Director of @BevanCommission, Wales’ leading health and care think tank, and Bevan Academy. Passionate about transforming health and care fit for the future.
Swansea University
Joined July 2018
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Great to be participating @BevanCommission in the IHI International Forum and hearing from a range of insightful people including our Bevan Commissioner @donberwick.
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In Case You Missed It ⤵️
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 🧠
Brilliant to see @ITVWales shining a light on the important Mental Health Response Vehicle.
Features our very own Bevan Exemplar, Simon Amphlett, showing how they deliver crucial care in a crisis.
Essential viewing for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Another amazing group of people from a variety of backgrounds and professions working @Bevan commission to find #innovative solutions fit for the future @nhs @SocialCareWales.
🚀 Exciting news 🏥
Today we launched Cohort 9 of the #BevanExemplar Programme🧑⚕️ Health & care professionals are ready to turn innovative ideas into real-world solutions, transforming patient care & improving outcomes. Stay tuned for their journeys.
#BevanExemplar #Healthcare #Innovation #PrudentHealthcare
@SwanseaUni @WelshGovernment @WG_innovation @WGHealthandCare
Brilliant to be at the over 70s and 75s World Cup hosted here in Wales this week. @BevanCommission - An amazing way to keep fit and healthy in older age. Brilliant for your physical, mental and social well being. Come and see for yourselves — and get involved !!
Let’s work together @BevanCommission to help find solutions fit for the future.
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Apply for one of 30 fully subsidised places Seize the chance to innovate, collaborate, and transform at our Innovation Intensive Learning Week 2024
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what does @wesstreeting mean when he refers to the NHS as broken? Fixing the health care delivery system must include social care, a long term strategy for tackling the root causes of current challenges, and avoid changing the NHS funding model bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q152…
What an amazing performance by @michaelSheen and cast in #Nye at the @theCentre. The @BevanCommission team were so proud to attend and would encourage others to see the really powerful and emotional story of the establishment of our #NHS
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How about some radiotherapy for early Dupuytren’s disease? Exploring the topic with Dr Richard Schaffer during our recent Mersey Hand and Wrist meeting in Liverpool.
Thanks @sjlips and @PrashJesudason for organising!
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Getting rid of stupid stuff of course originated with @berwickforMA and @TheIHI England should start with health ministers, civil servants and NHSE leading by example @wesstreeting @VictoriaAtkins @ConfedMatthew @julianhartley1
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I'm engaging in outstanding discussions with leaders of change in health & care from across the globe at #Quality2024. A big theme is how relationships & relatedness are increasingly becoming the primary focus of change methodologies. Read this blog from @NENC_NHS on how a theory of change was co-created with its learning & improvement community, based on building relationships for change across a big system: boost.org.uk/building-a-theo…. Thank you @annielaverty & @SHamiltonCPFT for your leadership. PS: follow the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare at #Quality2024.
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I'm at #Quality2024 live, listening to @AmyCEdmondson talking about principles from her book “The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well”. Amy differentiates three kinds of failures in organisations:
1) Basic failures: caused by carelessness or ignorance
2) Complex failures: caused by a combination of multiple systemic factors, none of which would have caused failure on its own
3) Intelligent failures (the most productive kind): where organisations/teams test new ideas, at small scale to learn & develop.
Graphic from @tnvora: lnkd.in/eJkXxNTS
Here's another article on Amy's book that focuses on psychological safety & risk taking: lnkd.in/eqS3P2bM Via @HBSWK
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The exponential rise in mental health referrals for young children is coupled with eye-watering long waits for help, yet early intervention is key to better outcomes.
There is a compelling moral and economic argument to prioritise our children’s health.
thetimes.co.uk/article/d54f2…
Such a pleasure to have our inspiring @BevanCommissioner @DonBerwick back in Wales this week addressing #LetNotWaste in health and care — and also at the great @IHI event in London. #innovate #nhs
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Another excellent article about the book by @AmyCEdmondson "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well". In an interview with @HarvardBiz, Amy says experimentation and risk-taking are crucial for organisational success but they should be enabled within a coherent framework. She sets out the criteria for "smart experimentation": hbr.org/2023/07/its-ok-to-fa… #Quality2024
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I am about to join @donberwick for a masterclass about reducing waste and improving quality in our health service.
Thankyou to @BevanCommission - this is a pinch me moment, I can’t believe that I’m going to meet a man who I have admired and quoted for years.
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The misery of housing rental. English monthly wage about £2,700 a month. Average rental £1276 a month. In London, £2035. No wonder there is widespread food insecurity and cold homes. Mr Micawber’s budget. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Our latest report @BevanCommission brings together the thinking of experts, professionals and people in Wales - it makes sense ! — Now let’s make it work - together we can - - Wales can ! #health #Innovation
💡How can Wales meet the evolving health needs of its people?
🔎Find groundbreaking proposals in our latest report: The Foundations for the Future Model of Health and Care in Wales.
bevancommission.org/the-futu…
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as this report argues, primary and community care should receive higher priority - but in an NHS that values secondary and specialist care and above all care that is joined up and not fragmented kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and…
