Old Leightonian Dr Helen Salisbury, a GP at the Observatory Practice in Oxford, jumped at the chance of a batch of freshly manufactured face shields for her surgery.
The face shields are being created by our DT workshop and demand has been so popular that the original target of 200 has escalated to an astonishing 10,000! With 10 other schools and 2 commercial businesses now part of the production team, output has ramped up and in just one week orders for 2500 face shields have been received. The cost of materials is being covered by generous donations to the School’s GoFundMe crowdfunder at bit.ly/LP4NHS which has now smashed its £10K target. DT Teams across Berkshire are giving their time and access to resources such as laser cutters for free, working to keep the NHS supplied with this vital PPE equipment. co-ordinated by the logistics and distribution hub based at Leighton Park.
Working in the front line, Helen is a passionate advocate of the NHS and writes a weekly column for the British Medical Journal. In addition Helen runs the Communication Skills course for Medical Students at the University of Oxford. In 2015, she stood as a candidate for the National Health Action Party, which was formed to defend the NHS in response to the Health and Social Care Act, believing this would lead to an underfunded service with competition driving down quality of care. Since 2011 Helen has also worked with the Health Experience Research Group providing medical oversight of and input into the work of the researchers.
In her BMJ column this week she writes about these challenging times; “This week has been a very steep learning curve about coronavirus infection. With so many unknowns I feel up in the air, as though my toes are barely touching the safe ground of my medical training. I’m experienced, fairly confident and -until this week- not in the habit of taking home worries about my patients. Now the more I read , the less certain I feel about some of my advice. When ‘outdated’ refers to guidance based on China’s experience and published a month ago, being up to date take on a whole new meaning.”
Helen left Leighton Park in 1982 and is still an enthusiastic supporter of the school.
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