This could be their toughest winter yet.
Donate now to help NHS staff cope with the pressure winter brings.
“You start to feel like a robot, but you keep going because you care. Because patients need you. I’ve cried every day at work this week.”
These are the devastating words of ‘Rebecca’, an NHS nurse. She’s one of thousands of NHS staff nationwide who feel overwhelmed by the pressures of winter. More people become ill and need hospital treatment, which increases the workload on the NHS staff caring for them.
She’s overwhelmed and all the signs point towards this being the toughest winter for her and her colleagues yet. It’s expected that it could be the busiest on record for A&E and ambulance services.
All this means our hospitals are busier than ever and NHS staff are working through it without the support they need during winter.
It’s not just the patients who need looking after this Christmas.
During the pandemic, the whole nation got together to show their support for NHS staff. Yet the challenges they’re working through now aren’t in the news. Millions of people have no idea what’s happening.
Together we can help NHS staff, and their patients, by providing the physical, practical and emotional support they need. But we have to act now, before things get even tougher.
Will you donate now?
It’s not just the patients who need looking after this Christmas
£15
could help fund wellbeing spaces and services to support NHS staff like Rebecca and others struggling with winter pressures and more.
£25
could help fund training for NHS staff to identify when colleagues need support – and make sure that fewer colleagues are pushed to breaking point.
£50
could make fund the roles of Wellbeing Co-ordinators who look after the mental health of their colleagues and help them provide the best possible care.