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Why do patients' stories matter? Victor Montori explains why healthcare needs to make more time for conversations if we want to form relationships of careful and kind care.

At Kaleidoscope, we often grapple with what being kind means, and how we can build a future where kindness and connection are the norm. So when we read Victor Montori's 'Why We Revolt' we were struck by his vision of what is possible.

Adrian Ruth reflects on his experiences at Super Melting Pot visiting Babylon Health, learning about workplace civility and driving culture change.

Gulp. It’s the noise your throat makes when you swallow. When you push something down and out of sight: food, thoughts, emotions. It happens when you know you’ve done something wrong. When you’re excited or nervous or afraid.

Madeleine Harris Smith reflects on her experiences at Super Melting Pot, and discusses how we can support the health and care system to be kinder.

Publishing mission statements that you know you simply can’t deliver doesn’t get us anywhere. Attitudes matter, and attitudes have to be lived.

Anastasia Knox explains why we need to talk more about how little most people know about health and care, and the impact of this lack of knowledge on relationships, communications and change in the NHS.

Marianne Monie tells us why we need to talk more about empathy and its significance to the care we provide. If we work in health and care then our work is all about people, and the one-by-one interactions between one human and another.

Anna Lewis calls for more discussion about the fine balance between institutional support and patient independence, and how they impact individuals' health and wellbeing. The art of being a good guest is knowing when to leave.

Charlotte Williams considers why so many currently fail to give care professionals the recognition they deserve. It's time to face the discomfort and ask ourselves how social care has come to be neglected in this way.