As the sun shone today and I am working from home I could not help but reflect back to three years ago, when the sun was blazing. In fact blazing so strongly that my choice to work in the garden proved erroneous: both my phone and computer shut down due to overheating. I think it […]
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An Open Letter to Stephen Barclay on diversity by Roger Kline
Dear Mr Barclay. Good Government is built on evidence-based strategy. Your department and its media allies’ call (1) for NHS organisations to spend money on patient care and frontline services“ rather than “diversity and backroom bureaucracy” assumes equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work is an alternative to patient care. However, your predecessor Sajiv Javid commissioned […]
In conversation with Dr Helen Bevan, OBE
To watch this interview, please follow this link Hello. I’m Domhnall MacAuley. Welcome to this BMJ Leader conversation. Today I’m talking to Helen Bevan. Helen used to have one of the trendiest job titles I’ve ever heard – “Chief Transformation Officer” and, I have even heard her described as the world’s leading medical social media […]
In conversation with Professor Jamie Stoller, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
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 […]
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 […]
NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series: “The forgotten professional group” by Healthcare Scientist Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow
The NHS employs over 50,000 Healthcare Scientists [1], yet many NHS staff are unaware that Healthcare Science is itself a professional group, distinct from Allied Health Professionals. Our professional identity can often be so lacking that many are unaware they are healthcare scientists themselves! This lack of cohesion can be partly attributed to the highly specialist […]
NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series: “Carving a creative path out of the dentistry crisis” by Dentist Regional Clinical Leadership Fellows
It will be no surprise to anyone that NHS dentistry is at crisis point. Increasing media coverage over recent months has highlighted legitimate concerns around access to NHS dentistry, with the deeply worrying impact this has on those with the greatest need for oral care. Whilst this situation feels desperate, it is often in the […]
Chains of Kindness by Nicki Macklin and Hesham Abdalla
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up” John Holmes One of the most joyful things about choosing to practice with care and kindness in our work as health professionals as well as in our personal lives, is that kindness can lift us up just as much as […]
Alone we are strong, together we are stronger by Shabir Shivji
Oral Health and CVD Prevention – The Power of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) We must seek any ‘silver linings’ for the NHS from the dark clouds of COVID. The Pandemic has focused minds on the challenge of reducing health inequality and reminded us that prevention is more effective and cheaper than medical management of […]