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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
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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 the shoes of Gill’s Mum… | Back on the rails. Full steam ahead … ;-)
Mum is delighted to be home. Not just home, but pretty much back to normal now. It has been quite a saga, as you can imagine. I am not quite sure what she really made of my #FreeGillsMum Twitter campaign … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, communication, compassion, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, health, personalisation, safeguarding, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged choice, choice and control, Compassion, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, make a difference, older people, personalisation, Quality of life, social media, Twitter
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Health and care conference goers – a call for action! #NCASc15 #KFintegratedcare
Today the good and the great from the world of social care gather in Bournemouth for the first day of the three day annual Children and Adult Services conference. Meanwhile the King’s Fund Integrated care conference was held yesterday in London. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, compassion, dementia, end of life, health, in my shoes, personalisation, poem, safeguarding, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged carers, choice and control, Compassion, dementia awareness week, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, independence, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, social care, 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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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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In the (cricket) shoes of Alison Cameron… | As she is bowled over…
If the technology works, this blog should go live at a very important moment. I am delighted, but not at all surprised, that Alison Cameron has been included in the first ever list of HSJ Patient Leaders. And I will … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, compassion, Guest blog, health, housing, leadership, mental health, personalisation, social care, well-being
Tagged choice, choice and control, co-production, community, Compassion, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, make a difference, Patient Leaders, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, service users, social care, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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The #MatExp month of ACTION begins today. Why women everywhere need the Maternity Review Team to engage!
June is not going to be dull…! For me personally, this is a big week – I am looking forward to speaking at the NHS Confederation Annual Conference on Wednesday. The session I am involved in, chaired by Dr. Mark … Continue reading
In the shoes of Rachel Dutta Choudhury… | Raising awareness of dementia at Midland Heart
And so another ‘Dementia Awareness Week’ comes and goes. It is hard to believe that it is three years since I first started to collect and publish ‘in my shoes’ blogs as part of Dementia Awareness Week, 2012. But to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, Guest blog, health, housing, mental health, personalisation, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, choice and control, community, Compassion, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementiachallengers, empathy, Health and Social Care, independence, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of Mel Pickup… | CEO, Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust
In May 2012, I thought it would be a good idea to collect and publish some ‘in my shoes’ guest blogs for Dementia Awareness Week. I started it with my own story and then collected all sorts of stories from other people. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, compassion, dementia, end of life, Guest blog, health, personalisation, well-being
Tagged activities, Alzheimer Disease, carers, challenging behaviour, choice, community, Compassion, creativity, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia friendly, dementiachallengers, distraction, Hospital, Quality of life
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