Elaine Banszky, 4h 20m – raised £400 for Face the Future, charity for children with facial disfigurement. Dr Bernadette Butler, 7h 29m – raised about £1,000 for the Neurobalstoma Society. Dr Paul Crawshaw, 4h 53m– raised £2-3,000 for the Early Births Fund at ASPH. Justine Hillier, 3h 47m - raised about £1,000 for Tommy’s - the baby charity. Behdad Shambayati, 4h 06m – raised about £1,500 for the British Lung Foundation. Sue Westbrook, 6h 23m raised £650 for Leukemia Care.

Agenda For Change Opportunities for Personal

Development!

We are looking for a number of staff from across all departments to become additional Agenda for Change panelists.

• Would you like to add a new dimension to your existing work?

• Do you want to develop your knowledge and skills?

We are looking to train additional job evaluators to sit on panels. Are you able to give some time to the A4C project? (Managers have to agree this).

We are offering a Job Evaluation training course in May (dates to be confirmed) and we will consider all grades of staff with or without previous qualifications. We need a wide variety of staff so if you have worked here for days or years, in an office or a ward area, we will be pleased to hear from you.

The most important skill will be your ability to look at and evaluate jobs by dismissing commonly held biases, assessing responsibilities and skills, making informed decisions and coming to correct conclusions. Staff who are currently involved are enjoying taking part, meeting other members of staff and the variety of the evaluation work taking place. The panelists learn more about the scope of work at the Trust.

Interested? In the first instance please talk to Rupert Devereux in the A4C office on ext 3470.

This is a nationally organised program, and the course can lead to a NHS recognised NVQ qualification.

Mattress Demonstration

Workshop for Health and Maternity Care Assistants – Pressure Area Care and Pressure Relieving Mattresses – 24th May 2005, 1.30 to 3.30 at Ashford. Contact Dolly Bhaskaran ext 4703 to book.

Pain Assessment is Fifth Vital Sign

Speaking at a presentation of 250 wipe clean laminate sheets from GlaxoSmithKline this week, Acute Pain Service Sister Harriet Hartley said: “We are keen to encourage staff to consider pain assessment as the ‘Fifth Vital Sign’ alongside other observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration rate. It is also important to involve the patient in pain assessment wherever possible. With this in mind, we approached GlaxoSmithKline to ask whether they could help us with the production of a large copy of a pain assessment tool that could be placed in the bedside folder of every surgical and orthopaedic patient across both hospital sites. These areas were selected by us as our main remit is acute, post-operative pain management. We were delighted that GlaxoSmithKline agreed to help and they have provided us with 250 copies of the pain assessment tool. The wipe clean sheet can be used in all sorts of situations; the patient can call out the number that corresponds with their level of pain or even simply point to the large text. We hope that this will enable patients to be actively involved in assessing their pain whilst encouraging the standardisation of pain assessment across the Trust.”

Assistance With

the Cost of Childcare

The Trust, in conjunction with Busy Bees has been offering, as part of its family friendly initiative, a more flexible way of meeting the costs of your childcare, under which, part of your wages or salary can be given up in exchange for Childcare Vouchers. Up until April 2005 many employees were able to benefit from National Insurance savings when they used Childcare Vouchers. However since April 2005, Childcare Vouchers are non-taxable and exempt from National Insurance up to a limit of £217 per month per working parent. The Childcare Vouchers received are then exchanged, in whole or part, for the childcare services you use. Childcare Vouchers cover children up to 16 years of age

For a parent information pack please contact either Busy Bees direct on Freephone 08000 430 860 or you may wish to contact Jacqui George Childcare Co-ordinator on 01276 526617.

Mental Health Summit

The Surrey/Sussex Leadership Forum is celebrating 100 years of Health and Social Care in Surrey and Sussex, with a free Mental Health Summit to be held on Thursday 23 June 2005, at The Hawth, Crawley Between 9.30am and 4.30pm. Chaired by Anne Beales, Director of Service User Involvement at the Mental Health After Care Association (MACA) speakers include Professor Antony Sheehan, Chief Executive, Care Service Improvement Partnership; Nigel Edwards, Head of Policy, NHS Confederation; Dr Geraldine Strathdee, Clinical Director, Oxleas NHS Trust; and Dr Tim Anstiss, Principal Lecturer in Behavioural Medicine. For further information and booking please e-mail margaretatkins@macomms.co.uk.

Great Walk 2005

Kellogs are sponsoring the Great Walk 2005 by Karen Churches between John O’Groats, through Ireland, to Land End between April and September 2005. Along the way are 10km (6 mile) sponsored walks for individuals to raise money for their local charity, club or organisation. For further information visit www.great-walk.org or e-mail info@great-walk.org. Why not do a walk for one of the Trust’s three main appeals – the Stephanie Marks Diabetes Centre, the Early Births Fund or Hospital Radio Wey’s New Studio Appeal. Interested in the Development

of NHS Professionals?

Then find out more at the Open Forum on Friday 6th May between 13:00 and 15:00hrs in the Boardroom, Management Offices, Ashford. Come along and put your view forward. For more details call Sue or Ann on 01932-723726 or mobile 07768-032822.

Chaucer Ward’s Plans to Put the ‘R’ Back into ‘TPR’

Chaucer and Wordsworth Ward Practice Development Unit are busy working away to obtain Stage 1 accreditation from Leeds University by working on several projects that will directly impact patient care.

After an initial slow start the members of the Practice Development Unit are now steaming ahead with their ideas and actions to meet the deadline of June 22nd. They are developing practice by working on projects such as, putting the ‘R’ back into TPR (Temperature, Pulse and Respiration) , a new information booklet for Chaucer Ward, and other ideas that were suggested by patients over the Christmas 2004 period.

The accreditation visit in June is expected to attract interested individuals to form a steering group that will enhance the vision of “seeking excellence” in patient care.

Brian Howson from GSK presents Harriet Hartley and Sharon Kitcatt with the charts

Wordsworth Ward

Juniper Ward

Maple Ward

Keats Ward

Awards for wards with tumbling MRSA rates

Medirest Awards

Medirest Staff who work at Ashford Hospital have been awarded certificates this month to show that they have kept their area the cleanest. Awards went for best ward, best area, and best cleaning cupboard, amongst others.

Some of the Ashford cleaning team are pictured here with their certificates.

Pam Holroyd, who retires as secretary to Dr Mark Britton this week, is pictured having a farewell coffee with Trust Chairman Clive Thompson

CHEERS!

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2003

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ly

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rem

aine

d in

th

e m

edic

al

unit

as

a si

ster

unt

il 19

95.

My

mov

e to

out

patie

nts

was

pr

ompt

ed b

y th

e ar

rival

of m

y se

cond

dau

ghte

r an

d I j

ob s

hare

d th

e St

. Pet

er’s

sis

ter p

ost a

nd

then

the

hea

d of

nur

sing

cro

ss-s

ite,

until

the

se

nior

nur

se r

estru

ctur

e in

Oct

04.

My

curre

nt

role

in

clud

es

over

seei

ng

the

day-

to-d

ay

man

agem

ent

of

the

clin

ics,

m

onito

ring

stan

dard

s of

car

e an

d cl

eanl

ines

s.

Deb

bie

Palm

er

Mat

ron

for M

edic

ine,

St

. Pet

er’s

I

cam

e to

St

Pet

er’s

in

1982

as

a ju

nior

sis

ter.

Th

e m

ajor

ity

of

my

nurs

ing

care

er h

as b

een

in m

edic

al n

ursi

ng w

here

nu

rses

can

mak

e a

real

co

ntri

butio

n to

th

e di

agno

sis,

w

ith

astu

te

obse

rvat

ions

, an

d to

the

fin

al

outc

ome

and

disc

harg

e de

stin

atio

n fo

r th

e pa

tient

. I

have

he

ld a

var

iety

of

role

s, b

oth

in w

ard

and

unit

man

agem

ent

and

in d

isch

arge

pla

nnin

g an

d co

-ord

inat

ion.

As

the

mat

ron

for

med

icin

e I a

m

the

advo

cate

for

the

patie

nts,

rel

ativ

es a

nd fo

r st

aff

of a

ll di

scip

lines

on

my

war

ds.

My

role

is

enha

nced

by

staf

f w

ho w

ork

extre

mel

y ha

rd

and

dem

onst

rate

the

valu

e of

team

wor

k.

Man

dy W

ilson

Mat

ron

for O

phth

alm

olog

y an

d Sp

ecia

list

Surg

ery

I ha

ve w

orke

d w

ithin

the

N

HS

for

25

year

s,

and

at

AS

PH

for

15. I

join

ed S

PH

ou

tpat

ient

s in

a

nurs

ing

role

, w

orki

ng

with

in

all

clin

ics

bu

t m

ost

ly

opht

halm

olog

y.

My

role

s ch

ange

d th

roug

h th

e ye

ars,

to

be

com

e jo

b-sh

are

head

of

nurs

ing

for

the

OPD

, acr

oss

both

si

tes.

I to

ok o

n m

y cu

rrent

rol

e in

Nov

embe

r 05

. M

y fir

st c

halle

nge

was

the

thr

ee m

onth

wai

ting

targ

et f

or c

atar

act

surg

ery

whi

ch w

as a

chie

ved

thro

ugh

a br

illia

nt t

eam

effo

rt. M

y ro

le i

nvol

ves

man

agin

g th

e op

htha

lmol

ogy

nurs

es a

cros

s bo

th

site

s an

d as

sess

ing

way

s of

im

prov

ing

the

qual

ity o

f car

e fo

r all

opht

halm

olog

y pa

tient

s.

Kat

hryn

Woo

d M

atro

n fo

r Med

icin

e &

Sur

gery

, Ash

ford

I

have

w

orke

d in

th

e N

HS

for

23 y

ears

. In

this

tim

e I

have

w

orke

d at

w

ard

man

ager

le

vel

with

in

med

icin

e an

d su

rger

y in

Lei

cest

er a

nd

in th

e la

st s

even

yea

rs in

a

seni

or

nurs

e ro

le.

I re

loca

ted

to t

he S

outh

in

April

200

1 w

hen

I jo

ined

th

e As

hfor

d si

te w

here

I b

ecam

e se

nior

nur

se

for

surg

ery.

Sin

ce O

ctob

er 2

004

I ha

ve b

een

the

mat

ron

for

the

inpa

tient

war

ds a

t As

hfor

d.

This

inv

olve

s su

ppor

ting

war

d m

anag

ers

and

thei

r te

ams,

w

orki

ng

alon

gsid

e th

e si

te

co-

ordi

nato

r an

d in

lia

ison

w

ith

the

capa

city

m

anag

ers.

Thi

s is

an

inte

rest

ing

role

whe

re n

o tw

o da

ys a

re a

like.

Jane

Rym

an

Mat

ron

for D

ay

Surg

ery

/ End

osco

py

I ha

ve

been

an

N

HS

wor

ker

for

22

year

s.

I sp

ent

14

year

s in

th

e cr

itica

l ca

re

field

of

nu

rsin

g an

d jo

ined

A

SP

H in

200

0 as

sen

ior

nurs

e in

crit

ical

car

e. A

s a

clin

ical

nu

rse

I ha

ve

ga

ine

d

div

ers

e ex

perie

nce

in m

any

NH

S

hos

pit

als

in

clud

ing

Ha

refi

eld

a

nd

Ham

mer

smith

. I

have

an

MA

in m

edic

al l

aw

and

ethi

cs.

I ha

ve h

eld

my

curre

nt p

ositi

on in

da

y su

rger

y an

d en

dosc

opy

for

2 ye

ars

and

I am

cur

rent

ly w

orki

ng c

olla

bora

tivel

y w

ith t

he

DS

U s

taff

on a

23

hour

sur

gery

pro

ject

in D

SU

at A

shfo

rd a

nd t

he n

ew m

odul

ar D

SU b

uild

at

St.

Pet

er’s

Hos

pita

l.

The

abov

e pu

blic

atio

n an

d al

l pub

licat

ions

in th

e ‘M

anag

emen

t Tre

e’ s

erie

s ar

e de

sign

ed a

s a

guid

e, a

nd a

re n

ot s

et o

ut in

any

par

ticul

ar o

rder

. Thi

s in

form

atio

n is

cur

rent

ly b

eing

com

pile

d an

d w

ill s

oon

be a

vaila

ble

on T

rust

Net

and

the

Trus

t’s w

ebsi

te w

here

the

info

rmat

ion

in th

e

‘Man

agem

ent T

ree’

ser

ies

will

app

ear,

stru

ctur

ed b

y hi

erar

chic

al p

ositi

on.

Look

out

for n

ext w

eek’

s A

spire

Bul

letin

, whe

re th

e ce

ntre

spr

ead

will

feat

ure

part

4 o

f the

tree

.