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“I’m consistently denied basic amenities and facilities because they are reserved for doctors. We have been told we cannot use toilets, kitchens or even water machines, because they are “reserved” for senior staff. I have personally been screamed at because I used the kitchen area to grab a coffee so that I could stay awake […]
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I have worked for many years as a nursing assistant in the same ward, but we are now constantly used as bank staff to work elsewhere. Getting moved to unfamiliar ward causes mistakes as it is not your speciality working with covid, only to then be returned back to your own ward. Morale is very […]
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I work in a busy A&E department. I feel the patients are becoming more demanding, e.g: asking to be fed whilst waiting to see a doctor in the waiting area. I get that YES, food is a basic human right, but why is that my job as the triage nurse? I have a queue of […]
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I worked for an organisation for years and have just left for a new post. We have lost over half our staff as a result of no communication and support from management, bullying behaviours and unrealistic expectations regarding the amount of work which cant physically be fitted into our contracted hours. The workload has increased […]
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Because of the lack of staff, we are told by senior doctors that right now the aim of the game is to just “keep things moving”. The problem with this is that the quality of patient care is dropping, and we even have to turn a blind eye to things that are going on. Last […]
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When the pandemic hit, I was a manager in a large care home, working with older adults. Most of our service users had dementia, and couldn’t understand what was happening, or why their families weren’t coming to see them. At the start of the pandemic, we were asked by the health board to make anticipatory […]
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This week I started my career as a junior doctor and whilst I have no doubt I was meant to do this job, I’m worried about my future and can honestly see myself leaving soon. The hospital where I work is on it’s knees. It’s like i’ve walked into a burning building and you can […]
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There have been two suicides in the last two years at the trust I work in and you would think one would be enough to shock the governemnt into action, but nothing seems to change. There is no support structure for NHS staff at all for what they deal with day to day. I saw […]
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During the entire pandemic from start to finish, the various stages, peaks and outbreaks, myself and a select group of nurses worked tirelessly on our newfangled covid ward with a ‘covid respiratory support unit’ within it. We were all nurses in acute medicine, some of us (including myself) were critical nurses from our medical high […]
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I have worked in the NHS for most of my adult life. During this time, I have seen cases get more complex, referral numbers rise and resources shrink. Multiple government policies have been devastating for our patients, and it shows in their mental health. I have read other stories on this forum and have been […]