Thank you for sharing this Hilda! I just had a chance to listen while I made my lunch 🙂

I really valued how you approached this topic — and especially that you emphasised institutional boundary setting (e.g. triage, managing workloads, caring and responsive management) as well as individual boundary setting. It seems extremely important to…Read more

And here’s the link! http://destressproject.org.uk/project-background/

Thanks for sharing Hilda.

This made me think about a project which highlights some really important aspects of mental health care inequality. It’s called DeSTRESS, and is an applied social science research project coming out of Exeter Uni.

It’s investigating the ways that poverty-related issues are pathologised and looking at the impact of…Read more

(For context, I’m part of a group thinking about the philosophy and ethics of healthcare improvement. We are interested in highlighting and unpacking some of the value tensions that arise in healthcare improvement. And it strikes me that sustainable healthcare is an area where really important (and urgent) questions arise about the relative…Read more

Hello Rachel, thank you for posting this. I enjoyed reading your blog.

Here’s a provocative question for you 🙂 It’s a no brainer that projects which reduce environmental impact at the same time as improving care processes or outcomes are a good thing — these are win-win situations and it is great that you have been able to identify such clear…Read more

Thanks for sharing your experience Tom.

This raises interesting really interesting questions, one of which is whether person-centred care should be assessed and evaluated in a more generic way — by looking at whether certain pre-determined tools and procedures were used (e.g. shared decision-making tools; documentation of diagnosis, treatment…Read more

Yes, absolutely, I agree with everything you say here. It’s crucial to strike the right balance between staff and patient needs, (and wider institutional and social needs too, perhaps). That means paying explicit attention to how these interact and the potential for them to be in conflict, rather than assuming that its possible to achieve…Read more