100 Leaders: Cohort 1 Projects

Pack 2: Led by Jill Foreman

Stockton and Hartlepool to have the most active NHS staff

jill.foreman@nhs.net

Our courageous change

We will scope, plan and develop designated walking tracks across our hospital sites

Assess and improve existing facilities available to our staff

Increase the number of exercise classes provided by staff, for staff

Provide pedometers for staff wanting to quantify activity

Introduce and promote healthy competition between areas in the organisation

Our highlights and challenges

Connecting staff for the duration of the project and beyond

Connecting ideas and ambition - strength in numbers and diversity

Timing and engagement

Outstanding actions

Our ambition

To create an environment which supports and enables staff at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust to become the most active workforce in the NHS.

Supporting the mental health of our workforce through provision of opportunities to carry out physical activity at work

Enable staff to quantify their physical activity and encourage healthy competition between staff groups, services and organisations.

Normalise walking 1:1s as a healthy way to keep in touch with colleagues and team members.

Our impact on patients, staff and the Trust

• Happier, healthier staff

• Staff want to keep working at the Trust which enables us to deliver ‘outstanding’ services

• Patients have better outcomes and recommend NTHFT as a place to go to for high quality care