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Turbo-boosting STPs? It’s time we got serious about ‘partnership’

Jeremy Hunt and Simon Steven’s recent announcement to ‘turbo-boost’ Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (note, they are Partnerships now, not just Plans) provides a welcome shot-in-the-arm for those across the system who are working hard to transform our health service into one that truly focuses on people’s health, and not just their illnesses. In a united front, they announced capital funding (to the tune of £325m) […]

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We need a revolution in listening and responding

This blog is the 1st of two linked blogs and was written on 17 June, 3 days after the Grenfell Tower fire The people of Grenfell Tower died because the people in power didn’t listen to them and didn’t care about them. This is the conclusion I am coming to as I listen to the […]

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The young at heart

This is a challenge to conventional wisdom. Meet Rose Oldham, pictured here with her GP Dr Bhatti, and our Practice Manager Lynn at my surgery donneybrook Medical centre. I met Rose as her Practice nurse a few months ago, when up popped the dreaded tick box on the clinical records system Alert: ‘Frailty’ in front of […]

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How to achieve more by doing less

I want to share a few thoughts as I hand over the baton to a new generation of leaders in NHS Alliance and return back to the Primary Care Foundation. The best example of offering advice to a new generation is the one and only no.1 hit with a clear and unambiguous public health message […]

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Michael Dixon – Thank you and goodbye

This evening is a time to reflect and renew.  I am going to do the reflection.  What have we achieved in eighteen years, what lessons have we learnt what  and of the future? First, some more very heartfelt and overdue thankyous.  To all of you – friends and allies – for coming here today and […]