Five weeks ago, our beautiful daughter, Cecelia, was born at Herlev Hospital, outside Copenhagen. Her arrival has been long awaited and we are delighted that our Danish adventure has also brought a new life into the world. She is six years younger than her brother, Charlie. He has been wonderful – despite wanting a brother! It’s lovely… Continue Reading
Copenhagen: The Pregnant Mermaid
If all goes to plan, two weeks today I will be having a baby here in Denmark. It’s our second child and, to put it mildly, has been a long time coming. Over the past eight months, I have kept up my swimming – averaging between one and two kilometres a week. As the… Continue Reading
Why Denmark’s health service needs treatment
At the beginning of the year, Greater Copenhagen brought in a new health rule. It decided that patients needing emergency care shouldn’t just turn up at hospital. Instead they should call a helpline number – 1813 – where trained staff would access the problem over the phone and decide whether or not the patient needed… Continue Reading
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