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It’s pretty obvious these days that food is vital to health. What we eat affects our physical and mental health, our risk of disease, our weight, and, for millions of children around the world, whether they live to see their fifth birthday.

Anna Howells introduces 2100: A Health Odyssey, the science-fiction writing competition breathing life into the discussion about healthcare, past, present and future.

In 2018 the GMC commissioned me to carry out qualitative research aimed at understanding how doctors in senior leadership roles approached the goal of sustaining and building positive workplace cultures.

Two and a half years ago I joined Kaleidoscope. An unheard-of venture to most at that point (and to me). I was busy scootering around Myanmar finishing off an NHS Global Health Fellowship when I received an email from Rich Taunt saying he’d set up this organisation, and would I like to be a part of it?

A colleague has been looking after her mum with advanced dementia for some years now, and when recently we talked about our respective stress levels, she told me a story that got me thinking.

In the last of three blogs on the work of Community Connectors we focus on some of the most innovative solutions they have developed to overcome local challenges

One voice that I’ve heard since I joined Oxleas is that of a man I often see when I visit the Bracton Centre, a secure hospital that we run in Bexley. He is in his early 50s. His manner is guarded but friendly. He tends to avoid eye contact and looks into the distance when he speaks to me. His eyes look hurt and he has the look of someone who has experienced pain.

In our second of three blogs about Community Connectors, we look at the importance of local networks in tackling loneliness.

Three speakers, nine stories, and a room full of people curious about how storytelling ties into health and care were the ingredients for the thought-provoking Unheard in Healthcare evening. 

In the first of three blogs about Community Connectors, we look at their work to address the stigma around loneliness.