How have you shown your appreciation for the NHS this year? Share your artwork or stories with Uber - £200 voucher to be won

[CeriMumsnet]

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?

All who post on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £200 voucher for a store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

MNHQ

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[isitsnowingyet]

@ConquestEmpireHungerPlague

I like your style

[CormoranStrike]

Thanks @isitsnowingyet - I agree!

[isitsnowingyet]

@CormoranStrike

Your dogs are well cute!

[isitsnowingyet]

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.

[Hopezibah]

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"

[CormoranStrike]

I followed the rules

And I made my dogs wear these cute bandanas!

[JellyStrudel]

I thanked them by being really careful about social distancing so that I absolutely minimise my impact on the health service

[BristolMum96]

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.

[LouJ85]

I thanked them by continuing to work for them through extremely challenging times, whilst seconded to a role that I wasn't familiar with.

[ConquestEmpireHungerPlague]

I show my support for the NHS by never ever voting Conservative.

[BryanAdamsLeftAnkle]

I thanked them by working 120 extra hours last month, being taxed heavily by the tax man and still smiling as I work as a Nurse.

This allowed my ward to continue to have safe staffing levels so our patients didn't suffer. Covid has hit staffing hard. Clapping doesn't help.