Tom's 5-Minute Friday Podcast

Why I think it's the most important one and what colour it might be...

The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking views on the role of leadership in the NHS; don't be shy!

Before we can forgive one another we have to understand one another. Emma Goldman

Academics and theorists might know what it smells like, but they've never had their faces pushed into it.

You won't lie on your deathbed and remember the Apple Watch you didn't get for Christmas.

Before we can forgive one another we have to understand one another.

The government's decision on the Hillsborough Law is disappointing if not unexpected. But it wouldn't have solved the problem.

...can we please stop being so sensitive and British?

Jeremy Hunt is telling stories of tax cuts while public services are on their knees!

The lionizing of Dr. Ravi Jayaram seems a little strange to me.

My actions throughout the entire year are my tribute to the fallen.

We look for information that will support our beliefs, we tend not to look for evidence that we might be wrong.

Talk has become a surrogate for change and for the ambition to change.

Mandatory training for public sector leaders.

The bias of Distance Decay and the things we concern ourselves with.

The views of academics are not the insights of those with experience...

Or a place where what people feel needs to be said can be said without fear?

...so let's give communities control of their health and care services.

...leave your brains in a jar and hang your balls on the coat hooks provided.

You can't control the uncontrollable, but there is no excuse for not controlling what you can.

Public Health and the Ambulance Down in the Valley

The IYI's (Intellectual Yet Idiot) are to be mocked, but to be feared even more.

Thank you to everyone who has made time to feedback their views on my book, it means a lot to me :-)

Conversations about Britain's healthcare have to be conversations about society.

An industry of think tanks and advisors.

There is no wealth, but life.

Sometimes a thing just needs doing.

...the NHS needs to start valuing them and listening to them.

...today would have been my sister Alison's 57th birthday.

What’s Gone Wrong with Healthcare in Britain, and What We Need to Do to Save the NHS...

Come and join us for what promises to be a fascinating and informative free event on Wednesday 03rd May at 6pm...

Our health and care are too important to be left in the hands of politicians and panjandrums...

We may not achieve the things we set out to achieve, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have tried.

I lost the fight of my life this week. But it would feel a whole lot worse if I hadn't even stepped into the ring.

...the final hurdle to secure a fresh inquest for Alison is on Tuesday 21st March; here's hoping!

...and why closure is not really a thing.

At what point should we put our heads above the parapet?

Just in case you need five minutes away from that important thing you're doing...

The High Court beckons, nothing has prepared me to reach the end of my journey.

...and why the NHS can't learn from its mistakes.

The current debate about the NHS and the state of healthcare will not be addressed by those who've allowed it to happen.

How have we allowed our health and care system to reach this point?

As it approaches its 75th Birthday, let's have a conversation about our National Health Service.

A Christmas podcast for those who are not easily offended.

If excellence is the result of what we do in the next five minutes, then so are tragedy and harm.

...it may seem like an abstract concept, but it's costing us all billions (and yes, that's billions with a B!)

...perhaps we should have one very soon about the future of our NHS?

Will the arc of the moral universe ultimately bend towards justice, or is that just lazy thinking?

...it's all about people, and what underpins their behaviors, actions, responses, and thinking.

Tragedy and harm emerge from the avoidance of constructive conflict.