A mother has just given birth to her first child who has Down's Syndrome. When the health visitor comes they talk but fail to connect, the box ticking world of this particular health visitor being entirely detached from the alien world this mother unexpectedly finds herself in. The play examines professional roles, grief and the frustration resulting from the inability to reach shared understanding. This play was commissioned by Northumbria University's School of Health and was later chosen for the November 2007 Strategic Health Authority conference on 'Our NHS, Our Future'.

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