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"I know in the surgeries they’ve got accessibility standards, but they’re not used. Everybody should be going back to the doctors if they're not using it. And that's a big issue. For people with learning disabilities like me, who can't read very well. "
"When you get doctors who have to explain, maybe, an operation, they could break that down for people with learning disabilities to make it easier for them to understand. "
"I constantly keep on reminding people, it's not only women that give birth. Non-binary people and trans men give birth. And it's not breast milk, it's human milk, and things like that. If you ever see me online you’ll be sick and tired of seeing me always on copy paste...read more
"When you're used to a particular person handling you, you have confidence and trust. But when they say ‘You know what, my time is up and I’m going to pass you on to this next person’ you’re like ‘Oh no, first of all, I’m a minority. Secondly, how is this...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."
"I didn’t want to be really difficult. I'm quite a jovial person but I don't like to do the whole ‘angry Black woman’ thing. Because I think sometimes when you're not lucky and you try to voice your opinion, they feel like you are - you know Black women, we’re...read more
"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
"I wish I'd put my foot down earlier. I spoke to three consultants, two white male consultants, and they said I should try a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean). And my mum’s also a nurse. My mum said ‘don’t let them put you through this. I lost a friend two...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
"The people that I support, they have been finding it really difficult to get healthcare simply because they couldn't speak the language. I'll give a scenario. A couple went to hospital to reverse an operation that took place in their home country. They wanted to have kids but instead of...read more
"The NHS is a great institution, but it could better serve the BAME community if they took the time to listen to us."
"Until recently there's certain conditions that they didn't even realise people of colour could have, or that don’t show up the same way as on white skin. Doctors not realising that's what they had are just totally misdiagnosing."