By Dr Rachel Ann Jones C.Psychol AFBPsS, National Learning Disability Programme Lead. “The values, knowledge and skills that healthcare staff will acquire through completing this vital training will really make a difference to the experience of patients with a learning disability. This training is a legacy to Paul, and we are
Continue readingBy Bethany Kruger, Senior Improvement Manager, Improvement Cymru. Since the dawn of time, we have attempted to understand our world and manage our place in it. We have attempted to seek out meaning and understanding. What does it mean to be me? And what does it mean to be someone
Continue readingBy Clare Dieppe, Clinical Lead, Improvement Cymru. A few months ago I found myself sitting in the high dependency unit relatives’ room waiting for an update on my partner who had just been admitted from the Emergency Department with sepsis. As a doctor, being a relative waiting for an update
Continue readingBy Prof John Boulton, Director of Improvement Cymru and National Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. One of the very few benefits of the last few years is that I have managed to start running again. Granted it is more like a plod, but I have been putting
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By Dr Rachel Ann Jones C.Psychol AFBPsS, National Learning Disability Programme Lead. There were many powerful messages throughout the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Gothenburg this June. But if I had to summarise the three day conference into one word it is “tillsammans”. A Swedish word,
Continue readingBy Dr Seth A. Mensah, MB ChB MSc DPM MRCPsych, neuropsychiatrist with consultant responsibility for the Welsh Neuropsychiatry Service. People who are supported by the Welsh Neuropsychiatry Service represent the most complex in behavioural, emotional and psychiatric need. As a specialist team of neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists and support workers, our
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