Learn: By patients and public

Ensuring patients feel informed, listened to and supported long after the headlines disappear

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:01:02 +0000

A litany of medical mistakes (3 June 2025)

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:39:00 +0000

My last thought will be with the people suffering from hernia mesh (27 March 2026)

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:09:01 +0000

From ambition to accountability: why hereditary risk needs ownership now

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:02:01 +0000

Data privacy concerns that go far beyond the seemingly harmless waiting room

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:07:00 +0000

After Martha: Paul Laity on a preventable death

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:34:23 +0000

File on 4: My faulty knee replacement (12 August 2025)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:28:00 +0000

Mom watched her life ‘disappear’ after pelvic mesh complications (26 June 2025)

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:01:01 +0000

Analysis: A night in Scotland's troubling NHS corridor care

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:07:00 +0000

Time-critical Parkinson’s medication: the human cost of delays and mistakes

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Navigating the healthcare system as a university student: My personal experience

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: Margaret's story

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:31:37 +0000

The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: Sue's story

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: David's story

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

A story of healthcare failures: A family member's view

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:09:00 +0000

A failing health care system caused my husband’s death (19 September 2024)

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:35:00 +0000

The future has been around for too long—when will the NHS learn from their mistakes?

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:30:00 +0000

"We were completely unprepared for the challenges and disruption that lay ahead" — A family share their experience of taking a loved one home for end of life care

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:07:02 +0000

A patient's tales of woe

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:40:00 +0000

Jenny, and why we must learn from her misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:34:00 +0000

Dentists would not treat my toothache – now my health has been wrecked for ever (The Guardian, 20 April 2022)

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:37:09 +0000

It’s time to rename the ‘visitor’: reflections from a relative

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:12:33 +0000

Visiting restrictions and the impact on patients and their families: a relative's perspective

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A child left waiting for ‘urgent’ surgery, a blog by Clare Rayner

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000