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Major advance in cancer care for
Yorkshire as the county gets its first mobile
chemotherapy unit
The first
mobile chemotherapy unit in Yorkshire has been
commissioned by the charity York Against Cancer
to serve patients of the York Teaching Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust.
The
£700,000 unit will give patients from outlying
areas, who would otherwise travel to the trust’s
main hospitals in York or Scarborough, the
chance to be treated closer to home. It will
also ensure capacity at the main hospitals for
longer or more complex procedures.
Once
it takes to the roads this summer, the unit will
call at Malton, Selby, Scarborough and
Bridlington. With four treatment chairs, it will
be able to accommodate up to 10 patients a day
in modern, comfortable surroundings.
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Youngsters
take over hospital as part of Takeover
Challenge!
Young people
from Westfield Primary Community School in York
took over the running of York Hospital recently,
as part of the Children’s Commissioner’s
Takeover Challenge.
The event gave young people the chance
to 'takeover' parts of the hospital for the day.
In doing so, they got to experience what it's
like to be in a real work environment and take
on important responsibilities.
The children also
had the opportunity to ask questions about how
decisions are made and understand the affect
these decisions can have on young patients.
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East Coast
staff celebrate long service
Members of
staff, who, between them, have clocked up over
1,000 years of service, were honoured at a Long
Service ceremony.
The annual event took place on 6 July
at the Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough, where
deputy chief executive, Mike Proctor, paid
tribute to the dedicated and caring staff from
across the Trust – many of whom have spent much
of their working lives in the NHS.
Individuals honoured at the event were those who
have reached their 25 and 40 year service
milestone.
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Patients urged to
sign up to text messaging reminders
A new text messaging service to remind
patients of their appointments is being promoted
across the Trust. In April, an online form for
patients was launched which allows people to
request to reschedule or cancel their outpatient
appointment.
The form also captures patient
consent to receive text message appointment
reminders and over 80 per cent of people have
opted to receive these so far.
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Nikki Waterhouse
Trust donation
York Teaching Hospital Charity has
secured a £15,000 donation from the Nikki
Waterhouse Trust to pay for the completion of a
new sensory room on the Children’s Ward at York
Hospital.
The money will pay for the complete
refurbishment of the current inadequate sensory
space, providing a multi-sensory room for the
ward which will bring many benefits to children
of all ages in York Hospital.
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Meet our Governors -
Selby
Following on from last month's first
entry, we continue to introduce you to the
governors from each of our regions. This
month it's the turn of Ann Bolland and Roland
Chilvers, governors for
Selby.
Learn more>>>
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Diary Dates |
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Board
of Directors
27
September 2017
York Hospital
Boardroom
Time 10.45am
(Open to public
observers)
Council of Governors
7 September 2017
Malton Rugby Club
4.00pm-6.00pm
(Open to public
observers)
Meet
this month’s Star Award
finalists
The Star Award is the
Trust’s monthly award programme
for individuals, teams and
volunteers, which recognises the
achievement of those who have
made a difference by doing
something extra in their
everyday work for patients,
visitors or colleagues.
Below you can read more about
each of our recent finalists.
Beth
Freer, Emergency Department
Staff Nurse, Scarborough
Hospital
Beth had an early
awareness of a rapidly
deteriorating, critically ill
patient within her department.
She acted without delay and had
the courage to escalate to the
emergency medical team,
including members of critical
care, to ensure that her patient
received timely and appropriate
care.
Beth had the
presence of mind and ability to
anticipate that time critical
interventions would be needed
and made herself available to
assist by bringing equipment and
medications that would be
needed, without having to be
instructed or directed. This
level of anticipation and
awareness of the likely
treatment requirements for a
patient makes a huge difference
when treating critically ill
patients and performing time
critical interventions. She also
simultaneously cared for the
patient's relative by explaining
what had happened and the likely
course of future management.
Making the nomination, Greg
Purssord, Specialty Registrar,
wrote: “As an experienced member
of the critical care team, this
patient was one of the sickest I
have encountered and Beth’s
actions more than likely made
the difference to whether this
patient survived or not.”
Our other finalists this month
were:
Louise Pearson,
Administrator ED, Scarborough
Hospital
Eye Clinic and
Ophthalmology teams, York
Hospital
Camilla Picknett,
Antenatal and Newborn Screening
Co-ordinator, York Hospital
Julie Preston, Theatre
Sister, York Hospital
You can read all about their
stories on our dedicated
Star
Award Winners page.
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