Written Work

Written Work

Richard is an established health and social care journalist and columnist. Here are some samples of his work.

January 2009 - Community Care

Richard expands his horizons to the leading Social Work weekly, Community Care.
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October 2009 - Richard becomes a columnist at Mental Health Today

Richard has become a columnist - not bad for a yearling journalist! Please note, out of respect to the publications I write for, unless available online, I shall not publish anything here for 2 months after publication in print.

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June 2009 - Gloucestershire Echo

Asking someone whose career has been damaged by the stigma of mental illness to comment on the stigma affecting a senior local Council Officer? Who? Me?! I responded to Christine Laird's victory in the High Court in this article...

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Some features journalism

February 2009 - Mental Health Today

This is my third piece published with the magazine to date. This is about reasonable adjustments in the workplace for people with mental health problems. 1500 words.

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October 2008 - Mental health Today.

Recently, Richard uncovered a report that was about to be published by the IPCC on Police Sections - the scary Section 136. He was given access to the then unpublished report into how the police are changing their policy of detaining people in dire need of psychiatric treatment and detention.

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Book - Giving Voice to the Inner Scream

In 2007 Richard published a book of investigative journalism (now out of print). It investigated 5 facets of the stigma of mental illness. Below is a chapter of the book which shows the NHS at its bureaucratic worst. Investigative journalism is never really cheery. It is done in hope of change on the part of those it focuses on - I am glad to report that national policy has changed since.

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