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Autumn COVID-19 booster programme launches Monday 11 September | The national COVID-19 booster programme has been brought forward from October and will now begin on Monday 11 September in response to the new BA.2.86 COVID variant, and the high prevalence, severity and rise in hospital admissions.
Those eligible for the vaccine will include: - residents in a care home for older adults
- all adults aged 65 years and over
- people aged six months to 64 years in a clinical risk group
, - frontline health and social care workers
- people aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
- people aged 16 to 64 years who are carers and staff working in care homes for older adults.
Please note eligibility may be updated upon receiving JCVI advice.
The national booking system for public clinics will open on Monday 18 September, for appointments from Tuesday 19 September.
We’ll share more information tomorrow, including local information on where and when vaccination clinics will be taking place. | Northern services are very busy today – please help drive discharges | Our Northern services are in a challenging position today and we need everyone to drive discharges to help improve capacity so we can manage the ongoing demand.
Please help by taking the following actions: - Make use of the discharge lounge as early as possible in the day
- Any clinical staff not currently directly supporting the wards, please consider what you can do to help with discharges, particularly if you are aware that we have inpatients who are on your caseload
- If a diagnostic test is required for discharge, consider if this could be done in an outpatient setting
- Ensure clear discharge plans are in place.
- Please ensure discharge planning starts at the point of admission. We have a patient information leaflet that can help
- Please identify any patients for criteria-led discharge, ensuring this is clearly documented in the patients notes
- Please get discharge summaries/TTAs to pharmacy as early in the day as possible
| Vote now for your Staff Governors: closes soon |
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Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination to become a Staff Governor. We received more nominations than we have places available, so we have now moved to a vote. |
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| Voting closes at 5pm on Tuesday 12 September 2023. Look out for your voting information in your inbox.
Please do take this opportunity to have your say. By voting in our Governor elections, you can help elect the candidates you think will best represent you on our Council of Governors. For more information about casting your vote, read the full update on HUB. |
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At a glance: COVID-19 |  | Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in our communities and we are seeing a steady rise in patient numbers. It’s vital we all remain vigilant with our infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. This includes ensuring good hand hygiene, indoor ventilation, appropriate use of PPE, and good levels of cleanliness.
We also need to be alert to COVID-related symptoms and prevention methods, so please make sure you follow the advice and guidance available on the Coronavirus (COVID-19): info hub pages on HUB.
Please also visit HUB for Trust-wide information on colleague and patient testing. | Back to top |  |
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Neurodiversity and Integration: Bridging Two Worlds - a webinar with Dr Samantha Hiew | Join Dr Samantha Hiew and delve deeper into the world of neurodiversity and its profound impact on our workplaces, on Tuesday 26 September, 10.30–11.30am.
Dr Samantha Hiew is a multi-award-winning speaker, scientist, and social entrepreneur who founded ADHD Girls when she was diagnosed with ADHD at 40, and identified as autistic.
More details including the links to join the webinar are all available here on HUB. |
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Learning together helps Royal Devon teams improve care |  |
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The Eastern and Northern paediatric pre-op teams, along with day surgery unit nurses and community dental team, have met together twice to share learning that will make pathways better for patients and reduce waiting times.
The teams met in July and again last week to look at the challenges they face and find opportunities to learn from each other and improve their service.
See the full item on HUB to find out more. |
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| Thank you: Lowman ward team |
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Today's thank you comes from Leena Chacko, Clinical Nurse Manager, Lowman ward.
Leena says: "I want to take this opportunity say a huge thank you to my fabulous team on Lowman ward. Even though I started just six months ago, I felt that they are a fabulous team due to the type of patients we have each and every day, very challenging, especially eating disorder patients. |
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| "Whatever it may be, even though staff have been attacked by different patients on the ward, still they all work hard with a smile on their face.
"The staff wellbeing team, clinical psychologist and TRim have been visiting the ward on a regular basis to support the team. Words are not enough to thank them, but I want them to be recognised and appreciated.
"Well done my fantastic team." |
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Virtual meno-pause chat and café – Wednesday 6 September |
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Wednesday 6 September 2023, 10:30–11:30am
The peri-menopause and menopause affect at least 13m women in the UK. The symptoms can be confusing, and there can be a lack of support and understanding for women experiencing the often-debilitating side-effects.
Why not come along to the virtual meno-pause and chat café tomorrow at 10:30am and chat with others who may be experiencing similar symptoms to you and find out how you can be supported by the Trust.
Click here to join the MS Teams meeting Click here to join the meeting |
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Sea shanty singers saved by hospital to stage charity concert to show thanks |
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| Sea shanty singers who owe their lives to the Royal Devon are using their voices to show their appreciation.
After members of Devon-based Mariners Away received life-saving care from the RD&E’s cardiology unit, the group is staging a charity concert at Exeter Corn Exchange on October 20 in aid of the RD&E Charity. See HUB for more |
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| Congratulations to summer raffle prize winner |
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Congratulations to Aleks Leatham, winner of the RD&E Charity’s BIG Summer Raffle.
Aleks, who works as an analyst in the MY CARE team at North Devon District Hospital, has won a garden prize package including a gas barbecue, folding chairs, drinks cooler/stool, patio heater and £50 Tesco voucher …just in time for the return of summer.
Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket for the draw – every single entry will help our local hospitals go even further for patients and their families. |
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Learn+ downtime, Monday 11 September | Learn+ will be unavailable between 6-7pm on Monday 11 September for essential maintenance. We apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. | September health and wellbeing newsletter now available | September’s Health and Wellbeing newsletter is now available.
Features include: - Self-care September
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- Eating smart through the cost-of-living crisis
- Know your numbers - blood pressure week
- What’s on?
| World Suicide Prevention Day | World Suicide Prevention Day is Sunday 10 September. It is an opportunity to raise awareness of suicide, the steps we can take to prevent it, and help reduce the stigma surrounding it. | Wellbeing support | For information about resources to support your wellbeing, please go to the our Health and Wellbeing pages | Back to top |
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 | Occupational therapist to be keynote speaker at conference |
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| A Royal Devon occupational therapist is to be a keynote speaker at at the first Occupational Therapy Research Conference, led by Glasgow Caledonian University.
Chris Lovegrove (pictured) is an HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow. His project has been to develop, and feasibility test a new occupation-based complex intervention (OBtAIN-PD).
See HUB for more |
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Collaborations celebrated in the One Devon Bulletin |
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| A milestone for Devon’s international nurses, a £20m mental health, learning disability and autism project, and a new state-of-the-art community diagnostic centre are some of the highlights from the August One Devon Bulletin. |
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