Update on Covid-19 testing for patients and staff

The Covid-19 testing guidance for patients and staff has changed, with continuation for some and relaxation for others.

Staff

Routine lateral flow device (LFD) testing for most asymptomatic staff is now no longer required, except for staff working on wards 11, Durlston, Sandbanks, HODU, NICU and critical care, who should continue to test twice a week.

Tests for this purpose will remain free from the national ordering portal. Please ensure you have a supply of LFD tests at home to support your return to work following Covid-19. A very limited number of kits are also available through the trust. Testing for staff with Covid-19 symptoms will continue under current processes.

Patients

There are significant changes to the guidance on testing patients covering admission areas, maternity, inpatients, stepping down, transferring, discharging, and pre-admission, which have been updated.

Find out more

Full details, including a list of higher risk patient groups for whom testing should continue, can be found on the Covid-19 pages of the intranet.

Emergency pager changeover on 13 September

Following the update in Tuesday's bulletin (30 August) it's been confirmed that our emergency pagers will be replaced on 13 September – until that time please continue to use the current arrangements.

More information will follow, but the new system will give us more reliable reception and better resilience . On that date, as well replacing our pagers, we are bringing in standard calls across UHD for 2222 (medical, fire, and security) and 5555 (major haemorrhage).

If you have any questions at this time, please contact 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.

Feed supplier change – training required

Our dietetics team is organising training on new enteral feeding pumps, tube feeds and sip feeds following a supplier change to Fresenius-Kabi. This training will take place throughout September and October ahead of the new equipment being in place in November. The company representatives will be on site next week visiting wards to book in the training for those who need it. Thanks for your support.

Join our first UHD career fair

Join us on Friday 9 September for our first Careers Fair – a brilliant opportunity to find out more about careers progression at UHD! Look out for:

• talks, workshops and information stands
• celebrate achievements in our awards ceremony
• get hands on in our brand new Lakeview SimWard
• come and speak with us for tailored career advice, practice interview skills and how to write a personal statement that stands out above the rest
• got questions about apprenticeships? Our team is here to answer them and more!

You can join in person in the RBH Education Centre or watch as we stream live on Teams. Find out more about the day on the BEAT intranet pages.

RBH: No palliative care team this Sunday (4 September)

For urgent concerns, 24 hour advice is available from the Macmillan Unit, please call ext. 5470 option one between the hours of 8am to 5pm and option three between the hours of 5pm to 8am.

For non-urgent queries, please leave a message on ext. 6021 and a staff member will pick these up on Monday (5 September).

RBH: Reduced ACTS service

There will be no RBH ACTS service next Tuesday (6 September). For further clinical information go to the Alcohol Care and Treatment Service pages on the intranet.

Join the next Women's Network event next week

Join us on Tuesday (6 September) from 2-3pm on Teams for the latest updates from our new Women's Network, launched last month to support and advocate for women across our trust and in our wider community. As this network grows, we aim to support staff and make positive, constructive changes on policies and processes. This network is open to anybody who wants to raise their voices for and support women.

Preparing for our future with IT

IT projects need your help! The team is working to plan and manage our current data flows across the trust to support clinical colleagues with IT innovation, while at the same time preparing the trust for the challenges of introducing a new EPR. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book a visit from the team to start creating your process map or to find out more.

Dragon Medical One (DMO) licences available

With DMO eventually replacing all eCaMIS digital dictation, it's a good time to get your licence via the Dragon Medical One form on the service desk. You can also:

• click here for all training materials on how to use DMO
• click here to book on to a short training session

Leading your team through integration workshops

Are you managing teams that you need to bring together in support of the wider integration work? We are launching a new workshop and toolkit to provide you with the principles of what makes an effective team and some of the theory and research behind this.

This is an opportunity to empower team leaders to be proactive in planning their approach to team integration and have the confidence and capability to facilitate some exercises around basic team principles. Delegates will be expected to complete some pre-course learning and come to the workshop with ideas about the event you wish to develop. Click here to request a space.

Poole: Healthcare support workers' (HCSW) forum

All our HSCWs are invited to join our drop in sessions on 14 September from 12-2pm in the education centre to meet our new HCSW practise mentors based across Poole and RBH. The sessions will be held in seminar room 1 and 3.

This is an opportunity to speak up about any concerns you may have, find out about wellbeing sessions, information on speech and language therapy, and meet other colleagues. There will also be a cake sale in support of our UHD charity. Contact 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. to find out more.

New head of safeguarding

Pippa Knight has been appointed as our new head of safeguarding for UHD. She will be working across the trust to support the delivery of both our adult and children safeguarding service.

You can contact Pippa at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Counter fraud survey

"Every year the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (CFA) encourages organisations to conduct an Annual Counter Fraud Survey which is now known as the Fraud Culture Review. This survey is aimed at all staff. I would be most grateful if you could take a few minutes to take part in the survey which can be found in this link. These surveys help the organisation identify which areas of fraud awareness require greater understanding and clarity for staff and what we can do to improve this in the coming years".

Pete Papworth, our chief finance officer

Have you updated your webpages?

On both our intranet pages and external website pages, we all have a responsibility to ensure the information on them is correct. Please check your webpages are up to date – especially with contact details - and if you have any amendments, please send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Update to Our Dorset URL

The Our Dorset website has recently undergone an update and a change in the URL. As a result the Our Dorset Video Library is now hosted at the following address here. Please note this will also affect all individual video links which may be embedded within patient letters, websites and leaflets.

Staff lottery

Our staff lottery was drawn on 31 August and the lucky winners have been contacted by email – so check those inboxes! The winning numbers can also be found here.

We are also looking for new members to join the committee which will involve a Teams call once a month when the lottery is drawn and helping to promote the lottery around our trust. If you are interested or want to join the lottery please visit the staff lottery pages on the intranet.

BMJ Learning

We now has access to BMJ Learning, a high-quality medical education tool for doctors and other healthcare professionals. It features hundreds of accredited, peer-reviewed learning modules in text, video, and audio formats. To find out how to access this and for more information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Job of the week: Staff nurse in palliative care

We are searching for a compassionate nurse to join our specialist palliative care team on a rotational post between our hospice at home and inpatient hospice at Christchurch. Find out more here.

CAN Wellbeing collaborative

The CAN Wellbeing Collaborative is now open to receive referrals within the Poole and RBH pathways to connect people to personalised information and support from local charities and community services. In order to refer, you can complete this short form here.