Across global health systems, developing a research‑skilled workforce has become a strategic priority, driven by growing evidence that research engagement is associated with better healthcare performance and improved patient outcomes [1]. Health systems across the world are investing heavily in research, yet many healthcare professionals remain interested in research but not actively engaged in it […]
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Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction through Regulation: the South-East Asia Experience. By Catharina Boehme
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2026, “Unmasking the Appeal: Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction,” reemphasizes regulation as critical for tobacco control and one of the most powerful tools in global public health. Since the adoption of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2005, tobacco control has been reframed from […]
Cancer misinformation, social media, and the need for trusted evidence. By Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu and Lilly Matson
Cancer has been part of human history for millennia, as has misinformation about its causes and cures. From ancient theories about black bile and humours, to modern misinformation about miracle foods or biohacking (self-experimentation to optimise health), misinformation about cancer has continually evolved to reflect the concerns of its time. Today, however, technology means that […]
Building a Culture of Everyday Allyship: Our Journey to Creating the Allyship Learning Library. By Clare Cambray and Gemma Collins
In the NHS, we talk often about compassion, inclusivity and belonging – but for these values to shape everyday experiences, we need practical tools that empower staff to turn intention into action. This belief is what inspired the development of the Allyship Learning Library Catalogue on the NHS Learning Hub: a curated, accessible space where […]
Strategic commissioning: will the fifth attempt finally work? By Andi Orlowski
ICBs have been handed a familiar mandate. The history of commissioning suggests caution about the promises being made on their behalf. In November 2025, NHS England published the Strategic Commissioning Framework, confirming that integrated care boards (ICBs) will, from April 2026, act as strategic commissioners for their populations.1 The framework promises a move from transactional […]
If healthcare can’t cope with trainers, how will it manage with transformation? By Tom Boyle
Over the past six months, through work in the US and ongoing collaboration with healthcare organisations and their vendor partners, I found myself noticing something I had not expected to matter quite as much as it did. Across both in-person settings and virtual conversations, there was a visible range in how people chose to present […]
Aligning trust across the healthcare workforce: a missing ingredient in AI adoption. By Karen Wallace
Trust is widely described as essential for the safe and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Yet trust is not a single, uniform construct. Clinicians, operational teams, and organisational leaders encounter AI through different forms of professional responsibility, risk, and accountability. National frameworks such as the NHS AI Playbook and FUTURE-AI emphasise transparency, fairness, […]
From fellowships to the frontline: embedding leadership in clinical training. By Joe Lipton, Hannah Headon and Anna Jones
Clinical training in the United Kingdom is highly effective at producing technically accomplished and clinically safe practitioners. It does not, however, reliably produce system-literate leaders. Over the past decade, national leadership fellowships and academy-supported programmes have sought to address this gap, offering clinicians immersive experiences of policy, strategy and organisational leadership. These initiatives have demonstrable […]
Why We Can’t Shift the Dial on Institutional Culture. By Nagina Khan
When long-term staff become part of the furniture I often hear the same frustration: ‘why can’t we change the culture, no matter how many initiatives we launch?’ New values are drafted, consultants are brought in, workshops delivered but day-to-day reality barely shifts. Often, the answer is in plain sight: those who have been there longest […]
Leadership in crisis and the role of imagination. By Ben Collins
Shortly before he died in 1932, Chief Plenty Coups, the last great chief of the Native American Crow tribe, told his story to a white man, Frank B Linderman, a ‘sign talker’’ who could record Crow history for both their peoples. A turn-of-the-20th century tribal leader might seem an unlikely source of inspiration for modern […]