Compassionate Healthcare Leadership

11/02/2024

'Patients should feel the best they can, and that includes having their hair nicely brushed and their skin beautifully moisturised.'

Ginny, a Nurse at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, launched an amazing initiative to improve hair and skin care for patients from diverse backgrounds.

Ginny sourced a range of combs, hair and skincare products that can be used for patients of all hair textures and skin tone. She also trained other staff on techniques to look after the skin and hair of patients from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

'Our patients have diverse backgrounds and we didn’t have the tools to look after their hair properly. All we could get were little white combs which just didn’t work, especially on afro hair.

Some patients’ hair got so matted we had to cut it off, which was heartbreaking for me. I want all our patients to be looked after as they deserve to be, especially when they are in intensive care.'

Well done Ginny, for such a brilliant initiative to improve inclusivity! 💙

20/09/2023

Well this is a bit exciting 😃. I’ve been lucky enough to be working on this project over the last year and episode 1 is finally published today! Whoo hoo! south west.

Jo was such a brilliant guest for the very first episode.

The series will be published at two weekly intervals right through to Feb 24 so please give it a follow

Midwifery continuity of carer: https://open.spotify.com/episode/42CQQkyBn710EZOwgCu40R

01/03/2022

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03/12/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked an increase in racism experienced by nursing staff, according to the founder of an organisation set up last year to promote equality.

“If they were experiencing racism before Covid, now it will have increased,” said Neomi Bennett, the Black British agency nurse who created the Equality 4 Black Nurses (E4BN) group in July 2020. She described racism in the health and care sector as being at “boiling point” and a “pandemic in itself ”.

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked an increase in racism experienced by nursing staff, according ...

08/11/2021

It’s an exciting time to join our team in the South West region. We are seeking a value driven to ensure intelligence and learning is embedded within the commissioning cycle. Could that be you?

We’re quite a new team (12 months or so since we formed) and we’re forever evolving, looking outwards and forwards and lifting each other up as well as looking for ways to maximise quality and safety across the south west.

Great team ethic with truly compassionate leadership. Contact us to find out more.



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12/07/2021

Supportive and compassionate working environments matter. The Royal College of Midwives together with Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RCOG have produced a useful toolkit for anyone who needs support in the workplace:

Welcome to our Workplace Behaviour Toolkit

23/01/2021

Primary Care staff: Individual coaching support is available with a highly skilled and experienced coach. This will be a space for you to offload the demands of whatever you are experiencing and be supported in developing practical strategies for dealing with this. It might be that through a one-off conversation you have all the strategies you need to cope with your situation and stay well. Or you might find a few sessions helpful. It is all led by you.

Looking After You Too Looking after you too : Coaching support for primary care staff We recognise that our frontline primary care colleagues involved in the delivery of primary care services, both clinical and non-clinical, are facing unprecedented challenges through Covid-19. W....

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30/12/2020

There’s little consensus around ‘star dawg’, some describe it as a strain of cannabis however the term is sometimes used to describe cannabis which has been laced with he**in or spice. Either way, it’s one for healthcare professionals to be aware of.

Working with people affected by substance misuse it’s not unusual for clients to dispute the results of toxicology so being able to have informed, nonjudgmental conversations with them about how unexpected substances may be present can open up a space for them to think about how street drugs are rarely ‘pure’ and the risks of using them. Some are cut with adulterants to make them more profitable but some, as articles like this suggest, are purposely laced to encourage progression onto other more profitable and addictive drugs. It’s a way for suppliers to create or expand their markets.

Experts say many of youngsters 'don't know what they're smoking'

29/12/2020

The clapping has stopped, but health bosses say the strain on staff is even greater than in spring