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"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
"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
"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."
"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."
"[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."
"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
"People are going into nurse training. [Now], if you take out the people who don't complete their training, you get the people who don't pass their exams. And then people who come out of their training process exams and decide not to stay in the NHS, you're probably talking 50...read more
"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 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. "
