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The Black Maternity Scandal: A Lens on Racial Disparity in Healthcare
May 23, 2021 - No comment
Channel 4’s Dispatches missed out important factors on class and institutional racism in its brief exploration of maternity...
May 23, 2021 - No comment
Channel 4’s Dispatches missed out important factors on class and institutional racism in its brief exploration of maternity...
Appreciating the Heart: The Immigrant Workers Keeping the NHS Going
November 21, 2020 - No comment
An emotional journey through a new digital exhibition that shines a spotlight on the contribution of BAME workers to the NHS Heart...
November 21, 2020 - No comment
An emotional journey through a new digital exhibition that shines a spotlight on the contribution of BAME workers to the NHS Heart...
Poem: The Euphemisms
May 24, 2018 - No comment
Introduction Tomorrow, Friday 25 May, Ireland will come out to vote in a historic referendum that will determine the future of abortion laws. Voters will decide whether to remove the 1983 Eighth Amendment from the country’s constitution, a clause which explicitly bans abortion and gives a foetus an equal right to life as the mother. No Irish woman of child-bearing age has previously had the opportunity to vote on this issue. Someone who, as a then 18-year-old, had her first vote in the 1983...
May 24, 2018 - No comment
Introduction Tomorrow, Friday 25 May, Ireland will come out to vote in a historic referendum that will determine the future of abortion laws. Voters will decide whether to remove the 1983 Eighth Amendment from the country’s constitution, a clause which explicitly bans abortion and gives a foetus an equal right to life as the mother. No Irish woman of child-bearing age has previously had the opportunity to vote on this issue. Someone who, as a then 18-year-old, had her first vote in the 1983...
By the Skin of the Teeth: NHS Dental Services in Crisis
November 12, 2017 - 1 Comment
A broken system and low morale threatens the NHS dental service in a crisis that few speak of The NHS is in crisis, as many...
November 12, 2017 - 1 Comment
A broken system and low morale threatens the NHS dental service in a crisis that few speak of The NHS is in crisis, as many...
Grief in Comedy: David Baddiel’s Imperfect Loved Ones
April 22, 2017 - No comment
Comedian David Baddiel’s ‘My Family’ shows how humour can be woven out of life’s tragedies David Baddiel, football...
April 22, 2017 - No comment
Comedian David Baddiel’s ‘My Family’ shows how humour can be woven out of life’s tragedies David Baddiel, football...
Junior Doctors’ Strikes: The Greatest Union Failure in a Generation
December 13, 2016 - No comment
The BMA's direct inaction betrays its members and the country In Robert Tressell’s novel, The Ragged-Trousered...
December 13, 2016 - No comment
The BMA's direct inaction betrays its members and the country In Robert Tressell’s novel, The Ragged-Trousered...
Death is Omnipresent, Yet We Are Unaware of Our Mortality
August 17, 2016 - No comment
If we acknowledge the inevitability of death we can live a fuller life in the present Death is certain. We are humans...
August 17, 2016 - No comment
If we acknowledge the inevitability of death we can live a fuller life in the present Death is certain. We are humans...
Edhi: Losing Pakistan’s Greatest Son
July 22, 2016 - No comment
Abdul Sattar Edhi transcended ethnic division and selective compassion with huge personal will leaving behind a vast untarnished...
July 22, 2016 - No comment
Abdul Sattar Edhi transcended ethnic division and selective compassion with huge personal will leaving behind a vast untarnished...
Beyond the Epidemic: How the Zika Virus Exposed a Social Crisis in Brazil
February 25, 2016 - No comment
The recent health crisis has turned the spotlight onto social and gender inequality in Brazil The scenes of the Brazilian...
February 25, 2016 - No comment
The recent health crisis has turned the spotlight onto social and gender inequality in Brazil The scenes of the Brazilian...
Backtracks, Contracts and Why the NHS Is Our Most Under-Appreciated Triumph
January 10, 2016 - No comment
Why the junior doctors' strike on Tuesday is essential for understanding the state of our healthcare system and its tireless...
January 10, 2016 - No comment
Why the junior doctors' strike on Tuesday is essential for understanding the state of our healthcare system and its tireless...
