When I looked at the clock and it said 4am and I hadn't got to sleep.
Insomnia sucks.

This is the point where you all give me sympathy.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:06, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

I bet you had slept, just felt like you didn't
Surely toom little sleep is more than enough for reason for civil servant to take the day off anyway?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:07, Reply)

I know how much sickness costs the NHS and it disgusts me.
I broke my clavical and was on trauma strength codiene and only took a day off. Not that I was much use in the office.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:10, Reply)

I guess lots of front line stff must catch illness from the patients though?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:21, Reply)

Yes, and shift work can make you more easily run down and slower to recover.
But it's about 21 days per year sick. Which is more than most people have holidays.
That said, stupidly we measure sickness even when they're not scheduled to work so it's not quite as bad as it seems. If someones call in sick friday and monday that counts as 4 days.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:24, Reply)

Even with your retarded counting method, that's shitlloads
What percentage of NHS staff aren't directly exposed to sick people andwork 9-5?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Doesn't that seriously skew the satistics?
If you're looking for figures on actual working time lost due to illness, surely you should only count the actual working time lost?
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 11:29, Reply)

It fucks it up, but the decision is that we should measure the welfare of our staff, and reduce that.
Not just save money.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Aug 2012, 12:11, Reply)