Click here to read today's update on our Registered Nursing Associates from Michelle Bateman, Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Quality
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Details here about the latest development sessions for leaders, on topics ranging from finance to nurturing talent.
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A huge thank you to everyone who completed the staff survey. We have received confirmation of our final response rate – a fantastic, 62%! See our page for final breakdowns.
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Congratulations to everyone involved in the recently established Long Covid clinic which has been receiving some awesome feedback in the run up to its one year anniversary. We are pleased to share some of these lovely comments and to name-check the clinic team:
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Well done to colleagues at Buxton's urgent treatment centre who joined in with national Elf Day 2021 to have some fun and raise money for families affected by dementia through support for the Alzheimer's Society charity. Members of the team pictured in their elf outfits are: Amy Bainbridge (left), Laura O’Brien (back left), Wendy Tideswell (back right), Jo Shadforth (front centre) and Caroline Hancock. The event was organised by Jo and they raised £66.70 for Alzheimer’s Society. Well done!
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At this time of year it can be a challenge to do some of the activities we know help our wellbeing. Sometimes we don’t realise we haven’t been doing them until we wonder why we don’t feel so good. If you need help checking in with how you are, or a reminder of the things that improve and enhance our wellbeing, pop along to one of the informal sessions with Debbie and Pippa from the Staff Wellbeing Team.
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For the second year running our fantastic diabetes education team at DCHS has won the X-PERT Health award for providing the best patient experience in 2021. This was based on the results of delivering 105 programmes with an 81% completion rate and a participant satisfaction score of 95% between January 2019 and December 2020.
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Important Information Regarding Christmas & New Year Pay
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Click here to download the festive DCHS background to use on MS Teams.
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It’s important that we recognise and celebrate significant festivals of all faiths/beliefs within our hospitals, but we must ensure that we are able to do that while maintaining a clean and safe environment for our patients. With the increasing number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and rising transmission rates in our local communities it is important that we ensure that our wards and departments are clean, tidy and uncluttered and that we can decontaminate any clinical area quickly and effectively. This new guidance is timely and should answer any questions you have – if not get in touch with us here: dchst.infectioncontrol@nhs.net or 01246 515870.
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