fran

Informatics Clinical Nurse Specialist and Midwife @swanseabayNHS 2nd year MSc Digital Transformation for Health and Care Professions @UWTSD. Views are my own.

[European Federation for Medical Informatics @EFMI]

Today marked the official opening of #MIE2026, bringing together the #EFMI community in Genova for a dynamic 1st day filled with inspiring discussions, scientific exchange, networking and innovation. Continue sharing your moments using #MIE2026 and tag #EFMI throughout the event

[fran @frano95]

@JonathanRoss30 Thank you!

[fran @frano95]

2nd year of MSc officially passed - just a very lengthy dissertation to go. The end is finally in sight 💪🏼 Celebrations on Worthy Farm next week 🤠🌞🫶🏼🤍

[fran @frano95]

@the_parkins Thank you! Nearly there 😂🙌🏼

[fran @frano95]

@JonathanRoss30 Huge congratulations!!

[fran @frano95]

@the_parkins Missing you all too 💖💖💖

[fran @frano95]

Happy #IDM2024 to all of the wonderful midwives I have had and still have the pleasure to work. I feel incredibly lucky to support women and their families through pregnancies and birth and have been blessed to witness a huge amount of love and strength over the years ✨🤍

[Victoria Owens @Vicowens77]

So excited 😆 these posts are finally out ! Such a great opportunity, Community Team Managers ⁦@SwanseabayNHS⁩ . It’s a win for #women for #midwifery practice ! 🎉What to know more? Join us for an informal Teams meeting on the 23rd of Jan info 👇🦋DM https://t.co/Kkv8QNCmLv

[Swansea Bay NHS @SwanseabayNHS]

A mum who had her first child as a teenager and who never forgot the care she was given has herself started as a midwife 23 years later.

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https://t.co/Tcx0I448b5

[fran @frano95]

@SparklySwan80 @SwanseaUni HUGE congratulations 💓💓💓

[fran @frano95]

@JonathanRoss30 Thank you! Good luck to you too!

[fran @frano95]

A very thought provoking weekend 🧠💡 Excited to get started with Year 2!

[University of Wales Trinity Saint David @UWTSD]

Our staff from the Wales Institute of Digital Information had a busy weekend hosting a residential weekend for students on our MSc Digital Transformation for the Health and Care Professions.

The course can be explored here: https://t.co/lFoZJxKqTM

@DHCWales @WelshGovernment

[Elan Iâl @elanial]

Anyone else can't quite believe that the petition to rescind the new 20mph limit is officially the biggest petition that has ever been submitted to the Senedd?

Not the one to reinstate free school meals during school holidays for children living below the poverty line.

Not the one to commission suitable NHS services for people with EDS or hypermobility spectrum disorders.

Not the one to fund more specialist school places and staff for children with additional learning needs.

Not the one calling to increase funding for mental health services and improve waiting times for people needing help in crisis.

Not the one to recognise teaching assistants as an important asset to schools by raising wages.

Not the one calling for Welsh working parents to receive the same financial support for childcare as parents in England.

Not the one to improve services for people with metastatic breast cancer.

Not the one calling to create, fund and sustain sufficient affordable nursery and childcare places for all working parents.

Not the one calling for a mental health unit for men in north Wales.

Not the one to make Blue Badge applications lifelong for individuals who have a lifelong diagnosis.

Why can’t we rally like this for other causes?

In Wales (and the UK) we have a falling life expectancy, falling living standards and falling wages in real terms, as well as rising food bank usage, rising homelessness and rising NHS waiting times, and we’re outraged by having to drive 10mph slower?

I thought I must have been missing something so I did some research into both sides of the debate to educate myself, and I do understand the arguments against - lesser productivity, the implications for professions such as drivers and carers, additional costs for increased travel time etc.

I don't have the answers, but I did find that this speed limit is already in place and successfully proven to reduce casualties and deaths in areas beyond Wales.

More than half of London's roads are now 20mph as well as other communities in England having already implemented the limit, including Norwich, Tonbridge and Chichester.

Lower urban speed limits have also been adopted in many countries and cities across mainland Europe, including Spain and Brussels, where they use km/h instead of miles.

In mainland Europe, many areas have 30km/h limits, which is 18.6mph.

I think I'm just bewildered at our furore, and our tendency as people to make decisions to avoid personal discomfort in the present moment at the expense of the long term outcome for all.

Of course there is a cognitive bias that explains this, called the Present Bias.

"Present bias is the tendency to focus more on the present situation than the future when making decisions. This can lead us to prioritise immediate rewards over future payoffs, even if that decision benefits us less overall."

Anyway, to look at the positive, I hope if anything, this shows that as a people we are capable of coming together, rallying and demanding change when a situation calls for it.

[fran @frano95]

Fully enrolled for 2nd year of MSc Digital Transformation for Health and Care Professionals with @UWTSD and very excited to be starting a new role as an Informatics Clinical Nurse Specialist in the coming weeks 👩🏼‍🎓👩🏼‍💻

[fran @frano95]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 🎼🧢✨

[fran @frano95]

Having the best time at #glastonbury ⚡️🌈 Crocs have served me well this weekend outside of work 😜 Ready for Elton tonight! ❤️‍🔥🕺🏼

[Fran Beadle @beadle_fran]

Refreshing learning by students of the Msc Digital Transformation for Health and Care professionals you not need to be technical to work in the digital world but it helps to have the knowledge @UWTSD @DHCWales @sarahbrooks_ann

[fran @frano95]

Brilliant event today showcasing some fantastic work undertaken by MSc Digital Transformation students @UWTSD. Lovely to see some fellow students and inspire others to enrol 👍🏼

[fran @frano95]

@the_parkins thank you ! xxx

[fran @frano95]

Year 1 officially complete ✅ Returning to study was never going to be easy but I am so immensely proud of the work I have done and the knowledge I have gained surrounding digital transformation throughout our health and care services. Improving efficiency and outcomes for patients with digital capabilities is so important 👍🏼

[fran @frano95]

@JenileeCH85 thank you xxx