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Healthcare consultant, lecturer, Mum of two handsome boys, generally curious person, lover of all things bright and beautiful.

Manchester, U.K.
Joined January 2015
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Great news, hope all is well!
Thankful for a great week. Being issued a permanent contract at my practice and started my new role with the board @NHSGGC things are looking up 🙂
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Great to have you on the journey!
Fantastic journey so far, making sense of organisational values, engagement and service delivery @AllianceMBS #MScLeaders @NHSLeadership Didn’t like networking but loving this! ❤️ Worth missing the sunshine ☀️ @PennineCareNHS @CooganHill
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We rapidly commissioned new thinking on #inclusion following the evaluation of the Culture Leadership Programme which came out during lockdown. So many interesting reflections at seminar today @JackieKilbane @deborahbham @thinkbluejay @NaomiChambers11 @culture_nhs
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Heard your interview on BBC, wanted to be a positive tweet amidst any bile -thanks for your words for all women and any who have unfairly felt unsafe 😊
I’m thanking @AddisonLeeCabs for getting me home but not every woman has that choice and we must be safe to walk home alone, without needing our keys in our hand, with our headphones on if we choose, wearing what we like. My thoughts tonight with #SarahEverard
'The emotion comes from feeling like I'm close to failing at all of this.' Annie, a mum of three young children, talks about the pressure and emotion of working a 40-hour week, overseeing home school and keeping family life afloat bbc.in/3dfrxdX
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'The emotion comes from feeling like I'm close to failing at all of this.' Annie, a mum of three young children, talks about the pressure and emotion of working a 40-hour week, overseeing home school and keeping family life afloat bbc.in/3dfrxdX
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Help please - what’s the preferred acronym for LGBTQ people and communities? Or point me in the right direction of an authority on this?
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Just learnt Greater Manchester will be placed into tier 2 restrictions via twitter. Apparently there was a government briefing for GM MPs but I can’t provide details because I wasn’t invited. I suspect this is because they don’t know where Wigan is. What an absolute shambles
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Nothing has positively influenced my career more than being accepted on the @NHSGradScheme [redacted] years ago.... 2021 applications now open. Not only for recent graduates, last year over 20% were NHS staff. I can't recommend it enough. Apply! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿graduates.nhs.uk/events/
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So gorgeous! Hope you’re well lovely xxx
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Many congratulations to all of those students graduating today from the Health Services Management Centre 👩‍🎓🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓#UoBgraduation
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Virtual #graduation in the Great Hall at The University of Birmingham this afternoon. Very sobering to see it empty today. Congratulations to all and especially the ⁦@NHSGradScheme⁩ #Anderson participants graduating with an MSc today. Well done!!
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'First of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark.'
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A series of NHS NWLA listening events have been set up to understand your leadership priorities. Share your leadership experience, successes and challenges to inform our local strategy, book your place now: ow.ly/fiBZ50AGWBZ
Spray lifts on the coast Who loves lives Who lives loves most And most of all forgives
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'How do you hold on' said night 'To love throughout the day?' 'To keep what I have' said light 'I have to give it away'.
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It's a year since I received the NHS Leadership Academy Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Award. I met some fantastic people, made great friends and became better leader. I can't recommend the programme enough. #EGA @NHSLeadership @Helbax @therealnb_1 @heather6797 @nicholasbjones
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Apology graciously given and accepted. Signposted to more help. Thank You!
Update: 87yrs old with diabetic leg ulcers, able to walk to end of driveway advised to get on a bus to attend clinic and ‘sort’ care for partner as DN can only visit bedbound. Is this really where we are at? Shocked.
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