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Sammy Matthews

Sammy Matthews

Registered Nursing Associate at Phoenix Health Group, Gloucestershire; FdSc Nursing Associate (2026) with distinction; healthcare professional and podcast guest.

Jul 17, 2026

MartinHOST
17:33
So what's that experience kind of been like?
17:36
The world of primary care compared to working in a care home environment is different.
17:43
almost when you first joined for me felt like a completely different universe one of the things that i love about it is that it instigates so many why questions so for someone who can find curiosity out of anything.
18:01
It's brilliant.
18:02
And I think when you join health and social care, one of the fundamental things I assume most people start to learn is phlebotomy.
18:13
That is just like opening a can of worms of five million things that you could learn about.
18:21
And that's why I say every day is a school day, because it just takes You to have one appointment with a patient who, when you're gaining consent before taking their blood and you're going through the rationale for their blood test, making sure they know why they're invited in for a blood test and what test is being done.

6 MINS LATER

MartinHOST
24:45
So what was your story around that moment, that light bulb moment of, oh, okay, maybe I do need to look into this a bit more.

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