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#MatExp featured prominently in ‘The State of Maternity Services in England’ policy document
How much can be achieved in two years?
The answer is a phenomenal amount if you set your mind to it! Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, compassion, education, health, in my shoes, leadership, maternity, personalisation, well-being
Tagged choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, make a difference, mat, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In my own shoes – Gill’s random thoughts on turning 60. #Gill60
I had all sorts of ideas about how I might mark my 60th birthday in terms of social media. I loved #60yearsoflearning by @ShirleyAyres; I loved @AnnieCoops’ photos over the years to mark her 50th; I loved the wonderful film that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, dementia, Gill's Mum, in my shoes, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged choice and control, co-production, creativity, dementia, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, make a difference, outcomes, person-centred, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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#MatExp – proving that you don’t have to ‘ask for permission’ to make change
We are really chuffed to be invited to take part in the opening session of the NHS transformathon – a 24 hour global engage-a-thon on 27/28 January led by Helen Bevan and Alison Cameron. You can read about it here … Continue reading
Mind the Gap: the gap between health and care services.
As another big conference starts tomorrow – this time the National Children and Adult Services conference in Bournemouth – #ncasc15 – here is my challenge to the delegates: Prevention… Integration… Mind the Gap! And here is the story that led to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, end of life, Gill's Mum, health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged carers, choice and control, Compassion, elderly, emergency, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, make a difference, older people, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, social media, Steller, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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What a year! My ‘take’ on #MatExp: building a change platform – by accident!
Florence Wilcock had promised to write a blog summarising ‘a year in the life of MatExp’: the story, from her perspective, of the 12 months since we first met. She emailed it to me and I felt really emotional opening … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the Running Shoes of Jacque Gerrard… | RCM Director, England
I first met Jacque Gerrard in real life, as opposed to Twitter, at the ‘Caring for the Carers’ (in this context, carers = professional staff) maternity conference at George Eliot hospital, Nuneaton. It was an amazing event. @JonathanCliffe8 our trust … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, Guest blog, health, leadership, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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Birthday bonanza – #MatExp was born one year ago today! :) Florence Wilcock gets nostalgic…
Florence Wilcock reflects on the first year of the powerful #WhoseShoes #MatExp campaign to improve maternity experience Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, Guest blog, leadership, maternity, mental health, personalisation, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice and control, Compassion, make a difference, maternity, maternity review, maternity review team, outcomes, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of Elizabeth Meatyard… | Founder of Dining Companions at Kingston Hospital
I first heard about ‘Dining Companions’ through the work I am currently doing with Florence Wilcock and colleagues at Kingston Hospital, building on our #MatExp project and starting to use Whose Shoes? to explore and improve other areas of patient … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, end of life, Guest blog, health, leadership, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, Compassion, dementiachallengers, dining companions, elderly, empathy, health, Kingston Hospital, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, Quality of life, relationships, respect, social care, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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What does it take to build a change platform? A year ago I had no idea. #MatExp
What does it take to build a change platform? If you had asked me this question a year ago, I would probably have said that I had no idea. And yet a year later, it seems that that is what … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, health, maternity, personalisation, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, evaluation, health, maternity, maternity review, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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Do we really listen to children and young people in health care?
I love it when I find the right partners. We see the opportunity to do something imaginative together and we just get on and do it. ‘JFDI’ It is one of the biggest advantages of being a small organisation. And so … Continue reading
Posted in children and young people, co-production, communication, community engagement, health, in my shoes, personalisation, well-being
Tagged children, community, Compassion, empathy, family, health, Hospital, independence, make a difference, outcomes, parents, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?, young people
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