Staff briefing roundup

Here’s a summary of what was covered in this week’s staff briefing…

Next week’s West Essex CCG staff briefing will be cancelled to make way for the ICS wide staff briefing
A diary invite with a link to this will be circulated this week
If you have any topics or questions you would like Jane or the MDs to discuss or answer, please email the Comms team by Friday this week

Vaccinations are still underway
Message from region as an ICS – overall we are doing well in terms of the first dose
West Essex is slightly behind our ICS colleagues
Prevalence is looking better – in the past 7 days it has dropped in the three localities
Regionally there were three deaths and nationally 50 deaths
Even though there has been a reduction in deaths there is still pressure in the trusts – with 30 COVID positive patients
Ian Tompkins – we’re working with colleagues to carry out walk-in clinics
18-29 age group – Harlow has increased by 2%; this shows that some of the marketing techniques that Iolanda and the Comms teams are doing are really working
30-39 age group is plateauing
Waltham abbey is behind Harlow – we are working on boosting uptake in this area
Chigwell has a bus vaccination walk-in clinic
From 6 September, Phase 3 should be implemented; this is when booster vaccinations should be taking place alongside the flu vaccination programme
We have also been targeting the homeless
In October/November a new law requiring all care home staff to be vaccinated is set to be introduced
More news on where staff can get the booster and flu will be out in due course
Avni Shah – we are awaiting the data for vaccinated pregnant women to be refreshed nationally. This had been asked from the national team

Theresa Smith, Primary Care Quality Lead shared a presentation on Support for practices with meeting CQC standards – View full presentation
Carl Bates, Head of Business Intelligence shared a presentation on Business Intelligence – View full presentation
Anthony Hale, Senior Transformation Manager- Adult Pathway Transformation – shared a presentation on musculoskeletal (MSK) services – View full presentation

Returning to the office
- Just a reminder – if you need to come into the office, please make sure you let Jackie Hall on reception know in advance. Sign in when you arrive at Spencer Close reception and when you leave the office, clear the desk you use completely – please do not leave your belongings at the desk or in the office when you leave

Update on vaccination walk-in clinics
- Latest walk-in and pop up clinics happening this week are on the My Health Essex website
- If you are pregnant or know someone who is, please do encourage them to get their COVID vaccine if they haven’t already. There will be more information in this week’s staff newsletter
- Welcoming Wendy Bailey – programme manager focusing on health inequalities will be joining us in September

Risk assessments, appraisals and mandatory training – reminder to complete these if you haven’t done so already

A new Expenses Policy is available on the HR A-Z – policies & guidance page on AskHUE (under HR & Pay)
Please discard any other expenses, including travel, information (guidance and forms) you may have saved on your laptop and use the new policy from now on
If you have any questions, please email the HR Advisory team

Ian Tompkins and Anurita would like to say thanks to Carl and team on the vaccination data it has been invaluable.