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My application to work at Kaleidoscope required a blog looking back at my first year. I called it ‘The good the bad and the beautiful - a year’s insight into the world of health and care’. Today is my first ‘Kscopeversary’; a whole year of working here! So I thought it was time for an update.

I joined Kaleidoscope for my medical school elective as a chance to experience something new. Over a busy eight weeks I’ve had the opportunity to get involved in different projects and been in rooms that I haven't had a chance to be in before.

NHS trusts will soon need to join a provider collaborative, a move away from competition towards collaboration. But too much choice and ‘freedom’ to collaborate comes with risks - George Dellal explores some of the issues and outlines what makes for effective collaboration.

What does it mean to be a system leader in south east London? That’s the big question we want to answer. Over the last year we have spoken to people working in different care settings across our system, including those delivering, receiving and managing services.

Here's a 10-minute desk yoga routine Lydia devised for a project that she’s been working on. Feel free to use it, we hope that it helps get you through your day a little easier.

'The reality of health and care' is of course very little to do with policy-making. Yet that was the title of the talk I gave to explain why the neat diagrams of how health policy is supposed to work aren’t necessarily true.