(Leon Neal/PA, Facebook/Amanda Blaire, Facebook/Old Hall Cafe) THE PANDEMIC has been a trying time for many of us. However, some people have truly stood out during this time, supporting us and cheering us up when things seemed bleak. For some, national heroes such as Sir Captain Tom Moore would have been their lockdown hero. However, for others their hero will be much closer to home. We asked our readers: ‘Who has been your lockdown hero’. This is the people of Cumbria had to say: Barrow The people in and around Barrow had overwhelming love for their family.
(Leon Neal/PA, Facebook/Amanda Blaire, Facebook/Old Hall Cafe) THE PANDEMIC has been a trying time for many of us. However, some people have truly stood out during this time, supporting us and cheering us up when things seemed bleak. For some, national heroes such as Sir Captain Tom Moore would have been their lockdown hero. However, for others their hero will be much closer to home. We asked our readers: ‘Who has been your lockdown hero’. This is the people of Cumbria had to say: Barrow The people in and around Barrow had overwhelming love for their family.
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A former Barrow GP receptionist has retired after 30 years in healthcare across south Cumbria. Julie Eldem, 64, started work as a receptionist at a GPs in Barrow in 1993 and then worked evening and night shifts for 10 years for the Furness Emergency Doctor Service, a co-operative which provided out of hours cover to give GPs and their families some relief. Later she worked for Bay Call, another out-of-hours GP service provider, where she played a major part in the development of its rota system for GPs, despatchers, nurses, drivers and receptionists. She then worked for Cumbria Health On Call (CHOC) in a rota administration role.