I'm grateful for the care I've had
"We are dependent on our nurse practitioner on the island. So I'd like to keep that if I can."
"We really, really need to protect the NHS. And I would very much like to congratulate it on its ability to deal with crises and palliative care with very, very high standards of nursing."
"I would say my experience of cancer care has been absolutely fantastic. Not just for myself, but also for my friends as well. And even, you know, when it comes to end of life care, everything has been absolutely amazing. It really has, I would say I can't thank the nurses and...read more
"The next doctor I saw was absolutely amazing. And he basically said, 'Look, I have 100% recovery rate with the patients that I work with. Let's partner up and beat this together. Because it is an illness and we can help you.'"
"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."
"With the death of my Mum and my Dad, the end of life care was absolutely superb... both in the professionalism of the staff but also in the sensitivity and care."
"We were extremely lucky when my Dad had his vascular dementia. Mum was looking after him. Then she had a fall and she couldn't look after him. We were told to contact through Crossroads Care. They actually care for the carers. Because my Mum wasn't able to look after Dad at that particular point, Crossroads came in and gave...read more
"When we went into lockdown, I thought, 'God, how is she going to get her shopping?' and this and that and the other. So I just went on a Facebook page for her area, just to see were there any health groups who were doing errands for older people and...read more
"We have somebody in now once a week, she absolutely adores her. She loves it. She loves the day when Martha comes in, because she is like a friend to her. They chat, they have a cup of tea, she helps with the shopping."
"We have a neighbour that comes in and asks us if we want anything down from the shop, stuff like that. And you do find a lot of people are a lot more helpful now, considering coronavirus. We have carers as well, and they take us round in the car and help us to get our shopping and everything."
"When it comes to social care, I'd only want to acknowledge the amazing work that so many charities, including churches and faith groups of all sorts, do."
"We're very lucky where we live that we have good access to surgery normality. But the fact that we have a surgery in our village once a week, which also serves all the local villages."