News

*on behalf of Lynn Grayson*

Hello everyone,

You told us (in staff temperature checks and at the We are Derian forum) that you wanted better communication between departments.

As part of this, we will now be providing a round-up after each SMT meeting of the most important/interesting points talked about!

SMT Roundup – August

• A big thank you to all the team for your engagement with the PCR testing programme that we’ve had to roll-out quickly
• There’s going to be a focus on working in the ‘new normal’ with a return of more face to face meetings starting with Keeping in Touch in September
• Culture & Values sessions will also return in September to review for Year 4 led by David, Lynn and Ben with a focus on well-being and communication
• Staff support drop-in sessions are going to start soon led by Dawn and Sue, these will be an opportunity to discuss any work related issue so look-out for details of the first meeting to follow soon
• September will be a busy month as we also welcome new starters across all the teams at Derian
• The expansion of our retail network is continuing, Andrew will share more details soon
• The Great Big House Giveaway is going really well with almost £30k raised already
• The strategy for the next 3 years has now been completed to ensure we meet all of our strategic aims and will be cascaded to teams in the next couple of weeks
  • Provide Outstanding Care
  • A Great Place to Work
  • Champion the voice of our families, staff and volunteers.
  • Lead the way in children’s & young people’s hospice care and wellbeing
  • Be Innovative and Creative
  • Have sustainable financial plans.
• EMIS project is ongoing and is progressing well with work behind the scenes at the moment.
• We currently have a couple of issues with the CCTV system but these are being addressed as a matter of urgency. There has been a new CCTV camera fitted to cover the Woodland Counselling pod in readiness for this being opened.

And finally

• Planning has begun for a big Derian Christmas party, keep a look out for a ‘Save the Date’ announcement coming soon (I’m now waiting for the comments from the Clinical team for mentioning Christmas in August!!)

Hope this information is useful – feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions on how we can further improve communications between departments.