Dr. Katharine Halliday: Collaboration, leadership, AI and clinical judgment

04/15/25 • 44 min

Dr Katharine Halliday, President of the Royal College of Radiologists and a leading voice in UK radiology, joins host Sam Menter to discuss how collaboration, authentic leadership, and ground-up innovation drive meaningful change in complex healthcare systems.
In this episode, they explore:

Balancing AI with human expertise: Exploring how artificial intelligence can complement rather than replace clinical judgment.
Collaboration as a catalyst for innovation: Breaking down silos and integrating diverse perspectives to solve pressing healthcare challenges.
Harnessing hidden expertise through co-design: Revealing and leveraging frontline knowledge to spark effective change.
Redefining healthcare leadership: Rethinking how clinical leaders are supported, enabling them to lead effectively.
Improving patient communication through user-centred design : Closing the gap between clinical language and patient understanding.

Filled with practical insights and compelling examples, this conversation provides inspiration for anyone aiming to deliver impactful change by combining human insight with innovation in healthcare.

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Balancing AI with human expertise: Exploring how artificial intelligence can complement rather than replace clinical judgment.
Collaboration as a catalyst for innovation: Breaking down silos and integrating diverse perspectives to solve pressing healthcare challenges.
Harnessing hidden expertise through co-design: Revealing and leveraging frontline knowledge to spark effective change.
Redefining healthcare leadership: Rethinking how clinical leaders are supported, enabling them to lead effectively.
Improving patient communication through user-centred design : Closing the gap between clinical language and patient understanding.

Filled with practical insights and compelling examples, this conversation provides inspiration for anyone aiming to deliver impactful change by combining human insight with innovation in healthcare.

Problems Worth Solving is brought to you by Healthia, the collaborative service design consultancy for health, care and public services.
Find out more about our work at healthia.services.

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Dr. Jonathan Gregory: Part 2, AI and groundbreaking research

In this two part episode, we talk to Dr. Jonathan Gregory, a former NHS cancer surgeon turned healthcare innovator, to explore the intersection of data, digital tools, AI, and patient-centred design in transforming cancer pathways.

With over 20 years in frontline surgery and leadership roles, Jonathan now works. as clinical advisor for Macmillan Cancer Support, and in roles at Imperial College, and NHS innovation programmes to rethink how healthcare is delivered—from AI-powered end-of-treatment communication to understanding the lived experiences of cancer survivors. He also runs his own consultancy Pivotal Health working with the NHS, academia, startups, and third-sector organisations to develop and implement digital, AI, and data-driven tools.

In part one we explore:

What it's like working as a surgeon
Redesigning cancer pathways and why the NHS struggles, despite simple solutions being within reach
Health inequalities in cancer care and how systems can be re-engineered to work for everyone

In part two we explore:

Where the real power of AI lies—not in replacing doctors but to challenge bias and support better decisions
AI's role in better patient communication
A groundbreaking national research trial, which is rapidly becoming the largest of its kind

Jonathan’s insights will challenge how you think about healthcare transformation, showing how human-centred design, behavioural science, and digital innovation can unlock real improvements—if we let them.

If you’re interested in the future of healthcare, cancer treatment, health inequalities, or AI’s role in medicine, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Problems Worth Solving is brought to you by Healthia, the collaborative service design consultancy for health, care and public services.
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