I will never forget what happened to me and four years on I still suffer trauma whenever I proceed near the hospital where I once workedWaking up on a gloomy Monday morning,I was filled instantly with nausea and severe panic. It wasn’t the usual blues one gets at the beginning of a new working week – it was something more sinister and surprising for a woman in her mid 30s. It was the result of 18 months’ worth of workplace bullying in the NHS. I had worked nearly all my adult life in a hospital setting. I loved all aspects of my job, but patient contact and customer care were the two areas I enjoyed the most. I had well-behaved relationships with the people I worked with and the patients I saw on a regular basis. My job was my life and I often worked over my contracted hours for no extra pay because I was committed to patient care.
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Source: theguardian.com