Unless you have been in Outer Mongolia for the past few months you will be all too aware that this Thursday, 23rd June, UK citizens will be voting whether to remain in, or to leave, the European Union. Let me say at the beginning that I think that the worst mistake of many made by… Continue reading The Referendum
Guest Author – Avril Joy on setting her novel in a place she’s never been
I find this article incredibly encouraging and liberating. It gets to the essence of what creativity is all about – using one’s imagination and intuition to deliver a set of truths. These truths may not be the truths produced by the null hypotheses of the scientific method, but for those of us who do not… Continue reading Guest Author – Avril Joy on setting her novel in a place she’s never been
Trust, abuse, and football
As is becoming increasingly clear there are sadly many women who have been emotionally or sexually abused in childhood by men that they trusted. (I know that there have been men who have been victims and women who have abused, but they are a minority). Many of these women have never spoken out for fear… Continue reading Trust, abuse, and football
the privatisation of the NHS
I watched this film soon after it was publicised and having just watched it again am horrified that the privatisation tank is rolling on with virtually no resistance. It is eighteen months since the film was made, and the latest steps towards full privatisation are currently proceeding in near secrecy. STP – Sustainability and Transformation… Continue reading the privatisation of the NHS
them and us
Twice in the past two days I have found myself with tears rolling down my cheeks. I am not a person who cries easily, so why now? Yesterday I walked back from the picket line of junior doctors outside our local hospital. I had taken them sandwiches and cakes as an expression of solidarity for… Continue reading them and us
a new slant on the NHS
I support the NHS without reservation. I support the junior doctors in their industrial dispute with the government, and I hope that they win their high court action against Jeremy Hunt. These things go without saying – I trained to be a doctor in the NHS because I could not imagine a healthcare system in… Continue reading a new slant on the NHS
Jeremy Hunt: the “nuclear option” goes into meltdown – #JuniorDoctors contract imposition illegal?
Originally posted on Mr Topple:
“Imposition”. A word that was the starting gun for the increased periods of industrial action we have witnessed by the BMA appears to have backfired on the Health Secretary, yesterday – as the news broke that Jeremy Hunt (faced with a High Court challenge over the legality of his actions),…
#PanamaPapers: 7-days later.
Originally posted on Mr Topple:
“A week is a long time in politics” – said Harold Wilson, allegedly. It’s also a very long time in the otherworldly mainstream media, as the past seven days since the “Panama Papers” were first revealed have shown. We started with the “shocking” revelations that corrupt, power-hungry Putin, surrounded by…
we are being forced to fix our own mental health (Guardian)
https://embed.theguardian.com/embed/video/commentisfree/video/2016/mar/30/were-being-forced-to-fix-our-own-mental-health-its-not-working-video excellent video from the Guardian – appalling statistics succinctly put
do working mothers really matter?
It might seem a provocative title, but it is something that I have wondered about on and off throughout my adult life. As a new mother in the 80s, keen to pursue my career in medicine as well as attempting to be a good enough mother (oh how I wish that I knew about Winnicott at… Continue reading do working mothers really matter?
crackedmirrors and angelpie 