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Alice Suffield

Nurse tried to kill himself after stress of Covid and 'daily threats of violence' became too much

David Morgan is a qualified nurse but he's living on £320-a-month universal credit because his experience of dealing with Covid and the other pressures of his job got so bad - he tried to kill himself.

"I remember just wanting to end it, to not have to think about it anymore. Every day I'd go to work, go through the air lock, nurse patients medicate patients, all while fending off physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse and then add Covid to that. It was too much."

"I had a breakdown and I just left work and never went back. I'm just staying with family now in Llanelli, living on £320 a-month universal credit.

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