Several members of the Legislation and Policy Unit in the NHS Group recently went connecting at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM). SLAM provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, has about 4800 …
In health policy we have been talking about ‘moving care closer to home’ for a long time. Although I understand the logical argument for this, I must admit that I have never had any exposure to community services. I also …
It has now been a year since we prepared our first set of civil servants to go out on the frontline. As I look back over that year, not only do I have a lot of memories, but most of …
Looking back at 2013, I can't quite believe that this time last year the Connecting programme did not exist. Of course, people in DH had always gone out into the health and care system. The difference though now is that …
I have just returned from a week at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I wanted to witness first-hand “what good care looks like” locally having read some really encouraging patient feedback on the quality of care provided by the …
Noelle breathes and blinks like you and me…but she is made of rubber and costs £40,000. Noelle is a state of the art training aid for staff at Kingston Hospital and I had a chance to watch the team using …