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Hearing specialist wins industry award


A young mum, who didn’t know what she wanted to do when she left school, is now making waves in her career as an audiologist at Burton’s Queen’s Hospital. Lindsey Tutaj (pictured), who joined


the hospital in August after graduating with a BSc in Healthcare Science, Audiology, has received a national award from the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) for her outstanding achievements as an undergraduate. This included the


production of a final year dissertation about devices that can be used to manage the hearing condition tinnitus, which was so impressive that she was invited to present her work at an international tinnitus conference in Nottingham in front of renowned experts. Lindsey, 27, was nominated for


the Lisa Bayliss Award by her tutor from De Montfort University, Jeff Davies, for this


and other achievements. He also praised the quality of her dissertation which achieved the highest marks of all final year audiology students. Her work is also set to be published in a UK-wide audiology journal. Lindsey didn’t know what she wanted


to do when she left school. After having a son when she was 21 she decided to go back to college and embarked on a two-year forensic science course. “After completing that course I looked round to see what I wanted to do and kept coming back to audiology,” said Lindsey. She then secured a place at De Montfort University. Lindsey completed a


work placement during her degree at Nottingham


Audiology Services before a job


vacancy came up at Burton. She added: “When I came for


the interview I loved the place and the people straight away and I was thrilled when I was offered the job here at Queen’s.”


Prostate campaign featured on TV


Burton Albion Community Trust featured on the BBC One series The One Show. The weekday magazine programme


featured BACT’s new campaign on prostate cancer awareness. The campaign has been organised with


Burton’s Queen’s Hospital and has not only helped raise awareness of the dangers of the disease, but has also resulted in a series of screenings at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium. The campaign aims to take away the ‘fear


factor’ associated with cancer and enabled men to seek advice at the familiar surroundings of the football club. These were fully-booked and resulted in 113 men being tested, with eight going on to be diagnosed with cancer. In addition, £792 was donated by Burton


Albion fans at the club’s official Prostate Cancer UK fixture, against Barnsley. BACT Head of Community Andy Taylor


said: “We were delighted to welcome The One Show and to highlight the remarkable success of the screenings organised with Queen’s Hospital. Prostate Cancer will affect one in eight men and it’s important that we help raise awareness of the disease and raise funds to fight it. I would like to thank all our fans for donating so generously on the day and helping us raise nearly £800.” The aim now is to fund more screenings


in 2017. Queen’s midwifery team in awards finals


The midwifery team from a Burton hospital is waiting to hear if their pioneering project to reduce stillbirths is an award winner. The team, from Queen’s Hospital, are through


to the finals of the 2017 Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards, after devising a project that actively encourages pregnant women to report any change in their baby’s movements. For every 220 babies born in the UK, one is


stillborn. However, the statistics also show that 55 per cent of women who had a stillbirth noticed their baby’s movements had slowed down or stopped, and this is what the Burton project looked into. The stillbirth rate at Burton Hospitals is well


below the national average and their project, called ‘Reducing the stillbirth rate via a proactive approach to managing cases of reduced foetal movements’, is now through to the finals of the ‘Policy into Practice’ category. Senior midwife Jane Lamb said: “We began to


reinforce our advice to all ladies to report any reduction in their baby’s movement. We produced stickers in multiple languages and stuck them to the notes of women who booked


Shortlisted (from left): Interim Head of Midwifery Helen Hurst with Jane Lamb, Sue Harrison, Dr Wendy Oakley, Cath Askey, Jo Woolley and Sam Evans.


in at the hospital in the early stages of pregnancy. These stickers stress the importance of reporting a slowdown in movement.” Helen Hurst, Interim Head of Midwifery, said:


“This project has been a 16-month collaboration involving doctors and consultants and everyone has played a part in doing all we can to safeguard the safety of mums and their babies.


“We have developed a consistent approach


when a concerned mum-to-be reports that her baby is moving less, but we continue to have a personalised care plan for every woman. Each lady we see will have needs, experiences and a medical history that are different to anyone else. We put a clear and robust plan of care into action with the mum-to-be always at the centre of events.”


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