Diabetes
By Lesley Drummond, Lead Diabetes Nurse, Diabetes
What was your experience of the pandemic?
During the first wave in 2020 the Diabetes team rapid changes to the service provision in Diabetes Home Care. All community visits and face to face clinics were halted, but by working together we were able to continue to support and educate our patients virtually, 24/7 as usual. The wave that started 2021 increased the workload within the team threefold as we provided mutual aid the other paediatric diabetes teams across the city as their paediatric wards closed.
What was the hardest part?
Maintaining moral as the team were split between working from home and on site depending on their role, managing the persistent changes to service provision as guidance changed and being a reassuring support service to the caseload.
How did you cope?
By pulling together, supporting each other professionally and personally and listening.
What did you learn?
We are stronger, more flexible, and innovative as a team than we ever thought
How do you think it changed the team?
We have identified and developed new ways of working that will enhance the service beyond the pandemic and it has highlighted just what we can do when required.
Beyond your team, who has inspired you during the pandemic?
Our other NHS colleagues and our families.
Celebrating BWC Spirit
We are highlighting the amazing things our colleagues have done and achieved during the pandemic.
Our teams have bravely stood by the side of our patients, changed how they have worked to keep key and emergency services running and gone beyond the Trust to help colleagues in other parts of the NHS.
They have done so with an approach and spirit that is uniquely BWC and we want to celebrate that and what has been achieved.
From frontline clinical colleagues to our unseen and often unsung heroes in labs, offices and in our corridors - everyone has had a part to play and we’re sharing some of their stories over the next two weeks.
If you would like to thank individuals or teams either by sharing some kind words, pictures or a short video we would love to see them. You can submit your messages, pictures or videos by emailing bwc.communications@nhs.net