Written stories

I was impressed by the courage and commitment shown by our children's critical care nurses, particularly during the second wave.....

One of our Porters had been in ITU with Covid and as a department we were extremely worried about our colleague.

I am an overseas nurse who just arrived in the UK to work for our Trust last December. I was able to witness and experience Covid in and out of the hospital.....

Prior to the pandemic, colleagues and management here in Cancer Services at Worthing Hospital were very understanding of my duty to help my grandmother......

This is my COVID-19 story.

As a non-clinical employee it was a real honour to witness first-hand the dedication of our medical staff.

Working in Critical Care during the pandemic has been incredibly challenging, but it has highlighted how amazing and adaptable our team is, from our doctors and nurses to our physiotherapists, housekeepers and all multidisciplinary team members in between.

Year 2020, a very memorable year to all of us. Many suffered loss of loved ones from the pandemic; too many people died all over the world. But I have some memories, I want to share . . .

A Journey of Treatment through Covid 19

So many deaths. So many, many deaths.....

In these unprecedented times with people struggling to try and cope with Covid there are stories of hope and adapting...

Pride - that word sums up my story and reflections...

We are a group of Cardiac Specialist Nurses based on or around ACU, many of us have not worked in ward areas for more than 20 years...

Our hospital was the first hospital to have a patient with Covid-19 in early February 2020, at that point I was not bothered and got caught up in the excitement that I may walk past a camera and be on the BBC news in the background...

I stand at the bedside, holding up an iPad so that my dying patient’s family can say goodbye to their mother, their grandmother, their auntie...

My team were responsible for receiving and distributing PPE throughout the trust.

I started in my new role as a Macmillan Associate CNS in January 2020 but the first wave of Covid-19 hit us, and I was redeployed to Critical Care in March 2020.

After a whole year of lockdown, it's a good time to reflect. I started working at Worthing Hospital at the beginning of March 2020. Covid hadn't impacted us at that stage...

In early 2020 with the Covid virus starting to spread throughout the population there was much concern and anxiousness within the department...

My alarm goes off at 6:00am but I have already been up for hours worrying about the day ahead. I get up, shower, eat breakfast, and put on my game face for the day...

At first the adrenaline was high as we all poured into the unknown. Each day the rules, PPE, symptoms and fatalities changed and increased.

A series of diary entries spanning March till July 2020, including a personal account of contracting Covid.

When lockdown started all the coordinators were told to work from home, I was asked but I felt my time as the assistant was much better needed in the offices and looking after the day to day stuff. 

With partners unable to join antenatal scans a sonographer reassures a nervous mum to be as she learns she's expecting twins.