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Rachel Burnham

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Rachel Burnham

@RachelBurnham

Tutor @AccessProjectUK / Group Director Performance & Planning @MFTnhs / Used to have more to say here so need some new hobbies! My own views @RachelBurnham

Manchester, England

Joined May 2011

Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Dec 21, 2020
So many calls I had today with people who were “due to be on leave, but...”. Two things are simultaneously true imho: #1 overworking is bad for you and your team and a culture of it is Not A Good Thing #2 without it, the NHS would currently not be functioning
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Aug 27, 2020
Tell you something that's incredibly cool about working in NHS management that I massively missed in other sectors... It is *so* easy for me as a woman at the (still clinging on to this) younger end of my career to look up & see and work with masses of senior female role models.
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Dec 15, 2021
Our (v wise!) COO said to me when I started in current post a few weeks ago - your jobs is to do two main things: advocate for your patients and look after your staff. Helps me to focus the mind at times like this and perhaps others too so sharing… 🙏
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Aug 31, 2017
I find the NHS habit of referring to people by their grade so bizarre & objectifying. "I'll send a band [x] to sort that" just not..human?
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Mar 9, 2019
That @jessphillips interview though 🙏🙏🙏 - I left it feeling like I might quite fancy being an MP if you can do the job like Jess does...
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Dec 21, 2021
Petition to support the NHS this Christmas by letting your relatives who work for it give you presents that haven’t been wrapped please.
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
May 18, 2022
Made the mistake of searching what people are saying re “NHS managers”. I have worked in a think tank, arms length body, consultancy, VC, NHS - & can safely say the ONLY difference between managers is that complexity of problems to solve in NHS is far higher than other sectors
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Jan 31, 2023
The NHS: the only place outside of XFactor where “doing 110%” is an actual target 😉
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Jun 23, 2021
Some personal news, as they say. Am delighted & humbled (people more professional than me seem to use this word when I assume they mean terrified?!) to be appointed to a new role, in addition to my GSTT hat, as Director of Elective & Diagnostic Recovery in the South East London
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Jun 30, 2020
Just had the ULTIMATE COVID meeting bingo: someone on mute and person who told them they were on mute WAS ALSO ON MUTE 👌
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Feb 13, 2020
Repeat after me: Just saying "apologies for the tight turnaround" does not make your deadline acceptable. 🙈
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Jul 22, 2024
Relocation ✅ Off to be the new girl @MFTnhs this morning.
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Mar 29, 2021
Can confirm the Great Annual Leave Use Up of March 21 is actually fairly pleasant.
Rachel Burnham
@RachelBurnham
Nov 18, 2021
That winning spirit…! #HSJawards #TeamGSTT