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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 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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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 shoes of Gill’s Mum… | Being abducted at night…
I love it when I turn up at my mum’s place and she has a glint in her eye and announces “I’ve written a blog”. She then waves her handwritten piece at me and we read it together. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Gill's Mum, Guest blog, health, housing, personalisation, safeguarding, well-being
Tagged A&E, carers, choice, choice and control, dignity, disability, elderly, housing, mobility, older people, relationships, 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 (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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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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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 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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