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.
19 August 2020
We are pleased to announce that SAGE & THYME Online, the equivalent of the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level, will be available shortly.
6 April 2020
Many health workers are currently feeling anxious about the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have therefore created two short films (5 minutes or less) to provide some support.
25 February 2020
Non-clinical GP practice staff can now benefit from brief communication skills training for end of life care, developed by Mike Connolly in the SAGE & THYME Team.
6 January 2020
We are pleased to announce that we have created three new scenario films for use in the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop, to demonstrate how 'SAGE & THYME' can structure conversations in different situations.
17 December 2019
Please note that the SAGE & THYME office will close for Christmas on the afternoon of Friday 20th December 2019 and will re-open on Monday 6th January 2020.
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The SAGE & THYME Team
14 October 2019
We are pleased to announce that we have created an audio description of the Cleveland Clinic empathy film (that is shown in the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop) for visually impaired people.
3 October 2019
The final programme for the annual SAGE & THYME (S&T) Study Day has been announced and can be downloaded.
21 August 2019
Skills for Health is a not-for-profit organisation that provides education and training for the healthcare workforce, to provide staff with the skills they need to improve patient care.
They have a number of resources available to the NHS and to independent and voluntary organisations.
The SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop is listed on the Communication Resource Hub as communication training that can help staff.