{"id":23147,"date":"2018-01-08T15:56:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=23147"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:56:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:56:45","slug":"life-wards-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/08\/life-wards-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying life on the wards at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YOU probably looked forward to Christmas, having a well-deserved break and a couple of weeks off work. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But not everybody gets a break. The NHS is open every hour of every day of the year. What is it like for nurses on the frontline, looking after all those who are sick and injured over Christmas?<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23148\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-770x506.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-500x329.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-293x193.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-770x506.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-500x329.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/12\/Heath-hosp-293x193.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> University Hospital Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tomos McGrath works in a dementia ward. He said: \u201cChristmas is just a shift. Some people like to work Christmas, like some older staff perhaps. Some nurses may live on their own, some have different religions and don\u2019t mind because of different religious holidays. Younger people, like myself who are away from family at Christmas, want something to do. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLeading up to Christmas Day, my first Christmas as a nurse was sad. Some people had no visitors, there are other sad elements such as the people who are very ill. These people\u2019s families will want them at home but some people are too ill to go home. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was very sad living away from my family, the only person I saw outside of work was the taxi driver. I did call my parents and my brother, they were having a great time. But I didn\u2019t get to see them until the new year.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI went back to work at night when the most unfortunate thing happened. The change in atmosphere was immediate. You\u2019re used to seeing this sad thing happening, but at Christmas it\u2019s especially amplified. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut nurses are very resilient. We have to give the best care in the conditions we have to work in, even though those conditions are now very stressful. We have to carry on because we have a duty to the public and it\u2019s important to carry on despite the restraints. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t stop getting ill because it\u2019s Christmas. The NHS doesn\u2019t stop at Christmas. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We just have higher spirits, and Santa hats. Everybody is a little bit happier and stays positive. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou always look for positives. Healthcare professionals are very good at that. You\u2019re still a nurse and have to be professional and have to carry on. But overall I am very happy to work Christmas as a nurse. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy first Christmas I focused on taking in the atmosphere. I worked the night of Christmas Eve into Christmas morning. There were high spirits on the day itself, and everyone said \u2018Merry Christmas\u2019 to each other. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAfterwards, it\u2019s still a happy time. People talking about their days, reflecting, and you get to hear about the different types of days people have as there\u2019s a very mixed bag of people that work in the NHS. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne of the best things is that there is always some good food. Good chocolate, good biscuits, good nurse snacks, I love it. Sometimes there are gifts as well. Families of patients will often donate things to the ward, and we\u2019re thankful for that. We do a raffle and sell tickets to the families, and they can win hampers and things like that \u2014 it\u2019s a good knock.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natalie Schussy works in the emergency department at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. She said: \u201cAs a nurse you know that you have to work Christmas. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI would rather spend it with my family, but it comes with the job. It\u2019s sad leaving the family at home, but there\u2019s a good atmosphere at work too. My family are used to it, but of course they would rather I were at home as well. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe rota changes, so if last year you were on, this year you\u2019ll be off. And sometimes you\u2019ll work a late shift, and sometimes early. It rotates. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo if I\u2019m working an early shift then at home we\u2019ll do Christmas day in the evening with the presents. If I\u2019m working a late shift then it\u2019s difficult with the Christmas dinner, you can\u2019t eat dinner before a shift because you\u2019ll be too full.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn the afternoon it gets very busy and it\u2019s hard work, but it\u2019s still jovial. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSome patients don\u2019t come in during the days before and wait until Christmas, as the GPs are shut. Some people who are unwell hang on, thinking they\u2019ll get better, but they don\u2019t get better, and they should come earlier. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe most common accidents we get on Christmas are oven-burns and things like that. Last year we had a few people falling off of segways, which was strange. The elderly are very grateful, especially as they\u2019ve travelled on Christmas day. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cChristmas Eve is very quiet. In the morning we do a secret Santa, and have a get together. And then from the afternoon, leading up to the new year it\u2019s very busy.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pamela Parsons, senior ward sister at the A&amp;E at the Prince Charles hospital, said:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI work every Christmas because I have no close family. I work either a 12-hour night shift or a 12-hour day shift on Christmas day. In the 43 years I have been a nurse, I have had one Christmas off. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve been in this post for six years. I try to give my staff either Christmas or Boxing Day off, but that\u2019s not always possible, and sometimes they have to work both days. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSome staff do get frustrated, but they\u2019re well aware. In their interview they are told that they\u2019ll have to work Christmas Day. It\u2019s the same with the new year, they either have to work New Year\u2019s Eve or New Year\u2019s Day. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOn Christmas Eve there are plenty of empty beds, and it\u2019s quite relaxed. The staff do a secret Santa together. They used to sing carols and go around all the wards, but that was the old school, and now we\u2019re too busy for that, unfortunately. But we still put up decorations and bring in a tree. We make a fuss with the children, and give them small gifts. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBoxing Day is totally different, it\u2019s very busy and Christmas is all over. We\u2019re chock-a-block, heaving. People don\u2019t tend to come in on Christmas or Christmas Eve. But then you get a lot of injuries, alcohol and falling. Boxing Day is the busiest of the Christmas period. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey pay us bank holiday rate, which is time and two thirds, although we would love to get paid more. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe wards are quiet, but A&amp;E is still busy, twenty-four seven. We have a large catchment: Brecon, Mountain Ash, Aberdare, Rhymney, Bargoed, Abercynon. There\u2019s no public transport on Christmas Day, so patients either come in by ambulance or their families bring them in. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere are the same amount of nurses on, but no clerical staff. Social work and care packages for the elderly, physiotherapy, things like that, all stop over Christmas, so you end up getting more patients admitted to the A&amp;E. 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