Poems and Stories

We currently have 141 poems and stories.

The idea behind our poems and stories is to help children (and adults) understand medical conditions. We have invited people to use their creative writing skills to get health messages across clearly in attractive and exciting ways that sufferers, parents or friends will enjoy reading.

If you are interested in writing something for publication on Patient UK click here for more information.

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Top 35 most requested

1. Mrs Baxter's Blocked Ears
2. Getting Your Ears Syringed
3. You're Feeling Sad? ... You're Not Alone
4. Mollie and Michael - Mole Detectives
5. Pleurisy - What a Pain!
6. Starting your Periods
7. Ditch Your Itchy Bottom
8. A Pain in the Heart
9. A Memorable Day
10. Keep Taking the Pills
11. No Ifs, No Buts, No Maybes - It's Scabies
12. Beating Shingles
13. When the Chips Are Down
14. Mumps Can Be a Pain in the Neck
15. Treating Anal Fissures
16. Vertigo - a Distressing Wait
17. Breaking a Bone
18. Having an Angiogram
19. Be Safe in the Sun
20. Dull Days
21. Now Wash Your Hands!
22. Walking Back to Happiness
23. Having a Blood Test
24. Gerald's Gout
25. Princess Charlene's Vitiligo
26. Born to Binge
27. Nice and Naughty
28. Giving Up Smoking
29. Wandering Hand Disease
30. Quit Before It's Too Late
31. Where Did My Energy Go?
32. Meet the Asthma Nurse
33. Ben has Guillain-Barre Syndrome
34. Abnormal
35. Just Stop