A single PAS for UHD is imminent – here's what you need to do

A single patient administration system (PAS) for the whole of UHD brings a range of benefits, including the creation of single waiting lists, single patient records and simpler cross-site transfers. Here's what you need to do now ahead of its arrival in the coming weeks:

• Managers – if you have not received new access details for your current Poole CaMIS users, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to provide details of relevant staff.
• Poole CaMIS users – please speak to your line manager to ensure they have received your new log-in details for when your service goes live
• New users – please go through the usual training process to get access
• RBH and XCH users - will already have access to the shared system when it comes online

For more on the project please see the PAS pages of the UHD intranet.

End of current staff vaccinations programme

Over the past two years, we've vaccinated thousands of UHD staff – more than 92 per cent of you – with at least two Covid-19 vaccination doses. We've also administered the vaccine to many thousands of our partners working in health and social care in Dorset, as well as the public.

This week marked the end of our current Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who have made our programme a great success, and helped protect not only colleagues but crucially, our vulnerable patients, against the virus. Look out for news about furthers staff vaccination programmes, currently scheduled for the autumn, in the Staff Bulletin, The Brief and other internal communications.

Click here to book Covid-19 vaccinations outside of our hospitals, which remain available through the national booking service.

Understanding Covid-19 and its effects on staff

As part of our work to fully understand the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on staff, our occupational health team would like to hear from those who have recorded a positive PCR Covid-19 swab test result at any time during the pandemic.

Your answers to a short survey will help us better understand the pandemic's effect on our staff, and identify any areas that we can learn from. This includes helping us better assess whether staff contracted Covid-19 as a result of their work and if any protocols, policies or practices need to be reviewed.

The survey is part of our commitment to RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) and takes just a few minutes to complete. Complete it online here by 14 April.

Ask Aly, our chief medical officer, your questions next Thursday

Join us at 12pm next Thursday (10 March) for Ask Aly, hosted by our chief medical officer, Dr Alyson O'Donnell.

It's a great opportunity to ask questions, raise concerns or share your views. You can join the meeting here and if you'd like to send any questions in advance, pop them through to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we can ask on your behalf.

RBH: Pathology result delays this evening

There will be delays to biochemistry results from 8pm tonight to 8am tomorrow (4-5 March), as samples will be transported from RBH to Poole for analysis.

There is no anticipated interruption of service, but there will be a slight delay to cover the time of the specimen transport between sites.

Please ensure all samples are sent to the lab promptly to avoid unnecessary extension to the overall turnaround time.

Thank you to our overseas workers!

Today is NHS Overseas Workers Day, which gives us all the opportunity to celebrate the contributions of our international staff, and the huge difference they make to our patient care, and to the diverse culture of UHD. We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our overseas colleagues for everything they do for our hospitals.

You can learn more about two of our international staff on our social media today. Read a quote from Elemar Lubrica, AMU acting deputy sister, here and watch Pabalelo Pule, staff nurse, share his experience here.

Reminder: an exciting new sustainability programme is coming... and we need your help!

We're developing a new engagement programme that rewards colleagues for taking part in a range of sustainability and wellbeing related actions – and we're asking you to put forward suggestions for its name.

Working with colleagues across Dorset, the initiative will have a number of sustainability and wellbeing themes, to enable staff to find out about activities they may want to participate in, and earn points for doing so. Find out more about the programme and how you can get involved here. The deadline to put forward suggestions is 7 March.

It's time to update your computer

To ensure our Windows PCs and laptops are kept up to date all Windows 10 devices across the trust need a large update installed, which each of us will need to activate on our own devices. This update will take approximately 30 minutes and your device will need to restart.

You can find out which version of Windows 10 you are using by clicking on the start button (bottom left-hand corner), typing 'about' and clicking on 'about your PC'. This shows the version under Windows specification, and if it states 'Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1909' please complete the update.

The update can be found in the software centre/update section which can be located on your desktop or via the start menu. Follow the below steps to complete the installation and plan the reboot of your machine - taking into consideration the longer process and ensuring you do not power off the device whilst it is updating.

Please contact the IT Service Desk if you have any problems.

Contribute to our Covid-19 service of reflection, part of national events

We will be holding special services across our hospitals from 11.45am on 23 March to reflect on the pandemic and to remember the family, friends, neighbours and colleagues we've lost.

The simultaneous services at Christchurch, Poole and the Royal Bournemouth will be led by our chaplains and include the observation of a minute's silence at 12pm. You are welcome to bring your own ribbon and tie it to one of our ribbon trees on the day.

We are looking for staff members or volunteers to read one of the poems on each site on the day – if you're interested, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can join our services in person or watch them via our social media channels.

• XCH: at the front of Christchurch Hospital
• Poole: on the lawn behind Churchfield House
• RBH: by the lake

POOLE: Fire alarm testing next week

Next week (7-11 Match) there will be fire alarm sounder testing across the hospital.

Monday morning: B6 offices, penthouse suites, wards A4 and A5, underpass, ladybird unit, breast screening unit

Monday afternoon: ward C4, F3 theatre staff area

Tuesday morning: F2 theatres, ward A2 and A3

Tuesday afternoon: ward B2, B2 coronary care, D block

Wednesday morning: C1 children's unit, C1 admin and switchboard, ward B1, B1 respiratory, Bravery Way, EB radiotherapy, EB oncology/haematology

Wednesday afternoon: F1 Labs and management corridor, ward A1, B block basement

Thursday morning: EG maxiofacial, EG day theatres, emergency department, CT scanner, ultrasound, north entrance, x-ray, outpatients clinics, new pre op area

Thursday afternoon: FG labs, urgent treatment centre, AG Ward (AMU), restaurant, kitchens

Friday morning: aseptic suite, pharmacy/dispensary, nuclear medicine, dome areas

Friday afternoon: physiotherapy, equipment library, hospedia, A block lower ground floor, F block lower ground floor

RBH: Limited acute kidney injury (AKI) service this month

Our AKI nurse is on annual leave from March 7-28, and there will be no AKI service across our sites during this time.

If you need advice, please contact our Poole site nurse lead This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.ext 2044 or the Prince of Wales ward at Dorset County Hospital on 01305255139 and ask for the on call registrar.

'Understanding endometriosis' talk postponed

Unfortunately, the Understanding Health talk on endometriosis that was scheduled for Monday (7 March) has been postponed.

We will share the rescheduled date as soon as it has been rearranged.

Stay vigilant on cyber-security

Please continue to be vigilant around IT security – for example unusual requests for information by email, messages with unexpected attachments you are not expecting that you are invited to download, messages containing links you do not recognise – to ensure our IT systems remain as robust as possible.

See the IT security section of the intranet for more information, or contact the IT helpdesk for more advice.

Did you miss Dorset's 'adding value with patient initiated follow-up' webinar?

If you missed the webinar on patient initiated follow-up (PIFU) with Professor Alastair Hutchison, chief medical director at Dorset County Hospital, you can catch up here. This is a private link please only share with Dorset ICS colleagues.

This webinar covers how PIFU is being used locally and nationally to support reduction in follow-up waiting lists and as an effective tool for elective recovery.

The intention is for formal patient-initiated follow-up to be reviewed and implemented across all outpatient specialties over the coming months in Dorset. This process will be fully supported by the team within Dorset's outpatient transformation programme, and we ask you to begin to look with your teams at how PIFU will add value within your service.

Our lead contact for implementation is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Limited dementia and delirium cover

RBH: there will be no specialist dementia and delirium nurse available on 8 and 11 March and very limited cover on 7, 9 and 10 March. Referrals will be prioritised, so please expect delays in reviews and new assessments.

Poole: there will be no dementia service from 9-16 March and 22-25 March, so please expect delays with response to referrals.

RBH: Improving dermatology referrals

We're keen to improve our dermatology inpatient referral pathway from Bournemouth to Christchurch Hospital.

If you use the referral pathway, please complete this one-minute survey to help us understand and improve the current practice.

RBH: Corridor flooring renewal

From Monday (7 March) a month of flooring renewal work will take place on the first floor, west corridor.

The work will begin between wards 14 and 15 (glazed section of corridor) an will be carried out at night from Monday to Friday. During this time there will be no access to the area, so please follow the directions to the stairwells.

The estates department apologise for any inconvenience caused during these works.

Reminder: PCA cassettes at critically low level

Prefilled morphine cassettes are still available to order through pharmacy so consider if there is a clinical reason to have an alternative. In the event we run out of cassettes completely and a patient requires IV analgesia, this will need to be prescribed and given as IV bolus doses titrated to pain.

Please could all stores and stocks be checked for any cassettes that may be unaccounted for.

Join Rachel Ellison on Teams this International Women's Day (IWD)

This IWD (8 March) former BBC news reporter, Rachel Ellison, will be discussing 'dilemmas and choices – what one female leader did when a day at work went drastically wrong'.

Rachel will share the story of a female leader posted to work in a volatile region while working for an international non-governmental development aid organisation. Through breakout sessions and general group discussions, participants will be invited to explore the situation and share their thoughts.

The event runs on Teams on March 8 from 12-1.30pm. Click here to join.

The countdown is on - make a staff lottery bid to benefit your team

Time is running out to place your staff lottery bid for something that could benefit the wellbeing of your team or department.

This is a great opportunity to promote your team or departments wellbeing, and to think of what extra support could really benefit you and your colleagues. Bids should be made for resources that are not available for funding through any other route.

To find out more and make your bid check the staff lottery pages by 31 March.

Spaces available at 'leading teams through change' workshops

Are you leading a team through change? There are spaces available on our leadership development workshops. These workshops will help you to gain knowledge on leading through times of uncertainty and network with other leaders across UHD.

Check the leaership development pages on the RBCH intranet for more information and workshop dates.

Are you taking part in March for Men 2022?

Instead of handing out their usual race numbers this year UHD charity would like you to write your reason for taking part on your bib. These personal touches will show just how many important, unique, reasons there are to raise funds for men's health services.

Whatever your reason for taking part, share your March for Men motivation – sign up here to take part, receive your bib and March for Men t-shirt.

Supporting patients and their mental health

Join a face-to-face session with our education team to gain a better understanding of mental health conditions, where they come from, and how to support our patients.

The session can be combined with breakaway conflict resolution training (see below) for a full-day course. Dates for classes can be found on the education and training pages of the intranet.

To book a space search '153 UHD mental health training' in ESS or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Poole) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (RBH).

Learn how to de-escalate situations

Breakaway training is useful when working in high risk areas for learning how to de-escalate verbally aggressive situations.

Staff will learn breakaway techniques, allowing them to extricate themselves from violent or dangerous situations and learn how to apply safe-holding techniques in the event that a patient becomes a danger to themselves or others. Specific areas covered include personal safety, verbal and non-verbal techniques, room awareness, ethical and legal considerations, and how to respond to physical attacks.

See the education and training pages on the intranet for more information or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Poole) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (RBH).

PCA cassettes at critically low level

Nationally there is a critically low level of PCA cassettes, this is affecting UHD and we are waiting to hear of a delivery date from the suppliers. Our acute pain service has tried to divide the supplies that are remaining so be mindful and share if another ward requires one for a patient.

Prefilled morphine cassettes are still available to order through pharmacy so consider if there is a clinical reason to have an alternative. In the event we run out of cassettes completely and a patient requires IV analgesia, this will need to be prescribed and given as IV bolus doses titrated to pain.

Please could all stores and stocks be checked for any cassettes that may be unaccounted for.

POOLE: Safeguarding training

Safeguarding Children Level 3 (SGCL3) will go live on the BEAT VLE for Poole staff on 1 March. Please note SGCL3 is not a new topic, if your training is up to date your brain will be green, if need to revisit the brain will be red.

The training can be completed with face to face training or eLearning. Further booking details are available by clicking on the appropriate line on your BEAT VLE.

Support for those affected by the conflict in Ukraine

We know that major events around the world, such as those currently unfolding in Ukraine, can affect us all, and particularly those with family, friends or connections in the areas affected. These events are a timely reminder of the need to look out for one another.

Please raise any concerns or anxieties you may have with your line manager, and remember that our wellbeing support services and staff networks are also available to support staff at these times. In addition, our employee assistance programme provider, Carefirst, can be contacted on 0800 174 319.

Jonathan Harding, Helen Martin or Deb Matthews, from our OD/HR teams, can also be contacted directly.

Our prayer spaces are also open for you to take comfort or have a moment of reflection.

New digital maternity system and app

From Monday (28 February), we will have access to Badger Net, a product and service designed for Dorset Local Maternity System (LMS) to enable paper-light records and minimise data entry.

Badger Notes will provide expecting parents personalised care throughout their maternity journey. Read more here.

If you would like to find out more, please contact the maternity digital team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

POOLE: Reminder - fire extinguisher update

A changeover for fire extinguishers will begin on Monday (28 February) and will take three weeks to complete. Our suppliers will remove all existing fire extinguishers and replace with new ones. The new P50 fire extinguisher is multipurpose and can be used on all of the types of fires that the CO2 and foam fire extinguishers are used for.

The new extinguishers are extremely environmentally friendly and will represent significant cost savings to the Trust.

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LGBT+ History Month round-up

Thank you to everyone who has joined us in celebrating LGBT+ history month. From attending our poetry session with the LGBT+ poet laureate, Trudy Howson, to making pledges to show allyship by wearing a rainbow lanyard and badge, it has been brilliant to see some many members of #TeamUHD following our values of listening to understand, and being inclusive.

We have now added the option to include gender pronouns in our official UHD email signature template, which many of us already do. Using our pronouns in our signatures tells everyone that you are not going to assume their gender and that you care about individual preferences. If you would like to learn more about gender pronouns, click here.

Challenge yourself to your marathon your way for UHD Charity

The TCS Virtual London Marathon will return on 2 October and UHD Charity are offering you the chance to be a part of what promises to be another recording breaking day!

Last year our participants raised almost £7,000 for our hospitals, taking on routes all over our beautiful county. Whether you’re a rambler or runner this challenge gives you the opportunity to do your marathon your way.

The Virtual London Marathon is a celebration of fabulous fundraising, community spirit, positivity, and togetherness for people who want the flexibility and freedom of running wherever they are.

Participants will have just under 24 hours to complete the 26.2 miles and all finishers will receive the coveted medal and t-shirt. There is a registration fee of £28 and minimum sponsorship target of £250.

Sign up today to claim one of our limited charity places.

Discounted sailing opportunities for UHD staff

The Rona Sailing Project charity in Southampton is offering discounts to UHD staff for sailing experiences running out of the port. To find out more contact the RSP office on 01489 885098, or visit their website here.

It is the responsibility of individual staff members to ensure offers are still valid and to check individual terms and conditions. The trust does not endorse or vet these offers.

Reminder on Covid restrictions including lateral flow tests and self-isolation

• We all need to continue to wear face masks in our hospitals, including visitors, and observe social distancing wherever possible
• If you have no symptoms of Covid-19, take lateral flow tests twice a week, and continue to log your results
• If identified as a contact of someone with confirmed Covid-19, self-isolate and take a PCR test. If positive, continue to self-isolate and take a lateral flow test on day six. You may return to work after risk assessment after two consecutive days of negative lateral flow tests after day six
• Lateral flow tests should be ordered here.

Please support our under-pressure teams

A number of teams and departments continue to experience significant staffing issues as a result of Covid-19, leading to some delays in service provision. This includes our pharmacy teams, who are currently offering a reduced priority service and encouraging medicine requests to be sent through as soon as possible each day, to avoid sudden spikes in demand.

Is your department on the move?

Remember to make the enquiry (reception) desks at our main entrances aware of any changes affecting your location so they can direct our visitors to the correct area. Also remember to let delivery drivers know exactly where you are in the building. The main entrance area cannot hold correspondence or parcels as they have no secure area to keep this.

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

Watch the film before your resus refresher training

Refresher resuscitation training has changed.

Staff must watch a 45 minute video and pass the online MCQ assessment otherwise staff will not be able to complete their training.

The two hour session training on basic life support (level 2 resus) training is now spilt into two elements; eLearning and a 30 minute face to face practical session.

Training has not changed at Poole or for new trust inductions and all sessions can be booked via ESR.

Last chance to apply for our registered nurse degree apprenticeships

This is the last chance to apply for our registered nurse degree apprenticeships, a great opportunity to earn while you learn and gain your nursing registration. Applications can still be made here and applications close on 6 March. A level 3 qualification, maths and English GCSE's or equivalent are needed.

More information can be found on the vocational qualifications pages under training on the intranet.

Reminder: support for those affected by the conflict in Ukraine

The secretary of state for health, Sajid Javid, has written a letter aimed at all Ukrainian health and social care staff living and working in the UK, outlining that those who are on work, study or visit visas in the UK will have their visas temporarily extended or be able to switch onto different visa routes.

• If you are concerned, please talk to your line manager, and remember that our wellbeing support services and staff networks are also available to support staff at these times. In addition, our employee assistance programme provider, Carefirst, can be contacted on 0800 174 319.
• Jonathan Harding, Helen Martin or Deb Matthews, from our OD/HR teams, can also be contacted directly.

Our prayer spaces across all our sites are open and tomorrow they will be available all day for prayer or meditation (Wednesday). There will be opportunities to write a message of hope and peace and to light a peace candle. At 12pm tomorrow all staff are welcome to join a short prayer service on each site, with the opportunity to join the service live on the trust's Facebook account.

For further updates on the prayer service and how we can support our colleagues please check the intranet latest news.

An exciting new sustainability programme is coming... and we need your help!

We're developing a new engagement programme that rewards colleagues for taking part in a range of sustainability and wellbeing related actions – and we're asking you to put forward suggestions for its name.

Working with colleagues across Dorset we're developing a new engagement programme that rewards colleagues for taking part in a range of sustainability and wellbeing related actions – and we're asking you to put forward suggestions for its name.

The initiative will have a number of sustainability and wellbeing themes where staff can check out activities they want to participate in and earn points for doing so, including:

• saving energy and water
• sustainable travel choices
• waste and recycling
• engagement and spread
• wellbeing and lifestyle

Teams will 'compete' against each other and individual staff can also play against their colleagues for 'Green Points' and rewards, which will include vouchers and donations to charities.

What can you do to help?

We are looking for a name that:

• is engaging, clear, logical and descriptive
• will stand the test of time
• preserves the existing overall positive regard for our organisation

UHD is leading on the naming process and putting forward a name is simple – just send your suggestion to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., with 'Sustainability programme name' in the subject line. Please add your name and your role/organisation if you can.

Suggestions must be received by 7 March, following which the shortlisting panel (comprising of representatives from our sustainability champions and central team) will then make the final selection.

The name will be announced to coincide with programme launch in the Spring.

Thanks for your ideas and support.

RBH: Café West is here with special opening offer

The transformation of the west entrance and reception area at RBH has been completed with the opening this week of the new 'Café West' coffee shop (28 February). The new facility provides a range of hot and cold drinks alongside a selection of snacks and is currently open on weekdays between 8am and 3pm. Once the full team are in post the opening hours will be extended and the menu extended to add hot snacks, sandwiches and salads.

For a limited period to celebrate its opening for every coffee purchased customers will be offered a free snack (offer subject to availability).

Join gender identity awareness workshops

Our gender identity workshops will give LGBTQ+ and gender identity awareness training to attendees, enabling them to discuss and understand the complex issues around gender in an interactive and thought provoking way.

To find out more click here.

No immediate changes to infection control practices

You may have heard the Prime Minister announce an end to Covid-related legal restrictions in his press conference last night.

We should all feel justly proud, as should the entire NHS, of the contribution we have made in helping to enable this lifting of restrictions.

As a healthcare provider we need to maintain the safest environments possible for our vulnerable patients, as well as staff and visitors. We will be looking at the detailed guidance that accompanies the Prime Minister's announcement as soon as we have it. For now, all of our current infection prevention and control guidance based on best practice remains in place, including the wearing of masks for staff and visitors, the need to self-isolate if Covid-19 symptoms are detected and the ongoing use of regular lateral flow tests.

We will share any updated UHD guidance as soon as we are able to.

Therapies outpatient clinics now on UHD PAS

Following successful development and testing, therapies has become one of the first departments to move Poole outpatient clinics and appointments onto the UHD PAS. This means RBH, XCH and Poole staff have access to therapies clinics on a single PAS for the first time.

Outpatient clinics for other departments at Poole will be moving across in the coming weeks. Ngaira Smith, project manager for outpatients and theatres workstreams, has already been in contact with some teams to discuss the transition of outpatient clinics and will shortly be getting in touch with those that remain to move over. The single PAS project team look forward to supporting you through the process of moving your specialties to the UHD e-CaMIS.

General and medical recruitment teams move to Yeoman's House

Our general and medical recruitment team will soon relocate from Poole and RBH to a new office in Yeoman's House, Castlepoint, Bournemouth. The medical recruitment team is relocating from 7 March and the general team from 9 March.

Office hours will remain as they are now, and recruiting managers will still be able to contact the recruitment administrator responsible for their particular recruitment via email, Teams and their usual extension number.

A member of the recruitment team will to be available at Poole on some days to meet with newly appointed candidates and carry out ID checks by pre-booked appointments only by contacting the member of the team dealing with their recruitment.

The recruitment team will no longer be routinely based at RBH.

The phone numbers following the move will be:

• general recruitment for all sites 0300 019 (4426)
• medical recruitment for all sites 0300 019 (4460)

Please don't send hard copy general recruitment interview notes. Following interview, please email copies of the interview paperwork to the member of the recruitment team who has been managing your recruitment. Please make sure the Trac ID number is included.

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

Share your feedback from our latest hot food trial

Last week we trialled hot food for our night shift teams, provided by independent food vendors at Poole and RBH. This trial was part of a larger drive by our wellbeing team to provide a permanent solution to giving our night shift teams a hot meal.

It's important to our wellbeing team that we get this right, so if you used the trucks over the weekend we would like to hear your feedback.

Click here to fill out a short survey by Friday (25 February).

Reduced podiatry service

The podiatry service at RBH and Poole will be significantly reduced week commencing 21 February due to unforeseen circumstances.

For advice regarding dressings and offloading contact the team on ext. 4811 for Bournemouth and ext. 8077 for Poole.

Could you support your colleagues as a health and wellbeing ambassador?

If you are enthusiastic about wellbeing and committed to supporting your colleagues you could be one of #TeamUHD's first health and wellbeing ambassadors. As an ambassador you will assist in promoting and signposting colleagues to our support services, encouraging engagement with our health and wellbeing initiatives and listening to feedback to find out where we are getting it right, and where we could be improving.

Our new ambassadors will be working in partnership with our Mental Health First Aiders, Trauma Risk Management Practitioners, Wellbeing Champions and staff networks alongside the occupational health and organisational development teams.

Becoming an ambassador is voluntary and is open to any staff member with approval from your manager - all that we require is enthusiasm and commitment to health and wellbeing to support #TeamUHD in improving the health and wellbeing of our colleagues.

Please see the health and wellbeing pages on the intranet for more information.

New Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) policy

The health and safety team has created an updated COSHH policy.

A COSHH assessment needs to be completed and uploaded to Datix under the risk register section by any team using or producing any substances hazardous to health in any quantity.

Full details of the requirements can be found on the health and safety intranet pages or join our Teams group with templates and completed assessments for use by departments.

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New edition of the quality and risk newsletter out now

The next edition of the quarterly quality and risk newsletter is now available on the intranet. This newsletter aims to keep us all updated on the strategic developments around patient safety, risk management and quality governance across UHD. Click here to read it.

If you have any questions or comments about any of the content please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Launch of the new COSMOS portal

The business intelligence portal for accessing all UHD reports is called COSMOS.

The portal has been re-designed in response to feedback received, to improve the layout and structure of the front page. Visit the portal here.

Are you using legacy business intelligence reports?

The legacy Poole (Hector) and RBH business intelligence reports need to be reviewed to assess whether they are still required. Reports being accessed regularly will be moved to our UHD database ready for implementation of the single PAS (UHD e-CaMIS).

If there are any legacy reports being used by your team (either manually or emailed out), can you notify the business intelligence department if you still require access to them by next Monday (28 February).

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the email subject being 'exclude switch off' and include in the body of the email the specific report name. This will ensure the continued availability of the reports.

Any outstanding reports will be deactivated on 1 March.

RBH: New name for estates and risk management building

The estates and risk management building at RBH has been renamed the Avon Building.

Not long left to sign up for the world's greatest festival of cycling

UHD Charity has secured 10 places in the iconic Ride London event Essex 100 which returns on 29 May.

Ride London is back with an exciting new Essex 100 route that will see participants cross the finish line at Tower Bridge welcomed once again by spectators. Setting off from Victoria Embankment in central London and into Essex via Epping Forest, riders will be able to take in the historic landmarks along the way all whilst raising funds for our hospitals.

Whether you sign up as an individual or bring some friends along for the ride, this unique opportunity is not to be missed by any bike buff! If you're up for the challenge, don't delay, join #teamUHD today!

Volatile Agents to take over the O2 for one night only! (until the next time)

Back by popular demand Volatile Agents, the best medical rock punk funk rap soul band in East Dorset, will be performing at the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on 29 April.

A limited number of tickets are available from our charity offices at RBH and Poole for £10 or for £12.50 Ticketmaster.

To stay up to date with the details of the event follow @UHDcharity on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.