Jacqui Croxford, Compliance and Care Strategy Manager, Darbyshire Care
Jacqui Croxford is a Care Home Manager with Darbyshire Care. In the summer of 2020 she completed our free online Train the Trainer programme for RESTORE2 and has been an advocate of this evidence-based tool ever since. In this blog, Jacqui explains why. I have been a mental health nurse since 1996 and had the…
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Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive, West of England AHSN
Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive of the West of England AHSN, looks back on the last 12 months. As I reflect on the year that was 2020, two quotes spring to mind, from very different sources. Firstly there are Michelle Obama’s motivational words: “You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for…
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In the second of our Meet the Innovator blog series, we meet Dr Carey McClellan, Founder/CEO of getUBetter – a digital self-management platform for all common musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. Here, he talks about how the West of England AHSN helped him with early ownership of his idea and what our Health Innovation Programme (HIP)…
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Dr Shanil Mantri, GP and Clinical Digital Advisor to the West of England AHSN
With the rise of COVID-19 and the need for increased home monitoring, in particular pulse oximetry, there is renewed interest in the role of digital in supporting this pathway. Dr Shanil Mantri, GP and Clinical Digital Advisor to the West of England AHSN, shares his advice on what should to be considered when contemplating a…
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Anne Pullyblank, Medical Director West of England AHSN
In this special blog post, Anne Pullyblank – Medical Director, West of England AHSN, discusses how ReSPECT started, the success of the programme, and what is next. Back in 2018, there was a mixed picture across our region for managing end of life care. We knew we needed a unified system to make these challenging…
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Chris Turner (GP) and Soghra Bi (Senior Community Nurse)
Fessey House is a residential care home in Swindon for people with dementia, learning disabilities and other enhanced needs. Local GP, Chris Turner and Senior Community Nurse, Soghra Bi have been supporting Fessey House to introduce RESTORE2, in collaboration with the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), to help staff more quickly identify when residents’ health…
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