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I've written before about mental health and 'masking'. In this post I explore this further, with the illustrative example of an early-career solicitor who got in trouble with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority who didn't accept that mental health played a part in their behaviour.

I'm not going to comment on the impact of the pandemic on mental health in general. I'm going to talk about me. My experience of mental health crisis during the pandemic might be of limited value in learning about the general situation, but it's what I can talk about with authority, and I think there are some lessons to learn from it.

Shared decision making (SDM) is a bit of a hot topic in medical circles. Well, it should be, but it mostly seems to be a hot topic among people who are researching clinician-patient interactions and people who have ‘caught the bug’ for it and are trying to drive change. In this post I explore what it means and why it is good.

Wow. It's been a while since I updated this site. Well, now I've updated it in a big way. Very soon you should see posts about shared decision making, videos, and some reasons why I haven't been as active, related to mental health. I'm looking into making videos to share online as well.

Patient involvement is trendy - but that doesn't mean it is done for the right reasons, or in the right way. In this post, I explore why patient involvement is important, and how to do it effectively. This includes getting the right person, and treating them right.

There's a lot people talk about, write about, that our connected technology means we need to take time to disconnect. This makes too many assumptions about how we use technology and its role in our life, which can vary for lots of reasons – including disability.

I wrote about my experiences involved in the 'Spartacus Report', or as it is officially named, Responsible Reform. That writing is in a book, titled Social Policy First Hand. This post gives details and links about the book.

The Equality Act has seemingly very strong provisions to prevent discrimination against disabled people, and to promote inclusion and reasonable adjustments. So what's the problem? Let me explain…

A personal story of a recent occasion on which I was confronted with what I have lost as I developed new impairments, and an exploration of the grief that goes along with a loss of ability to do things.

I write a little about Quakers and Quaker week, the main outreach event for Quakers in Britain.