UK Raising Awareness campaign
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 12:29 pm
Human Resources departments really need to know about odour disorders as some employees' working lives are so affected by them. Kitty pointed out that some members of our community work for the NHS but that the NHS is not as knowledgeable about TMAU and odour disorders as we we would hope. How many of us have expected better/more sympathetic treatment from NHS staff and then been disappointed to find them just as uneducated as the general public?
Medical professionals are people we aspire to: they need to lead the way for the general public and should be educating laypeople about the existence of these conditions. When HIV first appeared the medical establishments did a lot to educate laypeople - they dispelled myths about HIV and prevented a lot of ignorant discrimination. The same needs to happen with odour disorders. Most NHS staff know about tourettes, psoriasis, alzheimers... you name it they know about it and try to discourage ignorant, intolerant behaviour towards sufferers of medical conditions. Odour disorders are medical conditions so...
Kitty has found 4 addresses for us to contact. We need to tell them briefly about TMAU and systemic odour conditions, make them aware of how serious its impact is and let them know that they may come across staff who suffer from such disorders:
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
CIPD House
Camp Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4UX
Tel: 020 8971 9000
Fax: 020 8263 3333
Website: http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA)
HPMA Head Office
Gothic House
3 The Green
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 1PL
Tel: 0208 334 4530
Fax: 0208 334 4531
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hpma.org.uk/
National Association of Medical Personnel Specialists (NAMPS)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.namps.org.uk/
NHS Graduate Management Training Schemes
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.isthenhsforme.co.uk (For information on the HR Management Training Scheme)
The date for this raising awareness initiative: MONDAY 25TH JUNE
Please take a few minutes to e-mail if you can!
Medical professionals are people we aspire to: they need to lead the way for the general public and should be educating laypeople about the existence of these conditions. When HIV first appeared the medical establishments did a lot to educate laypeople - they dispelled myths about HIV and prevented a lot of ignorant discrimination. The same needs to happen with odour disorders. Most NHS staff know about tourettes, psoriasis, alzheimers... you name it they know about it and try to discourage ignorant, intolerant behaviour towards sufferers of medical conditions. Odour disorders are medical conditions so...
Kitty has found 4 addresses for us to contact. We need to tell them briefly about TMAU and systemic odour conditions, make them aware of how serious its impact is and let them know that they may come across staff who suffer from such disorders:
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
CIPD House
Camp Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4UX
Tel: 020 8971 9000
Fax: 020 8263 3333
Website: http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA)
HPMA Head Office
Gothic House
3 The Green
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 1PL
Tel: 0208 334 4530
Fax: 0208 334 4531
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hpma.org.uk/
National Association of Medical Personnel Specialists (NAMPS)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.namps.org.uk/
NHS Graduate Management Training Schemes
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.isthenhsforme.co.uk (For information on the HR Management Training Scheme)
The date for this raising awareness initiative: MONDAY 25TH JUNE
Please take a few minutes to e-mail if you can!