NESCHA could have written this title years ago in our last two conferences and many of our workshops.
Let’s hope that this goes forward and is fully supported. So many lessons learned during Covid. One of our members told us that they were in a position to realise the impact of sending older people ( with Covid) back to care homes to ease bed shortages – but could do nothing to stop. ‘One of the worst days of my life’.
Read more on the proposals here
Interviewed by Matt Bailey at 7.10am on 29th July about NESCHA views on imminent Andy Burnham announcement later that morning. I was greatly encouraged by his feedback ( he said it was interesting and ran over time!) and wrote the paper attached.
I never dreamt that one day I would be living the system!.
Sadly Robert my co-author , died when I was in hospital some years ago but my wife visited daily and then she lived with a diagnosois mixed dementia for over four years, was admitted to hospital last October and, following a rapid discharge to a care home, died peacefully in December .
Despite a professional background in social work and years spent working on improving health and care systems, nothing fully prepares you for living that experience. It brought into sharp focus both the compassion of frontline staff and the frustrations families can face when services are not as joined-up or consistent as they should be.
NHS de-frazzle new book and brilliant review