Your name here?

As part of our preparations ahead of the major construction phase on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site, we're asking you to put forward suggestions for the name of the new main building - currently known as the MCEC (maternity, children's, emergency and critical care centre).

We are looking for a name that:

• is clear, logical and descriptive
• will stand the test of time
• preserves the existing overall positive regard for our hospitals
• follows UHD corporate guidelines (see intranet for details)
• reflects Dorset's heritage.

Putting forward a name is simple – just send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. under the subject heading 'RBH 'big build' naming', together with your role and location, by 14 May.

RBH: Covid-19 screening team relocation and collection of Covid swabs

The Covid-19 screening team is relocating from ward 7 to the drive-through facility in car park B today (30 April). This will enable ward 7 to re-open for orthopaedic surgery patients.

Genexpert (fast track, red top) and Samba swabs should be collected from the Samba Suite located on the ground floor of the east wing, near AMU, on a named patient basis.

Please bleep the co-ordinator who will authorise the release of those swabs.

Today is last chance to share your views on the trust since merger – how does it feel?

Six months on from our merger, we're continuing to transform our services as we move towards a planned care site and emergency care site in 2025/26.

Today (30 April) is the last day to take part in a short survey to tell us how it feels working for UHD since the merger and to give your views on a range of topics, including our new vision and values, teams coming and working together, what transformation means to you, compassion towards patients and each other, and whether you feel able to lead change.

Lateral flow tests for pregnant women

In line with national guidance, from 4 May we will be asking women to take a Covid lateral flow test 24 hours before their outpatient, community and scan appointments and show their results when booking in. Support partners should also take a test.

Information about how women and partners should book a test, as well as a patient information leaflet and FAQs, is available on our website – www.uhd.nhs.uk/services/maternity

Tools for staff, including national guidance, are available on the covid pages of the intranet.

Update: Littledown parking permits

Just over half of the available 100 extra parking permits at the Littledown Centre for non-clinical RBH staff are left since they were offered last week – there is still chance to apply, but please don't delay.

Staff taking up these spaces free up a valuable parking space on the RBH site for clinical staff who care for patients. This scheme has been prompted by the transformation works underway to create the new maternity, children, emergency and critical care centre (MCEC), and which has reduced the amount of parking spaces at the RBH site.

The Littledown permits give access to a designated space between 6am and 10.15pm on weekdays, and between 8am to 6pm on Saturdays.

To apply, staff will need to already hold a full RBH parking permit, and should email the travel team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

BAME staff network open forum today - Covid-19, one year on

The UHD BAME staff network open forum will be reflecting on Covid-19 and how it has affected us all over the last year at today's (30 April) forum, from 3-4.30pm. This will be an opportunity to share experiences of the pandemic at work and beyond. All staff across the trust are welcome to join the event on Microsoft Teams, using this link. If you have any questions about the event or are interested in sharing your experiences, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thank you to our bank staff colleagues

When we offered a wellbeing day this year for our substantive staff, we also wanted to show our appreciation and thanks to our bank-only staff whose contribution was so important in helping us get through the last year. This has obviously been a very challenging time for everyone working across UHD and our bank staff have played a vital role - working extremely flexibly, often in new areas with a different shift pattern, supporting our collective response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Without set hours, providing 'time off' is obviously not an option for these colleagues, so instead, we shall be issuing a £30 voucher as a gift, that these bank staff will be able to claim instead. This will be from Love2Shop which can be used in over 20,000 stores across the UK. Further details about how to claim the voucher will be shared across our communication channels shortly.

Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do.

Standing with our colleagues in India

Debbie Fleming, our chief executive, offers her full support for all our colleagues affected by the awful situation in India with the surge in Covid cases. This is a distressing time for many staff worrying about friends and family, and our thoughts and prayers are with them all. Watch her video message here.

Building confidence and skills in everyday maths for #NationalNumeracyDay

UHD has signed up as champions in support of National Numeracy Day on 19 May.

Our education teams wants to empower all staff to improve their number confidence and skills. Whether for home finances, work and supporting children in your care to learn, the National Numeracy Challenge can help. It's a free and easy-to-use website for improving your number confidence and skills.

Events for staff will also be taking place here at UHD on 19 May from 7.30am-3.30pm in seminar room 1 in the education centre at Poole Hospital – look out for more new on these soon.

New information asset register – now live

The trust's new information asset register (IAR) is now available for use. The trust has defined information assets as electronic databases (and their components) that contain person identifiable data (PID), and business-critical electronic databases which do not contain PID but where loss of access would result in a moderate or greater risk.

Our purpose-built in-house register will support information asset owners and administrators to centrally record and manage details about information assets.

The new IAR should be accessed via Google Chrome using this link, which is also available via managed bookmarks under workforce systems. A guidebook is available on the intranet and the information governance team is also working hard to produce tutorial videos to further support users. To coincide with the roll-out of the new IAR, updated training for IAOs and IAAs will be available on 7 and 11 May.

If you have any queries, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

POOLE: Thank you to Caroline

After 13 years at Poole Hospital and 36 years in the NHS, Caroline Macpherson, breast cancer nurse specialist, is retiring. Caroline is an amazing nurse and wonderful role model. She has contributed so much the breast cancer service showing true leadership and always with a smile on her face. We wish her well and will miss her loads. Oncology team, Poole Hospital

Appointment of group director of operations for specialties

Congratulations to Sarah Macklin, who has been appointed care group director of operations for specialties, following a nine month interim period in the role.

Resources ahead of next week's Deaf Awareness Week

UHD is proud to partner with WeSupportDeafAwareness to bring staff a free training resource to help support colleagues and patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The training is online and takes around 1.5 hours to complete over 12 modules, including a quiz. It covers topics including:

• ​what's it like being deaf - a personal story
• deaf statistics
• types of deafness and the different hearing categories
• the signs that someone is hard of hearing
• the tools that the deaf and hard of hearing use day-to-day
• tips in communicating face to face, video calls and on the telephone.

Click this link and use code UHDNHSFT to access the training.

Look out for awareness stands around the trust all next week.

Counter fraud – here for you

Your local counter fraud specialists (LCFS) help us to comply with legislation, but are also here to investigate claims of wrongdoing.

We need you to report any issues you see in your day-to-day role, around our sites.

Do you feel as though you know enough about fraud and bribery to be able to spot the signs? Click on this link to watch our training video. We are also available to host training on site and via Microsoft Teams.

Our local counter fraud specialists will always listen if you feel unsure about anything, no matter how uncertain you are - and your report will always be treated in confidence.

Contact them using the details below:

Matt Wilson

Mobile: 07484 040691

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or

Heather Greenhowe

Mobile: 07800 617146

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Reminder: new DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) guidelines

New DVT and PE guidelines were introduced on Monday using age adjusted D-dimer for patients over 50. You can see the guidelines on the anticoagulation and thrombosis policies page of the RBCH intranet.

Leading teams through change workshops – new dates

Are you leading a team through change? Join one of our leadership development workshops to gain some knowledge and tips around leading through times of uncertainty.

The workshops are also a great opportunity to network with other leaders across UHD. We have more workshop dates available on 7 and 25 May and 8 June - if you would like to book, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

RBCH – fridge, cold room and air con maintenance

Engineers from Epta UK (formerly Cold Service) will be at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals from 10 May for approximately three weeks.

They will be carrying out routine maintenance inspections and cleaning of refrigerators, freezers, cold rooms and ceiling/wall mounted air conditioning units, starting at the Royal Bournemouth and then moving on to Christchurch.

The engineers will contact department heads before commencing work in their areas, please ensure they have access to all units held within your departments and if you are experiencing any problems please let them know.

If you have any problems during this visit then contact Andy Wilson on ext 4291 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Find out how our staff are supporting the roll-out of the Dorset Care Record (DCR)

Fiona White, medicines management technician, and Dr Mike Bayne, consultant oncologist, are both featured in the latest set of case studies showcasing how DCR is helping to join patient records and systems together. You can read their contributions here.

Roadworks – stay up-to-date

There's new way to find out about planned roadworks and closures in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are. One.Network is a map-based resource that is regularly updated by BCP Council with activity affecting travel around the area, and can show events for the current day, the next few weeks or even a year ahead. Click here to visit it.

Welcoming back our returning volunteers

While our much-valued volunteers are still unable to help on wards, they are active around the trust in a range of supporting roles.

To support their safe return, a process is now in place that must be followed, which includes training.

If you are contacted directly by a volunteer please do not agree for your volunteer to return without contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (RBCH) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Poole).

If you have any non-clinical roles that volunteers can help with in a Covid-secure area please use the same details to contact us and we can look to provide additional support. Volunteer shifts are 8-11am, 11am-2pm, and 2-5pm.

Roles do not replace any paid staff duties, but volunteers can support with the following examples:

• some clerical duties, eg shredding, filing, making up packs, photocopying
• marshalling or wayfinding for clinics, ensuring patients get to their appointment on time
• collecting relatives/partners from separate waiting areas to join patients for their appointments
• High touch point cleaning to maintain safety, e.g. chairs, desks, door handles.

RBH: Reminder - extra spaces available at the Littledown

Extra designated car parking spaces are now available at the Littledown Centre. We are offering these to non-clinical staff only so we can free up car parking space on site for staff dealing directly with patients and visitors. Read more here.

Missed the Schwartz round on workplace behaviours?

If you were unable to attend last Friday's Schwartz round on behaviours in the workplace, you can catch up on it here.

The Schwartz round is a series of themed events giving you the chance to hear from colleagues about a range of topics and take part in thought-provoking discussions.

All staff briefing now available to view

 Thanks to everyone who attended our online staff briefing earlier this week. You can now watch the whole event, in which our chief executive, Debbie Fleming, and chairman, David Moss, cover a range of topics, including the Covid-19 pandemic, an operational update and future development plans, and answer your questions. Catch up on this link, or view the slides here.

POOLE: Reminder - remembering Jane today

Former Poole Hospital head of chaplaincy Canon Jane Lloyd's funeral cortege will stop outside the hospital on Longfleet Road for a few moments today (23 April) at around 1.20pm for colleagues, socially distanced, to pay their respects. The funeral cortege will continue on to St. Nicholas' Church in Corfe Mullen for a private family funeral service and later interment at Wimborne Cemetery.

Saving Lives data – please submit on time

Please remember that all Saving Lives data must be submitted on or before the first Wednesday of each month, (i.e. the data for May must be submitted by Wednesday 5 May 2021, data for June must be submitted by Wednesday 2 June 2021, etc).

Any data submitted after the first Wednesday of the relevant month will not be included for that month.

POOLE: Have you seen missing recovery blanket?

Our recovery team is on the lookout for a soft blue plastic recovery blanket used to keep patients warm post surgery. If you have seen it (pictured right) please return it to the team, in main theatres.

Reminder: ICE system outage tomorrow

ICE OrderComms system will be unavailable tomorrow (24 April) between 8am and 2pm for a scheduled system upgrade. Please use your established contingency plans for pathology and radiology requesting, i.e. use paper request forms. During the outage:

• Pathology and Radiology results will continue to be available via EPR
• Pathology and Radiology results will continue to be available via SystemOne at the GP practices

POOLE: It's curtains for bed curtains next week

Curtains are being replaced as part of our regular changeover programme all next week (26-30 April). If you have any questions please contact Michal Rybak, facilities support assistant, on ext. 2725 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Supporting staff who are reservists, veterans or immediate family members of the armed forces

Our new armed forces support group meets via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 29 April at 12.30pm. We would like to invite colleagues from Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch to join us. For more details contact Nick Williams (RBH portering manager) on ext. 4157 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

New DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) guidelines

New DVT and PE guidelines launch on Monday 26 April using age adjusted D-dimer for patients over 50. You can see the guidelines on the anticoagulation policies page of the RBCH intranet.

Job of the week: workforce systems administrator

Do you have experience of working with the ESR/Health Roster workforce systems? Are you approachable and understanding with a passion to make a difference?

As an innovative individual you will provide technical and administrative support and contribute to the continued development and evaluation of workforce systems providing support to managers and employees. The workforce systems administrator requires highly effective communication and planning skills and the ability to work in a complex workforce environment. Above all we are looking for the right individual with a proven track record of excellent interpersonal skills.

This is a fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Awareness displays in the trust

We are now able to take bookings again if you wish to use our public spaces (the dome display area at Poole Hospital and the atrium at the Royal Bournemouth) for awareness stands. Please note it is the responsibility of the services and those booking these spaces to ensure they do not affect our ability to adhere to and promote social distancing and infection prevention and control practices. To book a stand email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Should uniforms be standardised across the NHS? - consultation

There are more than 30,000 different uniforms for staff across the NHS, costing nationally over £23m a year. Should uniforms be standardised by role, and will this help with patient safety and improve sustainability? Learn more about your uniforms and take part in an NHS supply Chain consultation here.

Care first webinar

Care first, our employee assistance programme provider, hosts a regular series of webinars. Today (23 April) you can learn how weather can affect our mood and behaviour by joining the 30 minute webinar which starts at 12noon.

Think big to tackle our waiting lists

We need to "think big" if we are to tackle our growing waiting lists. Staff from UHD joined our partners and healthcare colleagues from across Dorset at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) last week to plan how we can do this to help care for our patients needing treatment. We had to cancel many outpatient appointments over the last year because our focus was on Covid-19 and providing emergency care so a lot of our elective activity was stopped. Our waiting list is now around 45,000 patients.

We need to come up with a way for our clinical staff to treat more patients. The priorities discussed were how to create a safe environment for our staff to provide face-to-face care for these patients, while also providing privacy and dignity in a Covid-secure way. We also need to ensure any plans provide support for our own staff wellbeing.

The discussions also focused on where we could provide this care. We considered different locations both within our hospitals and also within the community, including proposals of a "health pop-up village". The BIC was the perfect location for our meeting as it is where Dorset's large vaccination centre is based and we were able to learn a lot from the way Dorset HealthCare planned to see large numbers of people here in a safe way.

All the options discussed are now being developed to work out the best plan for all our patients and for our staff, with feedback from our partners and the many staff groups from across UHD who attended, including patient, operational, IT, outpatient, support staff as well clinical colleagues. The outpatient departments represented included dermatology, ENT, OMF, breast screening and orthopaedics.

This think big initiative follows on from our work to contact all the outpatients on our waiting lists to help us validate our lists to give a more accurate view of our clinical priorities.

- Mark Mould, chief operating officer

Watch a short film about think big here.

Time running out to apply for a Littledown parking permit

A third of the available 100 extra parking permits at the Littledown Centre for non-clinical RBH staff have already been taken since being offered last week – please don't delay if you would like to apply.

By taking up these spaces you free up a valuable parking space on the RBH site for clinical staff who care for patients. This scheme has been prompted by the building works underway to create the new maternity, children, emergency and critical care centre, and which have reduced the amount of parking spaces at the RBH site.

The Littledown permits run until March 2024 and give access to a designated parking area between 6am and 10.15pm on weekdays, and between 8am to 6pm on Saturdays - they cannot be used on Sundays.

To apply, staff will need to already hold a permit to park and should email the travel team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Calling all infection prevention and control champions

Find out about plans for the year ahead and share your views on how to make infection prevention and control more effective at a Teams event on 5 May from 1-2pm. Speak to your matron for an invitation.

Friday's BAME network forum – Covid-19, one year on

All staff across UHD are invited to Friday's (30 April) UHD BAME staff network open forum, this time reflecting on Covid-19 and how it has affected us all over the last year. The forum, from 3-4pm, is an opportunity to share experiences of the pandemic at work and beyond. If you have any questions about the event or are interested in sharing your experiences, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. You can join the event on Teams here.

Apply for NHS clinical fellows scheme

Applications are invited for a new and exciting fellowship scheme for aspiring clinical leaders. The NHS Regional Clinical Fellowship Scheme is open to doctors in training, dentists, pharmacists, allied health professionals, nurses, midwives, and healthcare scientists who are keen to increase their leadership capabilities and have not held a senior leadership role previously.

The scheme is sponsored by NHS England and NHS Improvement and is produced and managed by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Applications must be received by 9am on 4 May – more information here.

ICYMI: Watch the latest all staff briefing

Catch up with Debbie Fleming, our chief executive, and chairman, David Moss, and hear a range of updates from Covid-19 to operational priorities from last week's briefing - cllick here for the video or here for the slides.

Twilight Walk for Women's Health – sign up

This year's Twilight Walk for Women's Health is a little different. Instead of a single, physical event, supporters are asked to complete a 1km, 5km or 10km walk between 4-7 June at a location of their choice. Everyone can take part in this fun, family-friendly walk suitable for all ages.

For more information click here.

Support workers – have your say

Health Education England would like to hear from healthcare support workers in a range of roles about their experiences of training, education and development, specifically around Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

More information and the anonymous survey, which should be completed by 21 May, are available here.

Applied Research Collaborations funding opportunities targeting specific national challenges and deliver impact

If you want to find out more about the work of the NIHR Wessex Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) and funding opportunities to address specific national challenges and deliver impact, help is at hand.

The Dorset ICS Innovation Hub Programme Group, hosted by University Hospitals Dorset, is holding an open meeting on the 11 May from 1-1.45pm.

There's a chance to hear from Professor Alison Richardson, director, NIHR ARC Wessex, on NIHR Wessex Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) and funding opportunities to address specific national challenges and deliver impact

If you are interested in learning more from Alison and the team, join the event here.

For more information contact Sarah Chessell, head of innovation and Dorset ICS Innovation Hub lead, via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Reminder: new armed forces support group meeting

Our new armed forces support group meets via Microsoft Teams on Thursday (29 April) at 12.30pm. For more details contact Nick Williams (RBH porter manager) on ext 4157 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Major new vaccine hesitancy study

We're supporting a new study into vaccine hesitancy, organised by Imperial College London. The study seeks to understand why healthcare workers are keen or reluctant to have the vaccination, and the reasons behind this position.

To take part, click here.

Building on our patients' experiences

This week (26-30 April) is Experience of Care week, and you can hear from some of our patients about what matters to them in a new podcast from our patient experience team. Click here to list to it.

NHS England is also offering some free webinars for staff which aim to celebrate the work that is happening across health and social care to keep improving experiences of care for patients, families, carers and staff. Find out more here.

Maintaining work/life balance and mindfulness – free sessions

Our Dorset offers a range of wellness and wellbeing resources, including two events this week. Balancing wellbeing with work pressures takes place tomorrow (28 April), while a guide to mindfulness is on Thursday (29 April). These sessions and many more can be accessed on this link.

South West NHS military challenge goes virtual

Due to Covid-19, this year's South West Military Challenge will now be a virtual test of skills, stamina and senses of humour! We have been invited to enter a team of between 8-14 staff for the virtual challenge, which will include a wide variety of team tasks and takes place over the weekend of the 19-20 June. The challenge will be conducted over Zoom and the team will assemble in a COVID secure meeting room (venue to be confirmed) to participate. If you would like to participate or find out more, call or email Nick Williams, portering services manager at RBH, via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or ext 4157. Both Poole and RBCH have performed well in the past in this challenge in their own rights – what can we achieve as Team UHD?

Cycling to work is like riding a bike

In support of our green travel plan, Cycling UK is offering staff a free cycling webinar on Friday (30 April) from 12-12.45pm. It's aimed at staff who haven't cycled to work before, and covers topics including the benefits, suggested kit, safety and security. For more information and to register your place, click here.

This week's Care first webinars

Care first, our employee assistance programme provider, hosts a regular series of short webinars. All run between 12-12.30pm. Just click the link at this time to join on the day of your session of choice.

• Tuesday (27 April), Exercising at your desk. Click here to join
• Thursday (29 April), Stress awareness. Click here to join
• Friday (30 April), Re-introducing social interaction. Click here to join

New referral process for occupational health

There's now a new way to make occupational health referrals across UHD from this week.

Referrals will now be made exclusively through an online portal. All staff will have their own log in and use to submit all pre-employment, self-referrals and management referrals.

This will allow a quicker and easier process that allows staff to make referrals through the EOPAS portal from any device.

It works by logging on to the portal https://rbch.eopas.co.uk/ and then following the instructions found on the site or by following the guide on the occupational health pages of the intranet.

This change affects all staff members – managers when submitting a management referral, and all other staff when self-referring.

For support, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Latest visiting guidance

We continually review our visiting guidance in line with the government's Covid roadmap. Our most up-to-date guidance can be viewed on the intranet and on our website.

Visiting is only permitted once a patient has been admitted for 72 hours and we know they do not have Covid-19. Unfortunately, no visitors are allowed for patients who have Covid-19 except for compassionate reasons, for example patients receiving end of life care.

Key points to note:

• Maternity guidance has recently been updated and can be found here.
• While each patient may have one named visitor, per day for one hour, this can be a different named visitor each time, for example a patient's partner one day, and their son/daughter the next (limiting the different visitors to four).
• We would appreciate visitors taking part in the government's free lateral flow test (LFD) programme, and ordering a kit online if their loved one is in hospital. Kits can be ordered from https://maps.test-and-trace.nhs.uk. PPE will still need to be worn.

Prioritising our waiting lists

Over the last year we have had to cancel many non-emergency operations and procedures across our hospitals. We are now contacting patients on these waiting lists to continue to prioritise. Our theatre staff across Poole and Royal Bournemouth hospitals have made this film for the public to explain why it is so important that any patients who receive a message from UHD responds to help us with this work. Please forward on to anyone who has concerns about being contacted in this way.

RBH: Extra car parking spaces available for non-clinical UHD staff

As part of the important enabling work ahead of the build phase of the MCEC and main entrance works, a range of new car parking arrangements have been established on the RBH site – full details are here

As a result of further feedback extra designated car parking spaces are now available at the Littledown Centre (outlined in the accompanying image). We are offering these to full permit holding non-clinical staff only so we can free up car parking space on site for staff dealing directly with patients and visitors.

Non-clinical staff who work at RBH between 8am – 6pm, and who are on site 5 days per week, are eligible to request one of these Littledown parking permits. They will allow for access to a designated parking space between 6am and 10:15pm on weekdays and between 8am to 6pm on Saturdays. Note, they cannot be accessed on a Sunday.

Please note that there are a maximum of 100 permits which can be allocated at this time and will be allocated to eligible staff on a on a 'first-come, first-serve' basis. Staff will need to already hold a permit to park, and the period will run to March 2024. If successful, the recipient will lose their access to parking on site and will have to surrender their staff permit.

If you would like to request one of these permits, please email the travel team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank you for your assistance and we apologise for the disruption and inconvenience during these construction works.

Reminder: Debbie Fleming's video update

Debbie Fleming, chief executive, thanks all staff involved in our Covid-19 vaccination programme in her latest video update, and looks ahead to how our hospitals are working to tackle our growing waiting lists. Please watch and share with colleagues without access to email: https://youtu.be/4zlbc3JFckg.

Job matching and evaluation

All posts requiring a review in accordance with the Job Evaluation and Re-banding Policy and Procedure should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Job Evaluation and Re-banding Policy and Procedure can be found on the HR policy page on the RBCH intranet with details of the process and the required forms and templates to use. If you require any support with the policy and procedure, please contact your HR Business Partner in the first instance.

POOLE: Reminder - Canon Jane Lloyd funeral

Staff are invited to pay their respects to Canon Jane Lloyd as her funeral cortege makes its way past Poole Hospital on Friday.

The cortege will stop outside the hospital at 1.20pm for a few moments where colleagues, socially distanced, will be able to pay their respects. The funeral cortege will continue onto St. Nicholas' Church in Corfe Mullen for a private family funeral service. A memorial book and candles in the prayer space is open in the chapel at Poole Hospital for colleagues to write their tributes.

A memorial service will then take place on 25 June at St. Mary's RC Church, Wimborne Road, Poole – we'll provide more details on this nearer the time.

Reminder: share your views on the trust since merger

Six months on from our merger, we're continuing to transform our services as we move towards a planned care site and emergency care site in 2025/26.

Our short survey is for you to tell us how it feels working for UHD since the merger and to get your views on a range of topics, including our new vision and values, teams coming and working together, what transformation means to you, compassion towards patients and each other, and whether you feel able to lead change.

ICE system outage - 24 April

ICE OrderComms system will be unavailable between 8am and 2pm on Saturday 24th of April because of a scheduled system upgrade.

Please use your established contingency plans for Pathology and Radiology requesting. i.e. - use paper request forms.

During the outage:

• Pathology and Radiology results will continue to be available via EPR
• Pathology and Radiology results will continue to be available via SystemOne at the GP Practices

POOLE: Welcome to our new physician associates

Welcome to our eight new physician associates (PAs) that have started at Poole Hospital today. PAs are a growing workforce within the NHS and these are the first cohort to graduate from Bournemouth University, having trained at various organisations across Dorset. They are medically trained, generalist healthcare professionals, who work alongside clinicians as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Having successful completed the national exam, they are now starting their careers here. They are currently based on A4, A5, acute medical unit, ED and OPM. Please welcome them if you see them, they are a friendly bunch. They're pictured below with education centre staff and Dr Carl Heffernan (front), consultant acute physician and lecturer practitioner in in Physician Associate Studies at Bournemouth University.

Watch the latest Schwartz round on behaviours in the work place

Thank you for those who attended our Schwartz round: behaviours in the workplace, on Friday. More than 80 staff attended and reflected on the stories that our panellists shared. Stories ranged from times when we were subjected to incivility and poor behaviour, when we received that unsupportive and critical email, when our own intent and expressions were misinterpreted or when a good experience resulted in feeling welcome and secure. All the stories showed the long lasting impact of these behaviours and how it then affects how we are with others. For those who were unable to attend, please click here to watch.

If you would like some emotional and mental support please click here for details. Alternately there are other people to request support from including our HR and OH departments, Networks and Freedom to speak up teams. Please see these departments' intranet pages for details on how to contact them.

For details on future Schwartz Round dates, or to arrange a mini round for your team/department please visit our Schwartz Round page on the intranet.

POOLE: Food for thought!

News from our staff restaurant, the Dolphin:

Loyalty card – easy and fast way to pay for your food without worrying about having enough cash or bank card on you! The cards can be used in all food outlets across Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. The form and terms and conditions can be found by the till in the restaurant.

• Homemade paninis – a great selection, take a look!
  • Meal Deal 1 & Meal Deal 2 – this include your choice of:
  • Main: sandwich or half baguette (please look for blue sticker)
  • Snack: piece of fresh fruit, bag of Seabrook's crisps or bag of Walker's crisps
• Drink: water, flavoured water or zero sugar can drinks

The price is only £2.20 (staff), £2.70 (visitors) for meal deal 1, and £2.70 (staff), £3.20 (visitors) for meal deal 2!

RBCH: CIWL and HanBleep Refresh

Reminder: after the migration of CIWL and HanBleep, you may need to refresh your PC to activate the changes. If you are getting an error message, when trying to access CIWL or HanBleep, please refresh your browser, press the CTRL key and F5 together.

Latest Robert White Legacy Fund update out now

Robert White was an extraordinary local businessman who on his death donated his wealth to benefit countless thousands of NHS patients fighting cancer across Dorset. Read more about how his legacy fund is honouring Robert's gift, and how you can become involved, in the latest edition of the legacy fund newsletter here.

Planning for your retirement?

A pre-retirement seminar takes place on Wednesday 12 May 2021 from 9am –12.30pm in the lecture theatre at Poole Hospital.

The aim is to provide as much information as possible prior to retirement age to support informed choices and decisions regarding retirement, and is aimed at all staff planning to retire in the next 10 years.

Oak Tree Financial Training, an independent training consultancy, will present the seminar. Information will include:

• State pensions
• Income tax and the self-assessment tax regime
• The NHS pension scheme
• Company pension/personal Pension Schemes
• Savings & investments
• Credit history
• Mortgages/remortgages
• Wealth preservation including wills and inheritance tax
• How to get the best financial advice to suit your individual needs.

Places are limited to 30 so don't delay.

To book a place contact Sarah Watts, Pensions officer, on ext. 2786 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Care first webinars

Care first, our employee assistance programme, is putting on webinars this week. The themes are:

• Tuesday 20 April, 12-12.30pm – How hobbies can help with your work/life balance
• Wednesday 21 April, 12-12.30pm – Healthy hydration
• Thursday 22 April, 12-12.30pm – Long Covid: What do we know so far?
• Friday 23 April, 12-12.30pm - The way weather can affect our mood and behaviour

Roadworks

Click here for a list of the current roadworks taking place.