After spending all my working life since the age of 18 in the health service as both a clinician and for the last 17 years as a CEO,I applaud you on your planned month-long portrait of the NHS, when you will proceed into every area of the service and listen to authentic voices of those on the frontline (This is the NHS, or 18 January). It lifts my heart to at last see a responsible approach being taken to try to score underneath and understand the complexities that face our great health and social care services.
Too often the public are presented with dramatic,sensational headlines approximately the NHS which both scare and create anxiety for those who have to employ the services. Not to mention how the often inaccurate headlines make those who work so hard every day to do the best job they can feel undermined and undervalued.
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Source: theguardian.com