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Covid: Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS
By Catrin Nye
image captionWalid Jarad worked as a nurse in intensive care for six years before coming to the UK
Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS as part of a pioneering scheme in Liverpool. Those involved explain why the pandemic means it s vital the UK uses their medical experience.
Until last month, Walid Jarad had lived in just two t-shirts and two pairs of jeans for a whole year, washing them on rotation. He d lived in three hotels and a shared house in London, moving every couple of months.
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In the age of coronavirus, inspirational speakers are still trying to get their ideas across; it’s just that they’re doing it online, not in person. They continue to give talks about their work, their passions and the state of the world. Catrin Nye is back with a new series, bringing us some of the best talks with a Welsh connection, and interviewing the speakers in-depth about their big idea. It’s food for the mind and inspiration for the soul.
This week: Catrin talks to three speakers with very different takes on the theme Dealing With Our Past. Giles Duley – a photographer who lost both legs and an arm in an explosion in Afghanistan – tells us how the experience affected him in a surprising way; campaigner against Female Genital Mutilation, Nimco Ali describes the psychological impact of what happened to her as a child; and historian William Dalrymple takes us on a shocking journey through Britain’s colonial past in India, starting at Powis