Summary
Partha Kar, National Specialty Advisor for NHS England, has led work that has had an enormous impact for patients and for patient safety.
In this video podcast, Steph O'Donohue from Patient Safety Learning talks to Partha about his leadership style and how it has helped him drive forward significant change in an often challenging context.
Partha talks about the power of the patient community, workforce morale, sharing failures and leading with honesty.
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About the author
Partha Kar is the National Specialty Advisor, Diabetes for NHS England. He is also a Consultant Endocrinologist at Portsmouth NHS Hospital Trust, public speaker and writer.
While in his national post advising on diabetes care:
- continuous glucose monitoring has been made available to everyone with type 1 diabetes
- there has been a near universal uptake of continuous glucose monitoring for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, improving outcomes for both mother and baby
- uptake rates of continuous glucose monitoring among Black children has doubled, and disparities in area have started to reduce.
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