Environmental wellness
Ensuring that your physical environment is suitable, pleasant and stimulating, and helps you look after your physiological and safety needs, is really important.
Your social and physical environment can greatly impact how you feel. For example, a tidy and warmly lit bedroom helps you sleep better, a clean kitchen can free you to creatively choose what to cook, and a garden clear of rubbish becomes a calmer place to sit.
Consider the impact you would like to have, and find some time to make it happen.
Charity support
Oxford Hospitals Charity supports our people, patients and their families, and has developed initiatives to help improve your environmental wellness at work.
Contact Oxford Hospitals Charity if you have ideas about how the charity can support staff and patients in your area.
Email: ouh.charitysupport@ouh.nhs.uk
Respite rooms
Take regular breaks as part of looking after your wellbeing - there are respite rooms across the Trust, along with staff rooms and the Restaurant at the Horton for staff to use.
Contact Dr Rosanna Samuel: rosanna.samuel@ouh.nhs.uk
Accommodation
For some of us, making safe and comfortable living arrangements can be a challenge for a number of reasons. We have looked at how we can support you with specific accommodation arrangements, so if you need assistance please contact the Accommodation Office.
Email: Accommodation.Bureau@ouh.nhs.uk
COVID-19 staff FAQS: staff accommodation
If you need help with accommodation outside the Trust please contact:
Citizens Advice: 03444 111 444
Oxfordshire County Council: 01865 249811
Travel and parking
We offer subsidised bus travel within Oxfordshire and free shuttle bus transport between our Headington and Cowley sites.
Following Government advice, all staff car parking is free on our sites during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help staff travel in a socially-distanced way and to mitigate the challenges of reduced public transport.
You do not need a permit to park on site during this time, but do please park only in staff car parks.
If you are reliant on public transport, please speak to staff in our ar parking offfices for advice on available discounts:
Remote working
The NHS 'Every Mind Matters' website offers advice about working from home, and maintaining your environmental wellness outside your regular place of work.
7 tips to tackle working from home - nhs.uk
IM&T Support
Contact our IM&T Service Desk: 22822 (internal number)
NHS staff offers
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, many organisations have been very kind in showing their support and appreciation for the great work that you are doing in caring for our populations through a range of offers listed on our staff intranet:
OUHi > COVID-19 (Coronavirus) > Staff offers > Staff offers
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