Arbtalk 2015 General Election Poll

[RichieR]

Yes very very true in the case of NHS. The wife felt like walking yesterday. Her night shifts were taken off her again this month and given to agency again. These agency staff have their travel costs paid for and where as she will get £17.50 per hour for a night shift they will receive £50 plus per hour and very nice travelling allowance and to top it off they just sit and watch

[Mortimer Firewood]

Yes very very true in the case of NHS. The wife felt like walking yesterday. Her night shifts were taken off her again this month and given to agency again. These agency staff have their travel costs paid for and where as she will get £17.50 per hour for a night shift they will receive £50 plus per hour and very nice travelling allowance and to top it off they just sit and watch

 

 

WTF:thumbdown:

[RichieR]

Yep regular staff on her ward supposed to get 3 nights every other month it's their little bonus . It's now 4 months since her last night shift. And these agency staff are really that lazy . Last week a bloke turned up to work and sat there and didn't want to do anything til the wife told him to help he replied he was only there to escort a patient to a nearby hospital but that wasn't going to happen for another 4 hours. Good on Mrs R because she turned on him and said " I earn £7.50 an hour and you being paid £22 per hour so get off your fat arse and help here or use the door "

[skyhuck]

No doubt those controlling the employed staff "have contact" of some sort with the agencies, this kind of corruption is rife.

 

This need getting into the press.

 

Its been shown that throwing more and more money at the NHS does not improve the service.

[eggsarascal]

Yep regular staff on her ward supposed to get 3 nights every other month it's their little bonus . It's now 4 months since her last night shift. And these agency staff are really that lazy . Last week a bloke turned up to work and sat there and didn't want to do anything til the wife told him to help he replied he was only there to escort a patient to a nearby hospital but that wasn't going to happen for another 4 hours. Good on Mrs R because she turned on him and said " I earn £7.50 an hour and you being paid £22 per hour so get off your fat arse and help here or use the door "

 

It's much worse than this........ Locum doctors on a thousand pound a shift, agency nurses on £160/hour!!!

 

Im guessing its the last Labour governments fault.

[ballibeg]

In another thread some one stated they wouldn't do a job if payment terms over 30 days. These nurses and doctors spent years in training, earning nothing and spending lots before they earnt a penny. ♩ Now they maximise their earning potential. Why when we do it it is good business and when doctors and nurses do it it's wrong?

[eggsarascal]

In another thread some one stated they wouldn't do a job if payment terms over 30 days. These nurses and doctors spent years in training, earning nothing and spending lots before they earnt a penny. ♩ Now they maximise their earning potential. Why when we do it it is good business and when doctors and nurses do it it's wrong?

 

Wake up and smell the coffee!!!

 

This ain't the private sector for Gods sake. This is people high up in the NHS that are employing agency staff (through their chums agency)at over inflated prices when they are not needed.

 

It's you and I that are paying for this in tax.

[GreenGui]

In another thread some one stated they wouldn't do a job if payment terms over 30 days. These nurses and doctors spent years in training, earning nothing and spending lots before they earnt a penny. ♩ Now they maximise their earning potential. Why when we do it it is good business and when doctors and nurses do it it's wrong?

 

Whilst I do not agree with the sentiment, I have to agree with the point you are making. There seems to be a serious case of double standards on this thread.

 

The majority appear to support the ideas of "free enterprise, get off your backside and work, don't envy the wealthy, find your own way to riches, blah blah blah" (paraphrased naturally but that is the sentiment boiled down). Why is this sentiment now not appreciated just because it is in the public sector? The tories profess to want free enterprise across the board and a shrunk down state, that means private health services as far as I can see and what some have stated about agency staff proves it. It will all go that way - the only big thing left to sell off is the health service. As Tebbit said "get on your bike" (and join the agency staff if you really believe in 'free enterprise')

[skyhuck]

Wake up and smell the coffee!!!

 

This ain't the private sector for Gods sake. This is people high up in the NHS that are employing agency staff (through their chums agency)at over inflated prices when they are not needed.

 

It's you and I that are paying for this in tax.

 

:congrats:

[RichieR]

Wake up and smell the coffee!!!

 

This ain't the private sector for Gods sake. This is people high up in the NHS that are employing agency staff (through their chums agency)at over inflated prices when they are not needed.

 

It's you and I that are paying for it

 

Well said eggs . You really hit the nail on the head.