Schwartz Round ‘When it’s okay to say NO: taking care of yourself’

Tuesday 18th April 2023 at 15.15 pm

Open event for colleagues

Schwartz Rounds can help people feel more supported in their jobs, allowing them the time and space to reflect on their roles. Evidence shows that staff who attend Rounds feel less stressed and isolated, with increased insight and appreciation for each other’s roles. They also help to reduce hierarchies between staff and to focus attention on relational aspects of care.

The underlying premise for Rounds is that the compassion shown by staff can make all the difference to a patient’s experience of care, but that in order to provide compassionate care staff must, in turn, feel supported in their work.

Rounds can help you to have:

• Increased insight into the social and emotional aspects of care
• Increased confidence to deal with sensitive and non-clinical issues relating to patients
• Beliefs in the importance of empathy and human connection
• Openness to expressing thoughts, questions and feelings
• Decreased feelings of stress and isolation
• Improved team work and interdisciplinary communication
• Specific changes in practices gained from insights

For further information or to book onto this Round go Schwartz Round - When it's okay to say NO or contact Michelle Dooling – michelle.dooling@locala.org.uk.