LIVING OUR Our values are ‘the way we do things around here’. They are the very core of who we are, for every colleague, patient and individual who comes into contact with us. Our values enable us to work together more effectively and to deliver great patient care more consistently. We see examples of our values in practice on a daily basis, and each month we will celebrate individuals or teams who are clearly caring, fair and innovative.
Recognising our Armed Forces At LUHFT we are exceptionally proud of those colleagues who not only serve the NHS but also serve our Armed Forces. Chief Executive, James Sumner met with a group of the Armed Forces community at LUHFT at our Aintree site. It was a great opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate colleagues on their service and to hear about the variety of roles our reservists and veterans work in across our hospitals.
“The skills I have developed in the military have supported me in the delivery of my NHS role, such as: leadership, communication, project management and building relationships. The ability to work well under pressure and in a challenging environment have been particularly useful in the planning and delivering of our successful COVID-19 mass vaccination programme across multiple sites.
To find out more about being a reservist we spoke to Dianne Haddock, Assistant Director of Workforce and Wellbeing (pictured fourth from left) who is also the Commanding Officer of 208 Field Hospital.
“The Trust recognises the skills and expertise reservists bring to the organisation and offers additional paid leave to facilitate military training. I am immensely proud to be working in an organisation that is committed to supporting the Armed Forces community.
“Having watched my mum be an active member of 208 Field Hospital in her capacity as a medic as well as raising seven children, I knew becoming a reservist would be something I would relish,” said Dianne. “208 Field Hospital is an Army Reserve Medical Unit with over 150 Reservists across four locations in the North West. Many of our reservists work in the NHS in a variety of roles such as surgeons, nurses, and physiotherapists. Within LUHFT we have over 30 reservists and armed forces veterans. I joined 208 in January 1997, along with my sister who is also a nurse, as a Private Soldier, and within six months of joining, I found myself being selected for commission into the Officer Cadre. 14 | LUHFT Life
LUHFT is a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and the recipient of a Gold Award in the Ministry of Defence's Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
“I never imagined that I would one day command the unit. My time in the reservists has been incredible and I continue to be involved in such amazing experiences with phenomenal people whose shared goal is to be trained and ready to deliver outstanding deployed healthcare anywhere in the world.”
