It’s Christmas Time
It’s that time of year again: it’s Christmas time. Where has 2014 gone? It seems like yesterday that mum took the decorations down, and now they’re going to go back up again. Christmas is a difficult time for many people for…
It’s that time of year again: it’s Christmas time. Where has 2014 gone? It seems like yesterday that mum took the decorations down, and now they’re going to go back up again. Christmas is a difficult time for many people for…
Thursday 27th November 2014 ~ Today I went to the children's palliative care conference "Leaders of Care - for equity, effectiveness and efficiency in children’s palliative care" run by Together for Short Lives to give a speech with my hospice nurse on transition.…
Bev (left), Mum Kate and I22nd November 2014 - I attended The J's Hospice Charity Ball in the role of guest speaker and had a wonderful night. I spoke about my care from The J's and how they have helped…
19th November 2014 - I gave a speech at the Children's Health and Wellbeing Partnership Takeover Day at the Department of Health. The event was organised to draw together important paediatric and child health professionals with young people and to work together…
Fifty-five thousand. 55,000! That’s how many views this blog has amassed at the time of writing this post. 55,000 people over the past 22 months have read my blog, or at least one of my posts. That’s 55,000 people educated…
The transition period is a difficult time. Young people have enough going on in their lives, so to be poorly and/or disabled just adds another dimension. Then when you factor in the change from children’s to adult’s services, it’s a…
6th September 2014I recently transitioned over to a Personal Health Budget from Social Services Direct Payments and we are still sorting out the funds and what I need as my needs are increasing greatly year on year. Direct Payments worked…
Dr Daniel Poulter MP, did you hear me? You probably won’t remember me; I gave a speech at an event organised by Together for Short Lives in Parliament in November 2013 which you attended. You had your picture taken with…
Why is death such a taboo? It's the only thing guaranteed in life. Everyone knows they will die at some point or another. So why do we shy away from it? Whatever your beliefs, it will happen. Some people die…
Yesterday I went to the Houses of Parliament for the Together for Short Lives reception to encourage MPs to adopt the eight priorities they have set out for the next government. I was a guest speaker, giving a speech about living…