by Kate Pym | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog
Admittedly it has taken me a while to find the job I love, but when asked about retirement plans it always makes me have a sense of rising panic, because I really don’t see myself ever wanting to retire. Being an independent consultant means that I can pick and...
by Kate Pym | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog
In my career I have had some pretty “challenging” jobs. At twenty-one I was a section manager for an unemployment benefits office, where key skills included ducking flying objects, rapid calls to the police, strategic use of air fresheners, and counselling,...
by Kate Pym | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog
(Original article written for Rehab Guru) “We are at a unique juncture in the history of medicine, with the convergence of genomics, biosensors, the electronic patient record and smartphone apps, all superimposed on a digital infrastructure, with artificial...
by Kate Pym | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
(Original article written for Patient Safety Learning) You may think that I am saying this to be contentious, but sadly I am not. As an independent business consultant who supports new businesses and entrepreneurs in the health and care sector, this is a...
by Kate Pym | Jan 14, 2021 | Blog
Firstly, I would like to say that it is a privilege to work with customers whose primary objective is to improve the health and wellbeing of patients, don’t get me wrong I caution anyone who tells me that they don’t want to make money, as this would be a project...
by Kate Pym | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog
When I was working in pharmaceutical sales this was a favourite phrase of one of my managers, and he even went so far as to give all of the sales team a fridge magnet, with this written on, which I still have (in the garage-sorry Alex). Back in the day this was about...