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EEAST have been working with Fire & Rescue services (FRS) to complete Safe & Well visits to patients' homes where concerns have been raised by EEAST crews.

Please note, the Maintenance on the Datix system has been successfully completed and the system is back online.

Apollo, our new Occupational Health Database, is now ready to go fully live.

It is with our deep sadness that we inform you all of the death of our dear friend & colleague Lee Fox

We have seen a fantastic response to our 2020 flu campaign, with vaccinators holding clinics throughout the region.

An update on the current position with COVID-19 from our COVID leads

The latest edition of the newsletter updating you with latest developments in the ePCR Replacement Programme is now available to download.

We're running flu clinics across the region to help you protect patients, your family and yourself against flu this winter.

Please fill in our online form by end of day this Saturday (31 October) to have your say on our new intranet.

The HR Department are rolling out a series of Manager’s Passport Training (MPT) titled Special Leave Policy training modules.

A senior call handler with our Trust has received a prestigious national award for remaining “calm and reassuring” while guiding a caller through a difficult birth.

Following on from the recent phishing outbreak, can staff please be more cautious when receiving these types of emails.

Staff working in leadership positions are being offered the chance to take part in a series of free bitesize training sessions.

To celebrate Black History Month, EEAST’s BME network will be hosting a virtual event.

As part of this year’s flu campaign, anyone who has the flu vaccine will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a £25 Marks & Spencer voucher.

The UKONS tool is designed specifically to assist triage for patients receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments using a Red, Amber, Green (RAG) system.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with the Money Advice Service to provide all our NHS employees with free and independent financial support.

The Trust is adopting Clinical Frailty Scoring (CFS) for our elderly patients to improve both their long and short term health management.

Staff from across our Trust with an interest in becoming a future NHS leader are being encouraged to apply to a special training scheme to help them reach their goal.

EEAST's Research team is collaborating with UEA and NNUH in a new unplanned out-of-hospital births project.

This is a summary of the questions, suggestions and comments made during our virtual staff session on 19th October 2020.

The CPS team have successfully developed the face-to-face Virtual 'Delivering Practice Education' programme into an online format.

We’ve all heard of Datix, but why is it important to what we do?

This End of Life Study day facilitated by St Nicholas Hospice is free and open to all EEAST clinicians.

Next weeks flu clinics. Also see how your sector is doing this flu season.

This weeks leadership come from one of our Trust's Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, Janice Scott.

To celebrate Black History Month, South West Essex based A-EMT Ivan Perkin’s shares his story about why he joined EEAST.

More progress is being made in the ePCR Replacement Programme. Find out more in the latest newsletter.

To aid us in tackling the culture of bullying, harassment and negative behaviours issue, we are conducting a Workplace Harassment Survey to help us understand the extent of the problem and help shape and refine our response.

After initially prioritising front line staff, all staff, including those working from home, are now able to attend a flu clinic for their vaccine.

The latest edition of Clinical Quality Matters looks at the safe non-conveyance of patients and some of the issues around this subject.

Find out more about an opportunity for Masters to PhD Bridging Awards (MaPBA) in 2019/20 for graduate NHS non-medical clinicians.

The clocks go back this Sunday morning (25th October). The Data Quality team now manages the amendment of any resource status time errors caused.

A message from Non-Executive Director Mrunal Sisodia during Freedom To Speak Up Month.

The Council for Allied Health Professions Research has made money available to help with the costs of attending conferences and training.

There have been a number of incidents recently where people have been offered bogus job opportunities through LinkedIn.

A further two virtual executive briefing sessions have been scheduled for this week. They offer a chance for members of the Exec to brief you on the implication of the announcement regarding special measures.

An online ‘Research Skills for Clinicians’ course for health professionals not yet research active but interested in research skills has been created.

The Care Quality Commission recommended in their recent report that the Trust be placed into special measures. The recommendation has been accepted and the Trust has been placed into special measures.

To celebrate World Menopause Day (18th October), a free-to-access virtual learning event has be organised.

Today we would like to introduce you to two of your vaccinator colleagues.

Our Trust’s Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive will share his views on the first responder’s perspective of COVID-19 at an online webinar organised by the Royal Society of Medicine.

The Stars of EEAST awards will be going ahead this year, but in a different format taking into account COVID restrictions.

Please fill in our online form by 31st October to have your say on our new intranet.

All the latest news about the ePCR update programme can be found in the inaugural Change is Good newsletter.

Next weeks flu clinics. Also see how your sector is doing this flu season.

CFRs in central Cambridgeshire are trialling the use of a new marked car and patients are already seeing the benefits.

In recent months IT have been tidying up systems with regards to staff we have not been made aware of who have left the Trust.

Tanoh Asamoah-Danso, Vice Chair of the EEAST BME Network shares his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement for Black History Month.

The NHS has recently released a National Patient Safety Alert regarding foreign body aspiration during intubation and airway management.

There are now fully-funded opportunities for HCPC registered paramedics to upgrade their DipHE or CertHE qualifications to bachelor degrees.

This clinical update from Chris Martin provides further information on the decision to remove ETI from the Paramedic Scope of Practice.

Our team works with colleagues across the Trust to lead and support the management and implementation of several themes of work.

The 'Take 5 to Prepare' briefing note for October is here and is all about the Specialist Operational Response Team (SORT).

When attending a known regular caller who is subsequently left at home it is very important that the attending clinician(s) report information back to ECAT.

Wendy Thomas, Non-Executive Director talks about Freedom to Speak Up.

Four further briefings have been arranged for this week where the Exec will talk through the CQC report and progress being made to address the issues it highlights.

Find out what has been going on within the Rostering Team

This week, Janice, your Freedom To Speak Up Guardian, will be running drop in sessions at Longwater Ambulance station in Norwich.

Paul Henry, our Deputy Director of Operations Support, has been awarded the Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal (QAM).

This Saturday, the 10th October, is World Mental Health Day. We spoke to EEAST’s Mental Health Team to find out more about the work that they do.

Our latest Quality Account has now been published and contains a wealth of information on the care delivered during 2019/20 against our priorities.

The Manager’s Passport Training modules, are due to be rolled out as part of the new Managers First 90 days Programme.

Find out where you can get your flu jab this week.

John Hodgson has won the South Norfolk Community Awards, ‘Wellbeing Champion of the Year.’

The Trust has made the decision to extend the current annual leave ‘Buy-Back’ scheme to 31st December 2020.

Everything you want to know about ePCR (and iPads) but haven’t had a chance to ask!

Following on from our briefings last week we have arranged three further sessions where members of the Exec will talk through the CQC report.

Please read the following new guidance on wearing masks in the ambulance workplace.

During October, as part of Freedom To Speak Up month, we will be advertising both drop-in sessions and bookable appointments with the Trust’s FTSU Guardian, Janice Scott.

Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Janice Scott, introduces Freedom to Speak Up month.

Spectrum.Life, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider supplied by KaysMedical, is running a series of short wellbeing sessions all at no cost to EEAST staff during the winter months.

Everyone is entitled to a free flu jab. If you’re currently working from home, you will be able to have your jab at your nearest clinic.

You will soon receive an email from Picker which will contain a unique link to the survey. The survey is easy to complete and should take you around 15 minutes.

Our DATIX hosted provider is currently experiencing a problem with the server

The NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG is hosting a webinar on creating an inclusive and supportive work environment for BAME staff.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, a simple once-a-day tablet which has been shown to significantly reduce rates of HIV infections, is now available on the NHS.

The Trust are making staff aware of a recent scam that has targeted members of NHS Trusts and their wages.

From the 5th October, ESR are launching their new ESR Hub. The ESR Hub is the same URL as the old ESR Portal – my.esr.nhs.uk

The final three courses of the year still have availability. The online training is open to all EEAST staff and volunteers.

The College of Paramedics invites members and their colleagues to offer a paper for presentation at their National Annual Research Conference in November.

Time to get the #JabDone and take care of others by taking care of yourself.

Find out where you can get your flu jab this week.

October see’s the return of Black History Month, and this year more than ever, it is important to take this time to learn more about and celebrate the achievements of black men and women in the UK.

A system update to fix an issue preventing some clinicians from accessing GP Connect has been released.

Our series of articles introducing the work of Informatics continues with a look at the Digital Projects & Programmes Team.

Steve Houston, A CFR based in Brightlinsea, has been nominated for ‘The Daily Gazette’s Volunteer of the Year 2020’.

Following recent successful participation in three national research studies, the Research team is asking staff involved to complete the Participant Research Survey