Team GB Olympic swimmer ‘inspired and energised’ during visit to local NHS event

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, a leading provider of integrated healthcare services across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby, Scarborough, and Ryedale, held their Annual Members Meeting on Wednesday 18 October.

The meeting was attended both online on the Trust’s YouTube channel and in person attracting over 200 attendees.

The event was open to the public and included the Trust’s Annual Members Meeting and presentations on achievements and financial performance over 2021/22 as well as a look ahead to what’s been happening during 2022/23. The meeting also includes the Annual General Meeting where the Chief Executive, Michele Moran formally reports on Trust’s progress performance and guests are invited to ask questions to the AGM including the Executive Management Team.

Visitors were also welcomed to a marketplace to meet staff from services including children and young peoples mental health (CAMHS), Integrated Specialist Public Health Nursing (ISPHNS), talking therapies, addictions and crisis. Guests were also inspired by the Trust’s innovative work in areas such as the Virtual Ward and ‘Right Care, Right Person approach.

The keynote speech was delivered by former Team GB Olympic swimmer Lizzie Simmonds who grew up just 8 miles from the Trust Headquarters based in Willerby, East Yorkshire.

The Beverley-born athlete met with teams and services and delivered a keynote speech on the theme of supporting your own mental health and wellbeing, as well as sharing highlights of her swimming career including World and European medal successes.

Lizzie spoke to the attendees passionately about her mindset shifted following her fourth-place finish at the London 2012 Olympics. She shared how she gave herself permission to see the result as an achievement to be proud of. She also drew parallels between the collaborative approaches made within the Trust’s services which mirrored work she was also undertaking in her own field of sport.

Reflecting on the event she said, “It’s genuinely been inspiring walking around the room and meeting all of you.”