I’m affectionately known as ‘ClinGeek’ as I can see opportunities how technology support how we deliver care to patients, and how we can work better if we work differently. I’ve been working on a local project on developing a working community and I’ve learnt quickly not to focus on the solution, but use the intention [...]
Continue Reading →The Florence Nightingale Foundation 2013-14 Leadership Scholarships
The Florence Nightingale Foundation is offering scholarships to Nurses, Midwives and AHPs who want to become leaders with the skills and self-confidence to contribute positively and with some significance to the rapidly changing world of healthcare. These scholarships are also open to Deans and Deputy Deans of Schools of Nursing within Universities. Recipients of the [...]
Continue Reading →Sorry tale of oursourcing
This would be funny, and in many ways it was, despite it happening to me. It tells the story of when outsourcing goes wrong, the implications and its impact, the perverse incentives and why outsourcing when done badly is a false economy. A few weeks ago, I came home after the usual heavy week. Nothing [...]
Nurses, the most trusted profession
A Gallup poll shows that nurses are the most trusted profession, beating doctors, politicians and car sales men. This US poll of over 1,000 people shows that nurses excelled in trust and ethical standards. It reassures the profession that nurses are well respected and felt the most honest of 22 professions, including Members of Congress, [...]