I’ve figured out that my weeks are like sandwiches. Mondays and Fridays are quiet, while Tuesdays to Thursdays are back to back meetings. With a sample of 3 weeks, is it really a work pattern or a short term trend? That question lingered as I was drawn into a couple of conversations about service patterns.… Continue reading Weeknote 3: finding a pattern
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Weeknote 2: unapologetic admin
Second week was a short week again. I thought about Ed Ruscha a lot. I sat in some more team check-ins and by virtue of repetition, words start to float up to the surface. I’m spotting patterns but it doesn’t mean they’re service patterns, they’re just activities each team has to develop in a… Continue reading Weeknote 2: unapologetic admin
Weeknote 1: What do we have here?
I spent a lot of time on dance floors when I was in my 20s and I have been jiving on and off since 2014. Sometimes you go to a night out in a venue you’ve never been to and you’re trying to find your friends either on or off the dance floor. Eventually you… Continue reading Weeknote 1: What do we have here?
Stuck in the middle with me (reflections on a year of HRT)
It’s International Women’s Day so I thought I’d write about the perimenopause. Firstly because it now occupies a large part of my life but also because these things should be celebrated along with our hard fought political and work-based successes. So I’ve been on HRT for a year now. I didn’t get an anniversary card… Continue reading Stuck in the middle with me (reflections on a year of HRT)
Bring your own patient record (life in an age of cybercrime)
(This is relatively personal but I’m sure you won’t hold that against me. If you don’t like thinking about medical things, press the back button now). Right. I was diagnosed with Fibroadenoma and had surgery in my early 20s. So when I found a new lump in my breast last month I was… Continue reading Bring your own patient record (life in an age of cybercrime)
The change tax? (looking at the cost of the perimenopause)
I’ve been reading the excellent The Price of Life and was so inspired I thought I would take a sober look at the cost of changing hormones. Because noone is writing about this in the Guardian but they should. Before being ‘allowed’ to start HRT*: £4074/year 2 big bottles of magnesium tablets to try to… Continue reading The change tax? (looking at the cost of the perimenopause)
Gameshows and phone calls (a perimenopausal update)
I’ve been on HRT for 3 months and it’s been good but not great. Joint pain and heart palpitations are gone but the quality of my sleep in the week leading up to my period is still bad. So I went back to my group practice and saw the same GP again. Now, everyone’s experience… Continue reading Gameshows and phone calls (a perimenopausal update)
What Anne Frank can teach us about a crisis.
I live in London and my local supermarkets seem to have run out of hand sanitiser. It’s March 2020 and in the midst of a frenzy around the 50+ cases of coronavirus in the UK, Jack Monroe writing about what to stockpile for Brexit back in November 2018 doesn’t seem like a bad idea anymore.… Continue reading What Anne Frank can teach us about a crisis.
A Good Death
On December 18th, my dad died with his mouth open. We all die with our mouth open. But we don’t all die a good death. His was dignified and peaceful and worth sharing. It was a death surrounded by loved ones. A death in silence, without much pain. A death in a world constructed for death… Continue reading A Good Death
Elderly care and the internet of things
Last week I took part in a workshop run by DIOTTO an EU-funded project on the use of connected products in elderly care. Some real issues came up which I thought I’d share. It’s important to note we were mainly looking at the use of connected hardware to enhance the relationship between carers and an… Continue reading Elderly care and the internet of things