Proud to work in the NHS CEO
@BTHFT
& Place Partnership Lead
@ActAsOneBDC
Hon Prof Uni Bradford Tweeting my own views & occasional pics of Bull Terriers
So....something rather special happened to me this week, this little man showed up & made me a Nanny for the first time! Congratulations to Sarah and Mark on the arrival of the treasure that is Lenny James Jones ❤️😍
#nannyMel
@Thornton_health
I spend a lot of time impressing on all my colleagues that no-one is a ‘just’ anything. There’s are leaders at every level in & all areas throughout my organisation and everyone’s contribution including their leadership contribution is valued and appreciated.
A lady rings switchboard, scared to come in for a scan & wants to cancel,Becky, spends time calming & reassuring,her & the patient agrees to come in. Becky remembers the appointment date & time & leaves little gift on reception for the lady
#Employeeofthemonth
#above
&beyond 🙏
I promise
@BTHFT
I’m not gonna make a habit of this but it’s still only been a week
#newnanny
and I just reckon on a wet Monday morning, who wouldn’t want a bit of Lenny love to brighten their day 😊❤️
On this day I’m reflecting on having treated 3336 patients,2679 of whom have returned home. My thoughts are with the families of the 647 patients who tragically succumbed to this dreadful disease including 2 of our own. I pay tribute to all my
@BTHFT
colleagues 🙏
Keenly observing social distancing rules but with a celebratory wave.
@BTHFT
you’ve only gone and done it, from Requires Improvement to a resounding GOOD! Absolutely delighted that the commitment & passion for improvement has been recognised
#OneteamOneGreatResult
👏🙌
Very proud this morning to be wearing the uniform of our
@BTHFT
porters whom I’ll be spending the morning with . Thanks to long serving Porter Tommy who invited me and is going to show me the ropes 👍🏻😊
Replacing our CQC rating poster with this beautiful
#seaofgreen
GOOD rating. 20 months ago we started our journey of getting to GOOD Moving to OUTSTANDING
@WHHNHS
you absolutely smashed phase 1. So proud of every member of staff who made this possible
#thankyou
❤️🙌👏
Well it’s finally here, the office is looking rather bare and the car AND my ❤️ is full of 9 years worth of memories. My
#last
day
@WHHNHS
You have been amazing. Thankyou for letting me be your CEO
#beoutstanding
#playnicely
X
@BTHFT
family left reeling today by news of Dr Southern’s passing. An amazing colleague, clinician & digital expert , respected by all who worked alongside him,loved by his patients. Our thoughts are very much with his family & all who knew & loved him. We will miss him terribly.
Breaking news, an absolute first for me,in Jan I’ll have reached my 35 th anniversary of working in the NHS. Because I’ve worked in a number of different hospitals I’ve never received a long service award until now! Thank you
@BTHFT
you spot who signed the certificate 😂
My Dad was 80 in Dec he’s my absolute hero & we’ve been eagerly awaiting the call for him to go for his Covid Vaccine. It came & it’s today, We are delighted.When you get the call, get the jab, for you, for those you love & who love you,for all of us ❤️Mum your turn will come!
On this day last week I re-tweeted a TED talk on the the impact of incivility, after
@BTHFT
pulling together & supporting one another during
#WorkAsOneWk
demonstrating power of teamwork & respect. Today’s events make me absolutely determined to make us the UKs kindest hospital
In the dying embers of International Nurses day 2020.A CEO who remains proud to call herself a nurse, proud now to be be able to lead the amazing nurses of
@BTHFT
& is inspired everyday by the passion, dedication, compassion, kindness of this amazing 👏🙏profession 🙌
@HackfathRebecca
Rebecca our own life experiences don’t just make us the people we are they make us the professionals we become. Yours will make you an amazing nurse and have already made you an inspiration to many. 🙌
Just changed my twitter profile, it’s finally here, couldn’t be more proud and excited to say I’m CEO
@BTHFT
I’ve already met so many people from across the organisation and it’s system partners & had a great welcome. Looking forward to meeting many more
#letsdothis
😀
Thank you
@Channel4News
for your factual reporting of the demands Covid is placing on our NHS
@JoeHMK
Covid deniers,detractors & conspiracy theorists you are insulting & disrespectful to those who have suffered themselves,families who have lost loved ones & NHS staff
#stopit
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ news guess who had a starring role in a very special event? Postponed in 2020, then again in 2021 the wedding finally happened with an extra page boy who was never originally planned to be there but boy were we all over the moon he was.
#MrandMrsJones
👰♀️🤵♂️🎊❤️
Run that by me again, did you just say it was Friday? Yes Lenny it’s Friday! In fact it’s not just Friday it’s
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ now stop asking questions and look cute! 😂
This is Faheem and he’s working on one of
@BTHFT
entrances this morning. Please do not be offended when he asks you to wear a mask, gel your hands & keep your distance. So called Freedom day = freedom to do the right thing. Keep safe & keep those around you safe.
G’morning folks, it’s that time of the week when Lenny takes his responsibility to make you smile very seriously. It’s his number one objective for this year & as his appraisal is coming up I thought I’d take a quick 360.Wadda we think?Like if he’s achieved 😂
#LennyLoveFriday
Happy 1 year Anniversary to me! Thank you
@BTHFT
it’s been a roller coaster of a first year but couldn’t be prouder to be part of such an amazing organisation and a phenomenal team. You are Awesome. Onwards and upwards 🙏🙌👏
#weareBradford
#OneTeamManyTalents
#ActAsOne
No let’s never go back to business as usual! Let’s restart ‘business BETTER than usual ‘ we’ve learned too much through this experience; innovation, agility, cooperation & collaboration,valuing what’s important,more actions than words! Shame on us if we do go back
#nogoingback
Great interview with Charles Swanton from
@CR_UK
on
@BBCr4today
about the need to restart “business as usual” services in “clean” facilities and the importance of testing testing testing staff. Critical if we are to avoid non-Covid health consequences over the next 12 months
Currently in hosp where ED/ urgent Care teams are continuing to do a sterling job in difficult circumstances. My 30 th Christmas/NewYear in the NHS & my 10th as a CEO, I have never known it to be so consistently busy from start to end. Staff have been quite simply phenomenal 👏
How it started, how it’s going, always proud to call myself a nurse,grateful for opportunities it has given me,for what it has taught me,for the privilege it has been to provide care to those who have needed it. To nursing colleagues everywhere I salute you
#nursesday2022
🙌
So, sit yourself down here nanny and tell me all about it. 😂Happy
#LennyLove
❤️ Friday world. Something about this face makes everything feel better. Here’s hoping it works for you.
So,a special weekend with the Pickup crew celebrating mums birthday. My Inspiration, my motivation, my harshest critic & my biggest fan. Thank you Mum, for everything, for every single thing! including the advice that good shoes get better with age! 😂 🙏
#HappyBirthday
❤️
Hurrah, we all made it to the ‘official’ ( it being Friday)
#LennyLoveDay
❤️ & today Lenny had a special message for all the Covid deniers, the Fake newsers, the amateur investigative journalists & the Anti-Vaxers. And it’s this; would you please grow up, so I can grow up! 👇👇😳
Absolutely delighted to welcome HRH Princess Royal to
@BTHFT
today as she toured and then officially opened our new state of the art Maternity Theatre and HDU complex. She chatted with my colleagues who were proud to show her around the Maternity unit.
A difficult wk
@BTHFT
,hard decisions to pause certain less urgent clinical services to create the beds & staff to focus on providing acute care inc. care for 100 Covid-19 patients. I am sincerely sorry to all patients whose appointments and procedures have had to be delayed.
So pleased that today my mum finally received her first vaccine,
@MarilynPickup
a complete inspiration, amazing role model and the best mum in the world. And she does good gravy! 😊👏🙌
A few snaps from some of my own 33 NHS yrs, On today the 72 nd Anniversary of it’s establishment. I am proud and humbled everyday to be a part of the most remarkable institution & grateful to have the honour of working alongside such amazing
@BTHFT
colleagues ❤️🙏🙌
34 yrs ago,began my nurse training.Everyday since it has been the honour & privilege of my life to work alongside the most amazing unique group of people. Nurses & carers all over the world but most especially our
@BTHFT
nurses I salute you, I Thankyou ❤️🙏
#InternationalNurseDay
If Covid-19 has impacted on your job status & you you have skills we can use in Caring, catering & hospitality, cleaning,domestic work,portering, general admin, patient support email workforus
@bthft
.nhs.uk & tell us something about your work experience RT
You know when people are working from or broadcasting from home via video conference, I can’t be just me that’s checking out peoples houses more I’m actually looking at them right? 😂
This brilliant Dr has had to remove her tweet encouraging vaccinations due to personal attacks & disrespect she has received.She has spent every one of her working days for the last 18 months trying desperately to save lives,she deserves deep gratitude NOT condemnation
#nohating
Too many trolls out there now so I going to delete. Thank you for the RTs. To be clear the machine is not off, it’s CPAP with 65% oxygen. Next step would be ICU. Also regardless of whether you believe or not it takes no effort to be kind, try it some day
#GetVaccinated
#BeKind
Here we go
@BTHFT
back by popular demand, ending the week as I started and putting out a little ‘Lenny Love ‘ with good wishes for a happy and peaceful weekend. Relax if you can, recharge and have fun.
#LennyLove
😊❤️
Lenny is 2! How did that happen, and he got a slide for his birthday, and here he is teaching us a valuable life lesson, if at first you don’t succeed…… laugh 😂 Happy
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ everyone, have a great weekend when you get there 🙂
Well folks I’m having a day off tomorrow so that means today Thursday is ‘making like it’s Friday’ & that means it’s
#LennyLove
❤️ day. Looking forward to taking a few days off next week & seeing this little man. If you think he looks excited about that,you should see me. 😁
BIG NEWS
@WHHNHS
today, (deep breath) after almost 9 years as CEO here I am leaving in the late Autumn to become CEO of
@BTHFT
& system lead for Bradford District & Craven. Have had the most amazing time working with phenomenal
#teamWHH
and I thank each and everyone of them ❤️🙌
Well hello
@BTHFT
I am honoured,delighted and mainly excited to be joining you in the late Autumn as your new CEO. I hear such great things about you & was lucky to see glimpses of that through the process to appoint me last week. Looking forward to joining
@1MaxMclean
& team 😊
More challenging than the first wave of the pandemic. ‘Battle fatigue’ is here. Please the people of Bradford & District I implore you, protect yourselves & your families. If not for you, for your parents and grandparents & those you love
#HandsFaceSpace
I know I usually have a day off today,but in the looking cute stakes I frankly consider this to be some of my finest work to date.Would be mean of me not to share,even if it only made one person smile. Have a great day with my love. Lenny x
#LennyLove
❤️
#LennyisforSaturdaystoo
😂
What’s better than Lenny on a Friday morning….. I give you 2 Lennies for the price of one. 😂 Have a fab Friday
@BTHFT
& everywhere.
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️
Meet Sehra, by day
@1johnholden
exec PA but now a Heathcare assistant / Ward Clerk/ Drive through testing operative. As part of our redeployment strategy to support Covid efforts Sehra has retrained to work where we need her most.
#WeAreBradford
#OneTeamManyTalents
👏🙏
Make like a bunny they said, so he did, right till then end when he made like a bunny being a tiger! 😂 happy
#LennyLove
❤️ Friday folks. Have a special day,
@BTHFT
this particular one is only here once 😊
Due to the increased pressure on NHS workers, until further notice McDonald's will be offering them free hot drinks and soft drinks in order to say thank you. Please share!
#NHS
The power of one man to inspire a nation, to instil hope & confidence, humanity, courage and kindness. We will forever be indebted to you Capt Tom you were just what we all needed at the perfect time. Thank you from us all
@BTHFT
you will never be forgotten. Rest in peace 😔🙏
There will be more video footage of this amazing lady, later her name is Anna she works in our Renal team and 67 days after admission she’s going home. Another
@BTHFT
#covidsurvivor
and we couldn’t be happier 😊👏
Good morning world, what does this pic say? It says CEO forgets office key & has to wait till colleagues arrive to let them in. 😳 It’s going to be one of those days, I can tell! Spirits undampened, our
@BTHFT
Costa team is fab & have allowed me to set up office here. 👍
Hello Friday. You see,
@BTHFT
I told you we would make it through. 😊 & by way of reward, have yourself a little
#LennyLove
❤️ & take in the spectacle that is his new hat! “does my head look small in this nanny? “😂
#HappyFriday
#LockdownLenny
Well today’s the day folks, nanny Mel and
#LennyLove
❤️ get to go on what’s looks like its going to be a full on jungle adventure. Stay tuned for what might be (apols in advance) a bumper
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ ps luckily I didn’t get the fancy dress memo 😂 🦁🐅🦓🐆🦧🦣🦜
Good morning Friday glad you could make it. You know what Friday is.... it’s
#LennyLove
day ❤️ I’ve been holding on to this pic all week for just this occasion.... Lenny with a definite Friday feeling going on. Have a good one
@BTHFT
#beawesome
#bekind
So it’s not air conditioning,& it’s not a plunge pool, 🥵 but it’s the thought that counts & it’s a little but heartfelt thankyou from
@BTHFT
to colleagues really going the extra mile in this extraordinary heat. Big thanks to
@BTHFTCharity
&
@YorksDalesIceCr
for making it happen
It’s time we saw more AHPs on Trust Boards & occupying CEO roles. Here’s a fantastic
@BTHFT
opportunity, to lead a phenomenal team in an amazing place & to develop transformational, strategic & operational skills which will help you along the way
I’m looking for a head of OD who’s edgy, a disruptor, a cultural cultivator, a challenger of the status quo, a ‘right way to yes ‘ person who lives to get things done! BUT, anyone I repeat ANYONE thinking this is a good idea, 👇 need not apply 😂😂😂
Guess where I’ve just been. Ok There’s a clue in pic 1. Feel so lucky to have been asked to Bradford City Hall on the occasion of His Majesty King Charles lll visit to the City & so proud of the young people representing, commerce, arts, sport, communities & business whom he met
Good morning all, it’s that time again 😊 Little Lenny has had a busy week, a milestone birthday celebration for daddy ( that wasn’t 21), a house move to the ‘dream house with a bay window!’ And a ‘big’ swim in a ‘little’ hot tub! Living his best life. Happy
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️😁
It’s that time when Lenny makes another
#LennyLoveDay
❤️appearance to give you a gentle lift towards the weekend. Here he is with doggy best mate Roux to wish you all a wkend of fun, love & kindness on
#WorldKindnessDay
@BTHFT
have once again been phenomenal this wk 🙏🙌
A special message from me to all our
@BTHFT
colleagues, patients, their families and all our communities across Bradford District and Craven who are celebrating
#EidAlFitr
Mubarak 🙏
Apologies if this confuses everyone into thinking it’s
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ already but this is breaking news that just couldn’t wait. Lenny has a new sun hat and he’s mighty pleased with it.
Things that make my day: 👇 Lily I don’t know who you are or where you live but if someone could tell me I would like to write you a very special note to say Thankyou, for thinking of us, for your lovely drawings, and your brilliant writing and for making me
@BTHFT
smile
Head of Organisational Development Oh My Goodness if I weren’t the CEO this would be my dream job, ‘Are you Oozing with positivity & energy and bursting with ideas .... if you are a Culture Cultivator this job is right up your alley.
@BTHFT
pls RT
To Nurses all over the world but especially our own
@BTHFT
nurses, in this special Year of the Nurse I wish you all a very happy
#InternationalNursesDay
#thankyou
for everything you do not just today but everyday. 🙏🙌👏👏👏😊
Thanks
@Channel4News
for coverage tonight of the work of
@BTHFT
battling Covid & caring for as many patients today as at the peak of the pandemic wave 1 back in May.
#HandsFaceSpace
we must get this virus under control.
To all the mothers everywhere, our
@BTHFT
mums, especially those working to care for our patients today, our
@ActAsOneBDC
mums our maternity services first time mums & to this mum, 👇 who is a legend, role model and inspiration ❤️Thanks mum 🙏 enjoy your day 🙌💐
Lenny, dressing for the office this morning 😂 don’t be fooled by what appears to a handful of chocolate because he wasn’t! …it’s malt loaf. Happy
#LennyLoveFriday
@BTHFT
have a special day, be kind try to keep cool and keep drinking 💦💧 😎🌞
So proud of our
@BTHFT
chaplaincy team winners of the ‘Making a Positive Difference ‘ award at this evenings
#WYPConnectedOnInclusion
awards. Well done Arshad and every single Chaplain and Chaplaincy volunteer 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌
🎉Its here everybody,
@BTHFT
you have been so patient all week, wait not one second longer, behold the magnificent eyelashes & terrific tiny teefs of Mr Lenny have a fabulous
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️
#notbiased
#okabitbiased
😁
Oh my goodness, just look what my friends
@YorkshireTea
have sent me. Thankyou so much, I don’t know how you do it but yes, it’s true toasty tea with jam on top, Happy Days! I’m your no. 1 fan 😊
These images are always the best ones. Mohammed I wish you a continued recovery and that you will be home with your family soon. Thankyou
#teamICU
another great success story you should be very proud of. 👏👏👏🙏🙌
Yesterday I retweeted this because the message within it is so important. Today I’m doing it again because with everyday that passes it gets even more important. Well done Joel you have set an example to all of us.
@BTHFT
I have changed from being a consultant thoracic surgeon to an ICU Nurse to help with the intense pressures on our ICU now. If like me you are in the NHS but working less to free up space for COVID patients, can I encourage you to
#put
-in-a-shift in your ICU to help them out !
Big shout out and massive respect to all my colleagues in those hospitals making history today by administering the first Covid Vaccines. In
@WYHpartnership
thanks to
@LeedsHospitals
who have gone live today
@BTHFT
planning for next weeks go live.
#lightattheendifthetunnel
👏🙌
Been on Leave this week so pretty quiet on Twitter but it is Friday and we all know what that means,
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ his mum introduced Lenny to the concept of a comb this week and it’s aged him by about twenty years 😂 no more combs mummy not till I’m at least 22! 🤣
Calling COOs /aspiring CEO’s & aspirant COOs You thought you were heading for a relaxing weekend right? Wrong now you’re gonna spend all weekend mentally preparing to take the next big step in your career.What are you waiting for? Your dream job awaits 😊
Now this little man is just off, in his snazzy new Vans, for his first haircut! I hope he still has some of those curls at the back when he gets back! Happy
#LennyLoveFriday
❤️ everyone it’s practically the weekend, if you are lucky enough to be off for this one, enjoy! 😊
Another milestone in the road to recover this am, the reopening of wards 20/21 & our Orthopaedic Unit ward 14 Nurses who have been looking after Covid patients for the majority of the past 2 yrs return to their home specialties, raring to go & armed with lots of new skills !
Please be assured that this is absolutely NOT our experiences we have been & continue to be inundated with gifts for all our staff of food, chocolate, hand creams, toiletries, soft drinks, & much more, we are eternally grateful for you ongoing support. RT
Mmmmmm who do I want to be the next Prime Minister, now let me think 🤔🤔🤔 Happy
#LennyLoveFriday
he’s here for you every Friday…. for those who crave just a little bit of stability. 😉
Meet
@HayatKez
he’s our
@BTHFT
award winning EDI lead. He’s not a luxury, or an unnecessary ‘nice to have,’ he’s a pivotal member of our team,a team that is amongst the most diverse in the NHS.We celebrate him & all we have achieved in the name of Equality,Diversity & Inclusion.
It's a year since we put on permanent display more than 75 colourful flags, each representing the background & heritage of our wonderful BTHFT colleagues. Our diverse
#family
makes us who we are & we recognise the cultures & richness our colleagues bring to the
#NHS
💙
These two, my daughter and son in law ( Lennys mum and dad) met At Glasto, and were engaged on the top of the tower a few years later. Glasto is always a special time at our house. ❤️