My interests in public policy has shifted from a previous life as a party political activist to that of an academic and analyst. I have have particular interests in the public policy areas of health and employment and have produced published and peer reviewed material on both of these.

I also have longstanding interests in the public sector, local government and EU law and have a consultancy record in each of these.

I currently run a website called Essays in Health Policy where I write about various policy subjects related to the NHS, public health and health reform.

I have produced the following reports as part of consultancy and other freelance projects:

• European Services Strategy Unit. March 2013. European Public Services Briefing 5: EU Reform of transnational Posted Workers law and the place of working rights and collective agreements within the Single European Market. 
• European Services Strategy Unit. July 2012. European Public Services Briefing 4: European Union Public Procurement Law, the public sector and Public Service Provision.
• European Services Strategy Unit. March 2011 European Public Services Briefing 3: A Single European Market in Healthcare: The impact of European Union policy on national healthcare provision.
• European Services Strategy Unit. January 2011. European Public Services Briefing 2: The Impact of European Union Competition Policy on Public Transport Policy and Provision in the UK.
• European Services Strategy Unit, – January 2011. European Public Services Briefing 1: European Union Competition policy and the Liberalisation of Postal Services
• Consultancy report for the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), 2009 on the application of EU State Aid rules on Scotland’s Island Ferry network.