Goldie
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Goldie
by Jessica van der Weert
Carl Cox
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Carl Cox
by Jessica van der Weert
Fatboy Slim
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Boy George
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Boy George
by Jessica van der Weert
Boy George
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Boy George
by Jessica van der Weert
Fatboy Slim
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Crissy Criss
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Crissy Criss
by Jessica van der Weert
Annie Mac
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Annie Mac
by Jessica van der Weert
Annie Mac
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Annie Mac
by Jessica van der Weert
Danny Howard
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Danny Howard
by Jessica van der Weert
DJ Hype
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DJ Hype
by Jessica van der Weert
Brighton Man
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Brighton Man
by Jessica van der Weert, part of the 'Seaside' project
Brighton Couple
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Brighton Couple
by Jessica van der Weert, part of the 'Seaside' project
Brighton Boys
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Brighton Boys
by Jessica van der Weert, part of the 'Seaside' project
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Dr Mohammad Aumran Tahir
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Dr Mohammad Aumran Tahir
Primary Care Director Operose Health
What I found the most challenging was keeping frontline services going during the pandemic. Dealing with uncertainty for staff and patients and rapidly changing guidelines and directions.
I am truly grateful that I could use my skills and expertise as a doctor and senior leader. It is a privilege to be a doctor - to be able to meaningfully serve.
Since then time has flown by. Life challenges continue. I am in a good place. Proud of my team and organisation and the NHS.
The lasting memory I have is of my team and organisation stepping up to provide a service at extremely short notice to serve patients with COVID. The risk to staff was unknown yet we did it.
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Anthony Gravell, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist
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Anthony Gravell, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist
I found the isolation from friends, family and colleagues the most challenging. It was hard to maintain the drive to continue during what felt like Groundhog Day. Work, shower, eat, isolate and repeat. Being involved with the care of the worst affected patients on Critical Care made you feel as though you were constantly contagious, carrying the virus wherever you went, fearful you could pass it on and be responsible for the consequences of that.
It was a terrifying time; we knew so little and could only hope ourselves and our loved ones would survive. We showed determination and courage in the face of an invisible enemy. I feel dramatic writing that now, but that is how it felt. We placed the care of our patients first, they needed help and we rose to the occasion, no matter the risk. My NHS family = Selfless.
I was involved in the rehabilitation of a gentleman in his thirties with my fellow Critical Care physiotherapist David Rowe. The patient had required a lengthy stay sedated and ventilated, a period on ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) in Leicester and back to us. He was unable to speak due to a tracheostomy in place as part of his weaning from the ventilator. Following his first stand in months using our standing hoist he was placed into a supportive chair. We asked if he felt up to trying a speaking valve on his trachea. When he agreed I asked his nurse if she would FaceTime his family. His first words to his wife and young children were ‘Love you’. The squeals of delight and ‘I heard him! I love you’ were amazing. I was crying, David was crying, his nurse was crying. Tears of joy during dark times.
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Ugandan Boys
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Ugandan Boys
Part of 'Physicians for Africa' project in association with The Royal College of Physicians.
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Macky Gee
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Macky Gee
by Jessica van der Weert, in collaboration with freeze motion specialist Neal Grundy
Macky Gee
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Macky Gee
by Jessica van der Weert, in collaboration with freeze motion specialist Neal Grundy
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Mary Anne Hobbs
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Mary Anne Hobbs
by Jessica van der Weert
Mary Anne Hobbs
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Mary Anne Hobbs
by Jessica van der Weert
Brighton Lady
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Brighton Lady
by Jessica van der Weert, part of the 'Seaside' project
Brighton Beach
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Brighton Beach
by Jessica van der Weert, part of the 'Seaside' project
Example
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Example
by Jessica van der Weert
Example
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Example
by Jessica van der Weert
Fatboy Slim
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Fatboy Slim
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Evarist
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Evarist
Part of 'Physicians for Africa' project in association with The Royal College of Physicians.
Royal College of Physicians
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Royal College of Physicians
Part of 'Physicians for Africa' project in association with The Royal College of Physicians.
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Royal College of Physicians
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Royal College of Physicians
Part of 'Physicians for Africa' project in association with the Royal College of Physicians.
Erb N Dub
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Erb N Dub
by Jessica van der Weert
Jaguar Skills
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Jaguar Skills
by Jessica van der Weert
Andy C
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Andy C
by Jessica van der Weert
Anne Savage
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Anne Savage
by Jessica van der Weert
Krafty Kuts
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Krafty Kuts
by Jessica van der Weert
Paul Oakenfold
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Paul Oakenfold
by Jessica van der Weert
Fatboy Slim
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DJ Fresh
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DJ Fresh
by Jessica van der Weert
Adam F
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Adam F
by Jessica van der Weert
Orbital
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Orbital
by Jessica van der Weert
Macky Gee
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Macky Gee
by Jessica van der Weert
Zane Lowe
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Zane Lowe
by Jessica van der Weert
Rap Artist
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Rap Artist
Part of the'Tribe' series
Brighton Artist
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Brighton Artist
Part of the'Tribe' series
Vest Man
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Vest Man
Part of the'Tribe' series