A poem Green, grey, yellow, teal, white and blue, PPE in ever-changing hue, Colours mashed together all as one, Our work to care in never done. Colleagues there when we need a boulder, To help share the burden on our shoulder, Barely recognising each other through the PPE, Always there in patients time of need. Staying strong throughout …
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Our Covid Stories video highlights
11th March 2022Watch our covid stories highlights in this video.
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
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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 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….
Read moreSmiling eyes and full hearts
20th January 2022I have really treasured working as part of the admin team for the Vaccination Hub at St Richards. Because of cancelled meetings and altered priorities, I was able to offer half of my substantive hours to the hub.
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