yes they certainly are Krish we're in
East Belfast welcome to Clara Street
Cameron at number 42 we'll be doing a
karaoke number just after 8:00 and
that's the scene on the street here
Amanda by the way at number 22 has a
niece who's a paramedic in Sunderland so
hello - Amanda's nice big they were all
out on the street here last Thursday
nice they're trying to match that again
what louder as we come to 8 o'clock so
that's the scene here on Clara Street in
East Belfast thanks pouring let's go to
Manchester and Clare good evening from
Anne coats we're all around us people
are just starting to come out onto their
balconies and I'm not sure how much you
can make out of the laser display that's
going on around us here but every so
often those lasers spell out the words
clap for our carers I was chatting
before for the chap who is up on one of
those top balconies up there it's his
laser machine his smoke machine that's
going up there he told us he used to be
a DJ that's the last bit of kick he's
got left I asked him why he's doing it
he said why not he just wants to show
his appreciation and so in the next few
minutes when it turns 8 o'clock I think
this will be quite a fight and quite
something to hear as all the people on
all of these balconies they're starting
already they're a bit early start the
pack nature I'm sure it stars
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and so another extraordinary and
emotional show of unity around the
United Kingdom as people say thank you
so the doctors the nurses receptionists
and ciliary workers the porters the
maternity unit workers and everybody who
is taking on and doing everything they
can to keep the United Kingdom healthy
at this most risky of times well joining
me now are two of those NHS staff dr.
raphael a liar who works in acute and
emergency medicine at the lewisham and
greenwich hospitals trusts and dr. Tom
Gardner who's a junior doctor working in
elderly care here in London and a member
of the executive committee of the
left-wing Fabian Society
Tom first of all I mean how does it feel
to hear that and be on the receiving end
of it yeah it's it's incredibly moving
and hugely appreciated you know
obviously we're in a situation now where
everyone's under immense pressure and to
have this appreciation shown by people
all over the country really doesn't mean
a lot and so thank you everyone at home
everyone working in NHS I've been
working in social care as well is hugely
appreciative of what you're doing this
evening and what you did last week as
well and Raphael let me come to you it's
so lovely to see you with all your
colleagues there how does it feel to be
on the receiving end of that
it's absolutely overwhelming the support
that we've been receiving over the past
few weeks allows us to keep our energy
levels up and so remain remain motivated
to be on the frontline and every day it
makes the difference I'm here with my
fantastic colleagues nurses and other
doctors
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and on the front lines every day every
day there's as risks there's this thing
that can get us down fly the support it
really keeps us going
it's a package I mean we have been
talking to doctors about what you've
been experiencing and what you've been
going through a lot I mean how does it
feel for you as somebody going through
this going through something that you
will probably never have experienced
anything quite like this before despite
all the experience you have first of all
it's not easy and there's physical
pressures because lots of energy you
need to expend and there's mental
pressures because lots of stress is on
us every level of medicine and nursing
and everyone in health yes and thirdly
of ocean or you know with the decisions
that are made on on every level of the
hierarchy in health care they're
difficult decisions but we know that
everyone's heart is in the right place
and when everyone's heart is in the
right place we'll do our best to make
the right decision so that's what keeps
us moving forward and the support only
adds to that Tom let me bring you back
in I mean I imagine this is an
experience that will change all of you
forever
yeah I'm actually said I'm a junior
doctor I've only been a doctor for about
eight months all of this is incredibly
new for me and this situation it's clear
that even some of the most senior and
experienced colleagues that I know and
across the country are finding very
difficult as well so I've had a lot of
moments over the last couple of weeks
there have really hit home have been
have been very emotional as I'm sure
have colleagues across the country and
but you know having this support from
people across the country and the
support from our colleagues and our
seniors is keeping us going can I just
briefly ask you both I mean Tom first of
all do you feel do you feel hopeful that
we can get through this and yeah I mean
I I am hopeful that we can get through
this but as the prime minister told us
and last weekend things will probably
get worse before they get better and
that is very difficult to reconcile and
I think it's gonna require a huge
national effort on more levels than one
from public health to just keeping up
morale in general to get through this we
will get through it but I suspect it
will change our health care system and
society as we know it so it's gonna be
pretty
raphaël just I mean again can you do you
feel hopeful as you go into work first
of all the support from our colleagues
in the public makes this a very hopeful
but that's real numbers behind it that's
what we look at to make our decisions
and as a data science student a monitor
student and the numbers are somewhat
there's a lot of insecurity and the
numbers aren't clear what's going to
happen however following the trends that
have been shown to us from the
statistics and the epidemiological
models things look like our efforts to
stop isolate should get better over the
next few weeks said Matt Hancock and
other officials so we're hopeful and and
the numbers seem to agree with that and
that's all we can do really look at
their statistics and the numbers
well we always say thank you at the end
of interviews but this is a really
special thank you to everyone there
thank you very much indeed lauded
outside continuing to put themselves at
risk across the country but it's not
just medics in hospitals as an
increasing number of people are being
treated by GPS in their own homes one
team in Stockport say they've been
relying on charities and schools to
supply their personal protective
equipment as our north of England
correspondent Claire pfann now reports
so I'm just starting my shift with the
Acutes home visiting team for Stockport
and I made with the the hot team today
which means I'm going to be visiting
patients who have suspected coronavirus
or or confirmed coronavirus it's the
start of another eight to late shift dr.
Tim merchant doesn't yet know how many
seriously ill patients he'll see today
but the last few days have given him an
idea I had a patient last night at 8
o'clock in the evening and she was very
poorly and couldn't couldn't meet me at
the door this lady really through
various reasons that she had discussed
with with our family for various reasons
didn't want to go to the hospital for
every home the GP goes to he needs a new
sets of personal protection kits I
always try and explain to patients why
we've got that PPE on and that is to
protect them as well as us and it can be
intimidating obviously for the patients
and and you actually sometimes feel like
you've lost that humanistic connection
with the patient when you've got goggles
and a mask it's purely just to check in
with you and check to see that you're
alright given the current situation with
coronavirus back at base in Stockport
this GP Federation is dealing with an
unprecedented number of calls it's been
really tough and sort of rapid
escalation in terms of and the patients
and the way that they're presenting and
the impact that will have on the system
you were on social media asking schools
to bring PPE for you there's not enough
to go around at the moment is there in
reality it was a federation we've not
been past the national distribution list
so we have we know at our supply to date
has been from donations from charities
from the schools from other
organisations so that has been you know
a real
but I understand that that's gonna
change