community nurse – Lucy Watts MBE / Lucy Watts Ltd

These are our realities, and we are the casualties – COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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This blog is part writing therapy, part rant, part activism, part distress, part processing, part making peace. It flicks seamlessly between all of the above, so you never know quite what ‘part’ you’re in when you read it, heck sometimes…

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…

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…