Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare
Published by UnHerd (2nd August, 2022) There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out... Read Full Article
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A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas
Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on... Read Full Article
A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics
Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not... Read Full Article
Another death, this time a friend’s son, highlights the need for an urgent review of psychiatric services
Published by The i paper (2nd May, 2022) More than three decades ago I joined The Sunday Times in the wake of... Read Full Article
It will take more than a dollop of cash to save shattered social care
Published by The i paper (6th September, 2021) First the good news. There seems to be universal recognition that our... Read Full Article
A bloody disgrace
Published by The Daily Mail (July 29th, 2021) The Ken Clarke brand of politics — his straight-talking and dis-hevelled style... Read Full Article
Something rotten at the heart of Westminster
Published by The i paper (28th June, 2021) So farewell then, Matt Hancock, self-righteous protector of the nation’s public health... Read Full Article
Symbol of the sickening Tory chumocracy
Published by The i paper (21st June, 2021) If you want an example of so much that is wrong with... Read Full Article
We have failed people with autism
Published by The i paper (31st May, 2021) Dannielle Attree has spent half of her life being subjected to state-sanctioned... Read Full Article
Will we ever confront this sacred cow?
Published by The i paper (8th March, 2021) Could there be a more righteous battle? On one side stands the... Read Full Article