I hope you enjoyed the conference last week and feel inspired and energised by what you heard. I learned a lot, which has supported my leadership development as a GP working in an integrated care system.
Last month, I briefly raised the concept of biological weathering. The impact of many small insults borne silently in the act of fitting in. The longer-term consequences of these micro-aggressions are upon our physical and psychological well-being. There is a balance in life, and an ethos of choosing one’s battles for the sake of maintaining sanity, avoiding exhaustion and maximising impact. ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’ they say.
The third annual Keogh lecture – and the first since 2019, due the Coronavirus pandemic – took place online this week. The lecture was given by Professor Jonathan Van Tam MBE, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer and member of the UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), co-Chair of the Global Health Security Advisory Group (GHSAG) pandemic influenza working group (PIWG) and Professor of Health Protection, University of Nottingham.
FMLM welcomes the updated Good medical practice (GMP), which takes several steps to give greater clarity to regulatory guidance for the UK medical profession, as well as embracing the important themes which have challenged the culture of UK healthcare.
Just under 400 attendees joined the two-day International Healthcare Leadership Conference 2022, which took place online on 9 and 10 November, representing the four nations of the UK as well as countries in each of the four hemispheres.