Poem ‘When we win’ – submitted by Nikhil, Consultant Paediatrician
Read moreThree words to describe how staff are feeling…
4th February 2022Art representing a cross-section from all the available staff in my areas, who were asked to provide us with three words describing how they felt working throughout Covid
Read moreRainbow eye tapestry
4th February 2022At the start of the pandemic in 2020, a project called Shared Hearts was set up by our Critical Care team to support loved ones of patients who had sadly died of Covid. I created this tapestry by hand stitching over 125,000 individual pieces of yarn over a 4 month period.
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Matron’s hampers for wards
4th February 2022Submitted by Sue Matron As matrons, this last christmas, offering a day of providing food, drinks and gifts for our staff was an impossibility. Instead we reached out to local supermarkets who assisted us in filling large food hampers for the staff which on Christmas week we delivered to all our medical ward areas.
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For us in ultrasound, we never stopped…
4th February 2022Reflection of the last year from Ultrasound
Read moreReflections of a Car Parking Attendant
4th February 2022My Covid-19 story begins in March 2020. It took me, just like everyone else, completely by surprise. I never thought we would have to go through such unpleasant times. It has influenced me greatly and had an impact on how I view the world….
Read moreIf I can survive being a surgical matron in a pandemic, I can do anything…
3rd February 2022As the Southlands Matron I was responsible for the Day surgery team and the Ophthalmic team here at Southlands, both teams had very different experiences of the pandemic…
Read moreNo hierarchy, just the sense of wanting to help in any way we could…
27th January 2022During the first wave it was a shock to the system, lots of “quick to react” working as none of us had any idea of the impact Covid was going to have on all staff working across the organisation….
Read moreReflections of an Accommodation Officer
25th January 2022The first lock down I remember it being so peaceful and quiet and no cars on the road, I could hear the birds singing again. But at work we were not singing.
Read moreReal strength in working together as a team…
25th January 2022I would like to share the story of how the Western front line staff came together to offer practical advice, reflection, clinical discussion and mutual support from the very start of the Covid pandemic.
Read moreRedeployed to help in various roles…
25th January 2022Tina, Private and Overseas Manager shares her story of being redeployed.
Read moreFear, anxiety and survivor’s guilt
24th January 2022Where to start, that’s the first thing I find myself asking. This year has been like no other, at home and my career to date….
Read moreSupporting our colleagues with IT
24th January 2022During COVID the IT teams across all sites supplied over 1200 Laptops, PC’s, Phones and nearly 1000 headphones and accessories.
Read moreIf you only had one hour left with your loved one, what would you say…
24th January 2022For three weeks I have been working on Ford, which is a ward of covid positive patients who are deemed not suitable for escalation beyond steroids and oxygen support….
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