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Alexander Thompson @ThompsonThinks

🌪️ Disaster management leader, educator & researcher. Active on Bluesky.

Joined February 2009
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Alexander Thompson@ThompsonThinks
6 Jan 2025
I am unlikely to be posting here for the foreseeable future. You can find me on @bluesky: bsky.app/profile/thompsonthi…
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Alexander Thompson@ThompsonThinks
8 Oct 2024
If you work in healthcare in England or Australia, and can spare 10 minutes, I would so greatly appreciate your support of my PhD research project. You can scan the QR code or click here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form…
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When Computers Catch a Cold: Health System Resilience in the Digital Age wix.to/bcr9Krv #resilience #crowdstrike #healthcare #hem

When Computers Catch a Cold: Health System Resilience in the Digital Age

IntroductionAs I talked about in my last blog post, health systems are complex things. At their full potential, all components of the system (e.g. your healthcare providers, such as a hospital, or a...

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Lego bricks and health system resilience. What do they have in common? A new blog post. thompsonthinks.com/post/lego…

Lego brick resilience and the challenge of system austerity

A metaphor I often refer to in talks is the concept of lego brick resilience, particularly in the context of health systems, but what exactly do I mean by this?Health systems are complex. They...

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Luke Simmonds MStJ@luke__simmonds
30 Jun 2024
Awesome to catch up with @ThompsonThinks while here in the UAE. Fantastic dinner and catching up all things @stjohnambulance and life in general!
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A very happy St John’s Day to all.
StJohn International@StJohnINTL
24 Jun 2024
Happy St John's Day!🧡 To commemorate the Feast Day of our patron saint, our Lord Prior has shared a message for all St John people. stjohninternational.org/late… #OneStJohn #VolunteersNotAmateurs #StJohnCares
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Alex Cox@Alex18516131
18 Jun 2024
Lovely surprise to come home to a letter from @ThompsonThinks informing me that I am soon to be the recipient of a @stjohnambulance accountability award. No idea who nominated me but thank you to them & to my wonderful team of Local Ambulance Leads and crews in @SJAHampshireIOW
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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. #DDay80
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧
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6 Jun 2024
80 years since D-Day. 80 years since the largest seaborne invasion in history. 80 years since the heroic efforts of those who landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. 80 years of peace in Western Europe since. Today we say thank you. #DDay80
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St John Ambulance England@stjohnambulance
3 Jun 2024
St John volunteers selflessly give their time and skills to keep their communities safe and save lives. This Volunteers' Week, we say THANK YOU. #VolunteersWeek
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An enormous thank you to all of our wonderful @stjohnambulance volunteers across England. Happy #VolunteersWeek!
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Honoured to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal this week, presented by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior of the Order of St John.
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BBC Breakfast
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24 Apr 2024
The boss of supermarket chain Iceland has said @stjohnambulance volunteers saved his life after he collapsed at Sunday's London Marathon. Richard Walker spoke to #BBCBreakfast alongside James Dudfield, Becky James and Matthew Cleave bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
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Richard Walker@icelandrichard
22 Apr 2024
. @stjohnambulance saved my life yesterday. I collapsed unconscious just over a mile from the @LondonMarathon finish line with a temp of 42. The medics were just incredible. Absolute heroes who I can’t thank enough 🙏🏻❤️
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Thank you to all of the @stjohnambulance South East Region volunteers who will be providing healthcare to today’s @LondonMarathon.
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Well done team 👏🏻
St John Ambulance ¦ Hampshire & Isle of Wight@SJAHampshireIOW
24 Mar 2024
Congratulations to the 6 Newly Qualified EACs who have finished their course today at our Southampton base. This is the culmination of months of classroom, virtual and on the job learning to get to today. @danbevis @stjohnambulance @ThompsonThinks
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Janet Catto@janet_catto
23 Mar 2024
#AskMe Why I am proud to be in Winchester working with the amazing St John Ambulance volunteers? It is giving me a fantastic opportunity to hear how we are going to be working with our communities in Hampshire and The Isle of Wight. Thank you all. @ThompsonThinks
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Amber wind warning. 💨 Yellow rain warning. 🌧️ IT business continuity incident. ⚠️ Industrial action. 🪧 Hello 2024, nice to see you.
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Happy New Year to all. Particular thanks to all of my fantastic volunteers in the @stjohnambulance South East region, many of whom were out in the cold last night, caring for their communities.
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SJA Surrey District@Surrey_SJA
10 Dec 2023
Congratulations to our Interim District Manager @AndrewClarkLBG on receiving a Regional Commissioners Commendation at our recent District Awards for leading and coordinating the growth of the District &building a culture of positive and inspirational leadership. Thank you Andrew
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