Tomorrow evening I’ll be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the critical topic of future proofing the cancer care workforce. The #MacmillanGreenRoom event will be streamed live from 6.30pm. Join us tinyurl.com/j5vtpy4r #MacmillanGreenRoom #nhsworkforce #cancercare

What’s the weather? Flap-o-meter says it’s a tad breezy out #whippet #TakeACoat #HappyNewDay

Delighted to be travelling to see our Macmillan Cancer Support Professionals and excited to share and celebrate their work via seeing fabulous members of our team today around the country! #OnTheRoad 🚂 #ChooChoo

Wonderful for kiwanja to be in conversation alongside Richard Simcock our Chief Medical Officer Macmillan Cancer Support about the opportunity with innovation, user needs, scientific advancement & personalised journeys with our Professionals #OneTeam With #Heart #Strength and #Ambition 💚

.#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

Nominations & entries are now open for the #ImpactAwards 2024! They celebrate the digital tech innovations that improve people’s lives & the world around us. There are 12 categories, organised into 3 themes Environmental, Social & Governance: 👉🏼 impact-awards.co.uk

This voyage to Antarctica was crewed by over 100 women scientists. Learn how these women in STEM are breaking barriers and combatting climate change. bit.ly/3sEjwJT

Today Macmillan Cancer Support I’ve been hearing why purple matters to people with lived experience of disability #PurpleAlly purplespace.org #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💜

A history of change: How approaches to change have evolved in alignment with prevailing mental models & dominant corporate functions of the time: 1960s: Operations focus: change processes were linear, planned & efficient. Leadership followed a top-down approach 1980s: Finance

Great to share reflections on what leaders could be thinking about with Computing.co.uk here.. computing.co.uk/opinion/414911… Macmillan Cancer Support

We are here when you need us, be it on call lines or online over the whole festive season. Do reach out if you need advice or a friendly ear. Macmillan Cancer Support Thank you too to our wonderful support and tech teams who are working over the festive season. 💚

The rate of adoption of tech continues to become quicker over time as technology builds on existing infrastructure and there’s more spending power of average households.

22m adults can't carry out essential digital tasks - addressing this gap is essential to creating the health service fit for the future @FutureDotNowUK have released a national plan for action in 2024 to close the #DigitalSkillsGap across all sectors. Read it here🔽

🚨As of midnight last night (yes the team were up watching it go live) anyone can now apply for a veteran’s ID card who has served in the UK’s Armed Forces. Years of work including a £45m effort to digitise veterans records has matured today. gov.uk/veteran-card

Common factors for digital transformation failures in healthcare: - lack of patient involvement - poorly defined requirements - not adapting to user feedback

Digital transformation is set up to fail if we assume the tech can do more than it actually can and if we ignore what staff & patients need.

Time to redesign service delivery. Design pathways around people’s needs, break down silos, invest in tech that supports staff to work not gets in their way. It doesn’t need to be like this. Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

It’s sad to see damage to services benefiting the public alongside local businesses.Especially so as trustee of the impactful CitizensAdvice with damage to Citizens Advice Sunderland.What is heartening is the teamwork & spirit to get those important services back running: to help all people