Inspiring day at Marjory Warren House thanks to our lovely Trustees. They are just a pleasure to work with. Great to catch-up with British Geriatrics Society President Adam Gordon Chair of Nurses & AHPs Council Dr Esther Clift & Trainees Co-Chairs Julianaa Raghu, Dr Victoria O'Brien. Thank you all 💜

Great to see so much networking and joint working between BGS staff and Trustees today. Thank you to our Trustees for their commitment, engagement, insight and truly collaborative leadership approach. The future is looking bright for the BGS!

Thank you to demitting chair of the BGS Trainees Council Sangam Malani. We’re delighted to welcome Julianaa Raghu and Victoria O’Brien who are taking on this role as co-chairs. 7/10

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Consultants ready to cover the juniors at PRUH - we support our juniors!

I’m going on a trip down memory lane of art doodles I’ve drawn over the years.

So here’s the first one. The power and influence of culture.

keen to grab experience in #virtualwards or #communitygeris ?join us in Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust -work with teams who have been exploring the world of #hospitalathome lots! Great opportunities for SAS progression. kentcht.nhs.uk/careers/curren…

keen to grab experience in #virtualwards or #communitygeris ?join us in Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust -work with teams who have been exploring the world of #hospitalathome lots! Great opportunities for SAS progression. kentcht.nhs.uk/careers/curren…

Join us for our next webinar on #complexclinicscenarios 17th March 2023 at 1.30pm hear from Claire steel 💙 Shazia Firdaus Adenwalla who will provide examples of real-life patient complexities. For more info & registration hospitalathome.org.uk/events UK Hospital at Home Society

As a Manager/leader, it’s important to think about the language used (jargon).

Sometimes, we say things to people that can unintentionally cause them to feel demoralised.

Words matter.

Looking for a CD role? Come and work with us in adult medicine at PRUH! All applications welcome. jobs.kch.nhs.uk/job/v4989322

Doodle for the day: The Swan appearance- Everyone has their own struggles, you might not see them on the surface

What happens in #HospitalAtHome ?
Hear from patients and their families and the clinicians delivering their care in the home - tonight on BBC1 8pm!

UK Hospital at Home Society President Dan Lasserson and the @OUH #HospitalAtHome team feature in BBC Panorama
WHAHC
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Hospital bosses can’t sort pay overnight, but what could they sort overnight (or overnight ish) that would make your working life better now? #NHS

Times are tough in #NHS but I believe there are things organisations & managers can do to help support staff in difficult times

They can’t fix everything going on, but we can look after each other- which is why I’m campaigning for basic needs at work being met Basic Needs at Work 💛🧡 ✊

“Good girl” conditioning runs deep in all cultures. In order to fulfil societal expectations the woman is expected to sacrifice herself in order to be good at her job, a good mum/wife…until she might not know who she herself is as she becomes the sum of roles. This is unhealthy

Reminder: Viewing a stressful soccer match more than doubles the risk of an acute cardiovascular event.

PSA: Pan London GIM training days from 2020 can be watched on learninghub.nhs.uk and counted as teaching hours. A lot of the talks are v good - extra thank you to everyone who has contributed to teaching and teaching during covid despite clinical workload++

My watch is probably cleaner than my uniform, it's washed multiple times on shift. My uniform isn't. Also, if you're going to tell me off, you need to tell everyone off for breaking uniform policy (false nails, shoes, jewellery, etc)! Show me the bare below elbow evidence too.