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I want to add perspective to the #ClapForTheNHS. My family are on the NHS frontline, and friends have picked up Covid-19 working on the wards. The staff enjoy the claps like we all would, but let's be honest. They don't want claps, they NEED PPE. They need testing. They...

need greater £ in staff so they aren't working 14-hr shifts. They need urgent equipment. They need austerity to end, not because of a virus, but because they've always been important, before, during it and will continue to be after it. Claps don't put food on the table. Claps...

did not save Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury's life, nor the other dozens of staff members, but PPE could have. If you voted for austerity and you #ClapForOurCarers then I hope it's a form of repentance, not some cynical hypocrisy. They don't need claps, they need to be prioritised...

Before you screw at me, like I said, I have family members and close friends on the NHS frontline, so trust me, I know the sacrifices they're making. I also know some good family friends who've picked up Covid-19 in the Hospital, so know the danger therein. I love the NHS...

As a proud supporter of it since forever, it means more to me than anything else British. I volunteer as part of a team which pays for and delivers FREE hot meals every week to different wards and departments, from the A/E, to Covid wards to care homes, so there. I care, do you?