I can’t afford to pay! If I have to test I expect the tests to be provided!
I’m community and do visit care homes. All we’ve been told by our trust is to order some from the government website while we can… I’ve tried and every time I’ve tried there joke available!
But you know the public will see it as a duty of care for health pros to test ,after all we all did our duty to protect the NHS now it's their turn to protect us.
I’m still masking up whenever I go into shops/cafes to protect my patients. I’ve had my vaccines to protect my patients not because I wanted to. I will continue to test if they provide it. I’m not a trained healthcare worker so not on much more than minimum wages! It’s already a struggle to get through a month without £50 extra for tests :-(
Just wait for the backlash ! the blamegame will now centre on the health pros that refuse to buy tests .
I really really hope you’re not right, but sadly I think you are.
First i have heard of it! Nothing from our trust in having to pay, i no longer test unless i feel "off" and i cant afford that out of my wages on top of everything!
Yeah it's happening NHS may have to pay like the rest of us heard my GP talking about it on the radio yesterday
nursingnotes.co.uk
I realised I lost my sense of smell , when I was disappointed when my fresh washing didn’t smell nice and my bubble bath smelt of nothing . I didn’t realise what a joy smelling. Is when I got better the first thing I smelt when I opened the fridge was a beautiful cut melon
Gosh incredible , and guess who we are buying all these tests from
I don't see why? It's testing the sample, not where it's come from, so would only not be accurate if the sample wasn't very good.
Can I ask you if or what vaccine you had coz I felt the same as you I had ‘Az, Az, Moderna ,’ ThanksI finally caught covid, and feel horrendous. Cough, aching bones, headache, alternatively freezing then feverish. My breathing is intermittently difficult, especially at night. The worst, though, is the sharp shooting pains in my legs and feet. Sore enough to make me cry out.
Think Tuesday was Day 1 as had mild symptoms then, tested positive Wednesday morning, so hoping to be feeling better by beginning of next week.Obviously not able to go to work.
Those who said they had no symptoms or it was just like a common cold, you were SO lucky!
They also say in the article that we locked down too late. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.England's lockdown did NOT prevent Covid deaths, say experts
Dr Raghib Ali says that 'despite England having less stringent restrictions we've had, if anything, a slightly lower death rate [than in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland].'www.dailymail.co.uk
So brilliantly put. We can't ever be locked down for anything ever again.
You say hindsight but I stopped giving my Dad a hug and kiss goodbye at the start of March 2020, some 3 weeks before the first lockdown. I can recall saying to him “Dad, this virus looks serious so I won’t kiss you goodbye for a bit because I don’t want to risk you getting it.” I wish I knew then that I’d never kiss or hug him again.
Would you do the same if you had your time over x
I'm so sorry about your dad. Its such a divisive subject, some would not have locked down at all, others sooner.
It’s a difficult one and it’s a question I’ve asked myself so many times too.
It’s such a difficult one with so many mixed emotions x I feel the pandemic has hindered the grieving process to an extent ,for those that never got to see their relatives because they were in a care setting it’s like a piece of you thinks they’re still here, I feel bitter that my kids never saw them alive again and that time was wasted ..it’s horrific the whole thing and so many families going through it ,these past two years are a blur
I've just been budgeting for when I get paid on 31st and there's not much money left after outgoings and food, I definitely couldn't afford 50 quid for tests a month, that's for sure.
