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Hospitals as Palaces?
Over the weekend I was watching a blog where someone stated that the NHS builds its hospitals on the premise of money being the...
david jones
May 22, 20232 min read
Happy " " Day
So this morning I woke up with a slightly heavy head. I knew today would be trying to set aside my procrastinating tendencies as I had to...
david jones
May 15, 20232 min read
How to focus at work
The fact that I am writing this blog combined with the fact that I have not posted in a couple of weeks will give some level of...
david jones
May 9, 20232 min read
New vs Old
Good morning. I hope that you all had a good Easter weekend. My last week, and indeed a good part of the weekend, involved using a jack...
david jones
Apr 11, 20232 min read
So we don’t always get everything right….
Over the weekend I took a break from studying and went to the cinema to see the Alan Bennett film “Allelujah!”. Based on the trailer I...
david jones
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Finger on the Pulse
So this week I see the publication of a podcast that I did with the National Health Executive Magazine. The interview was a slight...
david jones
Mar 6, 20231 min read
No more sticking plasters?
I was not going to do a 1 minute blog on my website this week as I am currently in the weeds of reviewing data for my research. However,...
david jones
Mar 1, 20232 min read
From blog to podcast
The last couple of weeks have been a flurry of activity. Earlier in February I was invited to record a ‘Finger on the Pulse’ podcast with...
david jones
Feb 19, 20231 min read
“First do no Harm”?
So last week I have managed to get into the weeds of the data around patient harm in England, and there were a couple of things that...
david jones
Feb 6, 20232 min read
Motivation is key…but support is everything!
Last week was very much an up and down week. I started the week with no motivation whatsoever. I have been studying for my PhD for almost...
david jones
Jan 30, 20231 min read
“Data is Like Garbage”
So this week I start to grapple with some of NHS England’s patient incident data. As I was doing my initial checks of the data one thing...
david jones
Jan 23, 20232 min read
An Important Milestone
In last week’s blog I mentioned the recent important survey undertaken by the British Medical Association. In this week’s 1 minute blog,...
david jones
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Happy New Year
Good morning and Happy New Year everyone. Here is my first 1-minute blog of the year. So last week was a milestone in my research. After...
david jones
Jan 9, 20231 min read
A Problem Shared...
Last week was a week of collaborations and discussions a variety of unexpected sources. At the start of the week I connected with a...
david jones
Dec 19, 20221 min read
“NHS estate is in dire condition and harming patient care”
On this occasion the title of this article is not me blustering on about the state of the NHS estate but comes directly from the title of...
david jones
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Back after a short 'Hiatus'
Due to a recent and very unforeseen health issue I had to pause my studies briefly. As such I have not been posting on either my website...
david jones
Dec 6, 20221 min read
ERIC 2022 - Another rise in Backlog Maintenace
On Thursday the annual ERIC report was published by NHS Digital (1). This showed that, among many other things, the cost to rectify...
david jones
Oct 17, 20221 min read
NHS ERIC 2022 – More bad news for the NHS?
As we are a week away from the anticipated publication of the NHS ERIC data for 2022, I thought I would predict what we would see from...
david jones
Oct 9, 20222 min read
HEJ Article
Hi all, apologies that I have not posted for a few weeks, but I have been on leave, taking a long overdue holiday. However, very much...
david jones
Sep 22, 20221 min read
EBD for Estates
The last few days have been concentrated researching design and healthcare. While focusing on Evidence based Design (EBD), it strikes me...
david jones
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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