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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Issue 8 • Spring 2015 GP News Electronic prescribing is rolling out across Trust Pictured are Richard Rees-Jones, lead nurse for informatics helping Kaylie McGivern, the first staff nurse to be trained to use the new electronic prescribing system on her drugs round visiting patient Carolyn Stell. Electronic prescribing got underway at Airedale Hospital this month (March) when it was piloted on two trauma orthopaedic wards (9 and 18) before being gradually rolled out to the whole Trust once any teething problems have been ironed out. The aim is to help reduce any transcribing errors, creating an overall improvement in patient safety and greater efficiency for clinicians. Staff are being released from their clinical duties to be trained in the new system using TPP’s SystmOne technology and a new IT training centre will open next month on site (April) so they can spend time developing their technology skills. New dementia crisis prevention team A new team has been set up to help patients with dementia or memory problems avoid getting into an unnecessary crisis. This is a partnership venture between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford District Care Trust and the Alzheimer’s Society looking at coordinating the care of patients so they can remain safely at home. The team includes community mental health nurses, community staff nurses, occupational therapists, dementia support workers and community support workers covering Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven. They support the family and their carer, develop integrated care plans and provide support to promote independence and self-care. Referrals can be made if a patient has dementia or a cognitive impairment and one of more of these issues: • reduction in independence • home safety concerns • breakdown in care support networks • physical health issues • frequent contact with healthcare professionals or support agencies • at risk of an avoidable admission to hospital or care home • requires an integrated care plan to avoid crisis. For non-urgent referrals, Monday- Friday, 9am-5pm, tel: 01756 702347 or 01756 702342 or use a referral form and fax to 01756 796073. For out-of-hours/urgent referrals, tel: 01535 292797 or fax 01535 293733. Craven patients’ cardiac boost Around 200 patients living in the Craven area can now use a cardiac rehabilitation service in their community to help them and their families be fully supported in recovery following a heart attack, cardiac stenary or heart surgery. Run by members of the community cardiac rehabilitation specialist nurses team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, the service previously covered Airedale and Wharfedale, but thanks to extra funding it has now been extended into Craven. The service now includes a cardiac rehabilitation exercise programme for patients at Broughton Community Centre in Skipton – besides the ones in Keighley and at Airedale Hospital. Nicola Drake, cardiac rehabilitation clinical lead at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The new class will make such a difference to patients in Craven. They can get support much closer to their homes which will be a huge benefit to them and their rehabilitation.” The cardiac rehabilitation team has also started a new ‘Healthy Heart Programme’ at Airedale Hospital to help patients manage their condition better. YOUR HOSPITAL In the Community
Patients satisfied in survey of Emergency Department care Karl Mainprize Welcome to this edition Welcome to the spring 2015 edition of GP News. Some highlights of this issue are: we have developed a new dementia crisis team working in the community, in partnership with Bradford District Care Trust and the Alzheimer’s Society, to help patients with dementia or memory problems remain safely at home; an automated dispensing robot is joining our pharmacy team to speed up the delivery of medicines so patients can go home sooner; wifi is being introduced on our wards which will be welcomed by many of our inpatients; outpatients can now use touchscreens to check-in to their appointments at Airedale, Coronation Hospital and Skipton Hospital which should mean less queuing and early results of our Gold Line service to help palliative care patients are very positive. It was good to see that our telemedicine service featured as a case study in The Kings Fund’s national publication ‘The Future is Now’ which showcases examples of how delivery of care has been changed for the better in pockets of the country. Working with technical partners Involve, we now provide this service to around 300 care homes nationwide to help relieve pressures on urgent care services. NHS England has now published more information about their New Models of Care Programme and I have had some very exciting and positive discussions with GPs about working differently on a new extensivist and enhanced primary care clinical solution. If you have any thoughts about new ways of working you can email me directly at karl.mainprize@anhst.nhs.uk. Likewise if you have any concerns or comments about anything featured in this magazine or issues that are on your mind. Best wishes, Karl Mainprize medical director 2 Patients said they were satisfied overall with the length of time their visit to Airedale’s Emergency Department lasted and that the doctors and nurses did not talk to each other as if they were not there as part of the latest national A&E survey for the Trust, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The independent survey asked patients who visited the Help was on hand from Airedale’s audiology team during an awareness event for people struggling to cope with tinnitus. It coincided with national Tinnitus Awareness Week (2-8 February) and New patient service manager Andy O’Dwyer, pictured right, has been employed to work within the medicines discipline. He is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of services, working closely alongside the matrons and consultants, driving improvements to patient care. His areas of responsibility include diabetes, endocrinology, haematology, oncology, palliative care, stroke and elderly medical. For the past 12 years Andy department during March 2014 what they thought about their care and treatment. Other positive findings were: patients said they received the results of their tests before leaving the A&E department and that staff explained the results of the tests in a way they could understand. Rob Dearden, director of nursing at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH TINNITUS Jo Brooks, a senior audiologist at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust included a talk by senior audiologist Katie Davenport who said they support people by using education, reassurance, relaxation, counselling and sound therapy. Katie said: “Providing patients Patient service manager worked at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, most recently as business manager for Acute, Specialty, Elderly and Emergency Medicine. His initial priorities are the development of geriatric services both in the acute trust and across the community, collaborative work to provide the best possible care for patients who have had a suspected stroke or TIA and the on-going development of the Haematology Oncology Day Unit (HODU). said: “The areas highlighted for improvement are in the main connected to the environment and facilities, for example, not having enough privacy when discussing their condition with reception staff. We hope our new Emergency Department, which opened after the report was published, will make a huge difference to our patients’ experience.” with information and support about tinnitus can really make a difference to their lives. It must be very difficult never being able to enjoy silence and the worst time is usually at night when there is a lack of other noise.”
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