Dr Claire Ingham Clark HFMA says "recognise and empathise with what causes people distress" ...what a powerful statement... #wellbeing #hfma2021 One NHS Finance NHS FFF Educators UHCW NHS Trust Mark Songhurst💙

Many congratulations to the amazing Beth Pidduck 💙 for the Outstanding Contribution to FFF award. So well deserved, you are an amazing person and such an inspiration. One NHS Finance

I still don’t like seeing myself on camera. But I still hold onto every word of this. Thank you One NHS Finance for giving so many people an opportunity and a springboard. Healthcare Skills Training International I do occasionally do things publicly.

My computer phone rings and it is a colleague I am working with. I pick the call up expecting a series of questions and I read get told it is not a work call it is simply a call to see how I am. One NHS Finance let’s all call someone today to see how they are.

Steve Bush of Leeds Teaching Hospitals says members of the public would understandably think the NHS would know where are its patients are, where its equipment is, and know which equipment has been used for which patient. 1/2 #BetterCareCostsLess

The focus of the trust’s Scan4Safety programme is therefore focusing on these three areas, “because the general public would think we were doing them already”. #BetterCareCostsLess

Steve Bush from Leeds Teaching Hospitals asks what advice he’d give to a trust embarking on #Scan4Safety. “Have a really hard look about what’s achievable, at what’s your real focus, at what can be done with the time and resources available.” #BetterCareCostsLess

Looking forward to Mark Songhurst💙's session at Convenzis's #NHS Estates conference tomorrow at 12:50pm. Mark will be discussing the importance of accurate location identification using #GS1 #GLNs, & exploring the benefits to #patientsafety. hubs.la/Q01d-bxl0

Everyday we have a new experience. Today it is flying to a conference. Thanks to a rail strike flying was the best option to get to London.

Congratulations Mark Songhurst💙 for receiving the GS1 Healthcare Provider Individual Leadership Award at the #GS1HealthcareConference2022 👏 A true champion of #GS1standards implementation & #Scan4Safety, not just in the UK but globally. LTH Scan4Safety Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Thank you all for the kind comments and to GS1 for the award. I am very humbled by it, it is part of a journey to constantly providing better healthcare for patients across the globe.

💬 'We are responsible for every single patient in this globe to make sure their healthcare is the best it can be, the safest it can be, and the most effective'. 🎬Mark Songhurst💙 receiving his 'Best Healthcare Provider Individual Award' at the GS1 Healthcare Conference in Paris ⤵️

Looking forward to speaking to GS1 Spain tomorrow and sharing the work we have been doing with GS1 UK Healthcare to improve processes at Leeds.

A new day and a new presentation talking to GS1 UK about the impact of #Scan4Safety and GS1 Standards

My amazing nephew is rowing a half marathon in a pair on a rowing machine to raise money for Leeds Rowing Club. If anyone can spare anything it would be greatly appreciated. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/L…

I’ve spent the past month playing The Good Fairy. I always said the same thing at the end of the show. This is me saying it for the last time. A moment I won’t forget in a rush xx

How can #GS1standards be used to better manage patient flow? Scan4Safety programme manager at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Mark Songhurst💙, explains how the trust is implementing Live Bed State and explores the benefits for staff and patients. Scan4Safety LTH Scan4Safety Quality Forum

Our partner GS1 UK Healthcare and #Scan4Safety champions at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Mark Songhurst💙 were presenting the benefits of barcode scanning at point of care, during Quality Forum 2024

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary Valuemaker journey started…

Today I had the honour of speaking at the 12th World Clinical Safety Congress.