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Last night was very hard for front line workers
When Leo made that first speech in March, we felt a unity of purpose, a sense of team,that made it easier to step into the unknown
The mess that was yesterday & last night has shown us
That we & our patients are alone this time
When Leo made that first speech in March, we felt a unity of purpose, a sense of team,that made it easier to step into the unknown
The mess that was yesterday & last night has shown us
That we & our patients are alone this time
(2) we look to Winter with the memory that the last one was worst on record
We see the people leading us squabble & undermine in public
Each episode of which undermines the social cohesion needed
To flatten the curve again
We are worried for our patients & our teams
We see the people leading us squabble & undermine in public
Each episode of which undermines the social cohesion needed
To flatten the curve again
We are worried for our patients & our teams
(3) we know that the expansion in capacity has not been quick enough
We worry for patients with cancer who need an ICU bed this Winter
For patients with sepsis
For patients with AAAs who need urgent elective repair before it ruptures
For elderly people on trollies
We worry for patients with cancer who need an ICU bed this Winter
For patients with sepsis
For patients with AAAs who need urgent elective repair before it ruptures
For elderly people on trollies
(4) the list goes on
If like me, you felt both sickened & let down by yesterday
Remember it was never them
The leadership was every one of us
Who stayed home
Who washed our hands, kept our distance & wore a mask
We did it in March
We can do it again now
If like me, you felt both sickened & let down by yesterday
Remember it was never them
The leadership was every one of us
Who stayed home
Who washed our hands, kept our distance & wore a mask
We did it in March
We can do it again now
(5) but we should remember when we vote
That we want people who will be accountable for their decisions
Who will learn & adapt
Two decades of a lack of investment in public health & public hospitals have come home to roost
A decade of ignoring a report that said it was
That we want people who will be accountable for their decisions
Who will learn & adapt
Two decades of a lack of investment in public health & public hospitals have come home to roost
A decade of ignoring a report that said it was
(6) essential to double ICU capacity by 2020
That’s not on NPHET
That’s political inaction & implementation deficit disorder
Patients deserve better & so do healthcare workers
That’s not on NPHET
That’s political inaction & implementation deficit disorder
Patients deserve better & so do healthcare workers
(7) position of NPHET is so tough
Blamed & scapegoated when the advice is unpalatable
I know some of the people on it: very decent committed public servants
NPHET advise, government decide & government must be accountable for same
Blamed & scapegoated when the advice is unpalatable
I know some of the people on it: very decent committed public servants
NPHET advise, government decide & government must be accountable for same
(8) we can do this together
Public squabbling by senior decision makers must stop
Transparency on decision making key
Public squabbling by senior decision makers must stop
Transparency on decision making key
(9) people that are nervous of what this means in health this Winter
Healthcare workers will do our level best for you & with you
Political leaders need to do better, less deflection & mud slinging, more accountability & leadership
We can do this together
Healthcare workers will do our level best for you & with you
Political leaders need to do better, less deflection & mud slinging, more accountability & leadership
We can do this together
