As a GP and entrepreneur, with my own software being used in the NHS, I have found that my opinion has continually changed with regards to businesses in the NHS. I used to think as a junior doctor that a lot of the private companies dealing with the NHS were evil for two main reasons:… Continue reading The Case For Private Businesses In The NHS
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This Is Why We Can Change The NHS
The people at the top of the NHS, it is widely thought, have it so easy. If they just had the sense to engage with the public and front line staff then they could make things better, cheaper and more efficient. The people on the front lines of the NHS such as junior doctors, nurses… Continue reading This Is Why We Can Change The NHS
Ignorance Is Strength
I was reading some George Orwell and I came across this quote: "In our society, those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane." These… Continue reading Ignorance Is Strength
NHS Startup Part XV – “It’s Up To Us Now.”
We launched a new phase of our app for our patients and Primary Care services this week. The build for this phase was huge and we have been steadily working on it for the previous four months (designing, building, testing, messing up ad nauseum). I think we've really nailed what we intended to do. As… Continue reading NHS Startup Part XV – “It’s Up To Us Now.”
Epic Rant – The Maiden And The Hare
I was going through my subscribed list on WordPress the other day and noticed that most bloggers I followed have stopped blogging after only a few posts. Three questions spring to mind: I wonder if these bloggers would quit if they had tens of thousands of followers and likes on their posts? I wonder if… Continue reading Epic Rant – The Maiden And The Hare
Innovation With NHS Software
There are two ways in which Enterprises assess how valuable a piece of software could be to their organisation. The first is whether it can save money. Save on staff costs, inefficiencies, wastage etc. The second is whether the software can make the organisation more money. This is an order of magnitude better than saving… Continue reading Innovation With NHS Software
If Marcus Aurelius Were A Doctor
When a man kisses his child, said Epictetus, he should whisper to himself, "To-morrow perchance thou wilt die."- But those are words of bad omen.- "No word is a word of bad omen," said Epictetus, "which expresses any work of nature; or if it is so, it is also a word of bad omen to… Continue reading If Marcus Aurelius Were A Doctor
Boss, Can I?
Here's the reason your boss doesn't care about your ideas.
Being Young, Poor And Unkown
In large organisations and large businesses the state of technology is generally far behind the consumer world. I think that in the next decade the enterprise world is going to be revolutionised with software in the same way that the consumer world has been. Enterprise software is also a lot more lucrative than consumer software… Continue reading Being Young, Poor And Unkown
Hating Groups of People
Because of the state of the NHS, doctors are often written about in the news. It's no secret that working conditions for doctors in the NHS (whether junior or senior) are really bad and seem to be deteriorating rapidly with time. Shifts where you have to cover hundreds of sick patients by yourself is not… Continue reading Hating Groups of People
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