Sharing can be better
The Government should do more to support a genuinely sharing economy, suggests Chris Martin. The UK Government has adopted a very narrow commercial perspective on the emergence of the sharing economy....
View ArticleHow IT can revolutionise the tax and benefits system
IT has fundamentally changed how we work and spend our spare time. Recent and future developments can do the same for the tax system, argues Douglas Bamford. The ideal tax system would tax economic...
View ArticleWere the Paris climate talks a success or a COP-out?
COP 21 is good news – but only to a point, argues Jonas Amtoft Bruun. “We have an agreement.” Those redeeming words from French foreign minister Laurent Fabius in the evening of Saturday 12 December...
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Radioactive waste: legacy versus new build
Radioactive waste is a controversial topic. But understanding the difference between historic and new wastes would produce a more informed debate, explains Hollie Ashworth. Whenever there is talk about...
View ArticleIs Dr Google a good source of medical information?
We won’t stop Googling our symptoms any time soon, so why aren’t online health information resources more effective? An interdisciplinary study between Computer Science and Health Sciences is trying to...
View ArticleWomen’s representation rises as Irish government loses election
With the final results of the Irish general election now in, Leah Culhane considers the impact of gender quotas on male over-representation within the lower house. Following the onset of Ireland’s deep...
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Who benefits from devolution? It depends who’s in control
If the ‘Devo Manc’ experiment is to work, local leaders and the staff who deliver services must be given the power and flexibility to innovate, says Su Maddock. Many are sceptical about devolution,...
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Devo Manc is a far cry from ‘business as usual’
Today, Greater Manchester becomes the first region in England to be given new powers in the devolution of health and social care services from national government to regional decision-makers. But what...
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Transforming the response to drug and alcohol dependent perpetrators of...
As the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign has just started, David Gadd, Professor of Criminology (The University of Manchester), Juliet Henderson (King’s College London), Polly...
View ArticleManaging changes in the general practice workforce
Last year, Dr Imelda McDermott and Dr Sharon Spooner published an article in On Primary Care highlighting policy-driven organisational changes in how general practice is delivered. In this blog, Dr...
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