Working Life: It’s a privilege to support patients with chronic disease

Barbara O’Gorman, telephone triage nurse, SMILE Service, Caredoc

SMILE triage nurse Barbara O’Gorman at Caredoc, Carlow. Picture: Alf Harvey.

7am

Once my husband, Darren, and two teenage boys, Liam and Tadhg, are dispatched to work and school, I head to the office, perked up by a strong coffee.