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Build an NHS nursing home which is run by the hospital, on the site of every hospital with a geriatric ward. Enabling elderly people who are ready to leave hospital but have no one to care for them and cannot go to their own home without care, can be moved to release beds for newContinue reading “A solution to ‘bed blocking’ in our geriatric wards”

The alarming increase in suicide and suicidal feelings is an opportunity to look at the issue differently. Rather than, what will get people through the system the quickest? Or what will result in the lowest cost? How about our starting point is what will best meet the needs of someone who is feeling suicidal? 1)Continue reading “Changing the Face of Suicide Support”

The underfunding of the NHS is a very clear problem, which has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of resources, equipment and staff has surprised many people who assume the NHS will always be there for us when we need it. The love and support for this national institution could not be higherContinue reading “Fixing the NHS”

The Cardiff Bay area has been well developed over the last two decades, with lots of big-name businesses and organisations having a presence. However, many living nearby in Butetown, Riverside and Grangetown still feel underrepresented; be it at the National Assembly, Local Authority or within the many of the major businesses. The Butetown Employment andContinue reading “Living wage, better job opportunities, unfair recruitment practices”

The Covid-19 epidemic has highlighted the social isolation of the elderly in particular and while the epidemic has certainly exacerbated the issue, it was an issue long before Covid-19 challenges emerged. During the pandemic, however, the elderly have lost confidence in the care home sector and whilst care homes will always needed for those withContinue reading “Re-thinking housing for the elderly as an alternative to care homes and to reduce loneliness”

A revolution in bicycle design could be kick-started by a government-run competition. Entrants would be instructed to submit designs for a radically new model of bicycle, which would have to meet a strict set of requirements, including (but not necessarily limited to): truly puncture-proof wheels (perhaps moving away from the inner-tube and tyre combo), non-slippableContinue reading “The wheels of change: building better bicycles for a better Britain”

Having first drafted the Directors Income Support Scheme (DISS) back in November 2020, I then started working with the APPG Gaps in Support, who asked for my help to draft some more policies to cover the other areas where support had been lacking. This was the Targeted Income Grant Scheme (TIGS). The TIGS policy wasContinue reading “Targeted Income Grant Scheme (TIGS)”

During the pandemic the issue of loneliness has become more prevalent. Loneliness does not discriminate against age, race or gender, it does not care where you are and what you have done. Loneliness impacts people’s mental health and the only cure are people. How do we fix it? For me there are five ways thatContinue reading “Loneliness”

The problems brought about by the lockdown or quarantine policies in the different locations include unemployment due to the closing down of some businesses in the service sector, increase in crop wastage due to uncertain and lower demand for fresh produce, rising cost of fresh produce in cities and increase in the delivery cost ofContinue reading “Local-for-Local Production and Distribution”

It seems to me to be bizarre in these days when transmission of virus and mutations are something that we have to be vigilant about, to have free passage of drivers from different countries travelling through the tunnel and onwards throughout our lands. Equally it is perplexing to maintain a system whereby UK drivers alsoContinue reading “How to help eliminate crossover virus transmission at the Channel Tunnel?”