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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

hAPPy days! From today, #RelationshipsforChange course participants can access the course via our new APP! Helps make learning more accessible and mobile! @fabnhsstuff.bsky.social @neonatalnursesuk.bsky.social @nhsmillion.bsky.social @nhsproviders.bsky.social @nhscharitiestogether.co.uk

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Can 10-minutes a week change the NHS? Join me at next week's @i-network.bsky.social webinar, open to all, to find out more about how relational and restorative practice is taking hold across 70 NHS Trusts: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/relational... @fabnhsstuff.bsky.social @nhsmillion.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Working with #NHS leaders, managers and staff is helping us to be clearer about the critical success factors when introducing this social science with teams, departments, roles. Join me on 9th June, 10-11am, for a (free) open webinar to share what we are learning. Please DM me for the link.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

👇🏽This research really resonates. The RCN-accredited online course, 'Relationships for Change' introduces relational and restorative practice and practical ways to use it; currently being accessed by some leaders and managers across more than 50 NHS Trusts: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The RCN-accredited online course 'Relationships for Change' is helping NHS colleagues to influence upwards. Jake Chambers from Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust shares his story. #PNAs #PMAs @carolvorders.bsky.social @fabnhsstuff.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk @theguardian.com

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

What is she reading? Could it be #RestorativePracticeAtWork? I find #MAFSAU to be a fascination study of human relationships and behaviours. @alisonleary1.bsky.social @brigidrussell51.bsky.social @graceatfons.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Few places for our 1-day workshop with #PMAs and #PNAs at the RCN London on 30th March. Focus on practicalities of restorative clinical supervisions. #Nursesky #Midwifesky @gallagherrose.bsky.social @leannehpatrick.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @bejoysebastian.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

💡 Relational and Restorative Practice 1-day workshop at the RCN London: Monday 30th March 2026 For PNAs and PMAs wanting to develop practical skills, delivering restorative supervision sessions and in your wider role/s. Please contact me for a copy of the brochure: lesley@restorativethinking.co.uk

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Relational Leadership: a new course for NHS leaders, bands 6 and 7. This course builds relational and restorative skills, knowledge and understanding. The course will be delivered over 12 months via a series of live teams sessions and online learning modules.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Over 500 professional advocates from two regions - London and East of England - have joined to learn about relational and restorative practice, engaging with our online RCN-accredited 'Relationships for Change' programme alongside live webinars and supervisions. #nurses #midwives #NHSLeadership

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📚 This RCN-accredited online course, 'Relationships for Change' directs us to work together better, by getting better at accountability, problem-solving, having conversations that are challenging. Flexible start dates. Further information: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Yesterday was a first! 👇🏾 Bringing together #PNAs and #PMAs from across the country at @rcn.org.uk . We explored relational and restorative practice, specifically how to add value to the practical elements of restorative supervisions. #RelationalLeadership #PatientSafety #QI #CultureChange

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Feedback from a recent workshop with #NHS Professional Nurse Advocates and Professional Midwifery Advocates. #RelationalLeadership #RestorativePracticeAtWork #Nurses #Midwives

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Engaging day with Professional Nurse Advocates & Professional Midwifery Advocates Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week. Bringing #RelationalandRestorativePractice into our roles in practical ways. #RestorativePracticeAtWork @sarahpreedy.bsky.social @acosianyanin.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan identifies relational leadership as an enabler to help navigate system change aligned to the 3 shifts. 💡 So what does relational leadership look like? These six habits will help! restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/ @fonscharity.bsky.social @fabnhsstuff.bsky.social

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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 03/10/2025

We are building a global online community of people who share the same vision as us - a world where patients are free from avoidable harm. Sign up to the hub today and join patients, frontline staff, regulators, campaigners and many more. Register here▶️ pslhub.org/register/ #patientsafety

An infographic containing a number of statistics relating to the hub, Patient Safety Learning’s online learning and resource platform. This includes that the hub now has: 7,820 members from 98 countries and representing 2,078 organisations. 12,970 learn posts. Members from 99% of NHS Trusts in England. And that the hub has now had: 3.29 million page views. 1.77 million site visits. 500 community page visits per week. 4,000 learn page visits per week.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

How will you use the relational window this week to: ✅ set really clear expectations? ☑️ steer your most challenging conversations? ✅ identify gaps and support needs? ☑️ ask questions of curiosity? ✅ problem-solve with your team? restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/ #RestorativePracticeAtWork

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The diagram below represents a summary of the conversations I've been having this week with #NHSEngland leaders. It shows how my colleagues and I place relational and restorative practice (RRP) in relation to established and successful NHS programmes. RRP is a key (and often missing) enabler.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan identifies relational leadership as an enabler to help navigate system change aligned to the 3 shifts. My team and I are working this week with #NHS clinical leaders to: ☑️ challenge assumptions ✅ improve expectation clarity ☑️ model accountability #patientsafety #QI

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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 04/09/2025

🆕The role of language and healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward patients with difficult diagnoses🆕 A blog from Sunny Deo featured on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

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The role of language and healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward patients with difficult diagnoses: A blog from Sunny Deo

Sunny Deo looks at how healthcare professionals communicate with their patients

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🎈🙌🏾 Celebrating four years working with @uhmbt.bsky.social 🧑🏾‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️Thank you to everyone we collaborate with at the Trust, for your passion and bravery to try something new. 🚀 Our work in this field is of growing importance; looking forward to next steps. #NHS10YearHealthPlan #RestorativePracticeAtWork

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

New 'Relational Leadership' opportunity for NHS Trusts. The NHS 10 Year Health Plan calls for relational leaders (p.107). This course builds on existing leadership strengths to develop relational practice; this will better enable leaders to navigate system change aligned to the 3 shifts.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

In consultation with all team members and our long-term clients, we've changed our company name to 'Relational and Restorative Thinking'. The new name better reflects how our work has evolved over the last few years. Please take a tour of our updated website: restorativethinking.co.uk

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Home - Relational and Restorative Thinking

Relational and Restorative ThinkingOur (award winning) programmes empower individuals and teams with a relational and restorative education, helping people to work together better and fostering sustai...

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

How to: 💡Understand each other better at work 👌🏾Have a sustainable, enjoyable career 🚀Play your part in fostering a safe, fair and meaningful workplace culture Find out more: restorativethinking.co.uk/about-us/ #RelationalPublicServices #RestorativePracticeAtWork #NHS10YearHealthPlan #Nurses

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The International Care Collective - Podcast @iccpod.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

#readytogo for #podcast #recordingday number 4. Our team are filming some additional footage this morning and another #episode this afternoon. Get following us now to be the first to know of our launch (link in bio) #internationalrecruitment #stayandthrive #multiprofessional #education

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Crown House Publishing @crownhousepub.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Peter Radford, author of #LoveTeaching, has launched a new website packed with honest advice and practical strategies to help you stay well - and stay in the profession. 🏫📚 Take the Love Teaching test, explore free resources and learn more about his book while you’re there:

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Home - Love Teaching Keep Teaching

Are you tired of school? Did you used to love teaching but feel like everything else just gets in the way? Are you concerned that so many great teachers are leaving the profession? Life is too short…

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

✅ Enabling the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. 👩🏾‍⚕️🧑🏾‍⚕️ Relational and restorative practice transforms how teams work together. NHS Trusts: start small; enrol up to 10 key colleagues to our RCN-accredited online programme 'Relationships for Change' and we'll help you to think through options to scale.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

NHS Trusts, to support responses to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, in-person workshops at the Royal College of Nursing: ✅Relational Leadership ☑️Relational and restorative practice for PNAs and PMAs Online: 🧑🏾‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️ RCN-accredited 'Relationships for Change' programme, rated 'excellent', 'very valuable'.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan calls for relational leadership. Join us this Autumn to start or continue your relational leadership journey. More information, e-mail: lesley@restorativethinking.co.uk #NHSLeadership #RelationalPractice

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Crown House Publishing @crownhousepub.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

What does it mean to become an educator in a period of profound change? Hear @ahargreaves.bsky.social's perspective in #TheMakingofanEducator - out now! 📙: buff.ly/rBrCna9

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

There's a new role for relational leadership in the NHS 10-year Health Plan: "To create an NHS fit for the future, we need leaders at every level who are bold, relational and capable of leading system change ..." Join our 'Relational Leadership' course in Oct or Nov at the RCN. Contact me.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🎞️ 2-minute film about the personal cost of incivility in the workplace from @lyndaholt.bsky.social and Firewood Studios. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukxs... ❓What would you do? #leadership #civility #RestorativePracticeAtWork

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RIPPLES - a film about incivility at work

YouTube video by Lynda Holt

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

📚 A 'must read' for those interested in how relational leadership enables change in healthcare: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #NHS10YearHealthPlan #OurNHSPeople #RestorativePracticeAtWork

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

"I genuinely think that change is better done with people than to people." (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social) Join us at @rcn.org.uk for our relational leadership workshop, and find out what it means to work 'with' rather than 'to' and how to make this visible and effective in your #leadership role.

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

There's an identified place and role for restorative and relational practice in the new NHS 10-year Health Plan: "To create an NHS fit for the future, we need leaders at every level who are bold, relational and capable of leading system change aligned to the 3 shifts." www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

45% of us have cried at work. "What makes you a great leader is how you choose to respond and communicate when those emotional reactions do arise. If you take ownership of your feelings and reactions, it conveys strength and confidence that others will respect." hbr.org/2022/01/so-y...

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So, You Cried at Work

If you have ever cried at work, then you know it can feel embarrassing. You may worry about what your colleagues think of you or become concerned about how your outburst may jeopardize your profession...

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We've added a new section to our online courses called 'Learning from each other'! Our first 'guest' is Corina Benjamin, Mental Health Support Team Manager at Notts City Council. Thank you Corina! Watch Corina's first video here (2nd item on this webpage): restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/

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Crown House Publishing @crownhousepub.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Written with warmth, passion and empathy, #ItsMorethanFlagsandRainbows by ‪@itimbrell.bsky.social‬ encourages schools to create meaningful and lasting change for the LGBTQ+ students in their care. 💙 Out now! Find out more: buff.ly/kI5nWsj @itlworldwide.bsky.social‬

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