Matt Edgar @mattedgar@mastodon.me.uk

Went for a walk. Chanced upon the unusual art pottery flanked gravestone of Sarah Robinson, oldest person in the IMDB
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1792947/

Keeping it local, Saturday afternoon cycle round Adel and Meanwood

You can find out more about the opportunity for an associate director of product and design, and apply for the role, on the NHS Digital jobs site https://www.atscloud.co.uk/nhsdigital/displayjob.aspx?jobid=2003

My move means we're looking for the right person to lead the next chapter for product and design at NHS Digital. This is an immense opportunity to improve health outcomes for people in England, with products and services that put users first

The new job means a change of organisation for me, but I'm not going far. Most patients and frontline staff don't see which national organisation does what. They simply expect us to work together as one team, and part of a wider community united by our principles

I'm moving on with the assurance that our user-centred design leadership is stronger than ever. Our graduate trainees are already injecting fresh perspectives and challenging us to go further in our commitment to inclusion

It has been an absolute privilege to scale out user-centred design at NHS Digital over the past 3.5 years, and especially to see high-performing multidisciplinary teams deliver for the nation at pace as part of the covid-19 response

I'm excited to work together with colleagues across the national NHS organisations and local health and care systems. We have a great opportunity to connect what we do digitally to the big picture of service transformation set out in the NHS Long Term Plan

Some news: at the end of March I'll be moving to a new role, as director of service transformation for digital urgent and emergency care in NHSx

Virtual graduation day! #BevanProg

There will be things we got wrong, people who didn't get the compassionate care they should have in the pressures of the pandemic. But I do believe the NHS's response must have been bolder, more thoughtful, and more inclusive for having 1000s of NHS Leadership Academy graduates in its midst

Looking forward to being reunited with cohort 24 friends at our #BevanProg graduation this afternoon. A year since we finished the programme, and what a year for the NHS
https://twitter.com/NHSLeadership/status/1364515648349601793?s=20

On the Design of Buttons in Healthcare - Doctor as Designer
https://joyclee.medium.com/on-the-design-of-buttons-in-healthcare-ab8af00a52a4

Working from home day 329. The teens have hoarded all the glasses in the house, so now I get to recreate that NHS office life classic: the mug of water

"Go sit in an uncomfortable chair, in an uncomfortable location, and stare at an uncomfortably small screen with an uncomfortably outdated web browser. How easy is it to use the websites you’ve created?" - @Edent https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/

View from the office ☃️

Le Radnor Fizz est arrivé!

So, today my son (14) was thirsty after spending 5 hours on Microsoft Teams lessons without his customary breaktime drink so I said "let me order a 24 pack of Radnor Fizz Tropical." Don't @ me.
https://www.radnorhills.co.uk/shop/product-details/5ca1df77c432e/Tropical-24-x-330ml-

Leeds friends, please do take 5 mins today to respond to this consultation on limiting access to the lovely Lotherton Hall museum
https://twitter.com/LothertonHall/status/1345691889371148288