LIBRARY
If you have read ‘WHO AM I’ you’ll know by now that I have lived through some pretty dark times.
If you want to check out how I turned my mental health – and life – around despite a total breakdown, that’s blogs #1-4.
Or, for a pick and mix of my entrepeneurial activities start with any post from #5 onwards.
Whichever posts you choose, I promise you raw, unpolished, and honest text documenting my personal and professional growth.
Perhaps you’ll think I am too candid, but it is the only way I know how to be …
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#29 CQC compliance audit
Carew Dental is entitled to mock CQC inspections every 18 months as part of our Apolline Compliance membership. These inspections are called “Compliance Audits” and are carried out by existing inspectors from other regulatory jurisdictions – ours is from the Welsh version of the CQC, the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). Today we had our second…
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#28 A mini facelift!
My son, Alfie, gave me a helping hand with WordPress last night and overhauled my blog space, improving the aesthetics and navigation. I love the simplicity of the updated site and am so pleased to have binned that awful Joanna Carew logo! I truly don’t know what I was thinking with that one 😱 A…
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#26 Disengaging a patient 😡😢
A friend of mine in Norfolk had such an unpleasant experience with a hygienist she was left weeping and despondent about her oral health. To maintain anonymity I’ll call her Sarah. The problem is I’ve heard so many similar tales, and it makes me mad as I feel it contributes to the pervasive fear Brits…
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#25 Temporarily floored by a virus 🦠🤒
I’ve spent the past week alternating between shivers and burning up, with a non-stop pounding in my head, blurred vision, and total exhaustion after engaging in even the smallest of tasks. At first I thought I had a long hangover – having had a wild Saturday night out in Norwich celebrating now living close to…
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#24 Introducing Club Carew 💛🩶
We’ve had patient memberships available since we opened the practice, but with our original focus on cosmetic and implant patients we didn’t expect a large general patient cohort, so didn’t really promote our ‘plans’. Yet, since opening we’ve come to realise one of our USPs is truly extraordinary patient care, and because of this we…
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