Leaders In Healthcare 2018: Speaking Truth to Power
For foundation doctors, speaking up about risks and errors is one of the biggest challenges we face. Sir Robert Francis famously called junior doctors “the eyes and ears of the NHS”, but we can only step up to that challenge if we speak out about what we are seeing and hearing. In her […]
Guest Post: Leadership Is Vital … Especially for Medical Students
Neil Calderwood is a final year medical student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. When I was studying in Brighton he was always passionately campaigning for universal access to healthcare so when I caught up with him at Leaders In Healthcare 2018 last week I really wanted him to share his reflections with Medical […]
Leaders In Healthcare 2018: Rt Hon Matt Hancock
It would be interesting to hear from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care any day. But on the morning Matt Hancock was due to speak to Leaders In Healthcare 2018, the cabinet was in turmoil and the Brexit Secretary had just resigned. Naturally the delay to the Secretary of State’s appearance […]
Leaders In Healthcare 18: Chief Medical Officers Panel
I’m lucky enough to be spending half of this week at Leaders In Healthcare 2018, a national conference from the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and the BMJ. Over the next few posts I’m going to cover some talks and themes emerging from the day. At the risk of quickly becoming outdated, […]
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