Nurses need to be fitter, to fight for the future of the NHS | Christina Patterson Big bodies may hold big hearts, but obese health workers are in no shape to tackle the problems of the health service.
If you go anywhere near the NHS, you cant fail to see it. The woman who marches you over to the scales and carefully records your weight, the man who asks you to roll up your sleeve and tells you to expect a sharp scratch: what they often have in common apart from a desire to help is that theyre pretty damn big.
Sometimes, when Ive been weighed by a nurse who looks twice my size, Ive been tempted to ask whether shes ever been asked to step on a set of scales herself. Sometimes, when Ive been quizzed about my lifestyle and seen letters to my GP saying Im a heavy social drinker Ive wondered whether the person who quizzed me has ever been asked to tot up their weekly tally of chips. I dont know if NHS workers are ever grilled about their lifestyle, but if theyre not theyll soon find out what its like. Theyll find out because their new boss has looked at his staff and decided far too many of them are fat. Continue reading... The Guardian
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