It's a new role for us but there are other roles like this just setting up in businesses and hospitals across the country. The role is about trying to keep our community within the hospice as free from COVID-19 as possible and to reduce risks. 

It’s about working with the people who work at the Hospice to address any concerns or worries they have, because it is hard to keep your distance from people. It’s also about keeping the patients safe and, if we have a case, ensuring we don’t spread it out into the community within our families. It’s not just about the Hospice, it’s about everywhere.

I am a nurse, a midwife, a specialist community public health nurse, and a clinical nurse contact tracer for COVID with Public Health England. I’m hoping that my professional experience and my volunteering at the hospice will help me to fulfil this role.