Message sent on behalf of Jeanette Ferguson, Senior Pharmacy Technician Dear Colleagues, Please all be aware of an alert regarding medicines waste bins. As you will read in the alert, the Bio bin boxes that are currently used to dispose of non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste e.g. broken ampoules, are no longer being used. They are being replaced with blue lidded ridged bins, as shown in the alert.
Message sent on behalf of Jeanette Ferguson, Senior Pharmacy Technician Dear Colleagues, Please all be aware of an alert regarding medicines waste bins. As you will read in the alert, the Bio bin boxes that are currently used to dispose of non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste e.g. broken ampoules, are no longer being used. They are being replaced with blue lidded ridged bins, as shown in the alert.
As you will read in the alert sent out today, the layout of the pouches is being altered to try to address the high number of ampoule breakages in the pouches. This is a short-term measure and we are reviewing the cardiac pouch for a longer term solution but we need to take action now to address this, as it poses a risk to both staff and patients. If you have any queries on this, please email
As you will read in the alert sent out today, the layout of the pouches is being altered to try to address the high number of ampoule breakages in the pouches. This is a short-term measure and we are reviewing the cardiac pouch for a longer term solution but we need to take action now to address this, as it poses a risk to both staff and patients. If you have any queries on this, please email
The safe and secure handling of medicines is the responsibility of every healthcare professional, who must ensure that they work within their professional guidelines, ethics and codes of conduct. The four core principles that underpin the safe and secure handling of medicines are Establish governance arrangements – ‘say what we do and why we do it’ Ensure capacity and capability – ‘train people a
The safe and secure handling of medicines is the responsibility of every healthcare professional, who must ensure that they work within their professional guidelines, ethics and codes of conduct. The four core principles that underpin the safe and secure handling of medicines are Establish governance arrangements – ‘say what we do and why we do it’ Ensure capacity and capability – ‘train people a
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust would like to thank the public for their support at this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride event. The Trust would also like to thank all staff and volunteers who worked across what is always a busy weekend both out on the road and in the Trust’s control centres. More than 100 staff, including the Trust’s chief executive Daren Mochrie attended th
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust would like to thank the public for their support at this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride event. The Trust would also like to thank all staff and volunteers who worked across what is always a busy weekend both out on the road and in the Trust’s control centres. More than 100 staff, including the Trust’s chief executive Daren Mochrie attended th
Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you today to share copies of both the full and summary reports into bullying and harassment within SECAmb that the Trust commissioned from Professor Duncan Lewis. Bullying & Harassment at SECAmb NHS Foundation Trust: An Independent Report Bullying & Harassment at SECAmb NHS Foundation Trust: A report of key findings to staff These will be published on our
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has today (4 August) published a large-scale independent report to help it better understand and help tackle bullying and harassment issues at the Trust. The independent report, which was commissioned by SECAmb itself, and produced by Professor Duncan Lewis from Plymouth University, follows concerns raised in the Trust’s staff survey