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The Sense of Community project hasn’t changed my care.

Posted By ruby98

"The Sense of Community project hasn’t changed my care."

About: Rampton Hospital / National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women

(as the patient),

The Sense of Community project hasn’t changed my care on Ruby ward. I felt a good sense of inclusion, being a valued member of a team. It has enhanced relationships with staff. Some of the patients and staff have built up strong relationships. Patients feel empowered to have their say. We have a regular space in our community meeting to talk about Sense of Community work.

The security permission was a challenge and so was patients and staff unwilling to get involved. There were some prohibited items found when digging in the garden. There was not enough staffing levels to take part in activities and there have been some negative attitudes.

I would like to ask management if they would be willing to be more involved in the day to day Sense of Community on the ward?

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Response from Annett Magore, Senior Nurse, Modern Matron, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Forensic Division), Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 6 years ago
We are preparing to make a change
Annett Magore
Senior Nurse, Modern Matron, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Forensic Division),
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Submitted on 12/12/2017 at 17:23
Published on Care Opinion at 17:26

Thank you for sharing with us your views of the Sense of Community project. I am delighted that you feel included and valued and that the project has enhanced your relationships with some staff and patients. Congratulations to you and the rest of the Ruby ward patients and staff for being were awarded the Sense of Community trophy for the Rubettes garden. The judges were impressed with how you demonstrated an inclusive approach and the impact it made on patients’ road to recovery. This included a blog post, your own emblem and gardening work which produce lettuce, carrots and flowers which were used as window decorations.

We shall take up the challenge to encourage all patients and staff as well as management to be more active in the phase 2 of the Sense of Community project. Hopefully with more proactive participants Ruby Ward will win another trophy!

More importantly we shall work towards ensuring that you, patients and staff understand the benefits of the Sense of Community towards patient experience and recovery.

Thank you

Annett

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Response from Annett Magore, Senior Nurse, Modern Matron, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Forensic Division), Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 6 years ago
We have made a change
Annett Magore
Senior Nurse, Modern Matron, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Forensic Division),
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Submitted on 28/01/2018 at 17:45
Published on Care Opinion on 29/01/2018 at 11:21

Since the last time I responded to this posting I am delighted to say that the "sense of Community" project is now a standing item at the ward community meetings. Both patients and staff report that they understand the importance of this project to patient recovery and experience.

Some patients have reported in ward community and others have posted on the Care Opinion website that the project has enabled their mood and made feel relaxed and valued in their environment.

As you are aware Ruby ward’s Rubettes Garden won the trophy for presenting the best sense of community in the first phase of the project. In the second phase of the Project, all the women’s service received their certificates at their carol service on 18th December with Outstanding Achievement awards going to the leading ward in each of the five categories. The theme “ What Christmas means to me” was interpreted well and in a variety of ways. We continue to monitor whether the projects have made a difference to the ward and sense of community via the ward community meetings and the ward managers.

Thank you so much for all the hard work of both patients and staff in building and maintaining the sense of community, sense of being valued and sense of being involved in enabling each other’s recovery and/or well-being.

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