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Week 1
Ok fine, I’ll try weeknotes
Week 2
Weeknotes to become…breaknotes?
Week 3
GP IT systems, posh paper and holiday
Week 4
Shiny new website designs (and dogs)
Week 5
Pattern libraries and funerals
Week 6
A visit to hospital
Yearnote: 2022
Thinking about this past year
Week 8
The long slog, nearly done
Week 9
Nearly there (still)
Week 10
Car parks, synagogue and good food
Week 11
New website, Paris and a big new project
Week 12
Being experts, growing pains and weeknote contagion
Week 13
Using a subject access request to get my biopsy results
Week 14
Appointments, agencies, and sensitively asking about pregnancy.
Week 15
Bunker mode, adding friction to a service, and reflections.
Week 16
…and we are live.
Week 17
Thinking about how best to share
Week 18
Helpful people, dashboards and open justice
Week 19
Moving, mediation and mangoes
Week 20
Digging into mediation
Week 21: User research, team alignment and movies
Interviewing experts and aligning priorities for next year.
Week 22: Closure, catharsis and crimping
Starting user research with real people and why talking about trauma can be cathartic.
Week 23: NHS, renewing a passport and UKCharityCamp
MoneySavingExpert for the NHS, new passport and an unconference in Birmingham.
Week 24: Resilience and my reading
Pandemic impacts, burnout and launching a new website for weeknotes.
Yearnote: 2023
Annual review — work, a health scare, a new relationship and lessons about mortality.
Week 26: findings, oh shit banners, reading age and the power of TV
User research findings, content readability and the power of TV.
Week 27: writing and content testing
Good writing matters and the challenge of testing content for everyone.
Week 28: content crit, complexity and clarification
A content crit on best interests decisions and options for challenging poor care.
Week 29: DNR decisions, conscious competence and prototyping
DNR communication failures, unconscious competence and prototyping with the GOV.UK kit.
Week 30: how to prioritise internal systems and needs
Proposing an internal knowledge base to retain what we know and improve consistency.
Week 31: bits and pieces
Launching our best interests content and reflecting on contrasting professional meetings.
Week 32: alignment and expectations
Addressing team communication gaps and planning an internal knowledge base workshop.
Week 33, 34, 35: a bumper edition
Knowledge base workshop, advance decision form improvements and Glastonbury.
Yearnote: 2024
End-of-year reflection — work struggles, sabbatical plans and family health challenges.
Week 37: forgiveness and new energy
Back from a 3-month sabbatical in Japan with renewed energy and motivation.
Why (and how) we decided to submit a freedom of information request to NHS Trusts
An FOI request to NHS Trusts revealing inconsistent advance decision guidance.
It’s all about education…
Using our FOI results to plan education and training for healthcare staff.
A new process for updating our advance decision form
A new continuous improvement process to avoid inertia in form updates.
Yearnote: 2025
A year of sabbatical travel, work strategy challenges and an upcoming wedding.
Monthnote: January 2026
Organisational strategy, the practitioner vs manager question and AI’s potential.