{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fleadershipcultureinhealthcare.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpaula-mcgowan-VjS2YdD4-aJ7NkgA5","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"They saw the disability before the person","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4b891130-d242-4a63-b92f-68a7b5f050f2/82687933-cf30-4ee7-add6-932fad16a73c/season_8_paula_mcgowan.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Paula McGowan, Oliver’s mother, founded the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism after her son died in 2016 following a series of catastrophic clinical failures, included the repeated administration of antipsychotic medication that Oliver had formally and clearly said he must never be given. Oliver was a footballer who played for England, a Paralympic hopeful, a young man with autism and a mild intellectual disability who was full of life, full of tenacity, and treated, in Paula’s words, as less than. What followed his death was remarkable: a parliamentary petition written alone in the Australian bush, 64 free presentations in eight weeks, and a campaign driven not by anger or blame but by a conviction that clinicians weren’t being given the tools to do better. That training is now statutory, written into NHS contracts, and has achieved 85% positive feedback to government. Paula’s message to leaders is unsparing: listen, be curious, get into the middle ground, and never allow an organisation to make you into something you don’t want to be."}