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Care of Dying Adults – Blog Adaption Of My Speech

March 24, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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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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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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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 4 (second residential)

October 17, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, assistance dog, BLOG, Blog, budget, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, disability, disabled, doctor, end of life, Events, health, healthcare, hospice, hospital, human rights, illness, Inspiration, life limiting, life threatening, Molly, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, pain, palliative, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, representative, rights, social services, unpaid carers, user group, wheelchair, young people
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So, continuing my series about the NHS Peer Leadership Academy, here’s an update on Day 4 (aka day 2 of the second two-day residential, the first residential being in September, the final residential being in November). I am now home…

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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 3 (second residential)

October 16, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, assistance dog, BLOG, Blog, budget, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, deterioration, diagnosis, disability, dog, health, healthcare, illness, life limiting, life threatening, Molly, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, palliative, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, rights, unpaid carers, young people
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Continuing on with my blog series about the NHS Peer Leadership Academy, here is day three of the Academy. Days one and two took place on 18th and 19th September, and today is day three, tomorrow day four and then…

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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 2 of the First Residential

September 19, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
assistance dog, Blog, BLOG, budget, care, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, disability, health, healthcare, hospice, hospital, illness, life limiting, Molly, NHS, nursing, palliative, Patient Leader, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, rights
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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 2 I’d suggest reading my blog about Day 1 first, with you can read here. So, today was day 2 of the first residential for the NHS Peer Leadership Academy. What a day it was! We…

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NHS Peer Leadership Academy: Day 1 of the First Residential

September 18, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
artificial nutrition, assistance dog, BLOG, Blog, budget, care, Carers, chronic illness, collaborative care, complex needs, continuing health, coproduction, disability, end of life, health, healthcare, hospice, hospital, illness, life limiting, NHS, nursing, palliative, Patient Leader, Peer Leadership Academy, personal health budget, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, social services, TPN, transition, tube feeding, unpaid carers
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NHS Peer Leadership Academy Day 1 Well, what a day today has been. I write this late as we’ve been on the go all day. I am shattered. But it has been absolutely amazing. Meeting so many incredible people on…

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