Blogs about: Hospital Experiences

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Snapshot Meme: Surgery Gift10 comments

Allison wrote 1 month ago: Saturday Snapshot invites bloggers to share photos. In 2008, I had my first surgery as an adult. The … more →

Tags: Teasers, Allison's Book Bag, reviews of books for young people, Saturday Snapshot meme, surgery gifts

An Angel Disguised As A Nurse3 comments

littlemisstrainwreck wrote 4 months ago: On Tuesday I went for my routine scans, tests and treatments. Just a day full of fun! As every singl … more →

Tags: Poetry, Melanoma, Hello Kitty, Wonderful Nurses, cancer patients, kindness, Random Acts of Kindness

How Was Your Hospital Experience? Is Anybody Asking?

reinarocks wrote 4 months ago: Do you leave the hospital feeling you’re not really sure what happened to you there?  Was anyo … more →

Tags: Advocating for your healthcare, health advocacy, health care transparency, patient satisfaction in the hospital, understanding discharge and medication orders after hos, make a list of questions before going into the hospital, asking questions before surgery

Making breathing easier - a visit to Royal Brompton's respiratory clinic

Bex Johnson wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday afternoon I went to the Royal Brompton hospital to attend Anita Simonds’ respiratory clini … more →

Tags: duchenne muscular dystrophy, Information

Ainsley's Story - Part Two

Museum Mama wrote 1 year ago: October 14 A little while later Mom and Dad came up to the house. Mom stayed upstairs with me for a … more →

Tags: Just Me, Parenting, birth plans, epidural, Labour and Delivery, Motherhood, stages of labour

Working with Great Ormond Street to improve services

Lisa James wrote 1 year ago: Following on from the Ombudsman’s report, published last year, into the tragic death of Arvind … more →

Tags: duchenne muscular dystrophy, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Where civility is a luxury - welcome to hospital emergency2 comments

myanasworth wrote 1 year ago: There is chaos and panic everywhere – frail and deaf old ladies with blank looks on their faces, ble … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Rude staff at public hospital emergency, public hospitals, Emergency

Doctors should never say, “Wow!”17 comments

katecrimmins wrote 1 year ago: There is a fabulous article in today’s New York Times about a kidney chain. It both provoked my inte … more →

Tags: Humor, Humor, New York Times, kidney transplant, National Kidney Registry

Bombay, Bypasses and Burning Questions4 comments

crazygoangirl wrote 1 year ago: This last week has been spent in a tizzy. I left for Bombay last Tuesday to be by aunt’s side, while … more →

Tags: Family, Family, Bombay, health, mumbai, bypass

The Equality Act and the Right to Local Care

Andy Singleton wrote 1 year ago: Travelling long distances to receive care is something we know affects many patients with a neuromus … more →

Tags: equality act, benefits, Physiotherapy, NHS Reforms, Hydrotherapy, Transport

Getting out of hospital and back to home comforts

Andy Singleton wrote 1 year ago: Reading through the BBC news today, an article caught the attention of our eagle-eyed Campaigns team … more →

Tags: Parliamentary activity, Advocacy, muscular dystrophy campaign, Disability, hospitals

'My hospital experience' - guest blog from Louise2 comments

Lisa James wrote 1 year ago: Our recent report – Hospitals in focus: health care not health risk - inspired this guest blog … more →

Hospitals in focus: your stories

Jonathan Kingsley wrote 1 year ago: As we launch our Hospitals in Focus: health care not health risk report today, I would like to share … more →

World Breastfeeding Week...2 comments

lorettelavine wrote 1 year ago: This is “World Breastfeeding Week”…we know that breastfeeding is “Best for B … more →

Tags: Breastfeeding, sudden infant death syndrome, American Academy of Pediatrics, Best for Babes, World Breastfeeding Week, hospital breastfeeding support, breastfeeding mom

On the Rhine in Basel Children's Hospital

marykayandelena wrote 1 year ago: Day 17, Week three in the University Children’s Hospital in Basel Switzeralnd ,  the short for … more →

Tags: children's hospital mother daughter, mother & daughter hospital experience

Overwhelmed?

Margaret L. Been wrote 2 years ago: Anyone who has never felt overwhelmed in the midst of life events is either not thinking or possibly … more →

Tags: Christian Living, Life is Uncertain, Gods chosen, God is in the little details!, God's People, Stress, Come unto me, Great is thy faithfulness, Amazing Grace

The Long Walk

Chris Donner wrote 2 years ago: The elevator hisses shut behind me.  Ahead of me lays the terrifying walk to those doors with the om … more →

Tags: Lyme Disease, Intensive care unit, ICU, hospital

Words of Wisdom2 comments

Chris Donner wrote 2 years ago: I looked into those eyes, so gentle, so caring, and repeated my question. “How do you get through th … more →

Real-life experience speaks volumes.

Julie Turner wrote 3 years ago: One of the best ways to learn about the hospital experience? Talk to people who have recently experi … more →

Tags: Healthcare, er, Emergency Department, healthcare decisions, Patient impressions, ER patients


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