Stories and snippets of information taken from the staff newsletter and from behind the scenes.
A look back at 2009 at Radio Heatherwood and all the events of the year.
Wards are closed,requests tumble,Tuesdays re-open and station manager Dave Smith celebrates 30 years voluntary service.
Radio Heatherwood's on-line scrapbook has reached 1991 new pages published on the web site.
At the end of January a new version of the staff bulletin board is released complete with an event diary
February new secure submission of application forms is implemented on web site.
Confirmation received ward 5 will never re-open as it's being converted into clinic.
Trust announces closure of wards 10,16,8, and the HDU unit.
Staff of ward 1G receive a brand new ward radio from the radio boys.
Some investigations are made as to posting an on-line web page of what rhapsody is playing, this is given the thumbs up by staff but costs to stream are prohibitive at this moment, so the idea is shelved.
Webshop pages on both sites are updated.
Ward 1g is closed and moved into one half of ward 7.
On-line request form is suspended after spammers hijack the page.
Back to TopPresenters are asked to update their web profiles and started in February were concluded in April.
Nurse of the year is promoted throughout April.
Macmillan Nurses
May 3rd, We have received an advert from the Macmillan charity asking if we could promote the awareness of their group. The advert has been added to the patient info's and will be transmitted as part of the daily info.
Ward 16 to go within two months.
League Web Site
May 25th, I have updated the gift allocation totals on the league web site along with some other updated information.
At a recent meeting the league agreed to fund some more gifts for wards and department's, this raises the total to £271,144.75, 362 Projects.
Now in our 51st year, the league continues to prosper.
Ward 7G Is No More.
May 29th, The following reply comes from an internal memo to trust staff after I raised the question about the ward closures:-
The current situation in the trust - the need to move to single site medicine combined with the financial situation, has resulted in some changes that we have to make immediately.
There has been a review of the two site medicine plan. It had been planned to move Ward 16 to Wexham later in the year, but due to problems with securing a new unit and the financial constraints, a decision has been made to bring forward the move. In order to meet the deadline of 1st August, Ward 16 needs to close on Friday to enable the move to happen within the timescale needed. Therefore Ward 16 will close on Friday 22nd May. As a result of this, MAU will move to Ward 10 which will become a combined MAU/Medical Ward. Ward 17 at Wexham will reopen on Friday 22nd to accommodate patients.
With the current financial situation, we also need to take radical steps to make further cost improvements, and will be looking at the profitability of all specialties.
As a result of the very low bed occupancy in gynaecology at Heatherwood, ward 7G will also be closing on Friday 22nd and the Gynaecology patients will move to Ward 1Surgery. In the interim, staff on Ward 7G will move to Ward 1S, and further discussions with staff and HR will follow.
With the need to make further cost savings across the trust, we will be closely reviewing all areas, and can not rule out further changes.
I appreciate that this is very short notice for these changes and I do understand that this is a very difficult time for all staff.
2009 was a very busy year for the station management and as the year unfolded there was much to do and organise
For further information about this year:- Follow the links
Sunningdale Carnival
Jul 28th, A new set of promo's will be available from 1st August to promote the carnival on 13th September. The monies raised from the carnival help local charities of which in the past we benefited with the purchase of a new cooler.
Ward 10 Closed
Aug 7th, We have received confirmation today that ward 10 will be closed from today. It was not unexpected as the trust defined in their recent brochure and the overspend from last year has ensured the ward will close.
Presenter Ian Butcher clocks up five years service.
Long term presenter & teamleader Roger Hawkes calls it a day.
Station manager Dave Smith clocks up 30 years service.
Tuesdays to Re-open
Tuesday 10th November a new Tuesday team will start broadcasting. Ian Butcher has agreed to run the night and Lisa Barnard & Vicky Udell will be the support team.
Comment 2011
Lisa & Vicky were the last trainee's put through the training plan. All training was suspended after news was received about the potential closure of parts of the hospital.
The radio service learns that the studio's will have to be moved as it is the intention of the trust to empty all the buildings on our side of the site in an effort to reduce costs.
£450 Cheque from the Victoria Hall Trust for next years music licence's is received.
The on-line request form is re-instated with additional security to stop spammers.
Staff Joining This Year 1 Staff Leaving 3
Archive Gems
Just some extra's we found:-
Dec 12th, We received word this week that the WRVS were asked to vacate their premises at the hospital by February next year.
Broadband pay as you go option is added for the monitoring of Rhapsody. Emails are sent to the engineer when rhapsody stops working.
Trialled from January through to the end of March.
Unreliability of the mobile broadband signal scuppers the plan to use it full time.
Access to the bulletin board is made available at the studio so that new trainees can get some hands on with the staff bulletin board.
The pay as you go broadband making this possible.
2009 The Story Continues!
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