Hey managers: to keep your people, let them work from home 2 days a week. Landmark experiment (1600+ ppl, 2yrs): random assignment to hybrid work -Increased satisfaction -Reduced quitting by 33% (especially for women & long commuters) -No costs for performance or promotion rates

How should clinicians assess a pigmented lesion? And what tips are there on how to differentiate benign from malignant skin lesions? This article offers guidance 🔗 bmj.com/content/385/bm…

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"The Care Opinion platform is hugely beneficial to our team + department as it helps us to identify areas for development." Lovely blog from Patient Experience 💕 careopinion.org.uk/blogposts/1190…

@ #woundedhealer24 conference. Powerful start with@rachelclarke Breathtaking. Every 3 weeks a doctor dies of suicide. Every week a nurse dies of suicide. @NHSPractitioner helps

Please forgive me for being a bit excited - my first piece of peer-reviewed academic research has just been published in PLOS ONE! Huge thanks to my supervisors, to all my colleagues in SHFT and to the team at ⁦NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex⁩ for all their support!😀 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

What have ICSs ever done for us? Today The King's Fund publishes our stock-take of the progress made over the last two years. Short thread below... kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Great MSK Team Lead job opportunity at SHFT! southernhealth.tal.net/vx/appcentre-e…

"When we receive constructive or negative feedback, we log a ‘planned change’ with actions and areas for improvement." Jennie Lee Sims on how Care Opinion feedback helps care get better 👏👏👏 careopinion.org.uk/blogposts/1193…

⭐️New #Delirium elearning course⭐️ BGS has expanded its elearning offering with a new course in 'Delirium in Older People' with 10 CPD hours/credits. This is an in-depth course that will be of benefit to a wide range of health & social care professionals. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Many commissioned community rehab beds aren’t providing rehab & recovery services but instead used for ‘warehousing’ after acute stays Meaning ~20k people/year are placed in ‘intermediate care’ beds without rehabilitation Bad for them and bad for the NHS hsj.cdn.wilmingtonplc.com/2024/08/05/exc…

Intermediate care must include provision of rehab for older people. Failure to provide this is inhumane and causes further ill health. We are shocked to read in Health Service Journal that this isn't being routinely provided. bgs.org.uk/Rehab #RighttoRehab

Happy #NationalCatDay🐱 Meet the feline friends behind the scenes at Care Opinion🐾 These purr-fect colleagues keep us on our toes and our desks fur-free (mostly).

'Wound care in the community' What an amazing example of the work our community physical health teams do! careopinion.org.uk/1243513 via Care Opinion

'Every staff member was helpful and friendly' What a detailed story about a wide array of services! It's great to see how well we can work together. careopinion.org.uk/1240991?step=1 via Care Opinion

Our Primary Care Clinicians #PhD programme is open for applications. Applicable to #PrimaryCare #clinicians incl. GPs, nurses, health visitors, dentists, pharmacists & optometrists: bit.ly/SPCR-PHDPCC 🗓️Closing Date: 11.59pm 12 Dec 2024 NIHR School for Primary Care Research Wellcome SAPC

NHS England has published a new virtual wards operational framework, which sets out key requirements of a #VirtualWards service to ensure consistency across the NHS, helping maximise benefits for patients. Details here: england.nhs.uk/long-read/virt…

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day - a day to remember those we've lost and to reduce the stigma around drug-related deaths. This year's theme ‘Together We Can' sends an important message of hope. Learn more ⬇ bit.ly/4e4uev0 #IOAD2024 #ForwardTrust

This International Overdose Awareness Day #IOAD2024, find out the warning signs of a nitazene overdose and how you can get your stuff tested💙: brp.org.uk/testing

Navigating advanced nurse practitioner roles in UK mental health services: a scoping review | International Journal for Advancing Practice magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12…