By Press Association 2021
A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St Georgeâs Hospital in Tooting, south-west London
Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees.
Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, said the usually good staff morale had been chipped away during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mrs Cooper, 44, told the PA news agency: “There is very little joy in our work at the moment.
By Press Association 2021
A nurse works on a computer in the Intensive Care Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London
Much has been made of the role of NHS workers risking their lives in the battle against coronavirus during the pandemic.
But how much do we actually know about the day-to-day struggles faced by hospital staff battling exhaustion, low morale and increasing patient numbers as the mutated strain of Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm the NHS this winter?
The PA news agency has been allowed a glimpse behind the curtain at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, and captured the ongoing war against the virus in pictures.
By Press Association 2021
A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St Georgeâs Hospital in Tooting, south-west London
Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees.
Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, said the usually good staff morale had been chipped away during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mrs Cooper, 44, told the PA news agency: “There is very little joy in our work at the moment.
By Press Association 2021
A staff nurse puts on PPE in the corridor of the Acute Dependency Unit at St Georgeâs Hospital in Tooting, south-west London
Hospital staff on the coronavirus frontline have described how there is “very little joy” in the job during the second wave, with some in intensive care units resigning and managers concerned over the long-term mental health impact on employees.
Tori Cooper, head of nursing in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, said the usually good staff morale had been chipped away during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mrs Cooper, 44, told the PA news agency: “There is very little joy in our work at the moment.