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2019 Review Blog – What A Year!

December 28, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advance care plan, advocate, artificial nutrition, assistance dog, awareness, BBC, benefits, BLOG, Blog, budget, care, care package, care planning, Carers, collaborative care, commissioning, communication, complex needs, continuing health, cope, coping, coproduction, death, deterioration, diagnosis, digital, digital legacy, disability, Disability Power 100, disability rights, disabled, DNACPR, doctor, documentary, dog, empowerment, end of life, family, festival, festival spirit, future, grateful, grief, health, healthcare, honorary degree, honorary masters, hope, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, human rights, illness, information sharing, Inspiration, interview, intestinal failure, Lasting Power of Attorney, laugh, legacy, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, lucy's light, MBE, Molly, mother, mum, NHS, NHS Assembly, NHS England, NHS Long Term Plan, nurse, nurses, nursing, Open University, 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, podcast, politics, PORT, Power List, pseudo obstruction, Public Involvement, quality of life, rare disease, research, rights, sepsis, sexuality, Shaw Trust, sister, social media, social network, social services, speech, spokesperson, st christopher's, TEDx, TEDxNHS, TPN, transition, unpaid carers, user group, video, vlog, WHPCA, WOMAD, year review, young people
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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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ITV Corrie – Sinead Storyline – Wish They’d Included An Advance Care Planning Conversation?

October 25, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advance care plan, Advance Decision, advocate, awareness, Blog, BLOG, care, care planning, communication, Coronation Street, death, deterioration, disability, DNACPR, doctor, Dying Matters, empowerment, end of life, family, future, grief, health, healthcare, hope, hospice, illness, Lasting Power of Attorney, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, NHS, NICE, nurse, pain, palliative, palliative care, quality of life
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I have been watching the Coronation Street storyline about Sinead dying from terminal cancer with great focus. Corrie tackling an important topic, not just cervical cancer, but death and dying too. I feel they've done well with the storyline, whilst…

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Top 10 Most Influential Disabled Person in Britain

October 9, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, assistance dog, award, awareness, BLOG, charity, disability, Disability Power 100, disability rights, disabled, end of life, grateful, health, healthcare, hospice, illness, Inspiration, life limiting, life threatening, MBE, NHS, palliative, palliative care, Patient Leader, peer leader, Power List, representative, rights, Shaw Trust, young people
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On Tuesday 8th October 2019 the 2019 Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List was announced at a launch event in the House of Lords. Sadly I was unable to attend - I have been poorly this week with a chest…

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Lucy’s Light Vlog – Come With Me On A Busy Week In My Life (15th to 20th September 2019)

September 28, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advance care plan, Advance Decision, advocate, assistance dog, BLOG, care planning, Carers, commissioning, communication, complex needs, continuing health, cope, coping, coproduction, death, deterioration, disability, disability rights, DNACPR, end of life, family, fear, future, grateful, grief, health, healthcare, hospice, illness, information sharing, Inspiration, Lasting Power of Attorney, legacy, life limiting, life threatening, lucy's light, Molly, mother, mum, NHS, NHS England, NHS Long Term Plan, NICE, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, patient activation, patient experience, Patient Leader, peer leader, personal health budget, personalised care, personalised care and support plan, PHB, Public Involvement, quality of life, sepsis, speech, The J's Hospice, transition, unpaid carers, vlog, young people
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Come along with me on a week of my life, covering 15th-20th September, in which I had a very full-on time, various Skype calls/conferences, leading a virtual workshop, 3 separate speeches, and an NHS England meeting, and everything I got…

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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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Dying Matters Week 2019 – Are We Ready? Our Short Films

May 18, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advance care plan, Advance Decision, advocate, artificial nutrition, awareness, awareness week, bereavement, BLOG, care, care planning, Carers, communication, complex needs, continuing health, cope, coping, death, deterioration, diagnosis, digital legacy, disability, DNACPR, Dr Kathryn Mannix, Dying Matters, end of life, family, future, grateful, grief, health, healthcare, hope, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, illness, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, loss, love, mother, mum, nurse, nurses, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, patient activation, patient experience, personal health budget, personalised care, quality of life, rare disease, sepsis, TPN, unpaid carers, young people
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This week it has been Dying Matters Week 2019; 13th-19th May. The theme this year was “Are We Ready?” and what a great theme it is, as we really aren’t ready and we need to be. Dying Matters Awareness Week…

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Sitting on the NHS Assembly & Supporting Implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan

April 25, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
assistance dog, Blog, BLOG, care, care package, care planning, collaborative care, commissioning, communication, complex needs, coproduction, diagnosis, digital, disability, doctor, empowerment, end of life, future, GP, health, healthcare, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, ICPCN, illness, information sharing, interview, lancet, life limiting, life threatening, lucy's light, NHS, NHS Assembly, NHS Long Term Plan, NICE, nurse, nurses, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, parliament, patient activation, patient experience, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, personal health budget, personalised care, personalised care and support plan, PHB, politics, primary care, Public Involvement, quality of life, rare disease, representative, rights, sepsis, social services, surgery, transition, unpaid carers, user group, WHO, WHPCA, World Health Organisation, young people
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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
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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#OpenUpHospiceCare 2019

March 7, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, artificial nutrition, awareness, awareness week, Blog, BLOG, care, charity, chronic illness, complex needs, coping, death, deterioration, disability, end of life, family, fundraising, health, healthcare, hospice, Hospice UK, hospital, illness, intestinal failure, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, loss, love, mother, mum, NHS, nurse, nurses, nursing, pain, palliative, palliative care, personalised care, quality of life, The J's Hospice, TPN, young people
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This week it’s #OpenUpHospiceCare week, run by Hospice UK. A successful campaign that seeks to break down myths surrounding hospice care, raise awareness of the amazing work of hospices and to secure support for hospices and encourage communities to get…

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Rare Disease Day 2019 – What Rare Means For Me

February 28, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
artificial nutrition, awareness, Blog, BLOG, central line, chronic illness, CIPO, complex needs, deterioration, diagnosis, disability, end of life, health, healthcare, hospice, illness, intestinal failure, life expectancy, life limiting, life threatening, mitochondrial, neuromuscular disorder, NHS, nursing, palliative, palliative care, pseudo obstruction, quality of life, rare disease, rare disease day, sepsis, stoma, TPN, wheelchair, zebra
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Today is Rare Disease Day 2019, celebrating people living with, and raising awareness of rare diseases. There are between 6000 and 8000 rare diseases, with new ones being discovered on a regular basis and equally more and more already known…

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