The changing face of community and primary care in England
In 1987 Brian Turner wrote a seminal text detailing the sociology of the para-medical professions. …
Mental Health in Durham
Whatever you think about the new regime in the Labour Party, one of the good …
Invest in Mental Health
When a government spends money, they have to justify that money. When you think about …
Can we afford the National Health Service?
Publicly funded health care spending as a share of GDP in Western European countries: George …
Beware of the Reinstatement Bill
Many campaigners expressed concerns during the passage of the Lansley nonsense that the NHS was …
Mental Health – the poor relation
I asked our members who are involved with mental health services to tell me about …
Parity of Esteem
Psychiatry has always lagged behind general medicine and governments be they Labour, Liberal or Conservative …
Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in
“Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.” ― Shannon …
Will 2016 push the NHS over the edge of chaos?
Complexity theorists point to the importance of system environment on organisational performance – at one …
SOCIAL CARE REVIEW IN SCOTLAND
The Central Council of the UK wide SHA has highlighted the need for more work …
SOCIAL WORK IN WALES VALUED
Devolution, , Wales
A key feature of Welsh Government health and care policy in Wales has been to …
Greater public investment is needed to fund the NHS
…at a level considered normal in other high income countries Health care is rarely far …