I was gradually drawn to the role I had. Lived experience of distress. Wanting to help those less fortunate. Seeing the bigger picture – neoliberalism pitted against humanity and nature. Social determinants. Human connectedness. Sense of purpose. Shared learning. Introspection. Memories of friends and colleagues lost to suicide. Wanting to give…Read more

Hi Alan

Thank you for sharing. For me it was also about helping reduce suffering and put some humanity back into the system as often people’s identities were lost to the labels given to their conditions, forgetting there was a person behind that label who was so much more. For all the rhetoric more than 40 years on, I wonder what has really…Read more

Hi Hilda,
I am guessing our people who have left the NHS won’t be included in this space, but they should be, otherwise lessons won’t be learnt. As a former NHS employee I would be willing to make a contribution and I’m sure others feel the same. Respectful, democratic debate has to be the way forward.
All the best.

Hi Alan

Like yourself I left the NHS and I think regardless of the sector nurses find themselves working in the challenges are the same, there is also a recruitment and retention issue in the care sector which employs nurses as well as the third sector. I think also our voices can share why we left and what would have prevented this.

I never…Read more

Nurses have these qualities, I agree with Albert.