Heartbeat July 2018

Angharad Macgregor, Head of Clinical Effectiveness
This month we welcome Angharad
Macgregor to the SWBH family as our
new head of clinical effectiveness, who
joins us with 17 years’ NHS experience.
Angharad studied psychology at Aston
University before joining the research
department at North Birmingham Mental
Health Trust. She later moved to South
Birmingham Mental Health Trust in a
governance role and has remained in the
field ever since. She spent 14 months as a
governance coordinator at University Hospitals
Birmingham before returning to the newly
formed Birmingham and Solihull Mental
Health Trust as head of governance.
So what does the head of clinical effectiveness
role entail?
Angharad said: “I oversee a team of five, and
we are mainly responsible for managing all of
the nationally mandated clinical audits for the
trust – of which there are currently 79.
“Most bodies have a national audit for their
area, for example stroke. We coordinate the
data collection for the audit and ensure its
submitted by the deadline. Once we receive
the results, we see what we can improve
upon to make a difference to our patients’
experience.
“The audits use a mixture of information,
which includes colleagues opinions, reported
patient outcomes and clinical practice, such as
a count of how many procedures we carried
out and if they were carried out on time
following an agreed standard.
“My role also involves overseeing mortality
and our library services.”
So what attracted Angharad to our
organisation?
“I really liked the feel of the hospitals,” she
told Heartbeat.
“Everyone is intent on delivering good quality
care, even though the infrastructure isn’t quite
what it should be.
“I am delighted to be here and I am looking
forward to seeing how we can move forward
to be dynamic and diverse within the
emerging quality improvement landscape.
“I am also looking forward to working with
the library services team. We have a fantastic
library at Sandwell Hospital and a slightly
underused one at City Hospital.
"Both are open to students and colleagues,
whilst we are also now looking to expand our
reach to patients too.
“We have a number of resources on
improving your health, such as well-being and
the team can also assist patients to search for
literature which will help them to understand
their illness more and in some cases help them
to manage it better.”
Angharad Macgregor has joined as our new
head of clinical effectiveness
Wave goodbye to…
Dave Purvis,
Theatre Orderlies Team Leader
Theatre Orderlies Team Leader, Dave
Purvis has waved goodbye to our
organisation after an incredible 37 years
of service.
His colleagues in theatres arranged a surprise
leaving party for him, which took place at
Sandwell Hospital at the end of June. The
turnout at his party showed how much he
was appreciated by his colleagues and Dave
was gobsmacked at the gifts he received
from the team.
Dave’s duties included fetching patients from
the ward to bring them to theatre for their
operations, with the patients often arriving
with a smile on their face after being in
Dave’s company.
Terry January, Deputy Lead Practitioner in
Theatres told Heartbeat more about
Dave: “He would always chat to patients as
he accompanied them to theatre; he was
really good at putting them at ease.
“He treated everyone as if they were his
family and he always had time to listen to
other people’s problems.”
After 37 years of pushing patients to and
from theatre on trolleys, you can be forgiven
for thinking Dave might be putting his feet
up during his retirement, however, he is
planning to spend more time pursuing his
two great loves, cricket and rugby.
Good luck Dave – we wish you a happy and
healthy retirement.
Colleagues arranged a surprise leaving party for Theatre Orderlies Team Leader, Dave Purvis
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