Fixing healthcare's workforce problems

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

Where next for psychological safety? Amy Edmundson is professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Her work on psychological safety has underpinned so much quality improvement, and she joins us fresh of the stage at the International Forum on Quality and safety in healthcare to talk about the next steps in creating a safe work place.

The BMJ has published two new investigations, looking at the alcohol and tobacco industry funding of public health and education - we’ll hear how the companies who create the problems, are now styling themselves as the solution. Rebecca Coombes joins us to explain what The BMJ has found, and May van Schalkwyk, a researcher from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, explains how commercial conflicts are shaping the wrong education tactics.

And finally, our NHS commissioners have more recommendations - this time on workforce issues. Mary Dixon-Woods, director of THIS institute at the University of Cambridge, and Matt Morgan, intensive care consultant in Cardiff, tell the NHS to get serious about staffing.

02:03 Amy Edmondson on Future Health and Psychological Safety
10:24 The Impact of Corporate Funding on Public Health
19:57 Addressing NHS Workforce Challenges: Insights and Solutions
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International forum keynote - Medscape caves in on courses funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris, while medics fear global push into medical education
Investigation - Big alcohol: Universities and schools urged to throw out industry-funded public health advice

Commission on the future of the NHS - The future of the NHS depends on its workforce