Results for: "i feel like everyone is making fun of me"

Hidden Disabilities

Last updated on Thursday, May 2, 2024

The Hidden Disabilities Task & Finish Group was created in October 2023, with an initial objective of improving our accessible toilet facilities.  Since then, the group has expanded its scope and ambition to respond to feedback raised by our patients and staff with a hidden disability as we...

Midwifery student praises maternity team in helping realise her dreams

Last updated on Wednesday, July 30, 2025

A student whose career path was inspired after becoming a teenage mum is using the wonderful gift of money left by her late mum to follow her dreams of becoming a midwife. Becki Edwards, 38 (pictured right), who gave birth at age 17, wants to use her experience to ensure people giving birth have...

Patient Experience Strategy Promise Groups

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

Our Promise Groups At the heart of the Patient Experience Strategy are five "Promise Groups": Welcome "Being made to feel at ease and reassured" Inclusive "Listening to me and respecting me as an individual" Safe "Feeling safe and having trust in the staff" Care "Designing my care with m...

A Young Man's Journey to Inspire Health Heroes During Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Last updated on Monday, September 2, 2024

At the tender age of 17, Tom Lewis faced a life-altering diagnosis: Hodgkin lymphoma. Tom, now 20, from Bebington in Wirral, vividly recalls the early signs that something was wrong. "I was constantly tired, experiencing night sweats, and plagued by skin rashes," he said. The cause remained el...

Why should i take PR classes?

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

When a patient has a long-term breathing problem, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or another lung condition, they can find it difficult to do their normal daily activities without getting breathless.  They may also find that they get tired very easily and often feel exhausted...

Race Equality Week - Spotlight on multiculural colleagues

Last updated on Monday, March 4, 2024

For #RaceEqualityWeek in February 2024 we shone a spotlight on some of our fantastic staff from diverse heritages, cultures and backgrounds. LINUJI THOMAS Meet Linuji Thomas, Divisional Nurse Director. She is our most senior nurse of non-white-British background...

Amala Johnson, Registered Nurse

Last updated on Saturday, May 11, 2024

Amala Johnson came to WUTH from Kerala, India to work on the Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) in 2022. She said: “I knew I wanted to go abroad to work, to experience a different culture, and my cousin was already working as an NHS nurse in the UK, so that helped me make my choice about where to g...

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