Jules to feature in Extraordinary Portraits to mark NHS75

Jules Lewis, Swan End of Life Care Facilitator and Lead Nurse, is to feature in a special BBC series of Extraordinary Portraits to mark the 75th birthday of the NHS.

Comedian and actor Bill Bailey is presenting the six-part series which pairs up Jules and other inspiring NHS staff with leading British artists to create specially commissioned portraits.

Jules is matched with magical realist painter Belinda Eaton for the programme. As part of the journey, Belinda and Bill find out how Jules and her team make patients’ last hours or days as pleasant as possible.

Her episode will be featured at 8.30pm on BBC One on Monday 7 August.

She said: “The whole experience has been both surreal and amazing. Bill, Belinda and the rest of the crew were so incredible and sympathetic to the work that we do. It was so great to be able to share with them what we do here at our Trust and for them to meet some of those bereaved relatives who have experienced our care first hand.

“Never would I have imagined that I would ever have a portrait painted and it was both nervewracking and exciting. Every step of the way was emotional.”

Other NHS staff featured included Scotland’s first Asian paramedic, a porter who joined the NHS during the pandemic and a family from three generations who span 60 years of dedicated NHS service.

The series started on Monday. The first episode was on inner-city trauma surgeon Martin –please click here to watch. Episodes will go out on BBC One on Mondays at 8.30pm.

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Jules Lewis pictured with Belinda Eaton.