Visiting a hospital as a patient, or visiting when someone you love is ill, can be a stressful time.
As outsiders, the colour of staff uniforms mean very little to us. Who did I just speak to? A Registrar? A Physio? A Consultant? We experienced this ourselves when Gill was a patient – very confusing…
Recognising this, in conjunction with Dr Lucy Hogg, Consultant at Kircaldy ICU, we developed a large graphic to distinguish a Doctor from a Porter. Simple!
