Welcome to the latest issue of My Download - your regular news roundup. The deadline for contributions is 5pm on a Thursday. If you have anything that needs sharing with colleagues, please don't hesitate to get in touch: dchst.communications@nhs.net.

Come along, Walton Hospital, this Thursday! We’ll share lots of information with you about what’s happening on site to develop high-tech diagnostic services. Find us in the dining room corridor, 11am – 2pm. You can vote on your choice of photos to decorate the new unit too. More details here.

NHS Staff Survey closes this week: There's only one week left to have your say in this year’s survey – it closes this Friday. Please make sure that you use your voice to complete the survey if you haven’t done so already. It only takes about 10 minutes and what you say will help us make improvements in areas that matter to you. Our response rate is 62%, but we want to hear from everyone to get the best possible sense of DCHS as a place to work. If you have any questions about the survey, just contact Simon Rose. And just a reminder to you all - the survey is completely anonymous. We all have a voice that counts.

New Datix incident training videos: Training on how to report an incident, which was previously delivered by MS Teams, has now been replaced with two new videos. Click the link here to view the videos for how to report a patient/client/customer incident and how to report a non-patient incident.

People Promise roadshow coming to North Wingfield this week: The People Promise roadshow will be at North Wingfield this week. There’s chance to find out more about our staff networks, chat to our Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, enter a raffle, grab some freebies, and even get your flu jab – all under one roof! We really hope you take the opportunity to go along and find out how we are making the People Promise work for us in DCHS. Join us on Thursday (28 November) at North Wingfield Resource Centre, from 11am – 2:30pm.

Do you have questions regarding your NHS Pension? Consultation sessions have been arranged in conjunction with our pensions advisory team for you to obtain information about your NHS pension and to get any questions answered. The consultation appointments will be by telephone or MS Teams and are held on a one-to-one basis. Take a look here for information on appointments, and contact Janet Davies (PA to Heads of Service) to book a slot.

Are you interested in finding out more about how to raise awareness and help prevent suicide? Come and join us at the next DCHS Suicide Prevention and Awareness Group (SPAG) meeting on Thursday 5 December from 10.30am – 12pm, Carnfield Room, Post Mill Centre, DE55 2EJ. We’re a friendly, active group, enabling the coordination of information and support for suicide awareness and prevention across the organisation. We’d like to encourage new members to join, so come along, have a chat, a cuppa and a festive mince pie! If you’re interested in joining us next week, please contact either Wendy Hodgkinson or Caroline Savidge. Hope to see you there!

You're invited to our Board meeting in South Normanton: This month's meeting takes place on Thursday 5 December at the Postmill Centre, off Market Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2EJ from 12.30pm. It will start with a focus on how we are tackling health inequalities in the communities we serve. That session runs from 12:30pm until 1:30pm with a chance to ask questions, and will be followed at 2pm by the Trust’s regular Board meeting to which staff and members of the public are invited as observers. Reports and meeting papers can be found here.

Design a flu sticker competition: It’s the last week to enter our competition to design next year’s flu sticker. If you work for Team DCHS and you or your family are budding artists, why not get involved? The winner will see their design made into reality for next year’s campaign and win a festive hamper. You can draw your entry on an A4 sheet of paper, but please be mindful that when printed the flu stickers are usually around 30mm so any text or image will be scaled down to size. Email your entries to dchst.flu@nhs.net before Monday 2 December!

Quality Improvement (QI) Community meetings are back! The next QI Community meeting is on Thursday 12 December, 12pm -1.30pm. Everybody is welcome. This will be a time to connect as a community, hear about QI projects from throughout the Trust and network with your colleagues. View the agenda here and email dchst.cet@nhs.net for the meeting invite.

Update from the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Delivery Board: The Board’s aim is to collectively make improvements to outcomes for people with mental illness, learning disabilities and/or autism and to implement the requirements of the NHS Long Term Plan. This update shares key points of discussion from the November meeting.

Engagement opportunity - East Midlands fertility policy review: NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across the East Midlands are seeking feedback from residents on proposed guidelines for a unified East Midlands Fertility policy. This region includes the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire, along with the authorities of Derby, Leicester, Rutland, and Nottingham. A fertility policy outlines the NHS supported treatments available to people looking to access fertility services within their area. Find more details, including the Case for Change document, here. Tell them about your experience and what is important to you by filling in their survey, it's open until 10 January 2025.

Digital Learning Solutions notification system downtime: Digital Learning Solutions have a planned system downtime on Wednesday 27 November between 7.30am and 8am. If you have any issues, please contact DCHST.itskills@nhs.net.

The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disabilities and Autism Tier 2 is now available to book on the following dates:

Thursday 28 November in the Johnson Building, Derby
Thursday 19 December in the Committee Room, Walton Hospital.

All sessions are available on ESR for patient facing staff to book onto now.

Join our December Quality Conversations sessions: As the year wraps up and we get ready for a fresh start in 2024, it's the perfect time to connect, reflect, and recharge. Our December Quality Conversations sessions are here to give you that boost as we close out the year on a high note!

Having behaviour change conversations:
- Thursday 12 December, 1.15pm - 4.30pm
Having better mental health conversations:
QC for leaders:
- Tuesday 10 December, 9.15am - 12.30pm.

Sharps Safety Week competition: Our Sharps Safety Week is now over but there’s still chance to enter our competition to complete the Sharps Safety quiz as a team. Click here to download the quiz. All correct entries will be entered into a raffle to win your team a £30 M&S voucher. Please send entries with your team’s name to DCHST.professionalstandards@nhs.net. The closing date for entries is Monday 2 December and the winning team will be contacted w/c 9 December.

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

The final People Promise Roadshow in North Wingfield
Teaming and psychological safety webinar – relevant for managers and leaders who want to improve team experience and performance
The latest series of webinars by NHS IMPACT.

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

The Great British Bake Off - applications now open! Have you got what it takes to bake in the tent? Love Productions are looking for the next batch of bakers for the sixteenth series of The Great British Bake Off.

If you or someone you know is a talented home baker then apply here. If you cannot apply online and would like an application form posted to you or require assistance, please email applyforbakeoff@loveproductions.co.uk or call 0117 456 8530 stating your full name, full address (including postcode) and telephone number. Closing date for applications is Monday 9 December.

Free energy advice online webinar - places available: At a time when consumers face a difficult winter of rising costs and limited support, Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts is offering a free training session to frontline staff and volunteers that regularly encounter and provide advice to those in or at risk of fuel poverty.

If you and your colleagues are based in the East Midlands and you support households on a low income, those in a vulnerable situation, or those who are struggling to understand and manage their household energy costs then this session will provide a useful roadmap to help you navigate significant energy issues. You can find more info, including available dates and booking links, on the attached poster.

Update from your wellbeing team: Find out what's on offer from your wellbeing team in their November update here. If you would like to find out more about the diverse range of wellbeing support available, please visit the JUCD wellbeing website. If you need any further help with your wellbeing, you can contact our wellbeing team: dchst.yourwellbeingteam@nhs.net.

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

A big well done to Helen Burke, specialist public health nurse lead for Children and Young People’s Mental Health:

"DCHS Children’s Services were represented at yet another national conference recently. It was a privilege to be asked to speak at the CPHVA conference in Birmingham about the rise of social prescribing, a community-led collaborative innovation in mental health support for young people.

The successful collaboration between public health nursing teams and social prescribing services for young people in Derbyshire has created an innovative partnership that responds to the challenge of limited early intervention services.

Helen was joined at the podium by Grace. Grace is only 16 years old but was willing to speak in front of an audience of 200 people, sharing the moving story of her experiences. Supported by her public health nurse, a referral was made to Thrive, Social Prescribing service.

Grace was given a standing ovation at the conference! Her commitment, her honesty, her natural ability for helping others alongside the support she received was a shining example of the positive outcomes that this collaboration has produced.

Thank you also to Poppy in Communications Team for time spent making the presentation as impactful as possible."

Well done to the following teams who recently sustained their Quality Always Gold achievement and DCHS Dignity 2 Certifications via the Earned Autonomy self-assessment process:

Snowdrop Ward (Wednesday 13 November)
OPAT team (Monday 18 November).

Congratulations to you all!

Well done to our colleagues at St. Oswald's Hospital who recently received the following shoutout from a patient's partner:

"My wife Sue was unfortunate to need end of life care but was very fortunate to be placed under your care. The level of help and care you provided was second to none, both for Sue and her family. I cannot commend you highly enough. Your care and compassion for Sue helped to restore our faith in the NHS.

Perhaps the people at the top of the NHS tree as it were, should use your ward as a training platform to train all hospitals on patient care, compassion and kindness.

The ward was kept exceptionally clean and tidy, the staff were very smart and tidily dressed, nothing was too much trouble for them. The food was magnificent, well prepared and cooked. It was a pleasure for my wife to be treated by the staff at St. Oswald's compared to the Derby Royal. Thank for looking after Sue for me."

Congratulations to our latest ROSE award winner, Deanna Pereira-Wrafter from our Dementia Palliative Care team. Her winning nomination said: “Deanna was so caring and compassionate towards my mum and was a real advocate for her on the ward, always having her health and wellbeing at heart. We cannot thank Deanna enough for her support and kindness, her role has made a huge difference to us at an incredibly difficult time.”

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