The human connection

An update from one of Worcestershire’s Skills for the Future trainees.

Worcestershire's Treasures

This flagstone is one of the best stops on the Infirmary tour.

flagstone“I shan’t be booking any time soon” I hear you say. Well, standing in the ceremonial entrance with the light cascading in through the tall Georgian windows you can see the scuffs and scrapes left by hundreds of thousands of footsteps. This was the area where the infirmary admissions office once stood.  For over 240 years people queued up to be admitted into hospital and each indentation has the potential to tell a story. Who stood there? Were they like me? Was it frightening?

Anyone who has sat in a doctor’s waiting room or been rushed to A&E can relate to this predicament. If you’ve been fortunate enough never to have needed medical attention then newspaper headlines will have filled you in on the topic of NHS waiting times I’m sure.

Looking at this spot allows us to…

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