This interview was originally posted on MedicsVoices.com – https://medicsvoices.com/victor-montori-kindness-in-medical-care/ To watch this interview on YouTube, please follow this link Hello, I’m Domhnall MacAuley and welcome to MedicsVoices.com where we speak to the key opinion leaders in health and medicine around the world. Today I’m speaking to Victor Montori. Victor has had a fascinating medical career, beginning […]
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Population health improvement, and the role of NHS trusts: A paradigm shift for today’s leaders and tomorrow’s NHS. By Dr. Ahmed Seedat and Simon O’Donoghue
Improving population health is one of the top priorities for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)1. Given the unique relationship between clinicians and patients and their respective understanding of the local health context, both have an opportunity to support, influence and lead on population health interventions2. What is less clear is the role of acute NHS trusts […]
Greener Leader Blog Series: The ‘Net Zero Clinical Care’ conference: a step on the long road to a sustainable NHS. By Dr. Sara Lightowlers
The first BMJ Net Zero Clinical Care conference took place on 10th October 2023. After a year of escalating climate consequences, there has been a strong sense of urgency amongst healthcare professionals engaged in the climate movement, for something such as this. An event that enables us to come together and discuss what a Net […]
The Profound Influence of Meaning in Health and Care Workplaces. By Chantelle Nyamekye
Within the vast network of rooms, corridors, and wards that make up health and care institutions, an often overlooked but incredibly potent force is at play: the compelling power of meaning. Every day, countless professionals walk these halls, many driven by a deep-seated desire to make a difference, to bring about healing and comfort to […]
Why Digital Radiographer Leaders Are Essential To The Healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ecosystem. By Gemma Walsh, Christina Malamateniou and Janice St. John-Matthews
The technological advancements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical imaging and oncology, have put radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic) at the forefront of AI development and applications in healthcare. An AI roadmap published by Unity Insights and Health Education England (HEE) in 2022, found that 240 AI technologies were being deployed in the NHS; of these […]
Greener Leader Blog Series: Plant-based Universities: a prescription for planetary health. By Alfie J Hall and Hollie Meyers
Young people, like us, are set to bear the brunt of the climate emergency, yet we often feel powerless in generating meaningful change amongst a cohort of leaders, largely dominated by older generations. Medical students, who have their time split between studying and clinical placements, have an almost impossible task in contributing to the wave […]
In conversation with Dr. Mumta Hargovan
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 in Cape Town and I’m talking to one of the most exciting new voices in medical leadership. Mumta Hargovan […]
Humanitarian Leadership: Lessons from the Central African Republic. By Eleanor Harvey
Raindrops. Lightening. Population health. Porch and puddles. Despite the tropical downpour, we had made it to the outlying health centre and looked out from the cover of the porch on to a wet and muddy landscape. The working day here starts early in the morning; we had arrived close to midday and so I thought […]
Blog 2: We need to talk about professionalism: When am I going to meet the surgeon? By Jo Hartland, Mx Karen Chui and Xander Stephenson-Allen
Welcome to the second blog in this series, in which we explore the concept of intersectionality and its relevance to professionalism. Coined by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and leading scholar of critical race theory, intersectionality is a lens through which we can explore the gatekeeping effect of ‘professionalism’ on marginalised individuals […]
Pharmacy Leadership in Medicines Equity. By Anisha Soni
Earlier this year the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) co-produced with the NHS England Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team a report ‘Access to NHS prescribing and exemption schemes in England’. (1) The report examines healthcare inequalities in relation to prescribing and uptake of prescription and exemption schemes in England by reference to the Core20PLUS campaign. The […]