teams – almondemotion

Insight and polite surgeons (P&Q’s)

‘Did you realise that every time you walk in the room all the staff are on alert, waiting for you to criticise, pick-on or otherwise attack them?’

Effectiveness

Workforce

No, everyone can’t find the meaning of life in work, but so many of us find no meaning at all – the existential treadmill drawing us along.

Effectiveness

A response to Henry Marsh

In yesterday’s Guardian, Henry Marsh, the former neurosurgeon, wrote a short piece commenting on the treatment by the legal system and the media, of transplant surgeon Simon Bramhall – otherwise […]

Effectiveness

The Perfect Patient Pathway?*

On Friday, I attended an event where I learned about the Perfect Patient Pathway – I will call it PPP, or perhaps 3P for short, as it is a little […]

Effectiveness

Bit of an arse.

I don’t want to analyse the etymology of this phrase, yet, it is something that I have noticed cropping-up over the years. I suspect people say this outside of medicine, […]

Effectiveness

Person-Centred Care – Why? Why not?

The technical is finite, the person, their wishes, hopes and ideas are infinite. The team, the dream collective is limitless.

Effectiveness

There is so much happening

People for whom caring is so inherent, so part of the job-description that it needn’t be said – like breathing, moving, loving – imperatives of existence.

Delirium

Person-Centred Teams & People

Before I say anything, I’d like to begin by thanking the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme for starting me along this journey, and, Helen Sanderson for making it meaningful. If anyone […]

Person Centred Care

How the tree grew, Or… the unintended consequences of improvement and change;

The tree, like the people who work on the ward and who receive our care are part of the art, part of the creation, the magic that is our team.