My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others
Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... Read Full Article
Bonfire of the ebola victims
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th September, 2014) As I walked into the walled Hindu-style cremation site outside Monrovia... Read Full Article
We must tax sugar before Britain eats itself to death
Published by The Daily Mail (19th September, 2014) Mr Cube played a big role in my childhood. Not only did... Read Full Article
South Africa’s obesity crisis: the shape of things to come?
Published by Mosaic Science (9th September, 2014) When the first McDonald’s restaurant opened almost two decades ago in Johannesburg, a... Read Full Article
Arrogant doctors and a sinister abuse of power
Published by The Daily Mail (2nd September, 2014) Ashya King’s parents are not murderers, terrorists or vicious thieves. They are... Read Full Article
Our medical advances have outstripped our humanity
Published by The Guardian (8th August, 2014) I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas when... Read Full Article
Time to tackle the misery of mental illness
Published by The Observer (27th July, 2014) Thrive: The Power of Evidence-based Psychological Therapies by Richard Layard and David M... Read Full Article
The NHS must evolve – or face a painful death
Published by The Guardian (2nd June, 2014) Politicians have a poor record of fighting the wars of the past rather... Read Full Article
At last, a Health Secretary who puts patients first
Published in The Daily Mail (December 27th, 2013) As in every other walk of life, the ending of the political... Read Full Article
Worshipping the NHS costs lives
Published in The Independent on Sunday (23rd June, 2013) Imagine if an airline crashed 10 planes each year, killing 3,000... Read Full Article