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Ebola: Are we learning the right lessons?

Last week I attended a conference where the Ebola outbreak was covered by addressing rapid needs assessments and identification of […]

A comparison of two intriguing nineteenth century change agents. The lady with the lamp: Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing,

I’ve been collaborating with the Lean Institute Africa for the past six months and the collaboration has now been formalised.

A week ago there was an incident at one of the private hospitals. Nineteen new-born babies received the incorrect BCG

A successful economy is dependent on a population that is healthy enough to work. The health system in South Africa

It’s the same issues and similar workarounds…in every ICU that I’ve ever worked. Regardless of hospital, type of ICU, shift

I was honoured to be invited to speak at the Inspiring Critical Care Congress last week. My plan was to

Place two fingers on the inside of your wrist just the below the thumb and feel your heartbeat…every 0.8 seconds

Waiting feels like a waste of time and is intensely disliked by most people. Working in hospital, I used to

I’m regularly asked whether my experience working on an oil rig triggered my interest in improvement and system strengthening. Absolutely