by Ali Rice | Apr 17, 2021 | By Brendan Martin
On this date 10 years ago, at 1.42 in the morning, my mother Betty Martin took her last breath as I held her hand in Lewisham Hospital, south east London. She had taken her first nearly 88 years earlier in Dunmanway, west Cork. I have spent much of the decade since...
by Ali Rice | Sep 26, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
Sir Keir Starmer, MP, the leader of the British Labour Party, told its virtual conference this week: “Our care workers are heroes. But the social care system in Britain is a disgrace to a rich nation.” He went on to point out that Conservative governments of the last...
by Ali Rice | Aug 5, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
There is much to welcome in We Are the NHS: People Plan 2020/21 – Action for us all, published last week by NHS England, such as its commitment to flexible working, apprenticeships, adequate rest time and facilities for staff, and more. Even so, the report left...
by Ali Rice | Jul 29, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
In our thinking about Caring Places – Building Healthy Communities, we are learning a lot from three books – two hot off the press, the other published two years ago but increasingly resonant – about the roles of community and public services in promoting health and...
by rachel | Mar 27, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
How does a home nursing provider that operates through small, self-managed neighbourhood teams respond to the unprecedented crisis that has engulfed the whole world’s health and care systems and economies? Buurtzorg Nederland, the largest Dutch home care provider that...
by rachel | Mar 17, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
When my colleagues and I sat down towards the end of last year to plan our first national conference, little did we know that our chosen theme would have such life and death significance just three months later. We chose the title Caring Places – Building Healthy...
