This exciting, variable, and autonomous role requires the post holder to work effectively within their professional boundaries, focusing on the management of routine and urgent patient needs.
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Kindness Matters
Linda Meekhams from the governance team at Osprey shares some thoughts about mental health awareness week, and how she has found that a little bit of kindness can go a long way.

Tips for home working
Working from home for sustained periods, social distancing and isolating can leave us feeling disconnected from colleagues and teams, let alone the friends and family that we don’t live with. However it is vital that we follow the government’s guidance on self-isolation. So here are some tips from Mind and the NHS on coping with isolation and staying at home.

How are you feeling?
There is a lot of uncertainty right now. The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and presents challenges to us all as NHS employees and as human beings. We are all likely to experience a wide range of emotions as a natural response to this event.

Wellbeing at Charlotte Keel
Spring is in the air and the mood is positive at Charlotte Keel, despite covid-19 and all its chaos.

Need urgent medical advice? Contact NHS111
A&E departments in Bristol are really busy at the moment. If you are worried about an urgent health problem and you're not sure what to do call 111 or go online to 111.nhs.uk. It's free to call and you will speak to a trained health advisor who will direct you to the right care for your needs. Help us to help you by only going to A&E in a real emergency.

Test your self care knowledge!
The NHS is there to look after all of us, everyday. Free at the point of use for all who need it, but do you know how much it costs to run the National Health Service? Or how much it cost each time you use it?

Congratulations Cally on completing the first Nursing Associate training programme
Congratulations to BrisDoc's Cally Slaughter and the whole 2017 cohort who has just finished the very first Foundation Nursing Associate Training Programme. This pilot scheme was designed to train healthcare workers from a variety of backgrounds to work in a newly developed role as an NMC registered Band 4 Nursing Associate.

