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parkrun: lifestyle medicine for people with long term conditions

Mon, 26 February 2018
Chrissie Wellington

parkrun UK supports local communities around the country to establish and coordinate free, weekly 5k events for people of all ages and abilities. The non-profit organisation is halfway through a three-year project that aims to encourage walking, jogging, running and volunteering amongst people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

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It’s essential that people have a say in their own care

Tue, 20 February 2018
Alice Maynard

Guidance published by NICE this month looks at people's experiences in adult social care services and how they can be improved. In this blog post, ex-chair Alice Maynard shares why it's so important for the guidance to be shaped by the experiences of people receiving social care.

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Let’s not screw it up

Don Redding
Tue, 13 February 2018
Don Redding

Don Redding shares why now is a crucial moment for person-centred care and what we can do to make the most of it.

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Reimagining community services

Mon, 5 February 2018
Anna Charles

Anna Charles, Senior Policy Adviser at The King's Fund, shares how community services could offer solutions to the pressures on the health and care system across the country.

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Person-centred care through the lens of veganism

Tue, 23 January 2018
Heather Russell

After training to be a dietitian, Heather worked in the NHS from 2010 to 2016.  She is now using her dietetic skills to support the work of The Vegan Society. In this blog post, Heather describes what person-centred care looks like through the lens of veganism.

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A better health and care system is possible if we scale up innovations that work

Tue, 16 January 2018
Ewan King

Ewan King shares learnings from SCIE's recent briefing on how to grow small-scale, community-led innovations to improve people’s lives.

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Loneliness is a human tragedy

Wed, 10 January 2018
Curtis-James Marshall

CJ Marshall MCIPR is Senior Public Affairs and Media Officer Future Care Capital, a national charity committed to engaging, educating and involving every generation in the development and delivery of unified health and care provision.

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Recommending an app to a patient: three questions to ask

Tue, 2 January 2018
Dr Sanjeev Maharaj

Dr Sanjeev Maharaj explains the three things he needs to know before recommending an app to a patient.

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Members' survey results

Wed, 20 December 2017
Michael Bourke

We summarise what we found in the 2017 members' survey.

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The growth in m-health

Mon, 18 December 2017
Liz Ashall-Payne

Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO of ORCHA - the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Application  - explains why apps are presenting new and exciting opportunities for both users and the NHS.

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