Published in Web of Weeknotes·4 days agoWeeknote: 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 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 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 read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Aug 14Weeknote: 8 to 12 August 2022Back to work after a week-long holiday in the south of France. We discovered some of the fascinating history of Avignon, and I made a small dent in my backlog of books on my e-reader. I especially enjoyed: James Bridle, ‘Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence’ Gill Kernick, ‘Catastrophe and…Weeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Jul 24Weeknote: 18 to 22 July 2022I took a week’s holiday last week, visiting Venice and surrounding towns. Quite a lot happened while I was away, and I am grateful to my deputy, Jacqui, and other colleagues who handled it all without drama. Getting off the plane at Manchester Airport, I was hit by an unexpected…Weeknotes2 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Jul 8Weeknote: 4 to 8 July 2022Quite The Week™, as Dean would say. Monday Catch-ups with colleagues, and a discussion about how urgent and emergency care could be a case study for our new NHS Transformation Directorate operating model. Tuesday Proud to work for the NHS on its 74th birthday. Proud of my own team and NHS Digital…Weeknotes2 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Jul 2Weeknote: 27 June to 1 July 2022What did I enjoy? Meeting people, some face-to-face for the first time, out for drinks to mark an NHS England colleague’s retirement. There’s a close-knit team around urgent care in the NHS national organisations. …Weeknotes4 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Jun 25Weeknote: 20 to 24 June 2022What did I enjoy? A busy week, but a good one, in which I could see a number of things coming together. Barbara and Brin talked me through their plans for the digital enablers work in the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Strategy, and we had a good meeting with primary care colleagues as…Weeknotes5 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·Jun 19Weeknote: 13 to 17 June 2022Back to weeknotes after a short gap to write my reflections on 5 years in the NHS. What did you enjoy? Spending time with digital leaders from the ambulance sector. On Tuesday afternoon, a few colleagues and I had a Teams call with Abigail from North West Ambulance. The next morning I joined the…Weeknotes3 min read
Published in Web of Weeknotes·May 21Weeknote: 16 to 20 May 2022What did you enjoy? A trip to Norwich to visit the 111 contact centre there. Almost all of the NHS England Digital Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) team were there, along with Gareth, our clinical lead for integrated urgent care, and 4 colleagues from the 111 online team. What made the visit really powerful…Weeknotes3 min read
