Month: July 2022

I have two rules about writing my column. The first is, I never write when I’m angry and the second, I never […]

Number 20, Steve Barclay arrived at the NHS with a bit of ‘form’. As health minister, in 2018 he acquired a ‘reputation’. Writing […]

Since before Covid, when I’ve been on the wireless or the telly, talking about the NHS, its travails and trials, I’ve found […]

Hello, it’s Monday morning. You’re probably in a rush and I only have 700 words, so let’s roll-up our sleeves and get on […]

All power corrupts but powerlessness corrodes. I’ve never seen the NHS so short of staff. Never seen it so busy… so up against […]

I’ll start with the basics: 2 + 2 = 4 Now we’ve mastered that, let’s try: 4 – 2 = 2 Arithmetic, […]

It’s pitiful. If it wasn’t so important it might be amusing. Actually, it is an arrogant imposition. A downright cheek and the equivalent […]

You can find inspiration in all sorts of places but I never thought I’d turn to a man who painted railway wagons. […]

I don’t want to get too lofty but; democracy only works if we can rely, in full trust and confidence, on the […]

I know, you like a factoid… Try this… A chef’s hat has exactly 100 pleats. Another one? Only 20% of NHS organisations […]