We all really KNOW this in our hearts, I think: fewer meetings is basically BETTER ALL ROUND.

How often in health do we feel that stuff is just being "done to" us? "Nothing about us without us" resonates just as much now as in the early days of the disability rights movement.

Shout out to all the middle-aged #GCSEResultsDay parents who are trying to convert everything into old school A-Es to work out what grades their children have actually got

Things that are woke this week (in case you can't keep up): doing the Macarena, Staff Networks, challenging government Ministers, Argos, rainbow halogen bulbs.

It's v. helpful when guidance has a clear structure like this: makes measurement / accountability / governance so much easier to develop. A great place to start organising plans and thinking (esp. if you are super-impatient about this stuff like me👀). NHS Start With People

I have the utmost respect for this guy who has built a village for the mice in his garden

Some useful tips on this thread about Patient Experience podcasts!

Thank you Ma’am, for everything.

Everyone in Somerset knows this feeling. ☺️ 🐮

I find consultations FASCINATING, whether it's GP Surgeries or building a tunnel under the Thames: here are some things I've learnt about the differences across sectors! @TCINewsDesk Traverse Guest Article: All consultation is the same, isn’t it? consultationinstitute.org/guest-article-…

🚨 Call for participants 🚨 We are looking for #PersonalAssistants who are employed by someone in receipt of a #DirectPayment to take part in a short research project. More details👇 If you're interested please contact [email protected] Traverse @em_niner

A fantastic example of contributing to our new image library campaign centred around #AWomansWork! Get involved by sharing a photo of yourself at work using the hashtag #AWomansWork and tagging Ageing Better, you could win a £20 voucher!

Now I really love the NHS but I'm not sure I can forgive the clinician at my flu jab appointment, who glanced at me and said to her assistant: "Is it the under or over 65's jab?" 😭

This is my favourite autumn tree in Vivary Park because he always puts on a SHOW. Check out that balayage. 😍🌳🍁🍂

Yay! I love all these image libraries from Ageing Better and here's some great new additions. You now have NO EXCUSE for using crap stock photos of people pointing at laptops and laughing jovially/jumping into a sunset/high-fiving at work. I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT

My article for The Consultation Institute (tCI) in which I argue that the destruction of earth for a hyperspace express route in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is an #NSIP and probably doesn’t meet the Gunning Principles of good #consultation. #HGTTG #HitchhikersGuide consultationinstitute.org/guest-article-…

I love this series of stories. Here's another inspiring woman: A new start after 60: I retrained as a hospice nurse – and lost my fear of death theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

I love this video and the variety of 'differences' that it brings to the inclusion table. (And I love that there is a British Gas contingent at Pride!)