ithinkl standards. i don't think i am feeling more positive.is disease, if i am honest. these patients don't get better quickly, so we have had a slow and difficult period of trying to help these patients recover. day after day, week after week, staff are working in foal ppe. although patient numbers are falling, matron elaine thorpe says the psychological impact on staff is rising. i would say in the last week i am starting to see the last week i am starting to see the emotional trauma coming out in our nurses and doctors. everybody, really. you know, me, for one, i can't get this image out of my head, a group of patients or lying face down, prone, they felt faceless. this is a sobering reminder of the devastating impact of coronavirus. extreme caution will be needed when relaxing lockdown measures, or it could lead to a surge in infections. and that would mean many more patients coming into hospital. as covid ward slowly empty, the dilemma is how and when to reintroduce services like outpatient appointments and planned surgery. pa rt appointm