3rd May 2024
May Bank Holiday Pharmacy Opening Hours
Please find opening hours for pharmacies across the region over the bank holiday period via this link.
BHAWA – Step Challenge Winner!
Steps challenge winners:
1st place Kathryn Ford with 210,683 steps
2nd place Mandi Coglan with 197,036 steps
3rd place Jade Blair with 150,319 steps
Congratulations and well done to the winners and all of you who took part. Overall 12 people submitted their step count, walking a total of 1,373,149 steps equal to 688 miles – the equivalent to walking from Innovation House to Dusseldorf in Germany so well done to all 🏆
Chair Based Class
Kathryn Ford has kindly recorded 60 minute chair based class which can be found here: Chair Based Class
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10th May 2024
Spring COVID Booster Campaign
We have now completed the initial round of COVID Boosters for DDHF care homes. 531 vaccinations have been administered up to 9th May with 15% of patients declining so far. Mop up sessions will be arranged over the coming weeks. Thanks to all those involved.
Fire Drill
Reminder to all staff that if the fire alarm is activated any other time than 10.30am on a Monday that this is not a test and all staff must evacuate. Additionally to this, all staff must remember to sign out when not in the building as the drill identified staff members not on site who were still signed in.
Statutory & Mandatory Training
We have decided to adopt the “skills for health” training requirements, therefore staff are only required to complete certain training courses either yearly, twice or three yearly. Please see link for updated list: Statutory and Mandatory Training
BHAWA – Healthy Eating
May is coeliac awareness month and as part of Mays BHAWA we are doing recipes of the week to promote healthy, gluten-free recipes for people to try at home:
â—Ź Chicken with crushed harissa chickpeas – https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-crushed-harissa-chickpeas
â—Ź Vegetarian mushroom brunch – https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mushroom-brunch
24th May 2024
Angel Trust – Tinned Goods Collection
Reminder – We are collecting donations for the Angel Trust. Please donate any tinned foods that you “can”, for the collection at Innovation House by the end of May. For more information on the Angel Trust please see the link.
Pharmacy – Bank Holiday Opening Times
Please find opening hours for all regional pharmacies on the attached link.
Right Care Right Person
Right Care Right Person is a phased programme of partnership working and withdrawal of the police from certain types of demand, aiming to ensure that vulnerable people are given the right care and support when they are in crisis.
BHAWA – Healthy Eating
May is coeliac awareness month and as part of Mays BHAWA we are doing recipes of the week to promote healthy, gluten-free recipes for people to try at home:
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â—ŹÂ Â Â Â Â Â Vegetable biryani with green raita
BHAWA – Men’s Health
June will be the Men’s Health campaign. Please keep an eye on the newsletter and the information board for more information.
Changes to the On Demand Telephone Interpreting System
Please see the link for the recent changes.
Green Impact Award – Energy Saving
Typically, computers in use account for 34%, computers on standby 3% and monitors 7% of electrical carbon footprint. Fridges 27%, Heating and cooling water 7%, Lighting 14%, Fan Heaters and air con 5%. To play our part in reducing our footprint in this you will see some “Think Green” stickers appearing around Innovation House.
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31st May April 2024
Measles
Please see email distributed by Andrew regarding the potential measles case at Durham A&E on Friday 24th May between 9.00pm & Midnight. There is currently increased frequency of measles generally and it can be passed to others before symptoms develop. The best protection is to have two doses of the MMR vaccine. Please see the links for the measles guidance and IPC risk assessment. CDDFT have also distributed the following links for more information: Signs and Symptoms / Factsheet / Alert
Learning Disability & Autism Awareness Mandatory Training – Tier 1 Part 2
Please ensure that all staff sign up to one of the events within the link. Please note that you will need to have completed the online Tier 1 Part 1 learning as your certificate for this will be requested once you have registered. Please send certificates once completed to Andrea.
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections
Please see link for more information on the increase of STEC infections.
May 2024 MHRA Drug Safety Update
Please see link for the Drug Safety Update for May.