Cost of Living Blog

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The BSA-funded blog about the politics, economics & sociology of health, medicine, and healthcare
The title of the blog ‘the cost of living’ is intended to reflect the changing social and political (as well as economic) costs that are associated with health, health care provision and welfare in the 21st century
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Cost of Living BlogMar 8, 2023
New Cost of Living blog - "The Last of Us - Review" - Simon Carter reviews the television series #TheLastOfUs about a pandemic of the Cordyceps fungus https://www.cost-ofliving.net/the-last-of-us-review/
Cost of Living BlogFeb 8, 2023
New blog out now - "Understanding Health Inequalities in Scotland – Getting Beyond Death & Despair in (Quantified) Data" - Ellen Stewart
& Kat Smith make a case for using qualitative & participatory data to explore health inequalities #inequalities #Scotland https://www.cost-ofliving.net/understanding-health-inequalities-in-scotland-getting-beyond-death-and-despair-in-quantified-data/
Understanding Health Inequalities in Scotland

Understanding Health Inequalities in Scotland - Getting Beyond Death and Despair in (Quantified) Data

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Cost of Living BlogJan 25, 2023
New Blog out today - "Lucky Strike" - Jen Remnant looks back at the 1888 Bryant of May strike by match girls and asks what it can tell us about our current series of union strikes
Cost of Living BlogJan 12, 2023
New Blog - "Break a leg! Observations on continuity of care" - Hannah Bradby considers how good quality continuous care could improve outcomes for patients #ContinuityofCare https://www.cost-ofliving.net/break-a-leg-observations-on-continuity-of-care/
Break a leg! Observations on continuity of care - Cost Of Living

Break a leg! Observations on continuity of care

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Cost of Living BlogJan 5, 2023

Iqbal Rahman died aged 58 on Christmas Eve after falling seriously ill. His daughter Minnie said Iqbal said that nobody was coming to help him in his final hours as the NHS battles a severe crisis.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lovely-dad-58-died-after-28877357

https://twitter.com/minnierahman

‘Lovely’ dad, 58, died after family phoned three times for ambulance on Xmas Eve

Iqbal Rahman died aged 58 on Christmas Eve after falling seriously ill. His daughter Minnie said Iqbal said that nobody was coming to help him in his final hours as the NHS battles a severe crisis

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Cost of Living BlogDec 14, 2022
New blog - "Why nurses should be paid the same as neurosureons" – Hannah Cowan looks at the #NursesStrike in the UK and argues that we need to re-evaluate what value we place on skills and what these skills add to others’ experiences https://www.cost-ofliving.net/why-nurses-should-be-paid-the-same-as-neurosurgeons/
Why nurses should be paid the same as neurosurgeons - Cost Of Living

Why nurses should be paid the same as neurosurgeons

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Cost of Living BlogDec 7, 2022
New Cost of Living blog - "Scales of failure: mental health services and self-harm" - Veronica Heney reflects on the CVNI conference & experiences of survivors of the harm that has been perpetuated within structures of healthcare #mentalhealth #selfharm
https://www.cost-ofliving.net/scales-of-failure-mental-health-services-and-self-harm/
mental health services and self-harm: Scales of failure

Veronica Heney reflects on the Critical Voices Network Ireland conference & the failures of mental health services for survivors of self-harm

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Cost of Living BlogNov 16, 2022
New blog - "Disease" - an extract of the new book by Frances Darlington-Pollock, about how political choices have deprioritized ordinary people's health
https://www.cost-ofliving.net/disease/
Disease - Cost Of Living

Disease

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