October 2024 - The Training Network

31/10/202431/10/2024Healthcare, NHS

Getting on with

Stacks of bronze coins with "MONEY MONEY MONEY" text on a central strip.

Customers tend to judge their waiting or queueing experience based more on how long they wait rather than the number of people ahead of them. This is often seen in situations like airport border control.

28/10/202428/10/2024Healthcare, Hospitals, NHS, Politics, Primary Care

Australia

A black and white image of two stacks of paperwork, each file dated and organised in folders, showing a range of years.

Quadrant prioritisation, popularised by Steven Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is actually based on Eisenhower’s Matrix. President Dwight D. Eisenhower originally developed this method to prioritise tasks by urgency and importance.

24/10/202424/10/2024Healthcare, Hospitals, NHS

Today

A spiraling tunnel with the word "DATA" repeated in blue against a black background, leading to a dark center.

Missed hospital appointments, or DNAs (Did Not Attend), cost the NHS around £2.6 million per day. In the UK, 46 appointments are missed every minute. In 2023/24 alone, eight million patients failed to attend their scheduled appointments, significantly impacting healthcare resources.

24/10/202424/10/2024Healthcare, NHS, Politics

A cunning plan

Wooden Scrabble tiles spelling "PLAN" are surrounded by blank wooden squares on an orange background.

The plan was to break apart various components of the service, transforming the NHS’s organisational structure into a chaotic mess that would make a Jackson Pollock painting seem orderly by comparison.

24/10/202424/10/2024Healthcare, Hospitals, NHS

Depending on you

A smartwatch with a white band on a person's wrist displays numerous colorful app icons on its screen.

Start with the most difficult task on your list. Tackle the job you’re dreading the most, the one you’ve been putting off. By getting it done first, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment, and the rest of your day will seem much easier in comparison.

17/10/202417/10/2024Healthcare, NHS

We see it

The photo shows a close-up of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, with its ancient stone arches against a partly cloudy sky.

Those aware understand that obesity is the second leading cause of cancer and costs the NHS £6.5 billion annually, with projections exceeding £11 billion.

15/10/202415/10/2024NHS, Politics

Numpty

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben with a cloudy sky, viewed from across the River Thames in London.

In my view, Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick comes across as rather inept and out of touch. His policies and public statements often seem lacking in substance, and he doesn’t inspire much confidence in his ability to lead. Jenrick’s approach strikes me as clumsy and unconvincing, making it difficult to take him seriously as a strong contender for leadership.

14/10/202414/10/2024Healthcare, Hospitals, NHS

Give it a go

For every degree the temperature falls below 5°C, England experiences an estimated increase of around 10,000 additional hospital admissions. This rise is often linked to cold-related illnesses such as respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, which tend to worsen as temperatures drop, particularly affecting vulnerable populations like the elderly.

10/10/202410/10/2024NHS

Greening the blue

At sunset, an industrial plant stands silhouetted against an orange sky, resembling doctors preparing for a night's shift as multiple smokestacks emit dense smoke like the pressures facing the NHS.

Yes, you’re correct—it’s the NHS. Around 1.6 million people are employed within the health system, with an additional 500,000 working as suppliers or service providers to support its operations.

08/10/202408/10/2024Uncategorized

Fresh

Vaping is a gateway to tobacco addiction—a real nuisance that reeks like a nightclub’s sweaty armpit. If it’s truly useful for quitting smoking, then make it prescription-only. For everyone else, it’s just an annoying, smoky distraction. So, let’s clear the air… cough.