Lots of change so far and this appears to be the case for the rest of this year. I can't believe it's March already......!
I stood down as the lead for 'In this 2gether' the secondary breast cancer group service across Wales at the end of February and this is now being led by my colleague Carys Morgan. I'm still involved in a different way, to help provide structure, cohesion and communication between the various modules of the secondary service. It is hoped that educational workshops and self-care support for both patients and clinicians, peer supervision with my counselling colleagues, advocacy and having an additional voice will help provide a more joined up, cohesive service, representing the valuable opinions of all patients.
Medical trauma is still my passion and sadly the number of patients I see with varying degrees of this phenomena show the situation isn't improving. I'm currently writing a programme to hopefully roll out within the healthcare sector, tailored to suit various staff demographics. This will utilise a trauma informed care approach to develop different protocols in the provision of compassionate and validating care for the elderly, those with dementia, those with a terminal illness or chronic condition in a medical environment.
All very exciting so watch this space and please contact me with any questions:-)
