How it started
My journey began in 2007 at Bristol University’s Faculty of Medicine. I had applied to read medicine on the back of a few experiences as a student that had inspired me to want to make a difference to people’s lives. I had worked...
Dr Andrew Holdstock BSc (Hons) BMBS (Hons) MRCEM Locum Clinical Fellow in Simulation and Emergency Medicine
As a new registrar in emergency medicine, the timing of the first joint conference between the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (...
I was recently at the DAPS Global Summit and heard Dr Gyles Morrison speak on the user experience of technology in healthcare – the ‘Healthcare UX’. When asked if he could envisage an electronic universal patient healthcare record in the NHS, he...
FMLM Northern Ireland Regional Conference
By Dr Rachael Hutton & Dr Grainne Donaghy
Building on the success of last year, the second FMLM Northern Ireland Regional Conference held on 12 November was a huge success, attracting a large number of...
“Strong clinical leadership leads to better patient care. So the best place to start developing leadership skills is early on in a clinical career. The UK is a world leader in the engagement and training of junior doctors in leadership and...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
At the end of the 1980s I spent an afternoon with the great management thinker Peter Drucker. He recounted stories of encounters with Sigmund Freud when he was a child in Vienna, coming to...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
To make resolutions that matter, don't look forward. Look back.
By February, half of all New Year's resolutions are broken, a thing of the past, a distant, abandoned memory. You know this...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
“Attention is the chief bottleneck in organisational activity, and the bottleneck becomes narrower and narrower as we move to the top of organisations,” noted Herbert Simon, a professor at...
FMLM hosted a webinar with four fellows from the current cohort of the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme on 7 December. The session aimed to give all those interested in applying to the scheme insights into what it means to be a...
I am an ST8 in Paediatric Intensive Care, currently working in NHS England Specialised Commissioning. My first day as a doctor was in August 2003, and one of the benefits of spending so long in training is the opportunities that arise....