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Cyclist Geraint Thomas raises more than £300,000 for the NHS by replicating nurses’ 12 hour shifts on his bike Tour de France winner rode for three consecutive 12-hour ‘shifts’ in his garage Final day diet included rice, chicken, Welsh cakes, coffee and a bacon sandwich He described the last two hours as ‘the hardest I have … Read more
Two qualified English nurses are doing farm work during the coronavirus epidemic because they can’t find jobs in Australia after non-essential elective surgery was cancelled due to coronavirus Jade O’Berg, 23, and Victoria Monk, 24, are qualified English paediatric nurses The pair have been unable to find a shift as nurses due to coronavirus outbreak … Read more
Two qualified English nurses are forced to do farm work during the coronavirus epidemic because they can’t find jobs in Australia Jade O’Berg, 23, and Victoria Monk, 24, are qualified English pediatric nurses The pair have been unable to find a shift as a nurse due to coronavirus outbreak They say they’ve been looking for … Read more
An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
‘You can see the pain in their eyes’: Teenage NHS worker, 19, reveals the grim reality of 13-hour shifts on a coronavirus ward Healthcare assistant Lucy Hutchings works 13-hour shifts on a coronavirus ward Miss Hutchings says people ignoring the lockdown are ‘irresponsible’ Her hospital warned there may be an increase in younger people getting … Read more
An NHS doctor has shared a selfie showing her face covered in red and purple marks after working a gruelling shift treating coronavirus patients in a London hospital, prompting other healthcare workers to do the same in a bid to encourage the public to self-isolate. The stark picture, shared by anaesthetic registrar Natalie Silvey, from … Read more
Police forces across the UK will make officers work 12-hour shifts and put plain clothes police back in uniform to answer 999 calls under plans to cover sick staff in plans being drawn up to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Historical crimes – like the 2007 disappearance of Maddie McCann – will also be put on … Read more