Ruth Hunt

Freelance features journalist with an interest in social policy and social justice.

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Nov. 10, 2020

THE demand for psychiatric services, including inpatient beds, is at an all-time high, but the capacity to treat such inpatients has not kept up, with some regions in the UK faring worse than others, the Royal College of Psychiatrists report from…

Aug. 14, 2020

Morning Star

Editorial: In the global fight against Covid Boris Johnson's Britain is part of the problem

BRITAIN’S deals with Novavax and Janssen securing advanced supplies of potential Covid-19 vaccines are not the first evidence that the government is undermining international efforts to eliminate coronavirus. Bilateral deals to bulk-purchase vaccine…

Aug. 13, 2020

Morning Star

Editorial: Will the former Crown Prosecutor round on British paramilitaries?

THE Metropolitan Police has “received a referral concerning war crimes alleged to have been committed by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s.” This follows concerns raised by the UN working group on mercenaries and a request for…

Feb. 12, 2020

Morning Star

Marketisation of universities has led to an education crisis

× SINCE 2010, higher education has been subjected to increased marketisation. The University and College Union (UCU) has highlighted how some highly qualified academics who would normally have a job “for life” might find their remuneration has been…

Dec. 1, 2019

Morning Star

Threats to NHS patients at home and away

× JEREMY CORBYN has alerted us to the existential threats to the NHS coming from initial trade talks with the US. Closer to home, however, there’s also the constant reminder of the pressure the NHS is under. For example, the measures which have…

Oct. 15, 2019

Morning Star

Vicious new laws attack the homeless

× AN important motion was passed at Labour Party conference, which didn’t get the airtime or column inches it deserved. This motion committed the party to ending all powers to criminalise begging and rough sleeping. This would repeal many of the…

Sep. 26, 2019

Morning Star

The domino effect: The traumatic knock-on impact when claiming benefits

× ACROSS Britain, people in genuine need, are opting to go without benefits, or not undertaking an appeal due to a previous traumatic experience with the welfare system. It can even extend to non-attendance at reviews unconnected with benefits,…

Sep. 17, 2019

Morning Star

Boxed-in: the treatment of those with physical health and mental health conditions

× WE ARE a long way off from achieving parity of esteem between psychiatric patients and general patients in terms of availability of treatment, waiting times and the quality of treatment. With different funding streams, priorities and targets, it…

Aug. 27, 2019

Morning Star

How the DWP is silencing dissent

× WITH austerity wreaking havoc in the lives of Britain’s most vulnerable, it is now more important than ever that the remaining advice centres are not simply able to provide comprehensive advice — but also challenge the government, the Department of…

Aug. 8, 2019

Morning Star

The ‘power threat meaning framework’ – an alternative to diagnosis?

× WHEN the programme Being Bipolar, with psychotherapist Philippa Perry, was first aired on Channel 4 in 2015, the audience got a taste of anti-psychiatry in practice. Prior to meeting any patients, Perry spoke about her doubts as to the validity of…

Aug. 1, 2019

Morning Star

Legal aid is crucial in austerity Britain

× AS the legal aid scheme turns 70 this year, it’s time to reflect on what has recently been a deeply damaging and tumultuous period. The government’s own figures show that in the past six years, half of all law centres and not-for-profit legal…

Jun. 28, 2019

Morning Star

Self-harm patients need better care

× RECENT figures released by The Lancet reveal self-harm is on the rise for both sexes and all age groups. It has long been recognised this is a huge problem among young people, and as such some services have been set up for this age group, though…

Jun. 23, 2019

Morning Star

The traumatic power struggle within mental health

× ONE of the most vitriolic power struggles between professional groups is happening now and goes to the very essence of what is, or is not, mental illness. Squaring off against each other are those who believe in a biomedical or genetic basis to…

Jun. 7, 2019

Morning Star

‘As a disabled journalist, I wanted disabled people’s voices to be heard’

× JOURNALIST Frances Ryan, recently longlisted on the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, has for the past seven years reported for the Guardian on what is really happening to disabled people due to austerity. In doing so, she has…

May. 12, 2019

Morning Star

The degradation and cruelty of constantly having to ‘prove’ you’re disabled

× THE announcement came through on April 23 that Stephen Smith, 64, had died. The story about Smith had first been broken by Liam Thorpe of the Liverpool Echo, back in February, when he had been found fit for work despite having chronic obstructive…

Apr. 29, 2019

The Guardian

On the frontline in the fight for LGBT rights

Ruth Hunt joined Stonewall 14 years ago, quickly rising to become the charity’s chief executive. In that time she has seen huge strides made towards equality for LGBT people. As she prepares to step down in August, she reflects on how much further…

Apr. 11, 2019

Morning Star

Venerable and vulnerable- the destitution of the elderly

× THE Grey Swans are a campaigning group run by and for older people experiencing both relative and absolute poverty. Let down by the Tory government they want to see Labour commit to policies in the next manifesto that will help end pensioner…

Mar. 1, 2019

Morning Star

The DWP aims to extend its powers without due process

× An advert placed on the UK digital market has revealed the DWP are looking for “technically viable proposals to integrate DWP requests for information into a new digital service for administering DWP health-related benefits.” Their aim, they say,…

Jan. 24, 2019

Morning Star

The fight for the game-changing cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi

× IN 2016, when the European Medicines Agency approved Orkambi — a precision drug produced by pharmaceutical company, Vertex, which would help the 50 per cent of those with cystic fibrosis who have two copies of the F508 del mutation, it gave hope to…

Dec. 31, 2018

Morning Star

The wrecking ball that is the Tories' benefit reforms

× HOUSING Secretary James Brokenshire has at last admitted that some Tory Party policies might be responsible for the rising levels of homelessness. This carefully caveated statement has come far too late for those already experiencing homelessness.…