Are we really commissioning for outcomes in wound care?

Are we really commissioning for outcomes in wound care?

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...
It’s not who you know…..

It’s not who you know…..

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,...

Shaming elderly emergency hospital admissions

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

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

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...