AI is entering healthcare at breakneck speed. Headlines celebrate above human-level performance on medical exams, while tech giants showcase models capable of everything from clinical reasoning to patient counselling. Yet behind the promise lies a grim reality: ChatGPT and its peers are not doctors, dietitians, or therapists. They are probabilistic systems built to generate convincing […]
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Why your patient’s results might be invisible to you – a call for clinicians to advocate for better, safer, data. By Alexander Churton, Kanthan Theivendran, Felix Peckitt and Mohamed Elriedy
Many of us have experienced a modern-day healthcare challenge: the complexities of the information governance (IG) processes that safeguard patient data. Data sharing is key for care provision, understanding how systems are working, and improving services delivered. As a collective of clinical and technical professionals, the authors are calling for clinician engagement to help shape […]
How leaning into my values allowed me to lead – Reflections of a student midwife. By Vanessa Jagger
As a final year student midwife embarking on my leadership module, I must confess I thought to myself…. “Why do I need to learn about leadership, I am only a student, I am not a leader.” When I thought of leaders, I summoned imagery of powerful, authoritarian, senior ranking management, not little old me! I […]
Equity talks: Leading for Vaccine Access in an Age of Mistrust. By Mario Jimenez
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 […]
AI vs doctors: The wrong question for healthcare’s future. By Clarissa Carvalho, Mary Madden, Remi Paramsothy
As AI technology is rapidly advancing, the question is can it really fill a burgeoning gap in clinical care? A shortage of clinicians has left patients languishing on waiting lists and filling waiting rooms. Can AI replace clinicians to fill this need? Recent claims in the media suggest it can. Microsoft announced that its AI […]
Leading with purpose: Strategic advocacy in action. By Nomalanga Makhanda & Malany Kalicharan
Serving as Chair and Deputy Chair of the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group (CAHPO BAME SAG) has been one of the most formative experiences of our careers. This voluntary role has offered a rare opportunity to influence national policy, build inclusive leadership capacity, and advocate for […]
Of Pandemics and the Future. By Dr. Lind Grant-Oyeye
In 2019, I was preparing to attend a WHO summit on patient safety in Switzerland: a gathering of policymakers, government representatives, and practitioners. Then came the email notifying participants that the conference was no longer taking place, due to some delegates having to tackle a new virus in their region. Few could have imagined that […]
Shakespeare, strategy, and the soul of healthcare leadership. By Aliya Turk
Recently, I had the opportunity to take part in an unforgettable leadership development day delivered by Olivier Mythodrama for the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). This wasn’t your typical healthcare training session. It was immersive, unconventional, and deeply reflective — using Shakespeare’s Henry V as a mirror to explore our own leadership stories. […]
From crisis to connection: How ‘high intensity use’ services are transforming the NHS. By Lauren Watts, Carissa Gilbert, Hannah Baird, Jack Spencer
As the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow in the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement team at NHS England, I’ve had the privilege of contributing to national strategy and policy – challenging at times, but always revelatory [LW]. Of the many inspiring initiatives I’ve encountered, the High Intensity Use (HIU) Programme stands out [LW]. Our team enjoyed visiting […]
A prescription for caring in healthcare leadership – Book review by Dr. Cristina Costache
You can’t spell “healthcare” without “care”, but that doesn’t mean compassion and care are always present in healthcare environments. Compassion is central to teamwork, effective care delivery, good patient outcomes and employee satisfaction1. So how do we harvest and protect this important ingredient? Dr Joshua D. Hartzell’s book offers a “prescription” divided into 23 sub-prescriptions, […]