Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive, West of England AHSN
In the first of our series looking at how healthcare is changing to manage COVID-19, our Chief Executive Natasha Swinscoe considers the factors that helped those on the front-line respond quickly and effectively. There has already been a lot written on the lessons learned from dealing with the pandemic. Many have commented on the positive…
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Mildred Mhlanga, Registered Manager, Silva Care
Mildred Mhlanga is a manager at Silva Care, which provides various care services across Bristol, including supported living, respite and outreach services. Silva Care’s support workers help service users with medical appointments, making referrals and signposting to relevant health professionals. Mildred felt a knowledge of NEWS2 could complement the skills of their support workers and…
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Noshin Menzies, Senior Project Manager, West of England AHSN
Noshin Menzies, Senior Project Manager, shares her experiences of launching a Quality Improvement programme during COVID. If you’d told me 4 months ago we would be where we are today with PERIPRem, I’d have wondered what planet you were from. This exciting, ambitious care bundle, the vision of two extraordinary neonatologists, was going to launch…
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Dr Mark Juniper, Respiratory and Intensive Care Consultant, Great Western Hospital
Dr. Mark Juniper shares his experiences of adjusting to and working in a COVID-19 environment. I’ve recently done my first resident night on call for 25 years. For more than 20 years, I have been a consultant in respiratory and intensive care medicine. Eight years ago I took on the role of clinical coordinator at…
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Ann Remmers, Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead, West of England AHSN
Ann Remmers, Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead for the West of England AHSN, reflects on how brilliantly midwives are adjusting to working in these unprecedented times, and thanks each and every midwife for the amazing job they are doing. No one could ever have predicted what a momentous year the International Year of the Nurse…
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Alison Tavaré, GP and Primary Care Clinical Lead here at the West of England AHSN
Alison Tavaré, GP and Primary Care Clinical Lead here at the West of England AHSN shares a personal experience of surviving sepsis, and explains why she’s now such a strong advocate for the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in supporting the identification of the deteriorating patient. Surgery to stabilise my spine sorted…
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