Please call me by my name, not by a role-based label
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Please call me by my name, not by a role-based label

Andrea Downey Health journalist

A pervasive culture in the NHS of calling colleagues by their role, pay band or student status instead of their name demotivates and undervalues team members

Have you been called ‘the band 5’ or ‘the student’ in the workplace or on placement?

Nursing Standard. 39, 6, 54-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.6.54.s16

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