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Gilly was in awe of the care she received in hospital after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer during the pandemic. Whether it was the cleaner who brought her own lavender spray in to freshen up the rooms, or the consultant who never made her feel like ‘just a number’, Gilly noticed the compassion in all the NHS staff who looked after her through her treatment. Lying in bed, she began to sketch the staff from life, and her Portraits and Tales from a Hospital Bed series was born.