Erm……….. well actually you.  Have you ever thought about being a patient blogger?

Sorry let me explain.  I’ve been involved in blogs and social media for about six years.  In fact I was introduced to the concept of blogging by a cheerful idiosyncratic Irishman.  He was (and is) a great proponent of the idea that blogging offers us all an opportunity to become what he called “citizen journalists”.  All of us could be a press baron from the comfort our own homes!

At that time there were a huge number of patient and healthcare blogs active on the web.  While there are still plenty around the amount of activity seems to have decreased.  Which in my view is a shame because they can really give a voice to the needs of the patient community.

Indeed one of the reasons I run this blog is that I am the father of an autistic child and use this blog to raise autism awareness.  Between you and me I was a bit disappointed by the lack of response to a recent post on autism blogging which requested links to autism blogs.  As you can see pretty much nothing came in.  You can see the evidence here https://patienttalk.org/?p=933.

So, I hear you cry, what on earth is the point on another moaning post on the state of the blogosphere.

Easy.  I’d like to see more patient blogs.  So I’ve decided to do something about it.

I’m asking my readers if they want to submit a guest blog to the site.  We’ve run this sort of thing before.  You can read one on National Arthritis week from Catherine Manning here https://patienttalk.org/?p=1015.

What sort of topics are we interested in?

Well pretty much anything that looks at the world from a patient/healthcare point of view.  If you have a blog we would be delighted to publicise it.  Or you can just tell your medical story.  An opinion piece about a medical condition would be great.  Maybe you have found yoga helps your RA and want to share with others.  As we say the options are pretty much endless.

So please consider this an invitation to provide a guest post for this blog.  If you are interested in more information why not drop us an email at patienttalkblog@gmail.com.  We can chat a bit more about your interests and ideas.

Many thanks in advance.