Performing The Heart of Care (Compassionate Care conference presentation)

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Here’s a link to a PDF of the presentation I gave at the Compassionate Care conference at Teeside University in April. The presentation develops on some of the points I made in earlier talks I gave in Toronto and Tasmania with regards to our attempts to practice kindness, compassion, and healing care in culturally unsustainable…

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Staff burnout could derail NHS efficiency drive and move to 7-day service (Nuffield)

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Read the full press release here. “The Nuffield Trust today warns that plans for an unprecedented £22 billion in savings and seven day working by 2020 will not be realised unless the health service reconnects with staff and develops their skills to better meet changing patient needs.In a new briefing, published as MPs prepare to…

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