We all have a part to play in making a difference to the environment. What does that look like when we are patients, and consumers of healthcare resources? Healthcare organisations […]
Anya de Iongh
Anya de Iongh: What opportunities do primary care networks present for patient partnership?
When we use healthcare services, the chances are that our contact with the NHS happens in primary care. In fact there are over 300 million GP appointments each year. While […]
Anya de Iongh: How can healthcare services deliver on the vision for personalised care?
With a complete mix of senior politicians, system leaders, voluntary sector representatives and people with lived experience as patients or carers speaking, the National Voices Annual Conference was always going […]
Anya de Iongh: Are patients and carers healthcare’s untapped workforce?
On Wednesday 31 January, the dark and cold weather was a contrast to the warmth, passion, and dynamism of the contributions to The BMJ’s first Twitter chat of 2018. 800 plus […]
Anya de Iongh: Patients need to be activated, but so do clinicians and the system
It has been three and half years since The King’s Fund published a report on Patient Activation, and since then patient activation is increasingly on people’s radars. Patient activation is […]
Anya de Iongh: Making patient co-production meaningful and impactful
Last week saw the annual meeting of The BMJ’s Patient Panel—an international meeting across at least four continents via plane, car, train, and phone to discuss The BMJ’s partnership with […]