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Paper: 29.11.19 Dissent from Consensus Bureaucracies and regulatory control systems undermine important social innovations such as person-centred…
Article: 29.11.19 NHS Reform: Money Can't Buy Love David Zigmond argues that more money alone won't restore the NHS to the values of its birth. The NHS needs more trust,…
Paper: 19.08.19 The Perils of Industrialised Healthcare David Zigmond argues that the NHS needs to be built on a human scale.
Paper: 28.05.19 Stories of Our Lives Catherine Hale has edited five stories describing the reality of living with and managing a life with severe energy…
Article: 25.04.19 Policed Industrialisation of Healthcare David Zigmond reflects on the enforced closure of his GP practice and imagines an intelligent dialogue with the forces…
Paper: 04.02.19 UBI and Health Research shows why basic income will have very positive health impacts & why welfare conditionality is harmful.
Paper: 01.02.19 Sustainability Strategies for Local Area Coordination Programmes Advice for Local Government on how to extend and strengthen the application of the Local Area Coordination (LAC) model…
Article: 29.01.19 Mental Health and Continuity of Care David Zigmond asks the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care whether mental health can be advanced by…
Article: 19.12.18 Making Healthcare Human John Burton interviews David Zigmond and together they explore the growing inhumanity of modern approaches to…
Article: 19.12.18 Health Needs Equality Mike Grady makes the health case for radical cross-government reforms to end poverty, reduce inequality and building…
Article: 27.11.18 Basic Income is Good for Your Health Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl explains why long-standing evidence of work and health argues for the benefits of basic…
Inspiration: 26.11.18 What Matters to Me Bestser is a Finnish startup company which develops innovative solutions to help people control their health and…
Article: 09.11.18 The Iatrogenic Tranquilliser Scandal Barry Haslam has been campaigning for many years to raise awareness of the significant negative impact of the…
Article: 08.11.18 Setting Stupid Targets for the NHS John Carlisle explains why setting targets for the NHS is both wasteful and diverts attention from the real business of…
Paper: 25.10.18 US Corporate Influence on UK Welfare Reforms Mo Stewart has been researching the damage caused by welfare reform and the malign influence of US private insurance…
Article: 25.09.18 Shared Decisions in a Democratic NHS Shaun McBride argues that we must enable citizens to share in key decisions about the NHS as we begin to unravel decades…
Article: 25.09.18 Mental Health and Tentacled Snowballs An anonymous article describing how medical and bureaucratic approaches to mental health undermine flexible and…
Article: 25.09.18 Only a New Democracy can Save the NHS Protecting the NHS and vital public services requires radical change and reform of the UK's constitution.
Paper: 06.09.18 Parent Carer Health This survey of family experiences suggests that ill health for family carers is a significant problem.
Article: 13.08.18 Your Life Is Important Too Terry Lynch shares his personal insight on why it's important for carers to take care of themselves.
Article: 06.08.18 Principles for a National Health Service 9 distinctive and essential characteristics of a National Health Service according to Dr Julian Tudor Hart.
Paper: 26.06.18 Reclaiming ‘Chronic Illness’ An exploration of the meaning of the term ‘chronic illness’ and the relationship between people with…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on CQC and Regulation David Zigmond is interviewed by Simon Duffy about the conflict he had with CQC and the negative impact of the wrong kind…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on Neoliberalism and the NHS David Zigmond explains to Simon Duffy what has gone wrong in the NHS as neoliberalism has exploited technological…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on the Human Scale David Zigmond talks to Simon Duffy about the importance of scale on the NHS if we want to nurture human understanding and…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on Renationalising the NHS David Zigmond explains to Simon Duffy why renationalising the NHS must be the first step to going back to a more human,…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on Mental Health David Zigmond talks to Simon Duffy about the importance in true and empathetic understanding in nurturing good mental…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on the Future of the NHS David Zigmond tells Simon Duffy that a better NHS will be more local, more human and that it involves restoring some of…
Film: 01.03.18 Zigmond on His Books David Zigmond provides an overview of some his main writings on the NHS and the nature of good pastoral healthcare.
Paper: 14.02.18 A Grounded Theory Study of Disability Benefit Changes Jessica Saffer carried out doctoral research into the psychological impact of Government changes to the disability…
Article: 07.02.18 Is Prevention Always Better than the Cure? David Zigmond interviews a GP about life in the hyper-regulated NHS and explores the relevance of Minority Report.
Article: 23.01.18 Democratising the NHS Simon Duffy sets out why the latest wave of planned reforms to the NHS must be unacceptable and proposes a democratic…
Paper: 03.01.18 Deleted BBC News Item on Unum In 2007 the BBC reported on the influence that a US insurance company was having on UK policy, in 2010 this item was…
Paper: 07.12.17 Supporting People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities This guide provides key standards to improve the standards of support to people with profound and multiple learning…
Article: 06.12.17 NHS Must Get Behind Personalised Support Simon Duffy explains why the NHS must embrace personalised support for people with disabilities and complex needs
Article: 08.11.17 Hi Tech With Many Human Hearts A review of the film Heal the Living weaves a rich tapestry of the emotions and relationships at the edge of life and…
Paper: 02.10.17 Progress on Personalised Support This report builds on an international survey of support organisations to develop a model of personalised support.
Article: 01.10.17 Care Navigators or Family Doctors? David Zigmond reflects on the problems created when systems seek savings by hiding behind walls of receptionists or…
Article: 15.06.17 A Healthy Heart for the NHS David Zigmond argues that it is not just economics that is at the heart of the problems in the NHS - more than this is the…
Article: 26.05.17 Assisted Dying Michael Balkow argues that compassion and respect for the autonomy of those with terminal illnesses requires change…
Project: 14.05.17 Chronic Illness Inclusion Project (CIIP) Developing self-advocacy for people with chronic illness.
Paper: 21.04.17 State Crime by Proxy In this paper Mo Stewart continues her research into the links between the DWP, Atos Healthcare & Unum Insurance.
Article: 20.04.17 Should All Doctors be Resuscitators? David Zigmond asks whether there are not costs to setting arbitrary standards for health and safety regardless of…
Article: 21.03.17 Abolishing the NHS Market In this powerful essay David Zigmond eviscerates the Internal Market which is choking the NHS to death.
Story: 06.03.17 When is Change Progress? David Zigmond describes his final reflections as CQC closes down his GP practice for its refusal to be fully compliant…
Story: 05.03.17 When is Compliance Necessary for Public Safety? David Zigmond explores how regulation, disconnected from people's real experience and evidence of impact, can…
Project: 04.01.17 Regulation of Health and Social Care A proposal for 8 reforms to the regulation of social care.
Article: 25.10.16 Stop Unethical Research on Children Catherine Hale explains why unethical research on children with ME must be stopped and urges you to sign the #stopGet…
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