- It’s ‘their’ job to fix me
- It’s all about the NHS saving money
- I can’t do it all on my own
- Health care workers know a lot more than me
- It’s all about taking my medicine and giving up smoking
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“It’s ‘their’ job to fix me!”
“Who do they think they are? Why should I be doing this? I’ve worked hard all my life, paid my taxes and they want to pass all the decisions over to me. That’s their job surely…”. Thomas, 75 years.
Mary, 68 years takes a self management approach. This is what she says:
“I wanted to have more of a say in my recovery and concentrate on the things that were important to me, so obviously, I had to be involved in the decisions around my care”.
Key point
The more I’m involved in decisions about me the better the outcome will be.