THREE intensive care doctors from the Countess of Chester Hospital have teamed up with other NHS colleagues to enter the chart battle for this year s Christmas number one. Consultant intensivists Dr Kate Tizard, Dr Lyndsay Cheater and Dr Beccy Gale joined forces with other doctors, nurses, therapists and pharmacists from intensive care units across the UK to record a specially adapted version of The Police’s 1980s hit ‘Every breath you take’. Proceeds from the ICU Liberty Singers’ Christmas single, which features more than 100 NHS workers in a virtual choir, will go towards a fund administered by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine to support the mental health and wellbeing of ICU staff across the UK.
THREE intensive care doctors from the Countess of Chester Hospital have teamed up with other NHS colleagues to enter the chart battle for this year s Christmas number one. Consultant intensivists Dr Kate Tizard, Dr Lyndsay Cheater and Dr Beccy Gale joined forces with other doctors, nurses, therapists and pharmacists from intensive care units across the UK to record a specially adapted version of The Police’s 1980s hit ‘Every breath you take’. Proceeds from the ICU Liberty Singers’ Christmas single, which features more than 100 NHS workers in a virtual choir, will go towards a fund administered by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine to support the mental health and wellbeing of ICU staff across the UK.
Nottinghamshire NHS workers vying for this year s Christmas Number One
All proceeds go towards a mental health charity
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Members of the choir rehearsing online (Image: Nottingham University Hospitals)
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Video report by ITV News Reporter Sally Biddulph
A choir of NHS intensive care frontline heroes are hoping to clinch the coveted Christmas number one spot with their rendition of The Police s Every Breath You Take.
The 115-strong Liberty Singers - made up of ICU staff from across the country - version contains new moving lyrics on the contribution of frontline workers, adding the line We Watch Over You .
They also aim to raise funds for the wellbeing and mental health of ICU staff nationally - as well as provide a morale boost to those taking part.
The idea all started when Kari Olsen Porthouse, a veteran choir director who runs several community-based singing ensembles, decided she wanted to do something for the NHS this Christmas.