Disability has been discussed in surgical training for years, yet the gap between interest and actual understanding remains wide. Commentary has questioned whether surgical training has ever meaningfully created space for surgeons with physical disabilities [1]. While others have warned that awareness alone is no longer enough and that the profession must move beyond acknowledgement […]
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As an NHS consultant with two decades of experience, I have lived through what David Ingram aptly describes as the “anarchy of transition”. We have moved from paper notes which are fragmented but tangible, to digital systems that promise the world but often deliver disjointed, burdensome silos of data. Ingram’s two volume magnum opus […]
When “More Data” Feels Safe but Increases Risk: A Boardroom Paradox. By Vsevolod Shabad
Analysing cyber governance across the NHS, a recurring pattern emerges. A warning is raised — perhaps a signal about supplier fragility, a shift in cyber threat patterns, or early indicators of workforce burnout. The risk is not yet a full incident, but the signal is clear enough to create unease. The immediate response from the […]
Believing in the Power of Platforms: A Young Leader’s Journey. By Germaine Tan Jia Hui
Four years ago, I was a clueless first-year undergraduate navigating an entirely new academic structure during a global pandemic. It was 2021, and classes were conducted entirely online due to COVID-19. At the National University of Singapore, I was part of the newly established College of Humanities and Sciences, born from the merger of the […]
Creating a culture of compassionate truth telling in life limiting illness. By Natalie Harrison
Kindness, compassion and authenticity are important now more than ever in our overwhelmed healthcare systems. This story demonstrates how important these values are no matter how difficult the subject matter. Introducing a young girl who is shy and serious. Never seen without a book in her hands. Her most treasured volume about ‘hospitals’ A 1970s […]
Empowering Resident Doctors: The Role of Effective Leadership in Driving Sustainable Change. By Nicola Johnstone
Introduction Resident doctors’ frontline experience makes them uniquely positioned to shape the future of healthcare. Despite working under unprecedented clinical pressures, they are required to conduct QI initiatives which are essential for GMC revalidation and career progression. With QI methodology rarely taught in undergraduate medical curricula, are we setting up our doctors of the future […]
Misinformation amidst HPV vaccination in Pakistan: Insights for leaders. By Salima Khowaja
Pakistan can join the global efforts towards eliminating Cervical Cancer if we vaccinate our young girls against HPV, offering them lifelong protection and reducing the number of maternal orphans. According to the Globocan International Agency for Research (IARC) data of 2022, Cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer among women in Pakistan, accounting for […]
The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives, Including Your Own – A Book Review by Dr Gautam Satheesh
“When public health succeeds, societal changes make the individuals’ default choices healthy.” Tom Frieden begins his new book, The Formula for Better Health, with a sobering truth: public health suffers from the Cassandra curse. It is bestowed with an unparalleled ability to foresee future diseases and prevent millions of deaths yet cursed in a way […]
From analogue to digital: an AHP-informed journey to national informatics leadership. By Prabha Vijayakumar
When I moved to the UK in the early 2000s, I came as a clinician first, an occupational therapist shaped by systems thinking and a commitment to equitable, person‑centred care. Two decades on, that same compass guides my work as the inaugural Chief Allied Health Professions Information Officer (CAHPIO) at NHS England. My mission is […]
The True Cost of Care. By Kate B. Hilton and Carrie Colla
Health care needs a new way to measure success – one that values what actually produces health. For decades, financial flows – revenues, reimbursements, spending and productivity – have dominated how modern industrialized nations judge success in health care. But these measures conceal the healthcare system’s most consequential losses: worsening patient outcomes and eroding trust, […]