Thank you very much to all who contributed the 10 posts in week 17. I am going to start this summary by mentioning the post that I think must have been the toughest to write. Kirsty Bowie wrote about the…
When preparing for a new job, as Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, Paul Gray visited a number of NHS Boards to meet staff and patients. He was inspired by what he found. Then a few days before starting, tragedy hit so many when…
I have to admit that when I read Peter Bryden’s account of the birth of his first child I had tears running down my face. Peter and his wife did not experience the care you would expect during what became…
The Week 42 posts made me think again about Weekly Blog Club, as people move on and things quieten down. Joseph Conaghan wrote a thought-provoking post Is Ambulance Reality TV …Insight or Voyeuristic? I can see an argument for producing such television…
Joseph Conaghan raises interesting questions about the kind of reality tv shows that I avoid watching – those that show what happens when the emergency services deal with a 999 call. Is Ambulance Reality TV …Insight or Voyeuristic? by Joseph Conaghan .
My apologies for the delay in the Week 37 summary due to catastrophic laptop failure, resulting eventually in having to replace the hard drive (and losing some files from the last couple of months since it last broke down when…
Big congratulations to the Scottish Health Monthly for curating a fine collection of health related blogs for 6 months now. Again, the quality and variety of blogs for June is amazing, and anyone with an interest in health related matters…
On the Dumfries and Galloway health blog Jeff Ace wonders what the legacy of current health changes will be to future generations, something which needs to be taken into consideration with service redesign. Jeff and colleagues certainly feel the weight…
Catherine Howe takes the Dan Slee approach to unconference blogging in her general post about BlueLightCamp13. She writes about 20 things – grouped into 3 thank yous, 6 research questions, 6 points relating to the question ‘what is the future of social…
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