£75k for Innovative Work - "Shine"

"Shine" is The Health Foundation’s new annual award for innovation, looking at ideas that tackle challenges to high quality care, ideas that are developed, tested and based on evidence.

 

The Health Foundation is looking to invest £75,000 in each of 18 teams across the health service: commissioning, primary care, acute care, mental health and beyond and are seeking people with the best innovative ideas and the skills to put together an innovations trial to develop and test that thinking.

 

This year’s challenge is: what new approaches to delivering healthcare can improve quality whilst also saving money?

 

For more information click on the following link:  www.health.org.uk/shine

Deadline for applications is

12 noon, 2nd November 2009.

 

UKONS Annual Conference 2009 15th - 16th October 2009 @ Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton

 

The Thursday is UKONS only day, with workstreams for everyone – supportive care, chemotherapy and research.

 

A keynote speaker is Prof Mary Vachon from Toronto who is an international expert on spirituality amongst other supportive themes including caring for your staff.

 

Register on line www.ukons.org

 

 

Martlets Education Centre Study Morning

Wednesday 23rd September 2009 - 09:15-13.00

Education Centre, Martlets Hospice Hove

 

A study mornig is taking place on 23rd September 2009 entitled "A multi-professional approach to the care of a person at the End of Life with Heart Failure". There are still some places left please contact Liz Watson, Palliative Care Lecturer at the Martlets Education Centre on 01273 829940. Please click on the link below to view full details.

 

"A multi-professional Approach to the Care of a Person at the End of Life with Heart Failure" (54 kb PDF)

 

Open to health professionals.

Development of Chemotherapy Services Study Day

Thursday 16th July 2009

Deans Place Hotel, Alfriston, BN26 5TW

 

The study day was a great success with over 70 people in attendance and with representation from each organisation and across the disciplines.  The day proved to be an invaluable opportunity for a variety of health care professionals and multiple organisations to get together to start working towards developing a different model for chemotherapy services within the SCN in the future.

 

Overall the study day was very well received and people commented on the energy and enthusiasm which they hoped would be maintained.  The feedback was excellent and people said how useful this day was in looking at how chemotherapy services can be developed and how choices for patients can be improved.  People found being able identify some of the challenges and barriers to change very useful.

 

Some of the comments from the evaluation included:-

 

“Excellent informative day. Made very useful contacts and it will enhance my capabilities”

 

“As a workforce planning lead, I found the information/issues/challenges the most useful aspects and can now see what strategic input will be needed”

 

“Very interesting study day. Great opportunity to find out new initiatives from other parts of the UK & having the chance to meet with commissioners to discuss improvements in providing chemo services”

 

“Very useful event to brainstorm with colleagues outside a work setting - would love to do it again”

“Really good day learnt lots”

 

“Patient feedback was both useful and informative”

 

All speakers were highly rated in their presentations.

 

Click on link below for each presentation:-

• Chemotherapy Services In Sussex (766 KB)
• Successful Models of Chemotherapy - Improving the Patients Experience (2.99 MB)
• Economic Challenges of Chemotherapy Delivery (1.19 MB)
• Advanced Sympton Management System (ASyMS) (2.44 MB)
• World Class Commissioning & Chemotherapy (155 KB)
• The Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (1.13 MB)
• Innovations in Sympton Management (2.44 MB)

Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Module

29th April 2009 - 17th June 2009

Education Centre, Universities Hospitals Bristol

 

This module is ideal for nurses and allied healthcare professionals who are involved with the treatment and care of children, young people and adults who have been diagnosed with malignant or non-malignant haematological disorders and those who require bone marrow transplantation. Closing date for applications is Friday 17th April 2009.

 

Principles of Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Flyer (28.0 KB pdf)

April 2009: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

across the Sussex Cancer Network

 

SCN Partnership Group Talk conducted by Dr Linda Garvican, SCN Public Health Director is being held on: Saturday 17th January 2009 entitled "Risking and Surviving Cancer in Sussex"

 

All are welcome and admission is free. For more information contact the Network on: 01273 545447. Places will be limited.

 

Poster for Dr Linda Garvican Talk

HPV Vaccination Programme

Cervarix Vaccine