Courage will be needed for clinicians to provide encouragement and hope to their patients in the face of all the consequences of COVID-19, short- and long-term, direct and indirect. What is needed now is for practitioners to listen to and believe patients so as to enlist strengths, share decisions and help patients navigate often unresponsive systems, to confront those systems with the reality of the patient experience (and ideally to change them),8 and to harness social capital in families and communities. https://bjgplife.com/2021/07/12/listening-to-connect-in-the-digital-consultation/
Currently (April 2025) I work as a Humanist Chaplain in an Acute East London NHS Hospital Trust, hold the role as the Non-Executive Director for Greener Practice and am an Associate with the QMUL Medical School Flourishing Team.
I have held roles in the RCGP and am Emeritus Provost of the RCGP North East London Faculty . I was Provost from 2019 to 2022 and responsible for Leadership, Scholarship and Fellowship. Prior to this I was Chair from 2016 to 2019 and Treasurer from 2014 to 2016.
I have an interest in trauma transformed care and creative climate health creation. I have co-facilitated the London Deep End Health Equity Leadership platform growing leaders for fairer systems and healthier places.
The published work informing this web page can be found here: The Handy Approach – Quick Integrated Person-Centred Support Preparation
I am committed to #healthierhealthcare which is about the delivery of proportionate, respectful, and equitable care.
More about me here in the Lancet 2004: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)66406-9/fulltext
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