My name is Dr Priya Kumar, and I am a frontline General Practitioner (GP) who has also been part of the Slough wider team for the past 10 years. During this time, I have held a variety of roles including the primary care strategy lead, urgent care lead and more recently as the health inequalities […]
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Community Research Engagement Network (CREN): helping communities understand the benefits of engagement and participation in research. A participatory community perspective of engagement in research. By Lily Keck, Claudia Sykes and Dr. Nagina Khan
Why is it important to work together to involve and engage communities in research? It is very important to understand what public involvement means. It has been defined by INVOLVE, the national advisory group that supports public involvement, as “Research being carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or […]
Silence about disabled doctors is a political statement in itself: the solution is intersectionality? By Prof. Shibley Rahman
“The way we imagine discrimination or disempowerment often is more complicated for people who are subjected to multiple forms of exclusion. The good news is that intersectionality provides us a way to see it.” Prof Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw Defining disability Given the overall sensitivity of disability policy in the UK, there are various ways of […]
Delivering true health equity: just because it’s hard to do, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. By Dr. Amrit Sachar and Dr. Nagina Khan.
“There’s an ingrained societal suspicion that intentionally supporting one group hurts another. That equity is a zero sum game. In fact, when the nation targets support where it is needed most—when we create the circumstances that allow those who have been left behind to participate and contribute fully—everyone wins.” The Curb Cut Effect -Angela Glover […]
A roadmap for health equity and social justice? By Roger Kline, MaryAnn Ferreux, Durka Dougall and Randeep Kaur Kular
Since 2010 there has been a steady stream of legislation, policy initiatives and reports, all intended (in some cases purporting) to tackle health inequalities – which are by definition unfair and avoidable, causing immense damage not only to many of our citizens but to the economy and social fabric of the country too. In the […]
Part three – Challenging Healthcare Inequalities and Social Justice. By Dr. Nagina Khan
“The purpose of knowledge is action, not knowledge” Aristotle However, it is also possible that this action, sanctioned by Aristotle can prove advantageous for some sections of society because of the concept of social engineering, which is a form of social planning. It can be understood as – using knowledge and resources ‘to better’ certain […]
Choosing courage over comfort in the climate crisis: Are our health institutions prepared to do what it takes? By Rammina Yassaie
The climate crisis is the biggest health crisis we have ever faced, having been described as a “code red for humanity”. Given both the well-established health consequences of the climate emergency as well as the vulnerability of healthcare services to the threats of climate change itself, health institutions are well placed to advocate for change. […]
In conversation with James Mountford
To watch this interview, please follow this link Hello, I’m Domhnall MacAuley and welcome to this BMJ Leader conversation. Today I’m talking to James Mountford, who’s the editor of BMJ Leader, but he has many other roles. James, you’ve had a most unusual career trajectory. Tell us what you’re doing and how you got there. […]
Navigating Life After the 2023 Australian Referendum by Joanne Tesiram
The question that was put to the Australian people at the 2023 referendum was: “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?” The proposed change to the Australian Constitution, October 14, 2023. Chapter IX—Recognition […]
With thanks to Nigel Kennedy…
Listening to This Cultural Life I heard Nigel Kennedy talk about how his dog provided unexpected insight. His dog, experienced each day with the same joy and excitement. Each walk or meal was a wonderful experience for the pet. Yet humans seem never to be satisfied with doing the same thing over and over again. […]