Morning Briefing Saturday 21st January

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The Times briefing for the morning of Wednesday 26th June. For more on these stories throughout the day tune into Times Radio - on DAB, online, through your smart speaker or on the Times Radio app.

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This episode is the second of a series where Kathy talks to MSers from around the world about their diagnosis and treatment experiences, to see how they differ from our own.

Kathy's guest today is Robert Joyce, who lives in a beautiful part of the world, Connemara in Ireland. Now aged 50, Robert was diagnosed with MS while he was living and working in England at the age of 23. Although his fatigue meant that he couldn't continue working at the same rate, over the years he has owned several businesses, operated as a business consultant, and was the head of a sporting organisation in Ireland.

However, following a minor car accident his MS, which had been in remission for nearly a decade, returned and since then his life has to be lived in 30-minute blocks

Topics covered include:

• Robert's story of diagnosis in England, and subsequent treatment in Ireland
• His experience of working with a chronic illness in Ireland, USA, UK, Norway, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland
• The accident which bought his MS out of remission
• The symptoms which mean he has to live in thirty-minute bursts of activity

Resources mentioned in this episode (clickable links):

• Robert’s website A 30 Minute Life
• Robert on Twitter
• Robert on Instagram
• Temperature conversion! 
  • To change Fahrenheit to Celsius, deduct 32, then multiply by 5, then divide by 9
  • To change Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 9, then divide by 5, then add 32

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Tara puts the mic in the other hand again this episode when she is interviewed by Ben Gowland, Director of Ockham Healthcare on The General Practice Podcast.

They talk about the current Covid-19 crisis. How do you prepare for an upcoming crisis which is anticipated, yet unpredictable? What steps should a practice and a network be taking to manage its response and resources, whilst safeguarding its people? Which issues should be tackled and what workstreams should be put in place now?

They talk about Ben and Tara's experiences so far offering practical advice for maximising efficiency ahead of time.

• Introductions (0:22)
• The state of play locally (0:56)
• What support is available now for practices? (1:30)
• Practical considerations (2:17)
• The importance of communication (3:46)
• Site/s management (5:08)
• What are the biggest challenges for practices and networks? (5:53)
• Co-ordinating skills and expertise (8:35)
• Managing communication effectively and supporting staff (8:59)
• Leadership during a crisis (10:59)
• The mood in general practice right now (14:26)
• Next steps (16:37)
• Supporting well-being (17:50)

NHS Confederation document (How CCGs can support PCNs and practices during the Covid-19 crisis) here

Connect with Ben Gowland:

Ockham Healthcare The General Practice Podcast The Future of General Practice Twitter Email: ben@ockham.healthcare

Lisa Rodrigues is currently a Writer, Coach and Mental Health Campaigner and has spent 13 years of her career as CEO of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She was awarded a CBE for services to the NHS in 2012, and has become known for challenging the stigma of mental illness whilst suffering with depression and mental health issues herself.

Lisa joins me today to share some of the amazing experiences throughout her career. She talks about how leaders can create diversity in a team, and how to support the diversity in your team. She shares some of the ways leaders can help support colleagues suffering from mental health issues. She also talks about her experiences of feeling imposter syndrome when writing, and how the best communicators are the ones who say things in the simplest ways.

“A team is much stronger when you take it in turns to lead and you don’t all agree with one another. You need voices of dissent, people with different experiences and different backgrounds because otherwise you’ll have a team that looks the same as one another and that is not a healthy team.” Lisa Rodrigues CBE

This week on The Business of Healthcare:

• The journey of Lisas career as CEO of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
• How she created diversity in her team.
• How to support the diversity in your team.
• Ways leaders can support colleagues with mental health issues.
• Who the Marie Secole Trust are and what they do.
• How even the best of us suffer from imposter syndrome.

Connect with Lisa Rodrigues CBE on:

• Lisa on Twitter
• Lisa on Linkedin
• Lisas blog
• Lisas book: Being an NHS Chief Executive | What they never told me (or if they did I wasn't listening)

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast with your host, Tara Humphrey. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Don’t forget to visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for more great content and information to improve your healthcare organisation.

Matthew Gibbons is a Project and Operations Manager and part of the Time for Care NHS England Sustainable Improvement Faculty. His background is in Software Engineering, and as he branched out into self-employment he discovered himself in Primary Care as the Business and Network Manager for Watergate Primary Care Network in Cornwall.

This is the second episode with Matthew, and this time we are debunking project management myths. We talk about whether you need a project management qualification to do project management, whether it is sad when your project comes to an end and how important trust is in your project. We also cover the flexibility of a project manager and how you can make them work easily for you. At the end Matthew shares his thoughts on how we shouldn’t be afraid of failure, and that we should embrace it.

“Learning from failure is really really important. It’s ok for a project to fail, and do it early and do it quickly because we can learn from it. Failure is something we should embrace.” Matthew Gibbons

This week on The Business of Healthcare:

• Why you don’t need a project management qualification.
• How project management in primary care has to be agile.
• Why it’s not sad when a project comes to an end.
• How you can work flexibly with your project manager.
• How important trust is in your project.
• What documentation you need throughout your project.
• How to embrace failure.

Connect with Matthew Gibbons on:

• Matthew on Twitter
• Matthew on Linkedin
• Website: https://southwestkoala.co.uk/

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast with your host, Tara Humphrey. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Don’t forget to visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for more great content and information to improve your healthcare organisation.