Colin Parish

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Nursing and marathon running have a lot in common

Colin Parish draws some unlikely parallels between long-distance running and life as a nurse

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Charging to access the NHS would be a backward step

Colin Parish would rather pay more tax than be charged for using the health service

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National scandal of premature deaths

People with learning disabilities die much earlier than the general population. There would be an outcry if members of any other group were dying so young, says Colin Parish

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The RB is still the fairest system we’ve got

Colin Parish wishes that politicians would keep out of decisions over nurses’ pay

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Blood test for dementia: would you take it?

Colin Parish would rather not know whether he’s going to get Alzheimer’s disease

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Why staff-patient ratios matter

Let me spell this out. Patients do best when they are cared for by better qualified nurses who look after fewer patients. Well, who’d have thought it?

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We may all need guardian angels

As a journalist I receive emails from the Nursing and Midwifery Council about its disciplinary hearings. They list the names of nurses and the charges against them

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On being an editor

It’s a good job, being an editor. Every day is different and every day is the same

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