Mr Barry A Constable

Prior to my enlisting in the army and commencing my career in nursing, I was very much involved in music, particularly choral work, but that proved incompatible with army life, so music and choral work effectively went into suspended animation within me until a future date.

My nursing career ended prematurely because of the care needs of my wife and my own mobility situation as described in the book. The ending of my nursing career did allow me to resume an involvement once again in music but even that caused me health issues, because of my own self negligence and stubbornness.

Since completing the writing of the book there have been occasions where once again I found myself requiring nursing care as a patient and where the standards of that care have been at two extremes; some of it - excellent; and some simply poor. Sadly it is quite obvious to me, as a former nurse, there is still much to do within the profession to improve standards of care delivery: it is my belief that it can be done but all nurses must reflect on, and examine, their own practice.