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Do you have a good signal on your network?

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I’m really sorry everyone, my connection isn’t great today”  Sound familiar? When I made the move 12 months ago from a clinical physiotherapy role to one of health and care innovation, the transition had a feeling of stepping into the unknown, a place where I, myself, had a temporary loss of connection. It felt a bit like the first time I changed my mobile phone provider from Vodafone to O2. Prior to changing, I knew where to stand to get the best signal before making a call or sending a message but the new mobile network I had to learn all these little intricacies again. I have been extremely lucky throughout my career to know some amazing people who I consider are within my network, many of whom have mentored, coached, and highlighted opportunities for me that have got me to where I am today. However, as I started to engage with people across the wider health and care innovation landscape as an engagement manager, I knew I had a challenge ahead of me in wi...
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A New perspective

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2 March 2020 was a big day in my house. A new job, a new area of work and no more direct patient contact. Having worked as an NHS Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist for 12 years in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in South Wales the move felt timely, albeit a bit scary. The transition butterflies were soon put to bed by my new teammates at Life Sciences Hub Wales. They were both welcoming and excited to pick my brain about what I had learnt about healthcare in my previous 12 years as a physiotherapist, team lead, public health practice advocate and all-round fan of the NHS. One assumption I made about my new role was quashed early on and this was about direct patient contact. No, I would not be working face to face with patients any more but through the innovative projects I was working on I got the sense that knowing what was important to patients was going to be just as important, just from a different stance point. My new normal was looking and feeling good. Within...
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