by admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog
Why next time I will do better standing up for my GP at the pub – or anywhere else I will not be alone in valuing a walk with a friend or a girls’ night out as part of the reason I am surviving motherhood, marriage and life in general. Women naturally and reliably...
by admin | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
by Dr Anna Baverstock and Dr Jess Morgan Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician at Somerset Hospitals Foundation Trust and lead for senior doctor wellbeing @anna_annabav Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical fellow...
by admin | Sep 10, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
I am more likely to die by suicide now than I was five years ago. Why? Because when my husband, Steve, took his own life without warning in 2018, I became significantly more susceptible to this horrifying end too. The facts are clear: people bereaved by the sudden...
by admin | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
‘Mum did something really weird today’ said my non-medical sister to my brother and I. I looked up and took note, as there was something in the tone of her voice that made me feel uneasy. I said nothing and waited for her to continue speaking.‘She picked up the TV...
by admin | Aug 5, 2024 | Guest Blog
I get off the phone with L and breathe a sigh of relief. At least that’s done. Now I need a GP appointment. I call and get an emergency on the day telephone consultation. At this point I am desperate for an empathetic voice on the other side of the phone. Surely, they...
