How can you use your voice to enact impact?

In the penultimate episode of our Leading the Way series, Dr Jonathan Darling, our recently departed Vice President for Education and Workforce, speaks with his successor, Dr Yincent Tse, a paediatric nephrologist. The two share valuable insights into leadership, quality improvement and the positive mindset needed to create lasting change.

Jonathan and Yincent discuss the importance of saying 'yes' to opportunities, but also knowing when it is time to move on. Yincent encourages leaders to talk to as many people as possible and to celebrate their colleagues. Coming from a quality improvement background, he approaches his work and leadership by bringing people together, starting small, using the psychology of change and measuring impact.

Yincent reflects on his experience growing up with a stammer and how this drove him to use his voice to make connections and centre the voices of his colleagues and patients. An example of this is KidzMed, which started as a conversation between Yincent and his colleagues and patients about the challenges of liquid medicine for children. The result was a QI project across hospitals which converted many CYP from liquid to tablet medicine.

Yincent leads with a positive attitude that drives solution-oriented change. Two taekaways for listeners: use your voice and apply quality improvement principles.

• Read Jonathan's reflections and download the transcript from episode 14 on RCPCH website: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/news/2026-08/leading-way-episode-14-leading-through-improvement-dr-yincent-tse
• KidMed resource for helping your child to swallow tablets on Medicines for Children: https://www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/news/helping-your-child-to-swallow-tablets-new-resources-from-kidzmed/
• Grand round webinar series on RCPCH website: https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk/home/webinars/rcpch-grand-round-webinar-series-2025-26/
• Trainee Research Network on RCPCH website: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/rcpch-trainee-research-network
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About Yincent

Dr Yincent Tse is a paediatric nephrologist in Newcastle. He served as our Area Officer for North England, later co-chaired our joint Medicines Committee and lead on our Grand Rounds webinar series. In May 2025, Yincent started his post as Vice President for Education and Workforce.

How can paediatricians get started in research alongside clinical work?

This RCPCH podcast is the second in of our series on Research and Child Health. In this episode Davide, a College staff member from the Research and Evidence Team, is joined by Professor Will Carroll, respiratory paediatrician and previous Officer of Research at the College. The two discuss how paediatricians at any level can get started in research alongside a clinical role.

Will shares his experience in building research infrastructure for issues regarding children and young people in district general hospitals. He reflects on the challenges he faces, from limited time and funding to balancing priorities. Will highlights the supports available to paediatricians at various stages of their careers, such as trainee research networks, the NIHR and your local research and innovation department.

If you are enthusiastic about research, tune in to hear Will's journey and advice for getting started.

• Read our news page summary and download the transcript from episode 2: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/news/2026-08/child-health-research-2-getting-started-finding-support-professor-will
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About Will

Professor Will Carroll is a consultant respiratory paediatrician at University Hospitals North Midlands, Honorary Professor in Child Health at Keele University and RCPCH Area Officer for West England. He is also our previous Officer for Research.

How can we build services that better understand population needs?

In this episode, Dr Jonathan Darling speaks to Dr Nadeem Moghal, Director and Chief Medical and Innovation officer at Strasys. The discussion moves beyond traditional leadership theory and focuses on the practical realities of leading in complex environments, particularly where transformation and service improvement are required.

The two explore the challenge of building better services in increasingly complex systems. Using the example of paediatric services, Nadeem discusses the fragility that can exist within healthcare systems and the importance of understanding population needs. He highlights the growing importance of evidence-based leadership and a system-wide perspective when planning for the future.

Jonathan and Nadeem share several powerful insights on leadership, personal development and driving meaningful change. Leadership is not simply about directing others; it is about having the courage to grow, the determination to drive change and the resilience to persevere when the path becomes difficult.

Read Jonathan's reflections, see Nadeem's recommended authors and comments and download the transcript on the RCPCH website

About Nadeem

Most healthcare consultants observe the system from the outside. Nadeem Moghal has spent over 30 years inside it, as a clinician, a senior leader, and a patient. That combination of perspectives shapes everything he does at Strasys.

At Strasys, Nadeem leads the firm's clinical and innovation agenda. He is passionate about improving healthcare equality and life chances, and has been pioneering population-centric healthcare reform. His recent work includes supporting the reshaping of care for children and young people with Alder Hey, developing national healthcare quality governance capability, and enabling integrated care health systems to think and operate differently.

He questions current approaches, encourages different thinking, and works with leaders to build more equitable communities. Thinking differently, underpinned by data analytics and connected to real stories, is what makes Strasys his natural home.