#116 A personal thank you to the staff at East Grinstead Hospital

30.12.24

#116 A personal thank you to the staff at East Grinstead Hospital

In the week leading up to Christmas, most people are doing final prep, presents, food and decorations.  Instead of that happy normal I spent the week before Christmas as an inpatient, most of that time at East Grinstead Hospital.

This podcast is my way of saying thank you to everyone who took care of me in East Grinstead.

Key messages

  • What I learnt from the unique and humbling perspective  of a patient:

    • The bewilderment of answering the question;  “how are you” and appreciating from very personal experience how different it is when people ask “how are you in this moment instead.” It is just too difficult to answer “how are you?”

  • My imaginary What Matters Most to me board would say:

    • To be seen as a person

    • To be treated with kindness

    • To feel safe

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Thanks to all my guests for working with me to share their knowledge, experience and stories about Advance Care Planning. I hope you enjoyed listening and have insights to take away; I love hearing your reflections on the series and look forward to reviews on Spotify where you can also subscribe to the series.

Clare

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