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Tero Väänänen

@teropsv.bsky.social
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Head of Design at NHS England, photographer, artist, school governor, martial artist, writer of speculative fiction. He/him

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Tero Väänänen @teropsv.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I wrote about what happens when we design for finite wins in an infinite system and why it feels so hard. medium.com/@teropsv/hea... #healthcare #nhs
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Healthcare is an infinite game, but we’re playing with the wrong rules
Healthcare is an infinite game, but we design, fund, and govern it as if it were finite.
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Tero Väänänen @teropsv.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I've written about the work we have done to make the NHS Design System fit for the future and to support the NHS 10-year plan to move from analogue to digital. Read more and be part of this change: digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-...
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Making the NHS design system fit for the future - NHS England Digital
Tero Väänänen explains why the NHS design system exists and why it plays an important role in fulfilling the 10-year health plan. He also describes recent changes to the frontend code behind the desig...
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Tero Väänänen @teropsv.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My first post here may as well be about an important topic; inclusion. I attended a high-profile workshop last week, which made me reflect on how easy it is to exclude people from the start. medium.com/@teropsv/wee...
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Weeknote – Exclusion starts at user journey mapping
This weeknote is a bit different. Instead of a list of things I did, I want to reflect more deeply on one theme from last week.
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