Taking the Long View: Over 50 Years of Practice in the Health Service Provides Much Perspective on How Things have Changed (First Person‪)‬

As I come to the end of an era of working in the health service, I can reflect on my time spent in so many areas. I have weathered so many changes, both in practice and also the training of nurses. I still maintain that the good care given by staff at grassroots in the community remains despite all the changes in the hierarchy. They are dedicated and give more than their paid hours caring for their patients and clients. Health visiting has had the biggest influence on my life--I suppose it was predestined that I would become a health visitor as I spent a great deal of time with my mother's sister, who was a district nurse, midwife and health visitor.