Redfield Clap For The NHS
Apr 15, 2020, 11:29 AM
Bristol lockdown sound recorded by Yampee.
"I'm hit by a mix of emotions. I cycle around Bristol and see everything I'd wished for this lovely city - far fewer cars, clean air, more wildlife, the appreciation of parks and open spaces, the collapse of consumerism, community spirit and people valuing and connecting with their food. Yet I feel deeply saddened - such tragic and avoidable loss, inept and dithering leaders and the most vulnerable now having to deal with even more challenges to their daily lives.
"Once a week our street, like many others in the UK, celebrate the NHS by making as much noise as possible by clapping, whooping, banging pans, setting off fireworks and beeping their car horns. The neighbourly-ness this has created in such a short space of time is clearly evident (listen carefully to the end of the recording).
"I work in mental health in the NHS and although not on the front line, am very close to what the organisation is going through currently. I appreciate all the hard work staff in Covid-19 wards are doing day in day out, being tested to the absolute limit. I think they need more than a clap and a firework though.
"Practical solutions - significant pay increases for NHS staff (like Sweden), access to essential equipment (last week I saw a nurse wear a black bin bag to give an injection) and testing for all frontline staff.
"Many questions will be asked in the fallout from this crisis, I really hope we learn from this and build a better, more sustainable system that values essential workers and works within the limitations of our planet. 'Doughnut Economics' seems like a logical place to start."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
"I'm hit by a mix of emotions. I cycle around Bristol and see everything I'd wished for this lovely city - far fewer cars, clean air, more wildlife, the appreciation of parks and open spaces, the collapse of consumerism, community spirit and people valuing and connecting with their food. Yet I feel deeply saddened - such tragic and avoidable loss, inept and dithering leaders and the most vulnerable now having to deal with even more challenges to their daily lives.
"Once a week our street, like many others in the UK, celebrate the NHS by making as much noise as possible by clapping, whooping, banging pans, setting off fireworks and beeping their car horns. The neighbourly-ness this has created in such a short space of time is clearly evident (listen carefully to the end of the recording).
"I work in mental health in the NHS and although not on the front line, am very close to what the organisation is going through currently. I appreciate all the hard work staff in Covid-19 wards are doing day in day out, being tested to the absolute limit. I think they need more than a clap and a firework though.
"Practical solutions - significant pay increases for NHS staff (like Sweden), access to essential equipment (last week I saw a nurse wear a black bin bag to give an injection) and testing for all frontline staff.
"Many questions will be asked in the fallout from this crisis, I really hope we learn from this and build a better, more sustainable system that values essential workers and works within the limitations of our planet. 'Doughnut Economics' seems like a logical place to start."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds