Declan, 67
He farms two hours from the nearest cardiac centre. Shared care put the specialist in the
Everyone tells you about the operation,
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Patient stories
What it is like to go through
Each story follows one person through the part of treatment they found hardest to prepare for — the plateau, the invoice, the week they nearly stopped.
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Every person on this page is invented. These are illustrative composites written to demonstrate the design — not interviews, not testimonials, and not accounts of real people. Nothing here describes what treatment will do for you.
Evelyn, 44
Told for fourteen months that her chest pain was anxiety. A re-referral rule caught it in
Told for fourteen months that her chest pain was anxiety. A re-referral rule caught it in eleven weeks.
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Peter, 61
Twelve weeks of supervised rehabilitation, delivered to a farm, reviewed twice a week from
Twelve weeks of supervised rehabilitation, delivered to a farm, reviewed twice a week from ninety miles away.
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Gideon, 58
Nothing felt wrong. A drift across four sessions was picked up before he noticed anything
Nothing felt wrong. A drift across four sessions was picked up before he noticed anything at all.
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Nuala, 49
Return to work was staged rather than signed off, with occupational health involved before
The setback was in the plan,
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Ronan, 47
No device, no procedure, no dramatic moment. The strongest evidence in the pathway sits he
I feel exactly the same as I did two years ago,
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