OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust

We are a multi professional team focused on improving the urgent care pathway for older people & those living with frailty who access our hospital.

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

OPAL is proud to have Occupational Therapists in our team. Thanks @GeriSoc and @AnitaWhalley for the reminder of why we do what we do at @SalisburyNHS
#OTweek2020 #ChooseOT

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

"The value of being seen as a person, of being heard, is what occupational therapists bring to healthcare, and is why I am proud to be an OT" via @AnitaWhalley #ChooseOT #OTweek2020 #OTWeek https://t.co/t9TtZu3IwE

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Thrilled to announce this exciting opportunity for a passionate B6 OT to join OPAL. If your all about frailty and MDT working then take a look.
https://t.co/hSrFY4nlKa

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

The older persons' therapy team and @OPALSDH1 say #stayhomeandprotectourNHS #coronakindness #MDTmagic
@SalisburyNHS @LucyLew79 @SFTTherapyTeam

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Relatives feedback on our amazing @louiseh59354200. Great job!

[louise henderson @louiseh59354200]

Why I love what I do making a difference everyday #opal#SFT#amazingteam @OPALSDH1

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Happy OT week!

We are proud of our OT's and the amazing work they do. We are also very proud of our physiotherapists and nurse who have completed OT competencies so that they can provide a wholistic assessment for our patients @SalisburyNHS
#OTWeek2019 #frontdoorfrailty #ahps

[SFT Therapy @SFTTherapyTeam]

💚Day 2!💚 #OTWeek2019

Introducing...

@OPALSDH - a team of frailty specialist OTs, physios, nurses & therapy assistant staff @SalisburyNHS front door. 🌟

OPAL aims to prevent avoidable admissions & help get patients back home safely #frontdoorfrailty #ahp 💚

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Great to see the @WardSpire Memory Cafe is being used by all teams in the hospital! Sharing is caring! @SFTTherapyTeam

[Michelle Bray @Michell76981075]

Thank u @WardSpire for allowing us to enjoy the Sensory Table in the Memory Cafe with one of our long term ICU patients. He absolutely loved it 😊@SDHcriticalcare @SFTTherapyTeam @_ChloeHarris_

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

@lee68_james Count us in!

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Our Dr Carroll and @AnitaWhalley have joined the amazing @poole_africa team in Uganda. We are teaching about frailty and manual handling but learning so much in return!

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Happy AHP day! We are so lucky to work with amazing AHPs at @SalisburyNHS. The OPAL team is also very proud to be an AHP lead service. The scope for AHPs in health care is ever expanding and exciting. #AHPsDay

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Fantastic work team @WardSpire, so much hard work has paid off. This has been a true MDT project and we have been proud to play a small part in it. #eatdrinkmove #frailty #PatientExperience @CarolineWadeSm1 @SalisburyNHS @SFTTherapyTeam

[Salisbury Hospital @SalisburyNHS]

Our new Memory Lane Café on @WardSpire officially opened today! The reminiscence room has been re-designed to provide a place of calm away from a clinical environment. Thank you to the @lofsalisbury for helping fund the amazing new space for our patients!

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

End of rotation = pizza lunch treats. Our rotational band 5s have worked really hard and learned so much, they deserve some cheesy rewards (and so do their supervisors). Bring on the next group! @SFTTherapyTeam @CarolineWadeSm1 @louiseh59354200 @SalisburyNHS

[Katharine Wilcocks @wilcocks24]

It’s been a hard week, but very proud of @SFTTherapyTeam for their part to play in this
@OPALSDH1 @HumberstoneEmma @sarahfalconer1 #teamortho

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

@CaraCBCEO @SalisburyNHS @WardSpire @TeamFarley1 Maybe the next Take a Break session should include knitting!

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

What an amazing service! Great learning how @nhsswft used QI to improve quality for their older patients with a dedicated Frailty Assessment Area and 8-8 MDT working. #MidlandsFrailtyFocus @jonny_drayson @AnitaWhalley @CarolineWadeSm1 @louiseh59354200

[Vince Baxter @vincentbaxter8]

The team from @nhsswft sharing their frailty improvement journey & the importance of using plan, do, study, act (PDSA) to achieve improvement; at #MidlandsFrailtyFocus collaborative @TheIHI @ECISTNetwork

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Looking forward to sharing our QI journey today at the Midlands Region Frailty Collaborative #MidlandsFrailtyFocus Thanks for the invite @ECISTNetwork @vincentbaxter8

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

Great work @AnitaWhalley, we think OPAL is Fab too. #measurementforimprovement #frontdoorfrailty #ahps

[Nick Holding 💙 @wolvesboy]

Measuring for improvement at the front door - The OPAL frailty service at @SalisburyNHS with fab OT @AnitaWhalley
What a great example of using proper measurement for improvement 👌
https://t.co/LTAdhE48Pv

[OPAL Salisbury Foundation Trust @OPALSDH1]

@ECISTNetwork @sathNHS @emmamj1974 @Keardley1 @ArneRoseBFG @OldClaire @bitfen_b @mcinnes_carol @swanng50 @BrianwDolan @RoyLilley @DevlinPJ @KateSlater2 @lisa_jo_hulme @FabNHSStuff @LucyRob74929929 @andy123ald @ryanannie74 @CarolineWadeSm1 @louiseh59354200

[Elective & Emergency Care Improvement Support Team @ECISTNetwork]

This weeks blog is by ECIST Improvement Manager @C_L_Sanders (also an OT). Claire shares a set of guiding principles (FRESH) to help improve the functional assessment of patients arriving at the emergency department.
https://t.co/O3Wbj4FA4O @timgillatt @vincentbaxter8

[Becky Fisher @beckybeckyfish]

"Why is there no urine dip?"
"They're 95 and asymptomatic"
"...And?"
I'll set the geriatricians on you I swear, they seem nice but they can be violent