Health and care
"It would be nice to think that somebody could come and check in on me. Because I think there are times where I would have warranted an 'Are you actually okay?' No, I'm not. And friends may have picked up that slack. Friends who are in the community, we back each...read more
"He said, 'It's you just tension headaches because you have a mental health condition.' And I thought, 'This is ridiculous.' [So] I suggested that I came off a new medication that he put me on because one of the side effects was migraines. And he said, 'Oh no, it doesn't work.You're...read more
"Collaborative efforts of healthcare providers during this pandemic havw proven how things could work better and can help more people, when it is integrated and embedded at both local and national level. The advancement of technology has also proven valuable in as much access in/out of normal hours has helped...read more
"I think we need to pay for health and social care together. A part of our taxes needs to go directly to this. I would support a raising of taxes for this, as long as it were to be ring-fenced."
"CAMHS have actually made life much more difficult for us
They actually have aggravated every thing that [they] were supposed to help with. Their services are so poor."
"I've had care workers come to the house, they don't care. And I don't really mind that they don't care. I just want them to respect her. And to recognise her as an individual, with her own contributions to make."
"We're supposed to give compassion, love, dignity and respect. And we give those things. But I think it's very limited in many ways...that the care we’re supposed to give, we’re supposed to support patients, even out in the community as they go out, but we are not able to accommodate...read more
"The prevention of illness is more effective than trying to cure the illness itself. I think that if we could invest more resources into preventing the illness and educating people of a younger age about potential hazards, that would allow the health service to be more efficient in treating the...read more
"The support that I was previously accessing is no longer available because the funding has ended. I think it's really detrimental that lots of things seem to be on short budgets. It's one year or three year grants."
"I was actually told this by my senior manager. It is cheaper to provide emergency care for someone who is having mental health crisis than to provide support for their early onset or even just for the social aspect of their life."
"We have to praise [hospital staff for] what they are doing because they are human beings. You know, they get tired...they are there everyday, they will come to you... I do appreciate them."