“Mr Who?” How my experience of health inequality led me to see the bigger picture.

Oh Joan, why did you do it? My ‘sliding doors’ moment

“A report of a non-significant finding.”

Or so I thought.

The apple sometimes doesn’t fall that close to the tree…

Banana days: reflections on a path to public health

“But what about…?”

Throughout much of my Biomedical Sciences degree, I thought “…but how does this affect the people around me, and people…

The Knapsack of Healthcare Privilege.

As a child growing up in the 80s/90s, I lived in a town blighted by heavy industry. The air…

But COVID-19 doesn’t affect children, does it?

Reflecting on how quickly my first six months of nursing had passed, I found myself stood outside cubicle nine one morning in mid-April, becoming increasingly hot with every item of personal protective equipment I donned; my sweaty hands stuck to…

Bad Mother!

Force feeding sweets and knowledge.

Need for agents of change

As an African-dentist who has immigrated to Europe, I have experienced two extremes in term of access to…