Spirit of humanity

In the wake of the first UK lockdown, thousands of retired NHS workers returned to service to support the coronavirus effort.

University of Manchester graduate, Brian Eadon (BSc Pharmacy 1975), who retired from practice 18 months prior, was one of these servicemen. Brian heads up the pharmacy team at the Rainbow Hospital Deeside. It’s here that he met, and became mentor to, Manchester History student Mike Jennings, who began volunteering at the hospital after face-to-face teaching at the University was moved online in March.

The hospital, housed in a converted leisure centre, is one of three temporary facilities in North Wales that the health board introduced to help prevent admissions to the three acute hospitals in the area.

You can read more about Mike and Brian’s chance encounter and the pivotal role of volunteers in the fight against COVID-19 on our website.