Covid remembered in NHS portraits

bmj;384/mar26_17/q741/FAF1faStockport CouncilExperiences of working through the pandemic in Stockport have been captured in portraits of NHS staff by local artists. Clinical and non-clinical staff, who worked during the covid crisis at Stepping Hill Hospital and in community services run by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, are represented in the exhibition, which forms part of the town’s Covid Community Commemoration Project.The stories accompanying the paintings give insights into the challenges and struggles the subjects faced at the height of the pandemic, as well as the terrible impact the virus had on the lives of local people. Nic Firth, the trust’s chief nurse, said, “These were extremely hard times for all of us, and that certainly comes over in the stories. This exhibition offers a chance to reflect on one of the most turbulent times in NHS history.”The free exhibition is running at the gallery until Thursday 11 April, when the portraits will…
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