"Speed and quality of care has been overwhelming"

Just want to say that for reasons I won't disclose, I have been truly overwhelmed by the speed and quality of service and care that I have seen first hand at Barnsley Hospital over the last month. Whilst the journey is far from over, it could have been over before it started.

So, in no particular order, could I say a heartfelt "thank you" to X-ray Appointments,

Day Surgery Unit, X-ray staff, Outpatient staff - Auxillaries, HCA's,

Nurses, Medical Staff, CT scanning team/radiologists, labs/pathology/histology and the MDT team.

I know from experience on both sides how much pressure there is on the system, on individuals. The NHS exists, in my opinion, in an increasingly overmanaged and policy/procedural driven era. Never forget that those that care do so because it's in their make up to do so, it doesn't come from policy v12.4. Things go wrong, and will do so, when humans are dealing with humans, all with the same frailties and weaknesses, exacerbated when overstretched. But what I have seen and experienced in the last 4 weeks has been humbling, and pretty much flawless. And has given optimism and hope.

We are lucky to have an NHS and even luckier to have a good hospital, not flawless (but which one is?), with wonderful people working in it. Don't take it for granted.