GP Stories - It's Coming Home
Before the Euro 2020 final, the whole country was excited, people had forgotten about Covid for the time-being (in a good way), there was talk about a bank holiday being held in August if England won; Boris Johnson had advised employers to allow their employees to rock up to work the next day a little late. I had been asking all my patient's whether "it's coming home" as a light ending to my consultations. I think people appreciated it. People were in a good mood. However we all know how the story ends. 3 penalty misses later and England came crashing back to reality. No extra bank holiday and still in Covid lockdown, people were in sour moods again. The next day, I was doing a duty session at my practice, urgent call comes on the list. Mental health issues. Call up this young woman in her 20's in tears. Turns out she got a tattoo on her forearm with the words "It's coming home, Euro 2020" and the England flag the day before the final. She was n...