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Wellbeing week for staff at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Health and wellbeing sessions taking place for staff
- Five key themes aim to provide holistic approach
- Looking after staff helps provide higher levels of care for patients
Health and wellbeing is high on the agenda this week for staff at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
Staff in Bolton’s Family Care Division are taking part in a wellbeing week which is focusing on their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
The wellbeing week, which is running from Monday 27 February to 3 March, has five themes: health, inclusivity, nutrition, fitness, and mental health and wellbeing.
Activities and sessions throughout the week include:
- Wellbeing learning lunch
- Healthy recipe sharing
- Menopause support
- Men’s health MOT
- Mini Health Checks from the Bolton NHS FT Health Improvement Practitioners (HIPs)
- Chaplaincy support dog walk
Tracy Iles, Family Care Division Director of Operations at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said:
Making sure our staff are well looked after is key to providing the highest levels of care for our patients and the communities of Bolton.
“Our wellbeing week is highlighting how we all need to take care of our own health and wellbeing and should give practical advice to improve physical health as well as providing opportunities for people to discuss their mental health.
Bolton’s Family Care Division provides a wide and diverse range of services for adults and children throughout Bolton and beyond.
It includes maternity, neonates sexual health and gynaecology teams, as well as hospital and community based children’s clinical services, 0-19 Public Health Nursing, Paediatric and Women’s health Allied Health Professional services and Paediatric Learning Disability.