From Monday 6th April: Silver command will meet at 10.30am
Cabinet will meet at 11.30am
Easter leave & Bank Holidays
The Easter Bank Holiday period is fast approaching, at the same time as the pressure within our hospitals is increasing.
For some staff, we will be asking that:
- Planned annual leave for the Easter weekend 10th-13th April inclusive is postponed.
- Good Friday and Easter Monday are deemed to be ‘normal’ working days.
This will mean that some staff may be asked to work these days and take these 2 public holidays in lieu later in the year.
Staff will receive the enhanced pay rates, in accordance with their Terms and Conditions, for working these public holidays. We have asked line managers in each area to approach staff who they consider are required to either postpone planned leave over the Easter period or work the 2 public holidays.
This will ensure that we can create additional capacity in those services where a shortage of staff would be operationally critical and continue to support our patients and colleagues during these exceptional circumstances.
Further annual leave and Bank Holiday periods will be reviewed as the situation develops.
Staff Testing
You will have seen that in the media that so far 2000 NHS staff have been tested nationally for Covid-19. We can confirm that just over ¼ of these (507) are STHK staff.
Staff Test results
Staff must not access records to look for their own or others Covid-19 test results:
- Do not look at your own records or those of your friends or family
- Do not look at records for patients who are not in your care
- Do not look at records of other members of staff who may be patients at this trust
This is a breach of the Data Protection Act and staff who are found to be reviewing data inappropriately will be in breach of their contract of employment and subject to disciplinary action. If you have any questions relating data confidentiality, please email ig@sthk.nhs.uk.
Test results are communicated as follows:
Positive result:
HWWB contact staff member, inform them of positive result and advise them to follow national guidance re self-isolation
Negative result:
HWWB contact staff member, inform them of negative result and advise them to return to work
In both instances results are entered onto Cohort and HWWB inform staff member’s line manager of the result via email.
PPE Guidance
Yesterday, Public Health England updated guidance on the use of PPE. We are currently working through their information to lay out clearly what protective equipment is required in each setting across our hospitals and community services – giving much greater clarity for staff on what precautions to take. This will be issued later today.
Scrubs – Please do not hoard scrubs or take them home:
In order to use our resource in the most appropriate way, only key teams in high risk areas should wear scrubs ie theatres, ITU, cohort wards, MET and medical team responding to arrests.
To minimise the risk of cross contamination from work to home, these teams must change into and out of scrubs at work and they are washed by the Trust’s laundry service.
If you have your own scrubs, different looking to ours, by all means wear them at work, change out of them before returning home and wash them.
Investment agreed at Execs
Telecommunication equipment for the rapid intubation team
Increased IT service desk capacity to support all service users
Additional IT equipment to support remote working, enable social distancing for meetings and provide the required support for Bronze, Silver and Gold command.
Ward move update
Latest update is below: Please note; Haematology move from 2A to 3E
| 1ST Floor | Unchanged |
| 2 A, B, C, D | All Respiratory Wards |
| 3A | Plastics now includes Burns and plastics trauma |
| 3Alpha & 3B | Ortho (unchanged) |
| 3C 3D | 3c now accommodating diabetes patients who were previously on Ward 2d as well as Gen Med 3D Gastro – Unchanged |
| 3E | Haematology & Gynae |
| 3F | All Paeds |
| 4A & 4B | Urology/Gen Surgery and SAU – Unchanged |
| 4C | closed currently (will be ITU phase 4) |
| 4F | new HDU |
| 4E & 4E Med | 21 spaces as ITU |
| 4E Annexe A (Theatre Recovery) | ITU spaces |
| 5A 5B | DMOP – Unchanged |
| 5C | Acute stroke – Unchanged |
| 5D | stroke rehab – Unchanged |
#HiddenHospitalHeroes
Today we say a big thank you to all our domestics for their heroic efforts in recent times.
You are a vital part of the our team, we really couldn’t do this without you!
