Wellbeing for GPs : The Workplace Wellbeing Charter Dr Jennifer Napier writes about the importance of taking better care of ourselves and each other if we are to provide optimal care. Would we be better doctors if we looked after ourselves more effectively? Would we be better colleagues, employers, parents and friends if work did… Read More »
Improving Access to GP Support Research Study
This is an open invitation to all GPs in the UK The Improving Access to GP Support Research Study is a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded qualitative study aiming to explore what helps and hinders General Practitioners (GPs) when they seek help and support for mental health problems and/or stress and burnout. With the continually increasing… Read More »
Resilience – Friend or Foe?
Eunice Minford Resilience is the latest buzz word and emotional resilience training is the new ‘must have’ for those who are trained to kill, fight and go to war as well as those who are trained to save lives, heal and care for sick. Indeed, based on the fact that the Army now incorporates emotional… Read More »
Friendship in adolescence as a protector against anxiety and depression
According to a new study, the promotion of friendship between adolescents can reduce both incidence + prevalence of depression http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1813/20151180/ Psychologist Martin Seager comments: This makes sense but is pretty obvious stuff to a psychological eye – there’ll be a study soon to claim that loving babies improves their mood compared to ignoring them! –… Read More »
The White Coat Ceremony by Dr Elad Schiff
Elad Schiff, an Integrative Physician, Head of Internal Department and of the Complementary Medicine Services at B’nai-Zion Hospital Haifa, speaks to the Dean of the School of Medicine, faculty, students and parents on their day of celebration – the White Coat ceremony. You can view it here.
Yvonne Sawbridge responds to the Berwick Report and asks “is there time to care?”
Yvonne is Senior Fellow at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and gratefully acknowledge Mary Agnew’s Blog (Department of Health) for which it was originally written. Yvonne is also a member of Action for NHS Wellbeing and the Safe Staffing Alliance. The Berwick Report (August 2013) makes a number of insightful… Read More »
Whistle-blowers in the NHS – time for the Guardians to step in
The introduction of Guardians for Whistle-blowers in every Hospital Trust is a measure just called for by Sir Robert Francis after his investigations have shown that staff too often faced “bullying and being isolated” when they tried to speak out. Sir Robert, who led the public inquiry into Stafford Hospital , also said that a… Read More »
How doctors treat doctors may be medicine’s secret shame
“How doctors treat doctors may be medicine’s secret shame” – so writes (Feb 6th 2015) doctor and Guardian columnist Ranjana Srivastava. She continues: “Patient care suffers when doctors can’t get along. It’s time to shine a light on the distressing effects of doctors behaving badly”. One of her psychiatrist colleagues has observed that a common… Read More »
Healing the Medical Profession and the NHS by Eunice Minford
Introduction Every week a new story, article, paper or blog is emerging telling tales of hardship and burnout in the medical profession. Like a cauldron that has been slowly but surely steaming away silently for many years, the lid has now come off and the truth of daily life for many in the NHS is… Read More »
What Action for NHS Wellbeing means to me
Consultant surgeon Eunice Minford and active member of Action for NHS Wellbeing tells us what it means to her and how Basecamp helps all members to collaborate Action for NHS Wellbeing was established in Sept 2013 by Dr Chris Manning in an organic evolution of his professional networking skills, bringing together people of like-mind or… Read More »