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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provides community health services in Bexley and Greenwich, and mental health and learning disability services in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. We also provide forensic psychiatry and challenging behaviour services for the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham, and deliver services to nine prisons in Kent.
GP section on Oxleas' website
GPs now have easy access to comprehensive referral and contact information on all Oxleas' services. This includes:
- contact numbers for GPs to use
- service opening times
- referral criteria
- up to date referral forms
Please check out the new section: www.oxleas.nhs.uk/gps/
We welcome your feedback and would also like to know if you have any ideas for improving this.
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If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or questions regarding Fusion or any Oxleas services, please email GPfeedback@oxleas.nhs.uk and we will either respond by email or arrange to visit your practice if you have a specific need.
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Bromley edition - issue 3
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January 2013
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Greetings!
Welcome to the third edition of Fusion - which aims to keep Bromley GPs up to date with what's happening in local health services provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
If you have any ideas or specific information you want included in future issues, please let us know. Feedback on the services Oxleas provide is always welcome.
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PRUH featured as draft recommendations published
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The Trust Special Administrator's (TSA) final report outlining recommendations to secure sustainable NHS services in south east London has been published by the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt.
The report recommends that the whole of Bromley's Princess Royal University Hospital site is used for acute hospital services. So it recommends that we explore the option of Green Parks House relocating to Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
Mr Hunt has until 1 February 2013 to review the report and make a decision. If he approves the recommendations they include a proposal that Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, should be developed into a 'hub' for the provision of health and social care in Bexley, facilitated by the transfer of much of the land and estate to Oxleas.
Our Chief Executive Stephen Firn said: "The Queen Mary's recommendation recognises our clinical expertise and financial strength and reaffirms Oxleas as a significant provider of high quality NHS services. We welcome the opportunity to play a leading role in making Queen Mary's a hub of healthcare services for people in south east London."
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Meet our clinicians
This is the first in a series of stories about clinicians you can contact at Oxleas. Here we focus on Dr Anthony Akenzua, Clinical Director of our Adult Acute Services, which include inpatient wards at Green Parks House.
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A firm believer that improvements in efficiency and quality will deliver better patient experience, Dr Akenzua is equally convinced that collaborative working between health professionals is the best way to achieve this.
Anthony has lived in the UK for more than 10 years having left Nigeria in 2002. He first worked as a locum with Oxleas in 2002 prior to going on to the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' rotation. He became a consultant psychiatrist with Oxleas in 2006 and worked as a community consultant psychiatrist.
You can contact Dr Akenzua on 020 8836 8555; mobile: 07747532424 or email anthony.akenzua@oxleas.nhs.uk
To read this story in full click here.
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Oxleas clinician is Psychiatrist of the Year
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One of our most eminent clinicians has been named Psychiatrist of the Year 2012 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Geraldine Strathdee OBE (pictured) won her award in the Psychiatric Trainer of the Year category. She was presented with her award by Paddy Cooney, Interim Director of the NHS Confederation's Mental Health network, at a prestigious ceremony held at the Royal Society of Medicine recently.
If you would like to contact any of our mental health clinicians, please call 020 8836 8543, where you will put in contact with the person you wish to speak with. More information on how you can contact your local Oxleas clinicians will be available soon.
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GP Masterclass on diabetes on video soon
 | | Dr Khalida Ismail presents at the masterclass |
Thirty-five GPs and practice staff came along to our GP Masterclass on Diabetes earlier this month and you will shortly be able to view it on our website.
Our two expert speakers, Dr Jennifer Tremble (Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital) and Khalida Ismail (Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and Diabetes Centre, King's College Hospital) gave the audience a thorough insight into the treatment and care of diabetic patients. Oxleas staff from Greenwich and Bexley shared information about the community diabetes services we provide.
Dr Tremble presented on what's new in managing hypoglycaemia in Type 2 Diabetes - and Professor Ismail talked about diabetes and psychiatry. For details on upcoming GP Masterclasses click here.
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Help shape our services
This month we are encouraging members of the public, staff and all other Oxleas members to contribute ideas towards how the trust will develop in the coming year. A good way of doing this is by attending one of three focus group events that are planned during the month.
Bromley's focus group will be on Wednesday 30 January at Community House, South Street, Bromley BR1 1RH, between 6pm and 8pm.
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Making a drama out of a crisis
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Drama helped to get the message across at a recent event which highlighted how the length of stay has been reduced and the experience improved for people with a learning disability (LD) admitted to hospital for urgent acute care.
The Access to Acute Care Project was showcased at the Education Centre, Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH), Farnborough, recently.
The project was a joint initiative between our Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and staff at the PRUH, who work for South London Healthcare Trust (SLHT). It examined how the care experiences of urgently admitted patients with a learning disability could be improved by better and more timely partnership working between the CLDT and SLHT; particularly with regard to earlier intervention on the wards by CLDT nurses.
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Help for those caring for someone with dementia
Local charities, Bromley Mind and Carers Bromley, have teamed up to launch Coping with Caring, to help families and friends caring for someone with dementia.
This new project is designed to provide one to one support, individual coaching sessions in people's homes and a series of workshops for people who care for someone with dementia.
Dementia is a local health priority with Bromley having the highest rate in the south east of London. Dementia directly affects 4,000 individuals locally and touches countless others who are indirectly affected, especially family and friends who provide care. Coping with Caring is specifically for family and friends who care for someone with a dementia. It aims to provide them with all the tools and support needed to undertake such a valuable role.
If you know a carer who could benefit from support from Coping with Caring, please contact a member of the Coping with Caring team on 020 8650 8372.
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If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or questions regarding Fusion or any Oxleas services, please contact us.
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Data on dementia diagnosis rates published
The Alzheimer's Society has released new data on the rates of dementia diagnosis in the UK. It shows wide variation between areas with, for example, 31.6% of people with dementia being diagnosed in the East Riding of Yorkshire and 75.4% in Islington.
The proportion of people with dementia who have a formal diagnosis is now 46%, compared with 43% in 2011. The charity estimates that there are 428,000 people in the UK who are living with dementia but haven't been diagnosed.
The Alzheimer's Society has produced an interactive map highlighting the number of people who have a diagnosis of dementia in different primary care trusts in the UK.
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