FOR YEARS in Scotland we have been told the third sector is the beating heart of civil society. Volunteers. Campaigners. Stakeholders. Independent voices speaking truth
TRAVELLING THROUGH the blue skied sunny hills of Shropshire, on my way to pay some more tax to our masters, the Scot within me has
SOMETHING is shifting in post-industrial Britain. It is not a sudden national swing or a dramatic revolt. It is quieter than that. For decades, London-focused
Time to stop managing failure and start preventing it. STROKE is one of the most predictable catastrophes in Scottish medicine. We know who is at
DESPITE the left wing rhetoric of the government and the BMA, it is left wing economics and derision of the professional class that are the
The euphoria of fear: On the loss of psyche in modern medicine ANOTHER NIGHT, another shift. The corridor lights hum like old neon, and I
Happy Hour in A&E makes everyone miserable ANOTHER SHIFT finished, the night is young, and I for one am glad happy hour is over. Late
THERE IS A SPACE where worlds collide and create the most unexpected of challenges. Sociology like chemistry is a study of interactions and reactions at
THIS WEEK’S report on drug related deaths in Scotland gives food for thought on one of the largest public health disasters since devolution started. Like
BRITAIN is changing. In an era of mass migration, the failure to deport illegal migrants is undermining a key feature of what was once called
LAST WEEK was a very ugly week in Scottish politics. Yes it could be almost any week you might say, but last week was really
THERE IS some confusion about Holyrood’s role in the pandemic. We have all been placed on a common war footing. Everyone (well, nearly everyone) does