What is more important? Quality of life or length of life? A question that our guest, Deborah Duval, faces on a daily basis. Deborah is Managing Editor at Kidney Care UK and lead for www.kidneykitchen.org - a place where eating is de-medicalised and where celebrity chefs cook kidney-patient friendly meals. She shares with us her experiences of being a recipient of multiple transplants and how she balances a busy lifestyle with a gruelling and complex treatment regimen. Can you imagine what it is like ‘never to have felt normal’?

How can we save the NHS? We continue with our new feature based on a recent Sunday Times Article “The NHS is flatlining - here’s how to save it right now” by Health Editor Shaun Lintern. In it he proposes 10 ideas that he thinks might ‘save the NHS’ and so we ask our guests what they think. What will Deborah’s idea be for the Aural Apothecary 2023 NHS Tonic?!

As with all of our guests, Deborah shares with us a Memorable Medicine, a life career anthem and book that has influenced her career. This week's choice is on fire…

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You can find out more about Deborah’s work, the Kidney Kitchen and the Kidney Matters magazine at https://www.kidneycareuk.org/about-kidney-health/kidney-matters/.