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Congrats to our latest ROSE and IRIS award winners: This month’s ROSE award winner is podiatry receptionist, Alison Smedley who received three nominations from members of the public. Her winning nominations said: “Alison is so helpful, caring and very professional. She is the sort of person the NHS needs.” You can find the full winning nominations here.

This month’s IRIS winner is our very own longest serving nurse and national (health service) treasure, Barbara Craven. Barbara has worked in various roles across north Derbyshire since starting as a nurse cadet in 1967. Her dedication to nursing was fostered by a wish to help her miner dad after a bad pit accident. She has been helping people ever since… for 57 years, and is a very deserving winner of our latest IRIS award. Barbara’s nomination included eight pages of citations from colleagues across the whole health and social care system. With nominations from colleagues from DCHS, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Derbyshire adult social care and the home from hospital team, Barbara has touched the lives of many people across the system. You can read the full nomination here.

Well done to both of this month’s winners!

Introducing…our new chief executive Jim Austin: In this month’s episode of Where’s the Teaspoon, we sit down with Jim to learn more about him and his life outside of work. You can listen on Spotify here or YouTube (with subtitles) here.

2024 NHS Staff Survey launching today: Your electronic survey will arrive from picker_surveys@picker.org today. Check out this short video to tell you all about it and take a look at our NHS Staff Survey page. The survey is another important opportunity for each of us to share our experiences, insights, and thoughts on how we can continue to improve as an organisation and employer - we all have a voice that counts! If you experience any issues completing your survey, please let Simon Rose know.

Speak Up Month site visits: Our Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian, Jackie Rawlings, is out and about and working from sites across DCHS during October. Next week’s site visits will be on Monday 14 October and Wednesday 16 October at Alfreton Primary Care Centre, Wheatbridge Health Village, and Coleman Street Health Centre (as part of the People Promise Roadshow). Click here for full details of all Jackie’s visits. Call in and have a chat if you’re in the area – find out more about the guardian role or talk through any concerns you may have.

Are you currently breastfeeding, or do you have friends, family, or patients that are? Please use and share our Find a Breastfeeding Welcome Here venue interactive map to find venues across Derbyshire that support breastfeeding and enable families to find places they feel comfortable to feed their infant when they are out and about. You can read more information here.

The Start Well team at DCC are also always looking to add more venues to the scheme. If you know a venue that you think would be suitable and might be interested, please contact the team on breastfeedingwelcomeaward@derbyshire.gov.uk or please pass on the details of how they can apply online here.

AAC Awareness Month - October 2024: What is AAC? Alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) is a set of tools and strategies that can be used to solve everyday communicative challenges. Learn more here and if you have any questions around AAC, please contact Sofia Nuttall: sofia.nuttall@nhs.net.

Introduction to quality improvement session: Our improvement, innovation and effectiveness team has created a short, interactive introduction to quality improvement (QI) session. They will guide you through the QI culture, resources and give you some tools to get you going on your QI journey. The 90-minute virtual sessions are running once a month until December, so make sure you join them. For dates and MS Teams links, please see here.

October is Health Literacy Month! Did you know that six out of 10 people we interact with in Derbyshire will struggle to understand basic health information? If you’d like to find out more about health literacy, and what we can do about it, book on to one of our health literacy awareness sessions:

Wednesday 16 October, 9.30am - 10.45am
Tuesday 19 November 1.30pm - 2.45pm.

You can book your place here.

Invitation - genome reporting tool and desktop app introduction launch event: The Quality Always team would like to invite you to their genome reporting tool and desktop app introduction launch event on Thursday 7 November at The Post Mill Centre, South Normanton. Please see the poster for more information and use the link or QR code to book onto either of the sessions. They look forward to seeing you there!

ESR OLM training and troubleshooting sessions are now available for all staff: The training will include topics such as:

An overview of the learner homepage
How to see what training is mandatory for your role
How to enrol onto training
Q&A session and troubleshooting for staff.

The following dates are currently available:

Tuesday 8 October, 11am - 12pm
Thursday 24 October, 12pm - 1pm
Wednesday 6 November, 9.30am - 10.30am
Friday 22 November, 1pm - 2pm
Tuesday 3 December, 10am - 11am
Thursday 19 December, 12pm - 1pm.

If you wish to book on a date, please send an email to dchst.esr.olm@nhs.net.

Clinical apprenticeships - closing date extended to midnight on 14 October 2024: If you want to apply for the nursing or allied health professional apprenticeships due to start in Spring 2025, the closing date for applications has been extended till Monday 14 October. You can only apply if your manager has supported your application, apply here. For more information contact the wider workforce team at dchst.apprenticeships@nhs.net.

National education and training survey (NETS) open: The NETS is now open to all healthcare students, trainees and apprentices, including resident doctors and dentists in postgraduate training. NETS offers a platform to share your experiences and shape the future of healthcare education. Your feedback helps us make informed decisions to enhance learning environments, support retention and recruitment. You can find more information on the attached poster. Please take 10-minutes to share your experiences.

Support neurodivergent team members with access to work training sessions: During ADHD Awareness Month, we are hosting this interactive, practical session which is aimed at managers to support them to understand the access to work process and their role in it.

It will be delivered by Kerry Pace from Diverse Learners, who is currently working in partnership with DCHS to raise awareness of the access to work scheme, and will be run by Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), who provide grants to support disabled and/or neurodivergent employees in the workplace with software, equipment, human support, travel, mental health, and adaptions. Take a look here for an overview of the session content, available dates and links to book onto the training. If you would like further information, please contact: DCHST.Equality@nhs.net.

This week’s leaders' and managers' update spotlights:

Health and safety training – spaces available
New Quality Conversations for leaders date
People Promise roadshow dates and venues
Black History Month celebration webinar.

Take a look at the latest update here. You can book via ESR self-service – search 'people management' to view all available sessions.

Bone and Joint Action Week starts this Saturday (12 October). Musculoskeletal (MSK) related problems and issues with the bones, muscles and joints are the UK’s biggest cause of ill health and the second largest cause of work absence. More years are lived with an MSK disability than any other long-term condition.

Throughout the week, the wellbeing team will be highlighting some of the key areas associated with MSK health. Check out the DCHS staff Facebook page each day for information and tips on looking after your MSK health.

The team will also be showcasing the 'DoingOurBit' platform/app, which offers a wide range of videos and live streamed sessions, and is completely free for NHS and social care staff. The videos we are showcasing are short and can be done at work, longer or more intense sessions can also be found on the platform:

Monday 14 October at 10am - low impact with Wendy Hall (five-minutes, seated). This gentle seated workout is ideal for beginners, if you have limited mobility or are coming back to exercise after illness. Also great if you're stuck at your desk and need to move a little! Click here to join the meeting.
Monday 14 October at 3pm - Kevin Kennedy (20-minutes, fitness session by your desk). This standing fitness workout is perfect to squeeze in at work, beside your desk or at home – even if space and time are limited! Suitable for beginners, Kevin offers adaptations so you can work at your own level. The easy-to-follow moves include some favourites such as squats, lunges, running on the spot and boxing to raise your heart rate. Click here to join the meeting.
Tuesday 15 October at 11am - Rachel Rafiefar (24 minutes, stretch/unwind meditation). A calming meditation session designed to help you relax and unwind. This is a three-step session focusing on breath work. Click here to join the meeting.
Tuesday 15 October at 4pm - tension headache. A five-minute video, featuring three exercises to relieve tension headaches. Click here to join the meeting.
Wednesday 16 October at 1.30pm - lying down relief. A 10-minute video that provides helpful advice on relieving lower back pain. If you want to take part, you will need to be able to lay on a bed, which may not be possible. But please come along and pick up some helpful tips to practice later. Click here to join the meeting.
Friday 18 October at 10am – strength and balance. An eight-minute workplace challenge building our strength and balance. Click here to join the meeting.
Friday 18 October at 1pm – line dancing. A 28-minute seated line dancing session, a fun way to be more active at your desk! Click here to join the meeting.

If you need any further help with your wellbeing, you can contact our wellbeing team on 01332 787703 or: ddicb.wellbeing@nhs.net.

Well done to our Erewash/Swadlincote therapy/MSK/FCP outpatients team on sustaining their Quality Always Gold achievement and DCHS Dignity 2 certification via the earned autonomy self-assessment process on Wednesday 25 September. Congratulations to you all!

Shoutout newsletter - July, August and September 2024: Take a look at the latest shoutout newsletter from the patient safety team here.

Jobs at DCHS: Check out all the latest DCHS vacancies here.

Heather Shuttleworth at Newholme Health Centre

As we opened the doors to welcome our first patients into Newholme Health Centre, Bakewell we shared some staff reactions to the new £11m outpatient hub and ambulance station. Receptionist, Heather Shuttleworth, said: “We had 11 clinics running on Wednesday and there were no issues at all, everything went really smoothly and there was plenty of parking for staff and patients. The new building is an improvement, very airy and the rooms are all nice and clean.”

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