Leadership is what we turn to in times of change, yet many of our systems are built to resist it. Last month, I sat in a room filled with some of the most thoughtful, committed leaders in Australian and New Zealand healthcare. We gathered for RACMA’s 2025 Strategic Planning Day, not only to chart a […]
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Health care organisations as anchor institutions: a leadership opportunity for health equity. By Dr. Anna Gkiouleka
This BMJ Leader blog series has been produced in collaboration with the Health Equity Evidence Centre (HEEC). HEEC are dedicated to generating solid and reliable evidence about what works to address health and care inequalities. By adopting innovative methodologies, they efficiently map successful strategies for reducing health and care inequalities, and subsequently empower policymakers and […]
From volunteerism to corporate impact: lessons in sustainability leadership. By Dr. Prashant Mishra
Imagine being thrown into a river—your chances of survival are higher if you know how to swim. Something similar happened to me when, within BMJ Group, I was tasked with driving our SDG goals. Luckily, my experience volunteering with the HCL Foundation’s My Clean City initiative meant that the lessons I gained from hands-on sustainability […]
Social needs screening: what is it, should we be doing it and how? By Dr. Helena Painter
This BMJ Leader blog series has been produced in collaboration with the Health Equity Evidence Centre (HEEC). HEEC are dedicated to generating solid and reliable evidence about what works to address health and care inequalities. By adopting innovative methodologies, they efficiently map successful strategies for reducing health and care inequalities, and subsequently empower policymakers and […]
In Conversation with Oscar Lyons
To watch this interview, please follow this link Hello, I’m Domhnall MacAuley, and welcome to this BMJ Leader conversation, where we talk to the key opinion leaders in health and medicine around the world. Today we’re talking to Oscar Lyons, who is originally from New Zealand but based in Oxford. Let’s take you back to […]
Removing barriers for ethnic equity in healthcare. By Dalvir Kandola
The Race Health Observatory (RHO) was established to assist the National Health Service (NHS) in England to enhance healthcare and tackle inequalities for people from non-White ethnic backgrounds. One of the key initiatives undertaken by the RHO to deliver this is the publication of the ‘Seven Principles of Anti-Racism’. These principles serve as a foundation […]
Thinking innovatively about how to build the evidence base for what works in health inequalities. By Dr. John Ford
This BMJ Leader blog series has been produced in collaboration with the Health Equity Evidence Centre (HEEC). HEEC are dedicated to generating solid and reliable evidence about what works to address health and care inequalities. By adopting innovative methodologies, they efficiently map successful strategies for reducing health and care inequalities, and subsequently empower policymakers and […]
Reducing health inequalities at point of care: The role of HealthPathways. By Dr. Jonathan Tose and Dr. Helen Liley
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics continue to demonstrate marked health inequalities in the UK. Those populations who are most deprived, from certain ethnic minority or inclusion health groups experience worse outcomes. Developing pathways for use at point of care can help health professionals identify and address factors that are contributing to inequality. Health inequalities refer […]
We need an expansion of leadership development programmes to foster the next generation of clinical leaders. By Dr. Tomasz Pierscionek
Healthcare professionals would benefit from more investment in leadership programmes that enable them to directly see and understand how the upper layers of the NHS function. My experience as a Darzi Fellow helped me realise that cultivating the next generation of clinical leaders is essential if the NHS is to survive present and future challenges. […]
The just culture in the NHS – but not the one you know. By James Hadlow
I first came across the concept of the ‘just culture’ in healthcare several years ago during my Darzi Fellowship, a highly respected national clinical leadership programme. The concept of a just culture was one which was logical and the terms of it were clear to me but hadn’t been framed in formal terms in this […]