Blogs

The number of people who are taking on caring responsibilities is growing. Looking after a friend or family member who needs support and care comes with challenges. It can have an impact on all areas of your life from relationships to your own wellbeing.

This Carers Week, Rachel Connelly-Clark, from Corporate Services at NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) shares with us a glimpse of her life as a carer for her father.

June is the month chosen to celebrate pride as it was the month of the Stonewall 1969 riots, the protests that changed LGBTQ+ rights for people across the world.  

Pride month is open to everyone to celebrate and learn more about LGBTQ+ communities. To support this, Jason Harper, Primary Care Transformation Lead and Shadow Board member at NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), shares his story of working as an LGBTQ+ senior manager.

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked our Mental Health First Aid Network to reflect on how loneliness can affect mental wellbeing. Here, one of our colleagues describes how lockdown impacted them and how they have found the positives in being a key part of an NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) network group.

Today (Tuesday 8 March) is International Women’s Day. A day marked annually as an opportunity to celebrate, raise awareness and move towards gender equality. This year the theme is #BreakTheBias with a focus on the action needed to level the playing field.

In this blog, Allison Newell, Executive Director of Strategy, Business Development and Growth at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), speaks about generational changes and how to enhance equality today to create a sustainable tomorrow.

Here at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), we encourage colleagues to explore opportunities to develop themselves and their careers within the organisation.

It’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Kirste Worland, Head of Technology Applications and Co-Chair of the NHSBSA’s Disability and Neurodiversity Colleague Network, shares her story of growing up with Dyspraxia.

The global coronavirus pandemic has meant changes for all of us, particularly in terms of how we work. We know we’ve needed to adapt and move into a new world, so we’ve developed an approach with our people to look at how we work into the future and explore the potential for a hybrid working model.

Our Chief Executive Michael Brodie and Programme Lead Anna Butterfield share our journey so far:

23^rd September marks Bi Visibility Day, a day to celebrate the bisexual community as part of the LGBTQ+ umbrella and to raise awareness of the challenges they face.

Today, Carla Jackson, blogs about the importance of celebrating Bi Visibility Day and her experiences as part of the LGBTQ+ community.