Following a series of successful wellbeing initiatives at the Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU), our Deputy Director of Finance, Lyn Tallentire, was recently asked to speak at a one-day conference on “Workplace wellbeing in the NHS”.
As a health and wellbeing champion at MLCSU, Lyn spoke at the event organised by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the professional body for finance staff in healthcare, and Future Focused Finance (FFF), the national programme designed to develop, connect and support the NHS finance community.
Together with Emma Stewart, Head of Finance at MLCSU, Lyn has pioneered several initiatives across our finance team encouraging people to find the time to look after their health and wellbeing.
Both Lyn and Emma have also supported staff within the team with personal challenges including struggling with working from home, offering support to staff with Covid who lived on their own and people with wellbeing challenges. They both proactively share their knowledge and experience with the wider finance community, contributing to motivating staff across organisations to improve NHS finance.
The conference which took place on 7 October brought together leaders in workforce policy as well as a selection of NHS case studies identifying areas of good practice in areas such as health and fitness, diversity and inclusion, mindfulness and building resilience.