Living well with frailty
The first challenge in talking about frailty is deciding exactly what it means. This was how one person responded to finding the word on their wife’s notes: ‘A few years ago my wife got discharged ...
The first challenge in talking about frailty is deciding exactly what it means. This was how one person responded to finding the word on their wife’s notes: ‘A few years ago my wife got discharged ...
It has become increasingly obvious that our way of caring for our senior citizens has got to change. There are new stories in the media every day, and the sector is flooded with reports and recommenda...
Today 14 sites across England are to be named as ‘pioneers’ for integrated care. When I was on the panel interviewing the prospective pioneers in September, two things stood out: first, for a service ...
Two weeks ago we brought together over 100 people to mark the end of our MAGIC programme, which supported teams to embed shared decision making in everyday clinical practice. There were some great ins...
Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director at NHS England, has today recommended a wide ranging reconfiguration of urgent and emergency services in his phase 1 review of urgent and emergency care. We provided ...
A few years ago, improbably, I ended up presenting a BBC2 series, The Victorian Pharmacy. The unlikely storyline was that myself and two historians, gussied up in period clothes, were developing a hig...
Today, the government published Hard Truths, its response to the recommendations of Sir Robert Francis, following his inquiry into the failures of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. It’s ...
Like most parents, I want my children to become good, honest, responsible adults. But which parenting techniques will turn my hope into reality? How do I get my daughters (currently aged two and four)...
We often lament how off the pace the NHS is in harnessing the power of the internet. The rest of our lives have been transformed by the ability to access information, book flights and buy anything fro...
The recent publication of the report from the Commission on Generalism, established by the Health Foundation in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners, stirred some considerable i...