“A REAL team effort” was witnessed at Andover hospital with staff, volunteers, and even family members helped out to keep services running throughout “snowmaggedon” last week.

Donna Green, chief nurse at Hampshire Hospitals, told The Advertiser she was very proud of the staff community pulling together when the snow “hit the hospitals hard”.

At Andover War Memorial Hospital, staff stayed overnight, worked longer hours, shared their rooms with colleagues who could not get home and even husbands of staff members took to clearing the roads to allow visitors to access the hospital.

Ms Green said: “There was some great team effort which always happens every day but it extenuates it and reminds us of how amazing our staff are.

“Despite the fact that it was tough everyone wanted to do the right thing for the patients.

“It is because we are a much smaller team in Andover, it is even more important everyone works together.”

Ms Green also gave thanks for the hard work of the wider staff community such as the domestic cleaners, chefs in the kitchen and the maintenance team who also rallied during the tough conditions.