Q webinar series - number three
AGENDA:
Introduction
Nicola Bent, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Innovation Adoption - Wessex AHSN
Presentation one - Environmental Sustainability
The Green Ward Competition is a clinical engagement programme for NHS Trusts wishing to improve their environmental sustainability and reduce their carbon footprint.
Dr Olivia Bush, Clinical Programme Director at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, has worked directly with ward and unit teams at Bournemouth Hospital to develop, run and measure projects to make their daily practice more sustainable and add value.
The following presentations are from 2 of the 6 teams that took part in the 2020 Competition.
1A - Reducing waste in pharmacy and action on inhaler disposal
Michelle Kirkland - ACT & Medicines Optimisation Technician - Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Biography/Context
I have been working as a Pharmacy Accredited Technician for over 12 years. I have worked for Lloydspharmacy, RAF Odiham, Boots and now at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital for the last six years where I completed my Medicines Optimisation training.
I was asked by the Pharmacy Department at The Royal Bournemouth if I would attend a meeting with Dr Olivia Bush (Clinical Programme Director for the Centre of Sustainable Healthcare) regarding the possibility of doing a Green Award project. After meeting with Dr Olivia Bush and talking about sustainability within the NHS a colleague and myself started looking at projects we could do. Something struck about the talk regarding Metered Dose Inhalers being 3.5% of the NHS carbon footprint and I decided to investigate a bit further and base a project on this.
When I am not ranting about inhalers I like to destress on my paddleboard or immerse myself in a good book.
1B - Who needs spray anyway? - Reducing the usage of ethyl chloride spray for testing spinal/epidural blocks
Helen Spencer Jones - Staff Nurse - Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Emily Young - Staff Nurse - Royal Bourouth Hospital
Biographies
Helen Spencer Jones
I qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1988 at Southampton General Hospital and after working for 18months in Cardio-Thoracic medicine I moved to Vascular surgery and into Surgical ICU.
I was seconded to do the Intensive Care course in 1991 and became a Junior Sister in Surgical ICU. I moved to Cardio-Thoracic ICU as a Staff Nurse in 1994 and continued there for several years whilst bringing up my family. After relocating to Bournemouth, I joined the Theatre Recovery Team at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2009 and its here that I have developed a keen interest in sustainability issues.
I read about the Green Ward competition in the summer of 2019 and decided to get a team together to tackle areas of concern within our department.
We chose to reduce our use of ethyl chloride spray in post-operative patients in view of its cost, production and impact on the environment, patients and staff.
We were lucky enough to win the competition and have spent the past year implementing the change across our trust and beyond.
Emily Young
I qualified in 2006 with a BSC (Hon) in Adult Clinical Nursing. I started my nursing career on a surgical Urology ward. I then moved to work in recovery theatres where I have currently been working for the last 15 years. Whilst working in recovery I volunteered as a recovery nurse with Mercy Ships in Sierra Leone in 2011 and Togo in 2012. Mercy Ships was such a great experience for me and sparked my interest to how you can still provide great quality care with what resources you have and waste less. I teamed up with Helen to form a sustainability team with a shared passion to help improve our working environment for patients and staff.
Presentation two - Exploring Wellbeing Across The UK Paediatric Workforce
Dr Seb Gray - General Paediatric Consultant - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Seb will talk about how he utilised QI and strategic problem solving methodology to explore issues related to burnout and reduced wellbeing amongst the paediatric workforce in the UK. As part of the wider RCPCH Paediatrics 2040 work that spanned the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the wellbeing of healthcare staff has been rightly prioritised and issues facing paediatricians are largely translatable to other specialties and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Biography
Previous individual QI fellowship with HEE(Wessex) looking at augmenting the safety netting process for children; award-winning project (Dean’s prize at Imperial College Paediatric and Child Health MSc).
Lead for Team EQUIP (Education in Quality Improvement in Paediatrics) – HEE-funded MDteam-based QI training package across Salisbury primary and secondary care.
Lead for Wellbeing aspect of RCPCH Paediatrics 2040 project.
UK and Europe representative for the International Paediatric Association (IPA) and Yale Global Health Child Health Emerging Leaders programme (IPA LEAD) – one of 14 in total from across the world.
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