| Shocking stats. 10:15 - Sep 6 with 527 views | BlueBadger |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45356349
And from personal experience the peer support is often sadly lacking. Few weeks ago, myself, the 'night sister' and senior medical registrar for a weekend night shift had to devote a large part of the shift to supporting a senior house officer who, having been off for two years with various health difficulties including severe anxiety and depression had been chucked into an on-call night shift. On the second weekend in August(the 'August' bit is significant as it's handover month when a lot of doctors are doing their first-ever on-call rotas). [Post edited 6 Sep 2018 12:32]
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| Shocking stats. on 10:27 - Sep 6 with 509 views | J2BLUE |
When my dad was in hospital the nurse said she did 4-5 12 hour shifts a week and it was an hour plus travelling time each way.
How the hell do you manage doing that in that sort of job? |  |
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| Shocking stats. on 10:34 - Sep 6 with 498 views | BlueBadger |
| Shocking stats. on 10:27 - Sep 6 by J2BLUE |
When my dad was in hospital the nurse said she did 4-5 12 hour shifts a week and it was an hour plus travelling time each way.
How the hell do you manage doing that in that sort of job? |
I nearly killed myself trying to get from Melford to Addenbrookes for a 7 start on a 12 hour long day shift. I loved the job but had I kept in it, I'd have been a road accident statistic long before now.
As a rule, a 37.5 hour full time contract will work out as round about 3 days in work a week with an odd extra one one week in four to ensure your hours are right if you're working long shifts. I suspect she was doing an extra or two to fill in gaps in either the rota or her bills. More than two in a row is a killer, though and I never work three straight. | |
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| Shocking stats. on 10:46 - Sep 6 with 486 views | Steve_M |
Of course it is. The idea that a 'seven day NHS' could be forced into being without costing more money was farcical, or it would have been were the results not so tragic.
A system that pushes staff to breaking point isn't sustainable but I'm sure another top down reorganisation will solve everything. |  |
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