The NHS recently celebrated its 70th anniversary, and an indispensable part of this workforce is made up of overseas nurses.

It’s a huge wealth of expertise upon which we can rely, and in this episode of King’s Conversations, Dr Dilla Davis joins us to share the oft-overlooked impact of overseas nurses, and how nursing & midwifery policies must change if we’re to empower them.

Dr Dilla Davis worked with Dr Agimol Pradeep BEM, liver transplant coordinator at King’s College Hospital on a groundbreaking campaign to help internationally trained nurses complete their UK nursing registration without language tests. Their work has been recognised by the Health Services Journal who awarded them Workforce Initiative of the Year and highly commended them in the NHS Race Equality Award Category.

This episode of King’s Conversations covers:

• Recognition of overseas nurses in the UK

• Challenging barriers to entry

• Myths surrounding the UK’s approach to nurses from international territories

• Next steps for utilising and harnessing the expertise of this nursing workforce

King’s College London

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/

https://www. kcl.ac.uk/conversations

Meghan Boop

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-boop-bsn-rn-cpn-18517a5b/

Dr Dilla Davis

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-dilla-davis-031bbb78/

Colourism is an important issue to tackle, and thanks to Dr Aisha Phoenix’s research with Dr Nadia Craddock, the UK has made more academic progress on this in the past decade.

In this episode of King’s Conversations we deconstruct the lesser-publicised issue of colourism, skin shade prejudice, the significant impact of colourism on physical and mental wellbeing, and what steps can be taken to change societal attitudes.

This episode of King’s Conversations covers:

• Colourism’s impact on young people

• The UK’s limited research on colourism prior to Aisha’s work with Dr Nadia Craddock

• Representation in the media as important for addressing colourism

• What data is needed to tackle colourism, and what methods are safest and most effective to achieve this

King’s College London

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/

https://www. kcl.ac.uk/conversations

Meghan Boop

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-boop-bsn-rn-cpn-18517a5b/

Dr Aisha Phoenix

Artificial intelligence systems have been indispensable for years, but the recent prevalence in the public eye is raising huge questions that’ll likely span decades to come.

Dr Hana Chockler joins us on this episode of King’s Conversations to walk us through the intricacies of AI systems, the technical challenges of such systems, and how they’ll impact the coexistence of tech and humanity.

This episode of King’s Conversations covers:

• The complexity of modern AI systems

• Human bias in data sets

• Trustworthiness and transparency

• Artificial intelligence as an enabling tool in healthcare

• Upcoming ethical challenges with AI use

King’s College London

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/

https://www. kcl.ac.uk/conversations

Meghan Boop

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-boop-bsn-rn-cpn-18517a5b/

Dr Hana Chockler

www.kcl.ac.uk/people/hana-chockler