The very entertaining Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist discussing their third, and serious, book together, The Glass House - a fictional look inside an acute mental health facility seen through the ideas of a junior doctor. Hachette Australia Books Dymocks Sydney

A great and realistic read…. Highly recommended to anyone and everyone in Healthcare….. an interesting perspective on Human Centered Health Care Dr Ben Bravery

Doctors are exceptional, and this is good because their job is hard and important. Being exceptional can also be a barrier to empathy with (usually: less exceptional) patients. Dr Ben Bravery writes about this topic in his great memoir: benbravery.com

Yat Tsang ESTRO Targeting Cancer CAMRT/ACTRM ASMIRT Iirrt SCoR Members APRTiCoP Sandra Turner Michelle Leech Lucinda Morris Meredith Giuliani This panel discussion about Community Representatives Improving Healthcare includes Sandra Turner discussing clinical leadership education plus Dr Ben Bravery Laila Hallam & current cancer patient & disability advocate Shona Edwards hcnsw.org.au/news-resources… Health Consumers NSW ACSQHC

Do you know your #healthcare rights? Tune into our #PatientPowerHCNSW #podcast to hear Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) in conversation with health consumers Christie Ah-Fa, Shona Edwards and Nadine El-Kabbout plus the Patient Doctor Dr Ben Bravery. Supported by ACSQHC. buff.ly/3t3EH7U

When Community Representatives partner with clinicians we improve healthcare. Hear how #radonc ⁦Sandra Turner⁩ & cancer patient now doctor ⁦Dr Ben Bravery⁩ & #protontherapy patient ⁦Shona Edwards⁩ do this ☢️🦘⁦ #ASTRO23 ⁦Health Consumers NSW⁩ hcnsw.org.au/news-resources…

Patient Power Podcasts/Videos: Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. How is the Charter used to improve healthcare?⁩ ⁦Dr Ben Bravery⁩ ⁦Sandra Turner⁩ ⁦Shona Edwards⁩ ⁦@LyndalTrevena⁩ ⁦Health Consumers NSW⁩ ⁦ACSQHC⁩ ⁦ hcnsw.org.au/news-resources…

Do you know your #healthcare rights?

Episode 1 in the new Health Consumers NSW Patient Power series is now available.

Tune in to hear host Julie McCrossin AM in conversation with health consumers Christie Ah-Fa, Shona Edwards and Nadine El-Kabbout, as well as Dr Ben Bravery, on…

Proud to launch our #patientpowerpodcast today! The #podcast for #healthconsumers and #clinicians who want a better #patientexp . Hosted by Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her), produced by Health Consumers NSW and supported by ACSQHC. buff.ly/3LvRJl7

Nadine El-Kabbout
Dr Ben Bravery
Laila Hallam

Centring the patient experience and putting the heart back in healthcare. I’m sure many of us have experiences of being a patient - uncomfortable and confronting.

I bought the book after #ORW23 finished and was engrossed on the train ride home!

Thank you
Dr Ben Bravery
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Intended to skim read this book.
(Didn’t have time to read it “properly”)

But then I did.

Couldn’t put it down.

Ironically, a big take-home is “Doctors don’t have time to care” in current system.
Please read this if you are a doctor or a patient, or know a doctor or a patient!

Imagine being 28 years old, happy, healthy, living your best life in Beijing. That was Dr Ben Bravery , until his life took a turn that he least expected. He was diagnosed with stage 3 #colorectalcancer . Author of The Patient Doctor, listen to Ben’s story:

open.spotify.com/episode/1z4dXz…

Stories can be catalysts for Kindness & Compassion in Healthcare. Susan Thompson, a blind Lived Experience Educator ⁦Sydney Local Health District⁩ shares unkind acts increasing her vulnerability, plus clinicians who showed practical, kind care ⁦Dr Ben Bravery⁩ #SydneyInnovationWeek

Thank you Guardian Australia for sharing our work in Narrative Medicine finding story, courage, care and humanity with medical students UniMelb MDHS.

It's so nourishing to learn and teach these skills, just the beginning of Narrative Medicine in Australia.

theguardian.com/australia-news…

#ThrowbackThursday Last week Dr Dr Ben Bravery, #RANZCPtrainee and author of 'The Patient Doctor' spoke at the #CrazySocks4Docs breakfast in Adelaide to reduce stigma about doctors' mental health. It was lovely to see everyone show off their crazy socks for #doctorsmentalhealth 🧦

#crazysocks4docs event in Adelaide! Thanks to SASMOA and Doctors' Health SA for the invitation to speak. Acknowledging our humanity is better for us, our health, and patient care.

Fantastic to be with fellow SA @ranzcp branch member @andreabaas to hear a brilliant keynote interview with Dr Ben Bravery at the SASMOA #SocksforDocs breakfast in Adelaide this morning.

Change is afoot! Great morning in Adelaide at the Doctors' Health SA #crazysocks4docs breakfast. Mark Butler MP Geoff Toogood Grainne Murray Paul Kitching Dymocks Adelaide Hachette Australia Books

I've got so much time for @clinexcelqld and their mission! Only snapped one pic from the Showcase yesterday. Thanks for the invitation to talk and attend the other talks, inspiring stuff. Michael Tresillian

In Production: Patient Power. Healthcare Rights & Positive Change. Hosted by Health Consumers NSW Supported by ACSQHC with patients, family members & clinicians discussing the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. Thanks Dr Ben Bravery Sandra Turner for your advocacy & insights…