Author: Alice

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Language Failure

I used the word ‘zombie’ in a staff meeting today. I didn’t say it as a joke, and I didn’t…
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Loss Of Containment

I am officially done pretending this is an abstract medical mystery. Whatever is happening in Stockport, it is no longer…
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Weight Of It

This whole situation stopped being theoretical for me weeks ago, but I think I only just caught up to that…
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Wrong Joke

Someone at the hospital asked me today why I still call this blog ‘Undeadwatch.’ They weren’t being snide; they were…
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Careful Language

I heard a word today that I haven’t heard since this all began. I heard someone use the word ‘bite.’…
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Unusual Compliance

The wards are eerily quiet today. The patients have become unusually compliant. They don’t argue about their medication, they don’t…
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Restricted Access

Access at the hospital is tightening. Certain doors that I’ve walked through every day for years now require an approval…
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Revised Routine

The phrase of the week at the hospital is ‘revised routine.’ It sounds so professional, so managed. We perform the…
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Ongoing

I was thinking today about how this blog started. It was meant to be a joke—a way to poke fun…
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Professional Distance

The atmosphere at work has shifted again. It’s become something quieter, more rigid, and deeply impersonal. There are fewer discussions…