Blogs

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

Flexible retirement virtual learning sessions

Dorset HealthCare is helping staff plan for their futures by educating them on the different retirement options available in the NHS Pension Scheme.

13 January 2022

Colleague recognition using Microsoft Teams

Read how this organisation has developed a new way to recognise and reward its staff with a peer to peer recognition app on MS Teams.

20 December 2021

My childhood hero and what he taught me about disability

David shares what his father taught him about disability and how this has given him the drive to raise awareness of disability equality.

13 December 2021

Live tweeting from Bolton's emergency department

How Bolton NHS Foundation Trust used Twitter to share what was happening in its emergency department.

10 December 2021

Hidden in plain sight

Tom Hayhoe, Chair of West London NHS Trust and co-founder of the Disabled NHS Directors’ Network talks about what three statues can teach us.

3 December 2021

Teamworking, psychological safety and compassionate leadership

Michael West, senior fellow at The King’s Fund, reflects on psychological safety, compassionate leadership and inclusivity in teams.

15 October 2021

Virtual voice: technology in supporting staff engagement

A blog by Steven Weeks exploring how technology is being used to improve staff engagement within the NHS.

4 October 2021

Lights, camera, culture!

Explore the metaphor of theatre in relation to culture change and a new resource from the Do OD network.

27 September 2021

Using positive action to create a fairer recruitment process

Placing more focus on values during the recruitment process can create a more inclusive process.

20 September 2021

A collaborative approach to delivering a staff benefits portal

South West London acute provider collaborative has delivered a single contract staff benefits portal with four South West London NHS trusts.

8 September 2021

Ch-ch-changes (to the NHS Staff Survey)

Read Steven Weeks' blog exploring changes to the NHS Staff Survey.

5 August 2021

Inclusion and representation: our Armed Forces journey

How one NHS trust is celebrating Armed Forces Week and how it continues to excel in supporting its Armed Forces Community.

22 June 2021

Staff positivity box

Staff on ward 23 at Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) share how they came up with the idea of creating a staff positivity box.

21 June 2021