Here’s to a second year of connecting!
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 …
Connecting reminds me why I joined the Department
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Siobhan Jones, Posted on:
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A&E, Acute, Community care, Mental health, Secondary care
Connecting has been a fantastic opportunity to remind me why I joined the Department of Health, having recently come back after several years working in other parts of Government. It’s also given me a very useful snapshot of the reality …
Connecting with children and young people with mental health problems
The fact that people with depression die up to 10 years earlier than the average life expectancy, and people with schizophrenia up to 15 years earlier, is shocking. But the reality of life for people suffering with severe mental health …
Looking back and looking forward...
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 …
A passion of staff at all levels to deliver quality
A passion of staff at all levels to deliver quality I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect on this particular connecting visit, having already done two connecting visits before in acute settings. A group of us recently visited Central London …
P.R.O.U.D to make a difference
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 …
First hand learning is extremely powerful
Returning from my second week out connecting has provided me with a point on which to reflect on my experiences to date, and consider how they are changing the way that I am doing my job. From ward to ward …