How they employ them is not something they deemed to share with me.
All I know is what I saw and was told I didn't get to inspect the wording of their contracts.
Monday to Friday, adequate cover by consultants.
Weekends inadequate cover.
Source nursing staff on a neo natal ward.
If there is deemed a need for a certain amount of staff monday to friday, why is there less staff on a weekend?
The nurses seem pretty fucked off that they were expected to take up the slack when there was reduced cover.
So, there is already a 7 day a week NHS for Nursing staff.
But not for Doctors, G.Ps etc. Reduced cover is not the same.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 10:59,
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OK, we agree. There is inadequate cover at weekends by consultants.
What i object to is the implication that it is consultants who are employed to work then not turning up. It is in fact that the trusts do not employ enough to be able to staff the place at weekends and the weekdays.
If they shifted people around, you'd just end up with a bit less cover spread out through the week, and the same mortality/ morbidity.
All I'm saying is that it is the employing trusts that decide to have fewer staff on at weekends to save money, not the consultants themselves skiving off.
Anyway, back to clinic!
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 11:35,
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