The NHS at Christmas. 10 Radical Ways to FIX the NHS. A Conversation...
Stephen (Steve) Podmore
Founder of LetsFIXtheNHS.help and TransformGlobal.co | Driving Bold Solutions for Healthcare Transformation Through Media, Innovation, and the Vision for an NHS Investment Bank
At this holiday time, if you are a believer, or if you are not, do spare a thought for those in hospital or receiving care at home or in care homes. Especially, please spare a thought for those missing family celebrations and spending time at work, all to keep the NHS running - and to provide treatment and care to those who need it most.
Click below to watch the alternative NHS Christmas speech from 2019. https://youtu.be/RIx6cnGzIYM?si=a6iE5yHbfHK0f5Eu
It's my first Christmas without my mother who passed away in August, following her second stroke a month earlier. In her last 15 months, she spent over 5 of them in hospital, and while she was at home, we had the benefit of the community stroke team, district nurses, and home first (the care package to help get you back into your own home). I got to visit her in hospital daily and then I had 10 months where I looked after her at home. It was the biggest privilege of my life and these were times I will treasure always. Though it was difficult at times I knew how fortunate I was. All this was courtesy of our amazing NHS - and I am beyond grateful for the care that was provided, right up to my amazing mother's last breath. Thank you NHS.
The experience however also showed how stretched the NHS is. If the NHS is to get to its centenary and beyond, collectively we have to figure out what's wrong, and fix it. We have to take the amazing aspects, and build on them. We badly need innovation and development in all aspects of the NHS. Not radical enough in some ways - but here are 10 Radical Ways to FIX the NHS.
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If you'd like to watch the full 40 minute version, you can find it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRWSo_-sYGg
With your family and friends around the dinner table and with a positive 'can do' mindset - ask the question 'What could we do to FIX the NHS'? We'd love to know what you discussed. Tell us at www.LetsFIXtheNHS.Help
Happy Christmas.
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