Patient stories

Life around
the prescription.

Personal accounts can show what treatment, recognition and continuing care mean in everyday life.

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Pete’s account

The need behind
the rules.

Pete’s existing medication account provides a starting point: prescribed medicines, recurring symptoms and the practical place of cannabis in his own experience.

Read Pete’s medication account

What would you
like people to understand?

A story can focus on one moment or one part of life.

Finding treatment

Access, appointments, affordability and being listened to.

Living everyday life

Work, family, travel and encounters with people who need to understand your medicine.

Keeping care going

Changing needs, interrupted supply and support between services.

Share your experience

Your account.
Your choice about sharing it.

Start by contacting Justice by Design to say you would like to discuss a patient story. An initial message is enough; we can discuss what you want to share.

  1. Talk about the experience. Agree the focus and the details you want included.
  2. Choose how you are identified. Discuss using your name, first name or an anonymous account.
  3. Review the final version. You see and approve the text, attribution and any photographs before publication.

Nothing is published automatically. You can decide not to proceed before publication.

Contact us about a patient story