Health secretary Matt Hancock says ‘four doctors and some nurses’ have died from Covid-19. Nurses deserve more than that, writes MoyaCrockett
The health secretary’s off-the-cuff remark highlights how nursing, a female-dominated profession, remains undervalued – even in the grip of a pandemic.
Bad times tend to reveal fundamental truths about society, in a way that more prosperous, healthier times do not. Right now, we’re seeing large swathes of the world wake up to the fact that – as so many of us have always known – healthcare is a right, not a privilege. In the UK, the terrifying arrival of Covid-19 has confirmed, beyond any ideological debate, that a properly-funded NHS is a must-have, not a ‘nice-to-have’.
As a result, we’re currently showing more gratitude for NHS employees and other key workers – supermarket staff, carers, postal workers – than at any other time in living memory. Brands are falling over themselves to donate products and profits to those on the coronavirus frontlines.
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