Joy Furnival 🐝
@joyfurnival.bsky.social
Chartered Engineer | Heath & Social care | Leadership | Regulation | Quality | Safety | Improvement | Insight | Hon Lecturer UoM | PhD | QI | #QISky | #Qcommunity
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Joy Furnival 🐝
@joyfurnival.bsky.social
· Nov 11
My intro post
Im an engineer, I work in data for better care at the CQC - the health & care regulator in England
Previously, I’ve worked in the NHS, chemicals & academia.
Im a bit obsessed with #QI, improvement and regulation, making things better through people
And trains and the North
Im an engineer, I work in data for better care at the CQC - the health & care regulator in England
Previously, I’ve worked in the NHS, chemicals & academia.
Im a bit obsessed with #QI, improvement and regulation, making things better through people
And trains and the North
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I really do enjoy No Meetings Fridays.
We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift.
Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week.
We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift.
Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week.
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I really do enjoy No Meetings Fridays.
We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift.
Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week.
We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift.
Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week.
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Community services are under growing strain, with almost 1.2 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people.
As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.
As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.
How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health?
Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. Focus to date has largely been on efforts to…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Community services are under growing strain, with almost 1.2 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people.
As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.
As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.
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I enjoyed this interview with Michael Heseltine:
www.thetimes.com/article/9…
Hard to disagree with this diagnosis:
"This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... https://richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoyed-this-interview-with/
www.thetimes.com/article/9…
Hard to disagree with this diagnosis:
"This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... https://richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoyed-this-interview-with/
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I enjoyed this interview with Michael Heseltine:
www.thetimes.com/article/9…
Hard to disagree with this diagnosis:
"This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... https://richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoyed-this-interview-with/
www.thetimes.com/article/9…
Hard to disagree with this diagnosis:
"This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... https://richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoyed-this-interview-with/
Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund
Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, Events and Partnerships at The King's Fund, responds to scenes from Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into ambulance delays.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Great to hear @andreadgibbons.bsky.social talking about her 100 Voices project. Stories are the thing that make quality improvement real.
#QISky #QIWeek
#QISky #QIWeek
September 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Great to hear @andreadgibbons.bsky.social talking about her 100 Voices project. Stories are the thing that make quality improvement real.
#QISky #QIWeek
#QISky #QIWeek
Not sure I'm going to get time for tea on a train today @lourodrigues.bsky.social nevertheless I thought of you!
September 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Not sure I'm going to get time for tea on a train today @lourodrigues.bsky.social nevertheless I thought of you!
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Q5: I have gained a renewed sense of connection with the QI tribe which I missed from the other place. I think I will do more exploring of the values of the project team in the early stages of a project and note them so we can refer to them.
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Q5: I have gained a renewed sense of connection with the QI tribe which I missed from the other place. I think I will do more exploring of the values of the project team in the early stages of a project and note them so we can refer to them.
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Be part of the QI conversation and help build the improvement community …
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Be part of the QI conversation and help build the improvement community …
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The model for large scale change - the framing and reframing loop is helpful, I think. See page 20 here #QISky https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/practical-guide-large-scale-change-april-2018-smll.pdf
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The model for large scale change - the framing and reframing loop is helpful, I think. See page 20 here #QISky https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/practical-guide-large-scale-change-april-2018-smll.pdf
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📢 DON'T MISS OUT!
Join us on Tuesday 9th September from 7-8pm BST for a QI Community Live Chat!
Follow #QISky and please remember to include the hashtag in your posts so others can see them and respond!
#QIWeek2025 #AHPQI
Join us on Tuesday 9th September from 7-8pm BST for a QI Community Live Chat!
Follow #QISky and please remember to include the hashtag in your posts so others can see them and respond!
#QIWeek2025 #AHPQI
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📢 DON'T MISS OUT!
Join us on Tuesday 9th September from 7-8pm BST for a QI Community Live Chat!
Follow #QISky and please remember to include the hashtag in your posts so others can see them and respond!
#QIWeek2025 #AHPQI
Join us on Tuesday 9th September from 7-8pm BST for a QI Community Live Chat!
Follow #QISky and please remember to include the hashtag in your posts so others can see them and respond!
#QIWeek2025 #AHPQI
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Join us next week for our #qiweek2025 Spotlight series! We're showcasing how QI teams are driving improvement
Each day a different team will share their work
🔗 Sign up tinyurl.com/qiweek , use QR code or email hello@theqihub.com
@lourodrigues.bsky.social @terriporrett.bsky.social
Each day a different team will share their work
🔗 Sign up tinyurl.com/qiweek , use QR code or email hello@theqihub.com
@lourodrigues.bsky.social @terriporrett.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Join us next week for our #qiweek2025 Spotlight series! We're showcasing how QI teams are driving improvement
Each day a different team will share their work
🔗 Sign up tinyurl.com/qiweek , use QR code or email hello@theqihub.com
@lourodrigues.bsky.social @terriporrett.bsky.social
Each day a different team will share their work
🔗 Sign up tinyurl.com/qiweek , use QR code or email hello@theqihub.com
@lourodrigues.bsky.social @terriporrett.bsky.social
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#QISky and #AHPQI are partnering for #QIWeek2025 to host another #QISky Chat on BlueSky to bring the #QITwitter community back together and re-build momentum and conversational connection!
Share and See You There!
@naomi-burden.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social
Share and See You There!
@naomi-burden.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#QISky and #AHPQI are partnering for #QIWeek2025 to host another #QISky Chat on BlueSky to bring the #QITwitter community back together and re-build momentum and conversational connection!
Share and See You There!
@naomi-burden.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social
Share and See You There!
@naomi-burden.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social
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A fairly upbeat message about the new NHS 10-year plan by @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Is it "Fit for the future"? The NHS 10-year plan and the social determinants of Health
Labour released its 10-year NHS plan this week - in this post I have a look at whether and how it deals with the social determinants of health
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A fairly upbeat message about the new NHS 10-year plan by @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years.
Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇
Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇
Silence, sexism and stigma: The state of working-age women’s health in England
Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and…
buff.ly
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years.
Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇
Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇
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When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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I was over in Amsterdam for HLTH Europe conference recently. I interviewed new NHS England chair Penny Dash on the main stage...given the NHS 10 year plan is out next week. Here's some of what she had to say...
June 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I was over in Amsterdam for HLTH Europe conference recently. I interviewed new NHS England chair Penny Dash on the main stage...given the NHS 10 year plan is out next week. Here's some of what she had to say...
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The @thekingsfund.bsky.social comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle #Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices (good start, more to do - see my early take in previous post)
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
The King's Fund Comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices
Sarah Woolnough comments on measures in the government’s forthcoming NHS 10 Year Plan to tackle obesity through incentivising healthier food choices.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
June 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The @thekingsfund.bsky.social comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle #Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices (good start, more to do - see my early take in previous post)
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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My piece for the Observer this month previews the NHS 10 year plan and asks why so few of the previous plans have worked...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Wes Streeting can't heal the whole NHS now – he should fo...
Successive governments have reduced the number of hospital beds in the hope more care would shift elsewhere. But this has left us with a chronic shortage
observer.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My piece for the Observer this month previews the NHS 10 year plan and asks why so few of the previous plans have worked...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Rebuilding regulation.
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
Rebuilding regulation: Co-designing a stronger, fairer CQC together
In his latest blog Chris Day, Director of Engagement reflects on the recent roadshows held in Manchester and London.
carequalitycomm.medium.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Rebuilding regulation.
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
Had a great day all. Amazing what you can learn from making ... in batch at first... paper aeroplanes.
June 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Had a great day all. Amazing what you can learn from making ... in batch at first... paper aeroplanes.
So today trying something not tried before. . Introducing idea of batch and Q; and flow to a room of analysts. How many others out there fed up of waiting for an informatics request? So let's see what we can learn today. (Might of course also go horribly wrong)
June 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
So today trying something not tried before. . Introducing idea of batch and Q; and flow to a room of analysts. How many others out there fed up of waiting for an informatics request? So let's see what we can learn today. (Might of course also go horribly wrong)
Having a fun afternoon. Me and the wonderful Maeve prepping the Aeroplane game! What learning can we share with analysts about flow and team dynamics tomorrow by making paper planes...
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Having a fun afternoon. Me and the wonderful Maeve prepping the Aeroplane game! What learning can we share with analysts about flow and team dynamics tomorrow by making paper planes...
I’ve no idea where the 90% increase in demand comes from either @policyskeptic.bsky.social Tho disagree on flujabs being in the cause hospitalised flu bed days impact flow for crit care & reg beds. Resp LOS redn imho fastest way to improve thruout safely & reduce >12hrs. Been there, done that
June 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’ve no idea where the 90% increase in demand comes from either @policyskeptic.bsky.social Tho disagree on flujabs being in the cause hospitalised flu bed days impact flow for crit care & reg beds. Resp LOS redn imho fastest way to improve thruout safely & reduce >12hrs. Been there, done that