Overview
News in brief
Tauranga Hospital MRT wins bronze at
World Triathlon champs
Just nine months into the sport, Tauranga Hospital Medical
Radiation Technologist, Rebecca Swainson, has competed for
New Zealand and won a bronze medal in her age group at the
ITU Long Distance World Triathlon Championships in Denmark.
The event consists of a 3km swim, 120km bike ride and 30 km
run. Rebecca says she’s hooked on the sport, trains about 18
hours a week and has her sights set on the 2018 ITU World
Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast next month.
Chief Executive, Helen Mason.
I’m delighted to share the launch of our Speak up Safely
campaign with you in this issue of Checkup. This builds on
the work we’re doing across the organisation on Creating our
Culture. It’s really important to us that as a health service,
our DHB is a great place to work. Many of you will be aware
of evidence showing that when healthcare staff are more
engaged in their work, patients’ experience, safety and quality
of care also improves.
Many of you have been involved in Creating our Culture and
I encourage you to continue, as we all have a role to play in
making our health service a great place to work.
Speak up Safely is about tackling those inappropriate
behaviours that undermine our culture. One where staff feel
valued and safe and we provide a safe and quality health
service to people in our communities.
The section on Speak up Safely on page 11 in this issue
has further details on how we are working with the Cognitive
Institute on this, and how you can be involved.
A key part of this work is selecting the right people to have
those sometimes difficult conversations with colleagues whose
behaviour has been queried. We’re seeking nominations for
these positions called ‘peer messengers’. At the heart of this
work are our CARE values and I encourage you to nominate
those colleagues who you think would be fitting for these roles.
Please fill in a nomination form and submit it by Sunday 16
September. The successful peer messengers will receive
training in October. You will find the nominating process set out
on page 12.
We are all part of Creating our Culture. Thank you for your
support and contribution to the Bay of Plenty DHB being a
great place to work, which will make it a great place to be
cared for.
Helen
Breastfeeding: Foundation for life
In the first week of August we celebrated World Breastfeeding
Week. It was a double celebration for some of our Tauranga
Hospital staff. Speech Language Therapist Helen Liddall, who
works with our lactation team, gave birth to a baby girl the very
same week. Congratulations!
Helen featured in the February issue of Checkup, when she
organised an internationally renowned paediatric feeding
specialist to come here for a two day workshop.
Breastfeeding: Foundation for life. Breastfeeding prevents
hunger and malnutrition in all its forms and ensures food security
for babies, even in times of crises. With no additional burden on
household income, breastfeeding is a low-cost way of feeding
babies and contributes to poverty reduction. Nutrition, food
security and poverty reductions are fundamental to achieving the
United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Contribute to Checkup
If you would like to contribute articles to Checkup,
or want to suggest a story, email Communications Advisor
Stephanie Baird via [email protected]
y 2018
Februar
heckup
C
Plenty
Bay of
Distric
t Health
Board
s
staff new
Checkup
April 2018
Purple on
, purple up
– it's
E 3 Flow r
a winne
– page
Checkup
June 2018
Bay of Plent
y District
Health Boar
d staff news
Bay of Plenty District Health Board staff news
– page 14
5
Our front cover: Hear unsafe, see unsafe, feel unsafe – Speak
up Safely.
Lest we forget – page 19
Focus on team
artist
Gifted
nting
gifts pai
2
– page
10
g our
Creatin page 12
–
Culture
– page 4
Cardiac team
on
lifesaving
Pacific
mission –
page
Creating our
Culture – your
feedback – page 9
5
Painting it
– page 8
pink
New Cons
umer
Council –
page 18
1
1
1