Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On one hand we hear emotive pleas from patients […]
Health
Ministers throw money at the NHS, yet social care is neglected still
Published by The Daily Mail (5th April, 2023) When Jeremy Hunt was asked about his biggest regret from his six-year stint as health secretary, his response was unequivocal: […]
Health / Police / Policy
24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution
Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single psychiatric hospital over the past three years – […]
China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / Technology / World
It’s official: Covid can be linked to lab leaks
Published by The i paper (6th March, 2023) You have to admit it is one hell of a coincidence. Out of all the thousands of cities in the […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Why would you envy the NHS?
Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Scandal of lives stolen by the state
Published by The i paper (26th December, 2022) Ryan Addison lives in his own home in Doncaster, 10 minutes from his mother, Sharon. He went to see Blackpool […]
Health / Policy / Social care
How to fix the NHS and social care
Published by The i paper (14th November, 2022) Another damning indictment of Britain’s healthcare system was released last week, although such reports arrive so often that it received […]
Health / Policy / Technology
Could digitisation help revive the NHS?
Published by The i paper (22nd August, 2022) I went to Tallinn earlier this month to report on Estonia’s remarkable embrace of digital government. This Baltic nation has […]
Health / Policy
Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare
Published by UnHerd (2nd August, 2022) There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas
Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on Channel 4, I was talking to a terrific […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics
Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not rule out another tilt at the top job […]
Health / Policy
Another death, this time a friend’s son, highlights the need for an urgent review of psychiatric services
Published by The i paper (2nd May, 2022) More than three decades ago I joined The Sunday Times in the wake of the Wapping dispute, which broke the stranglehold of […]