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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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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 · 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 · 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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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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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 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 · 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 · 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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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🎺 1-day workshop 🩵 Royal College of Nursing 📅 Monday 20th October 2025 Restorative and relational practice workshop. Details, brochure and booking details here: restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/ @baxter-heyes.bsky.social @nursegow.bsky.social @bixsmof.bsky.social @graceatfons.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"Best online learning I have completed! Practical tools, with supporting resources to see how they work in practice." (Anonymous feedback, 'Relationships for Change' course participant). restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ #RestorativePracticeAtWork @rcn.org.uk @rcsed.bsky.social #nurses

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

RCN-accredited programme: 'Relationships for Change' For leaders and staff, health and social care. Participants progress through a series of structured modules, gaining practical tools and techniques they can immediately apply within their team/department. restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

How are human-AI interactions shaping us? 👩🏾‍💻🧑‍🤝‍🧑 How can we continue to focus on improving workplace relationships whilst simultaneously embracing AI? Any answers? www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/urba... #NHSConfedExpo @marlynnweimd.bsky.social

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

👂🏾🙋🏾‍♀️ We hold regular project meetings with @uhmbt.bsky.social, very open and honest conversations about what's working well with regard to restorative and relational practice and where the challenges are. Key learning point from today: Let your first word in any conversation be a steady breath!

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@nhsconfed.org If you're travelling to today's #NHSConfedExpo and want to brush up on restorative and relational practice, here are 3 short podcasts to take you there: restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Working with Senior Leaders at #HMPMillsike, consolidating and continuing to define and design relational and restorative practice prison-wide. This is a long-term project, to enable a prison culture that is shaped, and moves, with everyone involved with the prison. #RestorativePracticeAtWork

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

What will you do this week to encourage everyone's voice in a conversation? #RestorativePracticeAtWork #PsychologicalSafety #Staffretention #HealthCareManagement journals.lww.com/hcmrjournal/...

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Updated 'Relationships for Change' webpage: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ User feedback: "Learning to daily improve myself and fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and better relationships." "The course has helped me to perceive myself, family, friends and colleagues differently."

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

📑 A must-read for anyone interested in healthy teams! ⬇️ "Effective teams focus on the individual and collective skills and behaviors that matter most, and every role needs fit-for-purpose talent, not necessarily “top” talent." www.mckinsey.com/capabilities... #WHA78 #teamwork #leadership

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

"To doubt everything, or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." (Henri Poincare) #PeoplePromise #FTSU #NHSLongTermPlan Resources: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Restorative and relational practice enables honest, open conversations and invites us to explore knotty relationship territory with certainty and respect. Stay curious! #Medsky #Edusky #Nurses #Midwives #PatientSafety Resources: restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Hats off! 🎩👒🎓 This just made my day, listening to #nursing staff share how restorative and relational practice is taking hold in multiple ways, with emerging evidence of impact. Agile, flexible, microlearning and targeted live guidance, challenge and support: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Introductory teams call today with UHB PNAs enrolled on Restorative Thinking's @rcn.org.uk accredited online programme. Short modules to suit busy shift patterns. Regular check-ins to explore application of content. #RestorativePracticeAtWork #Nurses #Nursing #Midwives #RCN25 @rcm.org.uk

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Workshop today with the SLT exploring script theory and cultural norms. What are the common scripts of our workplace culture? #RestorativePracticeAtWork #Leadership

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Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

My work across public services gives insights into the change & difference relational and restorative practice makes; this video reminds me what it looks like taking hold in an organisation. More info here: restorativethinking.co.uk #mentalhealthawarenessweek @thementalelf.bsky.social

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