A preceptorship framework (developed by CapitalNurse) that recommends a set of standards based on best-practice for preceptorship has been adopted by all health and social care organisations in London. Teaching SAGE & THYME to newly qualified nurses, midwives and nursing associates can help to comply with the 'communications' domain in the framework.
Talking about worries using the SAGE & THYME structure can help a person to think more clearly and understand the support they have.
But did you know that staff can also benefit from using SAGE & THYME in conversations?
20 April 2022
Our abstract 'SAGE & THYME works fine online' has been accepted as an oral presentation at the 20th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, to be held at Glasgow Caledonian University, 6th – 9th September 2022.
Our lead trainer, Mike Connolly, will be presenting our evaluation of learner feedback on the SAGE & THYME Online workshop.
16 December 2021
We have evaluated feedback from 18 SAGE & THYME Online workshops run, with 214 of the 255 attendees (84%) completing an online feedback survey.
1st December 2021
Please note that the SAGE & THYME office will close for Christmas on the afternoon of Thursday 23rd December 2021 and will re-open on Tuesday 4th January 2022.
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The SAGE & THYME Team
16 August 2021
We are pleased to announce that we are replacing our paper delegate packs with a new digital pack that can be emailed to people attending the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop or the SAGE & THYME Online workshop.
27 May 2021
SAGE & THYME has been mentioned in a BBC podcast about how Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Scientific Adviser Department of Health and Social Care, had inspired some young people to apply to study medicine.
6 May 2021
Following the high level of COVID cases in the UK and intense pressure on NHS staff over the winter, the NHS is now planning its recovery.
This is focussing on rebuilding services, reducing waiting times and supporting staff whose health and well being has been affected by the pandemic.
Using SAGE & THYME in conversations can support this recovery.
10 February 2021
The waves of coronavirus hospitalisations have caused waves of cancelled and delayed hospital appointments, investigations and treatments.
As a result, NHS England has recently published guidance about how hospitals should communicate with the people who have had their appointments and services displaced.
We now have a 2 h 45 min online SAGE & THYME communication skills workshop available, called SAGE & THYME Online.
7 January 2021
We are pleased to announce that organisations wishing to run SAGE & THYME Online workshops can now do so, after their staff have attended an Online SATFAC and passed the associated assessment.
10 December 2020
Please note that the SAGE & THYME office will close for Christmas on the afternoon of Thursday 24th December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021.
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The SAGE & THYME Team
20 October 2020
We launched the resources needed to run SAGE & THYME Online to our licensed organisations last month, to enable existing SAGE & THYME facilitators to teach SAGE & THYME Online to their own staff, students and volunteers.