The model can be helpful in understanding the complexity of supporting a child with serious illnesses, and the wider family impact
Dr Liz Forbat
Dr Liz Forbat is a research psychologist and family therapist, specialising in ill-health. She works at the University of Stirling, focusing her resea
Comment by Peter Limbrick
Liverpool has pulled out of a pilot scheme for the coalition government’s Big Society. They did so, apparently, because the community organisations that were supposed to take increased control over local services were brought to their knees by government cuts before they
Editorial comment
Two pieces of good news came my way over the holiday: NAS (National Autistic Society) reports that the government has sent a clear message to local authorities about what they are expected to provide for adults with autism. The Council for Disabled Children reports a transfer from
Read more: The post-code lottery persists and will now be celebrated as the triumphs of ‘localism’
By Peter Limbrick
At the end of last year Martin Chulov wrote in the Guardian newspaper (30/12/10, see link below) about research that links a rise in birth defects and cancers to US military action in Falluja in Iraq 6 years ago. He says, 'The findings are likely to prompt further speculation that
Peter Limbrick
'By what mental gymnastics and chronic denial strategies can the same politicians meet one of their objectives with innovative family support, and another objective with a cruel calculation that particular families and children are in the way and must become collateral damage?'
Peter Limbrick writes –
In my effort to alert parents, teachers, head teachers and school governors (and all people involved with children) that mobile phone technology and wi-fi g
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011