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WeAreEEAST Briefing, Wednesday 30th December with Dr Tom Davis, Acting CEO and Marcus Bailey, Chief Operating Officer.

Suffolk Child Death Review Team are holding an online Learning from Child Deaths event.

Following the sad death of Barry Jarvis, we've updated this message with details of how colleagues can pay their respects.

Basildon hospital has opened a COVID-19 vaccination clinic accepting patient-facing EEAST staff.

This week's WeAreEEAST briefing will take place on Wednesday afternoon.

In recent days, the Trust, has been providing assistance to London Ambulance Service to help them maintain their response to patients.

These instructions provide guidance on Handover Protocol, Vehicles Based Cohorting and being COVID secure in buildings and vehicles.

An update on current national review of the variant strain of COVID-19

The Environment Agency has currently over 100 flood warnings including areas across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk

If you were unable to attend the live WeAreEEAST Briefing last week, you can now catch up with the recording and transcript.

Many of us have been looking forward to Christmas this year. And after a tough year, more than ever.

The job adverts for the upcoming paramedic progression courses have now gone live.

Here at EEAST we know that Christmas can be a very difficult time for many, for a number of reasons.

What to do if they are asked for information as part of a subject access request (SAR) or freedom of information (FOI) request.

The Trust are excited to announce that applications are now open for the University of Hertfordshire (UOH) Practice educator (PEd) Level 6 course.

This week's leadership message comes from our Chief Operating Officer, Marcus Bailey.

The Trust has been advised by Intersurgical of a possible fault with the Adult Nebuliser Mask Kit.

The Safeguarding team are rolling out a series of Manager’s Passport Training (MPT) modules.

Essential Server Maintenance is scheduled to be completed on the Datix system on 22nd Dec 2020 between 18.00hrs and 20.00hrs.

This week's WeAreEEAST briefing will take place on Wednesday afternoon.

The inappropriate placement of pulse oximetry probes can produce a reading up to 50% lower or 30% higher than the real value.

The Project Management Office (PMO) are looking for volunteers to contribute to a new Transformation Library which will support anyone needing advice and guidance on how to develop a successful service improvement project.

If you were unable to attend the live WeAreEEAST Briefing last week, you can now catch up with the recording and transcript.

Staff are reminded that no sharing of food and drink should take place in the workplace.

Keech Hospice care are providing a number of courses which are free for EEAST Clinicians to register for.

All fire extinguishers across the Trust are to be serviced by Chubb Fire and your assistance is asked in ensuring engineers can access all areas.

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has circulated guidance to emergency services as a reminder of the level of support they provide.

The latest edition of the ePCR udpate project newsletter looks at software testing and other behind-the-scenes activities as the pilot programme continues.

materials you can use in the coming weeks, Counter Terrorism Policing has created an easy to use toolkit containing advice on security minded comms, internal and external assets to help you communicate effectively about countering terrorism with your staff and customers.

The Covid-19 vaccination of the elderly population is well underway and this priority will continue throughout next week.

An End of Life Study day is being held on 26th January 2021. This online training day is free and open to all EEAST clinicians .

Operational Instruction 101 - Delayed Handover Protocol: Patient Safety in the Community has been updated.

Christmas is just around the corner and the Trust Multi-Faith Network are taking the opportunity to remind us about the meaning of Christmas for Christians.

To mark Disability History Month, members of EEAST’s Disability Support Network have been looking into the history of their own disabilities.

The CONDOR programme has designed a survey to understand the views of ambulance staff and COVID-19 testing in pre-hospital settings.

In order to enhance their psychological support services, Kays Medical have been working closely with EEAST Wellbeing to ensure the most appropriate interventions are in place for our staff.

This week’s We Are EEAST Briefing will take place on Thursday afternoon.

EEAST are teaming up with University of Cumbria (UoC), to provide a Level 6 Paramedic Degree Apprenticeship programme.

We've had sad news from colleagues at Princess Alexandra Hospital, following the death of Barclay Mason, one of their senior ED nurses.

This year has seen an enormous rise in virtual meetings and a new way of working for most of our staff. Therefore, we have introduced new corporate graphics to be used on all Trust video calls on Microsoft Teams.

Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, you can nominate either Saturday 26th or Monday 28th December as your public holiday for pay purposes.

COVID-19 has caused many difficulties particularly when attending a patient with hearing loss and having to wear face masks.

The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) Coordinating Centre runs two MOOCs (free online courses) on Futurelearn.

The Trust has appointed COVID Marshalls (one for each sector) who will be conducting site inspections.

The Guidance Document for Ventilation provides guidance for using ventilation to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

We are currently experiencing significant increases in clinical waste being generated through our Ambulances services and COVID-19 cleaning procedures.

If you were unable to attend the live WeAreEEAST Briefing last week, you can now catch up with the recording and transcript.

Central Bedfordshire are currently producing a series of Domestic Abuse podcasts called Relationships Shouldn’t Hurt.

The Programme Management Office (PMO) works with colleagues across the Trust to lead and support the management of projects.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the 999 EMS Research Forum 2021 has been moved to Tuesday 23 March 2021.

Last year EEAST paramedics were invited to participate in a national research survey (PIEOL) on the identification of patients with end of life care (EoLC) needs.

The latest issue of the ePCR newsletter looks at how the ePCR Replacement Programme will help create smoother handovers at acute hospitals.

If anyone is interested in volunteering to help with the national COVID vaccination programme, we would like to hear from you.

The patient safety team would like you to take part in a short survey to help them ensure you’re getting the best quality safety information.

The second Local BAME Forum will take place on Wednesday 16th December at 9am-11am.

The Christian Ambulance Association (CAA) support Christians working in the ambulance and works as part of the Trust’s Multi-Faith Network.

The First All Women in EAST (AWE) Network meeting will be taking place on 11th December 2020 via Microsoft Teams (10:00AM to 12:00 PM).

Briefing for all EEAST staff

Spit kits, which can be used to gather evidence in the event of staff being assaulted have been used for the first time by a member of EEAST staff.

Reminder of Government guidelines on sharing food to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission.

The Trust is continuing to offer to everybody in the Trust Lateral Flow Home Testing Kits until Friday 18th December.

To mark Disability History Month, members of EEAST’s Disability Support Network have been looking into the history of their own disabilities.

This week’s We Are EEAST Briefings will take place on Thursday Morning and Friday afternoon.

A video guide to the application and use of snow socks being issued around the Trust.

We are looking for a small group of volunteers to form a Charity Action Group, to look at how we can best utilise the Charitable Funds we have.

Due to current operational pressures, the Trust has moved from REAP level 2 to REAP level 3.

Part of the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic is recording the details of who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and when.

Service Interruption Update – Microsoft Cloud Services

SAVE THE DATE – Q&A Webinars for the EEAST and University of Cumbria (UoC) Level 6 Paramedic Degree Apprenticeship.

Chris Porsz, a paramedic from Peterborough, has celebrated 33 years working at EEAST and more than 45 years of service in the NHS.

GRS and GRSWeb will be unavailable today (Tuesday 8th December) between 10am to 2pm due to a software upgrade

Our Disability Support Network group are having a virtual Christmas meeting on 8th December From 6.30pm to 9pm via Microsoft Teams.

If you were unable to attend the live WeAreEEAST Briefing on last week, you can now catch up with the recording and transcript.

If you were unable to attend the engagement session last week, you can now catch up with the recording and transcript.

Today is International Volunteer’s Day, and a chance for us to shine a spotlight on all our amazing volunteers.

As the weather gets colder, we tend to see an increased number of call-outs to the elderly. Part of our care is to make sure patients are comfortable and warm.

The Trusts DATIX Hosting provider will be carrying Routine maintenance work on the server our DATIX system is on. The DATIX service will be disrupted and potentially unavailable on the 7th December between 18:00 and 00:00

To mark Disability History Month, members of EEAST’s Disability Support Network have been looking into the history of their own disabilities.

The December issue of Take 5 to Prepare is here! This issue covers the current terrorism threat level and initial actions.

Outcome from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Covid-19 compliance inspection at Chelmsford ambulance station and Broomfield control room.

Our Trust is set to begin rolling out a brand new electronic patient care record (ePCR).

Trust moves to REAP level 2.

Lateral Flow COVID-19 tests, initially offered to patient-facing staff are now being offered to all staff on a first-come-first served basis.

All flu clinics will end this Friday (4th December) due to the COVID vaccination programme commencing in the near future.

The IT Service Desk will soon be launching their new IT ticketing system. In readiness for this change, the IT Service Desk will 'pause' providing requests from 4th December to 11th December.

Healthcare staff have been made one of the highest priority groups to receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine. This is what you need to know.

This week’s We Are EEAST Briefings will take place on Thursday and Friday afternoon.

EEAST’s mental health team are looking for support in identifying the key areas around mental health presentations to the Trust they should prioritise.

Initial staff take-up of the Lateral Flow Tests has been extremely encouraging, and there’s still time to take part in the testing programme.

The Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) will be holding their first virtual staff engagement session tomorrow at 10:30am. Join if you can.

An exciting 8-week development opportunity has arisen within the Community Response team covering Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.

The patient safety team are launching Cuddle Pockets onto every DSA and LOM vehicle in the Trust from the 1st December 2020.