A podcast featuring one of England’s most innovative health leaders recorded shortly before her passing has been released in her honour.
Karen Downs, Lead Clinical Nurse at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, took part in a 2022 podcast to help support and inspire health and care professionals across the country.
She spoke with passion and trademark modesty about her pivotal role in leading the trust’s Monitoring@Home programme, which has transformed and continues to transform hundreds of lives for people and their families.
Released with the kind permission of her family, the podcast features Karen in conversation with WWL CEO Silas Nicholls and former NHS England Director Breid O’Brien, about how leadership and technology can support people and staff to thrive.
Karen and the WWL team also feature in an Innovation Collaborative for digital health video about the life-changing impact of technology-enabled virtual wards in Greater Manchester. Watch this video, Martin’s Story. About the NHS National Innovation Collaborative for digital health
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