Good. We have a government that is more willing to clap for our nurses than negotiate with them over a living wage.
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Good, it’s got to happen before the NHS is 100% screwed over
Little story time I have posted before
I am the unfortunate soul with 15 years of mental health experience that works 40h a week paid plus about another 15 unpaid after hours finishing my work, worrying about patients and dealing preparing for my next appointment. All that at £23,949 a year. In order to do my job I have completes 1 year long Diploma level 2 in health and social care when I started 15 years ago followed by 1 year diploma level 3 few years later, followed by 2 years Diploma level 5 equivalent to 1st year at university. Followed by countless trainings that taught me how to work with people with different mental health conditions.
During my time in mental health I have had my nose broken by violent patient, I have permanent scar on my forearm from a chunk of flesh that I got bitten out of it by another and have spend 3 months of unable to move my head from a neck injury. I have seen my co-worker put in a wheelchair because of lack of staffing that made it impossible to contain a dangerous situation and have been spat on, kicked, scratched, punched and sworn at countless time. I had my life threatened and had patient describe exactly how they going to rape my children back when I have work in inpatient services.
Since moving to community after all those years of blood, sweat, tears and sleepless nice studying while working full time I earn £200 less than Aldi shop assistant. Is there a wonder we struggle for staff.
In community average appointment takes 1 hour, plus another hour for travel time, and writing down notes from the appointment. That is if nothing happens. I have turn up at a patient house who informed me of taking overdose, this resulted in all my other appointments for that day canceled so when people get frustrated with cancellations it’s not like we do it for shits and giggles. I am now looking at potentially needing to work every other Saturday as overtime when my mortgage renews because otherwise we will just break even with doing nothing else with kids etc.
My partner is a teach assistant her job is equally ungrateful with insane amount she does outside of school that she isn’t paid for. Makes you question quite often why do you even bother. I am making a difference in people’s lives for every bad experience like broken nose there is 10 that are seeing positive changes to patient care but you can only run on good will and passion for some l9ng before burn out when you don’t switch off at home and go to work knowing you will neglect many patients because you can’t work with everyone one in a team of handful of people. We are at a point when people apologise to a team for taking annual leave for kid birthdays because they know it adds extra pressure on the rest of a team.
If we don’t fix it more and more people will be unsupported. My waiting list is measured in months not weeks. Imagine being suicidal and all I can say is I don’t have capacity to physically see you unless I pick up weekend overtime. It’s soul destroying. We need more money and more staff so we can do the job we have trained for years to do.
Full support…this government is obscene, corrupt, criminal, disgusting and vile…they shoukd count themselves lucky we are not marching on Westminster yet…
Sorry but how can the bribe pensioners and embezzle tax payers money if they give out pay rises to people in the nhs?
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Good. We have a government that is more willing to clap for our nurses than negotiate with them over a living wage.
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Good, it’s got to happen before the NHS is 100% screwed over
Little story time I have posted before
I am the unfortunate soul with 15 years of mental health experience that works 40h a week paid plus about another 15 unpaid after hours finishing my work, worrying about patients and dealing preparing for my next appointment. All that at £23,949 a year. In order to do my job I have completes 1 year long Diploma level 2 in health and social care when I started 15 years ago followed by 1 year diploma level 3 few years later, followed by 2 years Diploma level 5 equivalent to 1st year at university. Followed by countless trainings that taught me how to work with people with different mental health conditions.
During my time in mental health I have had my nose broken by violent patient, I have permanent scar on my forearm from a chunk of flesh that I got bitten out of it by another and have spend 3 months of unable to move my head from a neck injury. I have seen my co-worker put in a wheelchair because of lack of staffing that made it impossible to contain a dangerous situation and have been spat on, kicked, scratched, punched and sworn at countless time. I had my life threatened and had patient describe exactly how they going to rape my children back when I have work in inpatient services.
Since moving to community after all those years of blood, sweat, tears and sleepless nice studying while working full time I earn £200 less than Aldi shop assistant. Is there a wonder we struggle for staff.
In community average appointment takes 1 hour, plus another hour for travel time, and writing down notes from the appointment. That is if nothing happens. I have turn up at a patient house who informed me of taking overdose, this resulted in all my other appointments for that day canceled so when people get frustrated with cancellations it’s not like we do it for shits and giggles. I am now looking at potentially needing to work every other Saturday as overtime when my mortgage renews because otherwise we will just break even with doing nothing else with kids etc.
My partner is a teach assistant her job is equally ungrateful with insane amount she does outside of school that she isn’t paid for. Makes you question quite often why do you even bother. I am making a difference in people’s lives for every bad experience like broken nose there is 10 that are seeing positive changes to patient care but you can only run on good will and passion for some l9ng before burn out when you don’t switch off at home and go to work knowing you will neglect many patients because you can’t work with everyone one in a team of handful of people. We are at a point when people apologise to a team for taking annual leave for kid birthdays because they know it adds extra pressure on the rest of a team.
If we don’t fix it more and more people will be unsupported. My waiting list is measured in months not weeks. Imagine being suicidal and all I can say is I don’t have capacity to physically see you unless I pick up weekend overtime. It’s soul destroying. We need more money and more staff so we can do the job we have trained for years to do.
Full support…this government is obscene, corrupt, criminal, disgusting and vile…they shoukd count themselves lucky we are not marching on Westminster yet…
Sorry but how can the bribe pensioners and embezzle tax payers money if they give out pay rises to people in the nhs?