Published by The i paper (13th July, 2020) It is almost two years since I spoke to the distraught father of Beth. She was a 17-year-old who loved […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy
A very deadly inequality
Published by The i paper (6th July, 2020) The investment guru Warren Buffet famously said that only when the tide goes out do you see who has been […]
Aid / Disability
Fat cat charities have forgotten their principles
Published by The Times (26th June, 2020) Another day, another scandal involving a big charity. This time it is the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), whose […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Shame of Covid-19s forgotten victims
Published by The i paper (11th May, 2020) Britain has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the world, there is carnage in our care homes and […]
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 / Disability / Health / Policy
The doctor’s dilemma
Published by The i paper (30th March, 2020) The death toll rises each day with the grim predictability of an exponential curve. Medical chiefs say we will do […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A grave threat to vulnerable people
Published by The i paper (23rd March, 2020) Six years ago I landed in Liberia. My temperature was taken after leaving the plane, then I walked through an […]
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. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Why are we locking up patients for profit?
Published by UnHerd (15th January, 2020) Claire Greaves was a young woman with anorexia and a personality disorder. She spoke candidly and courageously to broadcasters about her struggles; on […]
Disability / Health / Policy
£445,000 pay rise for fat cat boss of hospitals that failed autistic patients
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th December, 2019) A private mental health firm has been accused of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour in handing huge pay rises to top executives […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Hancock apology to autistic girl locked up for 2 years
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th November, 2019) Health Secretary Matt Hancock has apologised for persistent care failures to Beth, the teenage girl with autism whose detention […]
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 […]