I'm travelling up the night before. Is there a social anywhere that I could crash?

I'm coming, looking forward to seeing you there.

One design system is better than 2 - NHS England Digital Frankie and Ananda explain why the NHS design system is not just for public-facing    services, with an overview of recent changes to meet the needs of staff-facing services. There’s also mo...

Do you need a separate design system for your staff vs public facing services? It’s a common question, but at the NHS we think the answer is No.

I’ve published a blog post to explain why: digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-...

I like the compost heap idea a lot. I used to use gardening metaphors more often (pruning, weeding, growing, etc) but fell out of the habit. There's so much you can do with them - product portfolio as allotment, perennial vs annual content.

In the ewesual whey.

a weeknote on our planning cycle, how the ways we're changing our design approach is affecting that, and some questions about the future of prototyping here
mikegallagher.org/posts/becomi...

Ah, I'm in the 'national organisations' category. Thanks.

What's the pre election guidance you've been given? I was told it kicks in on 16 April.

I met him once. I'll never forget the words he spoke to me: "Who are you? Get out of my chair."

Punch & Judy puppets feature heavily in Russel Hoban's sci-fi novel Riddley Walker. It's set in post-apocalyptic Kent and written in a constructed dialect of English. It's great and AFAIK utterly unique.

He's very clear-eyed about its use (and the limits of its use) in healthcare. And he recognises that human in the loop is essential for now. There's also a nice line about comparing it to the alternative rather than 'perfect'.

This podcast interview with Bob Wachter on the use of AI in healthcare is great - covers scribing, health record summaries, diagnosis support, expert advice.
www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-c...

Monthnote: February 2026 We’re barrelling towards the end of the financial year with some major new releases planned for March — more on these in a future…

Some thoughts about in-app prompts and decision-making escalation in my latest monthnote: weeknot.es/monthnote-fe...

Good luck today. I hope they're looking after you well.

I saw a man walking round West Norwood with his top off earlier.

Digital Clinical Safety training - NHS England Digital Clinical risk management training is designed to provide NHS organisations and manufacturers of health IT products with training in the principles of safety, risk management and risk mitigation. We ha...

...late and you create an antagonistic relationship between agile teams and clinical.

The outline of this training course gives a clue of the key topics: digital.nhs.uk/services/cli...

There are also quite a few blog posts from digital clinicians here: digital.nhs.uk/blog/transfo...

I work with lots of clinical SMEs. It works best when they are able to get involved with user researchers and designers (esp content designers) at the early stages of ideation, prototyping, user testing, etc.

If they operate as a single pre-launch assurance checkpoint problems are identified too...

I was stood not far from you. Wonderful gig.

I hope he gets to see them on this tour. It was pretty magical.

Saw Cardiacs (first time!) in Brixton tonight. I've never seen so many middle-aged weirdos (complimentary) in one place.

Correct. Those 4 genuinely stand alone.

I love it when Brunner pops up in my timeline. Yes, good spot. I think a similar concept exists in some Philip K Dick story but I can't remember which one.

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Yeah, really good @jasonkitcat.bsky.social. The bit that had me nodding along the most was your point about now being the time to experiment and learn. My worry is that a lot of people are betting the farm on something very uncertain.

Really enjoyed this piece, which sums up some of the issues I've been wrestling with, particularly the expectation of 'tech = savings!!!', and the spam-vs-anti-spam we're likely to see.

How many are you eating today?

Pancake Day - Maid Marian YouTube video by Swimace

It's P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...

Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.

Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

We're looking to fill a couple of Senior Content Designer roles across the OPG and Probation digital teams www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

We've had user research participants telling us how they use LLMs to summarise their NHS App health records for them.