This is a guest blog by the Right to Smile Consensus, which is taking action to improve the oral health of people who experience severe mental ill health. The blog was co-authored by the following people: Dr Vishal Aggarwal is a dentist and clinical associate professor at the University of Leeds. Dr Carolyn A Chew-Graham is a
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This is a guest post from Zanne Gaynor and Kathryn Alevizos, co-founders of Acrobat Global,on the importance of correctly pronouncing and spelling a person’s name for creating inclusive environments. While the card pictured below might bring a wry smile to your face, there’s a serious message going on here. If you don’t take the time
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Dr Jenni Naisby from the Personalised Care Institute (PCI) caught up with Professor Alf Collins, NHS England’s Clinical Director, Personalised Care Group, to discuss shared decision making and the recently developed Decision Support Tools. Professor Collins has researched and published widely on self-management support, shared decision making, care planning, co-production, patient activation and patient engagement
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Working in partnership with NHS London, we have launched three new training films for local maternity services that will help contribute to the safety and wellbeing of all who access and use maternity services, following the final report of the Ockenden Review published earlier this year. Coproduced by women and birthing people, midwives and obstetricians,
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Building on last year’s success, we’re on the lookout for healthcare professionals who are passionate about personalised care to join the PCI Personalised Care Ambassador Programme and share their learning with their peers. Purpose and aim: The Personalised Care Institute is dedicated to making personalised care business as usual by training 75,000 health and care professionals
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New data from the GP Patient Survey 2022 reveals that people want to be more involved in their healthcare decisions. Refresh your knowledge of shared decision making (SDM) conversations in just 30-minutes with our free 30-minute eLearning module. Start our free SDM module The annual GP Patient survey, completed by 719,137 patients in 2022, found
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This is a guest post from Bebhinn Browne at West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Between 2020 and 2021, the West Yorkshire (WY) Health and Care Partnership developed a training programme to support health and care staff across the region to expand and refresh their knowledge of personalised care. In this post, Bebhinn Browne, explains how
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‘Personalised Care in the Community’ is the title of our latest podcast and, in this last of the series edition, we’re focusing on how personalised care can be used to keep people healthy within their homes and local communities. NHS @Home is a national programme aiming to ensure people have faster access to more appropriate
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This is a guest post from Dr Michelle Howarth, senior lecturer in nursing at the School of Health and Society, University of Salford In an era where the cost of living is rising, and more people are facing hardship, the question of ‘what matters to a person’ is fundamental to ensure our appreciation of the
This is a guest post from Kelly Phizacklea, Peer Leader. There has never been a more important time to help shape and influence how health and care is delivered in England. Demand for health and care services has increased in recent years, especially since the pandemic. It’s really highlighted what works well and what needs
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