One Health Podcast

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Ian Thomas, our Chief Risk Officer. During our conversation, Ian speaks about his long career in corrections, and how transitioning into management gave him the chance to work at various prisons across the UK and Australia. He talks about the crucial role that comradery amongst colleagues plays in helping us look out for each other in demanding work environments. 

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Professor Dinesh Arya, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Psychiatrist and Deputy Secretary for Clinical Quality Regulation and Accreditation.In our conversation, Dinesh speaks about being inspired to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a psychiatrist when he was growing up in India. He talks about being a lifetime learner and about the importance of putting the proper time into developing one’s skills. He speaks about realising that in order to be effective in his role, he needed to develop his skills in many areas, and so has conducted study across academia, practice, management, administration, law, data science and more. He argues that understanding our environments when managing systems is just as crucial as developing our associated skills. Dinesh talks about how he views leadership and management as being just as scientific as medicine, and that our practices therefore should be guided by evidence.  He also shares his thoughts on how we can consider trauma in our workplaces and suggests appropriate ways in which we can offer support – starting with caring. 

Note: Since recording, Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform and been renamed System Management and Reform.In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Sally Badcock, the Acting Deputy Secretary for Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform.During our conversation, Sally speaks about growing up on the North West Coast and working in law in Paris and Brisbane.She talks about the benefits of having people with both generalist and specialist skillsets on our teams, and the value that comes from developing, coaching, and mentoring staff.She talks about how taking on challenges with the right amounts of stress and risk can drive us forward.She also explains the function that Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform serves within Health.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Brendan Docherty, Deputy Secretary for Hospitals and Primary Care.During our conversation, recorded back in April, Brendan speaks about growing up alongside six siblings in Scotland and becoming one of that country’s first male midwives. Brendan speaks about his focus upon the PERM principles as he progressed in his nursing career – that’s practice, education, research, and management.He also speaks about resource effectiveness as a part of clinical governance and how he considers the best use of the taxpayer’s dollar. This includes looking at new ways of using our existing infrastructure to deliver care efficiently.