A nurse who joined the NHS workforce as a teenager described himself as ‘demoralised, worn out and exhausted’ by the frontline pressures as he took part in a picket line outside his hospital.
Matt Tovey joined a picket line as nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland voiced their discontent with pay and conditions
The 32-year-old, who works at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, said the ‘chronic’ pressures on the service are the worst he has experienced since he joined the NHS 15 years ago.which is due to be followed by another on December 20. ‘The pandemic only exacerbated the existing staffing crisis, for example on the shift last night we were short-staffed and each of us was doing the job of two to three people. The waiting lists for operations are growing and growing and there’s only so much we can do as staff members.
‘I would like to see Rishi Sunak or Steve Barclay do a shift on a medical ward and to see the pressure we actually face. I would like to think they would have a change of mindset.Matt Tovey is campaigning for an increase in nurses’ pay which he says is vital in lifting the NHS out of crisis ‘But now I feel I can’t do my job, and that’s the most upsetting thing. This is the general consensus as well.
‘The feeling on the ground is we don’t want to go on strike but we feel we have to show the government we are serious in our actions and we have to fight for our patients’ safety and our own mental well-being.
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