AMBULANCE

Blacktown Rd

UWS

P7

BUNGARRIBEE

COMMUNITY HEALTH

RENAL

ONCOLOGY

Traffic control area

Construction trucks

Visitor parking

Construction site

Pedestrian path

Vehicles KEY

Staff parking

Construction road only

Emergency

P1

HOSPITAL

CHILD CARE

STAFF PARKING ONLY

MEL

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EMBARK BUILDING & CRESTWOOD CENTRE

Main Entry & Information

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Building entry

SITE VILLAGE

BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL

Thanks for your patience during

our paving works at the main

entry - should be finished soon.

Entry via Emergency Dept.

Wireless I.T. upgrades underway.

Look out for contractors working

on ladders throughout the

existing hospital.

Blacktown Council works

continue near Marcel Crescent

and Western Sydney University.

Take care in this area.

Fire system testing occurring

over the coming weeks – please

pay attention to announcements

over the p.a. system and be

vigilant with fire watch.

Level 3 Admin & Education

building comms and IT systems

upgrades start this weekend.

Take care when walking through

these areas.

Medical gas cylinder delivery

changes are on the way. See the

MOVE alert attached.

Patient TVs are being installed

across Blacktown and Mt Druitt

hospitals in existing wards.

How are we using our

workspaces? Utilisation studies

are underway for departments

included in Stage 2 planning.

DIARY DATES

29 FEBRUARY 2016: Entries close

for our 2016 photo competition.

Get your pics in now!

APRIL 2016: New clinical services

building opening.

MOUNT DRUITT NEWS

Stage 2 design groups now

underway for Mount Druitt

Hospital.

WESTMEAD UPDATE

Congrats to our sister project at

Westmead, celebrating their

50th update today. You can get

the Westmead update on their

website every week.

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DEMOUNTABLES

ADMIN

What’s happening? No major construction disruptions on the map?

That can only mean one thing… we’re getting close to handover of Stage 1 and we’re all beavering away inside getting ready for commissioning!

In the last three weeks we’ve had about 300 people through so if you want to see what’s going on contact the project office on 1800 155 102 for a staff site visit.

Bus

Clean walls are coming to Blacktown Hospital

A new “clean walls” policy is just one of many changes we’ll be introducing at BMDH when we

open the new clinical services building.

It’s all part of getting ready for the way we plan to deliver services in the future. Other changes

include the introduction of overnight carer zones, new meeting room booking policies, changes to

visiting hours and I.T. changes to set us up for the future.

We also want to make our workplaces less cluttered and more pleasant to work in, so get ready to

say goodbye to printed pieces of paper, handwritten notices and old posters stuck on the walls.

More info on all of these changes soon.

CLINICAL SERVICES BUILDING

OPENING APRIL

Paving works - use Emergency Dept entry

Blacktown Cancer & Haematology Centre | Phone 9881 8421

Email us | WSLHD-Blacktown-CancerCareCentre@health.nsw.gov.au

Welcome to our new centre A comprehensive new cancer and

haematology centre at Blacktown

Hospital will be a centre of excellence

for treatment and care.

It will be located in our new clinical

services building at Blacktown Hospital,

opening April 2016.

The new service will offer more

individualised care plans to specifically

meet healthcare needs and promote well

-being.

Non-cancerous blood diseases such as

anaemia and coagulation disorders are

also routinely treated by infusion therapy

services, which are based in our new

centre.

The project includes a new ward and a

new clinic, new infusion therapy area

and radiation therapy service with state

of the art facilities plus a wig library,

Cancer Council information centre,

satellite pharmacy and clinical trials.

For the first time, cancer patients will be

able to have radiation therapy at

Blacktown, avoiding the need to travel

out of the areas for most types of

treatment.

Close to the entry and with a dedicated

patient treatment parking area, the

centre includes welcoming reception,

treatment, counselling and education

areas.

The new centre at Blacktown Hospital

will be the first facility in Australia to

have a lounge where patients can rest

during their infusion treatment, including

chemotherapy.

The lounge-style treatment area has

comfortable chairs and tables arranged

in small groups close to the light-

drenched courtyard.

The centre has been designed with the

help of representatives from our Cancer

Support Group, who were invited by the

architects and planners to share their

first-hand experience of cancer

treatment with the team in order to

improve the design of the centre.

A new inpatient ward will be located on

level 7 of the new building with

comfortable single and two-bed rooms,

all with en-suites.

Single patient rooms also have the new

carer zone with a lounge that converts to

an overnight bed for carers.

The new building opens in

April 2016

Entry is via the new

hospital street with retail,

services and ATM

Centre reception, clinics

and infusion therapy

(including chemotherapy)

reception is on level 4 via

the A lifts

Patients having radiation

therapy go to the level 3

reception area

All cancer and

haematology centre

patients can use our digital

kiosks to check in

The inpatient ward is

located on level 7

via the A lifts

A lift

What you need to know

Cancer Centre Fact Sheet Patient Fact Sheet No. 1 | February 2016

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Plant roms

A Lifts

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The centre: April 2016 plan

Where to park: From April 2016

CANCER CENTRE

ENTRY

Best for radiation

treatment level 3

Lifts to cancer

clinics and infusion

therapy level 4

HOSPITAL STREET

Information

Volunteer desk

Clinic digital check-in

Dining, ATM and retail

Cancer Centre

Blacktown Hospital has two

pedestrian entries.

Our P1 car park is centrally

located for either hospital

entry. Follow the signs to

parking. Parking fees apply.

Concession parking is available

for concession card holders and

disabled parking permit

holders.

Disabled parking is available in

P7 next to the main entry and

in P1.

Special parking arrangements

will be available for some types

of cancer patients having

treatment.

Your cancer centre care team

will advise you about special

parking arrangements closer to

the time, or call the centre

before your appointment to

check.

On level 3:

Reception for

radiation treatment

Blood collection

Courtyard

The Blacktown Cancer & Haematology Centre is

located over two levels at Blacktown Hospital.

Infusion therapy & clinics

Radiation Oncology

Pathology

Antenatal Clinics

Pharmacy

Retail Courtyard

Courtyard

Level 4

Level 3

street level

Main cancer centre

reception

On level 4:

Centre reception

Clinics

Infusion therapy (including chemotherapy)

Infusion lounge

Consultation and education rooms

NSW Cancer Council Information Centre and wig library

Radiation oncology

treatment reception

MAIN ENTRY

Best for general

hospital entry

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ON TOUR THIS WEEK

MOUNT DRUITT COMES TO

BLACKTOWN: With Stage 2 planning now

underway at Mount Druitt, we were

delighted that our busy NUMs could spare

the time for a quick peek at the

Blacktown CSB.

SCREEN GEMS: Our infotainment

committee took time out from planning

the patient information screen content to

check out the buiding. Screens in waiting

areas and patient rooms will include

general hospital and health promotion

information, as well as specific content

depending on the location of the screen.

Our content committee includes hospital,

health promotion and consumer

members to ensure we get the right mix

of information in a viewer-friendly

format.

VISITING HOURS: The steady stream of staff vistors through the CSB continued this

week.

Clockwise from top left: Informatics in a tight spot (we’ve never seen a group so

happy to be in the service lift) and in one of the wards.

Below, the executive streering committee said the new building was “fabulous”

and we have to agree.

Left, the team from WH Smith our retail partners check out the floor space.

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ALL THE MOD CONS

SYSTEMIC CHANGE: No time to waste this week as

we get on with the job of training staff in the new

building systems. This week, nursing educators get

familiar with the nurse call, emergency call, video

intercoms and other equipment.

GOING WEST: Our NUMs and

CNEs paid a visit to Westmead

Hospital this week to check out

the MedDispense system. This

new electronic medication

dispensing system is coming to

the CSB and will help improve

medications management on

the wards. We just hope the

other drawers are full of

chocolate….

MEDS MANAGED

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TREE CHANGE: It’s on its way! A

gorgeous framed print of melaleuca trees

is on its way to us from the Botanic

Gardens & Centennial Parklands for our

Melaleuca sub-acute mental health unit.

Inside the unit, glass doors are already

screened with delicate translucent images

of nature provided by the Botanic Gardens

& Centennial Parklands and now we’ll be

adding a photographic print to the walls as

well. More on this story next week.

Pictured at left, Sarah and Dave from

Australian Natural Timber Framing getting

the print ready for delivery today. Photo:

Melaleuca Grove by Phil Quirk.

I THINK THAT I SHALL NEVER SEE...

STUDY PLAN WORKING SMARTER: Armed with nothing but their trusty iPads,

Nathan and Lorcan from our project team have been out and

about conducting a workplace study. The study is looking at

departments in Stage 2 and focuses on where people are working,

not what they’re working on. For instance, are they working at

their desk, in a meeting room, in their office or in an informal

space like a staff tea room? The team has been fielding a lot of

questions from staff such as the potential for sit-stand desks in

the future and how we might make the most of new technology

to create active, flexible and healthy workspaces.

The study runs for a total of five days and it won’t do the lads’

health any harm either - they’re clocking up 27 kilometres a day

on their route around the

hospital. A big thank you to the

staff who’ve been co-operating

in the study: BMDH Executive

Team, B43 Maternity, B46

Women’s Health, Emergency

Department, B21 Newborn

Special Care, B22 Birthing,

Operating Suite, B26 Intensive

Care, Demountable 1 & 2.

Please stop and ask Lorcan or

Nathan if you have any

questions. Or check the New

Ways of Working fact sheet

attached.

WORKING IT: Nathan on his round in

the BMDH executive offices, pictured

with Leza-Maree Waters.

2016 BMDH Photo Comp

2016 BMDH Photo

Competition

CALL FOR ENTRIES

ENTRIES OPEN 14 December 2015

CLOSE 29 February 2016

Blacktown Hospital and Mount Druitt Hospital are

growing, with new services and facilities to meet

the healthcare needs of our community

Our arts and culture program is seeking artworks

to inspire and delight patients, visitors and staff…

artworks that bring comfort, and support healing

and wellness

We invite you to submit an image for our photo

competition, using the theme OUR COMMUNITY or

NATURE.

Selected photographs will be printed and

exhibited before they are hung permanently in

our facilities

Entries are open to all staff, volunteers, patients,

carers and community members including

residents and local workers

We can only accept digital images with a

completed entry form - check the entry form for

details or visit

www.bmdhproject.health.nsw.gov.au

call for

entries

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CONDITIONS AND COMPETITION RULES

ELIGIBILITY

2016 Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospitals (BMDH) Photo Competition is open to Blacktown Hospital, Mount Druitt Hospital and Blacktown Mount Druitt Community Health staff, patients, volunteers and visitors, as well as Blacktown local government area residents and workers.

All works submitted for the competition must be original work executed by the person who is entering the competition.

All photographs should reflect the themes of the exhibition.

Each participant can enter up to 5 photographs. Each photograph must have a separate entry form.

EXHIBITIONS

Selected photographs will be shown online at www.bmdhproject.health.nsw.gov.au from 14 December 2015 to 29 February 2016. In the second stage of the 2016 BMDH Photo Competition, photographs will be selected from the online exhibition for printing on archival quality canvas (one copy). These prints will become part of BMDH Arts Collection and will be displayed in hospital facilities. Selection of the works for printing will be done with

the assistance of the Blacktown Arts Centre.

HOW TO ENTER

Each photograph entered in the competition must have its own entry form. You can complete the entry form online at www.harc.org.au

TITLE OF YOUR WORK

Images should be titled as: Title of work by Name Surname. For example: Bushflower by Jane Smith.jpg

SIZE AND FORMAT

Only digital images can be accepted. Submitted images should be size 12 x 8”, 300 dpi, high resolution JPEG files.

ENTRY VIA EMAIL

Email the completed entry form and each image individually to mcooke@placemaking.com.au

ENTRY BY POST

Mail your images on USB with a completed entry form to: 2016 BMDH Photo Competition PO Box 4048 RNSH Reserve Road ST LEONARDS NSW 2065

Important: Make sure the drive has a label with your details. The USB drive will not be returned.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING IMAGES

The deadline for image submissions is 29 February 2016.

COPYRIGHT

Participants own the copyright of their works. The participant will grant Blacktown Mount Druitt Health and its partners a licence to reproduce, publish, communicate or display the image of the work online (including social media), in presentations, hospital video systems, publications and, if selected, to print one copy of the work for display at BMDH. Images might also be shown in electronic media in BMDH or printed on large photographic murals. Participants grant the right of BMDH and its partners to use their images for the purpose of documentation and promotion of the project.

The artist and title of the work will be acknowledged. The entrant warrants that the work submitted is original and does not infringe the copyright, moral rights or other rights of any third party.

The entrant will indemnify and keep indemnified the BMDH and its partners against any claim by a third party in relation to the work.

All identifiable subjects have given their permission or consent to be included in the work.

Where a subject is a child or young person under 18 years of age, the entrant must obtain permission from their parent or legal guardian for inclusion in the work. If your work includes a child or young person you must complete the additional consent section of this

Last Updated 20 September 2013

2016 BMDH Photo Competition Entry Form

categories

You can choose from two themes.

NATURE helps create a soothing, calm environment in a busy hospital. Window-like photographs or views with details of

natural elements bring the outside in for patients and staff.

about

you

Name Mobile/Tel

Address

Email Instagram

Facebook Twitter

Category Nature Our Community

I have read, understood and agree to the conditions of entry to 2016 BMDH Photo Competition. I certify that the information I have provided is correct and that the work is my original work.

Signature Date

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additional

consent

This section MUST be completed if your entry contains an image of a person under 18

Child’s name

Parent/guardian name

Parent/guardian email Mobile/tel

Relationship to child

I certify that I have given permission for my child’s image to be used in this photographic work and competition

Date Signature

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BMDH Site Alert

For Blacktown Hospital | Issued 29 January 2016

Blacktown Hospital main

entry closed next week for

paving - enter via Emergency

Department

CAR PARK MAIN ENTRY CLOSED

FOLLOW SIGNS TO

EMERGENCY DEPT ENTRY

Work starts Monday 1 February 2016 and should take a couple of weeks.

Please stay on marked paths and follow the signs. Thanks for your patience.

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Blacktown Council will be begin night roadworks on Marcel Crescent on Thursday 4 February.

Work is expected to be completed on Friday 10 February, weather permitting.

There are no roadworks scheduled for the Friday 5 February and Saturday 6 February 2016.

The project will be completed as night work between 7pm and 5am.

On-street parking will not be permitted during the construction works.

Traffic control will be in place - please follow instructions from traffic staff.

Check the electronic message board for updates or changes to the program.

BMDH Site Alert

For Blacktown Hospital | Issued 22 January 2016

Blacktown Council night roadworks in

Marcel Crescent from Thursday 4 February

to Wednesday 10 February 2016

Important information for staff

Shift workers and ‘early birds’ will be

most affected.

If you are starting or finishing your

shift during this work, please be

patient and take extra care when

exiting and entering the hospital

during the works.

Use Panorama Parade where possible

due to the very limited access to

Marcel Crescent.

Please follow traffic controller’s

instructions when passing through the

worksite.

Pedestrian access and entry/exit to the

Community Health Centre will be

affected during construction hours.

Please follow Blacktown Council traffic

controller’s instructions.

Traffic controllers will be in place

during the works.

Please be safe, patient and follow their

instructions.

Council roadworks on Marcel

Crescent - no on-street parking

Pan

ora

ma

Par

ade

Use Panorama Pde

after hours for easier

access

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Specialist contractors will be upgrading our

wireless I.T. systems this week.

Contractors will be working in all areas of

the existing hospital building from Monday

1 February to the end of March 2016.

Most work will take place during business

hours but some after hours work will be

required - if your area is affected, we will

notify you directly.

Contractors will be working in all areas of

the hospital including corridors.

Works have been scheduled to ensure

minimum disruption to services.

Keep an eye out for teams of two people

with one person on the ladder and another

on the floor.

Portable barriers will be installed around

work areas.

Follow instructions and directions when

required.

We apologise for any inconvenience. Thank

you for your cooperation and patience with

we improve our wireless I.T.

BMDH Site Alert

For Blacktown Hospital | Issued 22 January 2016

Blacktown Hospital

wireless upgrade works

Wireless network

upgrade works around

the hospital for the

next two months

Look out for

contractors on ladders

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The Air Liquide Healthcare employee will now deliver and

replace medical gas cylinders to clinical care areas.

For the first few weeks, the Air Liquide Healthcare employee

will arrive at approximately 7.30am Monday to Friday to

change medical gas cylinders.

After a few weeks, we will assess how the service is operating

and advise you about any further changes.

Existing supply levels will be maintained in wards and

reviewed over time in consultation with the NUM. A supply

register will be implemented to monitor usage.

If any gas cylinders need to be replaced urgently (i.e. before

7:30am the following morning, after hours or over the

weekend), nursing staff should to contact your wardsperson

or general services for a replacement.

Gas cylinders should be stored securely in each ward at a

central location.

Air Liquide Healthcare employees wear a navy shirt with Air

Liquide Healthcare logo and black pants. They will have both

an Air Liquide Healthcare AND a BMDH Contractor badge.

Gas cylinders are transported using an automatic trolley with

a cage for safe and secure transport of cylinders.

BMDH MOVE Alert

For Blacktown Hospital | Issued 22 January 2016 | MOVE Alert No 1

Air Liquide Healthcare

medical gas cylinder basic

service changes We’ve changed our medical gas cylinder procedure to streamline the delivery process.

If you have medical gas cylinders on your ward or in your departments, here’s what you

need to know.

Medical gas cylinders

will now be delivered by

Air Liquide Healthcare

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New Ways of Working Flexible, collaborative, creative workspaces for how we work now and in the future

Fact Sheet No 1 | January 2016

New Ways of Working (NWOW) is an

approach to designing flexible, collaborative

and creative activity-based workspaces for

the way we work now and in the future.

It’s a response to global change, tech

evolution and our multi-generational

workforce.

With major redevelopment underway at

Westmead, Blacktown and Mount Druitt

hospitals, and workplace technology and

practice changes occurring in all our

departments, Western Sydney Local Health

District is taking the opportunity to review

how and where we work.

New Ways of Working involves changing the

physical spaces we work in, but more

importantly, it’s about changing the way we

work in those spaces.

We're looking at activity-based workplaces

which recognise that, through the course of

any day, people engage in many different

activities so they need to be supported by an

environment that accommodates different

types of work settings and technology.

Traditional workspaces

The kind of non-clinical workplace we’re most

familiar with has separate offices with some

open plan areas.

Generally these kinds of offices areas have a

large footprint per person and are reasonably

popular with staff.

But they make poor use of space with 30% to

70% of the workspace unused at any one time

as people are out of the office for mobile

work, meetings or leave.

Activity-based workplaces make better use of

space with zones for concentration,

communication, collaboration and down time.

First steps

To make the transition from traditional to

new workspaces, we’re starting to gather

information.

Redevelopment projects will lead the way.

Departments involved in the Westmead

redevelopment and Blacktown expansion

projects will be the first groups to plan and

design new activity-based workspaces.

The first step towards New Ways of

Working is to look at how we work right

now. A utilisation study will begin soon at

Westmead and Blacktown hospitals to

research how people use their

workspaces. The study will focus on

departments involved in the

redevelopment and will help us

understand what our actual needs are.

More info page 2.

Site visits will continue. More than 100

staff members have already visited

existing activity-based workspaces in other

government departments and corporate

offices to help them understand how

these spaces work and how we can adapt

the principles to our needs. We’ll be

continuing these visits as part of our own

NWOW program.

To work effectively, we know activity-

based offices must be I.T enabled, have

clear rules for working and have managers

leading by example. Our team will be

working with managers, staff and our I.T

experts to develop the social and

information infrastructure we need to

make it a success.

Ask us

It’s just the start of our workplace transition

and for a while we’ll have more questions

than answers, but if you’d like more

information at any stage, or if you have any

concerns, questions or feedback, please

contact Jonathan Darwen at the Westmead

Redevelopment Project on 1800 990 296.

If your department would like to explore the

NWOW philosophy and how this could

translate into any future reconfiguration of

your workspaces, we’d be happy to discuss

that with you too.

What’s New Ways of Working (and

why is everyone talking about it?)

What it’s not

Old-style open plan Managers in their office

Cost savings Hot desks

Cubicles Traditional technology

What it is Every NWOW workplace is different

because the design reflects what people do and how they do it, but generally there are some common principles.

Your work space depends on what

you’re doing

It’s I.T enabled with high quality fit-out

Collaborative spaces for shared work

Social spaces for incidental interaction

and relaxation

There are quiet spaces for concentration

Small private rooms for confidential

conversations & larger rooms for groups

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The NWOW Utilisation

Study is coming

The NWOW utilisation study is coming to Blacktown &

Westmead hospitals

The study does not measure what individuals are doing,

only how you are using your workspace

E.g. is the desk occupied, empty or unused? Is the

meeting room being used?

Volunteer selection & training for selected departments at

Westmead & Blacktown We will tell you when the

study is starting and finishing

During the study period, staff volunteers will note how the workspaces are being used

Workplace measurement rounds occur every hour for 9 hours on 5 consecutive days

The study will allow us to see trends in workspace use

The research team will collect & analyse the data

We will report back to your manager and your team (you

might be surprised by the results - most people are)

Combined with site visits & consultation, the research findings will help us design new workplaces that meet

our particular needs

You can speak to your staff volunteer, manager or our

NWOW team any time if you have questions or concerns