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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie

Our Journey So Far

Rachel Daniel Eve Rowlands

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Our commitment to reducing health inequalities

• Manchester Versus Cancer Alliance

and the ‘Don’t be a cancer chancer’ campaign

• Smoking cessation
• Alcohol
• UNICEF baby friendly scheme
• Health Promoting Hospital scheme
• Staff health and wellbeing

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“The Board of Directors recognises the importance of staff health and wellbeing, and is committed to ensuring that the health and wellbeing needs of the individual employee, the service and the organisation as a whole are given high priority.”

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust – Health and Wellbeing Strategy

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The Nation’s vision

• The Government’s approach to improving health encapsulates three

main areas

• Positively promoting ‘healthier behaviours’ and lifestyles
• Adapting the environment to make healthy choices easier and
• Strengthening self esteem, confidence and personal

responsibility

The Christie is committed to helping its staff to achieve and maintain THEIR optimum health and fitness

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Where we started…

• The Christie is conscious that our employees are the future to

maintaining our reputation as a centre of excellence

• The Human Resource Team organised the Health and Wellbeing

Day where representatives from all of the Trust’s activities held interactive events for the staff to enjoy

• Complementary therapies which are already available to staff
• Onsite smoking cessation and
• Physical activity groups

4th March 2011 - the spring board to launching our Health and Wellbeing strategy

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They said…

• As part of the day staff were asked how The Christie could help

them improve their health and wellbeing. Staff suggestions included

• Weekly weigh in
• Healthy eating advice
• Health check
• Raised awareness of what will help achieve a healthy lifestyle

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We listened…

• The Christie established
• Spring Shape Up
• A 10 week programme based on British Heart Foundation advice run by

Occupational Health

• Open to staff with a BMI above 27
• The programme includes information, exchange of ideas and periodic ‘know

your numbers’ check to help individuals develop a healthier lifestyle

• Fruity Friday
• Nutrition and portion size awareness
• Quarterly MOT days
• Open to all staff this is an opportunity to have cholesterol, blood pressure,

BMI and diabetes tests performed

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We plan...

• We have planned a number of events over the next year each

supporting a national awareness campaign from depression awareness to love parks

• Our aim is to demonstrate that getting fit and healthy does not have

to break the bank

• Our hospital is our community and our community is a great society

in which to nurture, develop and grow that is why we are one of the best places to implement ‘The Public Health Responsibility Deal’

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Quarter Strand Theme Activity Quarter 1 Jan - Mar Health and Wellbeing Event For Example

• Massage
• Aromatherapy
• Meditation
• Staff Counselling/OH Signposting
• Competition –
• Promotion of staff discounts
• Trade Unions Signposting
• Local Gym Promotions
• Get Walking (Transport) Pedometers
• Signposting to National Schemes / Local Schemes

/ Help Agencies

• Healthy lifestyle

National Health Campaigns Stress Down Day February Hints/Tips/Advise Generic Communication -Intranet No Smoking Day March Hints/Tips/Advise from the smoking cessation team Generic Communication -Intranet Quarter 2 Apr - Jun Health and Wellbeing Spring Shape Up 10 week healthy living programme includes know your numbers and weigh ins National Health Campaigns Depression Awareness Week 11th April Generic Communication -Intranet Cancer Prevention Week May Generic Communication -Intranet The Big Lunch June Canteen and coffee shop with dietician input identifying healthy summer diet Generic Communication -Intranet World Blood Donor Day June Blood Donor Van for Staff – giving something back

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Quarter 3 July– Sept Health and Wellbeing Stress busters Fruitilicious (July) Cycle back to happiness (September) Stress awareness – exercise and healthy eating can help to beat stress

• Fruit basket to each ward and department with flyers

and leaflet drops regarding stress and the help available including EAP

• Cycleathon from lands end to john o’groats

equivalent volunteers to cycle as much or as little to achieve the distance

• Advertise our new intranet page and advertise the

events in Chinwag National Health Campaigns Love Parks Week July Encourage people to be more active outdoors Generic Communication -Intranet Sun Safety Month Generic Communication -Intranet Quarter 3 Oct – Dec Economic Wellbeing Physical Wellbeing 24 steps to Christmas

• Inter ward/department challenge which takes the

most steps in a day cumulatively (try to get pedometers from a sponsor)

• Advent calendar on the intranet staying healthy in

the winter – diet and indoor exercise advice

• Alcohol awareness

National Health Campaigns Bullying Awareness Week Promotion of Policy Generic Communication -Intranet Global hand washing day October Generic Communication -Intranet Alcohol Awareness Promotion of Policy Generic Communication -Intranet

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We identified...

• By working closely with our Occupational Health Provider we have

identified and consistently monitored the areas which have caused the highest attendance incidence rates

• The two main areas affecting our directorates are psychological and

non-work related musculoskeletal issues each averaging 42% of all management referrals received by Occupational Health

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We have…

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which specialises in

staff counselling

• Reduced cost complementary therapies onsite
• The ability to adjust duties and implement a phased return to work to

assist individuals to either stay in or return to work

• Actively taken part in the NICE round 2 ‘Depression Detection and

Management of Staff on Long Term Sickness Absence’

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We recruited…

• A Trust catering dietician to look at patient and

staff menus

• We will be seeking feedback from staff and

patients regarding catering

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We have...

• A wellbeing strategy to underpin the work we are

doing around wellbeing

• This work will feed into the Health and Safety

committee and be monitored on a quarterly basis

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Communication is success…

• We have improved communication with staff:
• increased promotion including feedback boxes
• use of staff display stands
• the intranet
• team brief
• staff magazine – Chinwag
• posters and flyers distributed across all wards and in the dining

room

• We have informed staff of the results of the national staff

survey and conducted a follow up exercise

• Feedback has been improved around organisational

change

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Recent planned programmes…

• Review and relaunch of stress management

policy

• Recent tender for EAP services to a more

specialised provider experienced in staff counselling provision

• Increased promotion activity around smoking

cessation

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Commitment...

• Signed up to DoH Public Health responsibility

deal – one of the first trusts to do this

• Core commitments
• Supporting pledges specific to The Christie

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Our staff, our future…

• Future Activity:
• Launch of cycle to work scheme
• Collaboration with other Trusts re team events
• Implementation of a fast track physiotherapy service

for staff

• Review and relaunch of the substance misuse policy
• Relaunch and implementation of the new EAP service

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And so our journey continues...