Better Health at Work Awards
April’s campaign will focus on Physical Activity! Please find slides from the women’s health presentation from March’s campaign and a summary below of hot topics for each day..

Monday – Breast Cancer Awareness
Tuesday – Menopause
Wednesday – Cervical Cancer
Thursday – Periods
Friday – Domestic Abuse

BHAWA Quiz Winner!
Congratulations to Sam Dobson for winning the Women’s Health quiz!!

100 Skips a Day Challenge for Cancer Research UK!
Jade, Helen, Sue, Anna and Deb took part in the skipping challenge and between them raised £855 so well done to all, have a good rest before the next challenge.

Goodbyes
This week we say goodbye to Kath Shaw. Everybody at DDHF wishes Kath the best of luck for the future.

Easter Eggs from North House
Thank you to North House for supplying this year’s Easter Eggs!

BHAWA – Alcohol Quiz
Test your knowledge on the alcohol quiz! Around 1 in 5 of us say that we drink above the recommended low-risk drinking guidelines of 14 units a week!

Spring COVID Booster Campaign
The 2024 Spring COVID Boosters will commence in care homes on Monday 15th April! For those involved in the vaccination campaign please ensure all training is up to date.

Goodbyes
This week we say goodbye to Callum Fraser from the Admin Team. Everybody at DDHF wishes Callum the best of luck for the future.

BHAWA – Step Challenge
The April campaign is encouraging everyone to increase their physical activity. We are in week 1 of the step challenge.
Kathryn Ford has kindly done a pre recorded 30 minute beginners pilates class which can be found here: 30 Minute Beginners Pilates
Next week we will be distributing origami fortune tellers with physical activity challenges.

North East and North Cumbria ICB Staff Wellbeing HUB
The Staff Wellbeing Hub that was set up during the response to Covid-19 which provides wellbeing support to health and care workers in the North East and North Cumbria is to continue. The hub is an easily accessible, free, and confidential service that provides support to those working in primary and secondary healthcare, social care, and the voluntary and community sector. You can find out more about the hub on the ICB website. In addition to local wellbeing and support services within individual organisations, there is also a range of other national health and wellbeing support offers accessed via the NHS website. It is crucial to take care of our wellbeing and that of everyone around us!

Policies and SOPS
Watch out for new policies which are about to be issued on Teamnet and ensure you read and acknowledge them. Policies which have been reviewed in the past month are awaiting discussion in your team meetings are Lone Worker, Records Management, Sickness Absence, Confidentiality, Medicines Management and Consent.

Better Health At Work Award

Step Challenge
Last day of the steps challenge is Sunday 28th April. Please submit steps by close of play Monday 29th April. The sheet for recording steps completed will be available in the meeting room on Monday. There may be some prizes up for grabs!

Pilates Class
Kathryn Ford has kindly done a pre recorded 60 minute pilates class which can be found here.

Job Vacancies
There is a job post for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner: Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk). Furthermore, there is also an opening for a Health and Wellbeing Coach for Bishop Auckland: Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk). All vacancies will close on the 3rd May 2024.

Spring COVID Booster Campaign
The spring covid booster campaign has continued this week. We have delivered a total of 269 vaccinations in care homes as of yesterday!

Good Luck
Good Luck to Amy Brown who starts her maternity leave today!