Dr Becca Khanna

"Get on Board" 🚂

We are looking for "driven" Occupational Therapists to join our Board of Trustees. Want to help us shape the profession of Occupational Therapy in the U.K. and beyond?

*UK based OTs only*

More Info: elizabethcasson.org.uk/about-us/new...

#BeMoreElizabeth

Rick McIntyre

‘No one truly leaves us as long as we keep telling their story.’
— Rick McIntyre
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

#OtD 29 Apr 1982 300 mainly South Asian women machinists were on strike in protest at the sacking of two unionists and low wages at Supreme Quilting in Smethwick, UK. After a prolonged dispute, they won union recognition, although not reinstatement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...

A child A book A read A chat. This is the way the mind grows. Not with a test but a tale.

#MondayMotivation
#MondayThoughts
writingforwellbeing.co.uk

Whether you are working or at leisure this Bank Holiday weekend- wishing you some peace

It’s tonight! This is no ordinary event for #OccupationalTherapists
The 2025 RCOT Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture with our own Trustee @charliechung90.bsky.social

There’s no doubt it will prove to be useful and thought provoking!

Hope you’ve booked your slot…

@elizabethcasson.bsky.social

Thank you so much for sharing Avril, and here’s the little message from yesterday… Hope to see some of you there, and if Avril says it’s going to be excellent - we’ll see and no pressure then!! 😂

Memorial lectures TONIGHT with our own Trustee @charliechung90.bsky.social

In social learning:

Done by the people and done with the people…

BEATS

done to the people!

#LT25uk #change #sociallearning

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Delighted that our realist review identifying aspects of physiotherapy and occupational therapy which improve outcomes is now published in @palliativemedj.bsky.social

@bayly-jo.bsky.social @palldata.bsky.social @thecsp.bsky.social @palliativerehab.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Making friends is what keeps us happy Meeting people through volunteering or a hobby builds ‘social capital’ and we need more of it

Making a contribution is what makes us happy - we vastly underestimate the social capital we create and share when we volunteer 🤝 🧩@elizabethcasson.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/d86f...

Ready to appliqué this little collection of hexies for the next block of my sampler quilt ✨

I am exasperated to learn from a close friend of my daughter’s that after completing her F1 and F2 medical foundation training, there is a paucity of jobs. How can this be true given ongoing issues in the NHS?

A sketch note by Tanmay Vora - why leadership is improved by making connections first.

Project Managers who strut around their strength before demonstrating genuine commitment to enhancing collaboration & appreciation of context run the risk of eliciting inertia.

Oracy: Four Interconnected Aspects - ORACY CAMBRIDGE A guest post by Barbara Bleiman Learning to talk, learning through talk There has been lots of debate in recent months about oracy and what it is. There are many…

This from on Oracy and 4 interconnected aspects. Many thanks to Oracy Cambridge & James Mannion for suggesting that I write a guest blog! oracycambridge.org/oracy-four-i...

Hi! Tosca would like to ask you to vote for One Garden Against the World in the People’s Book Prize. This will help get a book about biodiversity and climate more attention and could (?!) lead to more gardens for wildlife. We’ve got to dream, right? Thank you!!
peoplesbookprize.com/2024-cat/non...

Organisational Anxiety – Can We Even Talk About It? | The King's Fund Managing organisational anxiety needs to focus wider than individual wellbeing. The King’s Fund has established a working group to explore what taking a more holistic view of workplace wellbeing…

Organisational anxiety – can we even talk about it?

Managing organisational anxiety needs to focus wider than individual wellbeing. The King’s Fund working group explores what taking a more holistic view of workplace wellbeing involves.

Three good things journalling: follow up and reflection 12.00 - 13.00 25 February 2025

Have you been taking part in our 'three good things' journalling experiment? ✍️

We're spending 21 days noting down three good things that happen each day, big or small. And, at this session we're coming together to discuss our experiences.

Find out more: q.health.org.uk/get-involved...

The Six Principles of Patient Partnership Working with patients, national and local organisations, health and care thought leaders, we've identified the six key principles of patient partnership.

Interested in patient partnership? We've developed six principles to enable good patient partnership and drive improvements in quality & outcomes, cost-effectiveness and safety. Find out more on our website: https://buff.ly/4aZi1b0

We can learn so much from the stepping stones made in the professional career stories of others.

Thank you very much for sharing your inspiring experiences and learning, Godfrey & Timothy… wishing you all the best with your future plans.

So true! Some management teams are full of those who only really take pride in their own bluff and bluster, not what they are doing for those they are there to serve, including staff. Those of us with any integrity called it out, then got out!

I value the questions you offer, which could also be usefully applied & reflected on by Board teams too.

In health & social care services today ‘stuckness’ is created through strategically managing change due to a fixation on KPIs. We need more strategic leadership of change via inclusive appraisal of the needs of communities, available resources, plus past learning to actively inspire & involve staff.

Learning to self soothe as an adult can be hard - I’ve found some ways through my favourite occupations 🤗 #Quilting

It's not 'just' community nurses. #OccupationalTherapists, #Physiotherapists #SaLTs, #Podiatrists #Dieticians optimise function, health & well-being in environments where people WANT to be, supporting #UnpaidCarers. #RehabilitationMatters, #pwLTCs matter.
Also applies to #MentalHealth services.

Brilliant Dee you’ve arrived! Let’s get this party started 😉

Fog & ice over a lake

Icy spiders web

This cold snap presents problems & challenges for so many. I appreciate how fortunate I am not to be forced to go out, or live in it.
I marvel at the variety of our weather & the beauty sometimes we see.
It also reminds me that the ways we choose to think about things matters too!
#OurSharedWisdom

How I Discovered Visual Thinking A few experiences that led me to visual thinking

We are born as visual thinkers but education programs us out of it. Here are a few experiences from my career that led me back to my visual thinking superpowers.

claritycanvas.substack.com/p/how-i-disc...

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.