direct to your inboxDavid Oliver is an experienced NHS Consultant Physician and medical writer from Manchester.He has played a variety of national medical leadership and policy roles and has a weekly column in the British Medical Journal.He currently manages Covid wards at a hospital in the south of England. Prof Oliver has spoken to The Mirror about the ‘relentless’ experience of working on wards throughout the pandemic. I've been an NHS doctor for 31 years and worked in some demanding jobs.But since last March I have looked after wards where all the patients have Covid-19 for months on end.