EHCAP is supporting Dr Sarah Temple in her work with Hampshire CCG developing a programme which enables compassionate professional behaviour. The programme is currently under construction - it will be based on Mindful Emotion Coaching and ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) awareness and is likely to begin in April 2019.

You can use this form to register interest and submit ideas.

The programme will develop the following skills and capabilities in professionals such that the fundamental needs of patients are addressed:

• protecting patients from any risk posed by their own health for example self-prescribing medication, substance misuse or fatigue.
• recognising the potential impact of their attitudes, values, beliefs, perceptions and personal biases on individuals and groups and developing personal strategies to address this
• demonstrating the principles of person centred care, including patients and, where appropriate, their relatives, carers or other advocates and key people in their extended network in decisions about their healthcare needs
• awareness of the importance of their personal physical and mental wellbeing and incorporating compassionate self-care into their personal and professional life including the need to
  • self-monitor
  • self-care
  • seek appropriate advice and support including being registered with a GP and engaging with them to maintain their own physical and mental health
  • manage the personal and emotional challenges of coping with workload, uncertainty and change
  • develop a range of coping strategies such as reflection (including mindful exercises), debriefing, handing over to another colleague, peer support and asking for help
• recognising complexity and uncertainty
• developing confidence in managing uncertainty, complexity and responding tochange
• recognising the complex factors that can affect a patients health and wellbeing and how these interact including psychological and psycho social
• able to adapt to take into consideration patient's preferences, social needs, multiple morbidities, frailty and long term physical and mental conditions
• working collaboratively
• understand the neuroscience of the effects of adversity (including abuse and neglect) in childhood on long term physical and mental health outcomes and integrate this understanding into safeguarding children, young people, adults and older people
• be able to assess the needs of and support required for children, young people, adults and older people experiencing domestic, sexual or other abuse