It was week two of facing one of my greatest obstacles, a task so seamless to others, as simple as blinking or...
The Covid Diaries
Returning to work: managing that sinking feeling.
It isn't called a sinking feeling for nothing. It feels like you're in a lift, plummeting down the outside of a...
Recalibrating: How am I?
People keep asking me how I am coping with lockdown. Given that it is also January, the coldest and often most...
Re-evaluating the power of touch
The conversation was not one I was unfamiliar with. Discussing a serious diagnosis, a worrying test result, or a life limiting prognosis is something I have been doing on probably a weekly basis for years. This conversation was no different; the recipe that guides me...
Recognising the impact for all
What can we do? The moral dilemma of Covid 19. An old university friend used to say, “for every action, there is a reaction.” Physicists know this. Philosophers know this. The laws of the natural world and the laws of logic would appear to have more in common than we...
Recalculating the cost of lockdown
My job is not any easier. There was talk that when the lockdown ended A&E would not go back to how it used to be. We had hoped it would be less manic, with an increase in staffing levels, enabling us to provide better and more timely care. The preceding...
The Covid Diaries 12:
Lockdown may be, to all intents and purposes, more or less lifted, even if the pandemic is not yet over. Whatever we think of this, it does offer us a moment to pause, take stock and reflect on the last three months, and to plan for the eventuality that we are placed...
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Saturday 13th June 2020 : Reality Check This week I’d quite like to get off the rollercoaster we’ve all been travelling over the last 16 weeks. I’ve had enough. I feel like my positivity has run out, the flame of hope extinguished, my ability to keep going faded away....
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Saturday 6th June 2020 Why is there so much debate and discontent about the ways in which we are dealing with the current pandemic? Every newspaper, social media site, every conversation, dinner table or virtual, leads back to the same thing. Whether motivated by...
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Saturday 30th May 2020 Today's Covid diary is a short film exploring the impact of lockdown on a range of young people. https://youtu.be/adshHGGuTQc
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Saturday 23rd May 2020 I’ve lost count of the number of days and weeks Covid-19 has been forefront in my mind. There have been certain periods, to be honest, when virtually every waking moment, and more beside, has been occupied by thoughts and activities surrounding...
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Saturday 16th May 2020 The NHS has become the UK’s new religion. Regular weekly excursions are made beyond the front door to give thanks and offer a prayer of protection on a Thursday evening. Symbols are placed in windows, young children taught about...