I still remember the boy who died in our theatre. Now I help traumatised NHS staff

Healthcare professionals aren’t robots. When something goes tragically wrong, our debriefing programme supports them

I was 18 when my dad died suddenly of a heart attack. I know now, after working in healthcare for 40 years, that he was already dead in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

My youngest sister was 12 and didn’t come with us to the hospital. When we got back we didn’t know how to tell her what had happened. A couple of days later she went to the newsagents to get a paper and the man working there said: “Sorry to hear about your dad.” She was really angry with us for not telling her. That’s why I’m very sensitive about information and what you do with it, and difficult stories and how you handle them.

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