As a Child, l wanted to be a Vet, but my Parents made it very clear from an early age that they would not be funding me to go off to university and that l would have to get a paid Job after leaving school to support myself. So being a Vet quickly changed into being a Midwife after watching my Cat give birth to Kittens when l was Ten!
To be a Midwife required General Nurse training first, so upon leaving school that was my Aim. Along the way my plans changed slightly, and l ended up as an Occupational Health Nurse working part time for Sainsbury’s!
I was Married and had a young Daughter of my own by then, and it was a further 8 years until l returned to the NHS to follow the path of Mental Health Nursing, left at the end of it as was expected back then, and started applying for jobs in the Community, which l loved, but worked more in the Private sector as most of the Mental health Hospitals had started to Close down in favour of Care in the Community, so that’s where l stayed.