Alison Leary
Alison Leary is professor of healthcare and workforce modelling at London South Bank University. Previously, she was the chief nursing officer (England and the Islands) at St John Ambulance. She is currently a volunteer (scheme director, British Association of Immediate Care).
CommentNHS London’s plans for virtual wards create unnecessary risk
NHS London’s plan for dealing with the omicron wave needs to take a more multidisciplinary approach and be more evidence-based if it is to not build unwarranted variation into services, write Elaine Maxwell and Alison Leary
CommentUsing volunteers to fill workforce gaps is a risky strategy
Even though it features in the recent NHS long-term plan, good volunteering requires considerable resources and robust governance frameworks to mitigate risks. By Alison Leary