[The Guardian] My NHS colleagues are committed but we are at maximum stretch

My NHS colleagues are committed but we are at maximum stretch

Psychiatrist and former minister Dan Poulter says the crisis is unprecedented, but his fellow health workers will see it through

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As I walk across the hospital complex and pause to look at the London tower blocks in the near distance, life could not be further removed from the green benches of parliament, a mere 45 minutes walk away. Covid-19 has changed everything. In mental health services, in the central London epicentre of Britain’s outbreak, we are used to caring for people who have severe mental illness, but we have been confronted with a new reality of caring for people who are also infected with coronavirus.

Hundreds of healthcare colleagues are already off sick. Others are self-isolating because a family member is showing symptoms. Our service is at maximum stretch.

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