Radio Heatherwood Presenters Information Bulletin Board
2006 - 2016

2006 Bulletin Board

A game changer this year was the introduction of the bulletin board at the beginning of May,this improved communication with the volunteers and enabled much more feedback sharing from the wards.

The move to a bulletin board was prompted by the need to deliver regular weekly messages on operational issues and the need to communicate to new trainee's all the aspects of the radio.

We also wanted to try and stimulate a team effort in providing the radio service. An exchange of ideas and chit chat made an individual more aware of their role in delivering the service and also make new friends on other nights other than their own.

Patient Feedback

Over the early years it was word of mouth,then perhaps a note left in the tray for inclusion in the newsletter. A lot of feedback went un-recorded until the introduction of the bulletin board.

During the first few months of the bulletin board over seven comments were made aware to others.

All the patient feedback is already displayed on the following web pages:-

• Patient Feedback 2006
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• Patient Feedback 2007
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• Patient Feedback 2008
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• Patient Feedback 2009
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At the end of 2009 all recruitment was suspended and news that the station would be bulldozed did not give us encouragement to take anyone new on.

Feedback from 2010 onwards was limited due to the reduction in the availability of listeners. In 2011 Ward 4 closed and moved into the old ward 10 which had laid empty for a number of months and Hospicom had already removed all the bedhead terminals and cut the cables to their equipment room.No Listeners From this ward.

At the end of 2012 a new wi-fi service was provided on ward4 and this allowed us to deliver a new service. This generated a number of patient feedbacks,which are listed on the pages for 2013,2014,2015.

The beginning of 2016 and the radio staff are down to just three and whilst preparations are still under way to provide a truly internet listening service,the hospital trust pull the plug and refuse to renew the lease for the radio.

No backups of the bulletin board exist beyond September 2011,the decline in services and staff from this period brought to an end the recording of thanks for a dearly loved radio service.

Radio Heatherwood Presenters Information Bulletin Board 2006 - 2016 Video Tour

Here we have produced a number of video's which show the basic functions of the bulletin board and shows the flavour of the posts.

At this stage there are no plans to convert any of the posts into pdf's.This will be a task for another day.

Note:-

To view video full screen in own window,
click on arrows in bottom right corner.

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These video's were recorded in 2020 of a backup of the bulletin board from 2011.The board at this stage had generated 1397 topics with over 4800 posts spread across 22 categories

2006 Year Thirty Story Unfolds

2006 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

• 2006 Year Thirty Summary
• 2006 Patients Choice
• 2006 Point & Shoot
• 2006 Our Stars & Backstage Information
• 2006 Bear Point & Shoot
• 2006 Archive News Stories
• 2006 Staff Newsletter
• 2006 Staff Bulletin Board
• Story Of the Archive
• Radio Video Archive
• History Site Map