When you lose someone suddenly to a brain haemorrhage, life can feel like it’s shattered in an instant. The world keeps turning — but yours has stopped. In this deeply personal and emotional episode, we explore what comes next for those left behind.

We sit down with a widow who lost her partner without warning to a brain haemorrhage. Through her story, we hear:

The raw experience of grief in the immediate aftermath

What it feels like to face unanswered questions, unfinished conversations, and a future that looks completely different

The small steps she took to get through the darkest moments — and begin to rebuild her life

How she navigated loneliness, guilt, anger, and the complexity of grieving someone who seemed perfectly healthy

The unexpected sources of strength and support that helped her survive, and eventually, grow

We also speak to a bereavement counsellor or therapist to provide compassionate insight into the grieving process, including:

The difference between traumatic and “typical” grief

How to support someone who has lost a loved one suddenly

The importance of not rushing healing, and allowing space for difficult emotions

When — and how — to seek professional help

This episode is about heartbreak, healing, and hope. It’s for anyone who’s experienced sudden loss, is supporting someone who has, or wants to better understand the long-term emotional impact of brain haemorrhage. You are not alone — and you don’t have to face this on your own.

This episode explores the legal and financial complexities that can follow a brain haemorrhage — from navigating wills and probate after a sudden loss, to seeking specialist legal advice if there are concerns about medical negligence or delayed diagnosis.

Joined by expert solicitors from Hugh James, long-standing podcast sponsors and specialists in medical negligence and estate planning, we demystify:
- What happens legally when someone dies without a will
- How to prepare and update a will proactively
- Common scenarios where negligence may be a factor
- The legal process for families seeking accountability or compensation
- Why early legal support can reduce long-term stress

This compassionate, informative conversation is essential listening for anyone affected by the legal aftermath of sudden neurological events, and for those who want to be better prepared.

How common is a brain haemorrhage? Who does it affect, and what are the outcomes? In this eye-opening episode, we unpack the latest UK and global statistics on brain haemorrhage — and what they reveal about risk, survival, and inequality.

Featuring:

A public health expert or epidemiologist

A representative from a stroke charity or NHS data analyst

A survivor whose experience highlights a lesser-known demographic

Key topics:

Annual incidence of brain haemorrhage in the UK

Survival rates and recovery outcomes

Gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic disparities

Why many cases are preventable — and where we’re falling short

How better awareness and screening could change the numbers

A data-driven deep dive that gives listeners a sense of scale, urgency, and hope.

In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, talks to Rebecca Middleton, founder of HBA (Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support) the UK's first patient-centred organisation to provide information and support for people affected by hereditary brain aneurysms.

Key Takeaways:

• What are Brain Aneursyms?
• Are they hereditary?
• Can they be treated?
• How can you get screened?

Special Thanks:

Thank you to Rebecca for supporting this episode and for all her work supporting the Brain Haemorrhage community.

Resources:

Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust

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Find out more about the work at Manchester University and The Geoffrey Jefferson Research Centre

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In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, talks to Professor Adrian Parry Jones, consultant neurologist and researcher from the University of Manchester, whose research focuses on improving the outcome for patients after intracerebral haemorrhage. We ask him many of your FAQs about brain haemorrhage.

Key Takeaways:

• What causes them brain haemorrhages?
• The different types of brain haemorrhage.
• How do we treat them?
• Are they hereditary?
• Are certain genders or races more prone to brain haemorrhages than others.

Special Thanks:

Thank you to Adrian for supporting this episode.

Resources:

Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust

Find out more about The Research being done at The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre at Manchester University.

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In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, sits down with special guest Andrew Misell; the Director for Wales at the Charity Alcohol Change UK and we will be speaking to him about the effect that alcohol has on our bodies, and our lives.

Key Takeaways:

• What does Alcohol actually do to our bodies?
• Is there a safe level of alcohol to drink?
• What effect does alcohol have on our lives?
• Are you seeing a shift in how people drink alcohol?
• What are some easy wins today you can suggest for people to support their relationship with alcohol?

Special Thanks:

Thank you to Andrew and the whole team at Alcohol Change UK who have supported us with this episode.

Resources:

Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust

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To learn more about Alcohol Change

Find our more about The Natalie Kate Moss Trust Prevention Campaign

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In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, sits down with special guest Suzy Lane, who opens up about her experience of having a brain haemorrhage.

Suzy is immensely courageous and honest in sharing her story with us about the day she experienced her initial ‘thunderclap headache’. She discusses the initial Dr’s call, the ambulance, the confusion about what had actually happened, the panic and the loneliness she felt in hospital and then the surgery that saved her life. She talks about her recovery, the challenges along the way but also the change in outlook she has experienced.

Suzy was so immensely lucky to have survived her brain haemorrhage so well and we are so grateful to be able to be speaking with her about her experience on this episode and thankful to her for helping us raise the profile or brain haemorrhages so that we can reduce the number of potentially preventable brain haemorrhage from happening.

Key Takeaways:

- How she felt whilst having the brain haemorrhage - the signs.
- What happened when she got to hospital - the treatment.
- How she dealt with the recovery.
- How her perspective has changed.

Special Thanks:

We are so lucky to have had Suzy with us on the podcast to discuss her experience and we are so immensely grateful to her for her openness and courage in sharing her story with us.

Resources:

Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust: www.nataliekatemoss.co.uk

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Find out more about the work at Manchester University and The Geoffrey Jefferson Research Centre : https://gjbrainresearch.org/

Find our more about The Natalie Kate Moss Trust Prevention Campaign:
https://www.nataliekatemoss.co.uk/brain-haemorrhage-prevention

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In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, sits down with Dr Katie Murray to discuss the groundbreaking research being done at The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The University of Manchester, to improve the outcome of those who have experienced a Brain Haemorrhage.

Katie Murray is a Research Fellow in the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester. She became interested in neurovascular plasticity during her PhD with Prof Stuart Allan at the University of Manchester and continued to pursue this line of research during her postdoctoral training at Yale University, USA in the lab of Prof Jaime Grutzendler.

In 2017, she was awarded an American Heart Association Fellowship to support her work on cerebrovascular remodelling in the intact mammalian brain. In 2023, thanks to funding by the Natalie Kate Moss Research Trust, Katie returned to the UK to establish her own independent research group. Her work aims to explore the impact of microvascular haemorrhage on the local cellular environment as visualised by advanced in vivo intravital microscopy techniques.

With only 3 out of 5 people surviving at one month after a Brain Haemorrhage, resulting in 3 million deaths every year, this research is critical.

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Key Takeaways:

• What impact has NKMT had on this research in the last 12 years
• How do we overcome the sense of hopelessness that Brain Haemorrhages create
• Katie’s discusses her research at The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre
• Lifesaving treatments that the team have developed that have been rolled out into the NHS

Special Thanks:

A heartfelt thank you to Katie Murray for her work and for sharing updates on this work in today’s episode.

Resources:

• Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust: www.nataliekatemoss.co.uk
• Keep up to date with what the trust are up to on, follow on social media:

Instagram , Facebook , Linkedin

• Find out more about the work at Manchester University and The Geoffrey Jefferson Research Centre
• Find our more about The Natalie Kate Moss Trust Prevention Campaign

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