Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green delivered Alder Hey Children’s Hospital’s 2024 Christmas Lecture, focusing on the urgent need to restore compassion at the heart of healthcare. In his talk, “Putting Compassion Back Into Compassionate Care,” he outlines the purpose of his talk, to expose and address the mismatch between the wonders of medical science and the erosion of the humanity of care in services. Al draws on his own personal experience to really challenge us in this area.
He also reflected on Alder Hey’s long-standing commitment to compassionate practice and why protecting that culture matters now more than ever.
You can watch the full lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/live/J4ExCFi_yXg
Further Reflections on Compassion and the Humanity of Care
For readers interested in exploring these themes in more depth, Sir Al has written more extensively about why compassion and humanity of care must remain at the centre of care services. You can read his reflections and access additional resources here:
