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Issue 31
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A Day in the Life!
Much-delayed trek is ready to go
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser (Community)
“I’m lucky to do the job I do…”
After a two-year postponement, the Sahara Trek Team are getting gearing up to finally set off on their trek across the Sahara Desert for five days.
By Kirsty Cornwall, Quality Improvement Facilitator
and reporting what they tell us to our management team to help them plan and develop current and new services. This might include which parts of Ayrshire and Arran referrals are coming from, how long patients wait to be seen after referral, and what services our patients are accessing.
The team of eight made up of Colin Young, Vicky Ramage, Elaine Kerr, Angela McKinlay, Annie Armstrong- Bell, Graham Kirkwood, Heather Kerr and Kathryn Livingstone should have set off in October 2020 but like all other events
ladies’ days, band nights and much more the team are getting excited for their adventure in October. The team met up recently for some team building and also heard from fellow trekker, Chris McMail, for some top tips. The team are all supporting the Hospice for various reasons and as Annie explained, she is not only fundraising in memory of her mum but to ensure other people’s mums and family members get the same care and support
My name is Kirsty, and (unbelievably) July this year marked my 10th anniversary of working for the Hospice in the role of Quality Improvement Facilitator. I have a BSc in Biomedical
I love that my role is varied, and I can truly say that no two days are ever the same. We are always working to review and improve the services we offer. I work closely with my colleagues across the wider teams to progress quality improvement initiatives; whether that’s looking at how our doctors and nurses can best offer support to other health professionals looking after patients across Ayrshire in the evenings and during the night, or how the ward round in our In-Patient Unit could work as efficiently as possible. A lot of my work is data driven - collecting and analysing statistics from our systems,
Sciences, and prior to coming to work for the Hospice, lived and worked in Glasgow, firstly in a project manager role for a Biotechnology company, before moving to a health improvement role with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. I’m an Ayrshire girl at heart though and when the opportunity to move back down coincided with the Quality Improvement role being advertised at the Hospice it seemed like it was meant to be. My role has grown over the years, from initially supporting the Quality Manager at the time two days a week (which with two children under four suited perfectly) to now working four days a week as part of the busy Clinical Governance and Practice Development Team. Our team works to support our amazing colleagues who provide such compassionate care to our patients and families. It’s our job to ensure we can evidence the quality of that care to the organisations that we are accountable to - for example Healthcare Improvement Scotland, and the Care Inspectorate.
Sahara Group
it was put on hold. However, they have
Patient confidentiality is key of course, with all reports anonymised.
her family received. If you would like to support them on their fundraising journeys and to wish them good luck visit: www. justgiving.com/campaign/ ayrshirehospicesahara2022
continued fundraising and with the extra time, have pushed past their minimum target to raise as much as they can. With raffles, bucket collections, race nights,
During this temporary period when our patients are based at East Ayrshire Community Hospital in Cumnock, I am visiting there regularly to keep up the close links with our clinical teams. Whilst there I also to help gather feedback from patients and families about how we’re doing, as we’re very aware that although data can tell us a lot, nothing beats talking
Make a Will, Make a Difference
By Kathryn Howell, Senior Fundraiser (Grants & Legacy Giving)
This October you can support the Ayrshire Hospice during the Make a Will Fortnight. Held from 17th October until 31st October 2022, it’s raised over choice to book an appointment between 17th and 31st October 2022. The solicitors will guide
to people in person. I’m lucky to do the job I do!
£220,000 for the Hospice since it began 11 years ago. This is an amazing amount and has only been possible due to the ongoing support of the participating solicitors across Ayrshire & Arran who give their service free of charge in return for a donation to the Hospice.
you through the process including collecting your
donation to the Hospice. The full list of participating
solicitors are advertised on our website at www. ayrshirehospice.org . If you would like to receive further details on the campaign, please phone
If you need to update or make a Will, then why not take part in this year’s campaign? All you need to do is call the solicitor of your
our fundraising department on 01292 288488 or email donate@ayrshirehospice.org .
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