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"I think the unknowns cause a lot more anxiety and stress, which you really shouldn't be having with long conditions. Even if you're healthy, you shouldn't have stress or anxiety because it is bad for your health. So, in a way, not knowing makes everything else worse because you have that stress, you have anxiety and you have...read more
"I'd like to see much better management within the hospitals, more linkages between all the different departments and a lot less waste of money. I think there's a lot of wastage."
"I think that it would be nice if everybody was treated as a human being. Sometimes I think by the very nature of the things that we do, we can become a little too robotic. And I think if we were all treated as human beings, that includes the staff...read more
"Especially for women, getting reproductive health to be taken seriously. Because my mum had to wait six months for a hysterectomy after having severe reproductive issues. And a lot of doctors didn't really take her seriously and thought that she was exaggerating her pain."
"Where my son's healthcare is concerned, he's been critically ill twice and he's been seriously ill on many, many, many, many occassions. And for the most part of that, the care has been very good. We've had our ups and downs, and we've had times where doctors don't want to...read more
"I remember a few years ago my father had been in hospital. He'd lost his mobility. And he couldn't go back home and and live on his own. But, luckily, at that point he was able to get a place in an Intermediate Care establishment and he was there for a few...read more
"Since the pandemic, a lot of young people will need to access CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services). Even on an emergency note from the GP, they're still waiting four and a half months later for an appointment. And that's somebody who was deemed at risk. "
"I think now we're at a point with the NHS where it's stretched to breaking point because it's had probably 10 to 15 years of underinvestment. And the cracks are showing. "
"[If] a family suddenly had to step in, which caused problems with their work, there just wasn't any help available whatsoever. Very sad, but that's the way it was. And I would phone 20 to 40 homes, trying to get help."
"My friend had an issue with migraines when we were at school. She used to get them really, really badly. She just had to be in bed all day. And when she went to the doctor, she got quite patronised by this male doctor. And he was telling her off...read more