Sarah Griffiths talks to Helen Jones about her work as a GP and facilitator in palliative care for Stockport Foundation Trust
Sarah Griffiths decided to become a GP when she was working as a volunteer at her local Citizens Advice Bureau. “I’d finished a degree in biology and was taking a year out, but I realised I liked sitting in a room, not knowing who was going to come in or what they needed help with, so I applied for medicine.”
She adds, “I’m not sure I would have been mature enough to do medicine at 18, but with my volunteering experience I was much more worldly wise and able to chat to patients without being frightened.”
That element of not knowing what will come next is one of the main reasons Griffiths loves her job. “As …