How a doctor boosted morale with instant coffee

A redesign left anaesthetists in a UK hospital with no kettle, nowhere to sit and no coffee

A UK doctor has described how an act as simple as reinstituting a coffee room boosted morale among anaesthetists while raising funds for charity. 

When anaesthetist Dr Richard Griffiths, of Peterborough City Hospital, in England’s Midlands, worked as a registrar at the hospital, there was a coffee room — of sorts.