Comments | erlf: Now is not a good time to work in the NHS

erlf

Now is not a good time to work in the NHS

Apr 06, 2006 17:27

Well, I have just heard on the Radio that the Trust I work for is about to shed 720 jobs! Nice to be kept in the loop. Allegedly we should find out tomorrow who it will affect. It is quite a big reduction from 5,000 staff ( Read more... )

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taoist_goth April 6 2006, 16:35:25 UTC

My word redundancy does seem to follow you around a bit! Oh dear. Well I guess there's only about a 10% chance you'll be affected so look on the bright side.

Hope you're doing ok other than that..... :D

bluecassandra April 6 2006, 17:58:22 UTC

Possibly we could use her as an agent provocateur in places that we wanted to make cuts?

Hope all goes well for you.

erlf April 7 2006, 09:49:15 UTC

This has been said in jest many times ;-)

Thank you for thinking of me.

bluecassandra April 7 2006, 11:28:52 UTC

Ooops, sorry.
You do seem to have seriuosly bad luck with jobs. Mind you, my place makes cuts every year, it being a government funded thing, it's just that i keep being happy about reducing my hours!

I hope they keep you or you manage to find soemthing with job security in this ever wobbly world.

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andygates April 6 2006, 17:21:04 UTC

Definitely a CV moment. I'm going to shelter behind my boss's boss's extraordinary ability to hold and retain his department. And, um, yeah, update that CV and check the market.

erlf April 7 2006, 09:50:34 UTC

Boss did try to make us bomb proof, but she got stabbed in the back quite comprehensively. I am considering going back to uni Feb 2007, so temp work wouldn't be a bad thing if it came to it.

h0llym0nst3r April 7 2006, 08:41:21 UTC

There seems to be much fiddling with Healthcare Trusts at the moment. Personally, I wish they'd trim back the 'experts' who keep coming up with these marvellous reorg ideas, not to mention the bureaucrats.

I hope that it doesn't affect you.

Got your texts. It would be good to see you if you are about.

erlf April 7 2006, 09:55:45 UTC

Hi, thank you for your message. The trust I work for is now on it's third set of consultants. The main issue seems to be that it is a PFI hospital which make it a lot more expensive to run. The new national tariff doesn't reflect the fact that we cost more to run, or that we are split over three main acute sites. In a nut shell the Government set it up to fail.

I may be around in June, as soon as I have dates I shall let you know.

h0llym0nst3r April 8 2006, 16:42:22 UTC

The more I read about the Health Service, the more I feel it is being stitched up royally generally. Maybe ministers should play sim hospital rather than messing with the real thing.

It would be cool to see you so let us know if you are planning to come down.