JANUARY 2011

about mental health and learning disability

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS

WARD B47 AWARD CLAHRC NEW DIRECTOR MINISTERS VISIT RAMPTON SAFEGUARDING CHIEF EXEC AWARDED CBE SHINE AGAIN

A New Year and a New ChairDean Fathers is welcomed to the Trust – see page 3

Happy New Year! I hope that everyoneenjoyed the festive season; that you are wellrested, reinvigorated and ready for 2011.

This year will see a lot of change in theTrust. Most importantly, we have a newChair. I am delighted to welcome DeanFathers and look forward to working withhim and taking the Trust into a new era.Dean brings with him a wealth ofexperience in a range of organisations anda particular interest in mental health andlearning disability.

Once again I would like to thank ClairChilvers for her dedication to the Trust inher time here as Chair. We also say a fondfarewell to Rachel Munton who resignsfrom her substantive post as ExecutiveDirector of Nursing and Allied HealthProfessionals to take up the position ofDirector of The Collaborative Leadershipin Applied Health Research and Care(CLAHRC) in the East Midlands.Congratulations Rachel, we wish you allthe best.

As you know, we have achieved FoundationTrust standard and will be using the newfreedoms to further develop our staff andthe services we provide. Our Members’Council will have a key role in this.Reaching this status was a real team effort;thanks to everyone who was involved.

We are moving into a much more difficultfinancial climate in the NHS and toughertimes are ahead. I, along with many of you,am concerned about cuts in public serviceslocally and ensuring we can continue toprovide high quality services where they areneeded. We have a strong platform fromwhich to move forward – TransformingCommunity Services, Offender HealthPathways, IAPT, Innovations in youngadult, older people’s mental health andlearning disabilities and substance misuseand pushing on with innovations in allaspects of forensic services.

Thank you for making 2010 such asuccessful year. I am incredibly proud of allthat we achieved. Well done to you all.

Let’s look forward now to what we candeliver in 2011.

Much is changing; but change is a verypositive thing which brings with it newopportunities. As usual we welcomeeveryone’s thoughts and suggestions onhow we are doing and how we could dobetter.

This is a challenging but exciting timeand a new chapter for us all.

With very best wishes for a happy andhealthy 2011.

Professor Mike Cooke CBE, Chief Executive

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD

Ward B47 wins national awardpatients’ mental health and wellbeing as totheir medical needs.”

Additional mental health trained staff havebeen recruited to the ward and an intensivestaff education programme has beenimplemented. The team is multi-disciplinaryand offers holistic care and comprehensivegeriatric assessment. They meet regularly tomake decisions about patient care andhave adopted a proactive approach tocommunicating with patients’ carers.

The approach has resulted in a reduction indistress behaviour shown by the patients,including agitation, pacing, exit-seeking,combativeness, withdrawal or repetitivevocalisations. This has been achieved byintroducing a non-confrontational and'person-centred care' approach, whichfocuses on understanding the feelings andexperiences of the person with dementia.

The ward environment is being adapted tomeet the specific needs of the patients withclear signs, de-cluttering and reduced noiselevels. The team has also developed an'About me' document which is completedby the patient's carer at admission, andrecords the patient's biography, likes,dislikes, interests and how they respond tostress and what helps them.

or delirium, and has been implemented onWard B47, a medical mental health ward atthe Queen’s Medical Centre.

Simon Hammond, Clinical Nurse Specialist inDementia Care said: “We are all absolutelydelighted to have won this award. I amproud to be part of this exciting new ventureimproving standards of care for people withdementia in the acute care setting. Withboth Trusts working in collaboration it isbridging the gap between medical andmental health care. Ward B47 staff shouldbe proud to accept this award for their hardwork to deliver quality care in an innovativeway, changing attitudes with their approachand ensuring equal consideration is given to

A Medical and Mental HealthUnit (MMHU) developed by theTrust in collaboration withNottingham University Hospitalshas won a National Health andSocial Care Award.

The Unit was awarded the top accoladein the Mental Health and Wellbeingcategory and was also named as runnerup in the category of Putting the Publicand Patient First.

The MMHU is a demonstration model ofbest practice to improve the care ofolder people in hospital with dementia

Members ofthe teamreceive theiraward

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Early Intervention inPsychosis team addressesinternational conference

Trust wins grant to helphigher education in IraqThe Trust has won a grant to fund their work tohelp rebuild the higher education system in Iraq.Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists Dr Völlm, fromRampton Hospital, and Dr Khalifa, from the WellsRoad Centre, together with Professor Reg Dennick fromthe University of Nottingham, were recently awarded£60,000 from the British Council.

The money will be used to develop a partnershipbetween the University of Nottingham and theUniversity of Baghdad College of Medicine to helpimprove higher education across Iraq and, in particular,their medical education, learning and research.

As part of the project, Dr Völlm and Dr Khalifa willvisit Iraq and several senior academics from Iraq willattend a special workshop in Nottingham. A two-monthresearch placement has also been arranged for a scholarfrom the Baghdad University College of Medicine.

Dr Khalifa said: “We are delighted to have received thisfunding, which adds to the list of the Trust’sachievements in the international arena.”

The Early Intervention inPsychosis (EIP) team wasrecently honoured torepresent the Trust at aninternational conferencein Amsterdam.

The team delivered apresentation at the 7thBiennial Conference of theInternational EarlyPsychosis Association ontheir adrenalin basedactivity group and how ithas raised the self-esteemof EIP clients.

Around 1,200 delegatesattended the conference,which includedinspirational speakersfrom around the world.

Senior OccupationalTherapist Erica Bore said: “It was a privilege toattend the conferenceand we were inspiredwith lots of ideas on howwe can improve ourservice in the future.”

l-r Nicky Fitchett and Erica at theconference

Dean Fathers appointedas Chair

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Mr Dean Fathers, Chair of Bassetlaw Primary CareTrust, has been appointed as Chair ofNottinghamshire Healthcare.

Dean has a wealth of experience in a range oforganisations, from blue-chips in the private sector andnational Government Departments / Agencies, to mediumsized private, entrepreneurial companies. He is anaccomplished Director, having held numerous executiveand non executive board positions and also hasinternational experience as an organisational change leader,working in areas as diverse as; the automotive industry,construction, distribution, education, media, retail, andpharmaceutical / health in Europe, North America and AsiaPacific. Dean is Chair and Director of the Centre for BetterManaged Health and Social Care at Cass Business School.

Commenting on his appointment Dean said: “It’s brilliantto be joining Nottinghamshire Healthcare at such anexciting stage in its development. I look forward tocontinuing with the great work delivered by ProfessorChilvers and working closely with Mike Cooke toconsolidate and improve upon the success achieved so far.”

Dean started in post on 1 January 2011 for an initialthree-year period.

Professor Mike Cooke said: “I am delighted that Dean isjoining us – as Chair of a local NHS organisation we have,of course, come across each other during day to daybusiness. Dean has always shown an interest in mentalhealth and learning disability issues and I look forward toworking more closely with him to continue to benefit ourstaff, service users and carers.”

Dean lives near Lincoln with his partner Tamasin. He hasfive children and one grandchild and an all consumingpassion for Rugby Union.

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New group set to help pregnantservice users A new Community of Interest group hasbeen set up to help women with mentalhealth issues have a healthy pregnancy.The group will initially run for six monthsand aims to raise awareness of the sideeffects of medication during pregnancy.

Trust Volunteer Rachel Murnaghan explains:“Some women don’t realise that sometimesthe medication they are prescribed duringpregnancy can have devastating side effectson their baby, such as causing disabilitiesand even miscarriage. We want anyone whoprescribes such medication to warn womenof these side effects so they go on to have ahealthy pregnancy.

“We also want prescribers to be moreproactive in talking to women aboutcontraception, as we know that over half ofpregnancies amongst women who have mentalhealth issues are unplanned. Pregnant womenwho have mental health issues also need a lotof extra support during their pregnancy tomake sure that they keep well and give birthto a healthy baby. By working together withprescribers we can help make sure thatpregnant women get the best level of care.”

The group welcomes anyone who ispassionate about this subject to come alongto their monthly meetings. Please get intouch with Rachel on 0115 993 4567 if youare interested.

New Director for CLAHRCNottinghamshire,Derbyshire andLincolnshireRachel Munton, currently seconded to theEast Midlands Leadership Academy asDeputy Director from her substantive roleas Executive Director of Nursing and AlliedHealth Professionals at NottinghamshireHealthcare, will be joining CLAHRC asDirector in early 2011.

The Collaborative Leadership in AppliedHealth Research and Care (CLAHRC) in

the East Midlands, one of only nine inthe country, is a five year partnershipbetween progressive NHS organisations,the University of Nottingham and bothNottingham City and NottinghamshireCounty Councils to develop newapproaches to healthcare research andenable more research studies to becarried out. It will also ensure thatresearch is focused on patients' needsand that findings can be put into practicemore quickly to improve the care thatpatients receive.

Rachel is also currently Interim Director ofNursing for NHS East Midlands. Althoughshe will continue the LeadershipAcademy role alongside her CLAHRCDirectorship, Rachel will be relinquishingher roles with NottinghamshireHealthcare and NHS East Midlands.

Mike Cooke is Chair of the CLAHRCBoard: “Although we are sad to seeRachel leave the Trust it is good to knowthat we will still be working together onsuch an important subject – improvingservices for the patients in our care.”

An event was held in the Mike Harris Learning andDevelopment Centre atRampton Hospital in Novemberto mark the publication ofWorking Positively withPersonality Disorder in SecureSettings.

The book has been edited by PhilWillmot, a psychologist in the PersonalityDisorder Service, and Neil Gordon, formerNurse Consultant and current Lead onthe Personality Disorder Knowledge andUnderstanding Framework at the Instituteof Mental Health.

Working Positively with PersonalityDisorder contains chapters by past andpresent members of staff in thePersonality Disorder Service, and byservice users. Phil and Neil explained:“Since the Personality Disorder Servicebegan in 1994, it has built up an

enormous amount of expertise in themanagement and treatment of peoplewith a personality disorder, as well asbeing at the forefront of developingnew approaches to working with thisgroup. We wanted to celebrate andshare what this service has achieved.

“We are particularly proud of thechapters about service userperspectives. Hospital patients with adiagnosis of personality disorder areone group of service users whose viewsare still often overlooked and thesechapters show that they have manyimportant and valuable insights toshare with clinicians and managers.”

Working Positively with PersonalityDisorder is the second book in theWiley series on Personality Disorders. It follows Using Time Not Doing Time,edited by Allison Tennant and KevinHowells, also from Rampton Hospital,published earlier in 2010.

l-r: Phil and Neil WorkingPositivelywithPersonalityDisorder

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along with the general working of theHospital including how patients areadmitted and transferred. The visitorswere also shown the PersonalityDisorder admission ward. Surprisingly,given that Vernon is a local MP andhad been a home office minister, hehad never previously visited theHospital.

Mike said: “Both the MPs and the teamfrom the Royal College of Speech andLanguage Therapy found the meetingreally useful and one they enjoyed.”

Labour MP for Gedling, Vernon, is currently ashadow home office minister and Kevin is MPfor Rotherham and was chair of the HealthSelect Committee in the last government.

Vernon and Kevin met with Mike Harris,Executive Director of Forensic Services,members of the Speech and LanguageTherapy team and representatives from theCollege. A patient from the Peaks Unit spokeof the benefits he had gained from SALT.

The role of the Speech and LanguageTherapists in the Hospital was explained

Local MPsshow theirsupport forSpeech andLanguageTherapy In November local MPs Vernon Coakerand Kevin Barron, visited RamptonHospital to learn more about Speechand Language Therapy at theHospital and collaborative work withthe Royal College of Speech andLanguage Therapy.

The visit related to a campaign run by theRoyal College of Speech and LanguageTherapy to highlight the need for Speechand Language Therapy (SALT) amongst theoffender population; in which the Hospitalhas been closely involved.

l-r Mike Harris, Karen Elliott, Arts & Speech & Language Therapy Team Manager, Kevin Barron, Vernon Coaker,Fiona Williamson Speech & Language Therapy Assistant, Sarah Harvey Speech & Language Therapist

ThorneywoodCornerChloe Britton reports onDecember’s activities atthe unit...

Last month we all workedextremely hard preparing forour Christmas Fayre. Wemade cards, decorations,cakes and biscuits to raisemoney so all the adolescentscould have a trip off the unitover Christmas. We raisedmore than £200 which wasabsolutely fantastic!

My main contribution wassalt dough decorations that Ihand-made and paintedwhich I hoped would makegreat presents and Christmastree decorations.

As well as game stalls such as‘guess the name of the teddybear’, ‘pin the nose on thereindeer’, and ‘how many

sweets are in the jar’, we alsoplanned a raffle, tombola andbric-a-brac stall. Myself andJo Kelly went to Sherwoodand Mapperly asking shopowners if they would bewilling to donate any prizesas our budget was veryminimal. Thankfully lots ofpeople were extremelygenerous and donatedbrilliant prizes. Manythanks to all the charitablepeople who kindlycontributed; we couldn’thave done it without you! I have also been busy

preparing for aChristmas Cake

competition.It’s the firsttime I’vemade aChristmasCake and havedoneeverythingmyself, fromshopping foringredients tomaking and

decorating the cake with awinter scene out of marzipanand royal icing. Fingerscrossed with any luck thehard work might pay off!

I would like to say a HUGEthank you to everybody whocontributed to our fayre –staff, patients, shop ownersand an extra special thankyou to Richard Murden, theenvironmental co-ordinatorand Jo Kelly who have beenamazing at helping witheverything! We are incrediblylucky to have these two

people on the unit as theyalways go that extra mile.

We also want to give theother people that help us onthe unit a pat on the backand show them how muchwe appreciate it. So thanksto all the nursing team whoput up with teenage stropsday in day out and give usthe push that we need; youdefinitely don’t get enoughpraise for it, so thank youall! Also thank you to Annand Collette at the educationbase who are alwayssupportive and keep useducated whilst in hospital.You all do an amazing job!

I hope you all had a FabChristmas and have an evenbetter new year!

Chloe’s cake was placed firstin the Under 16s category of the cake competition. Well done Chloe!

Chloe’s salt dough decorations

Nottinghamshire Healthcare will:

Identify those vulnerable children andadults who are in need of protectionand apply appropriate procedures/processes.Identify those adults and children whomay present a risk to others and applythe appropriate procedures/processes.

Procedures and processes mean therelevant partnership procedures andinternal practice guidance as agreed byNottingham City and NottinghamshireSafeguarding Boards for Children andVulnerable Adults as well as the internalpolicies and procedures ratified by theTrust Board.

The Trust will provide robust leadershipfor Safeguarding at every level andacross the organisation:

All activity across the Trust contributesto Safeguarding and Safeguarding iseveryone’s business regardless of roleand responsibility.Safeguarding is facilitated by theorganisation to ‘Think Family’. Neitherchildren nor adults exist or operate inisolation. The ‘Think Family’ approachpromotes co-ordinated thinking anddelivery of services to the child, adultand family.Safeguarding is the ultimate aspect ofcare and is crucial to recovery andemotional stability.Planning and delivery of services willbe informed by service userexperience and views.

Safeguarding is Everyone’s Business

To deliver robust Safeguarding arrangementsand appropriate, timely and effective use ofprocedures to protect those most vulnerable:

There will be transparent and accountablegovernance arrangements andorganisational structures within the Trustand in accordance with Local Safeguardingfor Children and Vulnerable Adults Boards.Those working within the Trust will beenabled to be confident in their practice byproviding training at the appropriate leveland access to quality management,supervision and consultation.

By doing this the Trust will meet national andlocal requirements, competencies andstandards by:

All members of the Trust understandingtheir individual and collectiveresponsibilities.Working in partnership and involvement atall levels of the organisation operationallyand strategically.Being active members of Nottingham Cityand Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Boardarrangements for Children and VulnerableAdults.Demonstrate that it is a “learningorganisation” evidencing continuousimprovement which is informed by bestpractice and serious case reviews.Having a Positive impact on clinical practicesafeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Copies of the strategy and other materialsare being distributed to teams across theTrust. For more information visit theSafeguarding section of the Trust’s Intranet.

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Safety from harm and exploitation isone of our most basic needs. Beingor feeling unsafe undermines ourrelationships and self belief.

Safeguarding is a range of activitiesundertaken by all of us aimed atupholding all adults’ and children’sfundamental right to be safe.

Child Protection and Vulnerable Adultsprocedures are specific actions withinthe broader Safeguarding arena:

Child Protection applies to all childrenup to the age of 18 years. Safeguardingis defined by The Children Act 1989 asmeaning that: “Agencies andorganisations working with children andyoung people take all reasonablemeasures to ensure that risk of harm toindividuals’ welfare are minimised.Where there are concerns that a child issuffering or likely to suffer significantharm, all agencies and organisationstake appropriate actions to addressthose concerns working to local policiesand working in partnership with otherlocal agencies.”

Vulnerable Adult Protection appliesto a person 18 years and over. It isdefined by ‘No Secrets’ as a personaged 18 or over who is or may be inneed of community care services byreason of mental health, disability, ageor illness and is or may be unable totake care of him or herself, or unable toprotect him or herself against significantharm or exploitation.

On 14 December the Trust launched its new SafeguardingStrategy at Invest to Lead 3 in front of over 250 attendees. This important strategy outlines the Trust’s approach toensuring the safety of all vulnerable adults and children.

Janet Sheard, Executive Director of Nursing and Allied HealthProfessionals, introduced the strategy, highlighting the keypoints and emphasising that safeguarding is everyone’sbusiness; we all have a role and responsibility to ensure this.

Details of the new safeguarding arrangements were shared,including key representatives from across the Trust comprisingthe ‘virtual’ safeguarding team, strategic and professional leadsand partnership working. Copies of the Safeguarding Strategyand a range of other materials were also available at the event.

l-r Julie Gardner, AssociateDirector of Social Care,and Janet Sheard at thelaunch of the strategy

Trustwide Safeguarding Strategy

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Working AgeDementia serviceshortlisted fornational awardThe Trust’s Working Age Dementiaservice was recently shortlisted for aGuardian Public Service Award,which celebrates the work of publicsector organisations.

They beat over 700 nominations andgot to the final three in the ComplexNeeds category but unfortunatelynarrowly missed out on the award.

Tracey Wilkinson, ConsultantOccupational Therapist, said: “I am extremely proud of our team for getting this far as it’s a greatachievement. Thank you to all our staffand the community mental healthteams for the work that they do with

individuals and their families – withoutyou many people would not receive thesupport they need.”

The Working Age Dementia serviceprovides specialist care and support to

people below the age of 65 who livewith dementia, helping to ensure thattheir individual needs are met.

For more information on the serviceplease contact Tracey on 01623 785 427.

Make a pledge to live a longer,happier and healthier life

Members of theWorking AgeDementia teamat the awardceremony

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It’s a sad fact that too many people in Nottinghamsuffer from ill healthunnecessarily and dieyounger than they should.

That’s why the Decade ofBetter Health programme isencouraging Nottinghamresidents to make a pledge tomake small changes to theirlifestyle in order to help them

live longer, happier andhealthier lives.

Already thousands of peoplehave made a pledge to cutdown on cigarettes or alcohol,achieve a healthy weight,become more active or feelbetter about themselves.

Lyn Barnard, from Sneinton, isone woman who has made a

pledge to eat healthier, cutdown on alcohol and takemore exercise. Lyn said: “Thepledge has really helped mestick to the goals I set myself –I now eat five portions of fruitand veg a day, walk a lot moreand I’m also working ondrinking less alcohol!”

To make your pledge go towww.decadeofbetterhealth.com

or call 0115 883 9269. Bytaking this first step you canalso find out about the freeadvice and support that isavailable in your area.

L-r (Back Row)David Sneap,Peter Mace,Daniel StimsonGerald Adams,(front row)GrahamWatterson,Leander Selley

Open day at AlexanderHouseAlexander House recently heldan open day and would like tothank everybody who attended.The fun-filled day showcased theachievements of patients andincluded a special dramaproduction and craft stalls.

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All for a good cause

Alexander House sponsored walk Alexander House took part in a sponsored walk to raise moneyto purchase new activity equipment for the unit. Seven patientsand four members of staff took part in the walk at CarsingtonWater. Despite freezing conditions a great day was had and theywere delighted to raise £100!

l-r: Leander Selley, Ben Pressley, Graham Watterson,David Sneap, Gerald Adams, Daniel Stimson, Jon Bell,Steve Dallison, Peter Mace and Terry Newman

Andy running for kids charityTeam Leader Andy Kitchen fromNewmarket Ward at the David WilsonUnit at Rampton Hospital is takingpart in the London Marathon in April2011 to raise money for Strut Kids, acharity that cares for disabled childrenand their families.

“My initial target is to raise £1,500 butobviously I would love to raise as muchas possible for such a worthwhile cause”said Andy.

To sponsor Andy go to:www.justgiving.com/kitty9. For moreinformation about Strut Kids contactMr Martin Carter on 01522 527292 oremail Martin.Carter@kids.org.uk

“All the cakes were of a very highstandard which made our job of judgingvery difficult” said Lisa. “After anenjoyable tasting session PersonnelAdvisor Kate Duncan was announced asthe winner for her fantastic fruit cake –well done Kate.”

The Hotel Services team at HighburyHospital have also been busy baking forChildren in Need. A fantastic £300 wasraised from selling cakes, Pudsey Beargifts and ‘pick and win’ lucky envelopes.

Above left: Pudsey themed delights at HighburyRight: The raffled cake for Help For Heroes

Much fundraising for charityhas been taking place acrossthe Trust. Here’s a roundup.

Staff go pinkfor charityStaff across the Trust werepretty in pink on Pink Friday(15 October) to raise moneyto help the fight againstbreast cancer.

Staff, clients andcarers at BroomhillHouse took part in aprize draw, BingoLingo, a sponsoredwalk in Willow Parkand sold pink biscuitsand cakes to raise £132for Breast Cancer Care.

Adult Mental Health (AMH) City staff atHighbury also donned their best pinkclothes for the day and raised £50 forBreast Cancer Care.

Well done to everyone who took part.

Highbury Bake-Off AMH City staff enjoyed taking part inthe great ‘Highbury Bake-Off ’ inNovember, raising over £80 forChildren In Need. Staff brought in theirbest homemade cakes which werejudged by Lisa Del Buono fromFramework Housing, Mel Simpson fromthe Social Inclusion and WellbeingService at Foster Drive and StuartMcNeill from Highbury Hospital.

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RamptonChristmas Fayre Thank you to everyone who came tothe Personality Disorder DirectorateChristmas Fayre at Rampton Hospitalon 18 November. The event was heldin the Recreation Hall and wasattended by staff and patients. Stallssold gifts and edible treats andeveryone had a great time. We aredelighted to have raised £400 for ourtwo charities, Bransby Home of Restfor Horses and Bassetlaw Hospice.

Bransby Home of Rest for Horsesprovides safe permanent refuge tohorses, ponies, donkeys and mules.Bassetlaw Hospice, based near RetfordHospital, provides specialist palliativecare and support for patients, theirfamilies and carers in the community.

Blue FridayBroomhill House turned blue on Friday 26 November to raise awareness andfunds for Prostate Cancer Foundation. Blue cakes, a blue prize draw and ‘guesshow many flumps are in the blue jar’ all helped to raise almost £100 for thecharity. A great day was had by all.

Help for heroesAMH City are delighted to have raised £180 from the sale of raffle tickets for the festiveChristmas Cake produced by Diane Hunt, Medical Secretary in the CAT Team. This moneywill be sent to the Help the Heroes charity which AMH City has chosen to support this year.

Sue Thornton, General Manager and Sam Eagling, Project Manager have workedtirelessly within both City Services and the wider Local Services Management Meetings,culminating in many sales at Invest to Lead in December. Thank you to everyone whobought tickets. The winner of the raffle was Dr Bert Park, Clinical Director for AMH City.

The AMH City team is currently collecting old mobile phones to raise funds for Help theHeroes. If you are able to donate any old phones please forward them to Ann Clayton, PA to Sue Thornton at Highbury Hospital. Contact Ann for more details on 0115 9555358 ext 11508.

The Wells Road Centrehosted the Annual SantaRun on Friday 17December.

Patients, carers and staffdressed as Santa to runaround the grounds andcollect gifts which weredonated to RainbowsChildren’s’ Hospice.

Monetary donations givenon the day went to thecharity, MIND.

Mike Cooke formally openedthe event andrepresentatives from NottsCounty Football Club werealso present. After the runthere was food andfestivities and medals were

presented to the 1st, 2ndand 3rd placed runners. Priorto the Run, Luke Donnelly, aservice user, gave a powerfuland motivational speechabout his experiences andencouraged patients, carersand staff into action.

A Nintendo Wii sponsoredby Abbey Associates Ltd in

support of the Trust’shealth and wellbeingprogramme was alsoformally presented toMichael Foster of DarwinWard who had won theconsole at the AGM.

Thank you to everyone whotook part and donated tothe charities.

Annual Santa RunIan Richardson, Notts County, Lisa Evans,Health Promotion Lead and SportsInstructor, Lorraine Lockley, ModernMatron, Luke Donnelly, Mike Cooke,James Alexander, Junior Modern Matronand Emma Trent, Notts County

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Health InformaticsService updateComputer advicefrom the Trust’sI.T. servicesAs we become more reliant ontechnology in every aspect of ourlives, it’s important that we protectour computers from viruses.

One thing everyone needs to be awareof is ‘Malware’, a softwareprogramme that causes viruses such asthe ‘Trojan’ or ‘Worm’. Although theywork in slightly different ways, theyare all designed to cause varyingdegrees of damage and disruption toyour computer.

As the technology we use becomesmore sophisticated, so does‘Malware’, as it can now infecteverything from websites to AdobePDF files, social networking sites suchas Facebook and Twitter, and evenmobile phones.

Rest assured that the Trust hasfirewalls and checking software inplace to protect us from such viruses.However, it’s important that allmembers of staff email anything thatlooks suspicious to ‘SpamSubmissions’, which can be found onthe Trust’s global address book, so itcan be dealt with appropriately.

Here are some simple steps to protectyou at home:

• If you are using a PC, Microsoftprovide you with a firewall – youwill almost certainly have one onyour home Broadband router somake sure these are turned on

• If you use a wireless Local AreaNetwork (LAN) make sure you setup a password for it and don’t usethe default one that came with therouter

• Be careful what information youdivulge on social networking sitessuch as FaceBook and Twitter

To get more comprehensive advice, goto www.sophos.com/security/educate-your-users.html for useful tips and freesoftware to help protect you.

China filmscreening The Institute of Mental Health ishosting a special film screening anddiscussion on the making ofmodern China later this month.

This builds upon the Institute’sgrowing links with China whichincluded a recent trip to the countryto present at the Shanghai Expo.

Excerpts from Jia Zhang Ke’s film 24City will be shown at the event whichlooks at China’s industrialisation,

migration and culture and highlights theimpact of the closure of factory 420 inChengdu. Dr Gary Winship willintroduce the screening followed by aspecial commentary by Professor MinYang, who will reflect on some of herown experiences growing up in Chengdu.There will also be a seminar chaired byProfessor Justine Schneider and time fordiscussion and reflection.

The event takes place from 12pm to1.30pm on Tuesday 25 January in RoomB03 at the Institute’s Sir Colin CampbellBuilding at the University ofNottingham’s Jubilee Campus. You canregister for the event athttp://doodle.com/xtds7h5pn4nfiadb orfor more information contact Dr GaryWinship gary.winship@nottingham.ac.uk

Three members of staff from thePeaks Unit at Rampton Hospitalhave been awarded a £10,000bursary from the East MidlandsLeadership Academy to fundtheir groundbreaking project;‘Living Narratives’.

Senior Occupational Therapist Claire Lynes,Educational Coordinator Perdita Jacksonand Nurse Consultant Allison Tennantwork with the Peaks Daycare team on theproject, which allows service users to

create a web of stories and representationsof their personal experiences.

Claire Lynes says: “Living Narrativesencourages service users to narrate theirlife experiences through an exciting blendof multi-media resources and techniques.We have found that this is not onlytherapeutic for them but also supportstheir recovery.”

An exhibition of the Living Narrativesproject will be displayed in the Peaks Unitat Rampton Hospital on Friday 15 April.

Living Narratives projectawarded funding

l-r: Claire Lynes,Senior OccupationalTherapist, AllisonTennant, NurseConsultant, PerditaJackson, EducationCo-ordinator

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Juggle Diabetes GroupThe Trust has teamed up with theJuggle Diabetes Education Service tooffer a diabetes course especially forpeople with learning difficulties. Thecourse aims to be a fun and interactiveway to empower people with a learningdisability to take more control over theirType 2 diabetes (not treated with insulin)by teaching them about the condition andhow they can manage it.

Juggle Administrator Anne Rowe says:“We’ve developed this course as we knowthat people with learning disabilities oftenhave greater health needs and a higherchance of developing Type 2 diabetes.

“We recently ran our first coursewhich was a huge success andwe are hoping to arrange moresessions in the near future.”

Participants are invited to bringalong a carer or friend so that theyare also able to learn more aboutthe condition. Diabetes EducationService also offers courses toanyone with Type 2 diabetes wholives in Nottingham City, Rushcliffe,Gedling and Broxtowe.

For more information please contactAnne on 0300 300 0045.

l-r Lucy White,Juggle Educator,Judith Towers andCarolyn Rees,Juggle trainer

Learning and Development staff TraceyRoberts and Tony Mitchell are celebratingafter graduating from their studies.

Business and AdministrationManager for Learning andDevelopment (Local Services) Traceysuccessfully completed a FoundationDegree in Business Management atWest Nottinghamshire College andLeeds Metropolitan University.

Tony, who is part of the TherapeuticSkills team, successfully completedhis Professional Graduate Diploma inTeaching in the Lifelong LearningSector at West NottinghamshireCollege and the University of Derby.

Both Tony and Tracey would like to thank their managersand colleagues for supporting them throughout their studies.They are both now continuing their studies at a higher level.

Educational success for Learning and Development staff

Farewell to Joan A retirement party was recently held for JoanDwane thanking her for her twelve years ofservice as Administrator for the Hotel Servicesteam at Highbury Hospital.

She received lots of gifts and flowers from friendsand colleagues and we all wish Joan everyhappiness in this new chapter of her life.

Broomhill’s Got TalentFor the second year running, BroomhillHouse held its ‘Broomhill’s Got Talent’event in November. The evening was agreat success, with staff, carers andresidents taking part and talents rangingfrom playing the piano to singing, rapping,comedy and poetry reading. The nightkicked off with last year’s winner StuartVanner reciting a special poem he hadwritten which wowed the audience.

The panel of judges – Simon Cowell(AKA Phil), Dannii Minogue (AKA Louisa)and Louis Walsh (AKA James) had verykind words to say about all the acts. Butit was the audience who had the toughdecision of who to award the title ofBroomhill’s Got Talent Champion for2010. After much deliberation, a ratheremotional Ray Boden was crowned thewinner for playing the guitar and singing– well done Ray!

Dog walking Service User Volunteer MichaelOsborne is considering setting up adog walking service if there issufficient interest from people whorequire the service and those whowould be willing to volunteer as dogwalkers. If you are interested in dogwalking, are unable to walk your dogand would like some help, or knowsomeone else who could benefit, pleasecontact mike2osborne@yahoo.co.uk orphone 07890 871769.

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Conferencecelebrates MentalHealth for All AgesOver a hundred people enjoyed theTrust’s ‘Mental Health for All Ages’conference on 24th November.

Organised by the Trust’s Age EqualityForum, the conference was chaired byForum Chair and General Manager ofMental Health Services for Older People(MHSOP) Andrea Ward.

The day kicked off with a yoga sessionled by Mr Sood, who got the audiencemoving with some simple exercises,

followed by an address by ChiefExecutive Mike Cooke, who stressedthat both mental ill health andrecovery can affect all ages. NigelParkes of Family Action also gave ahard-hitting account of the life andneeds of young carers and how theTrust is helping to better identify andsupport them.

One of the highlights of the conferencewas the Rosehip Belly Dancers teachingthe audience how to belly dance. Afterwatching a fabulous performance bythe dancers from the RosewoodInvolvement Centre, delegates had agood laugh shaking their bellies!

A series of workshops were held in theafternoon which covered a range of

interesting subjects, such as Child andAdolescent Mental Health Services(CAMHS); Black and Minority Ethnic(BME) elders; sex and relationships inold age; physical health and living withmedication across all ages; aging in ahigh secure psychiatric hospital andgrowing up as a young carer.

There was also the opportunity fordelegates to visit 13 display stands froma range of partners and stakeholders.

Andrea Ward said: “Thank you toTeresa McGrath for organising theevent, which people found bothinformative and enlightening. It was agreat way for people to come togetherand learn new things about mentalhealth across all ages.”

Positive Goals: DuncanRovers set to rival Trustfootball teamsService users, volunteers and staff from TheInvolvement Centre at Duncan MacmillanHouse have formed ‘Duncan Rovers’ – a newfootball team to compete in the Trust’s ‘PositiveGoals’ football league.

Service User and Volunteer David Hewerdinesaid: “We are just getting our team establishedand although we are not near the top of the

league yet, with our new coach and someregular training sessions we should soon see

some results. Not only are we all benefitingfrom being active, it’s a great opportunity to

be part of a team and work together withothers. And we look great in our new kit!”

If you would like to be part of the team call theInvolvement Team on 0115 993 4567.

The Rosehips

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Introducing thePhysical HealthSpecialty team

The Trust’s Physical Health Specialty team work really hardto provide high quality psychological care to people acrossNottinghamshire.

Six Clinical Psychologists, a Counselling Psychologist and aCounsellor make up the team. Together with specialistnurses, doctors, speech and language therapists,physiotherapists and occupational therapists, they treatpatients with long-term neurological conditions (headinjuries), stroke patients and those with life limiting illnesses.

They also offer support to patientswho live with HIV or AIDS, havesexually transmitted infections(STIs) or are the victims of asexual assault or abuse. In addition,they help people with back pain,chronic pain such as arthritis andneuralgia, and those in intensivecare and who may have heartfailure, diabetes, ChronicObstructive Pulmonary Disorder(COPD) or cancer.

The team would like to wisheveryone a happy new year andthank service users, stakeholdersand everyone in the Trust for theirongoing support.

Trust helpslearningdisabilityservices in Bosnia A learning disability organisation in Bosnia is goingfrom strength to strength thanks to the Trust. This isan on-going partnership and the 3rd exchange visit.

Employees of SUMERO, the non-profit organisation thatsupports people with learning disabilities across Bosnia,came to Nottingham in October 2010 to receive training onfundraising and marketing via our Trust and partnersFramework and Royal Mencap.

Sabina Cano, social worker form Sarajevo said: “Thetraining was a great success which generated lots of goodideas on how we can promote our organisation and raisefunds in the future. As a result, we have put together anaction plan which we have called ‘Making Invisible Visible'.This will help us to improve the way SUMERO is recognised

by service users, government officials, citizens and otherorganisations across Bosnia.

“On behalf of SUMERO I would like to thank the Trust and FrameworkHousing Association for the help and training they have given us.”

SUMERO is a non-profit, non-government organisation that worksacross Bosnia to support associations and institutions that providecare to people with learning disabilities. SUMERO continuouslylobbies the Bosnian Government to ensure that people withlearning disabilities are given equal rights and opportunities in life.

Another training course is planned in Nottingham for February 2011around person centered planning for staff and volunteers fromSUMERO. For more information about SUMERO visitwww.sumero.ba.

Thank you from SUMERO

l-r Dr Shelley McKeown, Jill Balmont, Dr Posy Knights, Dr Jo Tedstone, Dr Dawn Reeve,Dr Natalie Timberlake

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Mike Cookeawarded CBENottinghamshireHealthcare’s ChiefExecutive, Professor MikeCooke has been awarded aCBE for services to mentalhealth in the Queen’s 2011New Year’s Honours List.

Mike has had a successful careerin the NHS for 28 years in avariety of settings. He joined theTrust in 2007 and during thelast three years he has led theTrust through a period ofdevelopment and growth, whichhas resulted in its recentachievement of Foundation Truststandard. This is an outstandingrecognition of his achievementsand his continued dedication toimproving services. Manycongratulations Mike.

The annual festive cake competition washeld on 23 December with someimpressive edible entries. The cakes werejudged in two categories by Mark Davies andSarah Campbell from Hotel Services andMiriam Nice and Lucy Bark from NottinghamWomens' Institute. The results were:

Adults 1st Tracy Booth, Catering Assistant,

Lings Bar Hospital2nd Tess Martin-Browning, Team Leader,

Thurland Ward, Wells Road Centre3rd Dilys Lawlor, Assistant Catering

Team Leader, AshfieldCommunity Hospital

Under 16s1st Chloe Britton 2nd Laura and Ellie Kershaw Joint 3rd Louis and Jaiden

Crossley andCafé ArtChildren

Christmas Cake CompetitionThe winning cake in theUnder 16s category

The winningcake in theAdults category

Shine Again!Tuesday 23 November saw the second club night takeplace for people with learning disabilities at MAZE inNottingham.

Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies provided glowsticks and a DJ set to help get the night started, with

balloon modelling by our resident stilt walker addingto the evening’s fun.

The Shine club night began in response to otherlearning disability events held around the

country and as part of the Trust’s socialinclusion activities; it’s just the same as any

club night only it’s a safe supportiveenvironment for people with learning

disabilities to attend.

There are plans for a thirdclub night in the New Year.

For more informationplease contact Ann Incertion 0115 854 2263 or emailann.incerti@nottshc.nhs.uk

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have our own front door, will be workingout of two buildings and will have twomore beds with very clearly defined genderspecific accommodation. As a team we’reacutely aware of the challenges that lieahead, nonetheless it’s an excitingprospect, and one that we’re all lookingforward to.

q What is your favourite hobby?a Collecting ice hockey memorabilia,particularly old Panthers items from the 50s.

q What keeps you awake at night?a Nothing.

q What is your favourite film?a True Romance, closely followed by MaryPoppins!

q What is your idea of bliss?a Knowing that all my ducks are in a row.

q What three words would you use todescribe yourself?a MGB – those who know me knowexactly what this means.

q What is your favourite holidaydestination?a Someone was asked this questionrecently and their response was my wholelife is a holiday, that’s how I’d like to see it.

q Who would you take to a desertisland?a Alabama Worley, the female characterlead in True Romance. If you’ve seen thefilm, you’ll know why.

q Where do you see yourself in 10years’ time?a I see myself at 62!

q Do you have a ‘claim to fame’?a Not really, but one thing that will livelong in my memory is meeting ChickZamick – an all time Panthers legend whoplayed for the team in the 1950s. I methim on the occasion of the Panthers’ 60thanniversary of their first ever game. ThePanthers organisation had flown himacross from Canada to take part in thecelebrations at a home game on a coldOctober evening against bottom of thetable Hull Stingrays. It was an absolutehonour to shake his hand, talk to him fora good 15 minutes and get his autograph.The evening didn’t go completelyaccording to plan though as Panthers lostthe game 3-0.

q How would you like to beremembered?a As that MGB!

q What is your job title and whatdoes your role entail?a I’m the Manager of the staff team atThe Woodlands, Highbury Hospital. The Woodlands is the substance misuseservices in-patient unit for peoplepresenting with drug and alcoholproblems.

q How long have you been withNottinghamshire Healthcare NHSTrust?a I started as a student nurse, trainingat Mapperley Hospital on 5 October1981... a long time!

q What do you see as your prioritiesfor Nottinghamshire Healthcare?a To ensure that the Woodlands is aresounding success; that we continue toprovide a first class service whichcontinually develops and grows, andthat the staff team ultimately gain thecredit and recognition that their effortsand hard work deserve.

q What is your employmentbackground?a Before nurse training I was an Artstudent at Trent Polytechnic for twoyears. Prior to that I studied Art andDesign in Newcastle for a year withvarious periods of employment inbetween times, including installingkitchens in showrooms, a valet at a carhire firm and straightening glass tubes ata glass works factory.

q What is the best piece of advice youhave ever been given?a Not to argue with idiots as they simplydrag you down to their level then beat youon experience.

q What was the last CD you bought?a A CD by a female artist, Julee Cruise,called ‘Floating into the night’, afteroriginally purchasing the album over 20years ago. The songs on this CD feature onthe David Lynch TV series Twin Peaks, it’sconsidered to be something of a cultclassic, and has been described as a darkslice of surreal horror, full of intrigue,suspense and malice.

q What is your greatest achievement?a This would have to be taking the lead rolein the relocation of Porchester Ward fromthe Wells Road Centre to the Highbury site;five years in the planning, visiting numerousproposed sites, identifying two buildings thatI felt would enable us to take our service tothe next level, working alongside Architectsand the Trust Capital Planning Team in thedesign and refurbishment of the buildings,and ultimately managing the staff teamthrough a period of considerable change;not just relocation of the service but asignificant change in service provision anddelivery embracing the concept of Recovery.In addition to this I’d say qualifying as a non-medical prescriber. One of the toughestcourses there is, it was like trying to learnSpanish and Chinese at the same time, andI’m now NMP lead in substance misuseservices.

q What makes you angry?a Idiots! Because they’re more experiencedthan I am.

q What are you most passionate about?a Ice Hockey – watching NottinghamPanthers. Ecstatic when we win and guttedwhen we lose.

q What single thing would improveyour working life at NottinghamshireHealthcare?a I guess the standard response from mostpeople to this question would be moreresources – a bigger budget and more staff.But I suppose I really can’t complain thatmuch as the Trust has invested £3million inour service in order that we can successfullyexit Wells Road Centre and relocate to theHighbury Hospital site. As clinicians we’vebeen involved in the planning and design ofour new unit from day one, and have had asignificant influence regards the endproduct. It couldn’t be any more differentto the environment we’ve worked out offor the last 16 years – we’ll be stand alone,

q&aThis month we talk to Rod Hudspith, Staff Manager at The Woodlands

Janet Sheard, ExecutiveDirector Nursing & AHPs

makes her pledge

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Speak out against domestic violenceyour pledge to speak out, and to learnmore about domestic abuse, visit:www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/

For further information contact MargaretCheetham, Community of Interest Lead,margaret.cheetham@nottshc.nhs.uk

24 hour Domestic Violence Helpline: 080 88 000 340

aims to highlight the strong links betweendomestic abuse and mental ill health.

The project will use survivors’ own words tocommunicate their experiences of those links.Project participant ‘Joanna’ said: “He used tolove Bob Marley. I still can’t listen to it.”

Simon Smith added: “There has been someexcellent research done recently, andpublished in the ‘The Psychiatrist’, on thisissue. They found the wider history of manywomen with mental health problems willinclude domestic violence, in upwards of 60per cent of cases.”

Attendee and survivor ‘April ’ attested tothat fact: “In my own experience withdomestic abuse, my mental health issueswere very much connected with thedifficult relationship that I chose tostay in, for underlying reasons.”

Thanks to all partners whosupported the event on the dayincluding Nottingham DomesticViolence Forum www.ndvf.org.ukand The MANN Project. To make

A spotlight was thrown ondomestic violence recently, at aspecial event as part of the White Ribbon campaign.

Attendees gathered at Café Art to beeducated about the impact of domesticabuse on survivors’ lives, and made over 40pledges to stand up for the rights ofwomen to live without fear of intimidationor violence.

“Those of us who understand the focus ofthe White Ribbon have a responsibility tospeak out about the abuse that so manywomen face,” said Simon Smith, ExecutiveDirector, Local Services. “As a man, Iacknowledge that it’s an issue, and that it’ssomething I have a responsibility to faceand speak out about. That’s why I made mypledge, and that’s why I’m pleased tosupport the Trust’s Community of Interestaround this issue.”

The event also saw the announcement ofthe Trust’s ‘Voices of Survivors’ project,which is anticipated to launch in 2011. It