by Kate Pym | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog
In this week’s issue of the Nursing Times there are 2 very useful and informative articles by Annemarie Brown on wound care: Phases of the wound healing process and The principles of holistic wound assessment . What occurs to me, as a non-clinician, is that I rarely...
by Kate Pym | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog, Business, Business development, Consultancy
Oh my goodness (as we say to the grandchildren), back to work after a small break! Over the break it took 2 weeks to alter my body clock, lie in bed late and change my eating habits. If sugar, cream, or preferably both, were not involved in the making of a dish, I...
by Kate Pym | Nov 15, 2016 | Blog, Business, NHS, Social Care
We all know that the NHS is a huge, complex, unwieldy organisation, and if we were to design a social healthcare system from scratch today, it would not look like the modern NHS. We would not have to take into account embedded working practices, expensive,...
by Kate Pym | 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:...
by Kate Pym | 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...
by Kate Pym | 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...