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March 2022 issue of the Ambassador magazine

Ambassador Magazine is designed to keep you in touch with what is going on at Bedford and L&D Hospitals. We hope you enjoy reading it! View our electronic version here.

Medical Lecture on ‘Living with Diabetes’, Wednesday 18 May 2022

Please click here to view the invitation card.

Time: 6pm – 7:30pm, Wednesday 18 May 2022

Venue: The Rufus Centre, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, Beds MK45 1AH

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served from 5:30pm

There will be an opportunity to meet the Governors between 5:30pm and 5:45pm.

The presentations will be delivered by L&D Clinical Director Dr Soo Shiu-Ching, Bedford Clinical Lead Dr Alison Melvin and their teams.

The number of people living with diabetes continues to increase year on year. At Bedford and L&D hospitals the Multi-Disciplinary Diabetes Specialist Teams offer a comprehensive range of diabetes services for in-patients, out-patients and the community, including Children and Young Persons. There are dedicated Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Specialist Dietitians, Specialist Podiatrists, and Consultants.

If you would like to attend please email us at FTmembership@ldh.nhs.uk on or before 11 May 2022

Annual Members Meeting 8 September 2021

Date: Wednesday 8 September, 5pm for 5.30pm start, 7pm finish

Venue: Virtually, on Microsoft Teams

Due to COVID-19, this was held virtually with over 100 attendees present.

As we continue to navigate through an extremely busy and challenging time, David Carter, Chief Executive, spoke about some of the many highlights the Trust has achieved over the past year including:

Completed our first year as Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and seen many benefits this has provided
Operated, and continue to operate, under COVID-19 pressures
Continued with integration plans following the merger
Achieved a financial surplus
Completed significant redevelopment projects on both sites, with many more underway
Made positive progress following a challenging CQC Maternity report for the Bedford site
Continued to play a leading role in the Integrated Care System (ICS)

Our Chair, Simon Linnett, welcomed our newly appointed Governors and said farewell to some of the long standing ones who have now finished their terms.

There was an engaging Question and Answers session, with detailed responses from the Executive team.

The meeting concluded with Simon paying tribute to our incredible staff, and the way they’ve shown strength and resilience throughout. Everyone in attendance was in awe of their commitment and incredible efforts to care for our local community during the greatest health emergency in NHS history.

A recording of the Annual Members’ Meeting can be viewed here and presentation slides are accessible here.

The documents for the AMM are:

If you are not a member, but wish to become one, please complete the online form.

Public/Staff Governor Election 2021 – the process commenced on 25 May

The Trust gives notice that it will hold elections to the Council of Governors for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which includes Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and Bedford Hospital.

Elections are to be held for the following number of governors in the following Public and Staff Constituencies: Nomination opened on 25 May 2021 and closed on Thursday 24 June 2021 at 5pm. The ballot papers were issued to the Trust Members in the eligible constituencies on 15th July. The polls closes at 5pm on Wednesday 11th August 2021.

Constituency and Class	Number of seats
Public – Luton	3
Public – Central Bedfordshire	6*
Public – Hertfordshire	2**
Staff – Professional, Technical & Pharmacy (at Bedford site)	1
Staff – Medical & Dental (at L&D site)	1
Staff – Nursing & Midwifery (including Healthcare Assistants) (at L&D site)	1
Staff – Non Clinical (Admin, Clerical, Managers, Ancillary & Maintenance) (at L&D site)	1
Staff – Registered Volunteers (at L&D site)	1***

*the candidates who receive the first 4 highest votes will serve a 3 year term and the next 2 candidates will serve a 2 year term.

**the candidate who receives the highest votes will serve a 3 year term and the other candidate will serve a 2 year term.

***the elected candidate will serve a 2.5 year term.

Please click here to view the Notice of Polls (issued on 15 July 2021).

Please click here to view the Notice of Election.

Declaration of Candidates unopposed are for the following constituencies:

See the full election results:

Please visit this page or click on https://hub.ukevote.uk/bh to view the election results.

Annual Members’ Meeting 30 September 2020

Due to Government restrictions associated with COVID-19, our first Annual Members’ Meeting as Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was held online. The Agenda and Annual Report are published below.

Date: Wednesday 30 September 2020, 5pm for 5.30pm start, 7pm finish
Venue: Held virtually

After what has been an extremely busy and challenging time for the Trust, David CEO spoke about some of the many highlights including: The outstanding effort from all our staff during COVID-19; successfully merging two Trusts; Development of the Bedfordshire Care Alliance and wider Integrated Care System (ICS); Redevelopment plans progressing on both sites and becoming a smoke-free Trust.

Simon Linnett, Chair, welcomed the new Executive Team as well as the newly-appointed Governors. We said goodbye and thank you to Roger Turner, Lead Governor, after six years in the role and to Judi Kingham, Deputy Lead Governor, after three years.

There was a detailed Question and Answers session, with responses from the whole Executive Team which can be viewed here.

A recording of the meeting can be found here.

Documents:

If you are not a member but wish to become one you could compete the online form.

August 2020 issue of the Ambassador magazine

Ambassador Magazine is designed to keep you in touch with what is going on at Bedford Hospital and the L&D. We hope you enjoy reading it! View our electronic version here.

Impact on Council of Governors Election in 2020 due to COVID and the decisions taken!

The Constitutional Working Group discussed options and proposals on how to approach the governor elections for vacancies that arises in September 2020 and how this would impact on those governors whose terms end in September 2020. The Constitutional Working Group submitted the proposals to delay the election in 2020 by a year in line with the guidance from NHSE/I and to keep the current governors whose terms of office ends in September 2020 in a nonvoting capacity to present and participate until September 2021. This was approved by the Council of Governors.

Council of Governors Election 2020 – Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust gives notice that it will hold elections to the Council of Governors of the Trust to be known as
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust when Bedford Hospital NHS Trust and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust come together as a single organisation. Elections are held for the following number of governors in the following Public and Staff Constituencies:

Constituency	Class Number of Seats
Public – Bedford Borough (and surrounding counties)	5
Bedford Hospital staff – Nursing and Midwifery (including Healthcare Assistants)	1
Bedford Hospital staff – Admin, Clerical and Management	1
Bedford Hospital staff – Ancillary Staff (Direct Services) and Maintenance	1
Bedford Hospital staff – Professional and Technical	1
Bedford Hospital staff – Medical and Dental	1
Bedford Hospital Staff – Registered Volunteers	1

Please click here to view the notice of election.

Nomination opened on 8 January 2020 and closed on Friday 7 February 2020 at 5pm

Declaration of Candidates unopposed are for the following constituencies:

Please click here to view the Notice of Polls. Elections are to be held for the following constituencies:

Public – Bedford Borough (and surrounding counties)
Bedford Hospital staff – Nursing and Midwifery (including Healthcare Assistants)
Bedford Hospital staff – Admin, Clerical and Management
Bedford Hospital Staff – Registered Volunteers

No nominations were received for staff consistency Professional and Technical.

Notice of polls opened on 28 February 2020 and closed on Thursday 26 March at 5pm.

See the full election results:

To access the online election portal please visit: nom.ukevote.uk/ld

The Medical Lecture on – Orthopaedic treatment for adults and children – Your knees, hips and spine! was held Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Orthopaedic team diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions of the musculoskeletal system. This includes bones, joints and their associated structures that enable movement – ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.

Here at the L&D we provide a comprehensive service dealing with all acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems. We also provide daily Fracture and Elective outpatient clinics in our recently, purpose built Orthopaedic Hub based on Dunstable Road. Our consultant-led service is renowned for its innovative approach and pioneering surgery.

The lecture was well attended there were approximately 200 public members and patients who benefited. The lecture was presented by:

Clinical Director & Consultant, Jim Gray: Introduced the team
Consultant Tarique Parwez: Your knees and hips – What is joint replacement?
Clinical Lead Irene Fitt, Sister Aimee Ford, Physiotherapist Jenny Simpson and Senior Sister Rita Patel: Enhanced recovery from your operations – discharged within a day or two
Consultan Dimpu Bhagawati: Spinal services for issues with your back
Consultant Shobhit Verma: Musculosketal services for children

This took place from 5.30pm to 7.30pm on 9 October 2019, at Central Bedfordshire College, Dunstable (Main Campus), LU5 4HG. There was time for questions following the presentation and the opportunity for informal discussions with our L&D Governors, from 5.30pm.

If you would like to attend future lectures please become a member of the hospital (it’s free). All members will receive an invitation for any future lectures. To join please click here – Become a member.

Annual Members Meeting 11 September 2019

Annual Members’ Meeting of the Luton & Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust is being held on Wednesday, 11 September at 5.30pm for 6pm start at the L&D Hospital ‘Social Club’, Calnwood Road, Luton LU4 0DZ.

If you wish to attend please email us at us at FTMembership@ldh.nhs.uk or call us on 01582 718333.

August 2019 issue of the Ambassador magazine

Ambassador Magazine is designed to keep you in touch with what is going on at the L&D. We hope you enjoy reading it! View our electronic version here. View our electronic version here!

L&D Public/Staff Governor Election 2019 – The process commenced on 11th June

The Trust gives notice that it will hold Council of Governors Election 2019 of the Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust. Nomination closed on Tuesday 2 July 2019 at 5pm. The ballot papers were issued to the Trust Members in the eligible constituencies 19 July. The poll closed at 5pm on Thursday 8th August 2019.

Please click here to view the Notice of Poll

There are 12 seats to be contested.

7 Public Governor vacancies in the following constituencies:

Public: Luton (6 vacancies)
Public: Bedfordshire (1 vacancy)

5 Staff Governor vacancies in the following constituencies:

Staff: Ancillary & Maintenance (1 vacancy)
Staff: Nursing & Midwifery (1 vacancy)
Staff: Admin, Clerical & Management (2 vacancies)
Staff: Professional & Technical (1 vacancy)

See the full election results:

Public Bedfordshire results
Public Luton results
Staff: Nursing & Midwifery Results
Staff: Admin, Clerical & Management results
Staff: Professional & Technical Results
Staff: Ancillary & Maintenance (no nominations received)

Please click on the link to view the election results: https://nom.ukevote.uk/ld/documents

Medical Lecture on ‘Arthritis – What is it & how is it managed?’, Wednesday 8 May

Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Luton Sixth Form College, Bradgers Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7EW

Please click here to view the invitation card.

The lecture was well attended there were more than 300 members and patients who benefited. The lecture was presented by Consultants Dr Daniel Fishman, Dr Marian Chan and Physiotherapists Esam Mohamed.

If you would like to attend future lectures please contact us on FTmembership@ldh.nhs.uk or call us on 01582 718333.

March 2019 issue of the Ambassador magazine

Ambassador Magazine is designed to keep you in touch with what is going on at the L&D. We hope you enjoy reading it! View our electronic version here.