A Matter of Life and Death by Kelly Critcher - NHS Nurse Memoir - Non Fiction - Paperback

Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781789464412. Publisher: John Blake Publishing. Age Range: Adult. Overview. A Matter of Life and Death is a powerful, first-hand memoir from palliative care nurse Kelly Critcher, who spent the height of the coronavirus crisis working on the Covid wards and High Dependency Unit at Northwick Park Hospital. Honest and unflinching, it captures the courage, exhaustion and compassion of NHS staff during the UK's darkest pandemic months, offering a deeply human account of caring for the dying when the health service was pushed to breaking point.. About the Book. In early 2020, life changed overnight for nurses across the NHS front line. Kelly Critcher, an experienced palliative care nurse, found herself at Northwick Park Hospital, one of the UK facilities hit hardest by coronavirus, as wards were repurposed and beds filled faster than staff could cope. A Matter of Life and Death takes readers inside those unprecedented months, following Kelly as she balances clinical duty with raw human emotion: breaking devastating news to families unable to visit, comforting dying patients when no loved one could hold their hand, and supporting exhausted colleagues through fear and grief. Critcher writes with the precision of a clinician and the warmth of someone who has sat beside hundreds of patients in their final hours, describing symptom control and end-of-life care alongside the quieter, profoundly human moments that defined her work. This is an inti...