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Dr Kilmore sighed as he viewed the mountain of paperwork on his desk. He smiled weakly at Nurse Clarke.

“Running a hospital is 75% admin,” he said.

“Getting to see patients is a rare treat these days. Most of my cases have gone to Dr Tinkle…”

Nurse Clarke rolled her eyes: “At least he’s no longer in charge, and Matron has retired.

They were obsessed with everyone’s private lives! Keep him busy, I say…”

She handed Dr Kilmore another document: “More paperwork for your pile. It’s our ward’s checklist for the fire safety review. There are a couple of items that need action including ensuring the testing of our electrical equipment is up to date.”

Dr Kilmore sighed again: “Yes, and we need to review the systems in place for handling our oxygen cylinders on the wards. They can pose a significant fire risk.”

Nurse Clarke laughed: “We don’t want a big bang in the hospital, do we? Dr Tinkle would have an attack of the vapours!”

Dr Kilmore snorted with laughter. He looked out of the window at the grounds of Borough County Hospital, where porter Mr Rollings was helping an elderly man back into a wheelchair.

“That’s the third time this week that Mr Rollings has had to help a confused patient who lost their way,” he said.

“Getting our health and safety right is vital for all our patients and staff, but especially patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease who are so vulnerable.”

Nurse Clarke nodded: “Yes, we had to stop Mrs Davies fiddling with an oxygen cylinder last week. She told me she was filling the tea urn. Made me fill up with tears, that did.”

She sighed and added: “There must be a better solution for all of this. Plus, we have the new Martyn’s Law coming into force soon and we’ll have legal duties to help combat terrorist attacks.”

Dr Kilmore passed her a piece of paper. It was headed ‘From the office of Lord Biggar of Finisham’.

“Francis has an idea. Mango…,” said Dr Kilmore.

Nurse Clarke said: “Mango? I know he’s a faith healer, but I’ve never heard of mango doing anything other than giving us a few vitamins and minerals.”

Dr Kilmore laughed: “No, the online compliance software called Mango. It keeps documents in the cloud and we can access them wherever there’s an internet connection.

“It will help us save time and reduce the fire risk from all this paper!”

Nurse Clarke nodded in approval: “Great idea.”

Dr Kilmore said: “One last piece of paper…”

He handed it to her: “Your confirmation from the board as the new head of nursing staff.”

She beamed and Dr Kilmore said: “Oooh, Matron…fancy a cuppa?”

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