When I returned to work after maternity leave, I found myself thinking about what I had missed. I had been away from clinical practice. I hadn’t been leading projects, attending conferences or taking on additional roles. For a while, it felt like my professional development had paused. Then I realised it hadn’t. Over the previous […]
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Don’t Recruit the Future: Build It. By Aswin Sayiram
Healthcare has a workforce problem. Our usual response is to ask a familiar question: Where will we find more doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals? Perhaps leaders should be asking a different question: How do we build them? Across countries, health systems are struggling with workforce shortages, changing population needs and increasing demands on healthcare professionals. […]
The new NHS Leadership and Management Framework paving way for greener healthcare leadership. By Rammina Yassaie
In 2020, the NHS in England demonstrated global leadership by becoming the first healthcare system to commit to reaching Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040. Five years later, Greener NHS outlined the progress made towards this aim, whilst also acknowledging how much work there is still to do. To date, much of the green improvement […]
The Future of Health Equity Depends on Who Holds Power. By Shubha Nagesh and Nandita Thatte
“The future of health equity depends on who holds power.” Shubha Nagesh and Nandita Thatte examine what it means to build health systems where women have not only a place at the table, but meaningful power to shape decisions. Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE) brings together health professionals from around the world and across […]
Unlocking the Potential of the Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Workforce. By Georgia Roskin and Marie England
As part of the national Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) pilot, nine areas across England have been testing new approaches to delivering universal and targeted early intervention. The London Borough of Barnet is one of these pathfinder sites, working to improve outcomes for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) through earlier […]
The Ward and the Resolution. By Ayesha Ali
Some days are spent at a patient’s bedside in Lahore. Some days are spent attending a global health assembly, where resolutions are debated for populations of millions. I have learned not to trust how easily I move between the two. The ward is where the day is most specific. As a final-year medical student, my […]
From aspiration to access: why the NHS needs capability pathways for its next generation of leaders. By Marina Khan
I have a career ambition I have rarely said out loud: I aspire to lead at the highest levels of the NHS. Not because I am attached to a particular title, but because I want to contribute to healthcare at scale, shaping strategy, influencing systems and helping to build a health service that works better […]
How Intimate Can Geopolitics Get with Our Health? By Gafidyn Wesonga
“Money doesn’t simply disappear from the global health system. Political priorities change.” Gafidyn Rae Wesonga examines how shifts in global health financing and donor priorities can shape health systems, services and access to care. Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE) brings together health professionals from around the world and across disciplines to build leaders, create […]
Unlocking the Leader Within – A Book Review by Sabrina Hersi and Alice Deasy
This concise textbook seeks to introduce medical students to leadership concepts and support the development of leadership and teamwork skills. Its international authorship seeks to make the book relevant to a global audience. Divided into three sections – Self Mastery, Teamwork and Residency Applications, the book introduces key leadership concepts before taking a more targeted […]
Pay Attention. By Vanessa Audris Lim
Penicillin. Viagra. Aspartame. X-Rays. No, this is not the world’s strangest shopping list. One began with mould on a petri dish, another with an inconvenient side effect, another with an accidental sweet taste, and another with a mysterious glow from a fluorescent screen. We often tell these stories as accidents, side effects or lucky breaks. […]