Planning and delivering the first Wales International Dementia Care conference – during a pandemic… by Michaela Morris, Mental Health Programme, Service Improvement Manager

2-3 February 2021 saw the first Wales International Dementia Care conference, Improvement Cymru’s first virtual large scale event, our first partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This could be a blog about many firsts! Yes it may be the first time we have held an international conference of this

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One Year On: An Update from Learning Disability Improvement Cymru By Dr Rachel Ann Jones C.Psychol AFBPsS, National Learning Disability Programme Lead

2020 has been a year like no other that we have known. If we wind the clock back twelve months, our newly established team was undertaking a series of engagement events with hundreds of individuals connected to LD services across Wales. Sharon, Ruth, Bethany, David, Paula and myself travelled the

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Improving Maternity Services During a Global Pandemic by Elinore Macgillivray, Senior Improvement Manager

What an unexpected and difficult time 2020 has been for everyone, particularly if you have been pregnant or had a baby during the past nine months. I can’t imagine anyone – from the pregnant person, their family, support systems or those working in maternity services – ever thought that 2020

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