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NHS staff are suffering from ‘moral injury’, a distress usually associated with war zones Mariam Alexander © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian I remember the exact moment when the enormity of the Covid-19 crisis dawned on me. In the days before the pandemic was even called a pandemic, I was sitting in a hastily organised meeting of senior hospital colleagues. We were thrashing out how we might respond if the terrifying scenes emerging from northern Italy were to be replicated in our hospital. A critical care consultant stood up and said: ...
Letters NHS bosses must show they care for their staff to avert an even worse recruitment crisis, warns Christine Hancock. A decent pay rise would help, argues Elaine Yeo. Plus letters from Karen Jacob and Celia Burney NHS staff stage a pay protest at the gates of Downing Street. Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock NHS staff stage a pay protest at the gates of Downing Street. Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock Sun 7 Mar 2021 13.09 EST Last modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 13.33 EST Those of us who have been concerned for some time about the way the mental health and wellbeing of NH...
There’s a risk that individuals blame themselves, when it’s the system that has left all of us exposed, says liaison psychiatrist Mariam Alexander