Kate Granger

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Dr Granger is the terminally ill patient who thinks that medical staff (of whatever level) should tell a patient who they are rather than just approach and or plunge a needle in or wheel him / her away.

Apart from that, I think that, instead of being Mary or John to the patient, they should be Dr Smith or Nurse Jones.

If I'm a patient, I would not like to be Bed 4 (as Dr Granger describes), I would prefer to be Mrs Brown rather than Joanne to them. Using surnames would bring back respect. It always used to be Mr This / Mrs That or Dr This / Nurse That, didn't it? Why don't the hospital staff automatically call you by a title and surname rather than ask you what you want to be called?

Grunt - but respect is earned by BEING respectful and saying 'Hi I'm Jane Smith and I'll be your doctor today' not by walking up to a patient and starting a procedure.

It's easy to earn respect, I respect checkout staff who are polite, I respect people who say 'thank you' when I hold a door open for them etc so I do think that phrase is correct.

I think this is a fantastic campaign, huge respect for Dr Kate Granger. Personally I don't care whether health care professionals introduce themselves by their first name or title and surname. I would have a strong preference for being called by my first name though, to me that's who I am, it's what the people who care about me call me, but I appreciate other people will prefer to be addressed using their surname, so I think it's entirely reasonable that clinicians should ask their patients what their preference is.

It really doesn't matter if you introduce yourself as Florence or Nurse Nightingale.
It matters to the patient that you see them as your equal, another human being who is deserving of the common courtesy of an introduction.
Not difficult and a simple marker of respect.

It is a fantastic campaign. I've recently been in for an erpc, and everyone introduced themselves and asked how I wanted to be addressed. It made a real difference to care.

Dr Kate Granger is hugely inspirational, her work ethic, focus and determination is amazing and humbling.

Absolutely agree with this.

I actually am more than happy to be called by my first name. I'm not married to DP and actually am more offended to be called Mrs Girl15 and it happens a lot. Should be Ms if they don't know or read my notes and call me Miss.

Otherwise Brummie is preferable

When I was in hospital recently, the consultant introduced herself by her first name, came and sat down next to me.

The registrars just stood at edge of bed, looked down at me etc and referred to as Doctor x,y,z