# Baw Medical Ltd - Full Content

> clinical informatics consultancy, health software development, and clinical medical services


## About This Forum

Baw Medical Ltd | Marcus Baw | Everything Digital Health | Koloki


[← Back to Navigation (llms.txt)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/llms.txt)

---

## Categories and Subcategories

### [Uncategorized](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/uncategorized/1)
### [curriculum vitae](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/cv/6)

Building on a wide range of clinical experience in settings as diverse as Intensive Care and Prison General Practice, I have deep technical and organisational knowledge that I use to assist the development of patient-enabling, robust, clinically safe, real-world tech that can is acceptable to clinic…

### [services](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/services/7)

<a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a> is the most awesome open source forum that there is

### [blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)

Yes, I’m using a Discourse forum as a blog engine #dogfooding

### [marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)

This is a public archive of some of my work.


---

## Topics

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [The case for NHS-owned, open software - Digital Health podcast](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-case-for-nhs-owned-open-software-digital-health-podcast/1439)
  > ### The case for NHS-owned, open software
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/02/the-case-for-nhs-owned-open-software/

---

**In the latest episode of *Digital Health* Unplugged, Marcus Baw calls for a rethink of NHS technology strategy, arguing that the service has drifted away from open source and in-house capability.**

Baw, a GP, clinical safety officer, clinical informatician and software engineer, criticises NHS England’s [quiet removal of its open source...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Discourse as a Personal Journal](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/discourse-as-a-personal-journal/1261)
  > ![image|690x197](upload://yabtTrX4wCWca67hpWnyUyy6v7T.png)

I have a personal Discourse instance which I use for multiple purposes, I recently talked about some tips and tricks for using [Discourse as a Personal Notebook](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/discourse-as-a-personal-notebook/1260). This blog is another instalment in my series of articles describing some more niche uses for Discourse forums.

Using a personal Discourse for daily journaling is really easy to set up, and something I really...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Discourse as a Personal Notebook](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/discourse-as-a-personal-notebook/1260)
  > I have a personal Discourse instance which I use for multiple purposes, but for now I'll stick to just the **Notebook** features, I'll document some of the other features in the future though, in separate topics, and perhaps videos.

Notebook-friendly features you get 'out of the box' with Discourse...

* #tags, `code formatting`, emoji :face_with_raised_eyebrow: and custom emoji :yorkshire-rose:
* All the standard Markdown formatting features like **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~,...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Archives of Disease in Childhood - RCPCH incubator: a new model for building open, sustainable digital health](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/archives-of-disease-in-childhood-rcpch-incubator-a-new-model-for-building-open-sustainable-digital-health/1248)
  > Hey, I published an academic paper!

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329017

> [!cite] Cite
> Baw MJ, Dimitri P, Chapman S, et al. RCPCH incubator: a new model for building open, sustainable digital health. Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 28 October 2025. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2025-329017

It's about an alternative model of developing software for healthcare that sidesteps some of the problems caused by:

* Development by governmental organisations (eg...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Reasons Not To Use WhatsApp for Professional Purposes](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/reasons-not-to-use-whatsapp-for-professional-purposes/1210)
  > ### WhatsApp's 'Endless Stream Of Consciousness' vs Threaded Topics

In a WhatsApp group, all the discussion is a single long stream. This can make it exceedingly difficult to have nuanced and complex professional discussions. Just two users talking about different things at the same time can create a confusing jumble of text, misapprehensions, and even unecessary disagreements. Search *is* possible but relies on knowing the exact term you are looking for, and even if found, will still not...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Guitarist on several songs on Harrison Rimmer album "Cheaper Than Therapy"](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/guitarist-on-several-songs-on-harrison-rimmer-album-cheaper-than-therapy/1094)
  > https://harrisonrimmer1.bandcamp.com/album/cheaper-than-therapy

"Cheaper Than Therapy" is the 2nd album by UK Singer Songwriter Harrison Rimmer. This record covers themes of love, loss, travel & exploring ones own meaning. Lyrically coming from Harrison's personal experience both on & off the road, whilst musically drawing influence from a real smorgasbord of artists ranging from Bruce Springsteen & Frank Turner, to the likes of Madonna, Joe Cocker, Marvin Gaye, Luke Combs, Celine Dion, Bob...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Being Outspoken Works!](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/being-outspoken-works/1085)
  > ![image|690x396](upload://8MTHw2RlqB2Z3hPr1jUjUJilBSA.jpeg)

## Being Outspoken Works!

Hi. My name is Marcus Baw and I'm a GP and software developer mainly working in the UK health technology and NHS clinical informatics area. I'm known for a few things, one of them is being a bit outspoken in meetings and blogs. As I stepped down from the Chair of RCGP's Health Informatics Group last week, the team I've been working with described me as "Always Willing To Offer An Opinion" (which I'm...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Let's Do Digital 'In-House Development' Debate 2022](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/lets-do-digital-in-house-development-debate-2022/1044)
  > https://pacharanero.github.io/lets-talk-digital-2022-debate-marcus-slides/

https://github.com/pacharanero/lets-talk-digital-2022-debate-marcus-slides

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Let's Do Digital Christmas Webinar 2024](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/lets-do-digital-christmas-webinar-2024/1043)
  > Video
https://www.youtube.com/live/UwVBfJrRSss

Slides
<iframe src="https://pacharanero.github.io/2024-ositowfm-lets-do-digital/">

**[services](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/services/7)** - [List of Baw Medical Discourses](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/list-of-baw-medical-discourses/965)
  > ### Current Discourse forums

|Forum | Created | Purpose | Basis|
|--- | --- | --- | ---|
|[Digital Health Networks](https://discourse.digitalhealth.net) | 2014 | The National NHS IT Community | Commercial|
|[OpenHealthHub](https://openhealthhub.org) | 2016 | The Open Healthcare IT Forum | Pro Bono|
|[Irish Clinical Digital Network](https://forum.ehealthireland.ie) | 2016 | Ireland HSE Digital Forums | Commercial|
|[OpenEHR Community Forums](https://forum.openehr.org) | 2019 | The official...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [2012 OpenGPSoC Presentation](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/2012-opengpsoc-presentation/953)
  > This presentation was given to the GPSoC team at NHS England/NHS Digital in 2012, when they were showing signs of being interested in an open source alternative to their broken GP IT market - at the time an 'oligopoly' of about 4 GP system providers - in the intervening 10 years this has now effectively become a duopoly - TPP and EMIS - at least in England.

### PPTX
[GPSoC Presentation.pptx|attachment](upload://kKOIjAkEv22gkA7Z86OASvNWK2L.pptx) (74.9...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Forth Valley goes live with RCPCH GrowthAPI, Morse EPR integration](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/forth-valley-goes-live-with-rcpch-growthapi-morse-epr-integration/917)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2024/02/forth-valley-goes-live-with-rcpch-growthapi-morse-epr-integration/

> # Forth Valley goes live with RCPCH GrowthAPI, Morse EPR integration
> 
> ![Forth Valley goes live with RCPCH GrowthAPI, Morse EPR integration |978x400](upload://hRZG9aK353UKLIGoYqVEDZVzovc.jpeg "Forth Valley goes live with RCPCH GrowthAPI, Morse EPR integration ")
> 
> **Cambric Systems, a supplier of healthcare patient data software solutions for use in secondary and community-based...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Quoted in article on GP remote working (iQ magazine)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/quoted-in-article-on-gp-remote-working-iq-magazine/906)
  > https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/tell-people-nurse-gps-hated-profession-2832273

> Though Baw acknowledges there is a risk that some cues could be
> missed remotely, he insists patients are usually triaged more quickly
> during a telephone consultation. He has sent several directly to A&E,
> saving them time which would have been wasted should they have had to
> attend a GP appointment first.
> 
> Remote consultations may not be perfect but they allow practices
> without any spare physical...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Instructable: Hack a Swiss Army Knife to Have a Carbon Steel Blade](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/instructable-hack-a-swiss-army-knife-to-have-a-carbon-steel-blade/904)
  > https://www.instructables.com/Hack-a-Swiss-Army-Knife-to-have-a-carbon-steel-bla/

![image|666x500](upload://9ZE9RGZOK0w2gjewhQnwrtePlQb.jpeg)

> OH how I love my Victorinox Forester SAK. It has everything a resourceful and civilised gentleman should need in an Every Day Carry knife, such as a corkscrew. One thing that isn't quite great though is the quality of the steel used for the blade. Stainless steel looks good, but - for most types of SS - that's about it. Its edge is lost as soon as...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Concerns over new laws that could end use of WhatsApp in the NHS](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/concerns-over-new-laws-that-could-end-use-of-whatsapp-in-the-nhs/892)
  > https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-laws-whatsapp-nhs.html

> Marcus Baw, an [emergency medicine](https://medicalxpress.com/tags/emergency+medicine/) and general practice doctor in Yorkshire, says if WhatsApp were to disappear, "we'd have an NHS-wide problem immediately."
>
> Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, also points out that "as Signal and WhatsApp upgrade their software a number of times a week to deal with bugs or new threats, the UK would...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Debunk of Observer Article on Federated Data Platform](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/debunk-of-observer-article-on-federated-data-platform/880)
  > https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1734242244289298443.html

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231212095713/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1734242244289298443.html

As you all know I'm not one for being overly critical of drivel. But I'm going to make an exception and challenge every inaccuracy in this (well-meaning) article. (thread)


You may balk at giving your health data to Palantir but it could save your life | Martha Gill
The NHS’s deal with the US tech company raises...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [On what planet is this sale of identifiable patient data acceptable?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/on-what-planet-is-this-sale-of-identifiable-patient-data-acceptable/875)
  > https://x.com/marcus_baw/status/1724102938358878341?s=20

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - ["Digital Child Growth Assessment – from print to digital for better child health" - HTN NOW November 2020](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-child-growth-assessment-from-print-to-digital-for-better-child-health-htn-now-november-2020/872)
  > https://htn.co.uk/htn-now-november/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IQ2gk_R4s9b3bsQxMC7fz3d28wzqzSmK7NIQKzs1ryU/edit#slide=id.p1

https://vimeo.com/477051619

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231108153800/https://htn.co.uk/htn-now-november/

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [RCPCH Digital Growth Charts presentation at BCS PHCSG Conference 2023](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/rcpch-digital-growth-charts-presentation-at-bcs-phcsg-conference-2023/871)
  > https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/primary-health-care-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/phcsg-agm-and-annual-conference-2023/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT3ceVQ5fFLROLqUDEVN7sOHtAdDuSmKOs15FqHzDJKhQaBRED5sZF5DXtIeEAK3S8qzLD08qRouEgR/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

**Archive.org:**...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Set up the 2020 Official RCGP COVID Response Forum](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/set-up-the-2020-official-rcgp-covid-response-forum/860)
  > Originally at https://covid19forum.rcgp.org.uk, this Discourse forum was set up as an immediate RCGP response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow GPs to communicate freely in a safe space with each other, and with the College as well.

Later the forum was expanded to become the official RCGP Member Forum and moved to a better URL: https://forum.rcgp.org.uk/

**Archive.org**: https://web.archive.org/web/20200407065300/https://covid19forum.rcgp.org.uk/login

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Founded Leigh Hackspace](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/founded-leigh-hackspace/859)
  > ![2014-12-13 00.33.37-1|407x499](upload://hjEfgRzVihI942TJX9SmvZes8BG.jpeg)

Leigh Hackspace is still operating now, and has grown
https://leighhack.org/about

and also the same community gave rise to this project
https://leigh.town/business/news/new-creative-hub-to-boost-leigh-town-centre

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Volunteer-led NHoS project ending after legal challenge](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/volunteer-led-nhos-project-ending-after-legal-challenge/824)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2018/01/nhos-project-ending-after-legal-challenge/

> For Dr Marcus Baw, co-founder of the NHoS project it was the final straw, he [blogged](https://www.openhealthhub.org/t/nhos-closedown-the-final-straw/1385) “We’ve finally reached a point where we’ve had enough.”
> 
> Dr Baw continued: “The entire NHSbuntu/ NHoS team consists of four core members who have been working as volunteers, with a few small work packages and pieces of funding courtesy of the Apperta...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Campaigners warn NHS still not transparent about FDP bidder](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/campaigners-warn-nhs-still-not-transparent-about-fdp-bidder/823)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/03/campaigners-warn-nhs-still-not-transparent-about-fdp-bidder/

> In a debate that closed last week’s Digital Health Rewired 2023 conference, [Crider and Dr. Marcus Baw, a GP and health IT specialist, reserved some of their harshest criticism for health service authorities, who declined to participate in the debate](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/03/speakers-raise-doubts-about-fdp-palantir-bid-in-rewired-big-debate/); they said NHS England had provided...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Rewired Big Debate: How can the NHS Gain Maximum Benefit from Tech and Data?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/rewired-big-debate-how-can-the-nhs-gain-maximum-benefit-from-tech-and-data/822)
  > https://digitalhealthrewired.com/class/rewired-big-debate-2/

![image|690x302](upload://ghIuKY1wCtdA3ffBRR8EGQUVt68.png)

https://web.archive.org/web/20230306213748/https://digitalhealthrewired.com/class/rewired-big-debate-2/

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Exclusive: NHS hospitals told to share patient data with US ‘spy-tech’ firm](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/exclusive-nhs-hospitals-told-to-share-patient-data-with-us-spy-tech-firm/821)
  > https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-peter-thiel-nhs-england-foundry-faster-data-flows/

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group Conference 2023](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/bcs-primary-health-care-specialist-group-conference-2023/820)
  > Friday 10 November 2023

15:40
RCPCH Digital Growth Charts API
Dr Marcus Baw, Clinical Informatician, Software Developer and GP

https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/primary-health-care-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/phcsg-agm-and-annual-conference-2023

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [About the marcus-baw category](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/about-the-marcus-baw-category/794)
  > This is a public archive of some of my work.

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [A Modern Guide To Networks (book)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/a-modern-guide-to-networks-book/795)
  > I worked with Louise Wilson to contribute a chapter to this textbook on the social functioning of Networks (of people), based on experience of running the [Digital Health Networks forum](https://discourse.digitalhealth.net).

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-modern-guide-to-networks-9781800883970.html

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Digital Health Networks webinar debates Federated Data Platform](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-webinar-debates-federated-data-platform/826)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/09/digital-health-networks-webinar-debates-federated-data-platform/

> For Baw, meanwhile, the FDP was answering the wrong question, bringing the health service’s priorities into question. 
> 
> “Yes, perhaps an FDP does provide value and benefits, but if you had more administrative staff, you could enhance pathways. Such an enormous expenditure on FDP as if it is the only way to improve things,” he said. “At a time when staff shortages are hard. It’s not a...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Digital Health Networks Debate: "The NHS is ready for clinical use of AI - Ep 2"](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-debate-the-nhs-is-ready-for-clinical-use-of-ai-ep-2/827)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/10/digital-health-networks-debate-the-nhs-is-ready-for-clinical-use-of-ai/

> Baw focused on the lack of overall guidelines for the use of AI in clinical settings, observing that with experts currently petitioning governments around the world for better regulation, “it’s very difficult to openly support embedding AI tools into the functioning of a system that’s so important to our well-being as the NHS”. 
> 
> More time and research are necessary before the...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/https-yorkshirebylines-co-uk-politics-a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/840)
  > https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/

> Dr Baw said: “[The government] told us that they’re going to spend £480 million on a thing, but they haven’t actually got into any detail about what the thing does. They have made vague suggestions, usually in response to what was in the papers that week.”
>
> This raises a lot of questions regarding the boundaries between the government and the health...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - ["Wood Wash" - DIY wax and oil based wood preservative which is better than anything you can buy](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/wood-wash-diy-wax-and-oil-based-wood-preservative-which-is-better-than-anything-you-can-buy/772)
  > ## What is Wood Wash?

This mixture is a resilient and long lasting preservative for bare exterior wood. It is very a low viscosity liquid and so application is much easier than traditional varnishes. It soaks deeply into the wood and leaves wax and oils deep within the wood, rendering the wood much more resistant to water damage over years exposed to the elements.

## Advantages compared to commercial varnishes and paints

* **Much faster to apply** - splash it on copiously and it soaks in,...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Speakers raise doubts about FDP Palantir bid in Rewired Big Debate](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/speakers-raise-doubts-about-fdp-palantir-bid-in-rewired-big-debate/825)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/03/speakers-raise-doubts-about-fdp-palantir-bid-in-rewired-big-debate/

> **NHS England’s Federated Data Platform (FDP) procurement risks setting back data sharing in the NHS by fanning privacy fears over approach and potential choice of supplier, if the £480m contract were to be awarded to incumbent Palantir.**
> 
> This was the central argument put forward at a special debate on FDP that closed Digital Health’s Rewired conference last week.
> 
> Cori...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Why Palantir’s latest NHS land-grab is such bad news](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/why-palantir-s-latest-nhs-land-grab-is-such-bad-news/849)
  > https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-foundry-faster-data-flows-nhs-cori-crider-foxglove/

> This is what I was hoping to debate with Louis. The government wants to give his spy-tech firm, Palantir, the contract to manage a vast new ‘[Federated Data Platform](https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/06/nhs_palantir_data_platform/)’. If it goes ahead as envisaged, the FDP will be [the largest single point of access to patient data this country has ever...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Publishing a Material for MkDocs site to Azure, with automatic branch/PR preview deployments](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/publishing-a-material-for-mkdocs-site-to-azure-with-automatic-branch-pr-preview-deployments/763)
  > After some experimentation I have a GitHub Action which works for multiple deployments from PRs and branches on GitHub, to an Azure Static Web App. It means that we can preview any PRs or branches in a deployment before we merge into the live site.

The GitHub Action workflow is based on the CI workflow which Azure automatically writes into the repo when you set up a Static Web App running from GitHub Actions, **but with `actions/checkout` and `actions/setup-python` updated to v3 and v4...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [OpenUK's 2023 New Year's Honours List - OpenUK](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/openuks-2023-new-years-honours-list-openuk/837)
  > https://openuk.uk/2023-honours-lists/

> # OpenUK’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List
> 
> OpenUK is pleased to share its third New Year’s Honours List for 2023, celebrating the “Social Influencers of Open Source” in the UK.
> 
> ![](upload://ha3Iey3Ax5n3IIEEFJUB1Z1KPqT.jpeg)
> 
> OpenUK has partnered with [Onalytica](https://onalytica.com/) to use their algorithm technology to identify the 100 top UK open source influencers and is now honouring them as part of our 2023 New Year’sHonour List.
> 
>...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Let’s stop pointless reorganisations in NHS IT](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/let-s-stop-pointless-reorganisations-in-nhs-it/828)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/lets-stop-pointless-reorganisations-on-nhs-it/

> **Dr Marcus Baw argues that 2022 has shown once again that the answer to NHS technology is definitely not to have another cycle of wasteful reorganisation.**
> 
> 2022 has to be the year of proving beyond all doubt that NHS technology doesn’t need another Reorganise, Strategy and Report. We’ve had all of those and more in the past.
> 
> They’ve all failed, because they didn’t have *any* way to bring in new...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Our Right To Know: What's the government doing with NHS health data?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/our-right-to-know-whats-the-government-doing-with-nhs-health-data/836)
  > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg4JqvdThgE

> Over 200 Foxglove supporters joined us an online briefing session on the future of NHS Data, with GP and health data privacy campaigner Dr Marcus Baw and consultant neurologist Dr David Nichol of the Doctors Association UK. 
>
> Write to your MP to tell them not to hand our health data to Peter Thiel's spy tech firm Palantir by using our tool here:...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [NHS breaks up £400mn data contract in response to privacy concerns](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-breaks-up-400mn-data-contract-in-response-to-privacy-concerns/839)
  > https://www.ft.com/content/a9228ce5-8662-474a-9b77-ca563cc5080a

> The UK’s NHS has broken up a £400mn showpiece data contract into several parts, but US data analytics giant Palantir remains the most prominent bidder for the health service’s operating system. The company is best known for its ties to the security, defence and intelligence sectors and its drive to process millions of patients’ data has alarmed some privacy activists and NHS staff. Palantir is still set to bid for the contract...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [The 2022 Digital Academy Summit - Operational Uses of Data for Improvements to Clinical Pathways](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-2022-digital-academy-summit-operational-uses-of-data-for-improvements-to-clinical-pathways/844)
  > https://dasummit.co.uk/agenda/

![image|642x500](upload://pJRfbBVIWnpfLhqxyXi88uZOMwl.png)

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20220929113942/https://dasummit.co.uk/agenda/

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [How to get Office 365 (desktop version of Word) as a GP Locum in 2022](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/how-to-get-office-365-desktop-version-of-word-as-a-gp-locum-in-2022/1073)
  > ![image|690x414](upload://ow8o4Siit2OT9IEwncZGK0RItFB.png)

# How to get Office 365 (desktop version of Word) as a GP Locum in 2022

Recently I had to get an Office 365 license enabled on my NHSmail/NHS.net account so that I could use it for GP locum work. EMIS is heavily dependent on a *desktop* version of Word to be present on the computer you are using. Without this you cannot fill in even a simple Xray form or complete any other referral. It massively limits your ability to practice...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - ["Population Health Management" and what it means for Privacy](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/population-health-management-and-what-it-means-for-privacy/1074)
  > ![Screengrab from a blog released by NHS England in 2022|690x273](upload://vg0vvEsCwJTZ2XPCtdvGWek4caR.png)

---

Health data is big business. The data within the NHS is highly valuable, but to no group is it more valuable than our **patients**, whose data it actually **is**. You only get one health record. Once it's divulged, they can't just give you a new account and start again like a bank. 

We have a responsibility to protect our patients' health data from misuse and exploitation, in the...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Guitarist on 'The South' on Harrison Rimmer's debut album 'Larkholme'](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/guitarist-on-the-south-on-harrison-rimmers-debut-album-larkholme/850)
  > https://harrisonrimmer1.bandcamp.com/album/larkholme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0y07pb-ZsE

> The debut album of Harrison Rimmer "Larkholme",
> 
> Recorded by Grant Henderson at Loom Studio
> Mastered by Masterpiece Masters.
> Artwork by : Charlotte Daw & Evercloud Design
> 
> CD Pressed By: Disc Wizards
> 
> Band On This Record:
> 
> Guitar & Vocals: Harrison Rimmer
> Bass: Ben Styles
> Drums: Rob Sullivan & Buddy Neuman
> Harmonica: Vinnie Whitehead
> Backing Vocals: Grant...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [About the RCPCH Epilepsy12 Audit Engine](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/about-the-rcpch-epilepsy12-audit-engine/861)
  > https://rcpch.github.io/about-the-rcpch-audit-engine-epilepsy12/#/2/2
> 
> ## RCPCH Audit Engine
> 
> ## Epilepsy12 Platform March 2022
> 
> -----
> 
> ### The RCPCH Epilepsy12 Audit
> 
> * National Audit of Epilepsy care for the first 12 months following diagnosis
> 
> ---
> 
> ### Drawbacks with the existing E12 platform
> 
> * No API, meaning there is no way for other systems to send data automatically
> 
> * Poor user interface
> 
> * Many redundant questions and required inputs, which...

**[curriculum vitae](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/cv/6)** - [Clinical Medicine CV](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/clinical-medicine-cv/703)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

## Background

I am a portfolio GP and clinical informatics and GP IT consultant based in Yorkshire. I've been lucky enough to enjoy a varied clinical practice over the past 22 years, which has  included hospital and community roles as detailed below. I currently combine national and international health technology policy and software development with my locum GP and Emergency Medicine work.

## General Information
| | |
| ---- | -----|
|Immigration...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [I'm an Electronic Frontier Foundation Member!](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/im-an-electronic-frontier-foundation-member/700)
  > ![member-badge-2022b|300x300](upload://tmnrEnviVoM7s4He2n8sHghks93.jpeg)

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [NHS-R Podcast Episode 6 - Marcus Baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-r-podcast-episode-6-marcus-baw/833)
  > https://soundcloud.com/nhs-r-community/nhs-r-podcast-marcus-baw

> A conversation with Marcus Baw, General Hacktitioner, Clinician who codes, and advocate of open source across health and medicine
> 
> * Marcus on Twitter: [twitter.com/marcus_baw](https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmarcus_baw&token=d02c9f-1-1697884220732)
> * Post on wetware:...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Why you don’t need a separate ‘document store’ for your Discourse online community](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/why-you-don-t-need-a-separate-document-store-for-your-discourse-online-community/680)
  > ## Why you don’t need a ‘document store’ for your online community

Pretty much every time I create a new ‘social collaboration’ Discourse setup for a new professional community I’m asked if there can be some kind of ‘document store’ built into it.

When I talk to the customer about this user need, they usually tend to mean that they want something like Dropbox, SharePoint, or some other ‘directory based’ file store.

Yes, you might argue that we should really be moving away from uploading...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Open Data Saves Lives: Unconference](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/open-data-saves-lives-unconference/851)
  > https://open-innovations.org/events/open-data-saves-lives/unconference/

![image|690x447](upload://x9a9gybZeij5xZJoD0nVtYbAt3t.png)

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021124117/https://open-innovations.org/events/open-data-saves-lives/unconference/

**Presentation:**
https://pacharanero.github.io/2021-ositowfm-odsl/

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [GPDPR (GP Data Sharing) - Outcomes from Session 28 of ODSL](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/gpdpr-gp-data-sharing-outcomes-from-session-28-of-odsl/540)
  >  https://open-innovations.org/blog/2021-07-16-gpdpr-gp-data-sharing-outcomes-from-session-28-of-open-data-saves-lives

> Chaired by Beautiful Information and ODI Leeds
> 
> On Thursday 8 July 2021 and as part of our [#OpenDataSavesLives](https://opendatasaveslives.org/) 2021 event series, we featured a town hall style debate around the hot topic of #GPDPR (sharing of general practice data for planning and research).
> 
> During the event, we asked the #OpenDataSavesLives community to submit...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [#OpenDataSavesLives - GP Data Special](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/opendatasaveslives-gp-data-special/843)
  > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ZCATmYmtA&t=3s

> [#OpenDataSavesLives](https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/opendatasaveslives) 
> GP Data Special 8 July 2021
> Speakers:
>- Dr Marcus Baw, Chair RCGP Health Informatics Group, Freelance Software Developer, Locum General Practitioner - GP Data for Planning and Research
>
> - Tina Woods, Social Entrepreneur and system architect in Preventative Health, Healthy Longevity and Open Health Data/AI - Building trust to deliver the promise of 'Data Saves...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [#060 Open Source is the Future of Medicine — Dr Marcus Baw (Big Picture Medicine podcast)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/060-open-source-is-the-future-of-medicine-dr-marcus-baw-big-picture-medicine-podcast/831)
  > https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/060-open-source-is-the-future-of-medicine-dr-marcus-baw/id1500446262?i=1000526281140

> Secrets, in Medicine, are a crime against humanity.
> 
> Dr Marcus Baw holds an unusual career as a GP, Emergency Physician and health hacker.
> 
> He makes a controversial claim: That we have an ethical duty to openly share our technological innovation — and anything short of this is a crime against humanity.
> 
> Links from Marcus
> 
> Digital Health Networks (CCIOs,...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) and your practice](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/gp-data-for-planning-and-research-gpdpr-and-your-practice/858)
  > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzxUUqu9i0w

> Join DrGandalf and Dr Bhatti and Marcus Baw as they talk about GPDPR and your practice and the implications for you and your patients. Resources: GPDPR full guide: [ ![](upload://ibNwJ4RbcddrTTYW2137fyyT1wi.png) • GPDPR, the NHS data opt out and how t... ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9AkO7blhTA&t=0s) GPDPR 1 min guide: [ ![](upload://ibNwJ4RbcddrTTYW2137fyyT1wi.png) • GPDPR and control of your medical dat......

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Interview for HTN on Clinicians Who Code](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/interview-for-htn-on-clinicians-who-code/428)
  > # Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman

June 7, 2021 9:08 am

HTN recently sat down over Teams to chat with Dr Marcus Baw, a GP and software developer, and Dr Simon Chapman, a paediatrician at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Marcus and Simon joined us previously for a live session at [**HTN...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman - htn](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/interview-series-clinicians-that-code-dr-marcus-baw-and-dr-simon-chapman-htn/832)
  > https://htn.co.uk/2021/06/07/interview-series-clinicians-that-code-dr-marcus-baw-and-dr-simon-chapman/

> Marcus: The excitement here is not just growth charts – I want to build this sustainable movement across all of medicine. In 10 years’ time, I’d be very surprised if growth charts look like they do now…this feels like possibly one of the biggest revolutions in medical technology, if we get it right.
>
> I think there’s a great big technical deficit between where we are currently, in terms...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [No, you do not need a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for Clinical Decision Support or Clinical Calculators.](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/no-you-do-not-need-a-domain-specific-language-dsl-for-clinical-decision-support-or-clinical-calculators/864)
  > > ![|570x427](upload://iQQic0kgxLMOr5tS9iZ2MlLA2Lf.jpeg)
> <small>Image credit — unknown (image [link](https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/useless-knives.1615076/page-5)) — found through searching ‘useless tools’</small>

Otherwise known as Computable Biomedical Knowledge artefacts, or perhaps less pompously as Digital Clinical Tools, clinical decision support and clinical calculators *could* be built quite simply using mainstream programming languages. This is what I would regard as positive...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [What I Use (2021)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/what-i-use-2021/297)
  > ### Dev Machine, Operating system, Toys
* [Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon Edition](https://linuxmint.com/download.php)

* Dell XPS 15 i7 32Gb UHD/HiDPI screen (4K)

* [Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920](https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/webcams/c920-pro-hd-webcam.html) (great sound, good video, gets around the stupid keyboard-level webcam placement on that year's Dell XPS models)

* [External laptop-sized 15" HiDPI...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Why we chose Python for the RCPCH Digital Growth Charts project](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/why-we-chose-python-for-the-rcpch-digital-growth-charts-project/1075)
  > So here is a little bit of a ‘stream of consciousness’ blog post I felt compelled to write, about why we chose Python for the RCPCH digital growth charts API. Not everyone will be interested in this, it’s here more a geeknote than anything.

[https://github.com/rcpch/digital-growth-charts-server](https://github.com/rcpch/digital-growth-charts-server)

We knew that we were going to build an API server. And we knew at some early point we were going to have to pick a technology with which to...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Royal Colleges 3.0: ‘Best Practice As Code’](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/royal-colleges-3-0-best-practice-as-code/203)
  > # Royal Colleges 3.0: ‘Best Practice As Code’

I’ve spent the last few months working with the [Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)](http://rcpch.ac.uk/) on a project to deliver a [Digital Growth Charts web-service](https://growth.rcpch.ac.uk/). It’s been a hugely interesting project to help digitise the complex clinical logic of growth chart use into code.

As part of doing that work I’ve done a lot of thinking and talking about the project — describing the fundamentals of...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Royal Colleges 3.0](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/royal-colleges-3-0/196)
  > https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2020/11/09/video-royal-colleges-3-0-delivering-best-practice-as-code/

<div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [SARDisms 06 - Marcus Baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/sardisms-06-marcus-baw/830)
  > https://www.sardjv.co.uk/podcast_06

> In this episode, we get a chance to speak with Marcus Baw - a man of many talents including being a GP, Physician and coder. Marcus believes in a world of open source healthcare and is trying to tackle that need one step at a time. Kevin Monk, Managing Director at SARD, and Marcus are incredibly passionate about the world of tech in partnership with healthcare, sharing similar ideologies and hopes for the future of health.
> ##### Bio
> 
> Marcus...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [FCI Webinar - "How to fix a national clinical safety issue...." - starting the conversation](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/fci-webinar-how-to-fix-a-national-clinical-safety-issue-starting-the-conversation/857)
  > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEhhv2qTxl8

> On 10th September 2020, the Faculty of Clinical Informatics held a webinar to discuss the problems individual clinicians have with reporting and fixing issues with clinical systems across the NHS, and to discuss ideas for how the processes can be improved will be aired and discussed.
> 
> The panel was made up of:
> 
> - Dr Marcus Baw - GP and Emergency Physician, Chair of the RCGP Health Informatics Group, FCI Fellow and open source...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [International Federation for Integrated Care (ICIC) Virtual Conference 2020](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/international-federation-for-integrated-care-icic-virtual-conference-2020/848)
  > https://vimeo.com/459265639#t=26m01s

https://integratedcarefoundation.org/knowledge-tree/icic20-workshop-digital-solutions-supporting-integrated-care

> **The importance of digital solutions to clinicians and patients**
>
> Dr Marcus Baw 

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021122445/https://integratedcarefoundation.org/knowledge-tree/icic20-workshop-digital-solutions-supporting-integrated-care

**Presentation:** [2020.09.16 Integrated...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Microsoft mono-culture ‘putting NHS at risk of cyber attack’](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/microsoft-mono-culture-putting-nhs-at-risk-of-cyber-attack/852)
  > https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/microsoft-mono-culture-putting-nhs-at-risk-of-cyber-attack/7028287.article

> The NHS’ reliance on Microsoft could be putting the organisation’s computer systems at risk of another major cyber security attack, according to a royal college IT lead.
> 
> Chair of the Royal College of GP’s Health Informatics Group Dr Marcus Baw told *HSJ* that having this kind of “monoculture” leaves the NHS open to IT bugs “which move through the system...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [The NHS as an unassailable Public-Private Wealth Transfer Mechanism](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-nhs-as-an-unassailable-public-private-wealth-transfer-mechanism/1077)
  > An unusually political blog article from me this time. It’s still healthcare-relevant, but it’s concerned with some of the bigger-picture stuff that I’ve been observing. It also cuts across some of my other views — particularly those around [**open source in healthcare**](https://medium.com/@marcus_baw/open-source-is-the-only-way-for-medicine-9e698de0447e) — because open source, sharing, and collaboration are pretty much antithetical to the current governmental *zeitgeist*, making it hard to...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [The NHS as a Public-Private Wealth Transfer Mechanism](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-nhs-as-a-public-private-wealth-transfer-mechanism/829)
  > https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-nhs-as-an-unassailable-public-private-wealth-transfer-mechanism/1077

> An unusually political blog article from me this time. It’s still healthcare-relevant, but it’s concerned with some of the bigger-picture stuff that I’ve been observing. It also cuts across some of my other views — particularly those around [**open source in healthcare**](https://medium.com/@marcus_baw/open-source-is-the-only-way-for-medicine-9e698de0447e) — because open source, sharing, and...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Set up Bluetooth toggling via keyboard shortcut](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/set-up-bluetooth-toggling-via-keyboard-shortcut/163)
  > Based on this Gist

https://gist.github.com/konchunas/265adbc4974c0559a374f0e7d3cbe17f#file-toggle-dbus-bluetooth-sh

It didn't work on Linux Mint, but this variant did

```bash
#!/bin/sh

IS_BLUETOOTH_ON=$(dbus-send --system --dest=org.bluez --print-reply /org/bluez/hci0 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:org.bluez.Adapter1 string:Powered )

case $IS_BLUETOOTH_ON in 
  *false*)
    rfkill unblock 0
    ;;
  *true*)
    rfkill block 0
    ;;
esac

exit 0
```

I saved this to a file...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Clinical Software Usability Questions](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/clinical-software-usability-questions/116)
  > ![cSUS-logo-finalRGB|690x303](upload://kt9Pd2wkJt6583r77bjkk8N6uXe.jpeg) 

Mirrored here from https://www.openhealthhub.org/t/clinical-software-usability-questions/456

# Clinical Software Usability Questions

Following the [cSUS Webinar](https://vimeo.com/166190203) which was held last week, I suddenly realised that there's nowhere on the Internet where I've published the cSUS questions and a clear explanation of how to score the cSUS questions! So here goes, I've now published them on the...

**[curriculum vitae](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/cv/6)** - [Software Developer, Sysadmin and Health Technology CV](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/software-developer-sysadmin-and-health-technology-cv/69)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

## Development/Tech General Experience

* Writing and maintaining clear and understandable documentation. This is possibly the most important part of technology, and an activity I particularly enjoy.

* Leading agile development in practice, understanding the roles, ceremonies, and ‘sweet spots’ of this development strategy (as well as appreciating other strategies, in order to be able to work well with other teams who may work differently)
* Optimising...

**[services](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/services/7)** - [Discourse Forums as a Service](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/discourse-forums-as-a-service/13)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

[Discourse](https://www.discourse.org) is the most awesome open source forum that there is :-)

I originally set up an instance of the Discourse forum platform for E-Health Insider and the [CCIO Leaders’ Network](https://www.digitalhealth.net/ccio-network/) (now known as the wider [Digital Health Networks](https://discourse.digitalhealth.net/) ) in January 2015, as part of a discovery project into new social collaboration platforms for the Networks. Since...

**[curriculum vitae](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/cv/6)** - [Health Informatics CV](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/health-informatics-cv/12)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

Building on a wide range of clinical experience in settings as diverse as Intensive Care and Prison General Practice, I have deep technical and organisational knowledge that I use to assist the development of patient-enabling, robust, clinically safe, real-world tech that can is acceptable to clinical professionals.

# Current Roles
* Chair - RCGP [Health Informatics...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Amazon in NHS deal to give patients medical tips](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/amazon-in-nhs-deal-to-give-patients-medical-tips/853)
  > https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/amazon-in-nhs-deal-to-give-patients-medical-tips-vq9q5cwxb

> Paywalled article

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20190710062419/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/amazon-in-nhs-deal-to-give-patients-medical-tips-vq9q5cwxb

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [GNCR Webinar: Getting the most out of Discourse (short version)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/gncr-webinar-getting-the-most-out-of-discourse-short-version/856)
  > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09KSCavW8kw

> This video provides an overview of the Discourse website hosted by Dr Marcus Baw. He manages the Great North Care Record - Network Discourse group. In this video he shares his top Discourse tips

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021130701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09KSCavW8kw

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Instructable: Hack a LOMO Drybag With Side-strap Patches](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/instructable-hack-a-lomo-drybag-with-side-strap-patches/902)
  > https://www.instructables.com/Hack-a-LOMO-Drybag-With-Side-strap-Patches/

![image|690x388](upload://qaj6Sr9P9vKuC9Z7AfDrqoz8aa4.jpeg)

> I love my [LOMO drybag rucksacks](http://www.lomo.co.uk/acatalog/motorcycle-drybag-rucksack.html#SID=116). They are reliable yet cheap (£30 UK pounds) drybag rucksacks, waterproof, and confortable. I use mine for commuting by bike, and for all my work.
> 
> There's just one irritation with them - the side-straps, which are used to clip the rolled top shut,...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [The TRUD Must Die](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-trud-must-die/81)
  > ![|1000x563](upload://im3Xu1Bh1SVuORlSES86WH5nXSP.jpeg)

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the way that NHS Digital communicates standards and interacts with its developer community doesn’t belong in the 21st Century. It has to change.

## What is wrong

It’s 2018 and the breathless health-tech fangrrls and fanbois are quite rightly wondering where we are up to with delivering a whizzy hooked-up app ecosystem supporting self-care, video-consultation, online booking for everything...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Cawoodstock - a free grassroots music festival in Cawood, Yorkshire](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/cawoodstock-a-free-grassroots-music-festival-in-cawood-yorkshire/846)
  > https://cawoodstock.org/about

> Participating venues organise their own musical acts, cultural events, and other activities, directly with the artists. The small Cawoodstock team co-ordinates these into a listing here on the website.
> 
> Cawoodstock is a new free music, arts and cultural weekend based around Cawood, near Selby, in beautiful North Yorkshire.
> 
> ![photo](upload://gw3p2mw30CfIRelbf0L7DfunBOu.jpeg)
> 
> All forms of music, cultural activities and performing arts are...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Digital Health Summer Schools - Hack Days 2019](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-summer-schools-hack-days-2019/847)
  > https://digitalhealthsummerschools.com/register/

> Summer Schools Hack Days 2019
> 
> Leeds, 17 – 18 July 2019
> 
> **SUMMER SCHOOLS HACK DAYS 2019**
> 
> Dates: 17-18 July 2019, 9:00 to 17:00 approximately
> Venue: University of Leeds
> 
> Ticket is free and includes: Hack Days attendance on both days with refreshments. Accommodation is not included.
> 
> The Summer Schools Hack Days, 17-18 July, will bring current NHS digital leaders, patients, clinicians, developers and NHS technology...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Open Source Is The Only Way For Medicine](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/open-source-is-the-only-way-for-medicine/80)
  > ![|1024x771](upload://dv5aziplk75qv8anrNI3B8C0ZCE.jpeg)
**The Chamberlen forceps** (image credit: [public domain via Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forceps_in_childbirth#))

I believe that closed-source, proprietary clinical software is fundamentally unethical, going beyond even the pharmaceutical industry in how closed source clinical software subverts the duty to share medical knowledge, and protects intellectual property to the detriment of patients.

When developing healthcare...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [NHS: Thanks for the free work, Linux nerds, now face our trademark cops](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-thanks-for-the-free-work-linux-nerds-now-face-our-trademark-cops/854)
  > https://www.theregister.com/2018/01/18/nhs_buntu_trademark_cease_and_desist/

> The small team behind an ambitious NHoS Linux project are calling it a day, citing receipt of a trademark infringement warning from the UK Department of Health's (DoH) "brand police" as the "final straw."
> 
> The raison d’être of [NHoS](https://nhos.openhealthhub.org/) was to identify a way to roll out [NHSbuntu](https://www.theregister.com/2017/06/30/nhsbuntu_nhs_revolution/), a remix of the open-source Linux...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [2017 NHoS Presentation RedHat Leeds](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/2017-nhos-presentation-redhat-leeds/1150)
  > https://pacharanero.github.io/nhos-redhat-leeds-2017.11.14/#/

Source https://github.com/pacharanero/nhos-redhat-leeds-2017.11.14

[NHoS.pdf|attachment](upload://tbP4DeyIotiQa9gcyBmLUkmu2Ww.pdf) (719.7 KB)

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20250603105247/https://pacharanero.github.io/nhos-redhat-leeds-2017.11.14/#/

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [There’s no such thing as a free Launch (or maybe there is)… Launchers on Linux in 2017](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-launch-or-maybe-there-is-launchers-on-linux-in-2017/82)
  > ![|828x624](upload://zlSEDBd6GoEMCU60j3lnFRNfKBH.png)
The winner — Albert Launcher — on Linux Mint 18.2

> **Confession: I once owned a MacBook Pro.**

There was once a time when I just *had* to try a Mac and see what all the fuss was about. In the end I came back to Linux (yes, really. Long story). But MacOSX left one permanent mark on me — I learned the productivity-enhancing value of **application launchers** like [Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)) and...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Essential Apps for the busy GP - presentation at BCS PHCSG Education Day](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/essential-apps-for-the-busy-gp-presentation-at-bcs-phcsg-education-day/868)
  > https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQhVa4HK8Z70jY8xP1WKutKHxW2JyETMVioFJ4_hBXMuDzR1uM9ddteF_VdDhQFb1-GFfBRM7F_ITwo/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

[Essential Apps for the busy GP.pdf|attachment](upload://tVap3ElWYch3oLaTXYJvWddddbQ.pdf) (3.0 MB)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBaqhKyyRbw

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Using Reveal.js for presentations, with a (mostly) offline git-based workflow, and free GitHub Pages hosting](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/using-reveal-js-for-presentations-with-a-mostly-offline-git-based-workflow-and-free-github-pages-hosting/85)
  > ![image|500x320](upload://znineEUmqXkeYbMSc1Hsu6rwOgg.jpeg) 

# Reveal.js

For a few years now I’ve been using the JavaScript-based, interoperable presentation platform called [Reveal.js — the HTML presentation framework](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/)

It’s great for presentations that look different enough to be visually interesting, without hijacking the purpose of the presentation by over-embellishing the slides. The slides are not the point of the presentation. The *concept you’re...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [An appointment with Dr Hacker | BCS](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/an-appointment-with-dr-hacker-bcs/835)
  > https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/an-appointment-with-dr-hacker/

> Dr Marcus Baw, a locum prison GP and a passionate proponent of digital health tells Martin Cooper AMBCS why NHS hackathons are solving real-world problems.

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021103737/https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/an-appointment-with-dr-hacker/

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Govroam, the NHS, and WiFi](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/govroam-the-nhs-and-wifi/47)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

> ![Me, presenting this talk at EHI Live in about 2013|690x369](upload://nKb1j3v3JDu4jvlVjqk022nZ5OT.jpeg)
> <small>Originally published as a guest blog for JISC Govroam https://govroam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2017/03/govroam-the-nhs-and-wifi/</small>

Hi, I’m [Dr Marcus Baw](http://www.bawmedical.co.uk/) and I’m a locum (freelance) GP and Emergency Physician in the North West of England. I’m also a health tech specialist, and a...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Everything Is Awesome! in Health IT](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/everything-is-awesome-in-health-it/83)
  > > !['Everything Is Awesome' (from The Lego Movie)] (upload://p2A188TZPxjXut8hp3qR8r7Kp7h.jpeg)
> <small>[**TL;DR:**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read) Everything is not Awesome.</small>

If you were at the recent [EHI Live digital health conference/trade-show](http://ehilive.co.uk/), you’d be forgiven for thinking that we are poised at an **unique point in medical history** — within a few years every single disease and affliction will be eradicated by the simple...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Clinical Usability Survey - Dr Marcus Baw & Jon Hoeksma](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/clinical-usability-survey-dr-marcus-baw-jon-hoeksma/845)
  > https://slideplayer.com/slide/16256236/

> Presentation at EHI Live on Clinical Usability

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021120140/https://slideplayer.com/slide/16256236/

**Presentation:** [Intro to Clinical Usability.pdf|attachment](upload://8HyNQSI9Zp31hSbcA1XC10jc9es.pdf) (1.8 MB)

**Related:** https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/clinical-software-usability-questions/116

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [#dissentingdigital](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/dissentingdigital/84)
  > ![](upload://EUdS1haicqRSf7js0LqTyD6GPk.png)

# Wigan Council ran an event today, for their self-appointed **#digileaders** to tell a whole load of other **#digital** people what **#digital** means, and how to win awards for being **#digital**.

I couldn’t make [**#DestinationDigital**](https://www.wigan.gov.uk/News/Articles/2016/September/Wigans-destination-is-digital.aspx). It was being held on a Friday and I had to work. Yes, I work in tech, so probably I come under the banner of #digital...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [NHS Staff WiFi - an overview](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-staff-wifi-an-overview/49)
  > I’ve collected together some information about my work over several years on **WiFi in the NHS**

## NHS WiFi Programme

* I’m currently Chair of the NHS Digital WiFi Programme Advisory Group, which is advising on the introduction of pan-NHS free WiFi for staff and patients. Below are some resources explaining more about the Programme, which is in Domain A of the NIB Workstreams.
* NIB Launch: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/06/nib/
* Martha Lane Fox recommendations:...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Scraping Google Groups to Discourse](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/scraping-google-groups-to-discourse/48)
  > **Update 2016: I’ve since found a better way to do Google Group to Discourse migrations and have written an updated howto [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-of-google-groups-to-discourse/48012):**

Someone who knew more about Google Groups had managed to make a script which can extract the messages from a Google Group as a series of .mbox files. Discourse already has an importer for these .mbox files.

I wrote a [fairly hacky...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Leigh Hackspace fuels a small town's creativity and digital ambitions](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/leigh-hackspace-fuels-a-small-towns-creativity-and-digital-ambitions/855)
  > https://web.archive.org/web/20210802064259/https://technation.io/news/leigh-hackspace/

[![Tech Nation Solar logo](upload://uc2s0WkXMy2rJ3wsxVl2kRFSyUA.svg)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210802064259/https://technation.io/)

# This hackspace fuels a small town’s creativity and digital ambitions

![Martin Bryant|32x32](upload://l4KeHmkQqyeWhUKOyfujEgCjfNh.jpeg)[Martin Bryant](https://web.archive.org/web/20210802064259/https://technation.io/news/author/martin-bryant/), August 17, 2016 ⏱ 3 min...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Presentations via Chromecast](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/presentations-via-chromecast/50)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"></div>

I use the browser-based [Reveal.js](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/) framework for all my presentations, so I recently started playing around with the idea of doing presentations via Chromecast, with some success.

### Why?

* Despite HDMI being the /de-rigeur/ standard for video interconnects these days, a good proportion of places I am asked to present at have VGA-only projectors, meaning I was having to carry HDMI-VGA adapter everywhere. Then my new...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Using Reveal.js for presentations, with a (mostly) offline git-based workflow, and free hosting](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/using-reveal-js-for-presentations-with-a-mostly-offline-git-based-workflow-and-free-hosting/51)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

## Reveal.js

For a few years now I’ve been using the JavaScript-based, interoperable presentation platform called [Reveal.js - the HTML presentation framework](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/)

It’s great for presentations that look different enough to be visually interesting, without hijacking the purpose of the presentation by over-embellishing the slides. The slides are not the point of the presentation. The *presentation* is the point of the...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [NHS Hack Day Manchester 2015](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-hack-day-manchester-2015/841)
  > https://nhshackday.com/events/2015/09/manchester

> Manchester, 23 — 24 Sep 2015
> Held at Ziferblat, Manchester organised by Dr Marcus Baw 

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021113245/https://nhshackday.com/events/2015/09/manchester

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Discoursehacking – adding Badges to Users, in bulk, in Discourse](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/discoursehacking-adding-badges-to-users-in-bulk-in-discourse/52)
  > At the time of writing, there’s no Admin UI for granting badges in bulk in Discourse. So we have to do it the Old Navy Way, on the Rails console…

```
emails = [array containing all the email addresses of attendees]

# initialize blank array for User objects
userlist = [] 

# pulls only Users where the email matches the one they used for
# Summer Sschool registration without causing errors
emails.each { |e| userlist << User.try(:where, email: e) }
# the use of try avoids errors when no match...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [A Discourse Toolkit for the Rails Console #discoursehacking](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/a-discourse-toolkit-for-the-rails-console-discoursehacking/53)
  > <div data-theme-toc="true"> </div>

I’ve been working for Digital Health Networks (e-Health Media) for the past few months, migrating them from a Google Group which lacked some of the nicer social features we have become used to, to a new shiny [Discourse](http://www.discourse.org/) forum.

[Discourse](http://www.discourse.org/) is a modern flat forum with some lovely features, a responsive and speedy UI (using the [Ember.js](http://emberjs.com/) client-side app framework) and a back-end...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [How to work around EMIS Web’s locked Task modal window](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/how-to-work-around-emis-web-s-locked-task-modal-window/54)
  > One of EMIS Web’s most annoying features is the frequent use of [modal windows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window), which ‘lock’ the rest of EMIS in the background while they are open. If you type your referral letters as Tasks (as we do at my current practice) it can get pretty annoying, as you often want to see a different part of the patient’s record that the one currently visible, but the only way to change the view of the record would be to close the Task window – losing your...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [SCIMP-2014-Update-on-Informatics-in-the-nMRCGP-Curriculum](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/scimp-2014-update-on-informatics-in-the-nmrcgp-curriculum/838)
  > https://www.scimp.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/SCIMP-2014-Update-on-Informatics-in-the-nMRCGP-Curriculum.pdf

> Update on Informatics in the nMRCGP Curriculum

**Archive.org:** https://web.archive.org/web/20231021110052/https://www.scimp.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/SCIMP-2014-Update-on-Informatics-in-the-nMRCGP-Curriculum.pdf

**Presentation PDF:** [SCIMP-2014-Update-on-Informatics-in-the-nMRCGP-Curriculum.pdf|attachment](upload://J03C2YU99sIWeynLK1v86YODaw.pdf) (3.0 MB)

**Presentation...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [September 2014 - 2nd National NHS WiFi Survey](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/september-2014-2nd-national-nhs-wifi-survey/55)
  > Following the [2013 WiFi Survey](https://pacharanero.github.io/may-2013-national-nhs-wifi-survey/), I ran a repeat survey in 2014, to see if there had been any change in the provision of WiFi to clinical NHS staff in the intervening year.

In short, there had been a significant **increase** in availability of WiFi to NHS staff at their place of NHS work, from around 25% in 2013 to 50% in 2014.

## Further information

* [Slides from presentation about the survey at EHI Live...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Get the Apple MagicMouse ‘back’ feature with a Logitech M305 mouse and Ubuntu or Linux Mint](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/get-the-apple-magicmouse-back-feature-with-a-logitech-m305-mouse-and-ubuntu-or-linux-mint/56)
  > I hated my MacBook when I tried one earlier this year. I gave it 6 months near enough, but I couldn’t get used to the erratic minimise’ behaviour of the Dock, the US keyboard layout, the bloody cost of any decent apps or accessories, and actually I was pretty disappointed by the standard of the built-in apps like Numbers. After that trial period I sold the MacBook, bought a Dell M3800 and learned just what fun it can be to try to install Linux on EFI bootloaders 😉

**But one thing I really...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Instructable: Hack a Weber Rapidfire® Into an Awesome Woodstove®](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/instructable-hack-a-weber-rapidfire-into-an-awesome-woodstove/903)
  > https://www.instructables.com/Hack-a-Weber-Rapidfire-into-an-Awesome-Woodstove/

![image|521x500](upload://g9fTk7BnTUHV9oTPYunVZ0giwff.jpeg)

> There are loads of Instructables about making small portable wood stoves. I've made a number of these stoves over the years, hacked out of tin cans and other bits of scrap.
> 
> When I saw the Weber Rapidfire in my local hardware store, it's reasonably priced (£20 in B&Q) and looked like it was ready made for hacking into a really nice woodstove, plus...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Instructable: Simple Self-filter Mash Tun for All-grain Beer](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/instructable-simple-self-filter-mash-tun-for-all-grain-beer/901)
  > https://www.instructables.com/Simple-Self-filter-Mash-Tun-for-All-grain-Beer/

![image|375x500](upload://qDjwgLkgl3xxWwdCNg6ekvpOqIe.jpeg)

> We all like beer :-) and home brewed all-grain beer is even better. You get to have control over your ingredients, try out new recipes, and share great beer with your friends. Homebrewing is getting more and more popular.
> 
> When I started homebrewing I found that filtering the spent grains and the spent hops out of the brew was difficult and messy -...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Child health centiles… doing them in code part 1](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/child-health-centiles-doing-them-in-code-part-1/57)
  > ## What is a centile? (because not *all* techies are `/^math|maths/` geeks)

A centile is a way of demonstrating where a particular measurement lies within a distribution of data. A good way to express it in a way that makes sense is if a measurement is at the 20th centile, then it is higher than 20% of the population’s measurement. (and, therefore, lower than 80%). So, to pick random examples, a low measurement might be at something like the 5th centile, a high measurement could be the 97th....

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [When is Open Source not Open Source?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/when-is-open-source-not-open-source/58)
  > I had an interesting conversation at the NHS England Healthcare Innovation Expo on Monday and Tuesday of this week (3-4th March 2014) with a pathologist Fred Mayall who has done some excellent work enabling clinicians to develop small databases within their own trusts.

Excellently, the Intellectual Property of the work is released under the GNU Affero GPL V3, an OSI approved open source license, meaning the IP can be freely shared and reused.

One problem: the project has a single major...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Here’s a handy cut’n’paste-able block to add when that NHS policy document needs to be just one meaningless paragraph longer…](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/here-s-a-handy-cut-n-paste-able-block-to-add-when-that-nhs-policy-document-needs-to-be-just-one-meaningless-paragraph-longer/59)
  > > *“The business requirements, risks and benefits have been developed in close cooperation with the partnering stakeholders to ensure that a top down approach was employed across all the organisations involved. This method provides all the partners with the confidence that a comprehensive solution is being developed within a controlled environment which reflects the needs, opportunities, concerns and risks of all involved”*

(excerpt from a recent genuine NHS document)

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [StrangeWiki - a clinical wiki](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/strangewiki-a-clinical-wiki/60)
  > I’m a big fan of clinical Wikis. They allow clinicians to take control of their own content and present it in the way that they need to see it at the point of care. They are not Intranets. Intranets tend to be out of date because there’s usually just one “Intranet Guy” in the IT dept and gradually updates fall behind. Once people see that the intranet is largely out of date, they start to ignore it, which means a) it gets even more out of date, and b) nobody looks at it anyway.

Following on...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [May 2013 - National NHS WiFi survey](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/may-2013-national-nhs-wifi-survey/61)
  > Following on from a discussion on NHS Hack Day email discussion group (link), there was a concern that clinicians and other healthcare staff had poor access to WiFi networks, even when such networks were already in place in an establishment (WiFi network access was in some places being reserved for managers/executive staff).

WiFi access we believe to be essential for development of new ways of working, of accessing healthcare knowledge including #FOAMed (free open access Medical Education),...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Jan-Aug 2013 – SNOMED-CT Expert Group of the Joint GP IT Committee (JGPITC)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/jan-aug-2013-snomed-ct-expert-group-of-the-joint-gp-it-committee-jgpitc/62)
  > **Jan-Aug 2013 – SNOMED-CT Expert Group of the Joint GP IT Committee (JGPITC)** Member of this group on behalf of the RCGP Health Informatics Group (HIG). This group has been set up in 2013 to help the HSCIC develop plans for future migration of  GP clinical records from Read Codes V2 and Read V3 (CTV3) to SNOMED-CT – in a safe and seamless way.

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [July – Aug 2013 CTV3 to SNOMED-CT mapping tables clinical assurance](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/july-aug-2013-ctv3-to-snomed-ct-mapping-tables-clinical-assurance/63)
  > **July – Aug 2013 CTV3 to SNOMED-CT mapping tables clinical assurance** Clinically reviewing the auto-matched CTV3 terms to endure the SNOMED-CT terms they were matched to were clinically safe and semantically equal.

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Please Sir, can we have a Library?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/please-sir-can-we-have-a-library/64)
  > Knowledge resources that were hitherto provided in books and paper journals are increasingly being accessed using Internet based methods. New sources of knowledge such as UptoDate, Map Of Medicine, NHS CKS, MedicinesComplete, Toxbase, DermNet and many others provide information in ways that could not have existed before the Internet.  E-Learning, e-Portfolios and online communication between peers are vital to the flows of information we need to provide good care. Healthcare apps have...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [NHS Hack Day presses for free wi-fi | Digital Health](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-hack-day-presses-for-free-wi-fi-digital-health/842)
  > https://www.digitalhealth.net/2013/04/nhs-hack-day-presses-for-free-wi-fi/

> Two thirds of clinicians believe that having access to wi-fi would improve patient care, the first results of an ongoing nationwide survey on wi-fi in hospitals have suggested.
> 
> The NHS Hack Day community created the survey to find out how many clinicians have access to wi-fi, how many patients have access, and how this impacts patient care.
> 
> The...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [RCGP Patient Online](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/rcgp-patient-online/65)
  > As part of my work with the RCGP Health Informatics Group (HIG) I was heavily involved in developing the conceptual approach to the Royal College of GP’s “Patient Online” Roadmap document and wrote significant portions of the “Defining the Offering” section for which I was credited as a significant author in the document’s introduction.

We were tasked to develop an approach that would fulfil the Prime Ministerial mandate (that all patients should be able to access their records online by...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [An Internet Museum of General Practice Computing?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/an-internet-museum-of-general-practice-computing/66)
  > In recent months I’ve spent a lot of time talking to people who have been in Health Informatics for several decades, some of whom wrote their own GP clinical systems ‘back in the day’, when GP computing was pushed forward by enthusiastic GPs who had an interest in computers, bought their own machine, and developed their own software. Some people have told me they think there were something like 200-300 different pieces of GP software of this type in the 80s. Over decades, these systems either...

**[blog](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/blog/9)** - [Local Referral Maps – Wigan & Leigh](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/local-referral-maps-wigan-leigh/67)
  > 

While working in the Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT/CCG area as a GP trainee in 2010, I developed an electronic repository of referral guidance and referral forms, pertinent to the local area.

This kind of information could, at the time, be quite hard to find, and I had found that different practices store this information in numerous different ways. Some practices are quite organised and have the referral forms automagically mail merged with patient details and printed on demand from their...

**[marcus-baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27)** - [Letter to the editor re JICS cover price](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/letter-to-the-editor-re-jics-cover-price/834)
  > https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/175114370400500228

> I could not disagree more strongly with the assertion, made in a recent editorial, that adding a cover price to JICS - “in keeping with many of the leading medical journals” - will assist it in finding “a place... ...in hospital and college libraries”. The reason that the leading medical journals are ubiquitousis because of their content, not because of any ‘perceived worth’ that is a function of their...