Medic moves into caravan to protect family from coronavirus

A medic has decided to move out of the home he shares with his fiancée and young son - so he can keep treating patients with coronavirus without putting his family's health at risk.

Jonathan Leadbeater, 29, is now living alone in a caravan on his uncle's farm while he continues to work A&E shifts at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley.

Jonathan used to be a paramedic, but is now an advanced clinical practitioner, and decided to move out of his family home at the start of lockdown to protect his fiancée, Lucy Ackerley, who has asthma, and his son Mason, who is 21-months-old.

Jonathan is now living alone in a caravan on his uncle's farm while he continues to work A&E shifts Credit: BPM Media

Jonathan has been volunteering for extra shifts while he's been away from his family, to distract himself while he's separated from them, and to help out more during the pandemic.

He said: “I always try to go above and beyond for my patients, but sometimes you just feel useless, when you know you have done everything you could and you couldn’t prevent the virus from taking someone’s life."

“But we have got a brilliant team and we are doing exceptionally well.I’m so proud of the team we have got here in A&E. Everyone goes aboveand beyond.”

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