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DESPITE the fanfare of
GREETINGS City
the RideLondon series,
Matters readers, this is
cycling remains the
a quick note to update
least popular means
you on our summer
of transport among
print schedule.
commuters, with most
After a long year of
favouring walking to the
hard work the team
office, according to the
here, like yourselves I
results of a new study.
imagine, are in need
Surveying 1,000 A TEAM made up of members from BAM
of a much-deserved
Londoners, property Design & Construction and the Museum
latest tech: holiday.
company LiFE Residential of London has scooped the second design
virtual reality But we know
found that nearly 40% of competition in The City Centre’s campaign
the importance of
people walk to work in to highlight the potential of smart tech in
continuity in the
the Capital.
the Square Mile.
local press, which is
The second most
The ‘A Smarter City’ competition called for
why our small team
popular option for
cutting-edge designs in response to the theme
has co-ordinated as
travelling to the office was
of ‘Smart Buildings’, asking entrants for new
best we can to make
taking the Tube (35.2%),
ideas on building automation, activation and
sure the City Matters
followed by the bus
use of space, sustainability and intelligent
office is as productive
(32.8%).
architecture.
as possible while key
Cycling came out
BAM’s winning entry, the VR City
members of staff are
bottom of the poll with
Timetransporter, used an augmented reality
away recharging their
just 6% of the vote.
The report was
smartphone app to transport users back in
batteries.
released in tandem with
time to see key sites in the City down the ages
We’ll be delivering
a Transport for London
through a fully-immersive 360-degree virtual
fortnightly newspapers
initiative encouraging environment.
throughout August,
starting with this one,
community and not-forprofit
groups to apply for
Cultural Mile and the Londinium season,” he allows you to be transported to key points in
Appreciation
following the recent launch of the City’s varied history with a fully immersive app that
followed by special
Eras recreated include Roman Londinium,
summer editions on
grants to get their patch
said.
time.
the vibrant Medieval City, life during the
16 and 30 August.
in the cycling groove.
“With 1.25million square metres of “Now the history and heritage of the City
Plague and Great Fire, Victorian London, and
During the
The £300,000 kitty
office space under construction that has the can be made visible and available to all.”
has been freed up to
the Blitz.
in-between you’ll be
potential to accommodate 75,000 workers, Meanwhile, The City Centre has also
able to stay up to date
help City Hall reach a
Paul Beckett, policy and performance the City is committed to exploring smarter launched the brief for the third round of its
with all the Square
target of increasing the
director for the built environment at the and more sustainable ways of designing, competition, ‘Smart Infrastructure’, which is
Mile goings on via
proportion of Londoners Corporation, presented the winning team constructing and using our buildings and now open for entries.
citymatters.london
walking, cycling and with their gong.
public realm.”
Teams are invited to submit new ideas or by following us
taking public transport “The winning entry demonstrates how Speaking on behalf of the triumphant team, for security, energy and transport in the on Twitter using the
to 80% by 2041,
smart technology can give City workers, Andrew Pryke, head of design and digital City of London. A full brief can be found at handle @City_Matters.
compared to 64% now. visitors and residents added appreciation strategy at BAM Construct, added: “We asmartercity.london and the closing date for
– Ed
Cycling commissioner of our rich and unique cultural heritage wanted to link the City of London’s rich and entries is 25 September.
Will Norman said: “I
am keen to see as many
Londoners as possible
take up cycling and
hope that these grants
can once again help
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Rail users braced
for lengthy delays
WATERLOO will
be operating at 30%
capacity from the
weekend as work on the
station’s expansion gets
into top gear.
Rail passengers have
been warned of lengthy
delays from 5 August,
with City commuters
set to be heavily affected
until the end of the
month.
Five former Eurostar
platforms are due to
be brought back into
operation as part of the
£800million project,
while platforms 1-4 are
being extended.
Hate to leave a
loved one behind
MARMITE tops the
menu of most commonly
confiscated food items at
London City Airport.
On average, security
remove four jars of
the spread from hand
luggage per day.
Confiscated pots are
donated to food banks.
Map the future with a
window into the past
Photo by Garry Knight
City joins the revolution
From Front Page
spectacular fashion when stunt cyclist Andrei Burton and two of his
team smashed three Guinness World Records in less than 20 minutes
at Green Park to jump start the FreeCycle fun.
Coryn Rivera produced a thundering sprint down a rain-drenched
Mall to win the RideLondon Classique as the American’s Team Sunweb
squad shone through central London’s sodden streets in the world’s
richest women’s one-day race.
There was another American triumph in the Brompton World
Championship Final when track rider Elspeth Huyett was the first
woman home, while Catalan cyclist Unai Alvarez Mosquera ended
Mark Emsley’s three-year winning streak in the men’s race.
And it all came to a thrilling conclusion on The Mall when Norway’s
Alexander Kristoff bounced back after a disappointing Tour de France
to win the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, an event featuring Australia’s
Tour de France Green Jersey winner Michael Matthews, who was third
for the second year in a row.
The ballot for next year’s RideLondon-Surrey 100 opens online at
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Culture
Mile
The City’s
creative
exchange
The City of London Corporation, together with
the Barbican, Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
London Symphony Orchestra and Museum
of London, have announced plans for a major
destination for culture and creativity in the
Square Mile.
‘Culture Mile’ is an ambitious and
transformational initiative that will create
a vibrant cultural area from Farringdon to
Moorgate over the next 10 to 15 years.
The five partners, led by the City Corporation,
will transform the area, improving their offer to
audiences with imaginative collaborations,
outdoor programming and events seven
days a week.
Links between venues will be improved and
major enhancements to the streets and wider
public realm will enliven the area which
as Culture Mile expands and flourishes, will
be regenerated.
www.culturemile.london

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Business Matters
No quarter given
by businesses in
annual LCCI report
POSITIVE Brexit talks and a commitment
to invest in both the Capital’s infrastructure
and skills are vital for business confidence and
security, a new report has found.
In its Quarterly Economic Survey (QES)
report, London Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (LCCI) said minimising trade barriers
post Brexit, ensuring the work force is equipped
for the future, and committing to major
infrastructure projects must be prioritised
alongside each other if London is to prosper.
The report found that although business
performance is improving in most areas,
confidence in the future is falling, and more than
half of those looking to employ staff were finding
it difficult to recruit sufficiently skilled candidates.
Frictionless
“Now is the time to boost confidence
amongst the Capital’s business community,”
said LCCI chief executive Colin Stanbridge.
“This means receiving positive signals from
early Brexit negotiations that business concerns
are being heard, including on the importance
of ‘frictionless’ trade and ongoing access by UK
companies to workers from overseas.
“It also requires concrete steps to address the
Capital’s pressing domestic priorities, including
making sure young Londoners have the right
skills to succeed in the jobs of tomorrow, that
the Capital’s pressing ‘mega city’ infrastructure
needs are met, and that rising business
costs are addressed before they undermine
competitiveness.”
The QES report for Q2 was conducted in
partnership with polling agency ComRes, and
is the first since the recent general election and
year anniversary of the EU referendum.
LONDON needs to plan for life at night in the
same way it does for the day.
That was the message from Sadiq Khan as
he teamed up with night czar Amy Lamé to
unveil a 10-point plan to turn the Capital into
a 24-hour city.
With the help of the recently formed Night
Time Commission, which is headed up by
chairman Philip Kolvin QC, City Hall has the
likes of Berlin, Tokyo and New York in its sights,
and hopes to establish London as a global leader
in the after-hours economy stakes.
Promoting all forms of culture and leisure,
attracting investment and tourism; increasing
opening hours where appropriate, and ensuring
the safety and wellbeing of residents, visitors
and night-time workers were all outlined in last
week’s announcement.
Sustainable
So too was a pledge to “work hand in glove”
with London’s boroughs and the police to create
balanced and sustainable night-time offers
across the Capital.
“I’ve pledged to make growing London’s
culture a core priority, and our city’s thriving
night-time economy is a key part of this,” said
Mr Khan.
“Building a vibrant 24-hour city is crucial
for London to remain a cultural and economic
powerhouse – it is also what keeps visitors,
workers, students and businesses flocking to
our great city.
London’s £26billion night-time economy
generates one in eight jobs in the Capital and is
set to grow in the coming years.
“We have stiff competition from other world
cities like Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo and
New York and I want to make sure London is
on the front foot by planning for life at night in
the same way the city does for the day,” added
the Mayor.
“Today’s vision isn’t just about pubs and
clubs – it’s about everything from museums
and theatres opening later, being able to do your
weekly shop after an evening shift, through to
the safety of Londoners working and travelling
at night and residents being able to get a good
night’s sleep.
“We must create a life at night that works for
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Tokyo, Berlin and New
York in London’s sights
night-time economy:
currently worth
£26billion
everyone, showing the world that London is
open for business, open for people and ideas,
and open 24 hours a day.”
Paramount to the proposals is garnering the
support of businesses from all sectors, not just
the traditional late-night haunts of pubs and
night clubs.
Mr Kolvin said: “London can only become
a truly 24-hour city if we can bring everyone
across the industry, the boroughs, police,
transport and health to work together.
“This vision gives us the guiding principles we
need to ensure around planning, licensing and
building for the future to make the night-time
economy a priority.
“With the multi-talented Night Time
Commission, we can bring the whole city’s
resources together to tackle the challenges we
face and to maximise every opportunity for
London to become the world-leading night-time
economy.”
Ms Lamé, who recently hosted the first
‘Women’s Night Safety Summit’, said getting to
the world’s pinnacle for evening offerings was
the ultimate aim.
“We want London to be the world’s number
one night-time destination, whether you want
to grab a late bite to eat, take in an after-hours
exhibition, enjoy a drink, dance, or just get a
good night’s sleep,” she said.
“The 24-hour vision takes the needs of all
Londoners and visitors to the Capital into
account and will help to shape all our future
work to make London a 24-hour metropolis.”

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Community Matters
What’s on in and
around the City
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musical maestros:
The Shirt Tail Stompers
are coming to Wilton’s.
Photo by Paul Hudson
TALK / The London Salon: Playing Out
Game designer Holly Gramazio from
Matheson Marcault, Matt Adams, co-founder
of Blast Theory, and Edwina Attlee from the
Bartlett School of Architecture will discuss
play and public space, urban gaming, and
alternative and subversive explorations of the
city in the latest London Salons talk. Each
session is an informal evening of critical
exploration, putting the lived experience of
the city – including fashion, identity, power,
protest and dissent – under the microscope.
Part of the City Now City Future season and
open to over 16s only.
8 August, 7pm, tickets from £11
Museum of London, 150 London Wall
EC2Y 5HN
SHOWJUMPING / Longines Global
Champions Tour
Dubbed the formula 1 of equestrian sport,
LGCT brings together the top show jumpers in
the world to compete in prestigious locations
for unprecedented prize money. The tour has
already enthralled spectators in Miami Beach,
Shanghai, Monaco and Paris this year, and
is returning to London for the first time in
two years to showcase jumping heroes as they
compete for a million pound prize fund.
4-6 August, tickets online from
globalchampionstour.com/events
Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Hospital Road
SW3 4SR
EXHIBITION / Dhikr
A new art exhibition exploring the connection
between faith and musical expression, Dhikr,
has been created by East London-based
interdisciplinary visual artist Saif Osmani.
The installation is inspired by Sufi poetry,
songs and artistic discourse. With a style that
overlaps fine art, architecture and interiors,
photography and written text, Saif creates
paintings and drawings which are often based
on identity formation and cultural codes of
communication. “Science is discovering that
the heart also holds memories, and the heart
is where the Sufis start from,” said the artist.
To support the exhibition, a special cultural
evening, Sufi Night, will run on 16 August,
featuring live music from Zayn Mohammed,
storytelling from Alice Fernbank, and poetry
from Khaled Hakim.
Until 6 September, during normal library
opening times, free
Tickets to Sufi Night from £5 via
sufibarbicanlibrary.eventbrite.com
Barbican Library, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
FILM / Film4 Summer Screen
Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House
returns with a stellar list of Hollywood
blockbusters, bringing the best of cinema
to one of the most spectacular settings in
London. The likes of Donnie Darko, All the
President’s Men, Jaws and In Bruges feature
during 14 nights of handpicked premieres,
contemporary, cult and classic films. Each
will be presented with surround sound and
state-of-the-art projection on the largest
outdoor screen in the Capital, so no danger of
restricted views. DJs will be pumping out filminspired
sets pre-flick, while food stalls will be
packing all your summer favourites.
Check out the full programme at
somersethouse.co.uk
10-23 August, tickets from £17
Somerset House, Strand WC2R 1LA
DANCE / English National Ballet Romero &
Juliet
The tale of star-crossed lovers returns to the
stage at the Southbank this week, adapted
by the stars of the English National Ballet.
The world’s greatest love story is even more
emotionally charged thanks to Rudolf
Nureyev’s passionate choreography and
Prokofiev’s exhilarating score, performed
live by English National Ballet Philharmonic.
“Sumptuous costumes and sets transport you
to Renaissance Verona: a piazza bustling with
market traders, street entertainers and the
restless factions of the Capulet and Montague
families,” promise organisers, and who could
argue on the back of worldwide acclaim that
stretches back to 1977 when it first took to the
boards?
Until 5 August, tickets from £12-£55
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
GIG / Monday Night Music: Shirt Tail
Stompers
Wilton’s Music Hall is welcoming back one
of London’s most popular vintage jazz
bands, The Shirt Tail Stompers. The
group have quickly made a name for
themselves at home and internationally.
Truly appreciating the art of swing and
knowing it’s place in history, they are heavily
influenced by Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson,
Wingy Manone and many other greats
from the swing and jazz era of the ’20s, ’30s
and ’40s. They also play a mean blues show,
influenced by the likes of the early Duke
Ellington, Sidney Bechet and the old musical
roots of New Orleans.
7 August, 8pm, free
Wilton’s Music Hall, Graces Alley E1 8JB
DANCE / Salsa Tropical
Salsa Tropical brings a Latin flavour to
Spitalfields with their series of summer
salsa sessions. Evening events at Bishops
Square on 3 August at 6pm, with afternoon
events on 20 August from 12pm until 4pm. All
ages and abilities are welcome and attendance
is free.
Spitalfields, 16 Horner Square E1 6EW
spitalfields.co.uk
WALK / A Day in the Life of a Roman
Citizen
Follow in the footsteps of Roman citizens
and find out what life was like for Londoners
between the second and fourth centuries.
Learn about some of the people who actually
lived here, including Julia Pacata and
Fortunata. Meet at St Paul’s Underground
Station. No age restrictions.
12 and 17 August, 11am, tickets from £6
barbican.org.uk
WORKSHOP / Family Fridays at
Charterhouse
Charterhouse is opening its doors this
summer and laying on a host of family
friendly activities each week. Here is what
awaits every Friday:
Coat of Arms
Create a striking coat of arms and show us
exactly who you are. Work with paper and
card to design your very own heraldic crest
before making a super shield to take home.
4 August 2017, 11am-1pm, £3.50
Print and press
Create your own Charterhouse-inspired
print. Choose shapes inspired by the historic
buildings and gardens and get stamping with
paints. Add details and drawings to your mini
marked masterpiece. This activity has been
specially designed for ages three and up.
11 August 2017, 11am-1pm, £3.50
Still stumped for summer?
THE City and its surrounds are full of free
attractions specifically tailored for families.
Below is a comprehensive list of where you
can entertain the kids without spending a
penny this summer, complete with contact
information.
Tate Modern – 020 7887 8730
St Katherine’s Pier – 020 72645287
Whitechapel Gallery – 020 7522 7888
Jerwood Space Gallery – 020 7654 0171
Southwark Cathedral – 020 7654 4888
Winchester Palace – 0370 333 1181
Museum of London – 020 7001 9844
Barbican Arts Centre – 020 7382 7147
Roman Amphitheatre – 020 7606 3030
Bank of England Museum – 020 3461 4411
Petticoat Lane Sunday Market – 020 7364 1717
Wesley’s House & Museum – 020 7253 2262
Somerset House – 020 7845 4685
Royal Festival House – 020 38799555
looking up:
with free fun
at Southwark
Cathedral
Illuminated letters
Create your own brilliantly illuminated
letter using foil. Apply flourishes of colour
to make it shine and add animals, plants and
mythological creatures to your creation. Shine
bright in this fun workshop and turn your
creation into a card or postcard.
18 August 2017, 11am-1pm, £3.50
Mini weavers
Inspired by the Charterhouse tapestries, use
miniature cardboard looms to sew your own
heraldic banners. Choose the colours that best
represent you and get weaving. Yours to take
away and keep.
25 August 2017, 11am-1pm, £3.50
Sea, Salt, Make (collaborative activity with
Salters’ Hall)
Hunt around Salters’ Hall to discover
where salt comes from with Salter Bear
and then use different salt craft techniques to
make a boat complete with sail and salt-pan
worker.
10 August, 10.30am-12pm, free
Salters’ Hall EC2Y 5DE
WORKSHOP / Family fun at St Paul’s
Cathedral
For the summer holidays, St Paul’s is inviting
everyone to take part in cathedral life. Here
are the details of when you should drop in at
one of London’s most iconic landmarks. There
is no need to book and visitors are able to join
and leave at any time. Suitable for children
aged four to 11.
Monuments
Historical characters are at the heart of
activities on the theme ‘monuments’. Explore
the many historical figures found in St Paul’s,
including Florence Nightingale, Lord Nelson,
and Christopher Wren, and create your own
VIP.
10 August, 10am-12.30pm and 1pm-4pm
Musical delights
St Paul’s is home to not one, but three
organs, plus a world-famous choir, with
music forming a central part of cathedral
life for centuries. Create your own musical
instrument using different materials.
17 August, 10am-12.30pm and 1pm-4pm
Musical delights
Discover the mosaics of St Paul’s and the
stories they tell, from Bible scenes to animals
of the earth, sea and sky. Inspired by these,
decorate your own mosaics and decide what
stories you might tell.
24 August, 10am-12.30pm & 1pm-4pm

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Wellness Matters
STRESSED STAFF PILES THE PRESSURE ON ALL FRONTS
Keeping City workers younger
DR Mark Cobain and Dr Holly Whelan,
founders of Younger Lives, write the latest
Business Healthy feature in partnership with
the City of London Corporation.
AS we look to the future, it’s no surprise to see
that we are likely to be working for longer. The
retirement age looks set to be extended to 70 and
the population as a whole is ageing.
By 2030, workers aged between 45 and 65 will
be the only group that is increasing in size, while
the number of younger workers will be in sharp
decline.
There is a problem, however. Currently,
one-third of British workers have to retire
earlier than they’d like, due to ill-health. To
be able to sustain an ageing – and working –
population, we need to help keep this “mid-life”
demographic as healthy, happy and productive
as possible.
As it stands, the average worker in the City
of London is between 30 and 39 years old, but
this average age is likely to get older, in line with
national trends.
In addition, smoking, stress and other risky
lifestyle behaviours are well known to cause
premature ageing and to increase the likelihood
of health problems at an earlier age.
For example, smokers already have a health
risk of someone five to 10 years older through
this unhealthy habit.
Helping our employees ‘live younger’
Our lifestyles and mindset are vitally important.
Eating right, moving more, moderating our
drinking habits, not smoking, and being a
healthy weight all help slow our rate of ageing.
However, so does being happy, reducing
stress, having purpose in life and enjoying
enough sleep. It’s this combination of physical
health and emotional health that gives us energy
and keeps us ‘younger’. We call this ‘living a
younger life’ i.e. living a lifestyle that makes us
look, feel and have the health risks of someone
younger than we are.
Staying younger is something everyone
aspires to. However, it doesn’t have to be about
spending all our time in the gym or eating
raw food to chase the life elixir. To paraphrase
Abraham Lincoln we need to enjoy life and
think about both “adding years to our life” and
“life to our years”.
We are as young as we feel
Having a positive view of ageing is more than
just vanity. A large research study called The
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing showed
that the age people thought they had ‘left middle
age and entered old age’ predicted an earlier
death.
So if you feel young for your age, the more
staying young?:
find out online
the doctors are
in: Dr Whelan
and Dr Cobain
likely you are to live longer! If we want our
mid-life workforce to stay healthy and happy
then it’s important we support them in feeling,
looking and being ‘younger’.
Start by understanding if your lifestyle
is ageing you
The first step to any change is awareness, and
that means helping people understand whether
their lifestyle and mindset is ageing them or
keeping them young.
Younger Lives’ new Life Age test assesses
how a person’s lifestyle and psychological state
is ageing them. It’s an online test that takes just
eight minutes to complete, and gives the user
not only their overall ‘Life Age’, but also a full
10-page breakdown of where their lifestyle is
ageing or keeping them young, and why.
It is based on the best and most consistent
scientific evidence available today and has
been developed for more than a decade for use
around the world.
An important conversation for
employer and employee
It’s this insight that Life Age provides that can
launch a powerful conversation starter between
employee and employer.
Specifically for the mid-life employee, it helps
them think about how they can maximise both
their health and happiness to get the most out of
life, and how their work can provide one of the
platforms to do this.
At the same time the employer can use
aggregated data reports to see issues within the
company, and decide where they should focus
their resources to ensure they can help their
employees be at their best for as long as possible.
Ideally this approach needs to be considered
across all elements of employee support,
including wellbeing programmes, benefits,
environment, and working practices.
This holistic approach helps create a powerful
two-way dialogue and ultimately helps ensure
that valuable mid-life employees stay healthy,
happy, fulfilled and productive for as long as
possible.
Younger Lives’ Life Age research with 45 to
65 year-olds supports this holistic approach,
with the people who report low levels of life
satisfaction being much less likely to be active,
more likely to have weight problems, and eat
badly. Being healthy and happy at work can
therefore play a huge factor in the difference
between healthy and unhealthy ageing.
And that’s where the real action lies;
companies who are genuinely looking to help
this mid-life employee population today will see
the benefit in the not-too-distant future. To see
if your lifestyle is ageing you, try Younger Lives’
free Life Age test at youngerlives.com.
This September, the Corporation’s Business
Healthy team is hosting a breakfast conference
on ‘An Ageing Workforce’ at Mansion House.
Business leaders from across the Square Mile
and Canary Wharf will hear from experts who
will unpick a range of issues within this wider
topic, sharing best practice in how to support
older workers.
Fancy a swim? Then dip
your toe in the water
City’s top 3 swimming pools
Oasis Sports Centre
Did you know there is a giant outdoor lap pool
in the middle of Covent Garden? Nor did we, but
once the secret is out, the appropriately-named
Oasis Sports Centre will be reduced to standing
room only for its open-air heated pool and
adjacent sun terrace this summer. Get in early.
32 Endell St WC2H 9AG
Golden Lane Leisure Centre
The Golden Lane Estate’s light-filled, four-lane
swimming pool is a welcome respite in the heart
of the action. The leisure centre is also running a
full programme of swimming activities for kids
this school holiday, including inflatable obstacle
courses and scuba club.
Fann Street EC1Y 0SH
Ironmonger Row Baths
These former public baths were given a £17million
facelift in 2012, upgrading the two swimming
pools and gym, and restoring the original Turkish
baths. Swim a few lengths of the 30-metre lap pool
before retreating to the spa in the basement where
hot rooms, saunas and an ice-cold plunge pool will
send you on your way feeling fresh.
1 Norman Street EC1V 3AA
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WELCOME RELIEF FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO DO SO MUCH FOR PATIENTS
Doctors’ brush
with art therapy
ART therapy is being utilised by St Bart’s
Hospital to help prevent doctor burnout.
The weekly sessions are being implemented
in a bid to relieve stress among staff at the
country’s biggest heart and cancer treatment
centre, and have been rolled out following a
successful pilot in 2015.
Studies have shown that up to 70% of
oncologists experience burnout at some stage in
their career, which can impact on patient safety.
“These sessions are about providing support
to our fantastic doctors, who do a remarkable
job caring for our patients,” said Charles
Knight, managing director at St Bart’s.
Rewarding
“We understand that the work they do can
be emotionally challenging, and we hope these
therapy sessions can help them deal with some
of the stresses that naturally come with the job.”
Back by popular demand, some of the
hospital’s doctors have hailed the sessions
as a welcome release. Dr Gehan Soosaipilla
explained that it is easy to overlook the impact
working in such an emotionally-charged
environment can have on an individual.
“Being an oncologist is immensely rewarding
and rightfully the focus is on improving patient
care, but it is easy to ignore how stressful and
challenging the day-to-day job can be and how
this can impact practice,” he said. “Initially, for
myself, the art therapy sessions were a means
of artistic expression and creativity, and also
a welcome break from the routine, but as we
completed each session I felt more resilient,
more confident in sharing experiences with my
colleagues and very much looking forward to
the next session.”
Colleague Dr Shanthini Crusz agreed,
dubbing the therapy as a “rare opportunity for
reflection in my otherwise busy schedule”.
“It was extremely enjoyable, and I learnt a
lot about ways to think about, approach and
process the challenges of the job. It has been
hugely beneficial to my relationship with
patients and colleagues.”
Treatment
Meanwhile, the woman behind the scheme,
lead art psychotherapist Megan Tjasink, says
she is honoured to be playing a part in assisting
the men and women who do so much for others.
“Oncology registrars are more likely to
deliver bad news, treat complex symptoms, and
care for patients where treatment at times will
fail, so it is no surprise that work related stress
is a factor,” she said.
“It has been a privilege to launch these art
therapy groups where doctors can use their
creativity to improve self-care and enhance
patient care.”
chance to reflect: doctors
back the creative sessions
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