"Clinical leadership is fundamental to continuously improving the quality of NHS care and the state of population health more broadly. To engage with this task, doctors need to understand the organisational, social and historical context in which they work. I am delighted to see enterprising medical students recognise the value of such understanding themselves, and set up this society to further it."
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer

*** See details of our next event, 'The price of a life: rationalising cost-effective medicine', here. ***

As medical students we are unaware of what our futures will be like. We have very little understanding about how we will work, what we will be doing, what our working lives will involve.

In particular, all of us will be working for the NHS and yet we have little knowledge about how the organisation works. We have an idea, but is that enough to enable us to deliver the highest quality health care to our patients?

• Want to know how the NHS has evolved?


• Want to understand how it works and the powers behind the policy?


• Want to learn why we practice medicine the way we do?

We do. A group of medical students have formed Young Civitas for Medics, an independent society supported by the social policy think tank, Civitas, which aims to engage medical students in debates about the future of health care and develop critical thinking skills. Nikki Chow, one of the student members of our steering group, explains.

Join us (it's FREE!) to come along to discussions led by high-profile figures in health care; to debate our future and have a say.

On the right you can find more information about us and about the NHS; along with details of how to join and attend our forthcoming events.

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