Mike Mantle, a domestic staff worker who worked on our Acute Frailty Unit on Christmas Day, appears alongside other Christmas Heroes in a feature in the Manchester Evening News.

This is his fifth Christmas Day working but he enjoys it every year and even sings for the patients.

He said: "I get full enjoyment out of being on the ward, talking with people, mingling with patients and having a great time. Unfortunately they can’t be at home so we do the best job we can to entertain them and keep the patients occupied, happy and having a good time.

"After lunch, I’ll be singing Christmas songs for them. Singing is a wonderful thing. It brings back wonderful memories and it’s lovely to see people joining in.”

Mike represents all our hundreds of staff who do an amazing job working during the Christmas and New Year holidays too, and we would like to say huge thank you to them all.

Read about Mike and the MEN’s other Christmas Heroes here.

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