• Ex-nurse Christie Watson: ‘Women’s health has always been undervalued’

    Ex-nurse Christie Watson: ‘Women’s health has always been undervalued’
    The nurse turned academic and author on her experience of the menopause, returning to the wards during the pandemic and dating a man with a tarantulaChristie Watson, 46, is a writer and professor of medical and health humanities at UEA. She won the Costa first novel award in 2011 for her first book, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away. Her memoir about nursing, The Language of Kindness, was published in 2018 and Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Midlife, her insightful and outspoken exploration of middle age
  • Sleep-deprived medical staff ‘pose same danger on roads as drunk drivers’

    Sleep-deprived medical staff ‘pose same danger on roads as drunk drivers’
    British anaesthetist pleads for doctors and nurses to be allowed naps and limited night shifts, as in other critical workplacesAbout half of all hospital doctors and nurses have had accidents or experienced near misses while driving home after a night shift.The risks they pose to themselves and other road users have been calculated as the same as those posed by drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit, delegates at a European medical conference were told last week. Continue reading...

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