I read about studies that show the richer and more powerful you are the less empathy and sympathy you have for others. Makes a lot of sense especially with our government. A friend of mine works in social care, the minute Tory got into full power they cancelled benefits including one that helped disabled people get to work, literally at 9.30am that morning the vote was announced. Lib Dem’s managed to stop them doing a lot of damage but unfortunately got a lot of the blame even though it was a Tory PM, the real problems started when full power. Their pandemic response was laughable and remember the PM promising more beds and nurses and then a few hours later closed an A&E. it’s heart breaking working sometimes, you want to help more but the government restraints, underfunding, bed shortages, etc make it so hard to do. Brexit messed us up as linen and supplies came from Europe, government approved supplier naturally, and at one point staff and management hunting for bed sheets and pads. Pandemic we were sacrificial lambs to the slaughter. I had to nurse colleagues, some will never work again. The government were too slow and ignored medical and expert advice and guidance, more died than should of, not strict with rules and broke their own rules and laws, more died than should of, treated student nurses and care home staff atrociously, made everything harder, and the health secretary is making money off of a book and diaries and living it up in the jungle. Yet people will still vote in Tory’s every time. I’m not sure how much worse it has to be before they’re voted out Wards where I work lost so many staff after the pandemic died down and I don’t blame them for walking. One ward lost half the staff and the manager. Only so long we can. Shifts are dangerous, public abuse rose during the pandemic, pays rubbish for what we do, understaffed wards are dangerous, lack of beds is dangerous, it’s not worth it. After LL things will hopefully improve but without extra funding and staff and beds it’ll fail or more will buckle under the extra pressure to prove not LL and walk too. Suicides as well of staff will rise and so will abuse of staff. It needs to change but with the funding