After the most stressful time the NHS has ever seen, staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead have been getting first class treatment from airline cabin crew and tour guides as part of the continuing Project Wingman scheme.
Set up at the height of the pandemic in spring 2020 - when the travel industry had ground to a halt - the project sees staffers from airlines and across the travel industry volunteer to give NHS staff "a little respite" during their days.
The deluxe Project Wingman double-decker bus has been parked in the grounds of the QE over the last week, while it's also visited the Gateshead Health NHS Trust's other sites like Bensham Hospital in order to look after staff.
