Leading Insights Dr Kate Arrow

We need to start talking about suicide prevention and postvention. In this episode we speak to Professor John Gibson (Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Aberdeen) who describes his journey following the unexpected and devastating suicide of his 24 year old son Cameron in 2019. On recording, John was part way through walking Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise suicide awareness and funds as part of #onemanwalkingamilliontalking. John shares his personal story and gives insight and advice as to what we can do as individuals, teams and society to prevent suicide and help those affected by it.

In this podcast we will hear the stories of Leaders from across Scotland's public sector, and beyond. In this episode, Professor Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director for NHS Scotland, shares his leadership journey.

In the second episode of Leading Insights, we hear from Dr Catherine Calderwood. Dr Calderwood is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Scotland's Chief Medical Officer 2015-2020. In this interview, we discuss career paths, gender, realistic medicine and learn about the advice she would give herself at the start of her career. During her time as CMO, she transformed the traditional CMO Annual Report and championed 'Realistic Medicine': A philosophy which encompasses person-centred care, promotes shared decision making and reduces variation in care. Her work has been celebrated across Healthcare settings Globally and has changed the way we deliver health and social care in Scotland for the better.
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In this episode Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of NHS 24 gives her perspective on career progression, the role of a Chief Executive and resilience to Dr Thomas Lamont, Specialty Registrar in Restorative Dentistry and former Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow with Scottish Government.

In this episode we talk to Shaun Maher, Strategic Adviser to The Scottish Government and champion of person centred care. Shaun shares his journey from Intensive Care Nurse to National leadership position. We discuss compassionate leadership, wellbeing, role models and the current COVID crisis as he joins us from NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow

In episode 5 of Leading Insights we speak to Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence at Healthcare Improvement Scotland. She tells us about her journey from Academia in to leadership. From leading the construction of the award winning Jack Copland Building and using her scientific background to inspire and achieve. She reflects on the role of evidence in the current COVID climate and her personal learning throughout her career