Vicky Wright

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Vicky Wright: How nurse who worked on COVID frontline became ... (Sky News)

Vicky Wright, who won gold as part of the Team GB women's curling team, said her decision to return to full-time nursing at the start of the pandemic was a ...

She was in Canada in early 2020 and described the decision to come home to Scotland and return to full-time nursing at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert near Falkirk as a "no-brainer"- as the pandemic swept in she realised she just had to come back and help in any way she could. The curling helps her deal with the stresses of work and the role of a surgical nurse on the frontline kept a sense of perspective in her sport, which she won gold in at the Beijing Olympics. Vicky Wright, who won gold as part of the Team GB women's curling team, said her decision to return to full-time nursing at the start of the pandemic was a "no brainer".

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Vicky Wright: How Covid nurse who worked on Covid frontline ... (Sky Sports)

The long and punishing COVID-19 shifts challenged every NHS worker but Vicky Wright used them to help her follow her Olympic dream, writes Sky News Sports ...

She was in Canada in early 2020 and described the decision to come home to Scotland and return to full-time nursing at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert near Falkirk as a "no-brainer" - as the pandemic swept in she realised she just had to come back and help in any way she could. The curling helps her deal with the stresses of work and the role of a surgical nurse on the frontline kept a sense of perspective in her sport, which she won gold in at the Beijing Olympics. Vicky Wright, who won gold as part of the Team GB women's curling team on the final day of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, said her decision to return to full-time nursing at the start of the pandemic was a "no brainer".

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