Testimonies

'Very impressed' Sir Michael Parkinson, Broadcaster and Dignity Ambassador , Dignity in Care

I am always pleased to see innovative approaches to improving the patient's experience. Sharing best practice is an essential part of driving upstandards across the service and any tool that encourages and disseminates such information is welcome. Chief Nursing Officer for England, Dame Christine Beasley

Dear Jill, Well done! We'll see to it that we keep our promise and add a link to your website from ours. Keep it up...it's momentum that makes you grow! Yours, Claire. Claire Rayner, President, Patient's Association 11/01/10

''Your site is interesting and reflects the current mood/agenda of raising the bar and standards of care for the elderly. I am a Dignity Champion and we are a charitable organisation.
Terri Hills. Director. Moondancer CIC.

Great site, great ideas, keep up the good work'. Judith Allen, Founder Member 'A Dignified Revolution'

'I think your website looks great' - Mel Sheddon, Dignity in Care, Department of Health Care Networks

Well done ladies! Our aims are the same as yours. - Maddy Hackett, Chairman, 'Professional Concern'

'I just wanted to say WELL DONE. This is a fantastic site.' Carol Roberts, CRtraining2002

'Great idea - well done. Anything that makes life better for patients is worth shouting about.' -Monica Dennis,'A Dignified Revolution'

'Excellent links to ideas on practice and examples of good practice. May it long continue.The website is really accessible for everyone. Well done'. Lorraine Morgan A Dignified Revolution and the Open University in Wales.

"This is really very good. I will make sure that we link to it from my website..."Nadhim Zahawi, Conservative MP for Stratford-upon-Avon)

Thanks for your contribution to our conference. I have already written to our Chairman and Chief Executive(of health authority) telling them of your ideas and how impressive the presentation was. I don' t think that you can really improve on your presentation. The style and energy works well...Thanks again for coming, the inspiration and the hope. I know that is was important for Crossroads, now I am back pushing in the Health Service.' David Wright, Chairman, Crossroads Care UK and non-executive director, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals

'I found your presentation excellent - perfect for the day' - Alison Double

Dear Jill, I am a District Nurse student dong the Specialist Practitioner programme in Community Health Nursing. I attended the Provider Services Quality Conference at Evesham Community Hospital yesterday and I found that your talk was incredibly inspirational to me. So, I would like to thank you for that. The enthusiasm you had was very powerful and I came away realiy wanting to try and make a difference. District Nurse Student, Worcestershire Primary Care Trust

I thought your article was absolutely brilliant and thoroughly agree with the endorsemesdnts you have received. Terry Owen MBE

Jill, thank you for your amazing presentation. Feedback from the clinicians was great. They loved your presentation and felt it reflected a lot of things they were trying to do. So, thanks. Good luck with your website and thank you again for being amazing. Lucy Botting, Domain Lead/NHS Consultant:Transformation and Clinical Entrepreneurialism, Transforming Community Services Programme.

Well done for such great work and for providing hope for vulnerable adults and those of us working with them. Nikki Radvanyi, Skills for Care

I have just read the article in You magazine. I was so pleased to hear that someone still has an eye on delivering care with a loving touch Sister P

What a wonderful website and I have just read your article in YOU magazine...very inspirational Ann Spowart, www.conkerrcancer.org

I read with recognition and emotion the article about KISSING IT BETTER in the YOU magazine in the Daily Mail. KH

.. to read your article was a breath of fresh air RG


I would like to thank you most sincerely for taking the time to visit our organisation to talk to Heads of Nursing and Matrons about your KISSING IT BETTER campaign. I know that the staff at the meeting felt they were empowered by what you had to say regarding small changes making a big difference. Sue Hartley, Director of Nursing and Governance, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust

What an amazing site! I'm sharing your ideas here at IHI and so appreciate all you are doing to spread great ideas.
Wonderful to meet you, and thanks for all,
Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, USA

I’ve had a quick look at the evaluation forms and everyone just thought your presentation was inspirational. Well done. Alessandra Pleck, All Queen's Nurse Meeting, The Queen's Nursing Institute

Members of our advisory group for this project * – the Royal College of Nursing, BAPEN, Kissing it Better and others – have excellent resources available. The question for leaders in the NHS and policy makers is why so many hospitals still fail to do it. Dame Jo Williams, Chair, Care Quality Commission. * Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme

I just wanted to say "Thank You" for the really inspirational talk that you gave today at the Worcestershire OT Away Day. I've had a quick look at the website – there are some fantastic ideas!! It's so important to treat everyone that we see with dignity, respect and courtesy – the concept of "Kissing it Better" is such a wonderful idea – many thanks
Kindest Regards, Jo, Occupational Therapist's Awayday, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

'What a fantastic acheivement you have made here! This will be very beneficial in our residential home! I'm so pleased I read you article in my Woman and Home magazine.
Thank you very much!' WR Derbyshire