Carol Smith – Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Surgical and Critical Care. University Hospital Hairmyres (UHH), NHS Lanarkshire. Email: carol.smith2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk Twitter: … More
Category: Improvement
Dietetics in Government
When I started dietetics in 1991 I wanted to make a difference and help people improve their health through diet … More
Making the move from NHS dietetics to Government
After working for the NHS for almost 19 years, I made the move last month to leave and join the … More
From Unicorns to Camels – it’s time to fill up our humps for the journey ahead
Kicking of 2021 with a blog from Carolyn McDonald – Chief Allied Health Professions Officer at The Scottish Government. The … More
Dietitians in Local and National Transformational Roles – what do we do?
As the Scottish Government’s Modernising Patient Pathways Programme’s Professional Dietetic Advisor and Lead for Coeliac Disease and as NHS Tayside’s … More
Different ways of delivering patient education and diabetic foot screening: A small test of change.
Hello we are Claire and Caroline Podiatrists in NHS Lanarkshire. We are blogging for the first time and would like … More
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
By Fiona McQueen Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland Moving into a new year, never mind a new decade, sends most … More
Caregiving is Universal
By Connie Murray Improvement Manager Unscheduled Care NHS Ayrshire & Arran I maybe naively was unaware of the large numbers … More
Over the mountain to the edge of the Sahara…
…Environmental quotes, learning and service improvement. By Katie Elliot, Occupational Therapist, NHS Forth Valley Twitter: @KatieElOT Email: katie.elliott@nhs.net Who doesn’t … More
Warriors, White Spaces and Navigating Uncertainty…
As I come to the end of a twelve year tenure as Director of Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s) in NHS … More