Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing to have hit the headlines in recent years: […]
Health / Policy
Are we brave enough to reform a system in crisis?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2015) The National Health Service is in a mess – and we are reaching the crunch point for its survival […]
Health / Policy / Transport / United States / World
The fat city that declared war on obesity
Published by Mosaic (13th October, 2015) & The Atlantic (14th October, 2015) When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her hometown in Guatemala, she weighed exactly 10 stone. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Low pay for carers endangers the old, the sick and disabled
Published by The Independent (24th August, 2013) The care home was judged ‘inadequate’ for safety, leadership and effectiveness. The five residents were moved after it emerged they were […]
Health / Policy / Politics
Labour’s NHS record is soiled by failure
Published in The Sun (23 April, 2015) If you say something often enough, some people will believe it. Clearly this is Labour’s health strategy, with talk of ‘rescuing’ […]
Health / Policy / Politics
Labour can no longer pose as the party of the NHS
Published by The Guardian (21st April, 2015) There are many strange things about this election struggle. Labour poses as the party of fiscal probity; the Conservatives say they are saviours […]
Health / Policy / Politics
They gave Robert Aids – and then they killed his relatives
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) In 1983, Robert Mackie asked his doctor about reports of haemophiliacs developing a mysterious new disease called AIDS that […]
Health / Policy / Politics
The biggest disaster in NHS history
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) The Government will apologise this week for what has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics
I look at my daughter and welcome this decision
Published by The Daily Mail (4th February, 2015) Given the immense medical and moral significance of the issue, it was curious that MPs were given only 90 minutes […]
Health / Policy
Blundering, bloated and biased – the NHS watchdog not fit for purpose
Published by The Daily Mail (20th January, 2015) Britain’s health service is much too important to be treated as a political football. Indeed, last year I wrote an article […]
Health / Policy
A vision that could save the NHS
Published by The Daily Mail (9th January, 2012) At the heart of the decision to let the first private firm manage an NHS hospital was the sensible idea […]