Hamaad Khan
@hamaadkhan.bsky.social
Grad Medic | co-founder @rethinkinghealth, host @medicineunheard | 💼 Fellow: @patientrev @CollegeofMed | Salus populi suprema lex esto
Honoured to be featured in @hsj.co.uk 50 Most Influential BAME People in Health. The journey continues.
October 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Honoured to be featured in @hsj.co.uk 50 Most Influential BAME People in Health. The journey continues.
The most interesting thing in medicine…Dr Iona Heath at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference on how technocracy has colonised the indigenous language of care rooted in the oral, the particular, the local and the timely.
September 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The most interesting thing in medicine…Dr Iona Heath at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference on how technocracy has colonised the indigenous language of care rooted in the oral, the particular, the local and the timely.
What’s interesting in medicine…a cursory overview of Prof @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social brilliant lecture on how neoliberal digitalisation can widen health inequities.
I had the best time at the Social Sciences in Health Innovation Academy last week @oxfordprimary.bsky.social
I had the best time at the Social Sciences in Health Innovation Academy last week @oxfordprimary.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What’s interesting in medicine…a cursory overview of Prof @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social brilliant lecture on how neoliberal digitalisation can widen health inequities.
I had the best time at the Social Sciences in Health Innovation Academy last week @oxfordprimary.bsky.social
I had the best time at the Social Sciences in Health Innovation Academy last week @oxfordprimary.bsky.social
Admin overload harms patient safety and workforce morale - more from our @bmj.com Opinion piece reporting findings from TACT study: academic.oup.com/qjmed/advanc...
August 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Admin overload harms patient safety and workforce morale - more from our @bmj.com Opinion piece reporting findings from TACT study: academic.oup.com/qjmed/advanc...
Trainee doctors spend x4 more time on admin than patient-facing tasks ‼️
This administrative overload weakens clinical training and worsens patient care.
Proud to have my new BMJ Opinion piece out with Sammy Arab, Karanjot Chhatwal and Prof. Rosen 👇🏼
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
This administrative overload weakens clinical training and worsens patient care.
Proud to have my new BMJ Opinion piece out with Sammy Arab, Karanjot Chhatwal and Prof. Rosen 👇🏼
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Administrative overload harms patient care
This month, 7000 new resident doctors have started their foundation training in the NHS. It is not uncommon for a resident doctor to wait 20 minutes for a ward computer to boot up, only to spend the n...
www.bmj.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trainee doctors spend x4 more time on admin than patient-facing tasks ‼️
This administrative overload weakens clinical training and worsens patient care.
Proud to have my new BMJ Opinion piece out with Sammy Arab, Karanjot Chhatwal and Prof. Rosen 👇🏼
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
This administrative overload weakens clinical training and worsens patient care.
Proud to have my new BMJ Opinion piece out with Sammy Arab, Karanjot Chhatwal and Prof. Rosen 👇🏼
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Episode 5 out now @medicineunheard.bsky.social
Dr Laura Kolbe: Doctors’ duty doesn’t end at clinic doors. Silence is not care. Sometimes the most important medicine is to bear witness and demand change.
Dr Laura Kolbe: Doctors’ duty doesn’t end at clinic doors. Silence is not care. Sometimes the most important medicine is to bear witness and demand change.
May 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Episode 5 out now @medicineunheard.bsky.social
Dr Laura Kolbe: Doctors’ duty doesn’t end at clinic doors. Silence is not care. Sometimes the most important medicine is to bear witness and demand change.
Dr Laura Kolbe: Doctors’ duty doesn’t end at clinic doors. Silence is not care. Sometimes the most important medicine is to bear witness and demand change.
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Dr Laura Kolbe on standardised and industrialised care in medicine.
Episode 5 out now: youtu.be/9Lj9JTcTA-Q?...
Episode 5 out now: youtu.be/9Lj9JTcTA-Q?...
May 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Dr Laura Kolbe on standardised and industrialised care in medicine.
Episode 5 out now: youtu.be/9Lj9JTcTA-Q?...
Episode 5 out now: youtu.be/9Lj9JTcTA-Q?...
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Medical journals should move away from talking about “non-pharmaceutical interventions” (NPIs) & use the term “public health and social measures”
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
via @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
via @bmj.com
Medical journals should use the term “public health and social measures”
It’s time to move away from talking about “non-pharmaceutical interventions”
The covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of public health interventions such as contact tracing. The expression “n...
www.bmj.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Medical journals should move away from talking about “non-pharmaceutical interventions” (NPIs) & use the term “public health and social measures”
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
via @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
via @bmj.com
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‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home
‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home
First the doctor was diagnosed with a heart disorder, and then her son became dangerously unwell … How did it feel to be on the other side of the operating table?
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home
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@noreenmasud.bsky.social on the struggle of articulating complex, ambient trauma.
Medicine Unheard, episode 4 out now.
Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#BookSky #trauma #BookRecommendations #books #cPTSD #psychiatry #medicine #healthcare
Medicine Unheard, episode 4 out now.
Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#BookSky #trauma #BookRecommendations #books #cPTSD #psychiatry #medicine #healthcare
December 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
@noreenmasud.bsky.social on the struggle of articulating complex, ambient trauma.
Medicine Unheard, episode 4 out now.
Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#BookSky #trauma #BookRecommendations #books #cPTSD #psychiatry #medicine #healthcare
Medicine Unheard, episode 4 out now.
Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#BookSky #trauma #BookRecommendations #books #cPTSD #psychiatry #medicine #healthcare
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@noreenmasud.bsky.social on the power of books and literature particularly as tools of resistance against the mass dehumanisation and marginalisation of people.
Episode 4 out now: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #healthcare #medicine #podcast
Episode 4 out now: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #healthcare #medicine #podcast
December 26, 2024 at 8:24 PM
@noreenmasud.bsky.social on the power of books and literature particularly as tools of resistance against the mass dehumanisation and marginalisation of people.
Episode 4 out now: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #healthcare #medicine #podcast
Episode 4 out now: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #healthcare #medicine #podcast
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Noreen Masud, author of A Flat Place, talks about her experience of trauma, cPTSD, and the wider story of dehumanisation of others.
Medicine Unheard, episode 4. Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #podcast #healthcare #racism #community #trauma #psychiatry #therapy #healing
Medicine Unheard, episode 4. Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #podcast #healthcare #racism #community #trauma #psychiatry #therapy #healing
December 26, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Noreen Masud, author of A Flat Place, talks about her experience of trauma, cPTSD, and the wider story of dehumanisation of others.
Medicine Unheard, episode 4. Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #podcast #healthcare #racism #community #trauma #psychiatry #therapy #healing
Medicine Unheard, episode 4. Watch here: youtu.be/GxgmXT1g04o?...
#books #literature #podcast #healthcare #racism #community #trauma #psychiatry #therapy #healing
Great reception of our @bmj.com Opinion “Medical Education Fit for The Future Requires Radical Change” @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social 🙌🏼
“We need a workforce that sees individuals dealing w/ illnesses within their wider socioeconomic, cultural & environmental contexts”
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/rethink-health
“We need a workforce that sees individuals dealing w/ illnesses within their wider socioeconomic, cultural & environmental contexts”
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/rethink-health
Medical education fit for the future requires radical change
How we train future clinicians has the potential to radically and sustainably improve healthcare for everyone. Current medical education has an overt biomedical focus that does not engage enough on wi...
www.bmj.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Great reception of our @bmj.com Opinion “Medical Education Fit for The Future Requires Radical Change” @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social 🙌🏼
“We need a workforce that sees individuals dealing w/ illnesses within their wider socioeconomic, cultural & environmental contexts”
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/rethink-health
“We need a workforce that sees individuals dealing w/ illnesses within their wider socioeconomic, cultural & environmental contexts”
👉🏼 tinyurl.com/rethink-health
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"We must remember our human obligation to care—there as well as here—in a world split between peace and violence, privilege and deprivation."
Don’t turn away from the suffering in the world, write Fares Alahdab and @vmontori.bsky.social
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Don’t turn away from the suffering in the world, write Fares Alahdab and @vmontori.bsky.social
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
"We must remember our human obligation to care—there as well as here—in a world split between peace and violence, privilege and deprivation."
Don’t turn away from the suffering in the world, write Fares Alahdab and @vmontori.bsky.social
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Don’t turn away from the suffering in the world, write Fares Alahdab and @vmontori.bsky.social
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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And an unexpected highlight, to meet @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social who like me is a guest on the @medicineunheard.bsky.social podcast hosted by @hamaadkhan.bsky.social!
November 20, 2024 at 7:03 AM
And an unexpected highlight, to meet @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social who like me is a guest on the @medicineunheard.bsky.social podcast hosted by @hamaadkhan.bsky.social!
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More on their work here. @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social
is the creation of medical students and recently qualified medics 👇🏽
bsky.app/profile/reth...
is the creation of medical students and recently qualified medics 👇🏽
bsky.app/profile/reth...
A modern health system must prioritise these key elements ⬇️
As part of the future health workforce, Rethinking Health advocates for:
😷 Disease prevention
🌳 Health creation
📈 Addressing health inequalities
👥 Promoting patient-partnered care
As part of the future health workforce, Rethinking Health advocates for:
😷 Disease prevention
🌳 Health creation
📈 Addressing health inequalities
👥 Promoting patient-partnered care
November 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
More on their work here. @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social
is the creation of medical students and recently qualified medics 👇🏽
bsky.app/profile/reth...
is the creation of medical students and recently qualified medics 👇🏽
bsky.app/profile/reth...
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A huge privilege to be invited to the launch of the @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social manifesto at the House of Lords evening. Left hugely inspired by the work and words of @hamaadkhan.bsky.social and colleagues. The future looks hopeful!
November 20, 2024 at 6:58 AM
A huge privilege to be invited to the launch of the @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social manifesto at the House of Lords evening. Left hugely inspired by the work and words of @hamaadkhan.bsky.social and colleagues. The future looks hopeful!
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Spoke with the brilliant Susie Orbach for Ep. 3 of @medicineunheard.bsky.social on body distress & body anxiety in the era of Ozempic
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Spoke with the brilliant Susie Orbach for Ep. 3 of @medicineunheard.bsky.social on body distress & body anxiety in the era of Ozempic
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
Spoke with the brilliant Susie Orbach for Ep. 3 of @medicineunheard.bsky.social on body distress & body anxiety in the era of Ozempic
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Spoke with the brilliant Susie Orbach for Ep. 3 of @medicineunheard.bsky.social on body distress & body anxiety in the era of Ozempic
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
Watch& listen here 👉🏼: youtu.be/4w72nMdl5Q0?...
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(3/3) The best of Medicine demands both empiricism and empathy, valuing biology and biography
We need a shift in our clinical culture to deliver careful, kind, considerate care that is complete in its scope 👇🏼
We need a shift in our clinical culture to deliver careful, kind, considerate care that is complete in its scope 👇🏼
October 8, 2024 at 12:09 PM
(3/3) The best of Medicine demands both empiricism and empathy, valuing biology and biography
We need a shift in our clinical culture to deliver careful, kind, considerate care that is complete in its scope 👇🏼
We need a shift in our clinical culture to deliver careful, kind, considerate care that is complete in its scope 👇🏼
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(2/3) On patient experiences of care:
Industrialised health care delivery manufactures substandard patient care
One study reported median listening time of doctors before interrupting patients was 11 seconds ‼️
Industrialised health care delivery manufactures substandard patient care
One study reported median listening time of doctors before interrupting patients was 11 seconds ‼️
October 8, 2024 at 12:06 PM
(2/3) On patient experiences of care:
Industrialised health care delivery manufactures substandard patient care
One study reported median listening time of doctors before interrupting patients was 11 seconds ‼️
Industrialised health care delivery manufactures substandard patient care
One study reported median listening time of doctors before interrupting patients was 11 seconds ‼️
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Had the honour of speaking at the Royal Society of Medicine last month - on the place, purpose and value of social prescribing in modern health systems
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
October 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Had the honour of speaking at the Royal Society of Medicine last month - on the place, purpose and value of social prescribing in modern health systems
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
Had the honour of speaking at the Royal Society of Medicine last month - on the place, purpose and value of social prescribing in modern health systems
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
October 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Had the honour of speaking at the Royal Society of Medicine last month - on the place, purpose and value of social prescribing in modern health systems
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
Below are snippets from my speech 👇🏼 (1/3)
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Part 2 ⬇️
There's a relationship between clinical education, clinical culture and clinical outcomes.
My comments on successful and sustainable solutions...
& follow @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social. We’re on a mission with big plans ahead and an incredible team 🚀📈
There's a relationship between clinical education, clinical culture and clinical outcomes.
My comments on successful and sustainable solutions...
& follow @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social. We’re on a mission with big plans ahead and an incredible team 🚀📈
September 25, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Part 2 ⬇️
There's a relationship between clinical education, clinical culture and clinical outcomes.
My comments on successful and sustainable solutions...
& follow @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social. We’re on a mission with big plans ahead and an incredible team 🚀📈
There's a relationship between clinical education, clinical culture and clinical outcomes.
My comments on successful and sustainable solutions...
& follow @rethinkinghealth.bsky.social. We’re on a mission with big plans ahead and an incredible team 🚀📈
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If the NHS is broken, the future health workforce can help fix it…
It’s been quite the week for health care reform. Reform is rife. Prevention is popular 🙌🏼
Critically missing from the conversation however is the education of the future health workforce 👩🏻⚕️👨🏻⚕️
My comments (part 1)👇🏼
It’s been quite the week for health care reform. Reform is rife. Prevention is popular 🙌🏼
Critically missing from the conversation however is the education of the future health workforce 👩🏻⚕️👨🏻⚕️
My comments (part 1)👇🏼
September 25, 2024 at 5:28 PM
If the NHS is broken, the future health workforce can help fix it…
It’s been quite the week for health care reform. Reform is rife. Prevention is popular 🙌🏼
Critically missing from the conversation however is the education of the future health workforce 👩🏻⚕️👨🏻⚕️
My comments (part 1)👇🏼
It’s been quite the week for health care reform. Reform is rife. Prevention is popular 🙌🏼
Critically missing from the conversation however is the education of the future health workforce 👩🏻⚕️👨🏻⚕️
My comments (part 1)👇🏼