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Personalised Care is key at the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston

Clara Grimes, Deputy Director of Nursing, describes the impact of asking the WMTY? question with pat…

Robert Gordon University

How have you used the What Matters to You approach? On What Matters to You? (WMTY) Day 2023 Robert G…

Kingsway Care Centre Occupational Therapy Case Study

Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership’s Psychiatry of Old Age service includes In-patient Serv…

Putting patients first at Ninewells Hospital

The Surgical Acute Frailty Team at Ninewells Hospital, in NHS Tayside, are making sure patients’ nee…

ALLIANCE Carer Voices’ short film with carers across Scotland

The ALLIANCE's Carer Voices project has produced a short film to highlight the What matters to you? …

Virtual Visiting with a beloved pet

Ward staff acted quickly to source an iPad so that an elderly patient could connect with her family …

Providing daily newspapers to reduce isolation

A regular supply of local newspapers delivered to residents of rehabilitation centre has helped redu…

How Fife Women’s Aid has adapted how it connects with those who need it during the COVID-19 pandemic

As an organisation continuing to deliver a service during the COVID-19 pandemic to women and childre…

Royal Hospital for Children – Rhys’ story

Six-year-old Rhys was admitted to the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow at the height of the COVI…

Moral distress in the intensive care unit during the pandemic: the burden of dying alone

An intensive care doctor describes how technology allowed families to stay in contact with their lov…

Engaging with gypsy travellers

Sometimes asking ‘What matters to you?’ can have a really quick answer and sometimes if it’s somethi…

Improving things for everyone in NHS Fife

SCN Teresa Robertson, Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy and Yvonne Telfer, NHS Fife SHPO Acute tell us abo…

Chris’ story

I’ve been able to keep myself fit and well and I have hardly had any joint pain for the last t…

House of Care approach to respiratory reviews

Patrick Cooney from NHS Lothian , whilst carrying out respiratory reviews in one of NHS Lothian&#821…

WMTY activities at Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS)

Within our hospices across Scotland we have always been very child-centred and always focus on and d…

Finding out what matters – at Mainstay Trust

Mainstay Trust Ltd works with people with learning and physical disabilities and we based our &#8216…