Tag: NHS
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NHS change consultation – what’s in it for me?
The consultation on the NHS was launched earlier this week and I grasped the chance to share my pearls of wisdom with the internet. All six of my acute episodes have coincided with when the clocks change and true to form, my current mood is seasonally hypomanic. Thus, given opportunities like this, I may have…
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Help for serious mental illness
Getting professional help for a diagnosed SMI (Serious Mental Illness) like bipolar should not be hard. I know my GP has a flag on my computer record to alert anyone accessing it that I am “special”. Not that special. This post relates recent experience of me being proactive in keeping myself well, trying to access…
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Getting digital health care right – a patient’s view
I have aways liked novelty, that is: so it’s no surprise that I’m an early adopter of some technologies (with an email address that is my name without numbers or special characters) and a user of digital tools to manage my bipolar, general health and caring responsibilities effectively. Digital health tools for patients With that…