Do you work in Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System? Join our group reflective practice and staff experience forum - Schwartz Rounds, in partnership with Point of Care Foundation, open to all health and social care staff of all disciplines.

If you read one thing today, please make it this - @RSylvesterTimes’s devastating exposé of the NHS’s institutional tolerance of truly disgusting levels of sexual harassment. I applaud the immense courage of Ms A, Ms E, Ms G & Ms H. thetimes.com/article/b2aa0ff…

#SexualHarassment in #Surgery “Who is heard & who is not heard maintains the status quo” Our system protects powerful men, with powerful friends Over. And over. Again. It ignores, silences and undermines the humans who stand up to report them 🚨Sign🚨 this letter from 4 such brave women #MedTwitter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

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Profoundly moving & humbling listen ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

It’s moving to hear people with difficult health problems reflecting on the preciousness of ‘the things that seemed so ordinary at the time’. It’s such an important lesson for us all isnt it- to appreciate the ordinary moments, to really notice them, amidst the busyness of life.

Read this in the next few hours before the paywall goes up! A poignant & important lesson from @EmilyTammam, reflecting on the unanticipated rewards of keeping her daughter Neve's body at home until her funeral in @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/family/paren…

The most important reason to treat people well is not what you'll get in return. It's who you hope to become. Kindness is not about reciprocity or karma. It's about character. Civility doesn't need to be justified with consequences. Respecting others is the right thing to do.

*Nobody* can or should be surprised by the data in the @gmcuk survey It took long enough to get the data on bullying, harassment, discrimination & burnout to be taken vaguely seriously To be clear, the culture in healthcare is not safe The regulator knows it. The Colleges know it. @NHSE_WTE know it. Myself and others have been telling them, showing them and proving it to them for over a decade Change is happening, but it’s slow and hits barriers that need not exist And much is performative, and will lead to further harm #medtwitter

We are glad to see the emphasis on mental health and strengthening the #NHS in the King's Speech this week. Protecting safe spaces for staff, like Schwartz Rounds, is crucial for creating more compassionate services for patients and care providers. #MentalHealth #KingSpeech

We're thrilled by the incredible work being carried out by Schwartz Midlands – a consortium of 14 Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the Midlands Check out Eryn and @goldingeagles' insights on the inaugural year of Schwartz Midlands👇 pointofcarefoundation.org.uk… #SchwartzRounds

A fantastic opportunity here at Suffolk Cricket 📢 Job closes 23rd July - don’t delay in applying!

Organisational silence, ConfedExpo, and me. New blog: kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/rea…

I often think about how we just dont really know what people are dealing with behind the scenes- with family & home life, maybe health worries. This includes senior/'leader' people too. We obvsly dont need to know all the details, but it matters to remember we're all just people.

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we want to acknowledge the importance of emotional support for mental health professionals. There is an emotional cost of caring that can lead to compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary trauma and compromised patient care.

I hear so many examples of trust breaking down in healthcare. We need to recognise this & face how important this is. We're not just 'delivering' widgets of treatment, our relationships matter hugely- listening, being open, doing what we say, & being honest about what's going on.

The ingredients for a meaningful dialogue are there in all our values, beliefs, experiences, fears, hopes. The challenge lies in how openly we each feel able to share them, & in the quality of the space in which we keep on listening even when that feels really difficult to do.

I'm turned off by a lot of approaches to org change. We seek the latest toolkit or package to 'deliver' change. What we routinely dont do is truly commit to conditions that enable us to talk to each other informally, to grow relationships so we can face the more difficult things.

💡Do you believe in bringing change to healthcare through the power of storytelling? 🔈TEDxNHS is back for 2024 and we are looking for speakers! ➡️Find out more and apply here by 5 April: tedxnhs.com/sponsor-tedxnhs/…

Lots of reflection as I head into my last week at work, so many memories of those I’ve met along the way. Treat people well, they really matter.