
Why I Must Work Outside The System!
Back in 2008, I realised that I was going to donate whatever time I had left, to help improve life for people living with cancer. There was so much wrong with the ‘system,’ and I knew I had skills that…
Back in 2008, I realised that I was going to donate whatever time I had left, to help improve life for people living with cancer. There was so much wrong with the ‘system,’ and I knew I had skills that…
Just before lock-down I was due to be speaking in Madrid at an EBMT conference about the growing need for patient involvement, particularly in research. I was very honoured when The Lancet invited me to write a piece for them,…
I have been really proud to host my ‘open house’ for the last couple of months, but from this week we are back to the ‘Cancer Community!’ Covid19 seemed to sweep away everything in it’s path. It has rightly made…
One of my most read blogs is about my great friend Jeremy Marshall who has had an incredible career in banking. I thought it would be great to hear again from this incredible man, so Jeremy has kindly shared more…
I was once asked by a great friend of mine what I considered success to look like for my life. That question caused me a great deal of thought, and much of that involved money in some shape or form.…
Having lived so long beyond my ‘use-by date’ and retained ‘reasonable’ health considering my personal circumstances, even I had again begun to take my health for granted! I am surrounded by chorus’s of “take it easy, slow down, think of…
In my work I get to meet some wonderful people and Jeremy Marshall is one of those. A man who’s life was also brought crashing down with a cancer diagnosis. I was delighted that Jeremy accepted my invitation to share…
We are hearing the word isolation being used more frequently these days. It is a word that has been associated with cancer for some time, but now we are more aware of our mental health it is being used in…