
Health professionals
- Age at interview:
- 34
- Sex:
- Female
- Age at diagnosis:
- 16
- Background:
- Riva is married with two children.
- Age at interview:
- 34
- Sex:
- Male
- Background:
- Aaron and Rebecca are married with one child aged 5. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish.
So …. I think the nurses quite like her actually [laughs] because the CF kids are, especially her, they are actually quite well, you know, so it’s not like they’re lying in bed being quite ill. They’re often, I mean, yes, there are some who are obviously quite ill, but often they’re active and they’re out and about and they, you know, are running round the ward like a lunatic.
- Age at interview:
- 55
- Sex:
- Female
- Age at diagnosis:
- 20
- Background:
- Harriet is a management consultant and is married. Ethnic background/nationality' Jewish/Russian/Polish
- Age at interview:
- 48
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Sara is married and has several children aged between 11-26 years. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish White
- Age at interview:
- 83
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Jill is married and has got four grown up children. Jill volunteers for local and national organisations. Ethnic background/nationality: White
- Age at interview:
- 59
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Shelia is a teacher. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish South African
- Age at interview:
- 55
- Sex:
- Female
- Age at diagnosis:
- 20
- Background:
- Harriet is a management consultant and is married. Ethnic background/nationality' Jewish/Russian/Polish
And the other nurses there said yes, use the blue. Sure enough a lot of the people that use the pink, get a strip of baldness and they have to do a comb over, because the caps don’t fit flat on your head. So you don’t get as good a freezing. Anyway these are just details. That was private information, nowhere does it say don’t use the pink, use the blue. Sometimes developing relationships with your nurses so that they’ll talk with you as a person, not just as a patient, is really important. I’m sure they would give the same advice across the board to people, but they might give it in a slightly different more friendly way to someone who builds a relationship with them.
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Cissie is a voluntary worker and lives with her parents. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish
- Age at interview:
- 74
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Sylvia is a retired social worker. She is a widow and has had two children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British
- Age at interview:
- 53
- Sex:
- Male
- Age at diagnosis:
- 35
- Background:
- Gary is married with one daughter and is an entertainer. Ethnic background/nationality: White British
And they’re very good the hospital, because I’m sixty odd miles away they, when I go up there I go for a whole day and they, if I’ve got to have any tests or anything they arrange that for the morning and then if I’m seeing more than one doctor, then they arrange that for the same day. So I see, I usually see two doctors and I might have an MRI scan or something, all on the same day, so that I don’t have to keep coming backwards and forwards. So they’re very good. And sometimes if they have to make me a very early appointment they have a place up there where people can sleep over night and they let me stay. So, they are excellent. Very, very pleased to be a patient there.
- Age at interview:
- 63
- Sex:
- Male
- Age at diagnosis:
- 56
- Background:
- Harvey is a retired primary school teacher (and continues to do some supply work). He is married and has had two children. Ethnic background/nationality: British Jewish
- Age at interview:
- 36
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Caroline is married and has 3 children. Ethnic background/nationality' White British (Jewish)
- Age at interview:
- 44
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Simone is a statistician, married and has two children. Ethnic background/nationality: White
- Age at interview:
- 39
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Hayley a teacher, is married and has three children. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish
Absolutely. I don’t know if everyone did, but you have a counsellor who is at the end of a phone and you can phone them. The only time there was, not a blip, but an issue, was [hospital] run out of money to do the MRI. And, so it was a wait, it was a wait, it was a wait. And I said, “Well what can I do?” And she said, “Well go through your GP.” So, which was fine. So I went to my GP. She was amazing. And I got my MRI through, a local hospital, the [Hospital] and now to be honest with you, it saves me going up to London, now I have my mammogram and MRI through [hospital] and not the [hospital] which saves me a real trek to London, which is ideal.
Having treatment on the NHS could feel more like being processed by a large system; one woman with ovarian cancer talked about her ‘conveyor belt experience’. But despite longer waiting times and practical constraints, the NHS was praised for the level of expertise of its consultants and the dedication and caring attitude of its nursing staff.
- Age at interview:
- 34
- Sex:
- Female
- Age at diagnosis:
- 16
- Background:
- Riva is married with two children.
- Age at interview:
- 39
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Karin works as a director/administrator. She is married and has one child. Ethnic background/nationality: Jewish
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Last reviewed May 2019.
Last updated June 2013.
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