Paediatric Anaesthetist @ Royal Hospital for Children (Glasgow, Scotland). Learning From Excellence, Appreciative Inquiry, Design. SQSFc11.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined May 2017
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I walked from
sunrise to sunset on the longest day of the year. See why here:
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When your child is in theatre, it can feel like the longest day of your life.
Please give to a really important cause if you can:
justgiving.com/page/alywalke…
@GCH_Charity
Come and work in a fantastic team!
Thinking about a paediatric anaesthesia fellowship?
Come to @RHCGlasgow! Ranked 🥇 children’s hospital by anaesthetic trainees for overall trainee satisfaction. (GMC survey)
Advert out now for our 12 month pre cct SIA…
apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/J…
Lovely to start the day seeing this friendly bunch in the @RHCGlasgow atrium.
Our hospital strives to be an inclusive environment for all: patients, families and staff alike.
@LgbtStaffForum #equality #respect #inclusivity
Interested in paediatric cardiac anaesthesia?
Click here to find out about joining the Scottish team for paediatric heart surgery…
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Sharing the story of how we used design techniques to transform our children’s theatre department and drive improvement at the @RHCGlasgow, working with @GCH_Charity.
#anaesthesia2024 #codesign #patientcentred #empathy
Opening the last day of @RCoANews #anaesthesia2024 - an inspiring walk through redesigning paediatric operating theatres by @alysonwalkerRHC
➡️ understand the problem (in detail)
➡️ ideate
➡️ prototype
➡️ test
➡️ iterate
Brilliant session chairing by @drmumsjt
Stopped by to say hi to the highly skilled and compassionate Complex Airway Nurse Specialists Emma and Joyce, demystifying and raising awareness about tracheostomy care, and sharing some brilliant kid friendly resources! You do a wonderful job.
@RHCGlasgow @ScotAirwayGroup #tracheosotomyawarenesweek
Working in a children’s hospital rocks!
@GCH_Charity putting smiles on childrens’, families and staff faces.
@RHCGlasgow @Kirsten_GCHC
An energetic few days using design methods & tools to help healthcare professionals in North Norway progress their improvement projects & see them through different lenses.
linkedin.com/posts/alywalker…
@UNN_HF @designcouncil @LDjupos @MetteFredheim #design #empathy
ALT A healthcare team enjoys an energetic ideation session.
ALT Reflections from the workshop on what candidates learned.
ALT Using prototyping to safely explore new change ideas.
ALT Swimming in the freezing Norwegian Sea. A beautiful moment.
Using design methods helps to drive healthcare improvement.
Looking forward to sharing ideas with my anaesthetic colleagues on home soil.
@RCoANews #Anaesthesia2024
#design #codesign #creativityinhealthcare
The more I work within the area, the more useful, fun and crucial I see that co-design is.
Great to chat with @louiselyons_ at #Quality2024 about her work in this field too.
@QualityForum @SQSFellowship @RHCGlasgow @EHDCongress @designcouncil @NHS_Education @UNN_HF
Aly Walker @alysonwalkerRHC shares her journey in co-design with @Louiselyons_ - creating an empathic children’s operating theatre experience in Glasgow.
Watch in full: youtu.be/ga3fdmNj2HE
#QualityImprovement #CoDesign #Children #Families #Quality2024
It was a fabulous to share Glasgow Childrens hospital’s story of using design to improve our children’s operating theatres at the @QualityForum this afternoon. There was a great energy in the room.
Change is possible.
@QualityForum @RHCGlasgow @SQSFellowship
@alysonwalkerRHC opens up posing the question, ‘are clinical care and user experience separate things? Do we consider what it is like for our users to use our service?’
They’ll be sharing insights from Glasgow and how design thinking helped make a difference #Quality2024
ALT Image of Aly Walker and holding slide on co-designing with children
Alyson Walker retweeted
Co-designing can come with challenges:
🔸Time: staff, children, parents 🔸Solutioneering
🔸Gathering feedback at stressful times
🔸Bringing people with you
🔸Managing expectations
We need to create time & space for clinicians to do co-design as the outcomes are too important!
Looking forward to sharing our @RHCGlasgow theatre design journey @ the #Quality2024 IHI conference in London tomorrow.
Using design tools & methods lead to solutions that better meet user needs.
@QualityForum @SQSFellowship @redfernjam @HelenBevan @BMJ_Qual_Saf @jasonleitch
Listening to @BenAllenGP sharing his experiences of improving team culture and dynamics.
✔️Employ for potential, not numbers.
✔️Have shared values.
✔️Create trust and psychological safety.
✔️Have the right leaders.
✔️Know your staff.
#aspiration #Quality2024 @QualityForum
Reflecting on change with @HelenBevan @ #Quality2024.
When we started our theatre improvements, we asked whether the journey was necessary. Design methods helped us realise it was, we built a team & now we are flying the flag that positive change is possible.
@QualityForum
It is always great visiting the @VADundee and noticing something new. And it’s always great to see good people at @ScottishNetwork. So great to combine the two today. Thank you very much for the invitation!
Our final talk is from Dr Alyson Walker on a Design Approach to Patient and Staff Experience
#SPAN2024
Delighted to be featured in the @HCDMagazine this month. Co-designing with users delivers results to please children, young people, families & staff. It is a joy to see how children and families interact with the new space.
@operanomad @EHDCongress @redfernjam @jasonleitch
Royal Hospital for Children's reception area houses a variety of colorful furnishings in playful shapes. @GravenHQ
Read more: tinyurl.com/mr49d992
#healthcaredesign
And right in the middle of the Scottish mist, a Japanese Garden.
A calm oasis
A moment in time to stop
And count our blessings
@cowdengarden
