Posted by Professor Wendy Reid10 July 2020
Dear Colleagues,
As we hear more and more from organisations at every level about the learning from our individual and collective responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been thinking about how important it is that we build that reflective approach even more strongly into our culture...
Posted by Char Hobbs7 July 2020
Welcome to my second blog on my eight-week placement with Beverley Harden at Health Education England. I am now halfway through my split clinical/virtual placement with HEE and Southern Health.
Since my last blog, I have been busy working with Clever Together and HEE on the AHP and Covid-...
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid3 July 2020
Dear Colleagues,
As we celebrate the 72nd Birthday of the NHS this weekend, I have been reflecting on the changes not only to the NHS throughout my NHS career, but also at HEE since we were formed as an ALB.
There is no doubt that across health and care we have seen a growing...
Posted by Professor Simon Gregory26 June 2020
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing this as Wendy Reid is taking some overdue [and hard-earned] leave as I hope each of us might now manage. It is fitting therefore that Wendy asked me to write about health and wellbeing support. Many are now talking of post-COVID recovery but of course the...
Posted by 22 June 2020
Hello, I am Char and I am a second-year student physiotherapist, studying at Winchester University. I have worked as a physio assistant for over two years and I was able to gain so much experience by doing this alongside my learning. I have completed three placements during university including...
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid, Interim Chief Executive, HEE – key contribution from Dr Neil Ralph, Head of the HEE Technology Enhanced Learning team22 June 2020
In my new blog series, I’m sharing thoughts about how Health Education England (HEE) is playing its part in looking beyond the ‘here and now’, focusing on where we need to be and how we reset to the ‘new normal’ while harnessing learning for the benefit of our front line professionals as well as...
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid19 June 2020
This time last year we had just published the interim People Plan and were all focused on developing the full NHS People Plan. Collaboration between the health and care organisations and their leaders was underpinned by the principles and values reflected in the NHS Constitution, and there is no...
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid12 June 2020
It is clear we are going to have to learn to live with COVID-19 for some time, which means we will need to retain our ability to quickly rebalance our services and the teams who are vital to their delivery. Temporary or longer-term service reconfiguration to address ‘living and working with...
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid29 May 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic has clearly shown us all that challenging the status-quo and seizing the opportunity to do things differently can revolutionise our workforce’s contribution, both in the immediate and longer-term by building teams focussed on skills required, not professional backgrounds....
Posted by Professor Wendy Reid29 May 2020
In my update last week, I highlighted the importance of supporting the NHS to prevent ill-health and reduce health inequalities through education and training of the health and care workforce. Our work in partnership with Head of Schools of Public Health, NHS England and Improvement, the Faculty...