You’ve now worked in health policy for NHS England. Paths are always being shaped and there is no right or wrong path – what matters is what you do when walking along that path. It is very easy to go where the wind blows but by really understanding your own values, it helps one to remain committed to these and making that impact.
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This is an important part of both personal and professional development. More importantly they have coached me to help develop and shape my values and what matters to me. I have been fortunate to have met some remarkable individuals in my short lived career who have guided and advised me. Have you received any career guidance or mentorship to help shape your path?
To fulfill this commitment the NHS Five Year Forward View has made a commitment ‘to ensure the NHS as an employer sets a national example in the support it offers its own staff to stay healthy.’ With this, the NHS is launching the NHS Workplace Wellbeing Programme which will focus on the NHS staff at work including GPs by championing key initiatives that impact healthcare professionals by reducing sickness absence rates and also promoting health and wellbeing. A clear link has been made between good staff wellbeing and better clinical outcomes, with poor staff health correlated with worse patient experiences and lower quality of care. The NHS is one of the largest employers in the country and safeguarding and promoting the health and wellbeing of NHS staff is not only a moral duty but also necessary as a means of ensuring the best possible patient care. Why is the wellbeing of healthcare professionals high on the agenda of the NHS health policy? I thought I’d pick his brains about some recent news topics surrounding changes in the NHS health policy. Harpreet is a Senior Fellow at NHS England working closely with Sir Bruce Keogh and Simon Stevens in shaping the future of the NHS, and also training to become a GP.
It is very easy to go where the wind blows, but by really understanding your own values, it helps one to remain committed to these, and making that impact.
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