Interviewed by Ms Tan Xuet Ying, member of CHI FLYING; Principal Speech Therapist, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Stella Ward is the Chief Executive, Digital Health Association (DHA). She was formerly the Chief Executive of Streamliners, co-owned by The Joined Up Systems Trust and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand. A speech language therapist turned […]
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How trust is solving Nigeria’s maternal health crisis. By Klau Pakos and Jefferson Chen
Every two minutes a woman dies from giving life. This is not simply a statistic. It is a crisis that raises an uncomfortable question. How much of this crisis is a failure not of medicine, but of trust? Lafiya was founded as a direct response to this crisis. We build healthcare infrastructure for women and […]
Human-centred AI: In conversation with Dr Junaid Bajwa, CHI Leadership Council
Interviewed by Vicdario Neo Yong Peng, member of CHI FLYING; Assistant Nurse Clinician, Woodlands Health, Singapore Dr Junaid Bajwa is a Senior Partner at Flagship Pioneering, leading its UK division and serving as a Science Partner for Pioneering Intelligence globally and is part of the CHI Leadership Council. He is also a practising physician in […]
Is inequality becoming the failure the NHS can afford? By Andi Orlowski
The NHS has rarely been more vocal about health inequalities. Reducing them is written into the mandate, the planning guidance and the language of every strategy. Yet a sequence of recent policy decisions, each reasonable when taken alone, is quietly assembling a system in which widening those inequalities is the path of least resistance. No […]
Humanitarian Leadership: On Return to the NHS. By Eleanor Harvey
Stability. Certainty. Safety. I ventured into the humanitarian sector, managing and leading teams in countries with fluctuating stability, uncertainty a part of daily life, and where careful planning was essential for staff and patient safety. On returning to the NHS, I look for ways to apply what I learnt in humanitarian settings to my everyday […]
Impact with integrity: In conversation with Dr Abdullahi Sheriff, CHI Leadership Council
Interviewed by: Ms Anne Neo, member of CHI FLYING; Centre Manager, Lions Befrienders, Singapore Dr Abdullahi Sheriff is the Managing Director for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei at MSD and is part of the CHI Leadership Council. His work focuses on strengthening capabilities, developing talent, and ensuring that MSD’s innovations reach the patients who most need […]
The Clinical Zugzwang: Moral Distress, Burnout and Patient Safety in Healthcare. By Mick Button, Anna Baverstock, Richard Duggins, and Paul Molyneux
‘Zugzwang. It’s when you have no good moves. But you still have to move’ Michael Chabon1 Introduction Today, many clinicians are not just working hard. They are working in conditions where the right thing to do may be clear, but the system makes it difficult, and sometimes impossible. Decision making becomes increasingly exhausting; the need […]
The Bee, the Plate, and the Patient. By Lily May Godfrey
My experience as a student nurse has taught me many things, but mainly about the fragility of life. At times, this fragility has felt overwhelming: the rise and fall of a patient’s breath, the tremor of a hand reaching for reassurance, or the quiet courage of someone facing uncertainty. As time passes, I find myself […]
Speaking up when it feels uncomfortable: lessons from one small action. By Amy Perkins
There are two types of doctors: those who regularly submit adverse incident reports, and those who never do. I am firmly in the first group, to the point that colleagues joke about it. I report when clinics run late, when results are missed and when serious events occur, including wrong site surgery. I do not […]
Long-term thinking in a short-term world: In conversation with Professor Yik-Ying Teo, CHI Leadership Council
Interviewed by Ms Lim Biyu, Core Team Member of CHI FLYING; Management Fellow, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Professor Yik Ying Teo is Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Vice President (Global Health) at the National University of Singapore and is part of the CHI Leadership Council. Trained as a […]