Nursing in Practice May/June 2020 (issue 114) | Page 34

18 COMMENT
We need to gen
the executive t
In the dramatic
lockdown lives we
lead under Covid-19,
Marilyn Eveleigh
writes about her own
experience and
mixed emotions
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As a country we have
pandemic. United by
NHS and save lives. G
have worked togethe
that has conformed to protect th
that some high-profi le leaders ca
or have their hair cut, when other
social distancing, lockdown in cr
As a society our values have b
a new defi nition. The lowest paid
and homecare workers – are now
bankers and celebrities taking a
changed when set against vulne
may support fairer remuneration
Our national treasure, the NHS
has. It has attracted instantaneou
have been miraculously written o
nursing. But why did it take this c
The UK has had a national nursin
and now that the desperate shor
removing entry hurdles, upgradin
fast-tracking experienced returne
numbering 40,000 has suddenly
The online NHS Professionals
cumbersome. There have been n
clinicians offering their services, w
bureaucracy. It happened to me.
Midwifery Council register, have a
well as infection control, respirato
and willing to work any shift – so
I did not even get an acknowledg
I was told it had been ‘overlooke
clear me, despite there being a c
It felt alienating, bureaucratically c
me, my family and friends as the
Unfortunately, the use of persona
created distrust and anger amon
Across the board, there is not
adequately. The clumsy suggesti
being used appropriately was a k
and care staff doing their best in
frustrated; we need evidence-bas
supplies, not blame. Our nursing
and the profession to account. B
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