This article looks at happiness - it is something we all wish for in every area of life and work. For healthcare professionals the stresses of the job - high workload, poor staffing, overwhelming demand, lack of appreciation - will negatively affect workplace happiness. But there is also a hangover into personal wellbeing and happiness which further reduces happiness at work.

Healthcare Professionals must seek ways of dealing with these stresses, including speaking to an Executive Coach. Employers should make services available to improve the happiness of staff as this will also improve the quality of patient care.

The GMC Staff Survey and other NHS Data, paint a sad and worrying picture of today’s NHS. Staff are pressurised by rota gaps, poor training, reduced career progression and discriminatory behaviours from colleagues. Many are leaving the NHS - some to work abroad whilst some leave health care altogether. We must solve this staffing crisis if we are to deal with the long waiting times for patients and high levels of burnout for staff.

Resident Doctors have been on strike again. But has their message really landed with the public? It seems to be all about money and yet there are equallyb important non-pay areas that need to be addressed for the resolution of the current NHS crisis.

Coaching is Transformational. And that’s not an over-sell.

A second look at the approach to burnout. Those approaching burnout - who are smouldering - need help now.

NHS inflation explained with a personal example, and illustrated by my father who received none of the benefits of advanced Cardiac care in his lifetime.

Its cold and its very busy in the NHS, even more than usual. Our staff are under pressure and need supported; despite the business of the season we need to find time for Coaching, which is good for staff, patients, and the NHS generally

What is productivity in the NHS? Why has it reduced? Re-engaging and motivating staff will help to recover productivity to pre-Covid levels, and Coaching will help.

We have many staff in the NHS trained to be health and Wellbeing coaches. But is their training good enough, and do in-house coaches offer the perception of confidentiality that senior Clinical and Managerial staff need?

League tables are not the answer to NHS improvement - indeed they may make improvement more difficult.

Social media posts can have a negative effect on staff and patients. A plea to be more Digitally Literate.

NHS: More money but we all have to work harder. Are we able to do it?

My letter to Wes Streeting, in response to the public conversation ‘Change NHS’.

It seems that we have an epidemic of burnout in the NHS. Executive Coaching is a valuable intervention for stressed staff on their way to burnout, and should be readily available.

Coaching is of proven value for NHS Clinicians yet it seems difficult to access and not promoted by HR departments. This blog explores some of the issues.