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Theatres' pledge trees have the awww factor

Our theatres teams have installed their own "Pledge Trees" promising to deliver only the very best care by them all.

The stick-on trees dominate the reception areas and are proving a real source of reassurance and a distraction to our patients who are on their way for surgery.

HRI's domestic Mary (mop) Phillips pledged tea and toast when they come round. A few more of the touching pledges placed on the trees are attached below.

The idea took root after Lynn Penson attended a Band 6 development day and the success of similar pledge trees on our wards with patients with dementia were high-lighted. And rightly, Lynn thought they could transfer to theatres.

Her pledge says: "I pledge to be empathetic and spend time listening without judgement."

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