A Tale of Two Cities: Getting Ready for a COVID Winter
It feels like a lifetime ago that I gave a talk about staff wellbeing in paediatrics. It was February 2020 and the talk was titled: “The...
Spring Resolutions
As I write this the snowdrops and primroses are starting to flower and the mornings are getting a little lighter. The latest storm is...
Moral Injury: Scaremongering or Silent Threat?
Last week I was asked to talk at the Severn Deanery regional paediatric training day and I spoke to the doctors in training about...
Reclaiming Reflection
Have you stopped writing down your reflections? Since the Bawa Garba legal case, there are many reports that medical and nursing staff...
ED Wellbeing: The Whole Team Approach
Winter 2017/18, just typing that makes me shudder a little. After over 10 years in Emergency Medicine I had never experienced the level...
How to be a Smooth (Return to Work) Operator
We’ve all heard the horror stories of trainees returning from their parental or other long-term leave and just being left to fend for...
Can You Be Yourself in Medicine?
Why it is important to ask yourself "Am I really 'me' at work?" I recently went to a ‘Better Conversations’ evening in Bristol organised...
Running a Trainee Wellness Day
As firm advocates of the wellness movement, having been enthused by our time with team “You Got This”, we were delighted to be asked to...
Wow Moments
Having just spent a lovely few hours in the garden, I was reflecting how much visual reinforcement I was getting for completing a task...
Reasons to be Cheerful – Ten Positive Outcomes from my Breakdown
Whilst my breakdown wasn’t much fun and I really don’t want anyone to go through the same thing, part of what helps me keep moving...
