The world feels heavy at the moment. It’s January, yes: cold and gloomy. But it’s more than that, much more. I’m finding the news very difficult to watch at the moment. Trump, naturally, features heavily. I want to laugh at the parody…then realise this is no parody. This sh*t is real. A week in to […] Read more…
Friday September 23 was a special day, one I have been waiting on for a long time: the Nobody’s Patient workshop at St George’s Hospital. The workshop is a key part of the Nobody’s Patient project and received funding from the Maternity Review Challenge Fund . The project evolved from the grassroots social media change […] Read more…
Once upon a time, I thought that miscarriages occurred quickly. A hand clutched to the tummy as pain hit. A gush of blood. Hopes and dreams swept away. Left to pick up the pieces emotionally, thinking of what could – should – have been. Physically, the miscarriage would be over as quickly as it started. […] Read more…
I’ve been thinking about a sunny day back in June 2010 when I was part of a party welcoming Andrew Lansley to my place of work. His visit to Milton Keynes PCT and then the hospital was his first official duty after becoming Health Secretary of the newly-elected Coalition government. Being a life-long leftie I […] Read more…
Tomorrow we’ll be going to the polls to cast our vote in the European Referendum. It’s a momentous decision, with vociferous campaigning on both the ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ sides. That campaigning has been complemented by commentary and coverage in the print, broadcast, and social media. All campaigning, commentary, and coverage has been littered with spin, […] Read more…