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  • Care Management for Pets

    There is much research about the positive impact that domestic animals can have to general mental health and well-being. Something about the non-judgemental nature of interactions, I presume - although I’m sure that more extensive scientifc research can be located if necessary. Often working with...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-20-2008

  • Oxford, Education and Inclusion

    Oxford University and social inclusion aren’t necessarily two phrases that would naturally find themselves in the same sentence - but as was reported in The Guardian at the weekend, Oxford is going to take into account factors such as the applicants postcode, the schools’ general performance...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-18-2008

  • Active Care? Another tale of Southern Cross

    I write a few months ago about the difficulties faced by Southern Cross Healthcare but a quick recap a) They are the largest private operator of residential and nursing care in the UK b) Big financial problems c) Some disparate concerns about quality of care and treatment of staff in homes that they...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-16-2008

  • The Way of Wirral

    Wirral Council are planning to replace qualified social workers with unqualified equivalents. This is apparently in the face of the new ‘personalisation’ agenda where there will be a stronger focus on self-assessment and providing guidance and support through the new systems - none of which...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-13-2008

  • How I write

      While I was flicking through some websites, I thought I’d explain a bit about what I actually do when I write and post to this blog. I wouldn’t say I’ve set the world ablaze but for myself, I’ve found the process to be an interesting experience regarding writing in a more...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-07-2008

  • Where the pin drops..

    I wrote a couple of months back about an ongoing reconfiguration of services in the area in which I’m working that basically involves turning four separate teams based on geography into two based in much larger ‘patches’. I have some learned cynicism about service re-configuring and...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-06-2008

  • Appraisal

    I had my annual appraisal last week. I wavered about whether to write about it or not. Not for any reasons of confidentiality - because honestly, I would happily have had anyone who stumbles across this site sit in with me and they wouldn’t have gained much in the way of private information (!...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-02-2008

  • Defending Political Correctness

    There seems many an implied or direct criticism of being ‘overly political correct’ - people find some random and strange judgement and laughingly refer to ‘political correctness gone mad’ amid the sniggers a - many of them facts being wholly absent. The Daily Mail (there’s...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-21-2008

  • Stigma in Parliament

    More than a quarter of parliamentary staff surveyed, including MPs, Lords and support staff, suffer from mental illness brought about by stress according to an article published in The Independent today. A MIND press release further breaks down the figures revealing that An anonymous questionnaire completed...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-16-2008

  • Normality?

    The question of ‘normality’ and what it is  has cropped up again in relation to this weekend’s Bonkerfest. I read about it in The Times at the weekend in an article which explains the ‘Mad Pride’ movement which has made its way over here, unsurprisingly, from the States...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
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