This week is Carers Week.
Yesterday afternoon I accompanied a very lovely and very impressive young woman, Lucy, from the Macmillan Public Affairs team to the House of Commons to talk to MPs about Carers and why it is so important to identify "hidden carers".
I was way out of my comfort zone, being far more of a "backroom" kind of person, but this is something I feel passionately about, even…
Do you have any examples of care that could have been done better, more efficiently or didn’t need to be done at all?
At Macmillan I’ve been thinking a lot about cancer care and the health and social care workforce. But to help us better understand what needs to change, I want to hear from you about your experiences:
Many of us will remember the scandal at Stafford Hospital in the late 2000s. A report by Robert Francis QC exposed a sub-culture within parts of the NHS that repeatedly and severely compromised patient safety, experience and quality of care. At the most extreme, it led to patients dying needlessly due to dehydration and exposure to severe neglect.
The Francis Report
Today marks one year since the…
The beginning of the year is often a time for reflection. For me, there’s a lot to reflect on for the past 12 months.
This time last year I was part-way through chemotherapy and unsure how 2013 would shape up.
My focus was getting through each day and I couldn’t think or plan ahead more than a few days. I got breathless walking up the stairs and fell asleep on the sofa by about 8pm most evenings.
I didn…
