Leadership integrity requires action as well as talk - who would have thought?

Two days offsite and 400 emails - my new strategy is to empty inbox each day (so if you don’t hear back from me - call me) #delete

Let's not forget - we are here for people - not tasks

Dr Matire Harwood shares the simple things health professionals can do to improve the way they engage with Māori. Hear more from Dr Harwood and examine how your biases can affect the health care you provide: bit.ly/PSW-NZ

Together, we are powerful. Our greatest enemy right now is not the #coronavirus itself. It’s fear, rumours and stigma. And our greatest assets are facts, reason and solidarity. #COVID19

#COVID19 is an infectious disease caused by a new #coronavirus introduced to humans for the first time. It spreads from person to person mainly through the droplets produced when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.

Compassion from staff is the most powerful intervention we have in health and social care. And it reduces staff stress, and anxiety and promotes well being and connection. tinyurl.com/tlsdngs

Early morning reading... lots more to still do #bopdhbEOC

Yeap ..... projects that were going to take years are moving overnight, bridges between providers are being removed and the system is uniting - let’s not miss what we are learning at this time?

Awesome person centred care .... every cloud has a silver lining (or learning?)

Why so few coronavirus infections in Singapore’s health workers? “That none of the health care workers in this situation acquired infection suggests that surgical masks, hand hygiene, and other standard procedures protected them from being infected.” scmp.com/week-asia/heal…

In a recent Twitter survey common atypical presentations reported in older people were delirium (hypo/hyperactive), diarrhoea, lethargy, falls and reduced appetite. A number of respondents also reported that fever, cough and breathlessness were uncommon bgs.org.uk/blog/atypical-…

I love it when National MPs talk about “better spending” like we don’t remember when they spent money on a flag referendum while NZers slept in their cars #nzpol

Exciting moment when I noticed my morning spread is now labelled in Te Reo - there will be scoffers (?marketing ploy) but it prompts the challenge “What if this country’s first language really was its first language?”

It’s a small start - ‘millions of dollars’ is 4million/20 equals $200k/DHB. Like I said - a small start.... newshub.co.nz/home/politics/…

Our leadership behaviours increase the dangers of burnout for our teams. Circumstances may force us into red leadership - which risks the wellbeing of our teams. Green leadership leads to well-functioning teams. By psychologist & HR/OD leader Sonya Wallbank #100RepeatTweets no.58

Guided care rocks..but how do we solve the big challenge...realising savings to fund the programme at #ALTCC14

Great to see such a large attendance and interest in making medication care safer in NZ @ #MedSafetyNZ

So it's about systems ..that support people to provide safe care..listening to Richard Day #medsafetynz

Being curious is good for the brain and the workplace #timmkeogh #APACForum