A few days ago I asked if Johnson would realise just how important the NHS is to the public of the UK and if he would ever thank them.

Well credit where credit is due he was fulsome in his praise of the NHS staff who cared for him during his illness.

Today I have read a letter posted by a Student Nurse who has also suffered from the virus. I believe it is well worth reading.

"If I’ve learned anything from suffering this virus, it’s that my government have really let me and many other people down up until this point. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really grown fond of Boris Johnson over the past few weeks and his passion for this country is truly inspiring, however that doesn’t mean I can just paint that fondness over all the cracks that were already there. From day 1, being a 17/09 student nurse under his government has been demoralising and testing in so many ways. Being a student nurse in our current NHS is crippling. I’ll be leaving the course with £60000 of debt. I’ll have worked more 40 hour weeks than I can count, for absolutely free. No financial help or recognition. I’ve caught this horrific virus during one of those long, free shifts right at the start when PPE guidance was still unclear and their was a delay in their distribution. If I had died from working that free shift I honestly think it would have been the most laughable tragedy. Since becoming really sick I’ve also come to realise that you will only be tested if you’re clinically deteriorating and need intervention or of course, if you’re famous. Those 100000 tests a day promised by the government seems a hell of a long way off. Boris Johnson had his test on day 1 of symptoms. I’m on day 20 and still recovering from my truly horrific ordeal, however because I’m only a year 3 student nurse who’s volunteered to help the NHS during this crisis, I still haven’t had a swab. I was refused a swab in hospital on day 8 because I am “young and healthy” and “there aren’t enough resources”. I know I’m not as important as the prime minister, but after already being made to feel so insignificant throughout this whole nursing journey already, it’s quite a kick in the teeth. I’m honestly thankful when our prime minister nowadays makes public declarations about the how incredible the NHS is but I’m also equally as frustrated. Most of us already knew our NHS was amazing, it’s just that for most of us it doesn’t take nearly dying to recognise that. So if Boris Johnson and the government learn anything from this virus too, I hope it’s the value of their NHS and every single individual within it, doing their part to make it incredible. I hope they never jeer and laugh as they deny their people in blue pay rises again, before they skip home ecstatic about their own. I hope they put a little more funding into the training of the next generation of healthcare staff instead of making them work themselves into the ground for nothing out of the goodness of their own hearts. I hope they never again talk their NHS down or question it’s sustainability like they have done many times before. I think that at a time when the country needed it and it was about time the government heard it, the NHS has risen up and has spoken for itself. I hope they heard it. I hope they pay attention to it. I know that I will dedicate the rest of my life to it whilst continuing to be in awe of it. Long live our NHS"