An NHS nurse was left devastated after coming home from a 12-hour shift to find a note saying she was a ‘disgrace’ for breaking lockdown rules.

Single mother-of-two Bex Williams found the note had been pushed through her door in Godmanchester, in Cambridgeshire, on Monday. She had just finished the first of three night shifts at Peterborough Hospital.

She doesn’t know who left the note but believes it may have been a neighbour. The handwritten note read: ‘You are a disgrace and you have been reported! Stay at Home Saves Lives’.

Bex was especially annoyed as she was already finding her situation difficult due to her two children having to stay at her brother’s house while she worked. She said: ‘I was obviously really upset and angry after coming home from a 12-and-a-half-hour shift to find this note on my doorstep.

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‘At first I thought it was a good will gesture letter, after other nurses have received lovely gifts and messages on their cars and doorsteps.

‘When I opened the note my heart just pounded in my throat, I just couldn’t believe how awful it was.

‘It’s not just the struggle at work, but at home. Most neighbours know I am a single mum who has to drop my children off at my brother’s house to look after them.

‘The fact that this person who wrote the note, didn’t even ask me where I was going everyday first, upsets me’.

Bex, who said she hadn’t had much sleep, pointed out that medical staff can’t put on their uniforms until they get to work.

Her mother, Deb Leighton, took to social media to call out the anonymous resident who wrote the note, which has received a flurry of supportive messages. The mother said those thinking of reporting others should check the person’s situation first.

Bex said: ‘It has helped to make me feel better and I really appreciate people’s support at this time. I have just had a friend pop round with an Easter Egg and two bottles of wine and I just stood there and cried when I received them, I am really grateful.’

Deb highlighted that her daughter had not only been working on the frontline but was also a single mother juggling night shifts.

She said: ‘To the vile, malicious person, who posted this through my daughter’s letterbox. She has just returned from the first of three night shifts as a frontline nurse at Peterborough hospital.

‘She’s a lone parent and my son has her children whilst she works, as I’m classed as high risk and can’t have them at the moment. To come home to this after working, you are the disgrace.

‘She’s upset and probably won’t be able to sleep today, before going back to work tonight. I really hope you don’t need her or her hardworking colleagues services during this crisis.

‘A little fact checking would have gone a long way, instead of hiding behind an anonymous note through her door. I hope you’re proud of yourself.’

She added in another post: ‘This thoughtless act has added to her stress and anxiety, both from the job she is doing, and the constant worry of taking the virus home to her children.

‘The fact that the sender chose to hide behind a cloak of anonymity has taken her right to recourse away from her. Had the sender had the guts to knock on her door, they could have been given the full facts and circumstances.

‘Since posting about this on local social media, I’ve had messages of support from many people, both healthcare workers and other key workers who say they’ve had similar or even worse.

‘This is absolutely disgraceful. Please, if you feel the need to tackle someone about their seemingly selfish behaviour, make sure you have the full facts first.’

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