According to our NHS Constitution, compassion is one of our core values. How will you ensure your team provides their patients with compassionate care?

"Throughout my career, I have related to my patients and their families by listening to their situation, empathizing, and striving to understand their emotions. Being in the hospital or home care setting can be very stressful, so I want to reduce their anxiety and demonstrate that I genuinely care about them and their well-being. As an NHS team leader, I would need to promote these same values with my staff and go the extra mile to ensure that my staff have adequate time with patients."

Compassion can be shown to patients in several ways, such as going the extra mile to ensure they are comfortable, building trusting relationships with them and their families, or showing genuine interest when interacting. Share how you demonstrate compassion to your patients in the workplace and how you will do this from a leadership standpoint with the NHS.