Tag Archives: Creativity
How to solve ‘The NHS Problem’ (4)
Everybody cares, every day This is the last of four posts which provide a new, more creative way of funding the NHS. So far, I have proposed: 1. That NHS services be more clearly divided into ‘treatment’ and ‘care’ 2. … Continue reading
How to solve ‘The NHS Problem’ (1)
Isolate ‘care’ from ‘cure’ This is the first in a short series of posts about the NHS. As a country, the NHS is the biggest issue we face. If we leave it to the politicians – you know, the people … Continue reading
Employment Support Allowance (ESA) disgrace
Writing these blog posts, it is impossible to predict who will read them or where they might lead. Thus it is a pleasant surprise to me that my most retweeted and liked post has been Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Disgrace … Continue reading
Why things can only get worse in 2014
The dawn of a New Year is a looking forward to what is to come and for reflection, a time for taking stock. There are two things we know will happen during 2014: First, a relentless, inexorable, incessant and, … Continue reading
Benefit cuts: a call to mobilise the disabled
So now we are here in another New Year and, in the UK, the savagery of social welfare cuts continues to slice through our society. We have had: 06 January: ‘Soldiers, nurses and teachers hit by benefit curbs’ 07 January: … Continue reading
Why can’t companies have ‘social’ AND ‘limited’ liability?
It does get lonely, this blogging business. My career has been in the much more collaborative world of marketing and advertising, where I am used to researching opinion, sharing knowledge, knocking around ideas, listening to other people’s thoughts and making … Continue reading
An upstream creative solution to the Euro crisis
We are surrounded by news of the Eurozone. But what positive solutions have we offered by way of Big Society neighbourly help? Or have we just covered our own backsides? I am proud that our country punches above its weight … Continue reading