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22
Jun
Information to give patients a voice in their care
Patient information is the bedrock of the health service and it’s vital for facilitating good care. As we move further towards a fully integrated health and social care system, the need for properly
Posted on Thursday, 22nd June 2017
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16
Jun
Bringing an objective view to care home choice
This blog post by Emma Challans, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, explains the development of a free-to-use consumer-facing website
Posted on Friday, 16th June 2017
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Jun
Shifting the goalposts: the quest for a digital NHS
It was a match made in heaven – a rapidly advancing digital landscape of innovative tech meets an NHS ripe for an ‘information revolution’. Or so we thought. It turns out things aren’t quite that
Posted on Friday, 16th June 2017
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Jun
PIF launches a manifesto for better health information!
It is because of our belief in the transformative power of information that we are launching PIF’s first-ever election manifesto, which outlines the case for information and sets out three simple asks
Posted on Thursday, 08th June 2017
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26
May
Measuring impact: experiences from Salford and social care
As a new member of PIF, with responsibility for adult social care information, I was keen to attend the Leeds workshop on measuring the impact of information, taking place in June. Prior engagements
Posted on Friday, 26th May 2017
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22
Mar
Working with young people to produce accessible and practical information
Working with young people with autism, and their parents and carers, we developed patient versions of SIGN guidelines that were accessible, tailored and practical booklets for these users
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
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22
Mar
Building consensus to support patient empowerment
The MS Brain Health model is a brilliant example of stakeholders coming together for the long-term benefit of patients. It could be replicated across conditions, providing patients with
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
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3
Mar
Creating online patient information – a guide for the uninitiated
Picture the scene – I was a Patient Information and Support Manager at Anthony Nolan, just back from maternity leave, coping with baby brain and trying to remember what my job even is in the
Posted on Friday, 03rd March 2017
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Mar
Why your services need Accessible Information
As a communications designer at CHANGE, I work alongside experts with learning disabilities in our Words to Pictures Team to create truly Accessible Information.Through co-working with colleagues with
Posted on Friday, 03rd March 2017
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20
Jan
Confused patients – can ‘.com’ help?
We have one of the best and most efficient health systems in the world. Having had Type 1 Diabetes since 1970 (Yes I am the ‘boy in a coma who cheated death’), and a life full of football and fell
Posted on Friday, 20th January 2017