I’m very grateful to Kate Bentham for looking after Weekly Blog Club for Week 5. She clearly did a brilliant job since the number of posts has tripled this week (even though I didn’t get round to doing one myself)! This week’s posts…
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Blue stars, seagull-proofing, waste and change
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Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
Paper bags and sowing seeds
Thank you very much to all those who contributed to and tweeted about the Week 4 posts. The subjects of the posts were thought-provoking and honest, although sometimes difficult. Michael Canavan’s post about when CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) may not be…
Tagged with: Ayrshire Health, clear out, CPR, data visualisation, decluttering, National Health Service, NHS Hack Day, NHSS, paper, TaysideHealth
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, disability, health, health services, leadership, local government, mental health, patient care, schools, snow, social media, training, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, disability, health, health services, leadership, local government, mental health, patient care, schools, snow, social media, training, working practices
#thiswomancan #youngpeoplecan #artstherapycan
Thank you to everyone who contributed to Week 3 of 2015. Each and every post was interesting and well-written but my personal favourites amongst this week’s posts were the State of the Art in Medical Education by John McCulloch on the TaysideHealth blog, and #thisgirlcan: a…
Tagged with: #thisgirlcan, arts therapists, arts therapy, Ayrshire Health, good practice exchange, Guardian Public Leaders Editorial Board, National Health Service, NHSS, occupational therapists, TaysideHealth
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, culture, exercise, health, health services, journalism, leadership, public sector, sports, therapy, universities, women
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, culture, exercise, health, health services, journalism, leadership, public sector, sports, therapy, universities, women
The Memory of Happy Shoes
In this weeks blog on Ayrshire Health we have a guest post from Janice Mcalister who writes about Dementia. Janice talks about how certain triggers such as a smell, song or even a picture of happy shoes can help to…
Tagged with: Ayrshire Health, dementia, memories, memory, NHSaaa, Patient care, triggers
Posted in health, health services, leadership, patient care, public sector, working practices
Posted in health, health services, leadership, patient care, public sector, working practices
Welcome to 2014 and Year 3
Appropriately, we had 14 posts for Week 1 of 2014. It’s wonderful when coincidences like that happen (and if I managed to miss your post, it will go into Week 2’s list). I was delighted to see posts from a…
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Don’t Panic
Cameron Sharkey writes about his experience so far on the NHS Scotland management trainee scheme run by NHS Education for Scotland. He writes about the effect on him of seeing examples of people-focused care during his three-month induction, and reflects…
Tagged with: Ayrshire Health, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Scotland, NHSS, person-centred care
Posted in education, finance, health, health services, management, working practices
Posted in education, finance, health, health services, management, working practices
Perhaps ….. maybe …
Aileen Fyfe reflects on Realising Potential – ‘ an action plan for allied health professionals in mental health’ – and considers what it could do for her profession. Perhaps ….. maybe … by Aileen Fyfe on the Ayrshire Health blog.
Tagged with: Ayrshire Health, mental health services, Realising Potential action plan
Posted in blogging, health services, mental health, working practices
Posted in blogging, health services, mental health, working practices
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