This year, NHS workers have been working harder than ever in order to keep us safe and well. Doctors, nurses and support staff have isolated themselves from their loved ones and put their own health on the line to go above and beyond in the fight against Covid-19. Uber is celebrating their hard work by offering free rides and eats to NHS workers from 23rd - 27th December, and would love for you to join them in that celebration by sharing the artwork that you and your family have created this year in appreciation and support for the NHS.
Here’s what Uber has to say: "This year has been hard for a lot of people. But especially for those working for the NHS & HSC. As a small gesture of thanks from all of us, Uber is committing two free rides and a free meal to these workers this Christmas.
We loved seeing how many people displayed their messages of thanks to health service workers through drawings and artworks this year. We’d like to encourage everyone to show how grateful we all are by sharing these here and creating more of these wonderful messages of support.
And if you’d like us to share these drawings or messages directly with NHS workers this Christmas, just post it to Instagram or Twitter and use the hashtag #GratefulUK. We’ll find it, and do the rest."
So, did you paint a rainbow in the window at the start of lockdown? Perhaps your children were set an NHS themed arts and crafts homeschooling project? Or will the NHS be featured in your DCs festive drawings or your Christmas cards this year?
If art isn’t your thing, we’d love to hear how you’ve shown your appreciation for the NHS in a different way. Maybe you were eagerly lined up to Clap for Carers every Thursday evening or perhaps you volunteered in your local area? Have you encouraged your children to think about the work that the NHS does?
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Echoing PP's - I continued to work tirelessly this year. Lots of unpaid overtime just to get stuff done. High stress and affected MH. But I'm still working in my frontline NHS role even though I want to quit - I can't let everyone down.
My daughter suffers from JIA and Uveitis and whilst the majority of her medical appointments were either cancelled or done by telephone and video, her ophthalmologist consultant appointments were vital to be done face to face (otherwise uveitis can be a silent disease and children can lose their sight if not caught and treated promptly). My daughter was so grateful for her wonderful doctor and so glad that her appointment wasn't cancelled that she drew this picture. It also shows the special headgear that the doctor sometimes uses to look into the eye which she calls "Hatty"
I thanked them by going to work 30 hours a week since the start of the pandemic in my NHS job. Yes I am knackered as I'm 56 and have an auto-immune disease. I work in a patient facing role, but not in ICU. We do a lot of extra cleaning, and listen to a lot of extra moaning (from staff and patients).
I have the utmost admiration for all those working on respiratory wards and in ICU.
I thanked the NHS by continuing to be in a union that defends the public sector; and which fights for workers rights, something that Uber don't remotely believe in.
Free rides to NHS workers provided by workers who have been denied sick leave, holidays and the minimum wage? A free meal paid for from the profits made on the backs of workers who can't afford to put food on their own families tables thanks to the appalling employment conditions of Uber.
I'd be pretty disgusted by any NHS worker who took them up on it; and I am certainly disgusted that Mumsnet is promoting Uber and their shallow attempt to jump on the bandwagon of support for the NHS to drum up their own profits. Nice bit of free marketing though, for a company based in a country that doesn't believe in providing health or any other kind of care for the poorest and most marginalised in society.
We kept to social distancing rules in order to reduce the spread of Covid and the impact on the NHS. We also painted rainbows to go in our front window.
I thanked them by following the rules and being careful to try and reduce the need for the health service. I also think carefully about who I vote for.
I thanked them by supporting my NHS worker mother. We moved in together for the first lockdown and I took over meal planning, shopping lists and bulk meal prepping so that there was always fresh healthy food available for her at work and at the end of a difficult day.
We both managed to lose weight this way. Or current total sits at about 144lbs between us. That's 67lbs for her and 77lbs for me.
I showed them respect by staying-in when I could, washing my hands, wearing face coverings and distancing. I also ran a virtual 5K to raise money for NHS charities. I owe them so much and could never repay them
My family like many others up thread are NHS front line staff, exhausted and continuing to deal with covid and the usual day to day shit that working for the NHS brings. We didn’t clap, as to us it felt meaningless when there was no PPE and every single day they were at risk (and continued to be) DH reckoned clapping was encouraged as it was free... My kids were terrified that family members including their dad were going to contract covid and die. I’m going to continue to help the NHS by never voting for a Tory and minimising my and our family risk of getting unwell. I’m sorry for being so bitter 2020 has been shit for us.
We stayed home, followed the rules and I carried on working. I'm a key worker but not NHS. We clapped for the NHS and I baked for the NHS in my free time.
I avoided contacting the local GP and nurse for minor ailments that I would normally have asked fro advice about in order to not put pressure on a busy NHS,
I have shown my support by following the rules. I also volunteered delivering prescriptions in my local area when I wasn't working myself. I shall continue to support the NHS by not voting Tory.
