The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. You studied for years, you’re really good at what you do but you’ve noticed that you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, overworked and under-resourced. You may be comparing yourself to a frog in boiling water - the heat has built up so slowly that you haven’t noticed the extra-long days becoming the norm. You may feel on the edge and trapped in the very job that you’ve spent years working towards. Here’s the problem, frogs only have two choices; stay and be boiled alive, or jump out of the pan. The good news is that you are not a frog. You have many more choices than you think you do. You don’t have to quit, and nor should stress and burnout be inevitable. It is possible to be master of your own destiny, to craft your work life and career so that you can thrive even in the most difficult of situations. There are simple changes you can make which will make a huge difference to your stress levels and help you enjoy life again...
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episode 6: Making Small Changes to Get Great Results with Dr Rosanna Hunt
In this episode, Rachel is joined by Dr Rosanna Hunt a Psychologist who works with NHS Horizons.
We chat about how their team absence rates were far too high, so they decided to try to improve the wellbeing of their team using 30-day sprints and quality improvement processes. They did one small action at a time and measured the effect. They reduced sickness rates from 15% to just 3%.
The results were surprising, and we discuss the small changes you can make within your team to get the same results.
Podcast links
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Rosanna’s NHS Horizons blog
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales
15 seconds 30 minutes QI intitiative
Follow Rosanna on twitter @rosielhunt
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