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Steve Andrews

@steveandrews3.bsky.social
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Committed to improving healthcare through developing leadership, teamwork, culture & coaching. I support Bevan's principles but views expressed are mine.

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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Exercise “snacks,” what researchers call “short bouts of accumulated exercise” or SBAE, however show greater and greater promise as an alternative for people who can’t sustain a full-bore exercise regimen" www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
medscape.com
Exercise Snacks May Be Stronger Medicine Than We Thought
The positive data continue to build while many people have a hard time starting and sticking to any dedicated fitness plan. Exercise snacks may be enough.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"It seems as though the instinctive response of all business leaders to the increasing volatility of business is to act as though they can control it" will you be given new plans, targets, reports etc today as senior leaders desperately claw for certainty & control www.linkedin.com/pulse/living...
linkedin.com
Living with uncertainty: Why HR needs to stop pretending
Living with uncertainty is uncomfortable. It seems as though the instinctive response of all business leaders to the increasing volatility of business is to act as though they can control it.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'I will be happy when', 'the work will be different when', 'it will be better when' - "the arrival fallacy is the false assumption that reaching some achievement will create durable feelings of satisfaction & contentment in our lives" don't wait, be in the now sahilbloom.substack.com/p/the-middle...
sahilbloom.substack.com
The Middle Path to Happiness
watch on YouTube or read and listen on sahilbloom.com​
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you really had a talent 'pipeline' people would 'flow' through the system of development, mentoring, opportunity, experiement & more - are your internal people flowing or are they stuck, blocked... www.linkedin.com/posts/hrlead...
linkedin.com
Internal Mobility Hinders Career Growth and Retention | Hacking HR posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The internal candidate submitted their application three weeks ago. The external candidate got a call from the recruiter within forty-eight hours. 💡 That's the experience internal mobility produces i...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"In 2021, 50% of doctors agreed that their organisation took positive action on health and wellbeing. By 2025, that had fallen to just 45%. And this despite considerable and visible investment in staff wellbeing services" www.linkedin.com/posts/drpaul...
linkedin.com
Is this a definition of NHS Insanity? | Paul Molyneux | 11 comments
As the latest NHS Staff Survey launches, I’ve been reflecting on how the NHS has responded to previous results and asking: Are we getting the focus on clinician wellbeing right? To be clear, I am pa...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Stuck in the middle and never trained for it – the recognition challenge facing today’s managers" www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content...
trainingjournal.com
Stuck in the middle and never trained for it – the recognition challenge facing today’s managers - Training Journal
Joanne Werker discusses how the manager's job keeps expanding, and why businesses need to stop treating recognition as something people either have a knack for or don't. It’s beyond time to start trea...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Healthy Leadership (769) "Build psychological safety - OK, but perhaps first start by removing psychological dangers" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...
linkedin.com
Healthy Leadership (769) "Build psychological safety - OK, but perhaps first start by removing psychological dangers"
As the years have passed I have become less and less impressed with some words. Usually they are the words people put in front of other words to hide, divert, distract, influence etc.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Work is one of the most enduring and consequential life domains regarding how meaning and purpose impact health and well-being" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Meaningful Work, Well-Being, and Health: Enacting a Eudaimonic Vision
Work is one of the most enduring and consequential life domains regarding how meaning and purpose impact health and well-being. This review first examines scientific findings from the MIDUS (Midlife i...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Looking after employees' health and wellbeing is good for people and the organisation. Good health and wellbeing can be a core enabler of employee engagement and organisational performance" www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge...
cipd.org
CIPD | On this page
Wellbeing at Work | Factsheets
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"implementing the independent review of employers' role in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces to change outcomes, improve lives and drive growth" www.gov.uk/government/p...
gov.uk
Keep Britain Working review update: a national growth opportunity, September 2026
September 2026 update on implementing the independent review of employers' role in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces to change outcomes, improve ...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"When You Tell the Truth in a Toxic Workplace, You Become the Problem" www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-y...
linkedin.com
When You Tell the Truth in a Toxic Workplace, You Become the Problem
Have you ever noticed what happens the moment someone finally names the elephant in the room? The room doesn’t sigh with relief. It freezes.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"From weeks to hours - the rapid new test transforming brain tumour diagnosis" now that's how you improve flow & create quality - research, science & doing different www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new NHS test
The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The way you deal with your emotions shapes everything that matters" www.facebook.com/reel/1440833...
facebook.com
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Ethnic minority leadership in the NHS: progression, representation, retention and organisational culture" thenhsalliance.org/resources/et...
thenhsalliance.org
Ethnic minority leadership in the NHS: progression, representation, retention and organisational culture
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Thirlwall 37.3 I refer in this chapter to chief executives and board-level directors in NHS Trusts as senior managers" lots of talk about managers after the report, this statemet clarifies comments, the section requires reading thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/final-report...
thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk
Chapter 37 – Training and regulation of managers | The Thirlwall Inquiry
Examining the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital and their implications following the trial, and subsequent convictions, of former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby of murder and attempted murder of b...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thirwall Inquiry - volume 3, part 3, chapter 45 - the reccoemendations. thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/final-report...
thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk
Chapter 45 – Recommendations | The Thirlwall Inquiry
Examining the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital and their implications following the trial, and subsequent convictions, of former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby of murder and attempted murder of b...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The Thirlwall inquiry may be of some use to the families involved, but its summary findings and recommendations are patronising, confusing and in some cases plain ignorant, says HSJ editor Alastair McLellan" www.hsj.co.uk/comment/emba...
hsj.co.uk
Embarrassing Thirlwall is wrong about NHS management
The Thirlwall inquiry may be of some use to the families involved, but its summary findings and recommendations are patronising, confusing and in some cases plain ignorant, says HSJ editor Alastair Mc...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The NHS is expanding Martha's Rule to all hospital emergency departments in England to help patients and families challenge staff and seek second opinions about their care if they want" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Martha's Rule rolled out across all A&E departments in England
The rule is named after 13-year-old Martha Mills, whose family's concerns about her care were not listened to before her death.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everyone is replaceable at work - you and your place in the hearts of those not at work is unque, no one else can be who you are to those you love and who love you.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mind the gap... the growing gap between having the difficult conversation and avoiding it - this 'conversational debt' is growing - there will be a consequence... (image gustavorazzetti)
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Manage your attention - how could we improve this through structure? block out time in diaries, turn off MS TEAMS... oh and you know your 'door is always open' policy - change that, shut it and request time, space, focus... (image work chronicles)
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How we learn.... there are some challenges and dispute over this, seek out the research. The numbers may be questionable but the idea that discussion, experience and teaching are powerful learning processes is, I sense, very real...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This image highlights reality - changing your organisation chart may change nothing - it may be existing relationships, fear, workarounds, lack of understanding, complexity, the new org chart in that other team, history, comfort, loss are the real influencers www.linkedin.com/posts/jossco...
linkedin.com
Small Changes Yield Big Results with Peter Senge | Joss Colchester posted on the topic | LinkedIn
"Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious" Peter Senge Graphic based upon the Si Guide to Systems Inquiry https://lnkd.in/eSbr5xEU | 13 co...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Stop developing your leadership. Start developing leadership skills" that would mean we had to remove vague - less 'be compassionate' more 'focusing attention on team members and actively listen' leadershipfreak.blog/2026/09/16/s...
leadershipfreak.blog
Stop Developing Your Leadership - Leadership Freak
“Developing your leadership” sound grand. It’s useless. You can’t practice “leadership.” You can practice specific leadership skills. You can’t practice a generality. Click for more insight.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Jevons Paradox-technological improvements that increase the efficiency of a given resource lead to a rise in the consumption of that resource" build more roads to increase efficiency, get more cars clogging the roads - what efficiencies are you working on !!! sahilbloom.substack.com/p/jevons-par...
sahilbloom.substack.com
Jevons Paradox: The Perils of Efficiency
watch on YouTube or read and listen on sahilbloom.com​
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"What causes quiet quitting? - People aren’t necessarily disengaging because work is terrible but because work is no longer the center of their lives" news.hiddenbrain.org/p/what-cause...
news.hiddenbrain.org
What causes quiet quitting?
Plus, memory and aging
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don't believe every thought in your head www.facebook.com/reel/1049541...
facebook.com
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Psychological safety wasn’t invented in 1999" when you read this to see Rogers, Lewin, Argyris writing it, some awareness of it 100's of years ago then remmebr Deming asked us to “drive out fear” - it won't appear because someone says 'this is a safe space' www.linkedin.com/posts/geragh...
linkedin.com
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"5 Signs Your Team Is Drowning in Conversational Debt" - these are real - Your most vocal colleagues stop fighting & No one makes decisions, even when they have the authority" think.fearlessculture.design/p/conversati...
think.fearlessculture.design
5 Signs Your Team Is Drowning in Conversational Debt
The crucial conversations your team avoids don't disappear. They compound. Five signs your team is carrying conversational debt, and what to do about each.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Work stress isn't always about workload" hbr.org/2026/09/rese...
hbr.org
Research: Work Stress Isn’t Always About Workload
When employees seem stressed, leaders typically blame workload and respond with the usual remedies: task redistribution, time off, time management training. But a meta-analysis of 515 studies reveals ...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Healthy Leadership (768) "Just in time is in time and good enough is enough - and good !!!" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...
linkedin.com
Healthy Leadership (768) "Just in time is in time and good enough is enough - and good !!!"
A lot has happened in our careers. I suspect most of it good.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Humorous Mission Statements for the Real World "Our DNA is coded so that the customer comes first, well, right after all of our petty internal stuff" blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/h...
blainepardoe.wordpress.com
Humorous Mission Statements for the Real World
I find the entire concept of mission statements to be one of those wonderful and pointless expenditures of time that organizations yearn to waste.  Anything written by more than two people is often…
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"The AIM Group is the home of online qualifications. Whether it's professional or a hobby, the AIM Group will have an online course for it" FREE courses and development theaimgroup.co.uk/courses?type...
theaimgroup.co.uk
Free Qualification Courses - The AIM Group
The AIM Group is the home of online qualifications. Whether it's professional or a hobby, the AIM Group will have an online course for it.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"You don’t rise to the level of your intentions. You rise to the level of your routines" what is your winning, successful routine / what is the pattern holding you back ? leadershipfreak.blog/2026/09/10/a...
leadershipfreak.blog
A Routine that Changes Everything - Leadership Freak
You don't rise to the level of your intentions. You rise to the level of your routines. Don’t fall in love with bold decisions. Drama corrupts judgment. Win with daily routines. A universal principle ...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"In an age of ubiquitous AI, answers are no longer in short supply. But questions are more valuable than ever" seths.blog/2026/09/maps...
seths.blog
Maps and a compass
Maps are easy to sell. If you know where you are and where you’d like to go, the map solves your problem. Maps are all around us: how-to, what-to, step-by-step. The compass is more resilient …
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"One in five black, Asian and minority ethnic NHS managers in England plan to quit amid racism" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
One in five black, Asian and minority ethnic NHS managers in England plan to quit amid racism, report finds
Health service faces exodus as almost four-fifths of BAME managers surveyed reported racism, exclusion and barriers to career progression
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds - study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds
New study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"This Is How Companies REALLY Come Up With 'Organisational Values'" Remember this as you walk the corridors or search the internet... www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Xn...
youtube.com
This Is How Companies REALLY Come Up With 'Organisational Values'
YouTube video by Wankernomics
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Why warm homes should be part of the health system’s prevention toolkit" Social policy amy have more of an impact than health policy... www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
kingsfund.org.uk
Why Warm Homes Should Be Part of the Health System’s Prevention Toolkit | The King's Fund
Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development at National Energy Action, explores the role of warm homes in supporting health and reducing demand on services.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"NHS transformation failures follow recognisable warning signs - failures are rarely sudden or unpredictable. Instead, problems often emerge through recognisable weaknesses in programme design, management, organisational culture & workforce capability" publicpolicyprojects.com/nhs-transfor...
publicpolicyprojects.com
NHS transformation failures follow recognisable warning signs, new report finds - Public Policy Projects
NHS transformation failures often follow recognisable patterns. A new report examines the warning signs and what leaders can do to strengthen delivery before programmes falter.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Three quarters of A&E staff witness violence and aggression at work at least once a week, as “Safe to Care” campaign launched" rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...
rcem.ac.uk
Three quarters of A&E staff witness violence and aggression at work at least once a week, as “Safe to Care” campaign launched - RCEM
7 September 2026  Around three in four UK Emergency Department staff have told the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that they experience or witness violence and aggression in their department on a ...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Think Flex First NHS - Explore information, tools and resources on flexible working to attract, retain and support our NHS people" www.nhsemployers.org/flexible-wor...
nhsemployers.org
Think Flex First NHS
Explore information, tools and resources on flexible working to attract, retain and support our NHS people.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"I imagine that there are many reasons why staff may become desensitised to their own humanity" "Gentleness matters in healthcare - Self awareness in staff can improve care" www.bmj.com/content/394/...
bmj.com
Gentleness matters in healthcare
Self awareness in staff can improve care, writes Susannah Darling Khan Both of my parents had long journeys with and eventually died from cancer in the past 12 years. Our experiences of the NHS have...
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Feedback from patients, service users and carers is one of the most valuable sources of insight into the experience of using health and care services" www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
kingsfund.org.uk
The future of patient feedback
We want to redesign how national feedback is collected, analysed and shared so it provides a clearer picture of people’s experiences and helps drive improvements in care.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The NHS Staff Standards place explicit expectations on organisations and leaders to prioritise staff experience and workforce wellbeing" www.nhsemployers.org/publications...
nhsemployers.org
Get your board onboard to improve staff experience
How to gain senior leadership support for your staff experience agenda.
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hold on you estates project people - if a third to half of the workforce are introverts how are you preparing a great workspace for them - forcing them all into 'open plan' ain't the answer. Workarounds will follow or your productivity will fall, we should do better. www.facebook.com/reel/2125040...
facebook.com
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The words on the poster stuck on the wall 'we care for our people' are meaningless - the actions we take on a day to day basis might matter more and demonstrate more... (image HR hacking)
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It may have taken some time to realise but the development of individual leaders while ignoring the environment they function in is not just wasteful but counterproductive - it focusses on the individual, the hero, the role model & creates an illusion of change... (image the art of strategy)
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What changes are made that get certain groups excited in the workplace but ultimately leaves some pondering - why !!!(image work chronicles)
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Steve Andrews @steveandrews3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What if good leadership looked like facilitation- some in the 'reality' list are quite impactful techniques... (image nick martin)
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