Focus Magazine - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Focus Magazine - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Focus Magazine - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chaplaincy team leader and MuslimImam Mohammed Arshad is picturedwelcoming three new chaplains to theFoundation Trust’s chaplaincy team.Joe Fielder, the Christianchaplain, will work full-timecovering all the Christiandenominations, while HoshiarSingh, the new Sikh chaplainand Murari Gupta, the newHindu chaplain, will work parttime.Murari is already a familiarface at the BRI having been achaplaincy volunteer for the pastseven years.All three chaplains agreedthat it was a “great privilegeto help the Foundation Trustimprove the care that it gives toits patients.”Imam Arshad added: ”I hopethat the new chaplains will beable to contribute positively topatients’ experiences as well asplay a part in supporting thestaff.”If you are a patient or a relativeof someone in hospital and wantto talk to a chaplain, please ask amember of staff or call 365819.GIFT: from left, JosieWatson, Sue Barnes, fromSANDS, Julie Cadman,BRI bereavement supportmidwife, and MichelleBarrett of SANDS.Bradford SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity) have madetheir first major donation with the gift of a cold cot to Bradford RoyalInfirmary’s birth centre and labour ward.The cold cot, which is a steel-typemattress that lies under a Mosesbasket, means that more parentswho go through a stillbirth canhave longer to say goodbye totheir babies.Bereavement support midwifeFOCUS August 2013 page 22Julie Cadman, said: “We areincredibly grateful to SANDS andits local members for donatingthis state-of-the-art cold cot to ourmaternity services.“For families who lose a child,the cot will give them moretime to be together with theirbaby and enable them to say apersonal goodbye and will be verymuch appreciated by parents whofind themselves in these tragiccircumstances.”The presentation took place inthe new Snowdrop bereavementsuite which was recentlyrefurbished and which helps to givebereaved families increased privacyand dignity as it enables them tospend valuable time with theirbaby in homely surroundings.“SANDS also donated some ofthe equipment in the SnowdropSuite and we are extremely gratefulfor their on-going support tomaternity services” added Julie.
By ProfessorAndrew WrightIt is well recognised that ultraviolet light from either sun or sun beds isa major factor in causing skin cancer and that the number of people withskin cancers is continuing to rise. However, ultraviolet light is also goodfor us, helping to produce the important vitamin D in our skin.There is increasing awareness ofthe importance of this vitaminto general well-being anddermatologists are adoptinga balanced approach to sunexposure and advising peopleto both limit their risk of skincancer but reap the benefits oflimited sun exposure.The advice we currentlyprovide through our service is asfollows:Vitamin D:■ Helps regulate amount ofcalcium and phosphate,needed to help keep bonesand teeth healthy.■ Recent research suggests alink between cancer survivaland vitamin D.Should I take vitamin Dsupplements?■ Vitamin D supplements andexcessive amounts in yourdiet can possibly cause harmif taken in large amountswithout medical guidance.■ Talk to your GP or skin cancerteam for further advice beforetaking supplements.■ It has been said that theexposure of just 20% ofthe body surface to directsunlight can be a good wayof increasing your bloodconcentrations of vitamin D.■ Therefore, whatever thefindings it should beremembered that a walk inthe open air, taking steps toavoid burning, exposing 20%of the skin, people can get abalance between skin cancerprevention and enjoying thegood effects of the sun.Therefore:■ Access to sunlight is importantto ensure sufficient vitamin D■ Everyday casual skin exposuree.g. 20% rather thansunbathing will probably givemost people enough vitamin D.However, the amount ofsun needed to make enoughvitamin D is always lessthan the amount that causestanning or sunburn.FOCUS August 2013 page 23
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By ProfessorAndrew WrightIt is well recognised that ultraviolet light from either sun or sun beds isa major factor in causing skin cancer and that the number of people withskin cancers is continuing to rise. However, ultraviolet light is also goodfor us, helping to produce the important vitamin D in our skin.There is increasing awareness ofthe importance of this vitaminto general well-being anddermatologists are adoptinga balanced approach to sunexposure and advising peopleto both limit their risk of skincancer but reap the benefits oflimited sun exposure.The advice we currentlyprovide through our service is asfollows:Vitamin D:■ Helps regulate amount ofcalcium and phosphate,needed to help keep bonesand teeth healthy.■ Recent research suggests alink between cancer survivaland vitamin D.Should I take vitamin Dsupplements?■ Vitamin D supplements andexcessive amounts in yourdiet can possibly cause harmif taken in large amountswithout medical guidance.■ Talk to your GP or skin cancerteam for further advice beforetaking supplements.■ It has been said that theexposure of just 20% ofthe body surface to directsunlight can be a good wayof increasing your bloodconcentrations of vitamin D.■ Therefore, whatever thefindings it should beremembered that a walk inthe open air, taking steps toavoid burning, exposing 20%of the skin, people can get abalance between skin cancerprevention and enjoying thegood effects of the sun.Therefore:■ Access to sunlight is importantto ensure sufficient vitamin D■ Everyday casual skin exposuree.g. 20% rather thansunbathing will probably givemost people enough vitamin D.However, the amount ofsun needed to make enoughvitamin D is always lessthan the amount that causestanning or sunburn.FOCUS August 2013 page 23
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