TY - JOUR T1 - Reflective practice from a systems perspective: enhancing service redesign and delivering optimal patient care JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 1 LP - 2 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-1 VL - 6 IS - 1 AU - Ed Nicol Y1 - 2019/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/1/1.abstract N2 - Welcome to the first edition of FHJ of 2019. Sadly, I must start this editorial with the news that Professor Tim Evans, the founding editor-in-chief of this journal and lead college officer responsible for the groundbreaking Future Hospital Commission, passed away at the end of last year. In addition to having a profound effect on multiple aspects of healthcare in his many national leadership roles, and providing deep and lasting mentorship and guidance to individual health professionals, he had a simple but important message for his editorial team when he set up this journal: ‘Be open-minded, be challenging and be brave’. Tim absolutely understood the need for an academic journal that could be an ongoing outlet for debate around the non-clinical aspects of healthcare, and provide a forum for reflection on the systems aspects of the NHS that are so fundamental in delivering optimal and high-quality patient care. He knew it would be a long road to deliver his vision of a thriving and important journal in this field; one that, in time, he hoped would develop a reach that would allow a transformational effect, but I also know he was proud of the significant progress and milestones we have achieved in delivering his vision to date. He will be greatly missed, and it has been honour to continue in this journal following in his (sizeable) footsteps. … ER -