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The Weekend Handover May 27th

THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 27th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass  Five Things I Think:  Some of my favourite memories ...
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The Weekend Handover May 20th

THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 20th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think:  It was great to be ...
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The Weekend Handover May 13th

THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 13th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think:  Happy Nurses' Day 2022! Nurses ...
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The Weekend Handover May 6th

THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 6th May Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think  1. It's time to end ...
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The Weekend Handover

THE WEEKEND HANDOVER Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think  50,000 new nurses will not be enough. ...
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The thing that all problems in healthcare have in common…

Following on from yesterday's blog I'd like to share a brief thought: All problems / challenges in healthcare ...
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Find the common threads…

In the past eighteen months I've probably read more than during any other period in my life of ...
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Morale is the thermometer of leadership, culture is the thermostat.

Over recent weeks I've been digging into the literature on change management, both as an academic and as ...
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Strategy or Plan?

One of the things that causes much confusion in the business world is the difference between strategy and ...
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The five conditions necessary for a professional practice environment:

Freedom to function effectively; Support from peers and leaders; Clear expectations of the work environment; Appropriate resources to ...
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The Sunday Long Read – NHS waiting lists

Six million and counting For the first time in two years this week's newspaper healthcare headlines focused on ...
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Podcast Launch

The Healthcare Expert podcast launched today capturing a great conversation I had with Suzanne Smith from Cygnet Health ...
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The only way to begin moving forward is to take the first step….

Over the next few weeks a couple of long term goals of mine will take shape and go ...
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Happy National Apprenticeship Week & Why aren’t healthcare employers better addressing the workforce gaps via apprenticeships?

This week is National Apprenticeship Week (I know it's a busy week given yesterday's blog post.) My good ...
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Children’s Mental Health Week

This week is Children's mental health week https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk. I began my registered nursing career working in an admission ...
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The value of feedback

Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of building a successful career. Whether the feedback is positive ...
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The Sunday Long-read: Why the Mental Health Act 1983 needs updating.

'Can I show you this fantastic Blu-Ray disc?' Progress, or rather the need for change does not exist ...
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It’s okay, when things aren’t okay. So long as you have a plan…

I spent some time with a consulting client of mine recently and we were discussing situations where things ...
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Nursing Lessons from the past aka ‘why I won’t be giving up my old nursing books’.

Last week I invited a friend over to my house for coffee and a catch up. My friend ...
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The thing that all problems in healthcare have in common…

Following on from yesterday's blog I'd like to share a brief thought: All problems / challenges in healthcare ...
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