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Part of @kscopehealth & @care_unbound & @HoStBarnabas. Tweeting about health & how to improve it. Occasionally veering into south London life.
Sep 23, 2020 10 tweets 5 min read
What are the implications of 6 months more lockdown on engagement & events? Quick thread based on our experience @kscopehealth of doing rather a lot of this. Skip to the end: don't give up or postpone indefinitely, time to get creative. 1. Virtual workshops remain Plan A. We've all been to so many digital events we know what good and bad looks like. But how do you set yourself up for success? @AGreyHealth has 5 tips for planning a great digital event: kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/5-tips-fo…
Sep 18, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Great to be facilitating a session with @nedwards_1 @ImperialNHS on lessons from history on hospital redevelopment. Spoiler: it's never a piece of cake. Image We're joined by a galaxy of stars who have led redevelopment across NHS. David Powell @AlderHey : "some of the cool ideas may come at any point, got to use your curiosity as a radar to find them."
Sep 17, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
How change happens, a little story.

When working at @CareQualityComm in 2014 I went to a talk by colleague Alan Swain who had just returned from 3 weeks at the Swedish CQC equivalent. One of Alan's main learnings was about teamwork and 'fika'. 1/4 As well as being the name for coffee shops in Ikea, fika is a common workplace practice in Sweden where everyone stops at a certain time every day for coffee and a chat as a team. Loving the idea, I stole it when I started at @HealthFdn later that year. 2/4
Jul 17, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Mini-thread on UBI... If you asked people which sector they would most like to work in (everything else being equal) and gave the option of not working at all, my hunch would be not-for-profit/public coming top, and way ahead of no work. (Has anyone done this surveying?) (1/6) My hunch partly brought out by our @kscopehealth furloughing experience, is that people much preferring to work (if able) rather than not, even if doesn't affect pay at all. Love to know if others have had similar experiences. (2/6)
Mar 5, 2020 12 tweets 7 min read
What is strategy, and where does it go wrong? Was lovely talking to @UCLMS_PGME students this morning about this w/ @shanecarmichael @kerryjboardman. My presentation in 7 tweets... Problem 1: We're expected to know what strategy is.

'Strategy' is everywhere, healthcare not exempt. However, do we give enough thought to what we *really* mean when we start talking about it? Stopping to say 'sorry, I don't understand' can be seen to be weak.
Feb 15, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Partnership working, a tale told in Lagos wall hangings @HornimanMuseum.

Vision. Image Reality. Image
Feb 5, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
Still reflecting on yesterday's 1st #ChangingHealthcare event on what we can learn from @NICEComms, held jointly by @kscopehealth & @HSRN_UK. Fascinating day - 5 things stood out for me. And join our webinar on 25/2 to hear more: bit.ly/kscope-NICE Image 1: Let's start with the basics. Has NICE been successful? Well, it's copied all over the world, and is still standing 21 years later - in comparison to vast majority of other health bodies. No-one really has an answer to what we'd have if we didn't have NICE.
Oct 3, 2019 5 tweets 3 min read
We're obsessed by psychological safety @kscopehealth - how to create environments which make people feel comfortable, welcomed, and able to admit what they don't know. @AmyCEdmondson is one of our heroes. /1 Image In that spirit, love this from @The_Globe - programme prepared for their Relaxed Performance:
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Sep 25, 2019 11 tweets 6 min read
It was a pleasure working w/ @ourhealthiersel to speak to people across south east London about the future of health, care, and the NHS Long Term Plan. What did we find? (1) Lots of willingness to talk, from a great diversity of groups. In particular, working w/ @wnicholson7, we spoke to 200 people through outreach to seldom heard groups. We also had 12 face-to-face events, and a survey alongside.
Feb 27, 2019 8 tweets 5 min read
Mini-thread on bullying & an even bigger problem. I wrote this on bullying in the NHS & #metoo for @NuffieldTrust reflecting on last year's #ntsummit. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/view… Image Two parts to the argument: bullying way too high, and not sufficiently part of the mainstream policy conversation. Idea was whether we could learn from #metoo in terms of calling out woefully unacceptable behaviour.