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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.

National Quarterly Pulse Survey (NQPS): Our next NQPS goes live today, and will run until Friday 31 January. Look out for an email from ‘nhsstaffsurvey@iqvia.com’ in your inbox to complete your survey. It’s the perfect opportunity to share how you’re feeling, allowing us to make improvements and track our performance against the People Promise. It only takes a few minutes to complete and complements other employee listening tools such as the NHS Staff Survey.

We're currently working through the early data generated by the NHS National Staff Survey 2024 and will share it as soon as we can. If you have any queries about the NQPS, the national NHS Staff Survey, or staff engagement in general, please contact Simon Rose, staff engagement lead at simon.rose9@nhs.net.

Drop-in to a flu clinic this week: You can book online to have your flu vaccination here. There are roaming flu clinics this week all over Derbyshire - check out all the times and dates for each clinic here. Feel free to drop-in to any of these flu clinics at any time. Any questions, please email the team at dchst.flu@nhs.net.

HIV Testing Week is taking place from 10 to 16 February 2025, and here are just some of the ways to get involved:

Display information and posters about HIV testing week in the staff room and/or patient waiting areas. Free resources can be ordered from HIV Prevention England (HPE)
Find out more about testing; how often should you test and why it matters to test early
Testing for HIV is free, fast, confidential, and simple – you can even do it at home. Order online here
Sign up to our HIV Pledge to end HIV stigma and support the cause to stop HIV transmissions in the UK by 2030. Find out more here.

Thank you in advance for your support. For further information about access to sexual health services, online, in clinic or a community setting, please visit our new website.

Nominations are now open for this year’s Our Health Heroes Awards, celebrating the wider healthcare workforce that supports NHS doctors and nurses on the frontline. It's a national celebration of their achievements and provides an opportunity to give thanks for the important role that they play in keeping the NHS going. The categories cover a wide range of roles, this year's categories are:

Apprentice of the year
Best healthcare workforce collaboration
Clinical support worker of the year
Digital innovation
Dedication to a lifelong learning culture
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Healthcare Volunteer of the Year
Operational support worker of the year
Outstanding lifetime contribution to healthcare.

If you have a colleague in mind for a nomination, you need to do so by Friday 4 March. So what are you waiting for? Nominate your Health Hero today.

2025 Quality and Safe Care Champions (QSCC) marketplace - ‘inclusion and celebrating excellence in QSCCs', learn and share event at Chesterfield FC: All QSCCs are invited to this marketplace learn and share event on Wednesday 19 March at - 9am – 12pm or 12:30pm – 3:30pm. Find more details on this poster, or book your place via ESR here.

Leading with kindness - a virtual workshop: As people, we all have a responsibility for the way we behave. At work, the responsibility is amplified, and this applies no matter what your role. Check out and book yourself onto one of these leading with kindness bitesize sessions. We're all leaders when it comes to kindness and these sessions are open to all staff, not just those in management positions. They are really practical sessions which will be helpful in your day-to-day work. See this flyer for a summary of the sessions and booking information.

Following a pause from the learning the lessons group, a new learning through experience group has launched. This group meets quarterly to gather and share insights and best practices from across DCHS, focusing on a people-centred approach that prioritises listening to experiences and acting on feedback. The group's aims are:

Identifying learning opportunities from individual events or common themes
Effectively sharing this learning throughout the Trust
Monitoring the implementation of identified learnings
Preventing the recurrence of negative experiences
Promoting the adoption of practices that enhance positive experiences
Fostering a culture of learning without blame.

Anyone can identify learning that may benefit others. If you would like to share and bring to the group, please contact: Esther Jennison-Boyle, assistant director for AHPs, or Victoria Stafford, quality and professional standards admin officer.

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 this link to view the videos for how to report a patient, client, or customer incident and how to report a non-patient incident.

Warp-It reuse management system: Warp-It makes it very easy for services in DCHS to get hold of any items that are surplus to requirements in other teams. There are currently many items available for staff to claim and new items are added frequently. A list of currently active items available to be claimed is now available on the procurement intranet page. As well as viewing active items, this page also has a link for new members to register.

Derbyshire NHS Christian network virtual meetings: The network has an informal virtual group meeting every Wednesday mornings 8.30am - 9am, click here to join the meeting. The network is also running lunchtime meetings on the following dates/times:

Tuesday 28 January 12.30pm - 1pm, click here to join the meeting
Wednesday 19 February 1pm - 1.30pm, click here to join the meeting
Monday 24 March 12.30pm - 1pm, click here to join the meeting.

Please feel free to pop in. Any queries please contact dhcft.christiannetwork@nhs.net.

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 January's meeting.

Quality Conversations (QC) for leaders: This innovative training builds on core QC skills to support conversations for leaders. Here’s what you’ll gain:

More effective conversations - use coaching, psychology, and behavioural science to support staff and patients
Better support - lead with compassion and care, especially for those who experience more barriers to health and wellbeing, at work and away from work
Improved wellbeing - boost your own engagement, effectiveness and feedback skills.

The training takes place on Thursday 6 February from 9.15am - 12.30pm. Book your place here.

Information for all clinical managers - bedrail and bed area equipment prescriber training: Following the national patient safety alert August 2023 regarding bed rails and bed area equipment (NatPSA/2023/010/MHRA), a face-to-face training package (842 bedrails & bed area equipment level 2 prescriber training) has been developed for DCHS staff. This is aimed at all staff who may prescribe, review, and/or authorise prescription of bed rails and/or bed levers, sticks or grab handles. It is in addition to the 'safe use of bedrails' e-learning. Courses are currently being offered for staff at Walton, St Oswald’s and Cavendish hospitals. Booking is via ESR, following completion of the e-learning. Find full details here, or contact the patient manual handling team with any questions.

Calling all nurses - greener nursing challenge virtual launch event on Tuesday 28 January, 12pm - 1pm: Do you want to lead sustainable nursing in your area? Find out more at this launch event from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Nursing and Midwifery Sustainability Network. You'll hear from Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's Lucy Brown, about why nurses are best placed to lead change. You'll also hear from the Queen's Nursing Institute's Amanda Young; and Joanne Bosanquet from the Foundation of Nursing Studies about why they're collaborating. Click here to join the meeting.

The developing healthcare talent programme (starting Tuesday 18 March 2025) is an external online programme designed for healthcare support workers across the UK to:

Expand core skills and competencies
Support people in their personal and professional growth
Strengthen engagement and belonging within organisations.

As an outcome of the programme, participants will gain new skills, fresh perspectives and innovative practices with minimal time commitment. The benefits extend well beyond the programme to participants, peers, and communities. The sessions are on Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm on the following dates: 18 March; 1 April; 15 April; 29 April; 13 May; 27 May; 10 June; 24 June. Please ensure you have your manager's permission before applying, then apply via the link. Contact DCHST.cpdfunding@nhs.net with any questions or queries.

Sage and Thyme - foundation level workshop, Thursday 30 January at Pinxton Village Hall: Do you know how to talk to someone who is worried or distressed? This workshop teaches:

A memorable, structured approach for getting into and out of a conversation
How to empower patients/carers who are worried or distressed
Communication skills that are evidence-based.

Find full details on the attached poster. Places are limited, book your place here.

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

News of a new development opportunity for mid-level leaders
Our January monthly update of development and training offers
A new leading with kindness masterclass available to all staff, and a quick guide to a kindness and respectful resolution resources
A new coaching awareness session from 'Derbyshire Leader'.

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

Brew Monday: Today is often referred to as Blue Monday, but did you know this is actually a term coined by a travel company to get us to buy holidays in January, a clever marketing technique perhaps?

We know that for some though, January can feel like a tricky month. So we encourage you today (Monday 21 January) to take a moment to have a brew and ask a colleague ‘how are you'? This small question could mean the world to one of your colleagues. If you or a colleague are looking for wellbeing support, please take a look at the resources and signposting available on the wellbeing intranet page here.

New wellbeing timetable for 2025: Our next release continues to offer your weekly favourites, alongside additional support for our emotional and physical health over the winter period. You can view the timetable here (password is star).

Update from your wellbeing team: Find out what's on offer from your wellbeing team in their January 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.

Congratulations to Charlotte Bagshaw who was recently awarded her 30 years long service award. Charlotte currently works as a specialist nurse in paediatric continence and enuresis for the children's continence service level two team (south Derbyshire). Thank you for your long and loyal service, Charlotte!

We'd like to say thank you to Claire Lamb, who works as a healthcare assistant at Whitworth UTC, and helped with a patient who attended the UTC a few weeks ago. The patient was very unwell and required emergency attention, and Claire worked with her colleagues to provide support, not only to the patient but to their relative, in a very challenging situation. She worked well with her team and provided excellent patient care. Thank you, Claire!

International nurses - new additions to the team

We recently welcomed three internationally educated nurses to the team!

Ramya, Greeshma and Jovanna, who are all from Kerala, India, tell us about the warm welcome they have received in Derbyshire - and their love of the British penchant for queuing!