neilmcrowther
@neilmcrowther
Social change, social care, social life.
Borrowing the NHS’s narrative power to make the case for social care form is enormously tempting, but the way it is commonly done now - positioning social care as little more than a pressure valve out outflow & subordinate to the NHS - is failing to grow social care's own salience. How to reframe..
There’s this small window each year where the sun sets thru this gap, and then we go on our summer holiday in August and when we get back it’s set before it reaches it. Another year lived. Sun setting.
Why 'Live Well' is a better focus for social care reform than a 'National Care Service' neilcrowther2.substack.com/p/living-wel...
Just had to go to A&E after slicing the end of my finger. Came out to this unsettling sight #28DaysLater
As nostalgia goes, last night with Badly Drawn Boy, the Beta Band & Super Furry Animals was about as perfect as it gets. 🎵If there’s something inside that you want to say, say it out loud it’ll be ok 🎵
On the upside everywhere seems teeming with pollinating bees and butterflies #SouthwarkPark
If it’s a good enough view for sheep it’s a good enough view for me
Went up some big hills. Walked the longest I’ve ever walked. Legs is sore.
BBC News showing Andy Burnham today and how he might look in 3 years time.
Went to see One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Old Vic tonight. You should too. Was incredible.
So earlier this year I felt really glum & decided to do a few new things to try to lift myself. One was to learn to play the Ukelele I bought in the Xmas 2020 lockdown. Tonight the group I’m with is performing at a bar in Shoreditch, including Bulletproof by La Roux. Not quite matched her quiff…