Osteoporosis services are in a ‘chronic state’ When over-fifties fracture bones from minor falls, scanning could show if they have this debilitating condition, and steps can be taken to treat it. Major delays and lack of scanners means this isn’t happening properly, writes RUTH HUNT
Tuesday 23rd Feb 2021 The making of a mental-health activist RUTH HUNT tells the story of a mother forced to take matters into her own hands, first to investigate her son's death and then to reform the mental-health system that failed him
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 The missing disabled mental health service-users Patients who have both physical and mental health requirements are suffering under the current system — they must be listened to and their input taken on board in the upcoming reforms, writes RUTH HUNT
Monday 11th Jan 2021 Human rights abused on mental health wards RUTH HUNT looks at how excessive medication and violence have, by stealth, become part and parcel of ‘treatment’
Wednesday 11th Nov 2020 Semantics instead of treatment The move away from an ‘illness’ to ‘personal responsibility’ puts the onus on the patient to find the answers, so they can get themselves better, writes Ruth Hunt
Thursday 13th Feb 2020 Marketisation of universities has led to an education crisis Higher education staff are now regarded as ‘throwaway’ and are increasingly overworked and demoralised. RUTH HUNT reports
Tuesday 03rd Dec 2019 Threats to NHS patients at home and away RUTH HUNT sounds the alarm over Tory plans that will cut GP visits to those that need them most
Wednesday 16th Oct 2019 Vicious new laws attack the homeless We need to reject legally targeting rough sleepers immediately — not wait until Labour comes to power, writes RUTH HUNT
Friday 27th Sep 2019 The domino effect: The traumatic knock-on impact when claiming benefits The application process for social security is so arduous and stressful that many disabled people are avoiding it altogether – and suffering even more, says RUTH HUNT
Thursday 24th Jan 2019 The fight for the game-changing cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi In just 10 days 114,000 people signed a petition demanding the government fund Orkambi, a drug for the treatment of cystic fibrosis — but the disgracefully high cost is keeping it out of the reach of the NHS, writes RUTH HUNT
Wednesday 02nd Jan 2019 The wrecking ball that is the Tories' benefit reforms The government is well aware that replacing Incapacity Benefit with the assessment regime of Employment Support Allowance has lead to a mental health crisis and suicide epidemic, writes RUTH HUNT