by Kate Pym | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Business, Business development, Commercial, Consultancy, Financial, NHS
In a landmark move, the Chancellor’s 2024 Spring Budget has earmarked a transformative £3.4 billion investment in NHS technology, aiming to usher in a new era of efficiency and productivity within the UK’s healthcare system. This significant financial...
by Kate Pym | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog, Healthcare, NHS, NHS structures
I am going to start this blog with a confession – my guilty pleasure is watching American medical dramas. My particular show of choice at the moment is New Amsterdam. One of the reasons for enjoying these shows is that they reflect the...
by Kate Pym | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog, Healthcare, NHS
It has been a long time since I last wrote a blog for many reasons, mainly because a consultant specialising in healthcare market entry and access for innovations tends to get quite busy during a pandemic (who’d have thought it?). Another reason is that I was so busy,...
by Kate Pym | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Healthcare, NHS, None
Today I have been reading Tweets and newspaper articles accusing GPs of hiding behind telephone appointments and failing to meet the needs of their patients, particularly the elderly and frail. It hasn’t taken long for the national press to change from...
by Kate Pym | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog, Dementia, Healthcare, NHS, Social Care
This blog is very personal and has taken me some time to get up the courage to write it. Those who have read my previous blogs will know that myself and my brother have been supporting our mother through an initial diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), then...
by Kate Pym | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Business, Healthcare, NHS
What it means to be a patient in a rural community. I have been asked to speak at a meeting for the Rural Service Network about my experience of working in health and care in rural environments and this has got me thinking. My experience is founded upon the...