by Steve | Apr 5, 2020 | Featured Posts
Health and care systems around the world are facing their greatest emergency in living memory. This was the type of statement many commentators were writing before Covid-19. Then they were referring to the ability of systems to deal with the triple effect of an aging...
by Steve | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured Posts
Introduction We are really pleased to welcome Clinical Psychologist, Dr Patrick Hill as our guest blog. He recently published a paper in The British Journal of Pain on how the nervous system (and brain) may play a role in how we develop chronic pain and fatigue. Here... by Steve | Jun 22, 2018 | Featured Posts
By Rhian Monteith “Rhian, what are we doing about Frequent Callers?” Four years ago I was asked that question and my only answer was “Nothing…yet.” But as an Advanced Paramedic it’s my role to find new ways to improve patients’ lives. So I did some research. What I... by Steve | Jun 11, 2018 | Featured Posts
With thanks to Helen Serginson (developed with Emma Loftus). The hardest thing about needing carers is building trust and developing relationships of care. When you need your carer to help you with so many personal things you have to trust in them entirely. But to... by Steve | May 31, 2018 | Featured Posts
By Jim Phillips In the UK last winter hospitals were at full capacity, patients were left waiting on trolleys in corridors and waiting targets were missed. At the same time GP surgeries were full and people were waiting weeks to get an appointment to see their GP of... by Steve | May 9, 2018 | Featured Posts, News
Here, a patient carer shares their experiences of what it is really like to be a parent carer and needing to regularly access services. “It’s exhausting because it’s so damned hard. Parenting is tough but dealing with the system is tougher. It drains.”...
