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This week's wellbeing webinar is about the health & wellbeing of a newly-remote workforce. We're starting now!

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If you can't join us, follow the thread which will include key highlights from the session ⬇️

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Our first speaker is @SonyaWallbank with an overview of the health and wellbeing support available for #OurNHSPeople and partner organisations #Caring4NHSPeople

A reminder of the support that's available, with some data about how many times they're being accessed.

You can find out more about the support available here people.nhs.uk

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Faith leaders have been talking about the spirituality element of health and wellbeing support. We need to pay attention to people in their whole environment says @SonyaWallbank - it's about not only the member of staff at work but their wider life too #Caring4NHSPeople

The longer lockdown continues, the more things like loneliness, anxiety continues says @SonyaWallbank . She encourages teams to check in with their colleagues, think about what processes you have to check in. Ask "are you really ok?" #Caring4NHSPeople

Think about colleagues who are shielding asks @SonyaWallbank . These are at risk of a wider psychological impact due to guilt to not working and actively helping with the response #Caring4NHSPeople

A reminder that health and wellbeing support is available here people.nhs.uk #Caring4NHSPeople

We'd love to hear your experiences: there's more info here horizonsnhs.com/caring4nhspeop… #Caring4NHSPeople

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We're now welcoming @PerryTimms who's sharing tips for an energised workforce

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The vision of @PerryTimms organisation:

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Many colleagues experience some form of burnout. These figures are pre-Covid - they may well currently be higher @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

A stark reminder that there are leaders who don't understand how best to develop their teams @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

A cartoon @perrytimms borrowed from @gapingvoid - the most powerful force in the universe is human creativity powered by human energy #Caring4NHSPeople

If you had to define what depletes and generates energy for you through the day, how would you map that out asks @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

Advice to think about what gives you energy, what you need to conserve energy for @perrytimms #Caring4NHSPeople

When people use timeboxing people felt a greater sense of control over their work and better able to manage their energy says @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

At the end of a hectic busy day it's easy to question "what did I do all day, what did I achieve?" @PerryTimms suggests a reflective journal at the end of each day helps give a greater sense of control & agency #Caring4NHSPeople

It's more about energy management than time management says @PerryTimms

Thank you Perry for sharing your insights

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Our next speaker is our own @helenbevan who is going to be talking about the wellbeing of the Horizons team

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It's just as important to think about the wellbeing of staff getting used to working remotely as it is any other group of NHS staff says @helenbevan #Caring4NHSPeople

The Horizons team does a weekly wellbeing survey, asking a range of questions including feeling relaxed. There's not been much change since the change to working remotely due to #Covid-19 social distancing says @helenbevan #Caring4NHSPeople

Focus on individual wellbeing, recommends @helenbevan . We aren't all feeling the same way but there are things we all can do such as create a routine.

Staff are also encouraged to use the national wellbeing offers

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Resilience is a team sport says @helenbevan

Tips for effective virtual team meetings:
💡keep camera on
💡check in, check out
💡give everyone a voice
💡wellbeing is first agenda item
💡focus on purpose & meaning

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Use the time to learn and grow together. It's an unusual time, think about what you can all learn from one another

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Social and connecting time is as important as getting the work done says @helenbevan

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Useful free resources (links from slide below):

worldvsvirus.libsyn.com/coping-with-wo…

miro.com/guides/remote-…

docs.google.com/document/d/1wC…

docs.google.com/document/d/1Ny…

Also see @lizandmollie for fab graphics

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Some final reflections from @helenbevan - frantic is a dangerous strategy - slow down! #Caring4NHSPeople

Thank you @helenbevan for sharing your reflections.

We're now moving to a panel conversation with @PerryTimms @helenbevan @ZoeLord1 answering questions from the chat box

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Leaders need to give staff more choice and freedom suggests @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

We need to find the things that unite us as a team says @helenbevan - whether that team is face-to-face is remote. It takes time and effort to unlock people's knowledge and experience, valuing difference - it is worth the investment.

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Find ways to connect and things that unite, create belonging rather than constructs that keep us in silos says @PerryTimms #Caring4NHSPeople

Closing thought from @helenbevan - we need different skills to work virtually, we need to think about how we invest in those. If we have awful face-to-face meetings, we'll have awful virtual meetings too! Invest in facilitation, new ways of working together. #Caring4NHSPeople

We're not very kind to ourselves says @PerryTimms - timeboxing and managing energy can give a greater sense of achievement at the end of your working day

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Thank you to all our participants, our speakers @PerryTimms @helenbevan , our facilitators @ZoeLord1 @liznyawade1 for a very practical session!

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Next week's session will be about improving psychological safety during times of rapid change with @AmyCEdmonson

Joining details will be available here horizonsnhs.com/caring4nhspeop…

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