The investigation into ‘CadburyGate’ is now complete. I have to say, I have never experienced anything so surreal in my entire life – in fact, I’m starting to think that I’ve been living in the twilight zone for the last fortnight and those little green men are going to whisk me off into the ether to care for sick aliens…more like little green-eyed monsters wearing a nurses uniform are going to find other ways of sticking the knife in.  You may remember a gorgeous patient that we had on the ward called Helen. All she wanted before she died was to experience one last Christmas. So, with a lot of help from various people around the hospital and her daughter, we brought Christmas forward for her. Not a day too soon either, because later that night she died. Anyway, Helen’s daughter was so touched by what we had arranged for her Mum, that she’d gifted the ward with a huge (and I mean huge) chocolate hamper and a thank you card that mentioned me by name. The next thing I kno...

Christmas and the New Year have gone so quickly this year – they seem almost a distant memory! I was working for most of Christmas and I ended up picking up a couple of extra shifts over New Year too as Jo had gone off sick – too much chocolate hamper indulgence I reckon! It was my first Christmas on the ward – actually, it was my first Christmas in a hospital and I must say, I have really enjoyed it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s awful to think that people are so poorly that they can’t be at home with their families, but the hospital was decked out with decorations and the staff were all in good festive spirits, despite not being at home with their own families.  But it’s not all sadness and illness. I have to walk past the maternity wing on the way to the ward and it was wonderful to see all the new Christmas babies starting their new little lives – I mentioned it to Matt when I got home and I think he’s broody now (I found a crumpled up list in the bin with potential baby na...