Clare Smith
@ClareLSmith
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COO and DCEO at LTHT and proud to be Ops in the NHS. I write plays and Trustee for Otley Common. All views are my own.
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I’m tired, I know I’m tired because I was short with someone today and I’m sorry for that. So I’m going to go for a run, have a nice tea and read a book. We said at the start this is not a sprint, it’s a marathon, admittedly it feels more like a steeplechase. Wellbeing matters.
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I’ve posted a couple of times this evening and then deleted them because I mainly use my account for work. But I’m human and I’m sad, my Grandma is 95 years old and we found out evening she has Covid 19 which she caught in her care home. Wish I could go see her, but I can’t.
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We hear a lot about nhs staff going above and beyond. But we’re not talking superheroes, we’re talking about human beings who are very tired. 100 times thank you for all you are doing.
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Please may I introduce you to Hattie, my new housemate. It’s over a year since Hazel died, it’s been long enough.
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Does anyone remember this? I’ve had the theme tune as an earworm all day, goodness knows why.
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Big day today, we stood down Silver. It’s hard to know what the future will bring and with that comes uncertainty and no small amount of concern. But what ever may come I’ve never been prouder to work in the NHS or with the team at LTHT than I have this last 4 months.
Thank you.
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Today was one of those days that really drives home why I work where I do and how utterly brilliant the people I work with are.
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Right, my out of office is on, I’m down to 4 emails and I have a glass of wine waiting for me with my name on. I’m going to say goodbye for now, I’m off read books for a week in the sun 😀.
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I left work at 5.30pm today, I had to have a word with myself because I felt guilty as though I was somehow bunking off. But resilience, health and well being is important, now more than ever.
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I mostly use my Twitter account for work related things, but today it’s all about my lovely girl Hazel who I had to put to sleep today. I’m so sad, can’t stop crying but wouldn’t swap a single second of time I had with her.
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I have 5 days until I finish for some annual leave. I’m telling you not because I’m showing off but because I’m knackered and I imagine you are too. So if you can and if you haven’t already, please book some time off. It won’t erase the last 18 months but it might help ‘the now’.
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I haven’t been taking care of myself in recent weeks what with playing a constant game of nhs whac-a-mole. Note to self, you can’t give of your best if you don’t take good care of yourself, so back on my bike I go and yes I do feel better for it.
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I’m going to go home shortly, but I know I leave at work 100s of staff trying their utmost to care for our patients with dignity and compassion. Today is a difficult day in a line of very difficult days, thank you for what you do, you really are quite remarkable.
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Not sure I’ve said enough how impressive I find team LTHT. I’ve seen whole wards move in a day in order to accommodate best oxygen flow for patients, service models turned on their head, and I’ve seen a generosity of spirit and kindness that makes me feel blessed. Thank you.
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Struggling to sleep tonight. I’m worrying about those who aren’t coming to A&E or SAU who probably should and those we can’t operate on electively who were expecting us to. I hate Covid-19, but I love the NHS. Will start planning our recovery phase from today, we must.
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Last Easter weekend me and a number of my finance, supplies and estates colleagues were on the phone to anyone who would pick up desperately trying to secure enough PPE to keep our colleagues safe. This year I bought myself a bunch of flowers to remember.
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I did a reflection today on Covid for a thank you video. When I tried to say what I wanted to say in thanks, I found I couldn’t get my words out. I felt overwhelmed by the thought of what my colleagues did, what they gave up and how scared they were. Thank you a hundred times.
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Hugged my Dad yesterday, first time since February 2020. Couldn’t hug him when Grandma caught Covid. Couldn’t hug him at my Grandma/his Mum’s funeral. Couldn’t hug him before Christmas was he was so poorly with Covid. Got to hug him yesterday, yesterday was a good day.
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I’m on Trust Board and we always hear a staff or patient story first. The story today was on the Menopause, hurrah!! I absolutely celebrate normalising conversations about the Menopause and recognising its potentially significant physical and mental impact on half our population.
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I didn’t get A levels but I’ve got a Masters which I did part time whilst working full time. Someone close to me once said that ‘I did it the hard way’, I don’t agree, it was just my way. Many are disappointed with their results today, you will find your way, it does exist.
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So pleased to have been there to welcome our third Wharfedale Hospital theatre to Otley
@Wharfedale_Hosp
@LeedsHospitals
@RussNightingale
@LTHTTheatreTri
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You know it’s hotting up at work when all you can be arsed to eat when you get home is a block of cheese, 2 pickled onions and a packet of hula hoops.
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What can I say other than, goodbye Mr Berridge, it’s been a blast and you will be sorely missed. Superb cake by
@lj_10ceg
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It’s a year this weekend coming, since I last saw my Grandma, I never saw her again due to lockdown. She died of Covid19, having received the best possible care from her care home. One of the 100,000. Eileen Smith, my Grandma, not a number.
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Well, I may not have finished for Christmas yet and I might not be hosting the party I’d planned due to COVID; but I’ve got Buble on full blast, a glass of Prosecco in hand and a baked Camembert in the oven. I’ll manage.
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I want to thank you for your lovely, kind comments and best wishes for my Gran. Unfortunately Covid19 proved too much for her and she passed away this morning. Grateful to her carers who treated her as their own when her own couldn’t be with her.
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I’m very thankful that I am isolating in a house with a small garden that has a view like this.
#loveotley
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One of the biggest challenges we have this year as leaders is how to keep positivity and hope alive for our teams. I am hopeful still, because I work with superb people in health and social care who are trying their best under the most extreme circumstances.
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I’ve been to visit the Yorkshire and Humber Nightingale Hospital this afternoon. What an incredible achievement by wonderful colleagues and their wider team. It is amazing what you’ve done in 3 weeks..., 3 weeks!
@yvetteoade
@CraigeIR
@maidofyorkshire
@steve_r76
@JamesGoodyear1
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Another week over, it doesn’t get easier does it? But every week that goes by I grow more committed to finding a way through for the people I work with and the patients we serve because quite frankly this relentlessness cannot continue.
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I did a voice over for the Trust Board AGM today and I’ve learned something new about myself. It appears as though I can only say the word Phenomenon if I singing it like the muppets. Tried 5 times and had to settle for ‘remarkable thing’, who knew 😆
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Got home last night to find a a bottle of wine on my doorstep, it was from Dudley my next door neighbour. It came with a card, celebrating the NHS and the momentous 1st day of the Vaccine. I have taken the gift as a gesture not just to me but to all of you, Dudley says thank you.
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Sitting in front of the fire, mentally preparing for the week ahead and what may be. I love working for the NHS, I really do; the people I work with, their unrelenting focus on our patients and people. We are a team, we will keep going.
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Brilliant news that Elland Road vaccination centre is now open for Health and social care front line staff. What with all the effort of our PCNs, Thackeray and this, hope burns eternal and green shoots appear.
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Anyone else breathing a huge sigh of relief, hoping it isn’t a pause, hoping it’s the start of a resolution?
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I’ve just realised, this week marks me being COO at LTHT for 3 years. What a time, what an incredible bunch of people to work with. It’s been the biggest privilege to work alongside the folk that I do.
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Do you know what? I love working at LTHT. Just thought I’d share that because it’s really difficult for everyone at the moment and you flipping rock.
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I find it a strange irony for the NHS to be thanked in one breath and shafted by the next. Might delete this tweet later, might not, it’s been a difficult day for my truly wonderful colleagues and I.
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At 8pm the nation is being invited to give a round of applause to the NHS. I think that is a wonderful gesture of solidarity. But that applause extends to my dedicated social care colleagues, carer workers, teachers, staff who are keeping the nation fed. I applause you too.
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My head is absolutely banging and I’ve had water on my desk and a means to hydrate myself all day. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the teams who have worked in this heat in PPE, those who can’t just reach for a glass of water as and when. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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I’ve had a very difficult few weeks with the loss of this wonderful man from my family’s life. I want to thank the people I work with who have shown exceptional kindness to me during this time. It’s difficult in the nhs right now, but I really wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.
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Whoever sent me this thank you, you have no idea how much it means to me, it means everything.
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This feels fitting today. I cannot stress enough how difficult it feels for our teams right now and how much they are giving.
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I left school without A levels. I’ve been a cleaner, a baker, and a sandwich shop maker. A soldier, a tour guide, a bartender and bursar. I’ve laughed lots, made many mistakes but I’m the sum total of my experiences.
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I’m completely beside myself, Alan Bennett popped into Otley Waitrose and signed my poster!
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It’s over a year now since LTHT admitted it’s 1st Covid+ patient. It’s been a hard year, and exhausting for our teams. We’ve learned a lot about our organisation and each other. You really are the best bunch of folk I could ever hope to work with.
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To my wonderful colleagues, we will get through and thank you so much for all you are doing for our patients and to look after each other. Please also look after yourself.
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I am so proud of the NHS, of what our teams are trying to do in the hardest of circumstances, because let’s not forget they are the NHS. But oh my, they are being challenged right now, and not just by how busy they are. We’re honestly trying our best.
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I’ve just finished a week on call. My reflections are: a. we are as busy if not busier than we have ever been. b. Teams are under enormous pressure with the volumes they are coping with. c. our people are phenomenal, but then I didn’t need a week of on call to tell me that.
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I haven’t posted for a while as can’t think of anything to say, thank you just doesn’t seem enough right now. But it’s what I feel, thankfulness for the people I work with and grateful for all that they do.
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I missing speaking to people in person, Teams is great in many ways but I miss picking up on the subtlety of body language and meaningful pauses, made even harder if screens are off and mute is on.
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Anyone else just done a fist pump listing to the news that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has been licensed?
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Massive thanks to my WYAAT COO colleagues for the lovely gift today for my 🤐 birthday!! Lovely to spend time with you talking about improving services for patients across West Yorkshire. We really are stronger together
@WYAAT_Hospitals
@NHS_RobW
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I love working at LTHT and with my system partners. This card was left for me today, it’s the people I work alongside and the great care and thought they give to others that make me come back day after day.
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Just said fare-thee-well to my wonderful colleague Saj Azeb. It’s been wonderful to work with him these last 4 1/2 years. Kind to a fault, patient centred in every act, and committed to improving care and delivery for patients. BHFT, you’re getting a good one!
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I work with some really lovely people. Things are very difficult at the moment in the NHS, many of it’s people are tired and worried about the relentlessness of it all but yet they remain lovely, considerate and kind. Very fortunate to work with such good people.
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@jhorry79
@MrAndrewCotter
I was once chopping carrots in the kitchen for a Shephard’s pie. The phone rang in the living room, I went to answer it, came back to the kitchen, not a single carrot to be found. The only thing my old boy, Elgin, ever counter surfed for, carrots.
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Otley Park run. I may not be fast, I may not run pretty, but I got round and it’s a hilly route let me tell you.
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I’ve had the most wonderful day gathering my thoughts, I just know I’ll be the better for it both personally and professionally. I can take time off without checking my emails because I’m just one member of a much bigger team and because rest matters.
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I’m signing off Twitter for a week whilst I’m on A/L. I’m going to take
@EileenBurns13
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It’s going to be a tough few months but we’ve got great people in Leeds who will give their all and probably more. I’m proactively taking my hat off to you.
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I really want to thank the teams in LTHT and the Leeds health and social care system for working today. It was a funny day, driving in felt like it did in lockdown 1, eerily quiet roads but with a heaving hospital when you walked through the doors. 365, 24/7, thank you.
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I’m heading up to bed and I didn’t want to say goodbye to 2022 without reflecting on last year and what the people I work with have achieved but also endured. We are very lucky to have the NHS as a nation but we are even more fortunate to have the people who work in it. Thank you
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To my wonderful health and social care colleagues, hold on, better days are coming.
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Tough day for our teams following a series of difficult days, weeks and months. It seems that there are no easy days any more. Please look after yourselves, talk to others and laugh when you can. We’ll keep going.
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I’ve chaired Silver Command a number of times this week, my reflection...., we’ve a flipping great team at LTHT!
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Thank you to the LTHT team and the wider Leeds health social care family who worked over this bank holiday weekend. Your hard work, care and compassion has been critical to our most vulnerable at this scariest of times.
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Head bursting today, so much going on, so many asks of the team from all directions, some of which I can bat back, some l can’t . Time to take a moment and reboot by expending energy, it works for me and I’m better mentally for it. Might not be able to walk tomorrow however.
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Emails up to date✔️
Holiday books selected✔️
Head entering holiday mode… ish
I’m going to sign off Twitter for a couple of weeks, need to recharge and not look at a screen so much. So see you in a couple of weeks, take care and look after yourselves.
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It’s the anticipation of what may come next that I find hard, knowing our teams have given so much already. But can I change the future? Can I control decisions in government? Can I stop people becoming unwell? No. So I’m going to focus on what I can do and put my energies there.
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Our hospitals are heaving and our people continue to work like trojans. We must get a better settlement for adult social care, we must value support and pay the people who care for our most vulnerable properly.
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One of the things I have really valued at LTHT are the ‘Pressing the Pause Button’ emails that are sent to all staff. I thought this one today was great, we need to be compassionate to ourselves as much as others because things are hard right now.
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It’s
#AHPday
. Fact 1: AHPs are the 3rd largest workforce in the NHS. Fact 2: they provide essential system wide service, treatment and support. Fact 3: I value them highly.
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I know these aren’t for everyone, but these images mean so much to me and how I feel about the work we do and the people I work with.
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Just completed my last Silver of 2021. What a privilege it is to work amongst such caring, dedicated people and teams. I feel quite emotional thinking about what you’ve all been through and have done. You are exemplary individuals.
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Laptop closed, that’s cheerio from me for a week whilst I recharge and relax. Bye for now and see you soon ready to rock and roll🙂.
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I’m off to bed, long days and nights ahead of us. When you can rest, rest. When you can laugh, laugh. Both will be important to getting us through. Proud to be working with you.
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It’s early, I’m not encouraging others to drink, but I’m looking forward to this. The first sip I take will be as a toast to everyone I work with. What a week.
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This will resonate for many right now, we will get to the other side.
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Having recently been a relative of a patient in our care, you really come to value and appreciate the simplest of things,
#hellomynameis
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End of my first week back after annual leave. What a week, what a team, what a relentless challenge working in the NHS is. But in truth, I really wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.
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I’ve been to book club tonight. I sat with friends and drank wine, ate lots of cheese and talked a bit about books. I nearly didn’t go because I’m knackered as many others are. But doing other ‘stuff’ is restorative and I’m awfully glad I went and laughed out loud🙂.
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I’m in luck! I’ve been offered a short notice hair appointment tomorrow and I’m day off so I can go! I am now off to buy a lottery ticket.
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Thank you so much to all LTHT teams, clinical and non clinical, who have worked tirelessly this weekend in this heat and in the face of immense pressure and demand. You’re incredible people.
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I have finished work for a few days so I’m going to give myself a break from social media for a few days. It’s been a tough old December, and I must give a massive thanks to the wonderful people I work alongside. Thank you and have a very Merry Christmas if you celebrate it.
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First attempt at a Christmas Cake, pretty impressed I made it past the cake tin lining! Now in oven, so I’m off to watch Christmas Carol 🎄. Yes I’m starting early, I love Christmas and I’m not going to let this crappy year stop that!
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I got 153 emails today, we need to pick up the phone to each other more me thinks.
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End of my first week back after a week of A/L. My reflections, I really like the people I work with; they’re funny, kind and ever so hard working. I also reflect that being kind isn’t the same as being a pushover, but it is about being thoughtful in how you use language.
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It’s
#AdministrativeProfessionals
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#lthtcelebratingadmin
I particularly thank Brenda 🙂.
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Just come off the Time to Shine awards at LTHT, feeling very proud. What incredible teams and people I work with. You’ve done so much, achieved so much in the most exceptional of times. Time to Shine indeed, all of you have.
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Just had my 2nd dose vaccine at the Thackeray. What a thoroughly professional set up but really person centred too. I hope the teams that have worked there, and at Elland Road, are rightly proud of themselves.
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Driving into work this morning, saw a lady a bus stop with face mask under her chin smoking a fag wearing rubber gloves, kitchen rubber gloves.
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Big week ahead, important multi agency discharge event tomorrow. I have nothing but respect for my wider health and social care colleagues who are working their socks off to find ways through this really difficult time. Collaboratively we will keep progressing and improving.
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Just been across to some of our wards. Our teams are doing a superb job looking after patients in this heat. A special thank you also to our E&F team for all the support they have given, it’s been a day of many challenges I know. Thank you so much.
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