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Meeting 2 of the NHS Assembly: Supporting Carers, Workforce and Environmental Impact

July 6, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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I’ll start this blog with “Happy 71st Birthday NHS!”. What an institution our NHS is, and what it achieves, I’m living proof of the success of our NHS, despite the challenges it faces. If you want to know what the…

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

June 6, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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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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Sitting on the NHS Assembly & Supporting Implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan

April 25, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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With everything going on in the country currently, you’d be hard pressed to be able to ignore the negative press around the NHS, its future, the care it’s providing, patient satisfaction, and how other countries (without naming them) are trying…

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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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