Medical Tales

Humour and Compassion make wonderful medicine - by Peter Sykes, Medical Novelist, Blogger and Speaker

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These two books are collections of short stories all with a medical theme. Some stories will make you laugh, a few may make you cry and others have a twist in the tail. They feature patients, doctors, and nurses, blood, sweat and toil, life and death, heartache and joy. They lift the lid on the good, bad and ugly that I experienced working for 40 years at the sharp end of medical practice. Humour is prominent throughout.

For details of my 5 novel visit My Books

All authorroyalties are shared between the East Cheshire Hospice in Macclesfield and St Ann's Hospice in Stockport.

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Blog 105 I may not be here in 6 months time

March 25, 2026

Peggy was the life and soul of the Old Folks Home; energetic, perpetually cheerful and full of interesting ideas for entertainment and activities for her fellow companions. However, her main difficulty was overcoming their inertia; they seemed content to sit in their armchairs watching daytime repeats of their favourite old television programmes. Particularly lethargic was […] Read more

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