Dancing nurses hate

[collateramadamge]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8245313/Fury-endless-showreel-NHS-staff-dancing-fooling-coronavirus-crisis.html

Are people seriously moaning about this? Are we turning on the nurses now?

[Flaxmeadow]

I can see that it's good for morale and spreading positivity but I also find it all a bit silly. I'm not sure it inspires confidence.

I prefer to see doctors and nurses looking at charts and thermometers and other medical equipment thingys, with serious expressions on their faces

[Happymum12345]

Many of us, thankfully have no idea of what the nurses are going through. Dancing lifts the spirits & if that’s what they want to do, let them be. I think we’re all doing what we can to get by. Be kind.

[XmasRibbons]

Imagine the staff doing this in a palliative care unit where end of life care is the priority... It is completely disrespectful really, people could be fighting for their lives in the next room. The staff all seem cheery enough though, it really makes me think.

If I'd been dealing with patients suffering heartbreaking illness and death in the way that is being portrayed all day this wouldn't be something I'd even consider doing personally.

[edwinbear]

I’ve had a neurology appointment cancelled on 1st May because they are too busy to see me. Seems not that busy from all the prancing about

[Gruffawoah]

I don't see why it needs to be posted on social media though. There are videos saying #NHS #Emergencydepartment with about 20 people dancing. Fine if they want to on their break, but to film it in the bays which should have people who need help who are either being refused care or are to petrified to go in; and then uploading it on social media is pretty disgusting.

[Daffodil101]

Xmas ribbons

Do you seriously think staff would do that on a palliative care ward?

Seriously?

[LilacTree1]

When they first appeared, I thought it was actors trying to undermine the NHS

Now I think that because NHS staff aren’t supposed to tell us they’re quiet, it’s their way of saying “look, we’re doing fuck all here” without breaking any gag orders.

Regardless, It must be dreadful to see this when your treatment has been cancelled.

[Flaxmeadow]

...also dont like it when the police and fire brigade do this kind of thing at festivals and parades. Please don't let the armed forces start as well

[Babyroobs]

Xmas - My old work colleagues were doing one in the main corridor of the hospice where I used to work. I don't understand it. The management there were always so against anything from the workplace being posted on social media yet seemingly allow this . I also don't quite get the trend for selfies all over facebook of Nurses photographing themselves in full PPE. Are they relishing in all the comments. We know it's a difficult job, we absolutely appreciate everything you are doing but why all the selfies ??

[Daffodil101]

I’m with you on the selfies.

The ones that do it seem to be the ones who are usually very attention seeking anyway, on my fb.

The ones who are actually front line tend not to do it.

[isabellerossignol]

I think it's very bad PR for the NHS. Some of those videos must have taken quite a while.

Not bothered about the selfies in PPE though, I'd guess that's just about the novelty factor.

[XmasRibbons]

Daffodil
That's exactly my point! No I seriously don't.

If these people are being put on these much needed ventilators, if the hospitals are completely overwhelmed and basically just death everywhere as the media has made it seem...

This pandemic has put our entire country into lockdown let me remind you, so surely a lot of these people are in the situation where they are going to die! Or they don't have very high chances, needing ventilation in the first place would suggest that. I'm not really seeing how it couldn't be compared to an end of life unit. After all they are supposedly 'war zones'. I absolutely could not imagine staff doing this in palliative care so why should an ICU or covid related unit be any different?

[buckeejit]

The Belfast respiratory team hit the nail on the head. Did it in their own time, before lockdown (I think), or just at the start, it was a serious message & had visual impact. It is now on TV here in NI as part of the campaign. The jumping on the bandwagon of dances could be interpreted the wrong way

[XmasRibbons]

@LilacTree1

I'm wondering the same! I can't help but feel something fishy is going on...

[Gruffawoah]

@buckeejit I haven't seen that one, did it have some kind of relevant message in it? Most are just dancing to pop songs and dances that are trending on tik tok, nothing meaningful at all. There are a few which are actually about staying at home etc, but a lot aren't. Yes I spend too much time on tik tok, it's a black hole!

[Christmastreedown]

There are many hospital wards having the quietest time now due to all treatment cancellations. These are obviously one of them.

[Nirvana1979]

What a contrast when you watch the utterly heartbreaking news reports of the hospitals in Italy just a few weeks ago.

[Bubblebu]

22.4.2020
I never read the Daily Mail.
But I do know I am a single parent of two primary school children on long term sick leave with two primary school children who was (up until 10 March 2020) receiving cancer treatment at a major UK hospital trust. Since then total radio silence.
No idea what they think.
Just know my diagnosis was terminal.

[BakedCam]

No, I think it is a PR campaign and while I dont hold nurses in any way responsible for cancelled appointments, this is not a good look for those who are at home and worried.

This hero worshipping has got to stop.

[XmasRibbons]

The way we were braced for this and the videos coming out of Spain and Italy a few weeks ago had many of us believing people would be packed in the corridors in an exceptionally bad way, completely overran and overstretched. This is simply not what they made it out to be. As I've said if a unit is nothing to do with covid admissions I totally could understand but the 'frontline' worker videos really boggle my mind. We've been told we could be in lockdown or this could be our 'new normal' for over a year.

[andyoldlabour]

It is ridiculous, you are great, please keep on doing a great job, please keep safe, you are saving us - no need for stupid gimmicks which will put you in danger.

[BeijingBikini]

I think it's embarrassing and totally unprofessional, especially when you pair it with the "the hospital I work in is so empty" thread on MN. Makes you wonder!!

And no, choreographed dances of 20 people don't take 10 minutes - has anyone ever done a dance class or been in a school play? It takes bloody ages for everyone to get it right!

[MorganKitten]

They do them when shifts come to an end, they are seeing horrific things, some away from their children and families, they are saving people... maybe cut them some slack.

[tippingpointisawful]

There was a bloody dreadful one on TikTok yesterday of about six nurses, all wearing pad and pants over their uniform, dancing . That’s absolutely dreadful - used to work on a critical care ward and remember colleagues being hauled into office for doing something vaguely similar (net pants on head or something) on Facebook .

NHS board I worked for have sent an email out saying that selfies, photos and videos of staff laughing, joking around, dancing etc not permitted at all and will result in disciplinary action .

[Savingshoes]

If you cannot have your mobile phone on you during working hours to ensure patient privacy etc, how are they filming this?