The office characters we all know and love – which are you?

Written for LinkedIn: view the original here.

 I’ve met quite a few people in my life who tell me with unshakable conviction that “I could never work in an office!” Why ever not? I find myself wondering.

Grown-up thinking is required when it comes to the NHS, but don't hold your breath

We really need to have a difficult conversation about the NHS. No, not you and I, dear reader, but as a society. The NHS is rightly praised because it achieves well when it comes to the most difficult balancing act in healthcare: combining quality and access in the right combination.

We are all to blame for Britain's fat kids

I have a little sympathy for 34 year-old unemployed mother Liz Thomson, who has written to the health secretary requesting government support to send her overweight daughter to a 5-week fat camp, at a cost of £4,250, which she cannot afford.