In spring 20 20, health and social care workers were struggling to provide the best quality of care that we could in an under funded n h s. And all while that was happening, we had that whole phenomenon of clapping for cares and being told that, oh, we're n h s heroes. I think at a certain point it felt like the leadership and the government were only interested in amdany chess and the medical profession as far as they could use it to further their own political ground. It's become a canpolitical plaything,. But when it comes to actually practising what is preached, then, you know, we actually didn't have what we needed on the ground.
Roopa Farooki is a doctor, author and creative-writing lecturer, whose new book, Everything Is True, tells the story of her first 40 days treating patients during the pandemic in the UK. She speaks with paediatrician and broadcaster Dr Guddi Singh about the reality of working in medicine during a global health crisis and the challenges of capturing the full scope of that experience in words on the page.
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