The five campaigners coincided their protest with the scheduled start of the Thursday Clap for Heroes. One ICU nurse said the situation hospitals are facing is the government’s fault
By Kelly-Ann Mills – Mirror UK
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Angry NHS staff gathered outside Downing Street to protest over the Government’s handling of the pandemic this evening.
Wearing PPE and carrying a sign which read “You failed the public, you failed the NHS, Boris must go”, the campaigners arrived at 8pm, the scheduled start time of the Clap For Heroes.
Nobody was heard clapping along Whitehall in the heart of Westminster as one nurse told reporters: “The situation in hospitals is so severe, we are stretched across all ICUs.”
ICU nurse Ameera Sheikh told reporters: “It’s been very difficult, very challenging.
“We’re stressed out and very anxious, there’s a lot of PTSD amongst staff, staff are going off sick … leaving nurses very short, which increases the risk of patients deteriorating and ultimately patients dying.
“This is the Government’s fault, they need to take responsibility, they need to provide us with better pay and better working conditions.”
Ms Sheikh added: “It’s 8pm, it’s Thursday, it’s Clap for Carers.
“Whilst we appreciate the claps that the public are doing and some of them are staying at home, we do not appreciate our Government clapping for us because essentially they are the reason why we are in this position.
“They’ve not planned at all and they’ve had months to plan ahead and they’ve left us in such a terrible position.” – Mirror UK

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