Category Archives: education

#MatExp featured prominently in ‘The State of Maternity Services in England’ policy document

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

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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In the shoes of Elizabeth Meatyard… | Founder of Dining Companions at Kingston Hospital

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

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 →

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In the shoes of Rachel Dutta Choudhury… | Raising awareness of dementia at Midland Heart

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

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 →

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In the shoes of … | Helen Calvert: Mother, Campaigner, Parent Advocate and Facebook Group Lead

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

Are you following #MatExp? – the Twitter hashtag for our fabulous campaign to improve maternity experience? Are you following our #MatExp alphabet, initiated by my #MatExp partner in crime, consultant obstetrician Florence Wilcock, known affectionately in our community as ‘FabObs … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, education, Guest blog, maternity, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, well-being | Tagged #MatExp, childbirth, choice, choice and control, Compassion, dignity, empathy, lithotomy, make a difference, maternity, outcomes, respect, social media, stirrups, Twitter | 1 Comment

NHS Change day #MatExp Lithotomy Challenge – A blog for Mother’s Day

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

A Mother’s Day special ! Florence Wilcock, my ‘partner in crime’ on the #MatExp project has already written a very popular blog, writing as a mother who happens also to be an obstetrician – or perhaps vice versa. Who knows? … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, education, Guest blog, health, maternity, personalisation, well-being | Tagged #MatExp, childbirth, choice, choice and control, Compassion, dignity, empathy, lithotomy, make a difference, maternity, Mother's Day, outcomes, respect, social media, stirrups, Twitter | 7 Comments

#MatExp on #NHSChangeDay – working together to improve maternity care!

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

Today is NHS Change Day! 11 March 2015 I will be spending the day with Florence Wilcock, my #MatExp ‘partner in crime’ at Kingston Hospital with a great programme of activities planned. Helen Bevan and the NHS Change Day film … Continue reading →

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Looking at issues from different perspectives. Now known as #thoughtdiversity … ;-)

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

”In the early days of Whose Shoes?, I worked closely with a wonderful, person-centred Senior Lecturer called Ali Gardner who was at that time working at Manchester Metropolitan University. She now has a similar role at the University of Central Lancashire – who … Continue reading →

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In the shoes of … | Ellie Milner, a West Midlands #NHSChangeDay Hubbie :)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

Every so often – and sometimes more frantically – my phone pings with a WhatsApp message. I am not really into WhatApp so I know it is likely to be another message from one of the fab group of West … Continue reading →

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In my own (beach) shoes… at the Dementia Congress, Brighton

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

“The UK Dementia Congress is the largest annual multi‐disciplinary dementia‐focused event and exhibition in the UK” The largest event is a quantitative measure. But for many of us the Dementia Congress is also a wonderful gathering of friends and new friends – people coming together fired by a common purpose. It was lovely to see … Continue reading →

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Co-producing inclusive, vibrant #dementiachallengers events in Scotland

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Gill Phillips - Whose Shoes?

Well the invisible hordes are coming out of the shadows and becoming real people… very supportive, creative passionate people. And they are bringing their own ‘invisible hordes’ in their wake… I would like to include here a lovely film made … Continue reading →