Everything in life seems to be getting harder. Higher expectations, less time is free, pressure to achieve more and demands from all directions. How can we gently bring back some joy in work? How do we stop ourselves from buckling under the pressure that has been created around us? Joy in work starts with understanding…

The word “wellbeing” seems to be a popular phrase widely used to strive to improve people’s mental health and state of happiness. Whilst it is such an important focus point and crucial to help people feel better, it can sometimes be misused which leads to people being cynical about it. Wellbeing is not just a…

Despite working in healthcare for many years, the day I went into hospital as a patient, I changed. I felt vulnerable, other people had my fate in their hands. I felt scared, what was going to happen to me, was I going to be ok? I felt inferior, I didn’t know what to fully expect…

For patients to be ‘empowered’ we need to encourage positive challenges and provide them with knowledge. Let them know what we do and for us to not be afraid of doing this. Many patients come to harm due to poor communication, not listened to or unaware of what’s going on. This poster can be used…

Usually, the majority of my artwork is based on kindness, wellbeing and empowerment. Despite trying to encourage this in the workplace, I am aware bullying does happen. Many “NHS scandals” I have read have been linked to a toxic culture centred around bullying. Bullying can cause staff to feel demotivated, scared and do things they…

Over the past few months, there has been a rapid increase in wellbeing and mental health awareness in the workplace. After the difficult few years everyone has had, it has become apparent how important it is to have a happy, productive and well looked after workforce. Wellbeing should not be a “one-off” event or something…

One of the most important things for carrying out improvement work is your approach and behaviour. Over the years, I have seen good and not so good approaches to improvement work. I drew this pictorial to help us check ourselves: Are we displaying the right behaviours and thinking like an improver? There are many different…

Clinical governance in healthcare can be hard to describe in a few sentences. There are many components to it all working together to ensure safe, effective and well-led services are provided. Here’s my graphic on what clinical governance is; it can be used to help people understand all the elements included in it and understand…

Being a Manager in the NHS is a challenging yet rewarding role. Often, the work of Managers are all done behind the scenes, not recognised or unknown. Managers are the glue that bind services and teams together, that make sure things are safe and make sure things are running properly. It is extremely challenging environments…

As part of my aim to share 100 posters free for the NHS for anyone to use, poster number 6 is relating to rehabilitation for patients in Hospital. Wellness, recovery and wellbeing is an important factor in recovery, returning to normal and getting home safely. It is important that patients also know what to expect…