Health and a lot of social care organisations have marked today as being the anniversary when the UK went into their very first lockdown. They have made the effort to highlight a lot of the struggles and challenges that have been made by staff over the last 12 months. The Royal College of Nursing are amongst some of those who are going to be supporting the National Day of Reflection. They are going to be encouraging the nation to remember those who might have lost their lives during the pandemic.

A lot of people are going to be taking the time to remember those who have lost their lives as well as reflecting on the hardships that have been experienced so far. They are also going to be thinking about the future in general and the lives that people have lived. At the end of the day, at least 883 social care workers have died from Covid-19 related illnesses and this is a huge blow to those who might work in homecare or even private nursing. The National Day of Reflection has been developed by Marie Curie and they aim to try and give the nation the chance to grieve while also helping them to remember everyone who may have died during this time. At this point, the country had gone into its first lockdown and the death toll stood at 364 at the time. Now the death toll is over 126,172. The leaders at RCN have stated that they are taking this time to try and remember the people who have lost their lives as well as those who might have sacrificed endlessly to try and commit to those who need it. The nurses who have worked during this pandemic are a credit to the nation.