Interviewed by Charlie Penny and Jonathon Gray Eugene Fidelis Soh is Deputy Group CEO of Singapore’s NHG Health and Executive Director of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation. He leads efforts to improve population health for 1.5 million residents, integrating health and social care, strengthening primary and community services, and driving innovation. In this interview, he […]
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From fellowships to the frontline: embedding leadership in clinical training. By Joe Lipton, Hannah Headon and Anna Jones
Clinical training in the United Kingdom is highly effective at producing technically accomplished and clinically safe practitioners. It does not, however, reliably produce system-literate leaders. Over the past decade, national leadership fellowships and academy-supported programmes have sought to address this gap, offering clinicians immersive experiences of policy, strategy and organisational leadership. These initiatives have demonstrable […]
Why We Can’t Shift the Dial on Institutional Culture. By Nagina Khan
When long-term staff become part of the furniture I often hear the same frustration: ‘why can’t we change the culture, no matter how many initiatives we launch?’ New values are drafted, consultants are brought in, workshops delivered but day-to-day reality barely shifts. Often, the answer is in plain sight: those who have been there longest […]
Leadership in crisis and the role of imagination. By Ben Collins
Shortly before he died in 1932, Chief Plenty Coups, the last great chief of the Native American Crow tribe, told his story to a white man, Frank B Linderman, a ‘sign talker’’ who could record Crow history for both their peoples. A turn-of-the-20th century tribal leader might seem an unlikely source of inspiration for modern […]
Leadership during war: Mobilising and integrating conflict-displaced medical professionals. By Oksana Lovochkina, Inna Soldatenko, Tatum Cummins and Roman Cregg
War displaces vast numbers of people, including the healthcare professionals responsible for caring for its victims. Since February 2022, the ongoing war in Ukraine has forced many highly trained clinicians to relocate, many of whom have sought refuge in the UK. Given the NHS’s acute workforce shortage, this raised a central question: could these professionals, […]
The bottleneck patient involvement keeps ignoring. By Vsevolod Shabad
The NHS 10-Year Plan, published in January 2025, commits the UK to becoming a world leader in clinical research. Its patient involvement measures are specific: NHS App integration to streamline volunteer recruitment, standardised research contracting to reduce administrative burden on research teams, and an ambition to embed patients in the design of studies from the outset […]
The missing leadership skill to deliver health systems transformation. By Hahrie Han
Our stickiest social problems often persist for decades and sometimes centuries – even in the face of compelling evidence and widespread support for change. Consider the United States’ inability to put in place sensible gun controls, or our collective inability to take the action needed to prevent further climate change. But sometimes glimmers of change […]
Equity Talks: From Potential to Impact: The Case for Investing in Process. By Nandita Thatte
Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity brings together health professionals from around the world and across disciplines to build leaders, combat disparities and create community. Its mission is to develop global leaders who not only understand the roots of health inequities but also have the skills and courage to create more equitable organizations and communities. Each […]
Leading across the healthcare systems: learning from today’s leaders and listening to the voices of tomorrow in the Commonwealth and beyond. By Shermaine Ong Tsin Tze, Ben Collins, Jonathon Gray and Sian Reece
Leadership in healthcare is often portrayed as a solitary endeavour. The lone figure at the front of the room, the name on the office door, the person expected to have the answers. Yet, when we listen closely to the stories of leaders across the Commonwealth and the world, a different picture emerges. True leadership is […]
Education as infrastructure: embedding sustainability through leadership in the NHS. By Imogen Stringer and Nicola Wilson
Introduction The NHS has set a globally ambitious goal to become the world’s first net zero health system. Achieving this ambition will require more than technological innovation or capital investment; it depends on how effectively strategic intent is translated into everyday clinical and operational practice. At Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the establishment of a […]