Fri

day

09

Jun

e 20

06

Is

sue

No

. 146

If yo

u w

ish

to h

ave

som

ethi

ng f

eatu

red

in a

fut

ure

editi

on o

f as

pire

ple

ase

emai

l mar

tin.s

teve

ns@

asph

.nhs

.uk

or c

all e

xt. 2

163

“Pu

ttin

g p

eop

le a

t th

e h

eart

of

ever

yth

ing

we

do

”

Ther

e ar

e m

any

disc

ount

s av

aila

ble

for

NH

S S

taff

and

a w

hole

list

of

them

is k

ept

on th

e Tr

ust’s

ow

n di

rect

ory

of lo

cal c

ompa

nies

.

The

staf

f D

isco

unts

sec

tion

on

T

rus

tNe

t h

old

s in

form

ati

on

a

bo

ut

rest

aura

nts,

sh

ops

and

othe

r or

gani

satio

ns

that

of

fer a

dis

coun

t to

NH

S s

taff

in t

his

loca

l ar

ea.

You

can

ac

cess

this

list

from

any

PC

w

ithin

the

Trus

t tha

t can

see

Tr

ustN

et.

Sim

ply

clic

k th

e

link

that

sa

ys

‘sta

ff di

scou

nts’

. If

you

know

of

a

loca

l co

mpa

ny t

hat

may

be

able

to

offe

r a

disc

ount

to

NH

S

staf

f an

d th

ey w

ould

like

to

adve

rtise

thi

s w

ith u

s, w

e ca

n ad

d th

em

to

the

dire

ctor

y.

Sim

ply

emai

l as

pire

@as

ph.n

hs.u

k

If D

isco

unts

are

of

inte

rest

yo

u sh

ould

als

o ha

ve a

look

at

NH

Sdi

scou

nts.

com

. Th

ere

are

links

from

ther

e to

pl

aces

lik

e N

HS

E

lect

ric

whe

re

you

can

get

grea

t di

scou

nts

on

all

sorts

of

ho

useh

old

elec

trica

ls.

Mat

ron

Car

ole

Web

ster

is p

ictu

red

here

with

Sta

ff N

urse

La

nny

Bur

ke o

n A

spen

war

d w

here

the

sign

s ar

e

bein

g tr

ialle

d w

ith m

uch

succ

ess.

Plea

se a

sk p

erm

issi

on b

efor

e yo

u en

ter

As

part

of t

he s

peci

al m

onth

- t

he P

rivac

y an

d D

igni

ty g

roup

ha

ve im

plem

ente

d a

trial

of

new

sig

ns o

n A

spen

and

Kes

trel

war

ds t

o he

lp p

atie

nts

pres

erve

the

ir pr

ivac

y w

hen

they

are

be

hind

clo

sed

curta

ins.

Th

e ne

w s

igns

rem

ind

all

who

app

roac

h th

e cl

osed

cur

tain

s th

at th

ey s

houl

d as

k pe

rmis

sion

bef

ore

ente

ring

the

area

. The

tri

al h

as b

een

runn

ing

for

a co

uple

of

wee

ks a

lread

y an

d is

pr

ovin

g ve

ry s

ucce

ssfu

l. Th

e si

gns

are

actin

g as

a re

min

der t

o bo

th s

taff

and

visi

tors

that

the

curta

ins

are

clos

ed fo

r a re

ason

, an

d th

at y

ou s

houl

d al

way

s ch

eck

that

it

is o

kay

to e

nter

be

fore

you

go

thro

ugh.

Th

e si

gns

will

be r

olle

d ou

t acr

oss

all w

ards

in th

e ne

ar fu

ture

as

the

trial

has

bee

n co

nsid

ered

a s

ucce

ss.

Thi

s m

onth

w

e ar

e la

unch

ing

a fo

cus

on

Clin

ical

Car

e, a

nd w

ill b

e co

ncen

tratin

g in

pa

rticu

lar

on

Priv

acy

and

Dig

nity

, P

atie

nt C

omfo

rt an

d P

atie

nt

Nut

ritio

n.

We

a

pp

reci

ate

th

at

ever

yone

is

unde

r a

lot

of

pres

sure

with

in th

e Tr

ust a

t th

e m

omen

t, co

ncen

tratin

g on

cap

acity

, bu

dget

ing

and

futu

re

plan

ning

, bu

t th

e

purp

ose

behi

nd

thes

e th

emed

mon

ths

is t

o re

ally

fo

cus

in

on

the

‘pat

ient

ex

perie

nce’

and

to c

ome

up

with

so

me

mea

sura

ble

impr

ovem

ents

.

Ther

e is

so

me

real

ly

exce

llent

w

ork

goin

g on

ar

ound

th

e Tr

ust

that

w

e kn

ow a

bout

, an

d pr

obab

ly

an a

wfu

l lo

t th

at w

e do

n’t

know

ab

out.

The

purp

ose

behi

nd t

hese

the

mes

is

to

conc

entra

te

on

certa

in

area

s so

th

at

we

can

prod

uce

‘real

’ ou

tcom

es

that

rea

lly d

o im

prov

e ou

r pa

tient

s’

expe

rienc

e w

ith

us.

For

ex

ampl

e,

duri

ng

Com

mun

icat

ions

M

onth

, a

patie

nts’

rela

tive

was

invi

ted

to

the

Med

ical

Uni

t’s J

oint

S

iste

r’s M

eetin

g to

dis

cuss

co

mm

unic

atio

n is

sues

fo

r pa

tient

s w

ith

dem

entia

.

This

was

a r

eally

pos

itive

e

xp

er

ien

ce

, a

s co

mm

unic

atio

n ha

d be

en

poor

, an

d ac

ted

as a

goo

d le

arni

ng t

ool f

or t

he S

iste

rs

and

to

casc

ade

dow

n to

st

aff.

Sim

ilarly

, man

y w

ards

hav

e ha

d a

driv

e on

‘mee

ting

and

gree

ting’

vi

sito

rs

and

patie

nts,

and

our

Mat

rons

ha

ve b

een

on a

ser

ies

of

wal

kabo

uts

to

impr

ove

com

mu

nic

ati

on

w

ith

patie

nts

and

thei

r rel

ativ

es.

Dur

ing

Ris

k M

onth

, th

e C

lin

ica

l S

ite

N

urs

e P

ract

ition

ers

ran

som

e tra

inin

g at

ni

ght

on

fire

evac

uatio

n,

spec

ifica

lly

for

the

nigh

t st

aff

and

a se

ries

of R

isk

Aw

aren

ess

sess

ions

w

as

put

on

by

Col

in

Mat

thew

s an

d M

arty

W

illia

ms

as

part

of

thei

r on

goin

g pr

ogra

mm

e.

This

tim

e ne

xt

mon

th

we

hope

to b

e ab

le to

rep

ort i

n

a si

mila

r w

ay

on

this

m

onth

’s th

eme,

so

put y

our

thin

king

cap

s on

and

let

’s

real

ly fo

cus

in o

n th

ese

key

area

s.

W

e w

ill

be

supp

ortin

g th

e m

onth

with

th

e us

ual D

aily

Tip

s on

the

E

-bul

letin

, st

artin

g ag

ain

this

w

eek,

an

d w

ould

w

elco

me

any

feat

ures

fo

r th

e ne

xt A

spire

Bul

letin

.

Focu

sing

on

Clin

ical

Car

e

Mic

hael

a M

orris

Jo

yce

Win

son

Smith

Con

grat

ulat

ions

to

all t

hose

who

hav

e su

cces

sful

ly c

ompl

eted

thei

r N

VQ

and

w

ho

wer

e pr

esen

ted

with

th

eir

certi

ficat

e at

an

awar

d ce

rem

ony

on

26th

M

ay.

The

certi

ficat

es

wer

e pr

esen

ted

by C

hris

tine

Jone

s (H

ead

of

Wor

kfor

ce

and

Org

anis

atio

nal

Dev

elop

men

t). T

he p

rese

ntat

ion

was

fo

llow

ed

by

lunc

h or

gani

sed

to

cele

brat

e th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of

N

VQ

ca

ndid

ates

w

ho

have

ga

ined

th

eir

awar

ds in

the

past

yea

r.

H/M

CA

D

evel

opm

ent

Sis

ter

Dol

ly

Bha

skar

an s

aid:

“We

are

very

pro

ud o

f al

l ou

r N

VQ

achi

ever

s th

is

year

. C

ongr

atul

atio

ns to

you

all.

” C

are

leve

l 3

Mic

hael

Cra

ig, H

ilda

Millr

oy,

Em

ma

McC

oll

Hea

lth &

Soc

ial C

are

Leve

l 3

Ann

e C

urra

n, R

ose

Fost

er,

Mar

ia H

acke

tt

Car

e Le

vel 2

K

aren

Hud

son,

Sar

ah R

oger

s,

Ang

ela

Wad

e H

ealth

& S

ocia

l Car

e Le

vel 2

M

aure

en B

ush,

Kim

Peg

ado,

M

iche

lle R

awso

n, W

afa

Ibra

him

N

VQ A

sses

sor A

war

d (A

1)

Bak

sho

Bol

ino

(Arn

old

war

d), a

nd

Jane

Sin

clai

r (M

ater

nity

)

NVQ

can

dida

tes

are

pict

ured

her

e w

ith, P

erip

atet

ic N

VQ A

sses

sor S

ue S

haw

, Hea

d of

wor

kfor

ce a

nd

orga

nisa

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t Chr

istin

e Jo

nes

(third

from

righ

t), H

/MC

A D

evel

opm

ent S

iste

r Dol

ly

Bha

skar

an (e

xtre

me

right

)

Con

grat

ulat

ions

on

your

NVQ

!

Dis

coun

ts a

vaila

ble

for a

ll st

aff

Adu

lt Pr

otec

tion

Aw

aren

ess

Wee

k 12

th –

18th

Jun

e A

dult

Pro

tect

ion

Aw

aren

ess

Wee

k w

ill be

ta

king

pl

ace

thro

ugho

ut S

urre

y ne

xt w

eek,

from

12

to 1

8 Ju

ne 2

006

and

is

bein

g co

-ord

inat

ed b

y th

e S

urre

y A

dult

Pro

tect

ion

Com

mitt

ee.

The

cam

paig

n w

ill i

nclu

de a

ran

ge o

f ac

tiviti

es,

invo

lvin

g pa

rtner

age

ncie

s an

d th

e ge

nera

l pu

blic

acr

oss

Sur

rey,

to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

for s

afeg

uard

ing

vuln

erab

le a

dults

. Th

e D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

has

def

ined

a v

ulne

rabl

e ad

ult a

s;

‘A p

erso

n w

ho i

s, o

r m

ay b

e, i

n ne

ed o

f C

omm

unity

Car

e se

rvic

es b

y re

ason

of

men

tal

or o

ther

dis

abili

ty,

age

or

illnes

s.’

The

Sur

rey

Adu

lt P

rote

ctio

n C

omm

ittee

(S

.A.P

.C.)

incl

udes

m

embe

rs f

rom

the

men

tal h

ealth

tru

st,

acut

e ho

spita

l tru

sts,

in

clud

ing

Ashf

ord

& S

t P

eter

’s,

loca

l pr

imar

y ca

re t

rust

s,

incl

udin

g N

orth

Sur

rey

and

Sur

rey

Hea

th a

nd W

okin

g P

CTs

, th

e P

olic

e, lo

cal b

orou

gh c

ounc

ils, S

urre

y C

ount

y C

ounc

il, th

e in

depe

nden

t vol

unta

ry s

ecto

r and

adu

lts a

nd c

omm

unity

car

e.

The

grou

p m

eets

bi

-mon

thly

to

di

scus

s is

sues

ar

ound

vu

lner

able

adu

lts w

hils

t pro

vidi

ng a

rang

e of

trai

ning

sem

inar

s an

d w

orks

hops

. A

Com

mun

icat

ions

and

Pub

licity

sub

-gro

up

also

pro

duce

s in

form

atio

n fo

r sta

ff, m

embe

rs o

f the

pub

lic a

nd

vuln

erab

le a

dults

to id

entif

y an

d re

port

abus

e.

Look

out

for o

ur a

war

enes

s st

ands

in th

e m

ain

rece

ptio

n ar

ea.

Mak

e th

e m

ost o

f it

on 1

4th

June

Th

ere

are

over

38

mill

ion

empt

y se

ats

on th

e U

K’s

roa

ds e

very

day

. Why

not

‘m

ake

the

mos

t of i

t’ by

sha

ring

lifts

? N

atio

nal

lifts

hare

Day

will

be t

akin

g pl

ace

as u

sual

this

yea

r on

14t

h Ju

ne

2006

. Th

e ai

m o

f th

e da

y is

to

cut

CO

2 em

issi

ons

and

cong

estio

n by

20%

by

rais

ing

the

aver

age

car

occu

panc

y fro

m 1

.6 to

2 p

eopl

e on

14t

h Ju

ne.

50%

of c

omm

uter

s sa

y th

ey w

ould

be

willi

ng to

sha

re a

car

if th

ey c

ould

find

so

meo

ne

suita

ble

to

trave

l w

ith.

Why

not

mak

e 14

th J

une

the

day

you

try c

ar s

harin

g?

Infe

ctio

n C

ontr

ol

Plea

se e

nsur

e th

at th

e Pa

tslid

e is

cle

aned

afte

r ev

ery

patie

nt!

The

boun

darie

s of

the

eig

ht n

ew P

CTs

, th

e SH

A a

nd t

he

Am

bula

nce

trust

hav

e be

en a

nnou

nced

. Th

e ne

w S

HA

and

the

new

A

mbu

lanc

e tru

st

will

be

es

tabl

ishe

d,

subj

ect

to

parli

amen

tary

pro

cess

, on

1st J

uly

2006

. K

ent

& M

edw

ay a

nd S

urre

y &

Sus

sex

SH

As

will

mer

ge t

o be

com

e th

e S

outh

Eas

t Coa

st S

HA

. Ken

t, S

urre

y an

d S

usse

x A

mbu

lanc

e se

rvic

es w

ill m

erge

to

form

the

Sou

th E

ast

Coa

st

Am

bula

nce

Serv

ice.

It

is e

xpec

ted

that

the

new

PC

Ts w

ill c

ome

into

effe

ct f

rom

1

Oct

ober

200

6. T

he e

ight

new

PC

Ts c

over

ing

the

Sou

th E

ast

Coa

st S

HA

are

a ar

e sh

own

in t

he m

ap o

ppos

ite,

and

liste

d be

low

. Th

e ne

w P

CTs

will

hel

p m

ake

sure

hea

lth a

nd s

ocia

l ca

re

serv

ices

are

bet

ter

shap

ed a

roun

d th

e ne

eds

and

wis

hes

of

patie

nts.

Clo

ser

alig

nmen

t of t

he N

HS

and

soc

ial s

ervi

ces

will

enab

le m

ore

effe

ctiv

e jo

int

wor

king

in

tack

ling

prio

ritie

s lik

e re

duci

ng h

ealth

ineq

ualit

ies

and

impr

ovin

g ca

re f

or t

hose

with

lo

ng te

rm c

ondi

tions

.

Sha

rps

Awar

enes

s D

ays

Com

e al

ong

and

see

the

stan

ds n

ext

wee

k an

d he

lp re

duce

the

risk

of a

sh

arps

inju

ry a

nd le

arn

mor

e ab

out

shar

ps a

war

enes

s.

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onda

y 12

th J

une

2006

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t Pet

er’s

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r The

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y 13

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une

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for D

iabe

tes

- Brit

ish

10k,

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don

– S

unda

y 2n

d Ju

ly 2

006

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ture

d he

re a

re th

e te

am th

at ra

ised

ove

r £5,

500

by ta

king

par

t in

last

yea

r’s ra

ce.

Twel

ve v

ery

spec

ial

mod

els

donn

ed a

de

light

ful

asso

rtmen

t of

pin

k br

as a

nd

pose

d fo

r al

l th

e w

orld

to

see

in a

sp

ecia

l “2

006

in t

he P

ink”

cal

enda

r –

and

thei

r bra

vado

has

rais

ed £

6,20

0!

Apa

rt fro

m th

e 12

“in

the

pink

” pi

ctur

es

the

cale

ndar

als

o ca

rrie

d in

form

atio

n ab

out

brea

st c

ance

r an

d th

e w

ork

of

Ms

Shr

otria

’s

unit.

Th

e m

oney

w

as

pres

ente

d to

Con

sulta

nt S

urge

on M

s S

unita

Shr

otria

at

Ash

ford

Hos

pita

l on

26th

May

. Th

e m

oney

will

go to

war

ds

an £

8,00

0 “M

icro

-air”

mac

hine

whi

ch is

us

ed in

reco

nstru

ctio

n su

rger

y.

Spe

lthor

ne

coun

cillo

r Is

obel

N

appe

r, m

ade

the

pres

enta

tion

whe

n sh

e an

d ot

her

“cal

enda

r gi

rl” J

anet

Cla

rke

of

Che

rtsey

vis

ited

the

Bre

ast U

nit.

A

lso

pres

ent

was

Dr

Bria

n P

erry

of

Pro

ctor

&

G

ambl

e w

ho

fund

ed

the

cale

ndar

’s p

rintin

g co

st t

oget

her

with

M

idas

Plu

s Fu

ndra

isin

g an

d th

e R

otar

y C

lub

of S

tain

es.

The

cale

ndar

had

a

6,00

0 pr

int-r

un.

Des

ign

and

phot

os

wer

e pr

ovid

ed fr

eely

by

Stu

art S

cott

of

Man

or L

ane,

Sta

ines

with

lig

htin

g by

A

dam

Tre

wat

ha.

Sai

d M

s S

hrot

ria: “

I am

so

plea

sed

that

th

is

cale

ndar

w

as

such

a

grea

t su

cces

s. A

t the

tim

e I t

houg

ht it

was

a

very

cou

rage

ous

idea

and

the

fin

ishe

d pr

oduc

t w

as

both

at

trac

tive

and

info

rmat

ive.

Th

eir

effo

rts

are

muc

h ap

prec

iate

d an

d w

ill e

nabl

e us

to b

uy a

m

icro

air

mac

hine

. W

e ha

ve a

lon

g

way

to g

o w

ith o

ur fu

nd r

aisi

ng b

ut w

e w

ill ne

ver

forg

et

that

th

is

was

th

e ch

eque

that

got

the

ball

rollin

g!”

This

spe

cial

pie

ce o

f equ

ipm

ent i

s us

ed

in

reco

nstru

ctio

n su

rger

y to

re

fine

brea

st t

issu

e to

giv

e it

a m

ore

true

to

form

app

eara

nce.

Bei

ng in

pin

k pa

id o

ff!

Dr B

rian

Per

ry o

f Pro

ctor

& G

ambl

e, C

onsu

ltant

Sur

geon

Ms

Sun

ita S

hrot

ria,

Spe

lthor

ne C

ounc

illor

Isob

el N

appe

r and

“cal

enda

r girl

” Jan

et C

lark

e ha

ndin

g ov

er

£6,2

00 ra

ised

form

the

sale

of t

he c

alen

dar g

irls

cale

ndar

to M

s S

hrot

ria in

one

of

the

anae

sthe

tic ro

oms

at A

shfo

rd H

ospi

tal.

They

als

o ga

ve M

s S

hrot

ria

a so

uven

ir co

py o

f the

cal

enda

r.

Frie

nds

host

a w

ine

tast

ing

The

Frie

nds

of S

t. P

eter

’s a

re h

ostin

g a

win

e ta

stin

g ev

enin

g on

22n

d Ju

ne a

t 7.

30pm

in t

he P

ost

Gra

duat

e E

duca

tion

Cen

tre a

t S

t. P

eter

’s.

Tick

ets

are

£10

each

and

the

mon

ey w

ill g

o to

war

ds th

e Fr

iend

s’ o

n-go

ing

wor

k to

hel

p up

-dat

e st

aff a

reas

this

yea

r.

Con

tact

the

Frie

nds

shop

at

the

mai

n en

tranc

e of

St.

Pet

er’s

for t

icke

ts.

Als

o do

n’t

forg

et t

hat

the

Frie

nds

are

havi

ng

a ba

rn

danc

e on

1s

t Ju

ly.

Tick

ets

for

this

ar

e al

so

£10

and

avai

labl

e fro

m

the

shop

. Th

e B

arn

Dan

ce

will

be

he

ld

at

The

Bar

n,

Har

dwic

k C

ourt

Farm

, Har

dwic

k La

ne

in C

herts

ey.