TFB 057: How a health campaigner put her heart into the news
Today's guest is a young woman on a mission. Hannah Phillips knows more about UK healthcare than most - because as a child and a young adult she underwent major heart surgery. During her years in and out of hospital, Hannah saw that more needed to be done to make appropriate information available for young people. It was hard enough going through such serious procedures but being given information designed for aging adults made it even tougher. As soon as Hannah was well enough she became a health campaigner and is determined to make things better for other young people who find themselves needing serious medical care. On today's show, Hannah tells me how her new campaign, Wired Up, is educating young people about having pacemaker procedures. She also explains how she is using PR to get her message to a nationwide audience and the success she's recently had landing major national TV coverage. I first met Hannah two years ago when she did the Class:PR Famous course - and boy has she put those learnings into practice! Over to Hannah, the queen of the PR pitch! ...