1. Please note this is NOT a ‘mole watch’ event, but products and advice will be available For more information contact Ruth Fox on 01604 545215 or email ruth.fox@ngh.nhs.uk Skin cancer awareness day Information on prevention and detection of skin cancers Free samples of sunscreen Meet the skin cancer specialist nurse Wednesday 6 May 10 am – 2.30 pm Cyber Café We put patient safety above all else

2. Bleep Site Managers on 4298 for the Flat Lift Kit Fallen patient? Suspected #NOF? Do NOT Hoist ✗ Jo Jennings – Falls prevention – Ext 3358

3. AMENDED Core Care Plans and nursing documents Patient Handling Assessment 02/15 National Early Warning Score (NEWS) (Adult) 02/15 Review Dates 02/15 Transfer Checklist 02/15 These will be delivered to you Do not order yet Judy Turland – Practice Development – Ext 4663 Trust Pain Assessment Tool, and Core Care Plan for Patients with Learning Disabilities (Adult) and patients who have Dementia or Cognitive Impairment 02/15

4. We reflect, we learn, we improve When you receive a complaint that requires investigation, please ensure that you: Lisa Cooper – Complaints team – Ext 5774 Identify the staff involved Ask each member of staff for a statement If another staff member is referred to in the statement, also obtain a statement from that individual When you send your information through to the complaints team, send copies of each statement that you have received 1 2 3 4 Learning from complaints Email complaints@ngh.nhs.uk

5. We put patient safety above all else Safety thermometer Survey completion date is Tuesday 12 May 2015 Please do not forget to include the following on your form Hospital numbers Datix number for catheters, UTIs, falls and pressure ulcers Review form for new pressure ulcer VTE Data

6. Love our Educators Conference Monday 22 June In collaboration with the School of Health and Health Education East Midlands Open to all staff that support non-medical students in practice Focus: Valuing educators in clinical practice Free event with lunch included – counts as a mentor update To register your expression of interest in attending this event please email: brittani.joyce@ngh.nhs.ukbrittani.joyce@ngh.nhs.uk 9am-4pm Monday 22 June 2015 Highgate House, Grooms Lane, Northampton NN6 8NN Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis

7. New Parenteral Nutrition Referral on ICE A new Parenteral Nutrition Referral is available on ICE from Tuesday 7 April All referrals for the Nutrition support team must be requested using the new referral Attention all doctors