Blogs

Understanding intersectionality and engaging with diverse staff and communities

As part of Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week, Dr Shamaila Anwar talks about intersectionality and creating psychological safety.

6 May 2022

Making NHS organisations more accessible environments

As part of Deaf Awareness Week 2-8 May, Carol McIndoe shares tips for making NHS environments more accessible for both disabled staff and patients.

29 April 2022

NHS Staff Survey 2021: a service under stress

A blog by Steven Weeks, policy manager at NHS Employers, looks at the results of the 2021 NHS Staff Survey and what they mean for the service.

31 March 2022

How my organisation supports me as an Armed Forces reservist

Pharmacy technician and Army reservist, Lorna Shadbolt, shares her experience of combining military commitments with her NHS role.

29 March 2022

Improving support for staff with caring responsibilities the Liverpool way

How Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) engaged with and supported their staff with caring responsibilities.

24 March 2022

Personalised awards to celebrate staff

Bridgewater Community Health Care NHS Trust tells us how the wheelchair services department celebrated its staff with a set of personalised awards.

22 March 2022

DoingOurBit fitness platform

Read how Julie Davis developed a free fitness tool exclusively for NHS staff to use.

21 March 2022

Winning an Advancing Healthcare Award as a healthcare science apprentice

A blog by Donna Foster, biomedical scientist and 2021 winner at the Advancing Healthcare Awards.

17 March 2022

How the 2021 NHS Staff Survey will make a difference

Read John Drew's blog on how the annual NHS Staff Survey provides rich data to help understand employee experience and identify what needs improvement

17 March 2022

One year on: Placing people at the heart of the climate emergency

In this blog, Abby Hopewell revisits the reality of the climate emergency, and how the expertise of OD professionals can help build a greener NHS.

17 March 2022

Why work in healthcare science?

Healthcare Science Week runs from 14 March - 20 March and is an annual celebration and awareness-raising campaign for careers in healthcare science.

16 March 2022

Supporting neurodivergent colleagues in the NHS

As part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week 21-27 March 2022, Benjamin Ford discusses the importance of supporting neurodivergent colleagues in the NHS

16 March 2022

Love admin week

Read how Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) designed a campaign to recognise and develop its administrative and clerical colleagues.

10 March 2022

How I approach compassionate leadership

For this blog, we spoke to Sue Ramsey, clinical specialist physiotherapist at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

8 February 2022

Heroes unmasked podcast series

Read Lindsey Porter's blog on Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's development of a new podcast series.

4 February 2022

De-biasing recruitment

A blog by Alison Smith looking at NHS England and NHS Improvement London's interactive toolkit which could help you to de-bias recruitment processes.

2 February 2022