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I am 23 and had a kidney transplant just over a year ago; it was given to me indirectly by my step mum through a chain of people. It only has 28 per cent functionality but that’s 28 per cent more than I had before! I’ve been able to travel to Jordan, France and Spain climbing and adventuring; I really appreciate what I’ve got and the difference it makes is insane.

Covidblogs

At the time of writing, I have yet to read the Public Health England report entitled ‘Beyond the data – understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities’. This publication was delayed for reasons that are not entirely clear. But from the clips that I’ve seen on the news, it seems to say what I believe has been known for some time. It has also got me thinking about conversations that I’ve recently had with NHS staff. 

I manage a team of eight people in communications and fundraising and some of us are now working from home for a lot of the time. I miss the day to day camaraderie with my team; but the upside is that I have more confidence in the team working independently because they are performing well without me breathing down their necks - and it’s even nicer when we do get together.

Covidblogs

Before COVID-19, most training was delivered in classrooms, either by us or training partners which covered weekly welcome inductions, yearly refreshers and practical sessions all supported with bite-sized specialist topics on eLearning.

Covidblogs

A new round of funding is available to Q members to support quality improvement work in the North West Coast.

The Q community is a network of individuals working together to improve health and care.

Last week I presented to four different meetings and a conference in one morning.  I used Zoom, MS Teams and Skype to do this and reached out to many different audiences.   All were very senior local, regional and national stakeholders.

Have you ever been winded by a punch to the solar plexus? I have. I remember not being able to breathe temporarily as I keeled over, while two boys called me offensive names and told me to ‘go home.’

I am a GP partner at Brownlow Health, which has four practices in Liverpool city centre serving a combined population of just over 60,000 patients. As with many inner city practices our patient group is very diverse and the needs of different patients can vary widely.

Covidblogs

A report about perceptions of the Innovation Agency has been published following an independent survey.

When I signed up to be an AF Ambassador, I didn’t think for one second that it would one day save my own life. I volunteered to test pulses after discovering I had atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular pulse,18 months ago. I was fighting a heavy cold and chest infection and was struggling to breathe so my wife and daughter urged me to get it checked out.