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Members’ Newsletter<br />
<strong>Surrey</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Borders</strong> <strong>Partnership</strong><br />
NHS Foundation Trust<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>12</strong><br />
<strong>Summer</strong> 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Trust nurses<br />
visit No.10<br />
Dedicated nurses from <strong>Surrey</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Borders</strong><br />
<strong>Partnership</strong> have attended a Downing Street<br />
reception.<br />
Nurse Consultant Phil Boulter<br />
<strong>and</strong> youth service Team Leader<br />
Sarah Amani were among<br />
around 50 nurses invited in<br />
recognition of their contribution<br />
to advancing nursing knowledge<br />
<strong>and</strong> leading new developments.<br />
At the event they<br />
rubbed shoulders<br />
with leading<br />
nurses from across the country<br />
<strong>and</strong> politicians such as the<br />
Prime Minister, David Cameron,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Health Secretary Andrew<br />
Lansley.<br />
Sarah Amani (second from right)<br />
As well as managing the<br />
smooth-running of their busy<br />
services, both nurses have been<br />
<strong>involve</strong>d in several pioneering<br />
projects to improve access to<br />
services for minority groups.<br />
Phil (pictured left) is the Trust’s<br />
professional lead for learning<br />
disability nursing across <strong>Surrey</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> North East Hampshire. Sarah<br />
meanwhile manages an Early<br />
Intervention in Psychosis Service<br />
in Aldershot.<br />
They are also both <strong>involve</strong>d in<br />
regional projects. Phil leads the<br />
South East Health Quality Forum,<br />
which shares <strong>and</strong> promotes best<br />
practice within learning disability<br />
services. Sarah is the NHS South<br />
of Engl<strong>and</strong> (East) Youth Mental<br />
Health Network Lead.<br />
Get Moving with us on<br />
World Mental Health Day<br />
Our annual sponsored walk is back for 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
The event has returned to Priory<br />
Park in Reigate, the location<br />
for the 2010 walk, <strong>and</strong> will this<br />
year take place on Saturday 6<br />
October, just ahead of world<br />
Mental Health Day on 10<br />
October.<br />
The 20<strong>12</strong> event is set to be<br />
bigger <strong>and</strong> better than ever with<br />
the option of a 5K sponsored<br />
run for those who are feeling<br />
more motivated!<br />
See page 8 for more details.<br />
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Chairman’s View<br />
Welcome to the <strong>Summer</strong><br />
issue of Involve, the<br />
newsletter for our<br />
Foundation Trust members.<br />
For the first <strong>and</strong> probably<br />
last time in living history, the<br />
Olympics <strong>and</strong> Paralympics are<br />
being held on home soil this<br />
<strong>Summer</strong>.<br />
And as the torchbearers have<br />
taken the Olympic flame past a<br />
number of Trust sites this July<br />
– including Berkeley House in<br />
Godalming <strong>and</strong> Loddon Alliance<br />
in Basingstoke (see our service<br />
spotlight on page 7), it brings<br />
closer to home the incredible<br />
achievements <strong>and</strong> sacrifices that<br />
people in our communities, as<br />
well as Olympic athletes, make<br />
for the causes they are dedicated<br />
to <strong>and</strong> passionate about.<br />
Our occupational therapists, in<br />
their first professional conference<br />
(see page 3), heard the inspiring<br />
story of paralympian skier Talen<br />
Skeels-Piggins <strong>and</strong> how his<br />
motivation to compete in the<br />
Winter Olympics helped him cope<br />
with the mental distress of being<br />
paralysed. His message was that<br />
we can all set ourselves personal<br />
goals, whether that be taking<br />
part in voluntary work (see the<br />
work of our volunteers on page<br />
3), being more <strong>involve</strong>d in the<br />
community (see our Members<br />
Day on page 8) or taking up a<br />
new activity (see the Art Without<br />
Limitations exhibition on page 8).<br />
Our Get Moving sponsored walk<br />
events promote the link between<br />
physical activity <strong>and</strong> mental<br />
wellbeing. So far three annual<br />
events have funded over £4,500<br />
of sports equipment <strong>and</strong> activities<br />
for our services (see page 5 for<br />
the grants awarded so far).<br />
And applications are now open<br />
for the 20<strong>12</strong> event. Of course<br />
you don’t have to be an Olympic<br />
athlete to take part so why not<br />
join us to celebrate World Mental<br />
Health Day this October? Or if<br />
you would like a challenge, you<br />
could sign up for the 5K run<br />
we’ve introduced for the first<br />
time this year (see page 8 for<br />
more details).<br />
Best wishes<br />
Richard Greenhalgh<br />
Chairman<br />
Talen (centre) with<br />
trust staff<br />
Volunteers <strong>and</strong> staff<br />
with the packs<br />
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News Highlights<br />
Get Moving Grant Results<br />
Trust teams have applied<br />
for funding grants of up to<br />
£500 under the Get Moving<br />
Grants scheme.<br />
The grants are for sports<br />
equipment <strong>and</strong> activities to<br />
improve the physical <strong>and</strong> mental<br />
health of people who use our<br />
services.<br />
The judging panel, which<br />
included Non Executive Directors<br />
<strong>and</strong> Foundation Trust Governors,<br />
scored the entries independently.<br />
The points were then compiled<br />
<strong>and</strong> the nine top scoring entries<br />
have each been allocated<br />
funding.<br />
The scheme was funded through<br />
the Get Moving Walk 4 Life<br />
campaign, a series of sponsored<br />
walks (see page 8 for details of<br />
this year’s event).<br />
The nine successful teams /<br />
projects are listed below:<br />
No. Service Project:<br />
1<br />
2<br />
Community Mental Health Recovery Services for Mole Valley,<br />
Clarendon House, Dorking<br />
Therapy Services at the Abraham Cowley Unit<br />
St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey<br />
3 Bramdean learning disability unit Fairmead, Staines<br />
Wii Console <strong>and</strong> games<br />
Gym equipment<br />
Giant outdoor games plus a Wii console<br />
<strong>and</strong> games<br />
4 Kingscroft learning disability unit Fairmead, Staines Trampoline <strong>and</strong> enclosure<br />
5<br />
6<br />
Therapy Services at Wingfield Ward, The Ridgewood Centre,<br />
Frimley<br />
Enabling Independence Service, Farnham Road Hospital,<br />
Guildford<br />
7 Children’s Day Nursery, West Park, Epsom<br />
X Box Connect<br />
Guildford <strong>and</strong> Waverley mental health<br />
football team home <strong>and</strong> away games<br />
Wooden push-me, pull-me riding toys,<br />
wooden balance bikes <strong>and</strong> children’s bike<br />
8<br />
Mid <strong>and</strong> East <strong>Surrey</strong> Assessment <strong>and</strong> Treatment Service,<br />
Langley Wing, Epsom General Hospital<br />
Rowing machine<br />
9 Assertive Outreach South West Nintendo Wii <strong>and</strong> TV screen<br />
Agreement<br />
to protect<br />
young carers<br />
A Young Carers Protocol<br />
has been developed with<br />
<strong>Surrey</strong> County Council to<br />
help identify youngsters<br />
under the age of 18 who<br />
care for a friend or relative.<br />
This is so that they are given the<br />
right support.<br />
The agreement sets out which<br />
agencies are responsible for<br />
identifying the carers – to<br />
help ensure young people are<br />
supported <strong>and</strong> that services work<br />
in partnership.<br />
This is particularly relevant when<br />
an adult is being seen by mental<br />
health services because they may<br />
be too unwell to highlight that a<br />
young person is in a caring role –<br />
<strong>and</strong> young people may miss out<br />
on accessing support they are<br />
entitled to.<br />
Chief Executive Fiona Edwards<br />
signed the agreement with Nick<br />
Wilson, Strategic Director for<br />
Children, Schools <strong>and</strong> Families<br />
at <strong>Surrey</strong> County Council, to<br />
encourage better partnership<br />
working <strong>and</strong> improved services<br />
for our local community.<br />
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Learning disability inpatient services<br />
compliant says national report<br />
A national report has declared three of<br />
our inpatient services compliant with the<br />
Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) essential<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards of quality <strong>and</strong> safety.<br />
The CQC, which regulates health <strong>and</strong> social care<br />
in Engl<strong>and</strong>, performed unannounced inspections<br />
between February <strong>and</strong> May this year, looking<br />
at two st<strong>and</strong>ards: ‘Care <strong>and</strong> Welfare’ <strong>and</strong><br />
‘Safeguarding Adults from<br />
Abuse’.<br />
The services they inspected<br />
were Farmfield in Charlwood,<br />
Fairmead in Staines <strong>and</strong><br />
Oakl<strong>and</strong>s in Caterham. No<br />
concerns were reported at Oakl<strong>and</strong>s. One minor<br />
concern was noted at Farmfield <strong>and</strong> two minor<br />
concerns reported at Fairmead.<br />
Jo Young, director of quality <strong>and</strong> nursing, said: “I<br />
am delighted that all our services were declared<br />
compliant <strong>and</strong> that Oakl<strong>and</strong>s in particular was<br />
given a completely clean bill of health - putting it<br />
in the top 24% of units in the country. We have<br />
already taken action to address the minor concerns<br />
<strong>and</strong> I would like to congratulate the three teams<br />
for their continued hard work <strong>and</strong> achievements.”<br />
The inspections were ordered across the country<br />
after a BBC Panorama investigation found<br />
residents at Winterbourne View, a private hospital<br />
near Bristol, were being subjected to beatings.<br />
Nationally just over half of<br />
all 145 services inspected<br />
were found to be compliant.<br />
The inspectors had either<br />
moderate or major concerns<br />
at all of the remaining services<br />
they visited <strong>and</strong> concluded<br />
that these failings left vulnerable people at risk of<br />
abuse or neglect.<br />
The CQC found that NHS locations were twice<br />
as likely to be compliant as private hospitals,<br />
with 33% of independent providers meeting the<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards compared with 68% of those run by the<br />
state.<br />
Governor Focus<br />
Name: David Muir<br />
Constituency: People<br />
Who Use Services,<br />
Learning Disabilities<br />
Why did you want<br />
to be a Governor?<br />
To try <strong>and</strong> help<br />
people who use<br />
learning disability<br />
services<br />
What areas of Trust business interest you<br />
the most?<br />
I am interested in day care for people with learning<br />
disabilities <strong>and</strong> improving services for people<br />
How do you think Governors can help bring<br />
about quality improvements?<br />
By ensuring that the Trust makes information<br />
accessible for everyone, <strong>and</strong> by listening to<br />
members <strong>and</strong> making others aware of what needs<br />
to improve.<br />
What do you hope to achieve as a Governor?<br />
Making our voices heard so that things can<br />
improve for people who use services. I am also<br />
very keen on getting more people with a learning<br />
disability to become members of the Foundation<br />
Trust.<br />
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All About Me:<br />
Lalita Haurdhan<br />
With a background in learning disability services, Lalita<br />
Haurdhan is passionate about providing person-centred<br />
care which values people as individuals. She is now<br />
applying this approach within services for older people<br />
with dementia.<br />
Lalita joined the Meadows<br />
in West Park last year as the<br />
Deputy Ward Manager for<br />
Bluebell Wards 1 <strong>and</strong> 2.<br />
These are two separate wards for<br />
men <strong>and</strong> women, each providing<br />
assessment <strong>and</strong> treatment for<br />
people with dementia.<br />
Until last year, Lalita was deputy<br />
team leader for a campus of<br />
learning disability care homes<br />
at Ethel Bailey Close in Epsom.<br />
She is now keen to use the skillset<br />
<strong>and</strong> expertise she developed<br />
there to bring a new dimension<br />
to older adult services.<br />
People are admitted to Bluebell<br />
wards for assessment because<br />
they show signs of dementia<br />
<strong>and</strong> are unable to cope with<br />
daily living activities. As a result,<br />
they may also demonstrate<br />
challenging behaviour.<br />
“Having worked in learning<br />
disability services, I can<br />
see some similarities in the<br />
reasons behind behaviour<br />
that might seem unsettled or<br />
confrontational – both in people<br />
with a learning disability <strong>and</strong><br />
in dementia sufferers – such<br />
as boredom, frustration, an<br />
inability to communicate or an<br />
inability to make a decision.<br />
This unpredictable behaviour<br />
can often be interpreted as<br />
challenging.“ she says.<br />
“We approach this by finding<br />
out what activities people<br />
like, what they dislike, as well<br />
as what they used to do <strong>and</strong><br />
encourage them to record this<br />
information in a ‘This is Me<br />
Passport’. This is a really good<br />
tool which helps us to support<br />
people’s emotional <strong>and</strong> social<br />
needs as well as their mental <strong>and</strong><br />
physical requirements.”<br />
Since January 2010, Lalita has<br />
also introduced a bi-monthly<br />
social <strong>and</strong> entertainment<br />
function in the unit’s core<br />
lounge where patients, families<br />
<strong>and</strong> carers spend time away<br />
from the ward <strong>and</strong> get to meet<br />
each other. The events include<br />
music <strong>and</strong> enable patients to<br />
participate – with singing if<br />
that’s what they like to do.<br />
Plans were also put in place<br />
Kenneth (centre) celebrates his<br />
birthday with his family at the<br />
social event<br />
Lalita Haurdhan<br />
recently to enable one patient<br />
to watch his son’s wedding<br />
ceremony via the internet (as it<br />
took place in America) <strong>and</strong> to<br />
have time away from the ward<br />
to attend the local reception,<br />
accompanied by two members<br />
of staff. Lalita says: “Mr<br />
Anderson was fully supported<br />
<strong>and</strong> attending his son’s wedding<br />
reception made this special day a<br />
very memorable one.”<br />
Kenneth with<br />
the bride <strong>and</strong><br />
groom<br />
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Service Spotlight: Loddon Alliance<br />
What is this service?<br />
Loddon Alliance provides a specialist social<br />
care service, known as supported living.<br />
This service supports adults with complex<br />
needs in their own home regardless of<br />
whether they live with their family, on<br />
their own or are sharing with others.<br />
We provide person-centred services to<br />
enable people to live as independently as<br />
possible. Support may <strong>involve</strong> personal<br />
care, addressing health needs, meal<br />
preparation, activities, developing new<br />
skills <strong>and</strong> social networks: but all ensuring<br />
that the person is empowered to take the<br />
lead as much as possible.<br />
We assist people with moving from<br />
inpatient services into their own home <strong>and</strong> can<br />
provide shorter flexible sessions, focusing on a<br />
specific area, for the more independent.<br />
The service’s main office (Corbiere House) <strong>and</strong><br />
the majority of its services are in Basingstoke,<br />
Hampshire.<br />
Who uses this service?<br />
We support around 60 people in North <strong>and</strong> East<br />
Hampshire <strong>and</strong> West <strong>Surrey</strong> who either have a<br />
learning disability, physical disability, autism <strong>and</strong><br />
complex needs, mental ill-health or combination of<br />
these conditions.<br />
Why is this needed?<br />
Over the last ten years the Government’s Valuing<br />
People reports have emphasised the need for<br />
people with learning disabilities to have a range of<br />
housing options, including the option of living in<br />
their own accommodation.<br />
Supported living services recognise people’s<br />
individuality <strong>and</strong> their right to live the life they<br />
choose. They enable people to make choices<br />
about their housing <strong>and</strong> lifestyle so they can<br />
live as regular citizens, with the same rights <strong>and</strong><br />
responsibilities as anyone else.<br />
Who works here?<br />
Loddon is divided into four locality teams. Each<br />
team contains a small group of around 25<br />
experienced, trained support workers <strong>and</strong> senior<br />
support workers, whose skills <strong>and</strong> training matches<br />
the specific needs of the people they support.<br />
Adults with learning disabilities are employed as<br />
part of the management team to make sure that<br />
people who use the services are fully <strong>involve</strong>d in<br />
how they are run.<br />
The operational management team all have<br />
significant experience of working in <strong>and</strong> managing<br />
services for people with learning disabilities.<br />
What’s the future?<br />
We continue to provide a significant number of<br />
services in North Hampshire, through:<br />
• Individual domiciliary care contracts with the<br />
local authority<br />
• Our contract with Hampshire Supporting People<br />
to provide tenancy-related support<br />
• Private contracts with individuals who pay for<br />
their own support, often with a personalised<br />
budget or direct payment<br />
Stronger links are being developed between the<br />
Hampshire services <strong>and</strong> with Community Learning<br />
Disability Teams across <strong>Surrey</strong>, <strong>and</strong> we are now<br />
receiving expressions of interest <strong>and</strong> referrals from<br />
health professionals.<br />
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Get Involved<br />
Foundation Trust Members’ Day<br />
Thursday 13 September, 4.30 – 8.00pm<br />
S<strong>and</strong>own Park, Portsmouth Road, Esher<br />
Join us for this year’s members day to learn about<br />
some of our key service developments, hear about<br />
our plans for 20<strong>12</strong>/13 <strong>and</strong> meet your Governors<br />
<strong>and</strong> other members. We will have market place<br />
stalls to showcase some of our current service<br />
developments, workshops <strong>and</strong> inspirational<br />
speakers. An early supper will be available from<br />
4.30pm. To book your place please call 01372<br />
216285 or email communications@sabp.nhs.uk<br />
Get Moving 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Saturday 6 October, 10am – 1pm<br />
Priory Park, Reigate Town Centre<br />
Celebrate World Mental Health Day with us this<br />
October by joining us for a 5k stroll (or a jog)<br />
around the scenic Priory Park in Reigate.<br />
Get Moving is<br />
organised each<br />
year to highlight<br />
the link between<br />
physical <strong>and</strong><br />
mental wellbeing<br />
<strong>and</strong> encourage<br />
more of us to get<br />
active. The event<br />
also raises money<br />
for sports activities<br />
<strong>and</strong> equipment<br />
for our community<br />
<strong>and</strong> hospital<br />
teams.<br />
Fiona Edwards, Trust chief<br />
executive, with the Mayor of<br />
Woking<br />
If you would like to take part, please email<br />
getmoving@sabp.nhs.uk or call 01372 216285<br />
for an information pack. If you are unable to join<br />
us on the day but would like to make a donation<br />
please visit www.justgiving.com/sabp<br />
What’s On<br />
Art Without Limitations<br />
Tuesday 21 August – Sunday 9 September<br />
Open: Mon – Sat, 9.30am – 4.30pm<br />
Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford<br />
Artwork from local people who live with<br />
difficulties is to be displayed in a new exhibition<br />
at Guildford Cathedral. Art Without Limitations,<br />
is a free exhibition from local artists, celebrating<br />
the positive contributions made by those who<br />
overcome difficulty.<br />
Council of Governors Meeting<br />
Thursday 13 September, 2pm – 4.30pm<br />
S<strong>and</strong>own Park, Portsmouth Road, Esher<br />
Foundation trust members <strong>and</strong> members of<br />
the public are invited to join our Council of<br />
Governors meeting to hear how the Trust is<br />
performing on key issues.<br />
Epsom Mental Health Week<br />
Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 October<br />
A range of talks, events <strong>and</strong> activities<br />
throughout the week to explore this year’s<br />
topic of Living the pain – Living the joy. For<br />
details of the programme tel: 01372 721518 or<br />
visit www.epsommentalhealthweek.org.uk<br />
If you would like this information in another format such as large print, Braille or easy read or another language<br />
please contact the Community Engagement <strong>and</strong> Membership department on: 01372 216158 or email:<br />
engage@sabp.nhs.uk<br />
<strong>Surrey</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Borders</strong> <strong>Partnership</strong><br />
NHS Foundation Trust<br />
18 Mole Business Park<br />
Leatherhead KT22 7AD<br />
www.sabp.nhs.uk<br />
Tel: 0300 55 55 222<br />
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