Professor Alison Yung named one of the world s most influential scientific minds for the second year running

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1 ...the 29th January 2016 latest news from around the Trust Professor Alison Yung named one of the world s most influential scientific minds for the second year running The 2015 list of Highly Cited Researchers represents some of the world s most influential minds and recognises leading academics in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. Professor Yung is one of roughly three thousand researchers from across the globe to earn this distinction, by having published the greatest number of highly cited papers in her field of psychiatry and psychology worldwide. Highly cited is defined as ranking among the top one percent for their subject field and year of publication, for which Thomson Reuters awards the mark of exceptional impact. Professor Yung s research focuses on people with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. She is currently Chief Investigator in a study called ibeep investigating the Benefits of Exercise in Early psychosis and Co-Investigator on a lead study examining cognitive therapy and medication in treatment if early psychosis. You can read the full press release here. The Family and Carers Strategy Launch The Family and Carers Strategy has been launched today (29 Jan 2016) at our annual carers listening event, Carers Matter, at The Curve. The Strategy recognises and values the important work of family and friends, young and old, caring for people who need help due to a mental illness, addiction or dementia. It sets out how the Trust will involve and support carers across Bolton, Salford, Trafford, Prestwich, Wigan and Leigh, Central Lancashire and Cumbria as well as how they will work with local organisations to make life better for carers. s Family and Carers Strategy demonstrates the Trust s commitment to carers and provides details for the direction and development of local support and services over the next four years. Photo Left to Right: Anne Broadhurst, Carer Governor, Tracy Collard, Carer Lead, Alan Maden, Trust Chair, Karen, local carer, and Gill Green, Director of Nursing and Operations Anne Broadhurst who is our carer governor at the Trust has been crucial in helping us develop and update the strategy. She said: I wanted to use my own personal experiences of being a carer to help shape this Strategy. I know all too well how vital the care of a loved one with mental health problems is to their recovery and that s why it is so important to ensure carers are acknowledged and supported in their role. A full press release is available here.

2 ...the latest news from around the Trust Further Flu Vaccination Clinics from the Central Nursing & AHP Team will be held on: Flu Clinics 2016 Date Time Venue 1 February 1pm until 4pm Break Out Room A, The Curve 2 February 1pm until 4pm Facilities Design Office, Harrop House 5 February 1pm until 4pm Break Out Room B, The Curve 15 February 9.30am until 12.30pm Break Out Room A, The Curve 17 February 9.30am until 12.30pm Break Out Room B, The Curve 22 February 2pm until 5pm Kitson Room, JDU These sessions are drop in and anyone can attend. The CQC Resource Centre Have you visited the CQC Resource Centre on Staffnet yet? Here you will find our CQC Staff Handbook, which provides all the information you need to know about the inspection as well as some useful contact information. Also available are our handy Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act Z cards, plus the latest versions of our corporate governance structure map and a film which looks at the CQC s five domains from the perspective of our service users and staff. If you would like hard copies of the handbook or Z cards, please contact the Marketing and Communications Team on or caroline.vining@gmw.nhs.uk

3 ...the latest news from around the Trust Payroll Provider has decided to switch our payroll provider with effect from 1 st February 2016 to East Lancashire Financial Services (known as ELFS). With the exception of travel claim forms, which should now be sent to ELFS, all other pay queries should continue to be directed to our current payroll provider, University Hospitals South Manchester, until 12pm on Friday 29 th January From 1 st February 2016 for all pay/pension/travel expense claim queries ELFS can be contacted by: Visiting their website at and following the general enquiries link ing them at Elfs_helpdesk@elht.nhs.uk Phoning them on Using the payroll tab on the homepage of Staffnet Writing to them at: ELFS Helpdesk 2 nd Floor, Viscount House 1 Arkwright Court Business Park Commercial Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 0FG Travel Claims Although current pay dates remain the same, the deadline for submission of travel claims to ELFS has changed. Please use the links below to access the new form and for the new submission dates. All travel claims must be sent to ELFS from 7 th January 2016 onwards. Please destroy any old copies of the travel form. Travelling Expenses and Subsistence Allowances Claim Form: %20Travelling%20Expenses%20and%20Subsist%20Allowances%20Claim%20Form.doc New Travel Expenses Deadline Dates: % docx

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6 ...the latest news from around the Trust Recovery Academy courses book now Our Autumn/Winter Term prospectus offers new courses available next month and in March. Our popular courses are engaging, free and in venues across the Trust s patch. All the courses are co-produced and co-facilitated by professionals and people with experience of mental health and substance misuse issues. To make accessing courses even easier, we have introduced an online registration form and booking form, which are available here: Here s a selection of what s on offer in February 2016: Date Course Location 5 th February Creative Writing bluesci, Cheshire 11 th February Deaf Awareness The Curve, Prestwich 3 rd March Living with Bipolar Royal Bolton Hospital

7 ...the latest news from around the Trust Pain Toolkit Interactive Workshops The Pain Toolkit how to promote pain self-management in a time-based appointment. This will be a half day workshop on 18th February, starting at 9.30 There are 30 places available in total, which are available free to staff. The workshop is for all health and social care practitioners who work in Community, Primary, Secondary and Social Care to increase their awareness of the benefits of pain self- management. Priority will be given to RAID/liaison staff and after that places will be given on a first come first served basis. This is suitable for clinical staff, inpatient or outpatient. For Health & Social Care Teams 3.5hr workshop. Learn how to support patients in the timed-based appointments So how can you support patients with pain to self-manage in a time-based consultation? This is a question most health care providers ask us. It is possible, but you may need some extra skills. Overview of the workshop: What is pain self-management? Self-assessment Medicines management Action planning, problem solving, dealing with set-backs and self-monitoring How to activate patients to self-manage and promote self-management to them in time-based consultations To confirm your attendance, please Anne.Byrne@gmw.nhs.uk or Toby.Roberts@gmw.nhs.uk

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9 ...the latest news from around the Trust PAID/ CPD THERAPIST OPPORTUNITY We are looking for co-therapists to start immediately to carry out therapy as part of a trial 1 DAY PER WK The co-therapist will work alongside a Clinical Psychologist to deliver 10 planned sessions of CBT informed family therapy to African-Caribbean people with a diagnosis of psychosis/schizophrenia. This work will be carried out as part of a trial testing the feasibility of delivering Culturally-adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) to 30 African-Caribbean service users across inpatient and community settings. The therapists will work in pairs to deliver 10 x hourly sessions of CBT-informed family therapy over a maximum period of 20 weeks. Therapists will receive training in the CaFI manual and one hour of clinical supervision every two weeks from an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Dr Katherine Berry. Fidelity assessments will be carried out on one recording every 6 weeks discussed in supervision. This presents a perfect opportunity for newly qualified psychologists, psychiatry trainees/ assistant psychologists/ support workers to carry out supervised psychotherapy in CBT/FI and culturally competent practice. For further information please contact: Amy Degnan (Manager) Tel: / amy.degnan@manchester.ac.uk Dr Dawn Edge (Principal Investigator) Tel: (Mon, Wed)/ (Tues, Thurs) dawn.edge@manchester.ac.uk Dr Katherine Berry (Clinical Supervisor) Tel: katherine.berry@manchester.ac.uk

10 ...the latest news from around the Trust Let s talk. about Dementia Friendly Trafford! Dementia affects an estimated *2749 people in Trafford, people who visit and use local shops, businesses and services regularly. Join us on Thursday 25 February, 2-4pm at Altrincham Football Club to find out what s already happening and how you can help Trafford become a dementia friendly community. Residents, organisations and businesses coming together as a local Dementia Action Alliance is a powerful way to enable people with dementia to live fulfilled lives within their communities. For more information or to confirm your attendance (and help us track numbers) please contact Marion Coleman, Dementia Action Alliance Coordinator - Greater Manchester T e marion.coleman@alzheimers.org.uk w *NHS March 2015 Health and Social Care Consultation Have your say on plans for health and adult social care in Salford Over the past two years Salford City Council, NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust have been working together to make sure health and social care services work better together. We started by integrating services for older people under a program called Salford Together and we now want to extend this to adults who receive health and/ or social care services. We are interested in your views on proposals to bring health and adult social care services closer together to provide a better service and experience for Salford people. Before we decide whether to transfer the majority of adult social care services to the proposed ICO we want to find out what you think of the proposal. Please complete our short survey.