Avoidable harm needs to be embedded, not an adjunct - patient/ family/carer engagement all the way

Congratulations to NorthumbriaNHS for their project, 'Supporting Safe Nurse Staffing, from Ward to Board'! Highly commended goes to NHS Grampian. #RLDatixAwards

Congratulations to Salisbury Hospital for their project, 'Reducing Temporary Staff Usage While Improving Acuity and Dependency Scoring with SafeCare'. Highly commended goes to NorthumbriaNHS. #RLDatixAwards

Highly Commended for Innovative Award for Quality Improvement 🥰 ⁦NorthumbriaNHS⁩ ⁦Enhanced Care for Older People (EnCOP)⁩ #CNS2024

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"Pension Credit has a notoriously low rate of take-up, but local authorities and their communities can play a valuable role in helping to raise these levels." Says our Age-friendly Communities Learning Officer, Rebecca Lines. Read more in our blog: ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/valuable…

How to say no. A superb article: "In a world that often values compliance over authenticity....we find ourselves entangled in a web of obligations, constantly saying yes to requests that may not align with our true desires or priorities. Yet, buried beneath the layers of societal

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🌹Labour’s first budget in 14 years at a glance SPENDING ⚡️changes to fiscal rules freeing up approx £100bn for infrastructure investment over five years incl transport & energy 🩻 NHS gets £22.6bn for day to day spending plus £3.1bn capital - with targets to cut waiting

When we're action planning for change, we need to think about relationships & connections, not just about changing processes & pathways. The "Collaboration Spectrum" is a useful tool for discussing where we are now in our relationship with key partners & where we want/need to be

📣🎉 Exciting News! We’re delighted to announce our collaboration with the RCN Foundation! Together, we're committed to supporting and empowering nursing and midwifery to enhance public health and well-being. Discover more... ow.ly/x9QL50TVqxw Roy Lilley 💙 Dr Theresa Porrett

It’s becoming clear that non-public sector social care providers (the vast majority) won't receive support for National Insurance increases.Wes Streeting indicated he’s assessing the impact on general & community care but is less clear on social care. This needs to be a priority

I am blown away to be shortlisted for this for the 2nd year in a row. For those despairing with long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, EDS: The medical world sees you. This never used to happen. This is a win for these conditions Shout out to all the finalists’ amazing achievements👏

Do really appreciate Awards that go the extra to share excellent practice. Great opts to talk at RLDatix conference & after. Plus, how lovely to see a showcase again for how NorthumbriaNHS supports staff & patients - 1 Winner - 3 Highly Commended! 🤩peoplesummit.rldatix.com/wp-content/upl…

Having dipped my toe in the water, I’m loving all that blue sky 👋

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