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"They need to respect us [unpaid carers] as professionals. Respect and value us."
"My dad was living with us during his final four years, and we ended up caring for him. At that point, we were in the position of caring both for our son and for my father. It was… I'll use the word ‘interesting’, dealing with both of those at the at the same time."
"My background is occupational therapy. And I've worked in statutory services in health and social care. But sadly, around 10 years ago, I came to the point where I just couldn't continue because I did not feel that I could do a good job. I couldn't deliver any meaningful rehab...read more
"I'm a care manager. I don't get paid. And it's not about being paid because my boy gets the life that he does as a result of me being his manager. But there's no recognition, there's no appreciation... If I was in a paid position, you know, I would have...read more
"For me, the most important thing with regards to the welfare of the health and social care workers is zero tolerance to violence and aggression. Because there's not a single day without being racially abused or physically abused. And nothing ever gets done about it. You report an incident to...read more
"Sometimes I will read in a magazine by a medical journalist, how carers must think of [their] own health and have a break. What a joke."
"During the pandemic, it has become apparent that there is no support for us as parents... I personally haven't reached out for help simply because I don't have the time to. You're just too wrapped up with what [you're] dealing with on a daily basis. "
"I think the best thing about the NHS is when things work together and things flow. And I think the best thing that's come about from Covid is that people haven't thought about their own little structures. They've thought about what needed to be done to get on and resolve issues. "
"The Covid pandemic, for some areas of the NHS – like my department – has actually made work life better. Because you actually have more time allocated for patients. Because you've got additional time for your decontamination between patients and things like that. And just have a second in between...read more
"I think that it would be nice if everybody was treated as a human being. Sometimes I think by the very nature of the things that we do, we can become a little too robotic. And I think if we were all treated as human beings, that includes the staff...read more
"[If] a family suddenly had to step in, which caused problems with their work, there just wasn't any help available whatsoever. Very sad, but that's the way it was. And I would phone 20 to 40 homes, trying to get help."
"I'm a student nurse, so I'm between various boards at the moment. But they're always understaffed. There's not been a ward I've been on that's not been understaffed at times. And it does impact patient care. If you don't have enough staff, you don't have enough people to go around...read more