Living Between Appointments

March 7, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

When Healthcare Exists in Gaps Illness isn’t just lived in appointments. It’s lived in the spaces between them. The six weeks.The three months.The “we’ll review in a year.” It’s lived in waiting rooms, and then in the long stretch after you leave them. The Appointment Isn’t the Whole Story Appointments can feel structured. There is […]

Being ‘Not Ill Enough’

March 5, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

When You’re Too Unwell to Function, But Too Well to Qualify There’s a space people with chronic illness know well. You are unwell. But not unwell enough. Not unwell enough for emergency care.Not unwell enough for urgent referrals.Not unwell enough to meet certain thresholds.Not unwell enough to be prioritised. But still too unwell to live […]

Body and Mind: When Mental and Physical Health Collide

May 1, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

At the Mark Hewitson Foundation, we see it all the time — someone comes to us for support after a traumatic event or diagnosis, but the truth is, they’ve often been holding it together long before things fell apart. We know that mental and physical health don’t live in separate boxes. They are tangled, messy, […]