Sometimes we all need help getting through the difficult days - once a day as I take my ‘help’ I’m reminded that strength comes from caring for yourself and being open to the love of others.
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Steve Hams
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Steve Hams
@sphams
Group Chief Nursing and Improvement Officer
Wiltshire
Joined August 2010
- Today I have written to our Prime Minster @RishiSunak @10DowningStreet urging him to facilitate urgent & meaningful negotiations between @SteveBarclay & @theRCN @patcullen9 There may be a small window of opportunity to avert industrial action, it must be taken.
- Something very close to my 💜. As part of the Every Name a Person #ENAP initiative, we have produced a beautiful wooden dandelion as a sign of remembrance. One will remain with the person who dies & the other will be given to their next of kin as a way of connecting memories.
- Over the next few days @gloshospitals will be implementing a new ward & organisation role #PPESafetyOfficer highly visible colleagues like @KezHolden & a team of volunteer colleagues. 1, Safe donning & doffing 2, Information 3, Reassurance & support 4, Human factors & fatigue
- I’ve been overwhelmed by the wonderful messages celebrating the announcement of my MBE. I am truly humbled to be recognised in this way, and I am honoured to have worked with and alongside remarkable colleagues - to each and everyone, thank you - this is for us.
- My first day @NorthBristolNHS @NBTNursing as Chief Nursing Officer, looking forward to meeting new colleagues and being part of #OneNBT
- Truly humbled to have received my MBE from the Princess Royal today. Honoured to have worked alongside many incredible colleagues @gloshospitals @NorthBristolNHS @IPS_Infection @SyHeartlandsCCG I even managed to meet the incredible @KateFrench3 - Olympic gold medalist
- I am absolutely delighted to welcome @Giftymarkey1 into her new role as Associate Chief Nursing Officer with responsibility for Learning Disability, Neurodiversity and Mental Health. Gifty is is an incredible mental health nurse, and previously held the position of Head of
- Every additional 1% ⬆️ in NHS pay would cost £700m, the NHS in England spends over £9 billion on a temporary workforce, there is a way forward to give nurses a fair pay rise, reduce turnover & bring nurses back. @SteveBarclay please start negotiating /W @patcullen9 @theRCN
- It deeply saddens me that we have to publish such statements, but my colleagues and I deserve better! Just remember, ‘it is often the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars’ - & there are currently 8,500 of my @gloshospitals colleagues sparkling brightly. #WeveGotThisPlease share: Contrary to what you may have seen through ‘secret filming’ on Facebook, our hospitals are and remain extremely busy. Colleagues at both our hospitals have been working hard throughout the festive period to care for our patients. Read more: bit.ly/2Jsx6cI
- Things I need to get sorted in 2020: 1, More nurses & fewer leaving 2, Chief AHP 3, Shared Governance #P2E 4, Continuity of Carer 5, Deliver quality strategy 6, Land outstanding 7, #NightingaleChallenge 8, More Consultant RNs, RMs & AHPs 9, More Joy at work 10, My weight
- The trust between nurse and patient, nurse and family has been savagely broken today, by the heinous, despicable and murderous actions of one person. There will be many searching questions in the coming days and weeks, and we all must do better. For now, my thoughts and
