Archive by Author

Slip, slap, slop this summer

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by Claire.

3

The jokey image of the Englishman in summer, with a handkerchief on his head and painful looking sunburn is obviously an all too common reality. Today’s news that skin cancer is killing more men than women comes as no surprise. Not only are men not used to slathering themselves in creams like women, but they [...]

Continue Reading

A dog’s life for NHS funding

Posted on 13. May, 2010 by Claire.

0

Our new Tory Liberal coalition Government has today announced their health policy, the focus of which is to maintain NHS spending with real term increases. The media reports that this will keep the budget in line with inflation at the current £100 billion annual spend.  So as anticipated, the NHS will no longer grow at [...]

Continue Reading

Bucking the trends in healthcare communications

Bucking the trends in healthcare communications

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Claire.

0

I recently read the excellent and enlightening HCA report ‘Five Years of Change in Healthcare Communications’. On first glance it appeared to paint a bleak picture of the way the healthcare communications industry is changing: Stricter regulations are making our business more challenging in terms of creativity and meeting business objectives; agencies are having to [...]

Continue Reading

No shortcuts

No shortcuts

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Claire.

4

As usual for this time of year, I am trying to lose weight. I don’t like to call it a New Year’s resolution but something about a new year makes me want to start working on my new, healthier lifestyle. I’ll admit I have found it difficult this month. My stomach might feel empty but [...]

Continue Reading

Give the NHS credit where it is due

Give the NHS credit where it is due

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Claire.

2

As a huge fan of the NHS and all it stands for, I was delighted to see that the Financial Times last Friday acknowledged that the NHS in England has hit most of its waiting list targets for hospital treatment – targets which were thought to be extremely ambitious when first set by the Government [...]

Continue Reading

Scare tactics or softly, softly?

Scare tactics or softly, softly?

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Claire.

2

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible – Voltaire
The news last week that teen pregnancies in the UK are at the lowest rate in 20 years, but are still the highest in Europe, was somewhat overshadowed by the uncannily timed birth of baby Maisie to parents Alfie, 13 and Chantelle, 15, which stole all [...]

Continue Reading