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"Because you've been on tablets for the last nine years, nobody cares about you. You're just a number...I feel sometimes it's like no professional actually cares."
"I have had mental health challenges, and still do every now and again. While my GP has been very compassionate, and has supplied the practical medication, I've never ever thought of accessing any sort of therapy on the NHS. I've done that privately. I'm fortunate to be in a position...read more
"For me, the most important thing with regards to the welfare of the health and social care workers is zero tolerance to violence and aggression. Because there's not a single day without being racially abused or physically abused. And nothing ever gets done about it. You report an incident to...read more
"Consider the possible challenges on my part, delivering healthcare as a Black man. Because sometimes the representation we have as BAME community members in some of these services is really minimal. And when that is the case, members of our communities find it difficult to access healthcare because they don't...read more
"We use direct payments...it gives us the autonomy to recruit people who we think have a good relationship, a personalised relationship... It means that we feel dignified... And in our situation, it's far better than any care agency because of the flexibility, personalised relationships and because of the individualised training that...read more
"Locally, the waiting lists are so long. Mainstream waiting lists are not appropriate for people with cerebral palsy. If you need footcare, orthotics, physio, it's quite specialist really. You need the continuity, and you need the person with the neurological understanding to proficiently provide the service. It feels that it's...read more
"Since the 1990s, the number of people going into training has been cut, nurses numbers have been cut, medical students numbers have been cut. And we have shortages right across the board. In every specialty from anaesthetists to everything. There's a shortage of people with the skills we need right...read more
"What I've noticed is that for most people over 70 they've been reduced to helplessness as a result of the pandemic. So many services have gone online. And if they haven't got the internet, they can't book appointments with their GPs. They can't choose times and book within the NHS,...read more
"Having that diagnosis, depression, in my notes, I think has coloured a lot of my health experiences since then. And I'm sure I've had other episodes of depression. But I think a lot of things that weren't depression have been labeled as depression. And I've been under the care of the mental health team,...read more
"I've worked in various places for a long time, but spent twenty-five years in mental health. And over that time, some things have gotten a lot better. But the funding for the service has been cut so dramatically, that now there are people who are, in my opinion, over medicated...read more
"Sometimes I will read in a magazine by a medical journalist, how carers must think of [their] own health and have a break. What a joke."