"The rights are there to help ensure that staff: have a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, consistent with the needs of patients and with the way that people live their lives have a fair pay and contract framework can be involved and represented in the workplace have healthy and safe working conditions and … Continue reading Weeknote: 22 to 26 July 2019 →

1. What inspired me this week? NHS.UK team members demonstrating some of the kit going into our new accessibility lab to the NHS Digital board. Board members tried on visual impairment simulation glasses and gloves for mobility impairment, and we had some great conversations about how to improve the experience of our digital services for … Continue reading Weeknote: 15 to 19 July 2019 →

A different weeknote format because I spent most of the week on the NHS Leadership Academy Nye Bevan Programme - a 3-day residential followed by a 1-day learning set meeting. I'm learning loads, from the course directors Naomi and Majid, the guest faculty, our learning set facilitator Caroline, and of course all my peers in … Continue reading Weeknote: 8 to 12 July 2019 →

1. What inspired me this week? A post by Zoe, one of our graduate trainees: 6 things I learned in 6 months as a user researcher. The NHSx launch, and in particular the news that Hadley is joining the new organisation as acting CTO. Reading recommendations from practice leads on requests from people across the … Continue reading Weeknote: 1 to 5 July 2019 →

1. What leadership teamwork did I see? Loads! I worked with Helen, Karen and Jayne to put together a strategy day on Tuesday for our exec director Wendy and her product directors. (Thanks to Futuregov for hosting us, and to Dominic Campbell for an inspiring talk to kick the day off.) I reached into my … Continue reading Weeknote: 24 to 28 June 2019 →

1. What inspired me this week? On Monday evening I went to a brilliant Digital Leaders Week event hosted by Victoria Betton at Co>Space North, to learn more about issues of diversity and inclusion in technology. (I hope this partly atoned for having dropped out of a staff network event on the same topic earlier … Continue reading Weeknote: 17 to 21 June 2019 →

1. What do I need to take care of? Late on Friday, I finally got access to some data I need so I can work on our organisation change proposal. I need to give that as much time and attention as I possibly can next week. Partly because of that, I had to make a … Continue reading Weeknote: 10 to 14 June 2019 →