Sarah Preedy

@sarahpreedy.bsky.social

Chief Operating Officer, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | Registered Mental Health Nurse | Professional Doctorate in progress | passionate about reducing health inequalities.

There's just over a week left to get your #PennineCarePeople Award nominations in 📅🏆 Who should win the nine categories? 🗳️Community choice 🌞Ray of sunshine 💡Great improvement 💜Inclusion champion 🌠Rising star 🙌Inspirational leader 🤝Brilliant partnership 🧑‍⚕️Colleague of the year 🏆 Team of the year

A starry-night-themed graphic to promote the Pennine Care People awards, with one week left to submit nominations

It’s been a busy ‘focus week’, with many teams standing down non-essential activities to improve patient flow & urgent emergency care. This is supporting people from admission to discharge safely without delay. There are external challenges, but it's about understanding them and how we can improve.

Four colleagues, three in business attire and one wearing an NHS nursing uniform, smiling for a photo in an office setting with computers and informational posters in the background.A selfie of eight smiling individuals with NHS ID lanyards in an office setting.A selfie of a large, diverse group smiling and sitting at tables during a workshop, surrounded by drinks and workshop materials, in a room with large windows.Five individuals wearing NHS badges, standing indoors, smiling at the camera. Three are standing while two are slightly behind. They are dressed in a mix of professional and casual attire.

The pathfinder partnership, a new service across Greater Manchester, is providing much-needed support for survivors of sexual abuse and violence who have additional mental health needs. It's led by Greater Manchester Resilience Hub and has already supported over 50 survivors.

Group of fifteen people posing for a photo at a conference event in a large room with banners in the background.

Evelyn Asante-Mensah, our chair, and Claudette Elliot, deputy chair, spoke at the 'Advancing Ethnic Minority Women into Senior Leadership Roles within Health and Social Care' conference recently. Evelyn and Claudette talked about their career journeys, opportunities and challenges they've met.

Claudette and Evelyn smiling

Our young people's mental health research centre received over £300,000 for research to improve the lives of children in care. This NEST study – Nurturing Environments for Shaping Trauma-informed care & recovery - will create and pilot a practical toolkit with six children’s homes in the Northwest.

Seven colleagues from the young people's mental health research centre standing in front of a board with a presentation on it.

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on our strategy for 2025-2030. Our refreshed strategy is on the ‘this is us’ page of our website and has the same core principles, but with stronger and simplified ambitions: ❣️ Outstanding care ✅ Great place to work 👂 Listen to improve

A graphic to show our refreshed three big ambitions - outstanding care, great place to work, and listen to improve.

On the left is a pink icon of a heart hovering above a hand, with 'outstanding care' underneath. In the middle is a green icon of a tick in a circle, with 'great place to work' underneath. On the right is a blue ear in a circle with 'listen to improve' underneath.