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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]