Wild Card - Whose Shoes?

In this episode of Wild Card – Whose Shoes?, Gill Phillips is joined by Samira Ben Omar, newly appointed Professor of Inclusive Practice at St Mary’s School of Medicine. Samira is helping to shape something genuinely exciting: a brand-new, socially accountable school of medicine, built around communities, inclusion, humility, curiosity and trust. Rather than starting with programmes or project plans, Samira talks about starting with conversations — coffee mornings, community spaces, liv...

In this electric, soul-stirring conversation, Dr Guddi Singh joins me to explore what it truly means to radically reimagine health. From the frontline realities of paediatrics to the bold edges of creative health and social justice, Guddi brings her full, vibrant self — and invites us all to do the same. We talk about what’s broken in our health system, why simply fixing sickness isn’t enough, and how real health is built in homes and communities, not hospitals. We shine a light on cr...

In this powerful episode, Gill Phillips chats with her long-time friend Dorothy Hall, a former social worker and fierce advocate for fairness. They explore the realities of ageism in healthcare. At 82 and a half, Dorothy brings a wealth of lived experience—as a professional, a family carer, and now as someone navigating the NHS as an older person. She highlights the stark contrast between systems that dismiss patients based on age and those that embrace co-production and shared decision-makin...

Bonus episode! Dr. George Winder and I pick up from our impactful “Don’t Medicalise Poverty” conversation (Episode 58, Universal Healthcare mini-series). George’s work is refreshing. It goes beyond prescriptions and appointments. It makes healthcare about relationships, community and plain common sense. More human and a lot more doable! We dive into stories that show the true power of social connection – from walking groups that tackle loneliness to blood pressure checks held awa...

We are nearing the end of our mini series of podcasts about universal healthcare, in collaboration with London South Bank University and the Universal Healthcare Network. With the NHS experiencing overwhelming demand, we need radical transformation with more power and resources within communities. So today, Bill Graham, who is a Community Coordinator with Modality Partnership, focuses on community-based solutions! Bill talks about the need for primary care to engage with communities and giv...

🎙️ Wildcard Whose Shoes? - “Don’t Medicalise Poverty” with Dr. George Winder, GP in Leeds In this powerful episode of ‘Wildcard - Whose Shoes?’, host Gill Phillips sits down with Dr. George Winder, a passionate GP from Leeds, to explore a critical issue in healthcare: the medicalisation of poverty. George shares eye-opening stories from his work, revealing how social injustice and poverty affect health and well-being—and why simply prescribing medication isn’t the answer. Gill and George di...

Becky Malby - (Bookend 1) I was delighted when Professor Becky Malby asked me to host a special series of podcasts in collaboration with London South Bank University and the Universal Healthcare network. We are keen to tell you more about the Universal HealthCare National Inquiry report, why universal healthcare is so important and to introduce you to some of the movers and shakers who are making it happen in different parts of the country. To start (and later finish) the s...

I’m so excited to be talking to my good friend Mary Salama, a wonderful consultant paediatrician in Birmingham. Mary is one of my absolute faves - a lovely, warm person, who makes extraordinary things happen, rather than just talking about what needs to change. And to do that for children and young people, has to be the very best thing! Driven by frustration and a deep understanding of the need to improve healthcare systems, Mary focuses on human factors and connecting across b...