James Hannah

This after­noon I found myself sit­ting in Bridg­north hos­pi­tal await­ing an X-ray. It is, like just about every hos­pi­tal depart­ment I’ve been to, the domain of capa­ble women. Moth­ers of the NHS, the women who can. But these women, long on respon­si­bil­ity, long on prac­ti­cal­ity, long on care, can be short on patience. The whole depart­ment is …