Mike Brooks :: Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust

In January 2021, I was appointed as the first Physical Health Peer Support Worker based at the Haywood Hospital, and in April 2022 was proud to be made Patient Engagement & Empowerment Champion Musculoskeletal Services (MSK).

Under the guidance of Kay Stevenson I am embedded in the Musculoskeletal Interface Service with the principal focus on developing and fostering links between the patient and carer community, service providers and commissioners. This new role also offers opportunities to contribute to the integration, communication and education elements of the service. Working closely with the Haywood Rheumatology department also figures in my work streams. In essence, I am an interface between service users and service providers.

My background is one of industrial chemistry research but latterly it has been in the world of training with leadership, management and business development featuring very heavily.

Away from the work scene, my passions are rugby – an avid Sale Sharks supporter – and allotmenteering. My Wife Margaret and I cultivate a plot of over 320sq. m of mixed fruit and vegetables.

My commitment to my job and my horticulture works wonderfully for my mental and physical health.

Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 7)

Authored by Mike Brooks
Health and Wellbeing

NHS
Every industry and profession is awash with its own shorthand often in the form of acronyms; the health service is no different.
Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 6)

Authored by Mike Brooks
Health and Wellbeing

Leadership

NHS
Is co-operation synonymous with integration? If co-operation is the act of working together to the same end, and integration is the process of joining two or more entities together then the answer is surely “yes”.
Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 5)

Authored by Mike Brooks
COVID-19

Leadership

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For over 12 months I have had the privilege of being involved in a large number of service transformation and development projects both within the Trust and in the wider health and care landscape. What a 12 months it has been. The variety of the work has been very interesting and fulfilling in equal measure.
Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 4)

Authored by Mike Brooks
Leadership

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Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 3)

Authored by Mike Brooks
COVID-19

Leadership

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Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 2)

Authored by Mike Brooks
Health and Wellbeing

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Patient Voice Matters – reflections of an NHS service user (number 1)

Authored by Mike Brooks
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