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I wonder what would happen to Healthcare if it’s staff were allowed to work a four-day week. If we were given the opportunity to take unpaid leave when needed. If we could move seamlessly from one job to another without having to take leave to do checks which we did last year.
If we were offered jobs which were close to where we live, without having to move to and become bereft of support. If we didn’t have to be geographically separated from our spouses, partners and children. If we were given the space & opportunity to do mandatory training in a day.
If the special moments in our life were recognised as times that should be treasured, instead of having to barter for them as if they are commodities for sale. To never be short at the most critical times. To be thanked for our tireless efforts & comforted in times of grief.
For compassionate leave to be defined in a way which is truly compassionate. For our organisations to wrap their arms around us in protection, to cry with us when we couldn’t help a patient and to celebrate when we have achieved great things.
To recognise our humanity, our limitations and not to robotically hold us to ransom against draconian targets imagined by an entity so far removed from reality that they lack innate persuasion.
To be recognised as individual, sentient, beings who are subject to the same hopes, dreams & aspirations as others. That we are not defined by our ability to prescribe medication, to mobilise a patient or assess their swallow, rather these actions are only the tip of our iceberg.
If when we’re afraid of not knowing what to do, that we’re showered with support instead of having to beg for it as if it were a favour. If those who are senior treated juniors as colleagues rather than servants. If hierarchies of position didn’t exist and we were all equal.
If our mental health was recognised to directly affect patient care and that it should never be third but first in the priority queue....I wonder would happen. I wonder...
