I recently came across the cartoon below in Community Care online. I think it captures brilliantly the managerialism and the performance culture that prevail in social and health care services nowadays – sadly at the expense of the provision of genuine care to people in need… Read more
I contend that it is best if your ‘nearest relative’ is the person you think is best able to treat you with unconditional positive regard. If you take no action, for the purposes of the Mental Health Act (1983) your nearest relative will be decided automatically according to a specified hierarchy, and it will generally be your ‘next of kin’. Read more
I came across an article published in 2010 and entitled ‘Electroconvulsive therapy and suicide among the mentally ill in England: A national clinical survey’ by researchers at Manchester University reporting on research that was carried out as part of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. Read more
The University of Manchester’s Disabled Staff Network proudly presents “What are we hiding?” – The first National Conference of the UK’s Disabled Workforce – Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June 2013 Read more
Yesterday I was doing some work in a psychiatric unit in one of the local hospitals examining patients’ notes for a piece of research I am involved with at Manchester University… Read more
I completed and signed an Advance Statement/Directive in October this year…I stated that I am refusing ECT as it is a barbaric treatment with very serious side effects, permanent loss of memory being one of them. Read more
