Pym’s Consultancy Blog
CCG Commissioning of Dialysis – An opportunity for positive change
From 1st April 2015 Commissioning of Renal Services will move from NHS England Specialist Commissioning, to Clinical Commissioning Groups. The National Kidney Foundation lobbied against the move, as I am sure, did other groups and commercial organisations. This is...
What has a Caveman got to do with Healthcare?
Throughout my career in health and social care, there has been a constant (not always) unsaid friction between the public and private sector. The perception seemed to be that the private sector needs to make a profit in order to survive and as such must in some way...
What drives you to live a healthier lifestyle?
This is Nick and me in 1984, we hadn't been seeing each long, I was 17 and Nick was 20. Nick was sailing the yacht, single handed, and we were on a brief trip to the Lake District. It was shortly before Nick was due to leave the Royal Marines and I was...
Why train in commercial awareness?
Throughout my career selling to the public sector, all negotiations come down to a relationship. Whether that is a relationship between a single sales representative and a procurement manager, or a commercial organisation and a hospital, or local council. A...
Patient Engagement
Patients should not be seen as people who have treatments given to them, or care provided for them. All patients have their own skills, likes, dislikes and preferences. A service which does not take the patient's views into account is setting itself up to fail. ...
Integrated Care
Kings Fund Integrated Care [vimeo]. Integrated care, centred around the patient, and focussed on outcomes specific to and agreed with the patient and their support network must be the way forward. Social Care has been delivered through joint care planning for...
Continence Care
Incontinence has a profound effect on the quality of life of patients, carers, and family. Incontinence is not a natural consequence of growing older, or giving birth, and in most cases can be treated or managed effectively to reduce or remove the impact on social...
Long Term Conditions
Long Term Conditions are a challenge to the provision of healthcare worldwide. In addition to ageing the UK population is also facing an obesity epidemic, and a more sedentary lifestyles. With this, as with ageing, there are increased risks of Long Term Conditions,...
Facing the Challenges of a Growing Elderly Population
With many years working in the Health and Social Care sector we are very familiar with the challenges faced by Commissioners, Health and Social Care Providers and Patients. 10 million people in the UK are over 65 years old. The latest projections are for 5½ million...