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I am an employee of NHS Lothian and have been ‘sign posted’ to the “New Capacity and Consent intranet page: important information for all staff.” This is a screenshot taken on Friday … Continue reading Improvement science and consent: a failure of NHS Governance
On Friday the 25th of November 2016 I gave a talk for the Scottish Philosophy and Psychiatry Special Interest Group. My subject was “Improvement Science”. The following is based on the slides and … Continue reading “Improvement science”
Three short films from Ardeer Explosives Factory: [1] A film for Alfred Nobel: The Romance of DYNAMITE: [2] A cautionary film from Ardeer: Loss Prevention Bulletin 172: [3] A 60 … Continue reading ‘Improved Empire’
This film is about ‘improvement culture’. The past may perhaps provide lessons for today. The Red Road:
This film attempts to express my concern about the use of mechanical language in the profession of which today I am part. Tools of the trade:To play this short film … Continue reading The spade, the chainsaw; the art has gone
BMJ submission by Dr Peter J Gordon. 2nd September 2015 Yesterday I was at a consultation event held by Healthcare Improvement Scotland which sought wider views on a proposed national … Continue reading The contributions of those “retired” often prove invaluable
What follows are the costs of films made for NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland. The period covered is 1 Jan 2014 to 26 Feb 2015. Costs for all other photography commissioned … Continue reading Healthcare Improvement Scotland filming costs: £51000
In a previous post I drew attention to the increasingly mechanical language of Health Improvement. This current post starts with recent communication by National Health Improvement Leads in Scotland: One of my … Continue reading “A person centred tool”