Leadership & culture in healthcare

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• Shaun Lintern and the listening failure

  July 8, 2026 · 49 min

  Leadership & Culture in Healthcare Series 8 Finale: Shaun Lintern on Campaigns, Candour and Culture Episode notes Guest Shaun Lintern, Health Editor, The Sunday Times. Twenty five years as a journalist, around fifteen of them as a…

• They saw the disability before the person

  June 10, 2026 · 49 min

  Paula McGowan is the mother of Oliver and the founder of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, now statutory across NHS England and social care. This episode is about her son Oliver, the clinical failures…

• Two Experts in the Room: How Jess’s Rule is Saving Lives

  May 20, 2026 · 41 min

  Jess's Rule Leadership and Culture in Healthcare | Series 8 Guest: Andrea Brady, mother of Jessica Brady and founder of the Jessica Brady Cedar Trust Jessica's Story Jess was 26 years old when she first became unwell, in the middle of…

• He went in smiling: From tragedy to a national movement

  May 6, 2026 · 48 min

  In this episode, Matthew Winn speaks with Julia Jones, co-founder of John’s Campaign, a movement born from personal tragedy and grown into a powerful national force for the rights of family carers in healthcare settings. Julia shares the…

• “The Best Apology Is Changed Behaviour” – Melissa Mead on Sepsis, Loss and Leading Change

  April 22, 2026 · 46 min

  Episode two - series 8: Melissa Mead In this deeply moving episode of Leadership and Culture in Healthcare, Matthew Winn is joined by Melissa Mead — parent, patient safety campaigner, and one of the most compelling voices for change in…

• Hello my name is … Chris Pointon

  April 8, 2026 · 47 min

  Leadership & Culture in Healthcare – Series 8 Episode Summary: Chris Pointon and the Hello, My Name Is Campaign In this episode, Matthew Winn sits down face to face with Chris Pointon — partnership manager by profession, and co-founder…

• Hospital at Home: Why Frail Patients Do Better Outside Hospital with Shelagh O’Riordan

  February 11, 2026 · 47 min

  In this episode of series 7 of Leadership and Culture in Healthcare, host Matthew Winn speaks with Dr Shelagh O’Riordan, consultant community geriatrician, national clinical leader, and President-elect of the UK Hospital at Home Society…

• Guides, Not Gatekeepers: Leadership Under Pressure in Healthcare with Partha Kar

  January 28, 2026 · 41 min

  Key Lessons from Partha Kar Context In this episode of Leadership and Culture in Healthcare, Matthew Winn speaks with Partha Kar, a senior clinician who combines frontline practice with national leadership roles. Partha reflects on…