April 2021

Research vs Social Welfare in Ireland

Research vs Social Welfare in Ireland

Yesterday I had the honour of being a keynote speaker at a conference which focused on including patients in research. By this I mean people who live with illnesses should be equal members of the research team, deciding what will be researched and how the research is conducted. The phrase we often use is: Nothing …

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Sharing my experience of being a Patient Advocate

This morning I had the honour of presenting to the PPI Ignite PPI Annual Conference. As the first speaker at the meeting I wanted to share how I see Patient Involvement in research. 17 years ago I tried to get the Irish government to trial a medicine which I have found works well at treating …

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A Bittersweet day, a sick cat and a graduation

Bittersweet Day

The Bitter We have a 17 year old female Siamese cat. She rules the house, dictating many of our activities. Age comes with more medical issues and cats experience this too. Arthritis is Gucia’s problem and she has been licking all her joints, in an effort to ease the pain, to the extent most of …

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