Meet your UHD Schwartz Round team

Schwartz Rounds can help us feel more supported in our roles and give us time and space to reflect on what we do. Want to find out more? Then come and meet some of your UHD Schwartz Round team this week and find out how Schwartz Rounds can help you.

• Wednesday 24 August - 12-2pm between restaurants at RBH
• Friday 26 August - 12-2pm in the dome at Poole
• 6/9 September – the team will walk about at Christchurch, visiting and speaking to staff.

The Schwartz team would like to find out what future Schwartz Round topics would be useful.

Watch our short video about Schwartz Rounds here and find out more about future rounds on the intranet.

Parking at UHD

To be able to offer as much parking as possible across our sites, we have been able to rent some spaces from sites near the hospitals. Please note these site owners have their own enforcement systems and we need to abide by their terms and conditions to avoid a penalty notice.

• Please ensure you have a valid permit for the site you are parking at and that it is displayed correctly.
• Keep your permit up to date by making sure that the vehicle you park has the registration linked against your permit at UHD - you can have multiple registrations on one permit.
• Park considerately in the designated area. These are monitored twice daily to ensure we do not have unknown parking in our staff areas.

If you need to make any changes or updates to your permit, log into www.staffparkingatuhd.co.uk and follow the instructions in the renewal/changes section. You will be notified when your application is updated, and the new permit can be collected. If you have any issues with parking off site, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Save the date for the next all staff briefing

Join us for our next all staff briefing on Wednesday 7 September. We will be holding this live event in the Oasis at RBH with an opportunity to talk to executive colleagues from 8am before the briefing starts at 8.30am. Colleagues who cannot come to RBH can join the live event online at 8.30am here and a recording will be shared via email afterwards.

Fancy a jumbo challenge this bank holiday?

Can you combine your strength with others to pull a Boeing 737 plane 50 metres, raising money for our Gully's Place service at the same time?

Our UHD Charity has a few spaces left for the Dorset Plane Pull, taking place at Bournemouth Airport on Monday 29 August. Sign up today by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and find out more here.

Communication Workers Union industrial action

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on its members who collect, sort, distribute and deliver parcels and mail to take action this Friday (26 August), Wednesday 31 August and for two days on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September. This is expected to affect services provided by Royal Mail and Parcelforce.

We have been advised that we should post items as early as possible in advance of this action where possible.

Look for the sunflower on Health of the Ward

From this Thursday (25 Aug) there will be an additional icon within Health of the Ward to show whether a patient has a learning disability.

Collaborative research: Now and in the future

Join us for a celebration of the collaborative research already underway

between UHD and Bournemouth University and contribute to plans for the coming years. With short keynote speakers, videos, poster displays, facilitated themed areas and living walls - plus an opportunity to review new collaborative research databases and research pathways - this event is designed to celebrate, inform and inspire.

The event takes place from 5.15-7.30pm on Tuesday 18 October at the Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University. Book your free place here.

Menopause support

The next UHD staff menopause listening event will take place this Thursday (25 August) from 12-1pm via Teams. This is an informal, peer led, confidential opportunity to share discussions relating to Perimenopause and Menopause.

In addition, the Our Dorset Wellbeing Service has a number of menopause events and information – see here.

Calling all veterans and reservists

Rob Hornby, our armed forces community advocate, is running a survey to establish how many reservists and veterans we have working at UHD to see how well we're doing recruiting from the armed forces community. If you are a veteran or reservist, please take part in this one-minute survey. This can be done anonymously, with the option to leave your email address to find out more about our Armed Forces Support Group. If you have any questions please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

RBH: Saturday trial for dementia and delirium team

Our dementia and delirium team are trialling a Saturday service from 8am-4pm for the month of September. To contact the team, call ext. 5335.

Cycle challenge to help others keep well

Bournemouth Heart Club will be holding a 'Heart to Heart' sponsored exercise cycle ride in the atrium of RBH on Tuesday 13 September. Club members will be cycling non stop for 10 hours with the aim of raising money to fund up to 20 places at the Bournemouth Heart Club's Keep Well Hub for people on low income who need to exercise regularly but cannot afford a regular gym membership. BHC exercise instructors will be in attendance to talk to the public about the benefits of regular cardiovascular exercise, and to ensure that their members, all of whom have some form of heart condition or other health related issue, exercise safely.

Mindfulness for wellbeing

Join our UHD mindfulness sessions to help train your mind to be in the present moment though the practice of mindfulness techniques such as mindful breathing, mindful movement and different types of meditation.

You can join a taster session via Zoom on 9 September from 1-2.30pm. All staff welcome, to book a place email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information see our mindfulness intranet pages.

Remembering Millie

The family of Pamela Millett, who worked at Christchurch Hospital in the 80s and 90s, are looking for anyone who knew her ahead of her funeral this Wednesday (24 August) at 2pm.

Pamela, known to her colleagues as Millie, died on 2 August aged 88. She had worked at Douglas House in Southbourne as an auxiliary nurse during the 80s before being transferred to Christchurch Hospital. She retired in in 1993 aged 60. Her daughter Sue remembers her being involved in a work walking group and having a close nurse friend called Eileen.

If anyone has any stories or would like to attend the funeral, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the family details.

Are you unable to access Employee Online?

After a recent update, some people may be struggling to access their Employee Online and will be receiving 'error' messaging. To fix this, you need to clear the cache on our device or browser. Find out how to do this here.

Yellow Buses pre-paid tickets update

The 18, 33 and 36 routes will be operated by Yellow Coaches for the next six months. Please note that they will honour pre-bought 30 and 90 day tickets until next Friday (26 August) and drivers will be made aware to accept cards. Please keep your staff ID badge with you on your journey.

Job of the week: Pharmacy technician

We have an exciting opportunity for either a soon to be, or newly registered, pharmacy technician to work on a rotational basis across UHD and Dorset HealthCare, as a rotational foundation pharmacy technician. Applications from all areas of pharmacy, acute hospital, GP surgery, community pharmacy, primary care and more are all welcome.

Want to know more? Watch this short video and apply here.