I am lucky enough to be the Vice Chair of our Trust Disability Staff Networking Group which is known as CAN: Croydon Ability Network. You can follow us on Twitter @ChsForum
I work closely with our CAN Chair and Trust Company Secretary, Helen Potton, our Occupational Health Lead, Iain Docherty, our EDI team and colleagues from across the Trust
Thursday 3rd December 2020 was the International Day of People With Disabilities
To mark the day and to celebrate UK Disability History Month 2020 which runs from 18th November until 18th December, CAN facilitated a Trust-wide panel discussion on the topics of how CAN and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust are:
- raising awareness of disability
- supporting staff with dyslexia via our Dyslexia Champions programme
- offering deaf awareness training
- supporting staff mental health via trained Mental Health First Aiders
- supporting staff with disabilities with reasonable adjustments
- carrying out disability awareness training
The event was chaired by our Joint Chief Financial Officer and CAN Executive sponsor Mike Sexton.
Our Trust Chief Executive and Place Based Leader for Health, Matthew Kershaw, attended and supported the event.
Mike gave a fascinating introduction to the afternoon, including highlighting the history of UK Disability Month and the relevance of the UKDHM logo. This really resonated with me and I wanted to share it. The inverted black triangle (UKDHM logo) is of historical significance. Disabled people were forced to wear this symbol by the Nazis during the ‘T4′ Eugenics Programme; which was intended to eliminate them. The UKDHM Logo has taken this symbol and inverted it.
As a Mental Health First Aid Trainer and a Volunteer Crisis Counsellor with Shout 85258 I am so pleased to support our staff alongside my colleagues across the disability spectrum of hidden and visible disabilities
This workstream supports Trust objectives and the HEE Quality Improvement Outcomes Framework (QIOF)
In particular, Library and Knowledge Service (LKS) input into this workstream helps my service to support the Trust to:
Improve Health and Reduce Inequalities
It also supports QIOF domains
Outcome 1: All NHS organisations enable their workforce to freely access proactive library and knowledge services that meet organisational priorities within the framework of Knowledge for Healthcare
Outcome 6: Library and knowledge specialists demonstrate that their services make a positive impact on healthcare
We are working hard to mobilise this and other evidence within our Trust using the knowledge mobilisation framework elearning techniques of learning before, learning during and learning after to support our Trust objectives and the QIOF
LKS and CAN have worked together to purchase and make available a selection of books about Disability
This is part of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Collection, which also contains a collection of books exploring race and ethnicity which we promoted during Black History Month and purchased collaboratively with CHS BAME Staff Networking Group.
I wonder if you saw the Black History Month 2020: Let’s talk about race – our stories video produced by CHS BAME Networking Group? It’s well worth a watch, along with other videos on the CHS YouTube channel
I am looking forward to adding to our equality, diversity and inclusion collection with books chosen by our LGBTQ+ Staff Networking Group and our Religion & Belief Networking Group.
Contact information
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Everyday information essentials
Request out of hours access,
Accessing published research and articles,
Trust objectives the library is working to support
Improve Health and Reduce Inequalities by protecting those most at risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) through prevention initiatives, sustained support for those with long term conditions and championing mental health and wellbeing
Provide safe, high quality and timely care for anyone who needs our help ensuring they have access to the right service, in the right place, at the right time.
Make an impact on longstanding health inequalities in our borough using population health data to shape effective services and supporting people to stay healthy and well.
High Quality Care by learning from the experiences of our patients, their families and their carers to actively improve our quality of care.
Foster a culture of harm-free care in our hospitals, in our community services and across primary care
Support Our Staff by taking action to significantly improve the support we offer to bolster the physical and emotional health of our staff.
To champion diversity and inclusion to improve equality in our workforce in Croydon, addressing concerns and acting on feedback to ensure all staff feel valued.
Create an environment of continuous learning, providing opportunities for training, development and reflection to attract and retain talented staff
Sustainable Finances by getting the best value for money
Achieve financial balance across the Croydon Health System
Plan 3 years ahead to make the most of our resources.
Develop our Leadership by building on the success of the One Croydon Alliance by joining up health and care services.
Ensure Croydon plays a leading role in the development of the South West London Integrated Care System
Make Croydon Quality Improvement the way we improve everything we do
QIOF domains the library is working to support
Outcome 1: All NHS organisations enable their workforce to freely access proactive library and knowledge services that meet organisational priorities within the framework of Knowledge for Healthcare
Outcome 2: All NHS decision making is underpinned by high quality evidence and knowledge mobilised by skilled library and knowledge specialists.
Outcome 3: Library and knowledge specialists identify the knowledge and evidence needs of the workforce in order to deliver effective and proactive services
Outcome 4: All NHS organisations receive library and knowledge services provided by teams with the right skill mix to deliver on organisational and Knowledge for Healthcare priorities
Outcome 5: Library and knowledge specialists improve the quality of library and knowledge services using evidence from research, innovation and good practice
Outcome 6: Library and knowledge specialists demonstrate that their services make a positive impact on healthcare
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