To watch this interview, please follow this link Hi I’m Domhnall MacAuley and welcome to these BMJ leader interviews. Today I’m talking to Professor Jamie Stoller, but Jamie is more than just a clinician. He’s a physician, an author, and a thought leader in leadership. Jamie, maybe you tell us a little bit about your […]
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Why the manager / clinician partnership is essential – meeting elective recovery targets inclusively by Paul Doyle
If we are intent upon answering our most serious questions, from climate change to poverty, and curing diseases to designing new products, we need to work with people who think differently, not just accurately. Matthew Syed, Rebel Ideas, The Power of Diverse Thinking A wicked problem Nationally, clinicians are working hand in glove with managers […]
Enabling medical leadership in India and England: A comparative study – EMLIE by Professor Julie Davies and Dr. Kamal Gulati
Medical engagement has long been regarded as a critical component for effective performance in healthcare organisations. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that low- and middle-income countries such as India must increase coverage of priority health services to accomplish the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Although the literature suggests various barriers and drivers faced by doctors […]
Severe measures: the NHS staff survey and restoring the faith by Rich Taunt
There’s a question missing in the NHS staff survey. Yes, it’s one of the finest health data sets in the world. Yes, it gives the views of 600,000 staff over dozens of questions, providing a number of data points so colossal it comes second only to the number of NHS acronyms used in an average […]
A Virtual Leadership Placement for Allied Health Professions Learners: A Reflective Journey by Tabitha Hayden, Georgie Wyman and Emily Travis
An introduction to virtual leadership placements We are final year physiotherapy students studying at the University of the West of England, Bristol. In summer 2022 we received our placement allocation informing us that we would be undertaking a non-traditional leadership placement. We had the pleasure of working in the office of the Chief Allied Health […]
A climate to fear: Reflections on “Sustainability: a little less conversation a little more action please” plenary presentation at FMLM international conference 9th November 2022 by Astrid Etherington
For many years my environmental conscience has steered my personal lifestyle choices: I don’t eat meat, I recycle, and I use public transport. However, it is only recently, after attending “Sustainability: a little less conversation a little more action” presented at the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management conference (2022) that I have started to […]
Why are managers so often seen to be on the “dark side”, and who puts them there? by Emma Challans-Rasool and Charlotte Williams
Thank you for joining us in this second of our blogs that consider the current climate for NHS managers, why it matters and what we could all do to make things better. In such challenging times we must pull together to build hope, build solutions, build the future. Our first blog was a provocation – […]
Divining female leadership in the post pandemic era: By Dr Nagina Khan
Is it a special touch that leads women into a space where they can lead then struggle with balancing their lives or do institutions expect too much of a sacrifice in exchange for leadership status? As Jacinda Ardern makes an emotional exit, having come into power in 2017 at the age of 37 years, the […]
Associating healthcare, homelessness, policy and political determination by Nagina Khan
Winter 2022 is approaching again in Canada and sub-zero temperatures kill the homeless – I know this from my volunteer work at a homeless and outreach centre in Ontario. A 52-year-old male told me that he lives in a tent under a tarp in a backyard of a home. The owner doesn’t know he’s there […]
“Managers value you; do you know enough to value them?” by Emma Challans-Rasool and Charlotte Williams
We have all read headlines that the NHS is overly controlled and bloated at the top by managers, who if they were just stripped away would see much better value for the public and make doctors and nurses’ lives easier. It is true that as a manager working in a non-clinical capacity, the public, the […]