Summary
In this blog Dr Chris Tiplady, consultant haematologist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, talks about the importance of building relationships with patients, carers and relatives. When a patient's family member dies, it leaves an empty chair in the consultation room and brings a sense of unexpected loss.
Dr Tiplady reflects that throughout the pandemic, empty chairs have become a very common sight and he encourages readers to see these empty chairs as a reminder: "They should remind you to talk, to enquire over who should be in that chair, to have the conversations that need to be had, to recognise the relationships we all have that support us and that make our days better."
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