‘We all need a place to shelter’: NHS staff take a breather – in pictures

Terry, painter, Royal Edinburgh Hospital (listen to the audio)

‘I love coming to work. My escape place, my storage unit, I call it my howf. I come in here, close the door and I can do my little projects during lunch and it’s just nice and relaxing. I work five days a week. I usually start at eight, finish at four-thirty, probably have a 45 minute break during the day and then I just come in here. That’s it, just sit and chill, read a book, read my paper, listen to Neil Diamond. It’s my space. The little spark keeps saying to me, “When you retire, I’m going to do it.”‘