Patients need motivation to recover. The NHS must offer hope | Kate Allatt It is futile prescribing stroke rehabilitation plans if patients lack motivation before therapy starts or are left at home trying to manage their own condition
Our NHS is under attack from all angles. People are living longer, we don’t eat well or exercise enough. Yet we expect more from the NHS; more people are visiting A&E departments and minor injury units year on year, and costs are rising.
How do we tackle this? What if we focus on marginal gains, the performance strategy that helped British Cycling to success in multiple Olympics?
Lowering patients’ expectations of recovery can be extremely damaging Continue reading... The Guardian
Our NHS is under attack from all angles. People are living longer, we don’t eat well or exercise enough. Yet we expect more from the NHS; more people are visiting A&E departments and minor injury units year on year, and costs are rising.
How do we tackle this? What if we focus on marginal gains, the performance strategy that helped British Cycling to success in multiple Olympics?
Lowering patients’ expectations of recovery can be extremely damaging Continue reading... The Guardian
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