A recent news feature has drawn my attention to the program of ' Wellbeing Hubs' in the NHS in the UK. The obvious question is why do we not have the same in the HSE structure. Over 100,000 people work as healthcare professionals in Ireland who need this type of support from the HSE. Over 75% of NHS healthcare staff have considered resigning such is the corporate structure that induces burnout and compassion fatigue and moral distress to boot. Add a good dose of bullying and you get logarithmic resignations. More and more medical doctors are leaving the system. There urgently needs to be a movement in Ireland and the UK of ' Spirituality & Medicine'. This is a movement of training that is now run in most medical schools in the USA. Having delivered the Learning to Exhale Mindfulness program in 10 Irish hospitals to 3,500 we have seen the need for training in self-care and building resilience. However no program can be ethically designed to train staff to tolerate an unhealthy working environment and to tolerate bullying. The structure and workplace also needs to be transformed. Burnout in NursingDr Chiara Dall’Ora, Dr Zoe Ejebu, Professor Jane Ball and Professor Peter Griffiths examined responses from 870 nurses in the UK, looking at the factors affecting their work life. The evidence found working shifts between eight and 12 hours, low staffing levels and having no choice over shift length were associated with an increased risk of burnout in nursing staff. These factors, coupled with rarely or not taking breaks, were also associated with exhaustion. Conversely, the researchers concluded that staff who have a complete choice over shift patterns were less likely to experience burnout and exhaustion. Photo by Emily Underworld on Unsplash NHS Wellbeing Hubs - Why not HSE too?The staff mental health and wellbeing hubs were set up by the NHS to provide health and social care colleagues rapid access to assessment and local evidence-based mental health services and support where needed. The hub offer is confidential and free of charge for all health and social care staff. The hubs can offer a clinical assessment and referral to local services enabling access to support where needed, such as talking therapy or counselling. This is a separate and confidential from a staff members organisation. The Wellbeing Hub is open to health and social care staff, from all services and settings. You can self-refer or refer a colleague (with their consent). The NHS run a number of health and wellbeing programs for staff. Mindful Beauty Nurses' Gift Box
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IMPORTANT: Kindly indicate your Eircode/postcode and mobile number to ensure correct delivery. Wellbeing Apps for NHS StaffApps can be a great way to get fit, find recipes and just make life at times easier. There is a great CBT app that I have been suggesting to people lately. By clicking on this text you will be directed to the source page of what wellbeing apps the NHS is currently offering. When you go to the site you can see there is a selection of six to choose from. Photo by Emma Simpson on Unsplash Learning to Exhale AgainThe Learning to Exhale eight week mindfulness program has now been delivered to 3500 people, in 10 HSE hospitals and to rave reviews. If you would like to have the training delivered to your staff, colleagues and organisation contact Ralph by email rqf@learningtoexhale.ie
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Five Stars - Excellent Many of us are aware that there is a drugs crisis in Ireland. Drugs are available everywhere from the local GAA to the pub. Treatment centres in the past used to mostly deal with cases of alcoholism they are now seeing more and more 'cross addicted' cases. Alcohol and drugs. You could actually say it is a silent pandemic - one of addiction. So this movie County Lines that was released in Dec 2020 is a very important and realistic depiction of what it is like to live or even better, fall into the drugs world as a minor. I saw it this week on BBC 2 quite late. Quite late because I don't think the BBC wanted too many people to see it. Not to understand what is taking place. This is also a problem now in Ireland, rarely reported on, along with knife crime and child prostitution. Kids in Ireland are now being targeted in children's homes by pimps in much the same way they were in Manchester. The UK National Crime Agency estimates over 10,000 children are involved. We could have a similar figure here soon. Nonetheless the culture is here. County lines is a form of criminal exploitation. It is when criminals befriend children, either online of offline, and then manipulate them into drug dealing. The 'lines' refer to mobile phones that are used to control a young person who is delivering drugs, often to towns outside their home county. Knock Knock You Owe Us 5K?Some parents get to suddenly discover two things some night up and down the country. The first is John or Jilly have a sudden debt of 5,000 Euros and secondly that they are a drug addict. The debt will be enforced and is for immediate payment to the drug dealers who will use all sorts of tactics including harassment and violence. So this is why RTE should broadcast this movie to help people understand what is taking place. Conrad Khan Shines in Movie |
Professor Mel Mercier leads the Irish Gamelan Orchestra (IGO) and established the Irish Gamelan Orchestra in 2013, with the aim of developing a collaborative approach to the composition and performance of new music for gamelan. In addition to creating music for theatre, the 14-member ensemble performs a repertoire of original music, which is co-created with a host of musicians, actors, poets and dancers, including most notably; Fiona Shaw, Martin Hayes, Brooklyn Rider, Joseph O’ Connor, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Julie Feeney and Colin Dunne. |
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100% NATURAL, VEGAN and CRUELTY-FREE
Our Eau de Cologne is made with 100% pure essential oils from herbs & spices. We developed this unisex Cologne with spring in mind & wanted to return to the use of high quality natural ingredients which is what our brand is known for. Many perfume houses in France only used essential oils to create colognes & perfume up to the 1930’s.
Like any work of art our formula is secret but nourishes the body, mind & soul. With top notes of Bergamot, Lemon, Grapefruit & Orange; heart notes of Ylang ylang, Neroli & French Lavender & with base notes of Cedarwood, Vetivert & Frankincense.
Ralph Quinlan Forde the founder of Mindful Beauty has formulated this Cologne with his knowledge of perfumery he gained from studying in Grasse, France - the epicentre of international perfume craft.
In 1708, Giovanni Farina wrote to his brother Jean Baptiste: "I have found a fragrance that reminds me of an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils & orange blossoms after the rain". He named his fragrance Eau de Cologne, in honour of his new hometown in Germany as he was missing Italy. The Mindful Beauty Eau de Cologne is just that: citrus floral spring mornings - crisp, fresh & awakening.
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Bestselling author Ralph Quinlan Forde BSc (Hons) MA is the writer and editor of the Mindful Beauty blog. His first book The Book of Tibetan Medicine went into 11 languages. His second Nutriwine has
also been well received. He is the founder of Learning to Exhale which has now trained
over 3,500 people and in ten hospitals Mindfulness Meditation to rave reviews. He is also a Member of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists.
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