Leader

WHAM — Wellbeing & Health Action Movement

A national home for clinicians who refuse to look away.

I founded WHAM after years of being told, “That’s someone else’s job.” WHAM is now a national, clinician-led peer network and digital platform that equips health professionals with the knowledge, tools and solidarity to act on inequality from the inside out. It’s where my intellectual work on Justice-Based Medicine becomes practical: it combines practical, evidence-grounded learning with peer clinics and mentorship, so that the everyday ache of moral distress becomes moral action—in clinics, pathways and systems. There is nothing quite like it in the UK: WHAM bridges the gap between what we know about the social determinants and what we actually do in practice, creating a community of practitioners who share methods, measure change and raise standards together.
Visit WHAM → https://www.whamproject.co.uk/

Powering Up

Co-producing fairer care with young people—through science and the arts.

Powering Up is WHAM’s proof-of-concept for creative co-production: clinicians learning with young people from marginalised communities to redesign care using citizen science, film, music, dance—even rap. Co-led with young people from day one and supported by national partners, the pilots engaged 100+ young people and local clinical teams, generated insights that traditional surveys miss, and catalysed concrete pathway changes—earning national recognition, including an HSJ Awards finalist spot for our all-women leadership team. Powering Up shows what happens when we treat creativity as method and dignity as data: trust grows, access improves and services become intelligible to the people they serve.
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Why this work is different

This is philosophy made practical. We don’t just talk about the social determinants—we design around them. Creativity isn’t an add-on; it’s how we hear what metrics miss. Co-production isn’t a workshop; it’s power-sharing that changes decisions. And we hold ourselves to account with evidence that has eyes open: belonging, trust, access and outcomes—measured where care actually happens.