Families affected by bereavement in Perton will soon be able to get advice and support at their local library.
The Perton ‘Star’ Café’ which launches on 4 November 2019 will take place from 9:30am to 11:30am on the first Monday of every month. The service will provide a friendly and welcoming opportunity for anyone affected by bereavement to get advice and support.
Artificial Intelligence, remote consultations and even robots will be increasingly used to support face-to-face contact in Staffordshire’s health and social care system.
The county’s public health leader is calling for a debate on the increasing use of technology in providing health and social care for the county’s ageing population.
More than 250 people have got together, to work towards reducing the number of deaths by suicide in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to zero.
The second annual Suicide Prevention Conference was held at the Bet365 Stadium on October 11 by Together We’re Better, the partnership of NHS and local government organisations, alongside independent and voluntary sector groups, that is working together to transform local health and care services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on Trent.
13 trusts will receive loan funding approved by the Health Secretary to go towards modernising equipment, refurbishing wards and ensuring the safety of NHS buildings. [Trusts include SaTH and UHDB for Burton site]
People interested in working at two new children’s residential homes that are set to open in Shropshire early next year are being invited to a special Open Day on Monday 28 November to find out more about the jobs that are available.
The Open Day is being held at University Centre Shrewsbury’s Guidhall building between 9.30am and 5.30am. People can drop in at any time during the day.
Over 25 permanent positions are available at the homes, for care workers and shift leaders.
Known as TEC Hub (Technology-Enabled Care Hub) and based in the Age UK unit in the Riverside Shopping Centre in Shrewsbury, these sessions will enable you to try for yourself some of the latest voice-activated and motion-activated devices designed to make our lives easier and our homes safer.
At these free drop-in sessions, you’ll be able to talk to ‘Alexa’, see who’s at the front door without leaving your chair, try out motion-activated lights, get to use a smart tablet, and so much more. Staff will be on hand to give advice and support.
Staff were given the opportunity to attend the staff support-themed events and see what improvements and changes are being made in End of Life Care (EOLC) and throughout the Trust through its Transforming Care Production System.
Among the improvements highlighted were plans for a Pet Passport for patients; bereavement bags for children and the award-winning initiative Taste for Pleasure – which is an alternative to nil-by-mouth for patients who are at end of life.
Louise will start at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford in February.
Louise Barnett
Louise is currently the Chief Executive at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, having joined them as interim Chief Executive in October 2013, prior to being appointed to the substantive position in April 2014.
The 176 nurses have been recruited by the Trust to work across its hospitals – The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford.
They have been recruited from India and will start to arrive in the county from December.
The Trust has looked to overseas recruitment, through Health Education England’s (HEE) Global Learners programme, to help fill gaps in its substantive nursing and midwifery workforce.
A pop-up event aiming to listen to ‘What Matters to You’ about local health and social care services is being held in Ludlow on Thursday, 24 October, 2019.
Representatives from Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be in the main reception area of Ludlow Community Hospital to listen to people’s views on local services and to talk to people about developments as part of the Shropshire Care Closer to Home Programme.