大象传媒

Two health workers at different stages of their careers, meet for the first time to share and contrast their experiences of working in the health service. Revealing and surprising insights emerge as they compare the pressures of the past with the current challenges we hear so much about today. In this episode we hear from two midwives. Ann, who's been a midwife for thirteen years, talks about how she takes her tea. It must be lukewarm. The reason? She knows there鈥檚 simply no time to wait on a busy labour ward for a hot brew to cool down between seeing patients. Ann is in conversation with Joy, who started as a midwife in the NHS in the 1980s. Back then Joy remembers having time to read a book and even doing some knitting between patients. Both weigh up the satisfaction they get from doing the job against the increasing pressures of the role.

Produced by Octavia Woodward and Nick Holland
Editor: Clare Fordham
Sound: Graham Puddifoot
Production Coordinators Sabine Schereck and Maria Ogundele