This has left me more committed than ever to continue to work alongside my colleagues to tackle some of the major issues. On Monday 18 January, I convened the first ever national disability staff network leads summit.Īs Chief People Officer for the NHS, I have hosted a number of workforce events before and during the pandemic, listening to and being extremely moved by the insights, lived experiences and concerns of people from a broad range of roles and backgrounds. I’m not differently abled, I am disabled by society’s lack of willingness to accommodate me”.
I wanted to start with the words of a colleague which I found incredibly powerful and profound: “I have lived experience of disability.
