Great to meet with local PHN & CRGNs this morning; highlighting the role of Pathfinder and building pathways between the services to benefit the patient's of Donegal. Pathfinder Alternative Care Pathway National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 Sláintecare LetterkennyEM @saoltagroup

Storytelling is an essential leadership skill. Stories help us make connections, build meaningful relationships with others & retain information. We're 7x more likely to remember a fact when it's wrapped in a story. As leaders we should build skills in telling five kinds of

After a long journey, independent prescribing paramedics in NI working directly for GP surgeries can request an individual CIPHER number Printed my first scripts today with my actual name on it and my individual CIPHER Milestone for the profession in NI

Curtain call for NIAS colleagues after combined 60 years service. Our paths might have diverged in recent years but our bond stays strong. Here's to a long and healthy retirement Ann, Gillian and Victor

Hopefully I will get to attend this next week, all being well. A great programme of events. College of Paramedics

A few days ago I posted about "Hope for cynics", the new book by the neuroscientist Jamil Zaki. Here's another article he's written: news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/0…. People don't typically have "cynical personalities". Rather, the social environment significantly shapes our willingness to

📢Now available to pre-order! Sirens and Stories is a powerful collection of short stories and poetry, capturing the resilience, humanity and humour required of #paramedics whilst delivering care in the most challenging situations. Pre-order your copy here:

Paramedics recognised for palliative care scheme bbc.in/3Y7QtLt

#PCPC24 Jamie Scott and Professor Michelle Tennyson representing Northern Ireland. Great programme of events regarding Paramedics and prescribing in primary care. Great to meet up with Ann McDermott , Andrea James and Georgette Eaton . Day 2 tomorrow.

The book arrived! @sirensandstories. A cathartic experience for sure!! A book with underlying universal themes of humanity, empathy and connections. What a great celebration of Paramedicine and life in general!

My husband talking at CarFest earlier this year about how my perimenopausal symptoms were affecting him and our family. I met Paul when I was 18 in our first week at medical school and he is the most important person in my life. However, the uncontrollable rage I had when

All the way from Clare Island to Maynooth, Community Paramedics William and Oisín presented at the PHECC Research Conference this week. Their study explored the deployment of Community Paramedics to rural islands off the coast of Ireland. Amazing work, well done👏

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39564922/ Multi Professional Consultant Practitioners are identified as key players, acting as expert practitioners and embedded researchers to enhance patient and staff experiences #advancedpractice #consultantpractice #systemsleadership #mentalhealth #nursing

How do we influence others? Recent research shows that the approach most commonly used by leaders is "selling" - getting others to agree by showing them your idea is the best/most beneficial. However, influencing by "selling" produces suboptimal compromises. Leaders who adopt a

I had a conversation today about the difference between "kindness" & "niceness" in leadership so I decided to post about it. The article & graphic explain why, as leaders, we should choose kindness over niceness. Kindness is about caring enough to push people toward greatness,

I know Ozempic & other semaglutide injections are all the rage right now, but you need to know it can bring serious health consequences in the long term. For both weight loss & Type 2 Diabetes, the root cause is actually made worse long-term with Ozempic. I'll explain. THREAD

Great morning with ⁦Donegal GPs discussing PeacePlus funding for cross border obesity programme that will be delivered in Northwest by ⁦NIPC⁩ Thanks ⁦Alex Miras⁩ for insightful talk on obesity and to GPs for their feedback. Exciting times ahead!

Brilliant Declan

Honoured to be invited to celebrate my NIAS 20 year long service and good conduct record with colleagues last night. Pictured with just a few of my ex West Division female friends and colleagues.