In the NHS, we talk often about compassion, inclusivity and belonging – but for these values to shape everyday experiences, we need practical tools that empower staff to turn intention into action. This belief is what inspired the development of the Allyship Learning Library Catalogue on the NHS Learning Hub: a curated, accessible space where […]
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Strategic commissioning: will the fifth attempt finally work? By Andi Orlowski
ICBs have been handed a familiar mandate. The history of commissioning suggests caution about the promises being made on their behalf. In November 2025, NHS England published the Strategic Commissioning Framework, confirming that integrated care boards (ICBs) will, from April 2026, act as strategic commissioners for their populations.1 The framework promises a move from transactional […]
If healthcare can’t cope with trainers, how will it manage with transformation? By Tom Boyle
Over the past six months, through work in the US and ongoing collaboration with healthcare organisations and their vendor partners, I found myself noticing something I had not expected to matter quite as much as it did. Across both in-person settings and virtual conversations, there was a visible range in how people chose to present […]
Aligning trust across the healthcare workforce: a missing ingredient in AI adoption. By Karen Wallace
Trust is widely described as essential for the safe and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Yet trust is not a single, uniform construct. Clinicians, operational teams, and organisational leaders encounter AI through different forms of professional responsibility, risk, and accountability. National frameworks such as the NHS AI Playbook and FUTURE-AI emphasise transparency, fairness, […]
Collective leadership for a healthier future: In conversation with Professor Eugene Fidelis Soh
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 […]
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 […]