Independent Chair National Dignity Council What is a Champion Purpose of Dignity Champions Ensuring everyone using health and social care services has their basic human rights upheld in a respectful and dignified manner ID: 536135
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Jan Burns MBE
Independent Chair National Dignity CouncilSlide2
What is a Champion?Slide3
Purpose of Dignity ChampionsEnsuring everyone using health and social care services has their basic human rights upheld in a respectful and dignified manner.Making sure dignity, compassion and respect is at the heart of everyday practice and isn’t an addition to it.Promoting independence, well-being and quality of care /lifeEmpowering peopleMaking time to actively listen and understand the views and experiences of citizens
Stand up and challenge disrespectful behaviour and attitudes rather than just tolerate it.Act as a good role model by treating other people with respect particularly those who are less able to stand up for themselves
Speak up about Dignity to improve the way that services are organised and delivered
Influence and inform
colleagues
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DIGNITY CHAMPIONS SIGN UP TO UPHOLD THE TEN DIGNITY DO'S
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Can you be like the dandelion?Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9
‘It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.’ Peter F DruckerSlide10
Sign up now go to: www.dignityincare.org.uk
Facebook group– Dignity in Action