Stories from Connecting for Health

These stories are the result of a collaboration between the Royal College of Nursing and Connecting for Health to consider the influence and potential transformative power of new technology on the future of nursing.

The nurse’s tale
A story of mis-communication. Could effective use of ICT have resulted in a different outcome?

Getting in … and getting out
When 8 year-old Scarlett appears in the kitchen with a branch sticking out of her arm, her mum, an NHS clinician, has an opportunity to experience the system from the other side … causing her to consider the potential of new technology to ease entry and exit.

Leanna
Three-year-old Leanna has leukaemia, and geographical constraints mean that her treatment involves a great deal of travel and separation for her and her family. How could readily available technologies have helped?