Today marks the 5th anniversary of Danny Tozer’s death. Rosie, Danny’s mum kindly agreed for me to share the poem she has written for Danny with you, and she also wanted to say this: After 5 years of disappointment and distress it has been very harrowing to hear recently of continuing poor practice at the […]
Five years ago in August Danny Tozer was one of 5,136 runners who completed the York 10k. The 10k route takes runners around some of the historic sites including the ancient city walls, the York Minster and Clifford’s Tower. This was the second time Danny had run the 10k since joining York Athletics Club two […]
Early Tuesday morning I set off from Torquay to travel to Bournemouth Coroner’s Court. It’s a beautiful drive, albeit a tedious one at times, the A35 isn’t really built for heavy traffic. If you’re in a hurry forget it, the splashes of dual carriageway that dot it are always a few miles away when you […]
In April and May 2019 I live-tweeted the inquest into the death of Sasha Forster. You can read a little about Sasha in this twitter thread here. The funding to cover Sasha’s inquest was part of an Ideas and Pioneers grant awarded to me by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, to explore the impact and future […]
In April and May2019 I live-tweeted the inquest into the death of Sasha Forster. I gathered feedback after her inquest had concluded and when discussing the raw data with Angela, Sasha’s mum, we were struck by the concern for Sasha’s family and the fact that people weren’t aware that I had their explicit permission. I […]
This is a very short blog post to introduce a very quick and dirty response to understanding what is happening in terms of the deaths of learning disabled people, in the UK, during the Covid19 pandemic. Yesterday I was involved in a twitter conversation that came about because Rebecca Thomas, a journalist with the HSJ […]
Having just done a quick twitter search I’ve been grumbling on about Hospital Passports for a couple of years, a recent prevention of future death report made me think about them again this week, and question their use so I thought I’d put some thoughts down here, hopefully to prompt further discussion. Just to flag […]
This is Amy. She is 14, stands 4ft 8inches tall, a mop of hair with a life of its own and a huge smile, her trademark features. This time last year she was out at a local water park in Greenock at Wavefront Leisure Complex with three of her best friends, where hours were spent […]
It’s my birthday today (thank you for the tweets and messages) and last night I heard a rumour that St Andrew’s Healthcare were going to get a roasting from CQC about their services in a report published today. For those not in the know St Andrews, or St Arseholes as Mark Neary coined them perhaps […]
Last week I shared a blog post and infographic detailing how I’d spent the money raised to support my Open Justice work in 2018/19. One of the inquests I covered in that period was Colette McCulloch’s. Colette was a brilliant and talented young woman who was just 35 when she died. You can read a […]