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2019 Review Blog – What A Year!

December 28, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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Well, what a year 2019 has been. Not the best on the health front by any stretch of the imagination, but an incredible year in many other ways. This year is the year I was announced as the 9th most…

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Co-Production Week: Two Podcasts Sharing Two Different Uses of Co-Production

July 4, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, awareness, awareness week, BLOG, budget, care, care package, care planning, Carers, collaborative care, commissioning, communication, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, disability, empowerment, health, healthcare, interview, life limiting, life threatening, lucy's light, NHS, NHS England, palliative care, patient activation, patient experience, patient group, patient network, peer leader, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, personalised care, personalised care and support plan, PHB, podcast, politics, Public Involvement, research, rights, social media, unpaid carers, user group
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This week it’s National Co-production Week, running 1st-5th July. Managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE, which is pronounced “Sky”), co-production week aims to raise awareness of co-production and to highlight good examples of co-production, especially in social…

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Mid & South Essex Personalised Care & PHB Event – 6th June 2019

June 6, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, artificial nutrition, assistance dog, awareness, BLOG, budget, care, care package, care planning, Carers, children, collaborative care, commissioning, communication, community nurse, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, deterioration, disability, empowerment, family, GP, health, healthcare, hospital, illness, information sharing, life limiting, life threatening, NHS, NHS Assembly, NHS Long Term Plan, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, patient activation, patient experience, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, peer leader, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, personalised care, personalised care and support plan, PHB, primary care, Public Involvement, quality of life, social services, transition, unpaid carers, user group
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Today I co-facilitated an event with the NHS England PHB Eastern Region Lead, Sarah Walker, with the event organised by Sarah, the NHS England Personalised Care Team/Managers and with support from myself. With Essex having one of the lowest uptakes…

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Care of Dying Adults – Blog Adaption Of My Speech

March 24, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advance care plan, Advance Decision, advocate, bereavement, BLOG, budget, care, care package, care planning, Carers, charity, chronic illness, collaborative care, commissioning, communication, community nurse, complex needs, continuing health, cope, coping, death, deterioration, disability, disabled, DNACPR, Dr Kathryn Mannix, empowerment, end of life, family, future, GP, grief, health, healthcare, hope, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, illness, information sharing, Lasting Power of Attorney, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, mother, mum, NHS, NICE, nursing, palliative, palliative care, patient activation, patient experience, personalised care, personalised care and support plan, PHB, primary care, quality of life, speech, The J's Hospice, young people
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On Friday 18th January I was invited by Healthcare Conferences UK as part of my role within the Hospice UK People in Partnership Forum to deliver the first speech at their conference titled “Care of Dying Adults in the Last…

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2018 – What A Year! & Looking Ahead to 2019

December 30, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, assistance dog, award, awareness, Barbican, BBC, biopsy, birthday, Blog, BLOG, budget, care, Carers, central line, charity, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, cope, coping, coproduction, death, deterioration, diagnosis, digital legacy, disability, disability rights, disabled, doctor, documentary, dog, dog aid, Dr Tedros, end of life, Executive Board, family, festival, festival spirit, friend, fundraising, future, grateful, health, healthcare, honorary degree, honorary masters, hope, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, House of Lords, human rights, IHUG, illness, Inspiration, interview, intestinal failure, investiture, legacy, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, lucy's light, MBE, mitochondrial, Molly, mother, mum, neuromuscular disorder, NHS, NMCCC, nurse, nurses, nursing, Open University, pain, palliative, palliative care, parliament, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, rare disease, sepsis, septicaemia, sexuality, social network, speech, st christopher's, surgery, The J's Hospice, TPN, transition, TweetChat, unpaid carers, user group, video, WHO, WHPCA, WOMAD, World Health Organisation, year review, young people
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What a year 2018 has been. Such highs, such lows, but overall, it’s been an incredible year. I have had such fun, achieved a lot, received recognition for my work, been involved with even more work and projects, I’ve given…

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Caldicott Principles & Information Sharing At End Of Life – Blog Adaptation Of My Speech

December 13, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, artificial nutrition, BLOG, Blog, budget, Caldicott, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, death, deterioration, diagnosis, digital, disability, end of life, family, health, healthcare, hospice, hospital, illness, information sharing, life limiting, life threatening, mother, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, palliative, palliative care, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, quality of life, speech, TPN, unpaid carers, young people
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Introduction: This blog is an adaptation of a speech I gave at a Healthcare Conferences UK (HC UK) conference on information sharing for patients and families, and across services at end of life, delivered at the “Caldicott End Of Life…

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Health & Care Workforce Crisis, Up-Skilling Staff & Task Delegation: A Solution?

November 20, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
artificial nutrition, Blog, BLOG, budget, care, Carers, central line, chronic illness, complex needs, continuing health, deterioration, disability, disabled, family, future, health, healthcare, hospital, illness, intestinal failure, life limiting, life threatening, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, quality of life
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It is no secret that the NHS and social care have a workforce crisis on their hands. With a shortage of approx 40,000 nurses and counting as one example, it really cannot be an issue we ignore. There’s also a…

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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 6 – The Final Day

November 14, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, artificial nutrition, assistance dog, Blog, BLOG, budget, care, Carers, central line, chronic illness, CIPO, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, deterioration, diagnosis, disability, disabled, doctor, end of life, health, healthcare, hospice, hospital, ileostomy, illness, Inspiration, intestinal failure, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, mitochondrial, Molly, mother, mum, neuromuscular disorder, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, pseudo obstruction, Public Involvement, quality of life, rare disease, sepsis, social services, stoma, The J's Hospice, TPN, transition, tube feeding, tubes, unpaid carers, user group, wheelchair, WOMAD, young people
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And so it is, the final day of the Autumn 2018 cohort of the NHS Peer Leadership Academy. This continues with my series in which you can read previous blogs sharing my PLA journey by clicking the hyperlinked text for…

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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 5 (final residential)

November 13, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, assistance dog, BLOG, Blog, budget, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, deterioration, disability, disabled, family, future, health, healthcare, illness, life limiting, life threatening, NHS, nurse, nursing, pain, palliative, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, rights, unpaid carers, user group
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Continuing in my series about the NHS Peer Leadership Academy, where you can read the blog about Day 1, the blog about Day 2, the blog about Day 3, the blog about Day 4 by clicking those links, in this…

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Personalised Care & Palliative Care: How Can They Help Each Other?

November 3, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
BLOG, Blog, budget, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, deterioration, disability, disabled, end of life, family, future, health, healthcare, hospice, Hospice UK, illness, life limiting, life threatening, NHS, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, personal health budget, personalised care, PHB, quality of life, social services, The J's Hospice, unpaid carers, World Health Organisation
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I’ve been writing this blog for a few weeks now but got interrupted by my admission to hospital with sepsis last Sunday. Then yesterday I saw a blog by Tracey Bleakley, CEO of Hospice UK, talking about the very subject…

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