by Lesley Goodburn | Feb 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Working in a job that aims to improve experience of care for people who use health services there are often times when my work crosses over with my personal experiences and that can be tough. A conversation, a thought, an encounter with a patient or carer can evoke...
by Lesley Goodburn | Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was a child Christmas was magical. It began in mid December when the Lewis’s Christmas parade would burst into Porthill in full technicolour with loud Christmas music and causing universal excitement. Standing against the fence high above road at Bradwell...
by Lesley Goodburn | Nov 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Lines Cross the line Draw a line in the sand Fine line Throwing someone a line I was going through my wardrobe pulling out anything that was purple. It was late October and I was preparing for pancreatic cancer awareness month with a plan to find 30 purple outfits so...
by Lesley Goodburn | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
What do you know about epilepsy? If you are like me not very much I remember being 16 years old and going on a school visit to the local residential school for children with epilepsy. I remember being a little bit perturbed by the condition but then 36 years elapsed...
by Lesley Goodburn | Oct 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Four months is that a long time or a short time? When you are waiting for your annual summer holiday it’s an age, if you have four months to prepare for Christmas or a wedding it flies by. On 6th October 2014 I found myself in a restaurant having dinner with Seth’s...
