I’m a midwife who nonetheless feels excessive anger about the best way the pandemic was dealt with (Johnson authorities wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds, 14 July).
I bear in mind being fitted for a FFP3 masks after which being advised there weren’t sufficient to go round and given a fundamental paper masks as a substitute. I bear in mind being advised that the hospital the place I labored couldn’t maintain offering clear scrubs, so I needed to take my doubtlessly contaminated scrubs residence to scrub as a substitute. I bear in mind administration shutting computer systems right down to implement social distancing, then reopening them after they realised we would have liked these computer systems to do our jobs.
I bear in mind being despatched into houses the place individuals had Covid to see new mums and infants, and questioning if I used to be going to die consequently. I bear in mind Tory MPs joking that certainly all workplaces have been having social drinks after work. We weren’t: we had a staffroom about 2 metres by 1 metre for 20 members of workers, and needed to provide our personal washing-up liquid. We rushed residence as quick as we may after our shifts to clean off the an infection in order to not endanger our households.
My big anger stays. And I didn’t get a bonus. I didn’t even receives a commission notably nicely. Listening to concerning the staggering sums squandered by Boris Johnson’s authorities, I really feel as indignant as ever. It isn’t surprising, nevertheless it makes me reluctant to belief any authorities ever once more. I hope Johnson is rightly ashamed of his legacy, though I doubt he’s.Laura MatthewsWest Wickham, London
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