Summary
David Gilbert is a writer and health activist. He was the first patient director in the healthcare system. He is a mental health service user with 40 years of experience in healthcare, specialising in patient and public engagement and coproduction. He helped pioneer the concept of patient leadership and authored ‘The Patient Revolution - how we can heal the health care system’. He is the founder and director of InHealth Associates, a network of specialists that supports experiential practice and patient leadership.
His monthly newsletter, Impatient, is now published on the HSJ website.
Content
August 2026 - ImPatient: Showing up for each other
July 2026 - ImPatient: Patients forgotten in the rush?
June 2026 - ImPatient: Keeping tabs on the ‘so what’ of engagement
May 2026 - ImPatient: 10 tips for Wes | Expert Briefing
April 2026 - ImPatient: How patients risk getting left behind when tech moves fast
March 2026 - ImPatient: Loss and springtime hope
February 2026 - ImPatient: From having a voice to being put on mute
January 2026 - ImPatient: Patient-centred AI regulation
December 2025 - ImPatient: Holding hands together
November 2025 - ImPatient: Nothing about us without us – A reprise
October 2025 - ImPatient: Skills for patient leaders and other humans
September 2025 - ImPatient: What’s changed since Bob began his work
August 2025 - ImPatient: Passion and loss
July 2025 - ImPatient: Power games
June 2025 - ImPatient: The song remains the same
March 2025 - ImPatient: Influencing change
February 2025 - ImPatient: Patient storytelling and beyond
December 2024 - ImPatient: The emotional labour of the work
November 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #30 - ‘We talked to several members of the public’
October 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #29 Patient voice makes a confusing appearance in the Darzi report
September 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #28 - When life throws you lemons, make lemonade
August 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #27 - Good news, long reads and tin foil hats
July 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #26 - Creating a culture of care
June 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #25 - Dealing with Big pharma and Big everything
May 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #24 - Tough work – The emotional labour of patient leadership
April 2024 - Patient and leadership Newsletter #23 - Asking good questions and getting organised
March 2024 - Patients and leadership Newsletter #22 - Patients and leadership
February 2024 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #21 - Patient leadership in the digital world
January 2024 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #20 - Directors and their clout
December 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #19 - Small steps to big change
November 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #18 - Escorted to the carpark
October 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #17 - It's all about the power - we don't have any
September 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #16 - How to channel anger
August 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #15 - Patient leadership goes global
July 2023 - Patient Leadership Newletter #14 - It's an exciting/sad/frustrating/optimistic time for patient leadership
June 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #13 - The dilemma of patient leaders in pursuit of justice and equality
May 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #12 - When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled
March 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #11 - We can feel like imposters
February 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #10 - With no budgets to squeeze, true patient voice could safeguard services
January 2023 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #9 - Patient leadership in the drug licensing and pricing game
December 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #8 - Patient leadership, not partnership, is what the NHS needs
November 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #7 - ‘Patient voice is filtered to make it palatable to the powerful’
October 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #6 - The growth in patient leadership
September 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #5
August 2022 - Foundations in Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership
May 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #4
March 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #3
January 2022 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #2
November 2021 - Patient Leadership Newsletter #1
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