The debate about whether or not schools should reopen on 1 June (and now the British Medical Association is firmly supporting the unions) highlights an important issue about how we treat risk. Too much risk adversity makes for existing in a comfort zone rather than living, but although life does involve risk every day, inContinue reading “Saturday 16 May”
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Friday 1 May
As the 6th week in lockdown draws to a close, it seems that daily revelations of delay and incompetence in handling this crisis are adding to general anxiety. This is because we need to trust and believe in our leaders, authority figures who act as proxies for the early parental figures whose job it wasContinue reading “Friday 1 May”
Tuesday 28 April
Sections of the media came under fire this morning for failing to cover or covering very superficially the scandal revealed by Panorama last night. This centred on the discovery that the government was counting each single glove as an item of PPE in order to misrepresent the figures and imply they were meeting demand whenContinue reading “Tuesday 28 April”
Tuesday 14 April
Pensions and later life expert Baroness Ros Altmann is the latest public figure to highlight the plight of elderly people, ‘abandoned’ in care homes without the necessary level of care and care for the carers. It’s not surprising these residents could feel disturbed: those with dementia could struggle to understand why their loved ones areContinue reading “Tuesday 14 April”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 