Inequality & Health
March 2021. Blog: Caste – The Origins of Our Discontents. Our Unacknowledged Debt
Hold onto your hats. This time we are going to some uncomfortable places, but we must all heal our cultures and heal those who suffer disproportionately from all our pasts. During this pandemic, we have come to learn that BAME people were, for complex reasons, at up to four times greater risk of dying from…
Read MoreNovember 2018: How long are you planning to live?
How long are you planning to live? You probably know the old joke from the financial advisor when asked about his clients funds he said, “All I need to give you an accurate assurance about the suitability of your pension pot is one figure, when are you planning to die?” The good news is that,…
Read MoreOne life, One You: What you can do today to really help the NHS! January 2017
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying”. Woody Allen In 1919, right after the horrors of World War 1, William Butler Yeats wrote, in his powerful poem, The Second Coming: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold… …The best lack all conviction, while the worst…
Read MoreChanging our lives: Whose responsibility is our health? June 2014
Changing our lives: Whose responsibility is our health? “The treatment of a disease represents an admission of failure. Prevention is the goal of medical research and clinical practice.” Professor Peter Elwood, Cochrane Institute, Cardiff University, Apologies to those loyal readers, who read and comment on my occasional health related blogs. I am a couple of …
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