Book your Covid and flu vaccinations now

Covid booster and flu vaccinations for staff begin in early October and can now be booked. All staff are strongly encouraged to take up the offer of separate vaccinations to protect ourselves this winter. These will be provided in weekend clinics in the same appointment.

The Covid vaccine booster provided this year is made by Moderna and is bivalent, and offers protection against the highly transmissible omicron variant, as well as a number of other strains. The vaccines not only protect you but those around you, and directly support our hospitals in delivering safe, effective care as we move towards winter and the anticipated further increase in activity this brings. Clinics will run during at weekends in our outpatients departments for four weeks, alternating between Poole and RBH, starting at RBH on the weekend of 8-9 October.

Click here to book your jabs now.

If you can help deliver the vaccines in our clinics at weekends, and have given vaccinations in the last couple of years, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Delay to roll out of new emergency paging and call system and emergency calls

We have had to delay the launch of our new emergency response system, which was planned for Tuesday (27 September). We are upgrading the whole emergency paging system, including 200 pagers, with investment of £300,000 so that UHD has a modern system for decades to come. Our external supplier needs to deploy the final configuration but cannot do it for our proposed launch date. We know this may be disappointing, but we will let you know the revised date very soon and it should still be in the next couple of weeks. 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..

#YouMatter – Make a difference to UHD with the People Pulse survey

We know our experiences at work change over time, which is why we regularly ask how you are feeling. This month you have the chance to share your views and experiences on speaking out.

This month's national NHS People Pulse survey is your opportunity to share your views and help us make changes at UHD, and in the wider NHS. Click here for your chance to have your say.

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

Catch up on 'Ask Aly'

If you missed Ask Aly this month, you didn't miss out! This month's session was hosted by Dr Matt Thomas, deputy chief medical officer, who was joined by our acting chief medical officer, Dr Ruth Williamson.

Attendees heard updates around the launch of the flu and Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the pressures on our front door, progress on our transformation programme and the importance of services coming together, and helping each other through the cost of living crisis.

You can view a recording of the session, and catch up on earlier sessions, here.

Ward clerk listening events

A series of listening events are taking place at the Village opposite RBH and in St Mary's centre in Poole throughout September. If you're a ward clerk, come along and tell us what works well, whether you have any issues or concerns and what needs to improve. The events have proved really valuable so far, so please do share your voice.

• Tuesday 27 September - Village
• Thursday 29 September – St Mary's

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to find out more and book a session.

New consent training

Clinical staff will now see a new eLearning topic on their green heart called 'consent - level 1'. This course provides the essential knowledge and skills required in order to obtain consent correctly, confidently and lawfully. Login to your BEAT VLE and click on 'role' to view your green heart to access this eLearning.

Doctors and those who are clinical band 6 and above will not see this new topic – you will require level two consent training which will follow shortly.

Embracing Microsoft 365

We are looking to use more Microsoft 365 services to help improve IT systems and we are moving departmental data from shared drives (L and S drives) into Teams/SharePoint.

We are currently working through each of our servers to find departmental data, and will then discuss the migration of that data with the data owners.

Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to find out more. Alternative submit a request to start creating your department migration plan using the IT service desk portal and select the 'department data migration to Teams/SharePoint' form.

Annual Members' Meeting (AMM) and The Transformation of our Hospitals talk

Our AMM will be held in person at RBH at 5pm on 17 October. The event, which will also be live streamed via Teams, will include presentations from Siobhan Harrington and our chief finance officer, Pete Papworth, on the 2021/22 Annual Report and Accounts and forward planning for 2022/23. Sharon Collett, lead governor, will also give a presentation on the Council of Governors.

Following the AMM, a talk on The Transformation of our Hospitals will be presented by Dr Harry Adlington, emergency medicine consultant. The talk will give an update on the exciting changes happening to our hospitals and the benefits these will bring to the local area.

The meeting and talk will be held in the lecture theatre in the education centre and light refreshments will be provided as well as free parking. To find out more click here.

Maternity services come together at Poole

Our maternity teams have completed their final step in moving across all services to Poole. The antenatal clinic at RBH closed its doors for the last time mid-September, with teams launching a combined antenatal clinic and maternity triage service from St Mary's Maternity Unit.

Services will remain there until the completion of the BEACH Building. Until that time, all antenatal appointments and in-hospital birthing options will operate from the Poole site. A huge amount of work has taken place in streamlining clinics for pregnancy. A big thank you to the clinical and transformation teams on both sites for their work and support of each other throughout this project.

Level up your social media skills

Social media is a fantastic way to connect with each other, our patients and the public. We use it in lots of ways, from sharing best practice to promoting events, from celebrating achievements to sharing public health messages. As a trust we have a significant following, and our social media presence is now a recognised and powerful tool for campaigns and boosting morale. Part of our role in comms is supporting the effective and safe use of social media.

For an overview of our trust channels, and to find out how you can maximise your own social media use in a professional capacity, come along to our workshop on Thursday 10 November, 10.30am-12noon, in Seminar Room 2 of the Education Centre at RBH. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book your place.

Font use - Arial size 12

The trust's recognised font of choice is Arial - size 12 for body text and larger for headings if required. This should be used as the default font in communication including emails, policies, letters, posters, and reports.

This font is the most accessible to readers. For more details click here. Please change the default Outlook settings so your emails are sent using this font. Please go to file – options – mail – stationary and fonts.

Job of the week: Make a difference in our dementia and delirium team

Are you highly motivated to make a real difference in dementia and delirium care? Passion and enthusiasm are essential for this new role as a dementia and delirium support worker. Find out more here.

Get quizzing for our robotic tilt table appeal

IHP, our main contractor for our transformation projects, has offered UHD staff an open invite to join their quiz night to raise funds for our UHD Charity's robotic tilting table appeal. The night will start from 6pm at Village Hotel, Deansleigh Road, on Wednesday 12 October. Please confirm and register your team by email with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday 30 September, using the registration form here.

RBCH: Advanced notice of roadworks into Christchurch next week

On Monday (26 September) for five days, Barrack Road heading into Christchurch town centre will be closed. The closure will start at the traffic lights at Stour Road up to the Fountain Roundabout. As a trust we are aware of the impact this may have for teams at Christchurch and RBH, especially traffic leaving the site. Please consider using alternative transport and plan you journey.