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29 November 2023
Insights from the Picker and the Point of Care Foundation Symposium
On 2nd November 2023, Picker and the Point of Care Foundation hosted a symposium on care experiences. Picker’s CEO, Chris Graham, reflects on the day.
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17 November 2023
Making improvement more human
Bev discusses 'NHS Impact' – the shared improvement approach to support NHS organisations to have the skills to deliver continuous improvement.
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30 September 2023
Suicide Prevention Month 2023
1 in 5 of us have had suicidal thoughts. As we reach the end of Suicide Prevention month, Katie reflects on how we talk about suicide and the stigma around mental health and suicide.
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22 September 2023
Keeping on, keeping on – how can we stay optimistic about our healthcare system?
Bev reflects on recent news and how our mission couldn’t be more relevant than it is today.
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17 September 2023
World Patient Safety Day 2023
For this year's Patient Safety Day, Jono Broad explores the importance of elevating patients' voices and the WHO's patient safety aims.
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07 September 2023
Stories: the good, the bad and the ugly
Sarah reflects on the power of stories and her own stories that led her to the Point of Care Foundation.
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05 July 2023
To save the NHS, listen to frontline staff, patients and carers
Patients and their families are an untapped resource for improving services, not a burden to be reduced. Bev responds to the Guardian's 'A future worth fighting for’: five health experts on the state of the NHS at 75'.
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26 April 2023
Finding commonality, community and connection: Our Schwartz trip across the pond
Aggie Rice and Laura Golding recall a visit to Schwartz community colleagues in the USA
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16 March 2023
Response to the report of the Patient Safety Commissioner – first 100 days
Bev Fitzsimons welcomes the Patient Safety Commissioner’s focus on culture change, but for this to have real impact we need a more complete understanding of what it means to ‘listen to patients’.
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14 February 2023
Schwartz Rounds: Reflections from our early Rounds
Leanne shares Freedom from Torture's experience of Schwartz Rounds and how they've become essential for supporting staff with the human dimensions of their work.