@jbullockruns Error is inevitable in any endeavour involving humans so is nothing to be ashamed of. My new book ‘Oops! Why Things Go Wrong’ explores this, especially in a healthcare setting and discusses what we can do about it. Available from theliffeypress.com and all usual outlets.

In its simplest form, civility is about how we treat each other at work. In highly pressurised NHS systems, behaviours of incivility can occur. CSS Civility aims to raise awareness of incivility & the impact it has. Head over to the CSS Civility intranet pages for more info!

Great turnout yesterday by our fabulous ACOPS team. Raising funds on behalf of our friend and colleague Christine Wilkinson. £1000 to date. Natalie Magee Catherine Collins Belfast Trust All funds will be processed through: memoryfund.mariecurie.org.uk/in-memory/Chri…

We are so pleased to announce Brae Valley House, one of our residential homes, officially reopened on Monday 11th September. Brae Valley house specialises in dementia care and has had a huge refurbishment. We are delighted to be welcoming residents to Brae Valley #dementiacare

To support our patients who may have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, our Dementia Companions engage with patients on the ward through different therapies to support during their time in the hospital. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia. #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth

“Even though we’re all experienced staff, we were overwhelmed by the reaction” Our Physiotherapy Team at Meadowlands have introduced new games, such as basketball and ten pin bowling to aid patient recovery and bring variety to their time in hospital.

We know that older people with frailty are most likely to be affected by current system pressures, as they were last winter. We need to design our systems using evidence-based approaches if things are to get better: bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

In this #WinterPressures❄️ blog, Shelagh O'Riordan provides tips for both those new to #VirtualWards (could you start small, in care homes?) and those with established services (can you access the ambulance stack?) bgs.org.uk/blog/top-tips-…

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The cold weather didn’t put us off this morning.. that was a chilly one! Great to see some new faces & catch up with each other afterwards with craic, cake & Movember goodie bags Massive congratulations to everyone graduating with Jog 2 5K today too!

Excellent video showing how one of our brilliant managers Eamon, is taking the lead and becoming a super user to support his team with the BHSCT encompass go live 👏 #transformation #encompass youtu.be/wyAezAHNEKw?si…

Four days left to apply! Come and join a fantastic team! bmj.com/careers/job/19…

184 people braved the rain ☔️ this morning Ormeau parkrun but only 22 of them had smiles as big as our great community 5k Your Way, Move Against Cancer 😀 I think we’ve all just about thawed & dried out! 🌧️ Thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who make parkrun UK possible! #loveparkrun❤️

Belfast Trust Jobs We have vacancies for social workers in Belfast Trust ACOPS divisions. Great opportunity to join one of our fantastic teams! Emckay Janine gordon David Wylie Jane McCullough Eamonn McErlane louise Radcliffe Natalie Magee Catherine Collins Gillian Mcaleer Suzanne MacNair

We felt extremely honoured to be joined by Lady Mary Peters to officially open The Meadows Garden in Meadowlands Rehabilitation Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital. This is a very special, dementia friendly garden, which will help aid our patients recovery.

Sinead will be missed beyond words and we will ensure her exemplary dedication to wellbeing of patients and staff will continue long after her retirement.

“Being in here for the first time in my life, I have met charming people. Everyone has a job to do, regardless of what it is and they’re all excellent and very very caring. We all should appreciate what they do because sometime in our life we will need them.” - Sheila

Today we’re launching #ChooseGeriatrics – our new campaign which celebrates the variety and rewards of working in older people’s healthcare. Find out more and how to get involved! 👇 bit.ly/47JlgBr

Such wonderful staff. So proud of all my amazing nursing colleagues!

Happy New Year to everyone who has joined us this year 5k Your Way, Move Against Cancer We are blessed to have so many amazing people show up with us each month. We wish you all a healthy and happy 2025 and hope that you will join us in continuing to Move Against Cancer.