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The AdsFoundation works with NHS organisations and staff, patients and carers, and voluntary organisation. Below you can find information about some of organisations we have worked with, in some cases in their own works, reflecting the AdsFoundation ethos of working ‘with’ rather than for organisations.
South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) are delighted to be working in partnership with Dr Zoe-Picton Howell, director of the Adam Bojelian Foundation CIC and John Walsh OD Lead from Leeds Community Healthcare Trust with a new and innovative, improvement and organisational development programme – Project Hope.
The context and foundations of Project Hope have grown from discussions and are based on assumptions drawn from Zoe Picton-Howell’s own and wider academic research. Starting from very different places, John and Zoe found that their professional and personal experiences in healthcare had led them to similar conclusions, conclusions found to be supported by this academic research.
These conclusions have become Project Hope’s starting assumptions and are:-
- Staff who support each other are better able to support patients and their families. (Mayo et al, 2016 & Rosen et al, 2018);
- Poor communication is an important factor in many healthcare errors or incidents leading to complaints. (Hogg et al, 2018 & Raberus et al 2019);
- Misunderstandings about the law contribute to poor communication by health professionals. (Picton-Howell, 2019);
- The need for deeper understanding of personal and professional values and their use in decision making and clinical practice. (Fulford et al 2004);
- Culture is fundamental and is shaped by our behaviours, conversations and assumptions (Mid-Staffs Public Inquiry, Final Report, 2015).
Zoe and John facilitated a workshop at the 2019 NHS Expo, on the links between law and active communication, academic research and real world practice which enhances staff and patient well-being; colleagues from SWYPFT participated in this workshop, following which we invited Zoe and John to further develop a prototype approach working with SWYPFT
‘Project Hope will work in partnership with staff from South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust to co produce a prototype 4-6month programme to enhance staff, patient and carer well-being through a series of workshops on law, ethics and communication. Drawing on multi-disciplinary research and lived experience, Project Hope aims to shift a common view of law and ethics, as rules and regulations to be followed when things go wrong, to being about building positive relationships and active communication. We believe this shift in understanding improves the well-being of all stakeholders; potentially avoids negative outcomes and if things do go wrong, helps reduce the trauma and financial and emotional costs to all involved.’
The workshops will provide a safe space for collaborative learning, values-led conversations involving all colleagues within a service team(s), vicarious lived experience through story telling and a forum to share feedback & learning to inform a roll-out programme.
This compliments NHS England/Improvement’s Interim People Plan which sets out a vision and ambitions for addressing NHS workforce challenges to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan and support 21st century care with a strong emphasis on place based multi-disciplinary and person-centred care. NHS Improvement, outlines the importance of safety for promotion of best quality care and describes the essential features of a psychological safety culture where staff and teams feel supported within a compassionate and inclusive environment, where staff no longer behave defensively to protect themselves and opens a space for learning and growth.
Project Hope aims to do just that…give hope that compassionately caring is how we do what we do!
Dr Zoe Picton-Howell’s work on Project Hope was fully funded by the Adam Bojelian Foundation.
Helen and Douglas House Children’s Hospice
Dr Zoe Picton-Howell provided a detailed briefing paper for the hospice staff and parents and carers on legal deputyship. This work was fully funded by the Adam Bojelian Foundation.
Making Families Count
Making Families Count is a community interest (not-for-profit) company which works with health professionals and families facing complex and traumatic breavement providing education and training to health and social care professionals in the transformative benefits of positive family engagement.
Dr Zoe Picton-Howell has contributed to two webinars, providing the legal insights on confidentiality and information sharing. She will contribute to a further webinar in February 2024. Making Families Count funded Zoe to take part in these webinars.
Consortium of Mental Health Charities
Dr. Zoe Picton-Howell held a workshop where she discussed in detail with representatives from several mental health organisations representing mental health service users, including children and young people, human rights concerns around the use of Oxyvision surveillance system.
Zoe’s work for this workshop was fully funded by the AdsFoundation.
LawWorks
The AdsFoundation ran a weekly free to access legal advice clinic hosted by Dr Zoe Picton-Howell from May 2022 to January 2024. Zoe provided advice, information and signposting to 60 inquirers. Zoe was a runner up in the Law Works Pro Bono Awards in December 2022 for her work establishing and running the clinic. The AdsFoundation decided to close the clinic in January 2024 to give Zoe more time to focus on other aspects of the clinic’s work.
The AdsFoundation’s free legal advice clinic was fully funded by the AdsFoundation.
Keech Adult and Children’s Hospice
In June 2024 Dr Zoe Picton-Howell will give a two hour workshop on mental capacity, deputyship and last powers of attorney for staff, patients and carers at Keech.
Zoe’s work for this workshop is fully funded by the AdsFoundation.
The Adam Bojelian Foundation funds vitually all its activities with no external funding. If you would like to support our work, your DONATION would be greatly appreciated.
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