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Jul 194 min read

When Computers Catch a Cold: Health System Resilience in the Digital Age

Introduction As I talked about in my last blog post, health systems are complex things. At their full potential, all components of the...

Jul 73 min read

Lego brick resilience and the challenge of system austerity

A metaphor I often refer to in talks is the concept of lego brick resilience, particularly in the context of health systems, but what...

Jan 3, 20234 min read

Now is the winter of our discontent

Happy New Year to all of you. A time of celebration, of reflection, of goal-setting and ambition driving. Yet sadly a time of year when...

Jun 5, 20223 min read

From Integration to Coordination

Somehow it is now June 2022 and it seems a long time since I first talked about the impact of the latest legislative change to Emergency...

Feb 24, 20214 min read

The ICS White Paper

Many existing statutory and non-statutory requirements underpin the work of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) across...

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