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MARCH ‘13
Craigavon among the world’s first hospitals to
implant new cardiac monitoring device
Craigavon Area Hospital recently
became the first hospital in
Northern Ireland to implant a
patient with a breakthrough new
cardiac monitoring device called a
BioMonitor®.
The Craigavon Cardiology Cath
Lab team pictured with Terence
Herron, patient, after the recent
implant procedure.
Clinical Excellence in
Neonatal Unit
For the fourth year running, a Staff Nurse from the
Neonatal Unit at Craigavon Area Hospital has scooped
a Queens University Clinical Excellence Award.
Staff Nurse, Victoria Jones received the 2012 award
joining colleagues who were awarded the accolade in
previous years; Staff Nurse, Jill Tedford in 2011; Staff
Nurse, Colm Darby in 2010 and Staff Nurse, Karen
Weir in 2009. Pictured with the award winners are
Neonatal Unit Lead Nurse, Una Toland and Head of
Acute Paediatrics, Grace Hamilton.
Inside...
diology Conference
Live operation at Car
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Daisy Hill Finalists
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Raising Awareness of
Abuse
Domestic Violence and
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Trust at a Glance
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Trauma & Orthopaedics
scoop Lean Healthcare
Award
Live operation
at Cardiology
Conference
Bob Gomersall, Chairman at the Virtual College
presents Daniel Harte Occupational Therapist,
Stephanie Lewis, Physiotherapist and Clifford
Mitchell, Service Improvement Faciltator with the
‘Best Impact on Patient experience Award’ UK award
at the recent awards event in Leeds. This award was
for delivering an effective pre-operative education
group for people awaiting a total hip replacement.
Dr Ian Menown, (pictured) recently
performed a live stent procedure at a major
conference in Craigavon Civic Centre via
a live link to the Cardiology Cath Lab at
Craigavon Area Hospital. The Conference
was hosted by Craigavon Council in
partnership with the Trust to see how the
area can benefit from closer collaboration
between industry and the health sector.
Rapid Access Clinic
Trust Chief Executive Mairead McAlinden
called into Lurgan Hospital to visit one of
the Trust’s Rapid Access Clinics to meet
with staff and patients.
Since 2009 the Trust has been providing
‘Rapid Access’ Clinics for people over 65
years in Lurgan, Dungannon and Armagh.
To date, 1450 people have been assessed
at one of these clinics with conditions
including mobility problems, chest infections
and falls, and has prevented 75% of these
people being admitted to hospital.
These Clinics provide a thorough
assessment by a range of clinical staff and
over the course of a few hours in a calm
and friendly environment can provide a
comprehensive plan of treatment and care.
This often makes the difference between
the GP or older person being confident
enough to manage their treatment at home
or seeking hospital treatment often in an
emergency situation.
Back row: Wendy Turkington, Health Care Assistant, Dr Karin
Houston, Lyn Fullerton, Enrolled Nurse,Pat Nugent, Senior
Nurse Manager and Fiona Nugent, Social Worker
Front row: Elizabeth Woods, Health Care Assistant, Mairead
McAlinden, Chief Executive and Sister Carol Ward.
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10 Years in Craigavon for
Overseas Nurses
Ten years ago, 51 highly-trained nurses left the Philippines to come
to work in Craigavon Area Hospital. 30 of the original Filipino nurses
who came in 2002 are still working in the Trust. Dr Gillian Rankin,
Director of Acute Services (top middle), Mrs Mary Burke, Acting
Assistant Director of Medicine & Unscheduled Care (top right),
pictured with some of the Filipino nurses. Also pictured is Sister
Lorna Cullen.
Pharmacy staff buy two Hairy
Yaks!
Pharmacy staff in Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals held two
Christmas coffee mornings and a tombola event to raise money for
the Save the Children Christmas Wish List Appeal. They raised £360
and were able to buy two Hairy Yaks providing a family in Tibet with
transport, milk and wool and a seed and gardening tool kit which
allows a family to grow their own food from the Wish List.
Research Workshop
At a workshop in December, Trust staff presented
a variety of research undertaken in Stroke,
Cardiology, Clinical Psychology, Health and WellBeing, Social Care, Laboratory and Occupational
Therapy. These can be viewed on the intranet
under Research & Development. Trust Chair,
Roberta Brownlee opened the workshop and is
pictured with Dr Peter Sharpe, Associate Medical
Director Research & Development and Dr
Michael McCormick, Consultation Geriatrician.
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Success & Achievements
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Success for Domiciliary Care
service
The Trust’s Domiciliary Care teams celebrate after
winning the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care
Quality Award.
Angela McVeigh, Director of Older People and
Primary Care said “I am delighted our in-house
domiciliary care service has won the HSC Quality
Award. I would like to pay tribute to everyone
involved in helping to achieve this Award. In
particular, the Domiciliary Care workers who provide
personal and practical care to support approximately
3000 people to live independently in their own
homes every day. In addition, the administrative staff,
supervisors and three managers all ensure we deliver
the right worker to the right client at the right time and
with the right skills
Armagh and Dungannon Staff
“It is a great achievement for our domiciliary care
staff to be recognised regionally for their commitment
and dedication to embracing change and new ways
of working to improve the quality of care they provide
every day to their clients living at home.”
Newry and Mourne Staff
Christmas Gift Appeal
A big thank you to everyone who
donated to our Christmas gift appeal.
The Salvation Army and St Vincent
de Paul have been overwhelmed
by the generosity of staff that left gifts at the
various collection points across Trust facilities
and hundreds of families benefitted from your
kindness. This was the first year that we ran
the gift appeal and due to its success are
planning to repeat the exercise next year.
Craigavon and Banbridge Staff
Post-Graduate Success
Home Tube Feeding
service receives Award
Epilepsy Nurse Specialist forr
adults, Orla McBirney, has
completed a Professional Diploma
ploma
in Epilepsy at Leeds Metropolitan
olitan
se
University. The Epilepsy Nurse
Specialist service for adults
is Trustwide and is based
at Mullinure Health and
Welling Centre. Orla can be
contacted at
orla.mcbirney@
southerntrust.hscni.net
Maria Tynan, former
Home Enteral Tube
Feeding Coordinator and
Ashleigh Nelson, Home
Enteral Tube Feeding
Coordinator receive the
Aileen O’Kelly Memorial
Award from Natalie
Kearney, Chairperson
of the Northern Ireland
Branch of the British Dietetic Association (centre).
The trophy was awarded for their work on
improving the care of enterally tube fed adults
living at home.
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Success & Achievements
Recognition at Royal College of
Midwives Awards
Trust staff have been recognised at the prestigious Royal College of
Midwives Awards. The awards which were held in London reward the
professional excellence, hard work and dedication of the UK’s midwives.
Congratulations to Midwife Jo Meegan, who works in the Delivery Suite
at Daisy Hill Hospital who was nominated by a woman she looked after
during labour and to Midwife, Diane McDowell and Dietitian, Elizabeth
O’Connor who were shortlisted for a project which addresses obesity in
pregnancy.
Midwife Jo Meegan
Daisy Hill in All Ireland
Energy Awards
Help Me to Help You
Colum Curran has just
completed nine months on
the Trust’s Disability Action
Plan Placement Scheme
which helps people with
a disability back into a
workplace setting. He worked
with Adult Safeguarding Lead
Patricia Trainor and staff at
Oakdale House in Newry.
“Thanks to the placement, I developed by
interpersonal and administrative skills and I really
enjoyed working in a busy office. I’m a former
lorry driver so filing and covering the switchboard
were a big change for me. I worked with adult
services teams to get information to populate
a database. I arranged and attended team
meetings and followed up on requests to staff
for information. I also contacted voluntary and
community sector organisations to capture their
information for the database. My placement was
very positive.”
Congratulations to the Estates Team who were
finalists at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
(SEAI) Awards in Dublin. The nomination was for a
£1 million investment in Daisy Hill Hospital’s heating
system which was recognised for energy efficiency
and sustainable performance, reducing heating
costs by 50% and carbon monoxide emissions by
60%. Pictured are: Cecil Renshaw, Assistant Head
of Estates Operations, Mark Kelso, Semple McKillop
and Stephen Finch, Semple & McKillop with RTE’s
Mary Kennedy, compere for the Awards event.
Regional Awards for Maternity Support Workers
22 Maternity Support Workers from the Trust
have achieved Level 3 Diploma in Maternity
Support since the programme began four
years ago.
The programme is delivered by the Trust’s
Vocational Workforce Assessment Centre in
partnership with the Clinical Education Centre.
There are currently four staff on this year’s
course and anyone interested in attending in
the future should contact their line manager.
Maternity Support Workers from across the region who
received their Level 3 Diploma in Maternity Support this
year with Lynn Fee who presented their awards and
Heather Clyde, Head of the Trust’s Vocational Workforce
Assessment Centre.
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Meet the Team
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Day Clinical Centre Team Craigavon Area Hospital
Role of Team
The aim of the Day Clinical Centres
in both Craigavon and Daisy Hill
is to prevent unnecessary hospital
admissions and to facilitate earlier
discharge for suitable patients.
Craigavon’s Day Clinical Centre has
nine beds and four recliner chairs.
Patients can be treated for a range
of treatments including blood or iron
transfusions, intravenous antibiotics,
glucose tolerance tests and other
diagnostic procedures. The centres
also offer gall stones procedures and
biopsies for liver and kidney disease.
Who is in the team?
Sister Shirley Tedford, Registered
Nurses: Margaret O’Hara, Angela
McCorry, Lesley Ann McWilliams,
Health Care Assistant; Fiona
Robinson.
Challenges
The number and range of clinical
treatments has expanded
significantly in recent times and the
Day Clinical Centre Team work hard
to meet the increasing demand for
care and treatment.
“...
Day Clinical
Centres can provide
advanced care and
treatment to more
people...”
How the Team is making a
difference to patients and clients
After 10 years suffering with Crohns
disease and enduring many hospital
admissions Patrick is now attending
Day Clinical Centre for blood
transfusions and a course of
intravenous treatment.
He explains: “Over the years I’ve
H
had numerous admissions for tests,
h
ssurgery and pain relief. Many of these
were unplanned and involved going
w
through GP Out of Hours who directed
thro
me to the Emergency Department who
then admitted me to a ward, each time repeating
the lengthy paperwork process. Now I am on this
treatment in the Day Clinical Centre, I come here
directly for planned appointments without repeating
the admission process each time and put in the few
hours I’m here by reading or watching DVDs.”
Achievements
Advances in treatment and technology combined
with better organisation now means that Day Clinical
Centres can provide advanced care and treatment
to more people with many different and complex
conditions without them having to stay overnight in
hospital.
Could you support a young
person to achieve their potential?
The Young People’s Partnership is looking for volunteers to support
and guide adolescents in their communities. The MAPS (Mentoring
Adolescents Providing Support) initiative complements the range
of services already available to young people by offering on-going
guidance to those who need a degree of support following social work
input.
Director of Children and Young People’s Services Paul Morgan says:
James is just one young person
“MAPS really reflects our Trust in Community ethos, which is all about
who has greatly benefitted from
helping people in local communities to improve their own health,
MAPS.
wellbeing and social outcomes in life. We would greatly encourage
staff to consider giving some of their free time to help a young person.
Training and support is provided but above all, we are just looking for genuine people who want to make a
difference to a young person’s life.”
To find out more contact:
Trisha Magennis, MAPS Co-ordinator
Tel: 028 3026 3135 Email: trisha.magennis@southerntrust.hscni.net
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Meet Aileen
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Aileen Mulligan is the Palliative
Care Service Improvement
Lead for the Trust
What is your role in the Trust?
To lead the development of palliative
and end of life care provision across the
Trust in line with the recommendations
of “Living Matters: Dying Matters” the
palliative and end of life care strategy
for NI. Palliative care is the term used
to describe the care given to patients/
clients when cure is not possible. The focus is on
achieving the best possible quality of life for patients/
clients and their families/carers. This will include
facilitating them to be cared for in their preferred
place of care where possible, which for the majority
of patients is their own home.
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Hobby - Hill walking
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Favourite Music/Song - Country & Western
Night in or Night out? - Night in with the fire lit!
Favourite Film - Mama Mia
How would you like to be remembered? Someone
who gets things done
Describe yourself in 3 words - Hardworking,
determined and cautious
What is the biggest challenge in your job?
Making palliative care a routine part of care for
people living with and dying from any progressive
and life limiting condition such as Dementia, Heart
Failure, Motor Neurone Disease, Cancer, Parkinson’s
disease, MS, Renal Failure and Respiratory Failure.
In order to do this it is essential that all staff are
aware that palliative care is part of their role and
have received the necessary training.
Ideal holiday- Short, busy break
What can you not live without? My to-do list for work
and home!
What was the last book you read? Tractor Ted Meets
the Animals (twice before breakfast)
Ideal dinner guest? Barack Obama
Local help
for Eating
Disorders
Staff from Primary Care,
Adult Eating Disorder
Service, Children and
Adolescents Mental Health
Service, the Bluestone Unit
at Craigavon Area Hospital,
and Adapt Eating Distress
Association who recently
marked Eating Disorders
Awareness Week (11-17
February) in Banbridge,
Portadown and Newry
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Breaking Through
Since its launch in October 2012, 56
participants have completed the Breaking
Through Succession Planning programme for
Band 7 and 8a staff.
The programme aims to build and strengthen
leadership across the Trust by giving staff an
opportunity to develop their skills so they feel
able to apply for senior positions in the Trust.
Feedback on the programme has been very
positive with comments including:
“This allowed me time out of the working
environment to reflect on the progression
of my career and where I want to be” and
“I have also been encouraged to start
stretching myself in other directions to
expand my capability/ contribution in work.”
Participants the Breaking Through programme with Heather Ellis
and Tracey Woods, Education Learning and Development, Chief
Executive, Mairead McAlinden and Assistant Director for Best
Care Best Value Aldrina Magwood who were panellists at the first
session.
Anyone interested in attending the Breaking Through Succession Planning
Programme for next year can register their interest by contacting Tracey Woods
Tel: 028 3741 2659 or Email: tracey.woods@southerntrust.hscni.net
Raising Awareness of
Domestic Violence and Abuse
Around 110 Health Visitors and School Nurses
have attended training on domestic abuse, stalking,
harassment and honour based violence. The training
was delivered by the Clinical Education Centre
in partnership with the Trust’s Domestic Violence
Partnership. It showed staff how to recognise the
signs of domestic violence in families and outlined
their roles and responsibilities in assessing the risks if
they suspect abuse.
Averil Bassett, Nursing Educational Consultant, Clinical Education Centre; Inspector Billy McCallum, Public
Protection Unit, PSNI E District; Julie McConville, Head of Health Visiting and School Nursing, Southern Trust;
Leanne Spratt, Gateway Team Manager, Southern Trust; Hazel Quinn, Assistant Principal Social Worker,
Southern Trust Gateway Team; and Patricia Larkin, Senior Practitioner, Public Protection, Southern Trust.
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