Published by The i paper (27th April, 2020) I have returned from my daily burst of exercise, walking around local streets. Many of the houses I passed have […]
Covid19 / Disability / Immigration / Policy / Social care
Britain doesn’t care about social care
Published by UnHerd (22nd April, 2020) There are not many things to celebrate in these dark days of pandemic, but at least the crisis has finally forced people […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
Callous betrayal of our most vulnerable citizens
Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2020) The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite […]
Covid19 / Europe / Health / Policy / Social care / Spain
We need to care for the carers
Published by The i paper (6th April, 2020) With cruel inevitability, coronavirus is ripping its deadly course through care homes. Thirteen residents in Burlington Court, a Glasgow unit […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy
Disabled people and their carers left living in fear
Published by The i paper (16th March, 2020) Eleven years ago, when swine flu rampaged around the planet, Katie Clark and her family were among those to suffer. […]
Health / Policy
Ministers failing in their duty of care
Published by The i paper (24th February, 2020) As someone whose father has severe dementia and daughter needs full-time care for profound disabilities, I have witnessed this country’s […]
Disability / Health / Policy
A sliver of hope for abused patients?
Published by The i paper (4th November, 2019) This is already the most depressing general election of my lifetime. I despise both the men seeking to become prime […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Caged like animals but no-one seems to care
Published by The i paper (21st October, 2019) One year ago I talked to Jeremy, an affable lorry driver from the West Midlands, about his daughter. Her name […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics
How my daughter disrupted my politics
Published by UnHerd (15th October, 2019) I was one of those strange kids who was always interested in politics, almost as a spectator sport, learning the names of […]
Politics
A hammer blow to our country
Published by The i paper (19th August, 2019) As someone whose father has severe dementia and daughter has profound disabilities, I am well aware of the depth of […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Social care is a scandal that stains our nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2019) When politicians are in a pickle on an issue, they kick it into the long grass. So we have seen at […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Teenager sent to health unit for six-week autism check-up when aged 18 left caged with killers 13 years later
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th January, 2019) When Kyle Gibbon left school, the local authority suggested the 18-year-old with autism and mild learning disabilities should spend […]