Welcome to the Perth and Kinross

What Matters to You pages.

We are really excited to be working together with you and Tommy Whitelaw over the coming year. The What Matters to You? movement will support our localities to embed a collaborative, collective approach across Perth and Kinross while recognising the huge importance of nurturing and developing the way we work, teams and relationships.

Each locality will have 4 days of Tommy’s time and this is a fantastic opportunity to enable us to engage the heart and minds of those who plan and deliver care in our localities. The WMTY approach advocates respect, innovation and action to improve outcomes for colleagues and in turn the people and communities we serve. There will need to be open and honest discussion about the whole system to enable clarity and consistency of vision, direction and purpose across our localities embedding our values of ambition, compassion and integrity. This will allow us to explore so many possibilities to really make a difference for us as an integrated workforce and to the people we serve.

Together everyone achieves more and this is the start of something very special for Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership. We will be celebrating all the wonderful achievements at an event on the 23 May 2024, keep it in your diary!

Our Publication

At the celebration event on 23rd May 2024 we were very proud to launch the publication 'Celebrating People.' This was made in collaboration with the wonderful people at ALLIANCE Scotland and chronicles the work that has been conducted across Perth and Kinross over the past year around WMTY. We are extremely proud of this publication and once again would like to give a special thanks to Irene Oldfather and Naya Koulocheri from the ALLIANCE who worked tirelessly to pull this together, we can't thank them enough.

celebrating people perth 28 pages digital.pdf

You can download the PDF in full here: Celebrating People - Perth (Digital PDF)

What Matters to You? - Meet the Perth and Kinross Team

We wanted to take the time to introduce ourselves, we are....

Moyra Gill

Hiya, I'm Moyra and what matters to me is the wonderful people who touch my life, my faith, being out and about in nature (land or sea) and making a difference. I work in Learning & Development and I enjoy creating environments that enable people to flourish. My work means that I get to work with so many amazing and inspirational people across P&K. I love being part of the WMTYPK collaboration team and I'm so excited to work with you all to develop even more opportunities around person centred care and support, kindness and "what matters to you?

Suzanne Whyte

I became involved in the “What matters to you?” movement right at the start. It really felt important to me that staff heard the thanks that Tommy’s gives in his talk and I recognised the importance for staff having the right space to reflect on what really matters to them?

Inclusion is extremely important to me and I believe the best work is achieved by many people sharing the workload. It matters to me that staff have a balance with work and their own lives. If I can help teams reflect or work differently to achieve this I will. It really matters to me that staff are recognised for the great work they do every single day.

Melanie Hogg

Hi, I’m Mel. What matters to me? Within my own little bubble, my family (including my little cat, Wanda) and my health. Outside of that – it matters that everyone is treated fairly. That people are confident enough to go for what they want and work towards their goals, no matter who says what about it. It matters that my team feel involved and that the door is always open for them. Morals matter to me.

Robin Kinnear

Hi, my name is Robin and what matters to me is my family, my dogs, spending time with my friends, and all things entertainment (Film,TV and Music). I have been involved with WMTY since towards the end of 2022 from a marketing perspective attending all of these wonderful events and capturing images/data to share with the wider public. Seeing these amazing people at the events and hearing Tommy's story has been such a rewarding experience and it is a privilidge to share all of this with everyone. I can't encourage you enough to attend one of these sessions.

Upcoming Events

5th August 2024	Capability Scotland, Upper Springlands
28th August 2024	Online Session (9.30am-10.30am)

For our event 05.08.24 - Capability Scotland, Upper Springland, are hosting our next "What Matters to You?" event on Monday 5th August 2024 in Perth. We are now making the remaining spaces available to the rest of PK HSCP staff. These events provide the opportunity for staff to join a facilitated session with Tommy Whitelaw, who is the National Lead for Caring and Outreach, and Project Lead for Person Centred Voices in Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.

As individuals, we are all familiar and comfortable with asking our patients and clients what matters to them, but we are perhaps not so pro-active at doing this within our teams or indeed for ourselves. Staff will undoubtedly be uplifted by listening to Tommy's inspirational thoughts and stories, which are both thought provoking and emotive. In turn they encourage self-reflection on what motivates and inspires you to carry out your job or role day to day, and to share what truly matters to you both professionally and personally.

We would ask that, if at all possible, all managers embrace this unique opportunity and enable everyone to take time out of their busy working day to be part of these special events, which will without a doubt have a positive impact on mindset and morale. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your profession, role or where you are based. Please join us and be part of this exciting conversation.

If you are interested, please book a session using the link below to secure your preferred time slot. We are sure these are going to be very popular, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

05.08.24 Upper Springlands WMTY event BOOK A SPACE HERE

Spaces are also limited for our online events so if you would like to register please get in touch via email WMTYPK@pkc.gov.uk.

Celebration Event

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who attended the celebration event on the 23rd May 2024. We were overwhelmed with the positive stories that were shared and truly blown away by the response from such a wide range of groups from across Perth and Kinross and beyond.

This event was to celebrate the work that has been done around 'What Matters to You?' and to launch the publication that has been made to support and showcase some of this work. The publication is now live and while attendees were able to pick up physical copies, we are proud to launch the digital version that can be viewed on this page.

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Jollity Express Choir who once again blew us all away, and to all of the speakers from the event:

Jacquie Pepper (Chief Officer, Health and Social Care Partnership), Amanda Taylor (Senior Service Manager for Older People, Palliative and Urgent Care), Shaun Maher (Strategic Advisor for Person Centred Care and Improvement), Sara Redmond (ALLIANCE, Chief Officer), Irene Oldfather (Director Strategic Partnerships, External Affairs and Outreach Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)), Andy Park (IAPK, Operation Manager), Angela Cunningham (Service Manager, HMP Perth, Justice Healthcare), Ian Hutton (Health and Wellbeing Manager, Live Active Leisure), Karen Hedge (Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Care), Nicola Maccallum (Manager, Kicarrathie House), Rachel Comrie (Learning and Development Officer, Living Well Care, HSCP), Craig Paterson (Senior Charge Nurse, Ward 2, Crieff Community Hospital), Poppy Jarratt (UNESCO Project Coordinator, Perth and Kinross Council), and of course Tommy Whitelaw (National Lead for Caring and Outreach, ALLIANCE).

Here are some photos that were captured at the event: