This is valuable. Thanks for sharing, Hilda. I can see its use in many settings. From your experience was 25-70 min [from the doc guidance] sufficient time?

Hi Theo

I guess it depends how often a group meet/are going on to meet so issues can be explored further at a later date. The feedback from the session was really positive, the main comment was in fact more time. As a facilitator, I would have preferred more time to give that safe space to share with peers. A challenge is, people find it hard to…Read more

Where does a nurse turn if the system does not support them, worst still turns against them? We should be better than this.

Hi Alan

Thank you for sharing, I know from my own personal experience I left the NHS not because I wanted to, but because I could not serve people the way I wanted to within that system. I was not the only one. I was told once I cared too much ever to be an effective nurse manager. I guess I do care and yes maybe too much but someone has to.…Read more

Hi Hilda,
Thank for replying and sorry for my delay in responding.
I used to believe my skills were an asset to the NHS, I am able to see the pain in others and guide them on their journeys. The trouble is caring can be exhausting in this system. There’s pressure coming at it from every direction. I’ve started looking at how social det…Read more

Hi Alan

I hope all is well. This is why being a member of Q is important to me as we have so much wisdom in the community that working together I think we can find ways to address the many challenges facing us, sometimes one step at a time, but there is such diversity of steps being taken within the community that maybe we are further on than we…Read more