ELHT Therapies Directorate

Thank you to everyone who attended the QI Network on Wednesday, and to our presenters. It was great to get engagement from all our attendees following both presentations.

Looking forward to seeing you next month!

Welcome to the latest edition of our Therapies Directorate Newsletter!

Please take time to read our great news and information from across all our services via the link in the comments below 👇👇

Calling all Therapies staff 📣

1 week to go until our next QI network! If you would like to attend and haven’t got a calendar invite please email the Therapies Support mailbox.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there! 😊

Congratulations to all the Star Awards finalists for tonight’s event. Wishing you all the best, particularly our Therapies finalists.

The event will be streamed live You Tube (👇see link below in the comments) and the Facebook group, ELHT People, which means everyone can enjoy the live announcements and reactions.

It is really important that we understand how we and our teams are feeling and what we can do to help support Mental Health across the trust.

Please could all Therapies staff complete the survey, this can be accessed via the QR code or link in the comments below 👇

Thank you to all our presenters and attendees at QI network yesterday. It was great to hear from Becky and her iPad optimisation project, as well as learning more about Kata from Gemma.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all next month!

We had a fabulous Kata training session last week! Well done to all our new Kata improvers and coaches

We look forward to seeing your progress!

Great Level 2 improvement training today with Paediatric Physiotherapy team! Lots of improvement ideas generated- we look forward to seeing the outcome!

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

William Fielding, Dementia Lead Nurse, emphasises the importance of meaningful activity in the hospital setting: “Meaningful activity is fundamental to the health and wellbeing of all patients, especially those in vulnerable groups such as individuals living with dementia. It can enhance physical fitness, uplift mood, aid in managing mental health challenges, improve sleep quality and reduce the risk of falls.”

He further explains, “Individuals living with dementia experience a range of symptoms that can impact their ability to engage in activities. However, by providing a diverse range of resources, we can significantly increase meaningful activities within our clinical areas for this patient group.”

We are supporting William with the meaningful activity pilot in clinical areas with the aim of measuring patient experience, staff usability and engagement levels. The boxes put together currently contain aqua paints, 1950s reminiscence scrapbooks, activity balls, domino sets, colouring books and pencils. Feedback will enable us to then adapt these resources where necessary for optimum results in enhancing patient experience.

Dr Amy Green, from ward C5, underscores the significance of this resource for fostering positive interactions between staff and patients: “This resource will greatly encourage staff to engage positively with our patients. Building relationships through shared activities or experiences is much more effective in getting to know someone.”

If you wish to support our enhancements within dementia care, you can make an online donation at www.elhtandme.co.uk/donate

We had great engagement at Level 2 improvement training today from our colleagues in the Stroke Therapy and Neurorehab teams

Thank you for attending and for all your great improvement ideas! We look forward to seeing your PDSAs 🌟

💬 "... this is the true spirit of ELHT which involves a level of dedication that exceeds expectations a lot of the time."

Read Chief Executive Martin Hodgson's latest blog - follow the link in the comments 🔗

Great session on personalised care, an evidenced based approach to improved health outcomes, increased patient satisfaction and sustainable self-management.

Happy Admin Professionals day to all our patient and business support staff in Therapies! 🥳

Thank you for all you do to support our services to deliver safe, personal and effective care.

Calling all Therapies staff 📣

Our next QI network is tomorrow! If you would like to attend and haven’t got a calendar invite please email the Therapies Support mailbox.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to Marsden ward who have been successful in their £6,000 ELHT&Me bid for a therabike! This will be a great benefit to our patients. Well done 👏🏼

📆 22nd – 26th April 2024

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What a smiley team! Alfie loves taking a break with our Dietitians who provide specialist support and advice for all wards in our hospitals.

It’s the last week for all Star Awards entries! ⭐️

The deadline for all nominations has been extended to Friday 19th April.

For more information, check out the OLI main page.

We had a successful Clinical Pathways steering group today, with pathways presentations from SLT clinical leads, and discussion on how our pathways are used to learn from incidents. Also great to see demo of the skills passport for our rotational OT and physio staff. 👏

Thank you to all who contributed today, and for your support to ensuring Safe, Personal and Effective care across all our service pathways!

Do you know a team or individual who deserves recognition? Why don’t you nominate them for a Star Award? ⭐️

For more information, check out the OLI main page.

Nominations close on Monday 15th April.

The Therapies staff survey results are now available! ✅

We are looking for representatives to attend one of the Therapies “Big Conversations” on the 17th and 18th April. Please ask your line-manager for more information.

Did you know there is a clinical systems area in Therapies SharePoint with quick reference guides and other information about EMIS and Cerner.

Click the clinical systems button to find out more!

Happy Easter to everyone in Therapies Directorate.

We wish everyone a peaceful and happy Easter weekend with loved ones and friends 💙

In Therapies we ran our wellbeing Easter bonnet competition! A big thank you to everyone who participated 🐣🐰

Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter weekend! 💐

Thank you to everyone who attended the QI network on Tuesday! Danielle Whittaker did a great presentation on Stock Management Project and the focus spot was around measuring improvement! It was great to get engagement from all our attendees following this presentation 😊

Looking forward to seeing you next month!

Happy Birthday Louise! 🎂

We recently celebrated Louise’s 50th birthday with a delicious spread of cakes in the Therapy department 🧁 🍰

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend!

One week to go until the Therapies QI Network!

This month’s presenter is Danielle Whittaker presenting Stock Management Project and the focus spot will be: Measuring Improvement.

We look forward to seeing you there! Please come along, you may learn something new! 😊

Well done to Rachel Jervis for successfully presenting her 2 Quality Improvement projects on step-down for Critical Care Patients and Hydrotherapy for Critical Care Patients. 👏🏼👏🏼

Celebrate Social Prescribing Day

Tomorrow is Social Prescribing Day, a chance for people to come together and highlight community activity and groups that support health and wellbeing and we will have a special promotion stand at Burnley Hospital.

Many things that can have an impact on our health and wellbeing, such as loneliness, isolation and financial stress are not necessary something needed to be treated by medical professionals alone but through the help of community groups and services who are there to provide advice and support. Community activity such as befriending, gardening projects, choirs and exercise groups can all make a positive difference to general health and wellbeing.

ELHT and Age UK Lancashire have teamed up for the annual awareness day that puts the spotlight on organisations and communities who support people with non-medical, health-related social needs. Representatives from both will be on hand at Burnley General Teaching Hospital’s Main Reception all day on Thursday, 14 March to advise and inform patients and visitors about social prescribing and the services available to them – so please come and pay us a visit to find out more.