Podcasts

Interview with Suzy Croft

 

1. What is a typical day like for a hospice social worker?

In this part of the interview Suzy describes what a typical day is like for a hospice social worker.

2. As a  social worker what is your experience of social pain ?

In this part of the interview Suzy Croft a hospice social worker responds to my question 'What are your experiences of social pain as a social worker?'

3. What are some of the ways in which you have come across social pain for migrants at the end of life?

Here Suzy Croft tells some stories about how she has come across social pain at the end of life for migrants & also why we have to be careful about making assumptions of how social pain can manifest in physical pain/symptoms.

In this interview with palliative care social worker Suzy Croft, Suzy describes her daily work and the ways in which social pain can affect the lives of dying people

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Suzy Croft is a senior social worker at St. John's Palliative Care Centre and is a  Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University.

She is a trustee of two leading UK palliative care organisations and is a member of the editorial collective of Critical Social Policy.

With Peter Beresford and Lesley Adshead, Suzy co-authored Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible.

On the November 2nd Macmillan Cancer Support highlighted how delays in benefits were affecting people with terminal illnesses. The first part of Suzy's interview includes stories about the impact of welfare benefits on the lives of people supported by the hospice.