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Kathy Oxtoby

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Kingston, London
As seen in: The BMJ, EIN News, The Grocer, Pharmaphorum, Chemistry World, The Pharmaceutical Journal, Emergency Nurse, Nursing Standard, Nursing in Practice, C+D (Chemist+Druggist) and
Covers:  Health, education, social care.
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Experienced freelance writer, commissioning editor, and copywriter. Specialities include health, education, social care, and media training. I write regularly for the BMJ, nursing, pharmacy and other health, social care, and education titles. Prior to becoming a freelancer in 2007, I was editor of staff paper Bupa Today, features editor for Nursing Times, and features editor for Doctor and Hospital Doctor. I spent a year as media and communications manager (maternity cover) Royal College of Psy…

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The physician getting patients fit for surgery

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By Kathy Oxtoby Verified, affiliationsThe BMJ
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Sasi Pathmanathan talks to Kathy Oxtoby about creating a role that allows her to offer personalised care and follow a patient’s whole surgical journey. For Sasi Pathmanathan, whenever a patient has a good surgical outcome and goes home to enjoy a good quality of life “it’s like winning the lottery.” Pathmanathan is a consultant vascular perioperative physician at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Cuts and mergers: How ICBs can support staff wellbeing through major reforms

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By Kathy Oxtoby Verified
| Healthcare Leader Verified
As the NHS system goes through a major reorganisation, Kathy Oxtoby looks at the impact on staff and how health leaders at integrated care boards can support wellbeing in light of redundancies and mergers For integrated care boards (ICBs) this is a time of flux and change.
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The hand surgeon who sailed in the wake of Captain Cook

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By Kathy Oxtoby Verified, affiliationsThe BMJ
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Claire Edward talks to Kathy Oxtoby about having a sense of adventure, as well as operating on fellow musicians. Claire Edwards’s role as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gives her “that joy of working with your hands and making a visible and functional difference.” “You see change happen before your eyes.
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