Published in Web of Weeknotes·5 days agoWeeknote: 28 November to 2 December 2022What was hard? I was hit by a bad cold for most of this week, which was a terrible week to be below par due to important deadlines in the operating model work. To be fair, when I read back over my weeknotes, almost every week for the last 2 months has had…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Nov 27Weeknote: 21 to 25 November 2022What did I enjoy? Getting back to some digital urgent and emergency care work after a few weeks mainly focused on our product directorate operating model. On Tuesday, I got out of the office to to learn about innovation at North West Ambulance Service. I’m always impressed by the NWAS digital team’s test and…Weeknotes2 min readWeeknotes2 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Nov 19Weeknote: 14 to 18 November 2022What was hard? A full-on week as we had an important internally driven deadline on our operating model in the new NHS England. There was a lot of work to gather information, collate it, and present it in a way that is meaningful for colleagues who know little about what our teams do…Weeknotes6 min readWeeknotes6 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Nov 12Weeknote: 7 to 11 November 2022What did I enjoy? Helen, Lara, and I presented to an advisory group of NHS England and NHS Digital exec and non-exec directors about the shift we’re making to a product mindset across our new organisation. We had a good discussion and an encouraging response. It’s always helpful to hear how our most senior…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Nov 6Weeknote: 3 to 4 November 2022What did I enjoy? Returning to work on Thursday to see the progress that colleagues had made while I was away. It’s a somewhat guilty pleasure because I know it was a tough five-day week for many people, so I tried not to be too smug about swanning in with only two days to…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Oct 29Weeknote: 24 to 28 October 2022What did I enjoy? This week did seem like a week of breakthroughs in our work on the creation of the new NHS England. The context remains challenging, but amid this there are signs that digital professionals are being taken seriously and given the chance to change ways of working to the benefit of…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Oct 23Monthnote: 26 September to 21 October 2022Catching up on “weeknotes” after a few weeks that were a bit of a blur… I was asked to lead design work on a part of our organisations’ merger plans A family member was involved in a car accident (they’re making a good recovery; the car was a write-off) I…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Sep 24Weeknote: 20 to 23 September 2022What did I enjoy? I’m enjoying seeing the long-awaited work on urgent and emergency care (UEC) strategy coming together. It’s taken a long time to get to this point, and I’m especially proud that my team’s input is threaded through the whole document, not confined to the “digital enablers” section. Some work we were…Weeknotes4 min readWeeknotes4 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Sep 17Weeknotes triple edition: 30 August to 16 September 2022I just returned to a half-finished note from the week before the August bank holiday and published that pretty much as I found it, leaving 3 more weeks to catch up on. The main reason for my weeknoting hiatus was that I’ve been busy every weekend — visiting in-laws in…Weeknotes4 min readWeeknotes4 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Aug 20Weeknote: 15 to 19 August 2022What did I enjoy? As ever, meeting with ambulance digital leaders. Joining this group helps me understand what’s important in the digital, data, and technology world for the regional services that our national NHS teams are here to support. On Tuesday, I chaired a steering group for the projects in our transformation programme. Colleagues…Weeknotes4 min readWeeknotes4 min read
