01/01/2021
January 2021 - the sweetest song for you, and a few thoughts
I am starting a blog, and its nothing to do with SARS-CoV-2.Its about what could happen next. I will be sending out a monthly bit of chat about my experiences as I keep on going on with the ideas that inspired Futurehealth nearly 10 years ago.
Some rough calculations suggest that I have seen and heard over 50,000 people's stories in clinic over the past 20 years. What they have said makes me continue to question the healthcare framework in which I work. There are many huge threats that we face; inequality everywhere, and health inequity, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and right now the Covid-19 pandemic. But I remain very optimistic about our shared future because I am constantly impressed by how kind, patient, thoughtful and creative people are - if you ask them.
My current favourite reads are Humankind: A Hopeful History by the Dutch philosopher Bregman, and Health is Made at Home: Hospitals are for repairs by Lord Crisp. They both reafirm my faith, not in governments or large organisations, but that most people, given half a chance, will do their best for their loved ones, for colleagues and even for total strangers.
This year I want to join a movement for Health Creation, that celebrates people, focuses on health more than disease, and ability not disability. Any one else out there feel the same way?
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