Integration or bust

More money or a new model of care is not always the solution to everything. Over the past 20 years community nursing has been through a huge amount of change. But as our historic PCTs potentially move into PCNs, there is a sense of having been here before with primary and community care being brought…

From HERE to THERE

Various NHS organisations are grappling with the effects of Covid-19, from trying to find extra capacity in advance of a potential second wave, to trying to restart elective care in a way that is safe and sustainable, to ensuring community teams are well equipped for an increased number of patients requiring treatment at home who…

Face to face with Telehealth

Like many, I’m guiding an elderly family member through the complexities of social media, specifically video calling. How easy it was in the past to dismiss the task as non-essential, and how sobering it is that essential and non-essential now dominate our lives. But, with more success than failure, we ride the wave towards screen sharing.  …

Back to counting things

I clearly recall sitting down with a senior manager during one of our regular catch ups. As I started talking about the significant behaviour change we’d seen as a result of the work we’d accomplished with some of his staff and how the language had changed from, “I’m so busy” to, “I’m 20% below my…