Why design is key for healthcare improvement
Deborah Szebeko, director of thinkpublic has published an article in this week’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) to argue this very point. Detailing Deborah’s experiences of a designer working in health,...
View ArticleCongratulations to Enabled by Design
Congratulations are in order for Enabled by Design! For those that haven’t heard, they are a social startup that supports anyone looking to make adjustments to their lives through the use of assistive...
View ArticlePitch Your Project shortlisted for award
thinkpublic initiative Pitch Your Project has been short listed by the NHS Centre for Involvement, as part of their Involvement to Impact Awards (i2i) Pitch Your Project is part of our Journeys to...
View ArticlePublic service design on the high street
How can we use high street service experiences to help design better public services? At thinkpublic we regularly use other examples from outside the public sector to explain elements that make up a...
View Articlenational dementia strategy launches
We are excited to see that thinkpublic’s recommendation for a information service has been written into the National Dementia Strategy which launched today: “Objective 4: enabling easy access to care,...
View Articleamerican healthcare on the back of a napkin
Last week’s #welovethenhs tag on Twitter put the public/private healthcare systems at the forefront of everyone’s thinking. But what is the American system like? how does it work and is it a better...
View ArticleDo you know someone close to you who has, or you thinkmight have, dementia?
Here at thinkpublic we understand how difficult it can be to make a decision to see a doctor if you think you have dementia. We also recognise that for many people it is difficult to approach the...
View Articleunderstanding Ambulatory Care
Last week Ness and I found ourselves at Weston General Hospital A&E. Thankfully, our visit was a planned one, in support of a project we are doing with the NHS Institute for Excellence and...
View ArticleChoose Well this Winter
A last week The NHS North West launched their Choose Well this Winter campaign, that highlights incorrect use of NHS emergency services which cost up to £100 million across England. The campaign is...
View ArticleAmbulatory Emergency Care explained
Ambulatory Emergency Care from thinkpublic on Vimeo. It’s great to see the animation being used, that’s part of the Ambulatory Emergency Care service design project we worked on for the NHS Institute....
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