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Isaac Newton Academy NHS Thank You Letters To all NHS workers helping with the coronavirus outbreak, I cannot begin to thank you enough. You have all done so much and risked your lives to make sure that as little people are affected as possible. You are some of the bravest people I have seen in my life. You all have played a big part in stopping the spread of the coronavirus and even though you know that you are at risk of being affected yourself, you all still show courage and how you are able to do so much for everyone in these tough times. Without amazing people like you, there would be countless more cases and deaths. If I were in any of your positions, I wouldn’t be able to do anywhere near the amount of work you do. I’d be so scared that I wouldn’t be able to think. Some of you even have to distance yourselves from family which is also very hard to imagine to have to do. I honestly don’t understand how people can be so brave in a situation like this. I thank you all and wish the best for every single one of you. To EVERYONE in the NHS. I just want to start of by saying thanks you for all you have done with the recent COVID-19 outbreak. Your hard work has helped thousands of people in the UK with people in critical condition along with putting your life on line to help anyone in need. The entire country wants to show their support, from the clap for our carers taking place every Thursday, to entire companies manufacturing life saving items such as ventilators to save lives. In my opinion, I think that all NHS workers should get a pay rise or bonus at the end of the year, and each member of staff should be remembered one way or another to show our gratitude towards you. Any person who worked in the NHS and has passed away will be remembered as heroes. We are extremely lucky to have the NHS, as some countries don’t have the privilege of free universal healthcare. The NHS has benefited my family by giving my Grandfather Open Heart surgery, and coming every week to my grandparent’s house in the middle of a pandemic to change his patch. All of my aunties work in the NHS, and they all come in to help members of the public. I am also thankful to have these people in my lives as the look after me when I’m ill or injured. Thanks. 27.04.20 Dear NHS worker, I would like to thank you for sacrificing your life for me and the rest of my community. You have done a wonderful job of keeping people alive. This virus is like fire and is quickly spreading and you are all helping the cause and putting everything at risk for us. I know that everyone has been trying really hard in the NHS and everyone else is trying to help as well. For example, everyone has been staying indoors and being aware of how much they go out and how long. As well as this everyone has been trying to go out and buy lots of stuff to stay in longer so that the virus doesn’t spread to us and you don’t have more then you already do. To add to that there are other key workers such as shop keepers are helping by making sure people don’t overload and are making sure everyone has food to stay indoors long enough. Also, everyone at 8:00 pm on Thursday (every Thursday) comes out of there house to clap for you. Not to mention schools have been shut so people stay indoors and also so kids don’t catch it plus if the schools didn’t shut down there would be a lot more cases. So, all the people who voted for schools to shut down have helped you a bunch. Finally, I would like to thank you for giving us advice. I realize that this does not seem like a lot of help but it is. This is a lot of help because we know how we can avoid giving you a harder time and giving us a harder time. As well as this thanks to your advice and help our lives aren't in danger and if we are than I believe that it was our fault for going out a lot or not sanitizing and not wearing masks and gloves then you can't do anything but tell us to. If we don’t then were to blame and we put everyone around is danger as well as us. Thank you for everything Yours faithfully, Amna To our hardworking NHS staff, Firstly, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving so many lives while yours is at risk. You are a massive inspiration to the whole country. Thank you for your hard work and commitment to helping our people through this unexpected time. Although there is a huge amount of pressure for you did not give up, instead you came together and fought back even stronger than before. During this outbreak everyone is told to stay home, where it is safe, but our strong NHS has to go straight to where the virus is. Not knowing what could happen to them. Everyone praises superheroes in movies but the real superheroes are our NHS, who head straight towards the war. The true role-models of our society are the ones who leave their families and risk their lives to save others. From Darlena Dear all NHS workers, This letter is to thank you for all the hard work you have being doing for us. We are all extremely grateful to have people like you to serve the country like this. You are definitely risking your lives to save others and that’s truly an act of bravery. And we thank you from across the country. You have faced difficult situations day and night, facing infectious diseases, which takes extreme courage to do. You probably don’t even have the energy to do so. But you are still there saving lives which we appreciate. All NHS workers think before they do anything. You think carefully and you have consideration of all the aspects of the situation. This is an act of Prudence. You Put energy, effort and focus into your job to progress and succeed. This is pressure on your minds. Your body is going through the physical hard work. You guys show hard work all the time. The NHS has many patients and you have to prioritise, which is a good ability to have. We appreciate everything you do. Never give up. Hope is what you give to us. Symptoms of the coronavirus vanish because of your hard work Well-being of the people rests on your shoulders Our patients are being saved because of you Risking your lives day in day out Key is what you are to the community Everyone's waiting for you Revive their lives Smiles are your weapons Thank you. Dear NHS workers, I would like to send this letter to you as thanks for taking care of the UK while we are in this difficult situation. We are all in the same boat and hoping for this pandemic to end. Personally, from me and a lot of others, we would like to thank you for risking your life every day for the better of our country. You are one of our bravest British citizens, this country owes all their heath to you as you give it your all every time. Without you we are helpless, and you help take care of our most precious and loved ones. You protect the most vulnerable knowing that you could quite possibly get ill. Every man, woman and child could not go on if you were not working us to make progress every day. And fortunately, everyone's efforts have worked as the number of hospital deaths have decreased which is a relief Thank you for your time to read this heartfelt letter. I hope the spread slows down. Thank you for your time Yours sincerely Fahad Series of acrostic poems Doctor D - Determined to help people and save lives. They won't give up until they succeed because they don’t want people to lose lives. O - Optimistic about the future because they look for positive outcomes even on a rough path. They have a great positivity. C - Courageous because they are able to face difficult situations which are out of their comfort zone but they do it without fear. T – Transferring their skills and knowledge from what they know and using it in a variety of tasks. O – Open mindedness because they are receptive about new experiences and ideas. R – Risk takers because they go through difficult experiences knowing the consequences at the end could be bad. Nurse N - Noticing because they are able to realize details that are not immediately evident. They pay attention and are concentrated. U - Understanding because they need to understand their patients and how they are feeling. R - Respect is what they have because not all patient will behave the same and some might have disabilities that show. They treat everyone equally. E – Enthusiasm to keep their patients happy and if anything, I going on they are aware so they can make them feel better. Police P - Perseverance because they have the willingness to engage task without knowing the rate of progress and showing the ability to overtake setbacks.
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