Sharing knowledge and experience

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This time we have three nominations of AHPs who have achieved national status for their work during COVID, and great nominations from Cornwall, Swansea, Ayrshire and Manchester.

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Susan Griffiths, occupational therapist, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has campaigned nationally for the introduction of clear face masks to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing and others who rely on facial expression to aid communication such as people who have autism or a learning disability. Susan has had several magazine articles published and gained a presence on Twitter. https://ot-magazine.co.uk/the-face-mask-barrier/

Sarah Wallace, consultant speech and language therapist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has shared her expertise and skills in critical care, tracheostomy and adult dysphagia, helping to develop professional position statements, guidance documents and educational webinars in collaboration with her peers, the RCSLT, Intensive Care Society, and National Tracheostomy Safety Project.

Lee Bolton, clinical lead speech and language therapist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has supported speech and language therapists nationally. He has led discussions and gathered evidence to support the view that swallow assessments are Aerosol Generating Procedures which has been used by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to lobby Public Health England to reclassify their list of AGPs. His work supported SLTs to gain access to the required PPE.

Tania Woodrow and the diabetic foot clinic team at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have maintained their clinical roles and responsibilities to ensure that the foot clinic is open, maintaining continuity of care for high risk diabetic patients with foot wounds, open amputation wounds and other conditions. It has also offered an emergency service, where anyone with a foot concern was able to get assessment and treatment.

Jody Pazstor, paediatric physiotherapist, Swansea Bay University Health Board blossomed in her ability to lead change. Jody volunteered herself as a Wellbeing Champion, leading group workshops and tailored support for individuals and signposting wellbeing resources. She was also IT Champion during the introduction of an in-house virtual consultation system and piloting ‘Attend Anywhere’.

Anne Scott and the occupational therapy staff at North Ayrshire Adult Community Mental Health Service moved their clinical and supervision roles to their homes to reduce footfall into the building to support nurses to be there for essential blood monitoring and medication management. OT staff worked with psychology and nursing to manage daily triage and have maintained regular contact with patients, via telephone initially, moving to `Near me` where needed.

Sarah Ogilvie, senior specialist physiotherapist, and the orthopaedic outreach team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have supported the emergency and acute care services by providing community outreach for patients attending ED with orthopaedic injuries. The team have been flexible, resourceful and accommodating, significantly reducing the number of patients requiring admission to secondary care.

Lynn Butson, superintendent radiographer and the plain film radiographer (plus) team, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth went above and beyond at the height of the pandemic, coping with the huge increase in demand for mobile radiography. Infection control requirements meant that most mobiles had to be completed by two staff. They were in ITU and other COVID wards multiple times a day changing PPE continually and on the front line in ED with all patients requiring chest imaging.

 

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