human rights… People are just people 24 Sep 201712 Apr 2018 Just a short point borne out of frustration at meeting so many people in therapeutic settings whose mental health difficulties result mainly from the bigotry of others. People are just…
human rights… May manipulates mental health 12 May 201712 May 2017 Prime Minister, Theresa May has promised to scrap the UK's Mental Health Act. She wants us to believe that, despite her anti-rights track record she's planning to remove the MHA…
human rights… Why all the fuss about human rights? 22 Jan 201723 Jan 2017 I've worked in care in one capacity or another since I first volunteered as an unemployed school-leaver in 1981. Over the last 30 odd years I've been privileged to see…
duty of care… Doing the rights thing 31 Dec 2016 So many nationalists talk about how great UK is. They cite our history, particularly 20th century history and the post-war society they grew up in. And I agree - for…
duty of care… Privileged glimpses 25: Who put us in charge? 14 May 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
challenging behaviour… Privileged glimpses 7: What people say 12 Mar 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
Uncategorized The Convention 18: The right to freedom from discrimination 6 Jan 201411 Dec 2017 ARTICLE 14 The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political…
Uncategorized The Convention 17: The right to effective remedy 3 Jan 201411 Dec 2017 There is little that needs to be said about article 13. All it really means is that each country must enact laws to ensure that European Convention rights are upheld.…
Uncategorized The Convention 16: The right to marriage 2 Jan 201411 Dec 2017 Are you married? If not, do you plan to marry one day? If so would you like to be free to marry the person of your choice? What if you…
Uncategorized The Convention 15: The right to association 30 Dec 201311 Dec 2017 We have already established that the European convention is a response to the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler and the creation of the Third Reich. What isn’t quite so well…
