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Strictly NHS sees Adam Wilson crowned dancefloor champion Adam Wilson, from the LTHT Safeguarding team, was crowned Strictly NHS champion along with his professional dance partner Amy following a night of glitz and glamour at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool at the beginning of June. The event was the culmination of months of preparation and saw twelve NHS colleagues from across the country – including five from LTHT – perform alongside their professional dance partners in front of a live audience and a panel of judges.
The members of staff from LTHT, included Karen Sykes, Lauren Pickup, Andrew Viggars, Nilam Jadav-Patel, as well as winner Adam Wilson, all trained with their partners during the six weeks leading up to the live extravaganza. As well as having the chance to show off the results of their hard work in training, the night was also a celebration of the dedication of colleagues working across the NHS during the course of the pandemic. The show exceeded its fundraising target of £10,000 for NHS charity partner Blue Skies.
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Welcome Welcome to the Summer issue of Bulletin! The pandemic has caused us all to take a step back, re-evaluate, and consider what needs changing in our lives. As an organisation, we have taken this to heart on several levels. First – and most importantly – is looking to our staff. The pandemic has affected us all in different ways, and it is crucial we are looking out for each other and making our own health and wellbeing a priority. We have to have everyone on board if we are to tackle the challenges ahead and we can’t expect to deliver excellent care for our patients if we are not first looking after ourselves. Our operational transformation programmes are our way of ensuring we our recovering our services in the best and most efficient way possible, ensuring we do our best for our patients, work alongside our local partners, and anticipate how our services will fit within and alongside the new hospitals being built at the LGI site. We are using the Leeds Improvement Method to ensure we are constantly looking at ways to improve how we do things. Underpinning all of this is a broader question, a cultural question, one that I want to put to everyone at LTHT: How can we be a kinder organisation? And this is what this issue of Bulletin is all about – whether that’s being kind to ourselves, kind to one another, or kind to the planet. We remember kindnesses, we replicate them, and we thrive on them – most importantly, kindness starts with you. So, what does kindness means to you? I would love to hear what you think. Kind regards
Julian Hartley, Chief Executive
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