Shaming elderly emergency hospital admissions

by | Nov 13, 2016 | Blog

Shame on us! I have recently read a very clear demonstration of how we as a nation are failing to provide the right care and support to older people to manage their continence. Published in 2013, the same year as the Francis Report, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set:...

10 lessons from starting a new business

by | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog

Having worked in a number of family businesses, the civil service and multi-nationals, I should have been in the ideal position to start my own business, little did I appreciate the commitment required. This is a new digital age and it has been a steep learning...

Date Change for NHS Market Access MPD

by | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog

Hi Everyone Really looking forward to our day of training working, with Medilink East Midlands.  Thursday 23rd April, Thistle Hotel, East Midlands Airport. After submitting another bid today, it will be great to get back to the basics of how to make the NHS and Social...

Mental Health – experiences of NHS care in the 1970s

by | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog

My first experience of mental health care was when I was 11 years old. As a boarder at Caistor Grammar School, Saturdays mornings were spent doing “Social Services”, the choices being: potato peeling at the WRVS; litter picking or odd-jobs around the school; or...