COMMUNITY MATTERS
JUDY RUSSELL, A DOCTOR AT LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST, TOOK ON THE BIG HALF 2018 – WITH A 100-STRONG TEAM
Staff in the NHS are great at looking after patients, but we aren’t always so good at looking after ourselves. Day–to-day stress, growing demands and often shift work mean we sometimes don’t lead the healthiest of lifestyles.
With this in mind, our Trust set up a great programme of activities and information to promote staff wellbeing. These included fitness sessions and classes run by staff, for staff, including yoga, circuit training and a beginners’ running group, organised and supported by Jo Gennari (general manager of acute and emergency medicine, as well as a keen runner).
I spotted an item in our weekly staff update asking if anybody was interested in joining a Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust community team for a new half marathon planned by the Virgin Money London Marathon organisers. As well as many of Jo’s beginners’ group, a lot of runners, like myself, signed up.