I’ve seen a complete deterioration in care of the caring profession in terms of how well they are looked after by the administration - no place for staff to go and have something to eat. When I trained and you were on night duty you could go and have the same half hour off the ward as you would during the day. And a proper meal cooked in the middle of the night, now often they don’t have the opportunity. If you’re not looking after the staff, how are they going to be giving of themselves?
Staff rooms in the early days, doctors taking tea with Sister, and Sister had a big room and literally everyone could sit round and have tea. And where would you get that now? The staff are in cupboards, and they complain then about lack of communication between disciplines; doctors and nurses, or nurses and physios – but you have no means, no theatre.
Alison Creed. Retired
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