Gemma Partridge 💙

Consultant Obstetrician @NNUH | Trustee @milk_foundation @heartsmilkbank | National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow (NICE) 2016 @FMLM_UK All views my own

[Beth Gibson @drbgibbo]

Momentus day for @nnuh maternity. @CQCProf recognised significant improvements to upgrade our rating to GOOD from requires improvement. This reflects a culture shift across the whole team, their hard work over these last difficult years is recognised, as Chief I am #proud

[Norfolk & Norwich MVP @MvpNorwich]

Back from maternity leave with a bang!

Huge thanks to @vittoria_mollie & @NandW_LMNS for hosting a baby loss awareness learning event today.

Proud that the agenda was based on staff & service user feedback and included lots of local baby loss support providers.

#ForJude 💙

[Norfolk & Norwich MVP @MvpNorwich]

Thank you for having us @norfolkbhm looking forward to following up on all of the connections made yesterday with @GCPartridge, @NandNNVP and the MNVP team! 💜

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

@drbgibbo

[✨Sonia Sparkles✨🖤 @Sonia_Sparkles]

It’s hard to motivate staff who are struggling at work.

Trying to make them feel “joy” in work can cause further disconnect if they are not coping.

Try to understand their emotions and tailor your approach to it 🪜 #leadership

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This open letter on NHS misogyny & sexual harassment from 4 of the most senior women in UK medicine is quite something.

Please read the whole, grim
thing. It is *so* important this is being said out loud. #MeToo

https://t.co/Yv13WM7TjD

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

Thanks @OrthopodReg - other men please ally up. This is what we need those of you who identify as good guys to do right now. Because we’re exhausted.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Yesterday we learned of the disgusting sexual abuse female surgeons experience in the NHS.

Today, writing in the Times, recently retired anaesthetist Peter Hilton unintentionally shows exactly why disgusting sexual abuse in the NHS still thrives & prospers. Un - be - lievable.

[Dr Liz O'Riordan @Liz_ORiordan]

Dr Hilton speaks on behalf of some of the surgeons who trained me, and the men sexually harassing trainees as we speak.
They think it is their right to abuse us. That we should take it in our stride.
Now do you believe is when we say this is rife in the NHS?

Published in @thetimes today

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

This is a misconception about resilience that we tackle directly in the @RACSurgeons #OperateWithRespect course, which is mandated for all surgeons in leadership positions.

Resilience is not ‘put up and shut up’. Resilience is SPEAKING UP and working towards a safe culture. 🤨💪

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

If this generation of female surgeons are snowflakes, then sexual abusers working in the NHS should know that winter is coming.

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

5 weeks since @UKPowerNetworks dug up our drive and still no further forward with details of a repair. The latest suggestion to repair our resin bound gravel drive was to fill the gap with red bricks?? Still waiting to hear from the legal team, 4 weeks after the first meeting

[Roshana 🦴 @RoshanaMN]

This is not just about sexual assault and harassment

It’s about the culture of impunity and bullying that allows these attitudes and behaviours to flourish

It ALL needs to change

For all diverse surgeons

@Liz_ORiordan @OrthopodReg @parthaskar

https://t.co/I5VFFG4wQ4

[Emma Pickett @makesmilk]

First episode of podcast now available:

https://t.co/6rF2E9JLmP

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

Another super title, this time from @makesmilk, has been added to our growing collection of breastfeeding books @NNUH_Library

[NNUH Library @NNUH_Library]

🚨New library book just added to our shelves. Supporting Breastfeeding Past The First Six Months And Beyond. Available to Reserve and collect using the library catalogue https://t.co/esnk3SQPmc #STBLMedbooks 😊📚Thank you @GCPartridge
for the recommendation.

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

So pleased to have @FeedSleepBond featuring in our hospital library. @NNUH_Library have kindly ordered some fab breastfeeding titles, watch this space for the next new arrivals

[NNUH Library @NNUH_Library]

New book just added. Breastfeeding the Brave. Highlighting the needs and challenges of medically complex infants and children in paediatrics. #STBLMedbooks ☺️ 📚to view the library catalogue visit https://t.co/esnk3SQPmc @GCPartridge

[NNUH Library @NNUH_Library]

New book just added. Breastfeeding the Brave. Highlighting the needs and challenges of medically complex infants and children in paediatrics. #STBLMedbooks ☺️ 📚to view the library catalogue visit https://t.co/esnk3SQPmc @GCPartridge

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

So utterly delighted that these two wonderful humans @DrNShenker and @GillyWeaver have had their gargantuan efforts recognised. They are trailblazers and have impacted the lives of more families than you can imagine. Congratulations 👏

[Dr Natalie Shenker MBE @DrNShenker]

We didn't dream it @GillyWeaver MBE! Congratulations to all awarded #honours in the Kings Birthday Honours List. Thank you to all who ever made us believe in ourselves. 1/

[Roshana 🦴 @RoshanaMN]

As a response to my article in The Times @AmandaPritchard @SteveBarclay etc demanded action on sexism in medicine

This provided impetus & accountability for organisations to engage more strongly on the issue

A multi stakeholder meeting arranged

And I’m not invited

The irony

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

@DrNShenker

[Gemma Partridge 💙 @GCPartridge]

@MvpNorwich @CTMSCBU @CwmTafMorgannwg Oh yes, I love this! And the QR code