Get Premiership players to give up a days wage for nurses

I never meant to get political

careerwise but I see the strain on everyone faces I work with. I spend 15 mins sobbing this morning cos I'm not sure i can cope with doing 3 peoples work anymore cos there has been a vacancy freeze to save money.

People think the NHS wastes money but in all honesty I dont see it. Not only nurses but admin clerical & management have been culled in fact 238 posts have been lost in the last 3 months without resorting to redundancy in my Trust. that doesnt count posts that can now be advertised not being able to recruit because they are seen as undervalued and 'risky'.

Oh and NHS pension right only apply to those already in the scheme not new starters

 

tell me about it mate

i have had to pay around 20 thousand pounds in fees just to get to the stage of being a trainee solicitor.

im not complaining because it was my personal choice to go down that avenue but it is just frustrating when you see a proportion of the nation quite happy to sit back and take benefits.

 

RE: I never meant to get political

One of main causes of waste is the goverment's obsession with targets and statistics. Whether it be in the police CPS or NHS. I am convinced it is one of the major problems. Think the NHSs problem appears to be mismanagment encoraged by the governements stat and target craze, over spending to meet targets has come back to bite!

 

Those already signed up

Premiership Players:
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Gary Neville (Manchester United), Paul Robinson (Spurs), Jermaine Defoe (Spurs), Kevin Nolan (Bolton), Nigel Reo Coker (West Ham), Alan Stubbs (Everton) and David James (Portsmouth)

Additional Supporters:
(Those whose playing days are over, and other footie type people who have also commited their cash and got our thanks.)
Sir Alex Ferguson, Sam Allardyce, Glenn Roeder, Gianluca Vialli, Freddy Shephard, Graeme le Saux , Jamie Redknapp, Andy Gray, Clive Tyldesley, Adrian Chiles, Geoff Shreeves, Tim Lovejoy, Ramon Vega, Terry Byrne, Alastair Campbell, Mohammed Al Fayed, Mike Forde, and the agents Sky Andrews, Tony Finnigan and Rob Segal.


many thanks to all the above

 

RE: tell me about it mate

Exactly. (btw are u cheftyke previously known on the bbs as Shefftyke, as I dont know u in person).

 

no mate

I'm Tom

Shefftyke was Paul, nice bloke - but seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth )

 

RE: no mate

Fantastic name.

 

And over value put on measureable outcomes

ever read Dr Fosters reports in the Times? makes intersting reading especially compared to 3* trusts according to the government. iId rather be treated where I'm less likely to die cos the wards are well staffed with skilled nurses than go somewhere that balances the budget, opens theatres at weekends without full back up staff to meet targets where the death rate per pt treated is 1/4 higher.

I better go lie down with a camomile tea now or I'll explode all over the bbs and that would be messy

 

RE: no mate

wandered what happened to him. Was always a frequent interesting poster when I used to look at this bbs years back. Must still be around wasnt he one of the guys who set up afc barnsley?

 

And over value put on measureable outcomes

ever read Dr Fosters reports in the Times? makes intersting reading especially compared to 3* trusts according to the government. iId rather be treated where I'm less likely to die cos the wards are well staffed with skilled nurses than go somewhere that balances the budget, opens theatres at weekends without full back up staff to meet targets where the death rate per pt treated is 1/4 higher.

I better go lie down with a camomile tea now or I'll explode all over the bbs and that would be messy

 

RE: no mate

wandered what happened to him. Was always a frequent interesting poster when I used to look at this bbs years back. Must still be around wasnt he one of the guys who set up afc barnsley?

 

yeah he set it up from scratch i believe.

he bought / was landlord at a pub called the Washington (that pulps former bassist also owned i think) , then that was the last I ever heard of him.

reckon he still must read the board though along with Roundsman et al

 

RE: And over value put on measureable outcomes

No I've not tbh. What can we do?

 

Chef tyke , SHefftyke , Tom or Paul?!!

 

Oh right seems strange that would stop posting as was so involved. Hope he is still around and doing alright.

 

8 players?

which hospital do you work in Ali?

 

Read it

http://www.drfoster.co.uk/hospitalReport/

 

Thought there might have been more support!

And to answer what some people have said - I think it's a place to start with footballers because they and their vast salaries are such a high profile but I would advocate a campaign for everyone who can afford to donate a days salary.

I work in IT and earn more than an experienced nurse....their salaries are fecking disgraceful, the fact that they have peoples lives in their hands and the consequences of them making a mistake compared to what happens if I make a mistake at work.

The pay award announced today is an insult.

 

Human resource administrators?

Human resource administrators? Those tossers actually get paid? Unbelievable! The world's gone mad.

 

RE: there are plenty of jobs that earn less than 19k

and they dont get anything like the attention nurses get. I work in the media industry and to get upto 19k you need to have worked for at least two years if you start as a runner.