NHS cancer doctor in Norfolk: the job remains "phenomenally rewarding"
The National Health Service celebrates its 75th birthday this week
An NHS cancer doctor who's been working in Norfolk for nearly two decades says it' remains a "phenomenally rewarding" job.
This comes as the National Health Service celebrates its 75th birthday this week.
It was set-up three years after the end of World War II.
"Constantly amazed at how much we can help patients"
Dr Tom Roques works at the Norfolk and Norwich:
"It's a phenomenally rewarding thing to work in the health service. My job is to treat cancer patients, many of whom get cured and many can still live with their illness for many years in good health.
"That's a tremendously rewarding thing to do and I'm still constantly amazed at how much we can help patients.
"We need more people, that's the challenge at the moment- we are short of staff. But I would definitely do it again- it's the most rewarding job I can think of."
"This is a team game"
"This is a team game, I have a team of doctors, nurse, physios and speech-therapists- who all work with me to make patient care better and that's what makes all this really rewarding.
"There are many patients that stand out for all kind of different reasons- particularly those who do better than you expect, whose treatments that work exceptionally well, and I'm sure there'll be many of those moving forwards."