Harrowing words from a senior emergency medicine doctor showing the despair at not being able to provide the level of care every doctor hopes to for their patients. Every doctor, nurse & HCW can empathise with this right now.
Shared w/ permission. Pls RT to get this out there.
The nurses strike isn’t just about pay, of course we should pay nurses fairly
It’s about being valued for the work they do, it’s about safe levels of staffing, it’s about improving working conditions, it’s to prevent more nurses leaving
It’s about patient safety
An overcrowded Emergency Department is a overcrowded hospital that chooses to put all the risk on a team who is already sinking. How many good ED nurses / Doctors and allied professionals are we to loose before it changes and risk is shared.
Our General Secretary and Chief Executive @patcullen9 has written to @Mike_Fabricant over his comments today on nurses drinking in staff rooms during #COVID19.
@drbenwhite I didn’t even kiss my 2 year old twins during the first wave. I was so scared, we knew so little. I will always remember meeting with my mum again when we were allowed and she kissed them when I hadn’t in weeks. I don’t think i will ever forget that.
Our Band 2 Colleagues currently earn £9.49 an hour.
In April the Minimum Wage goes up to £9.50 and we know our next pay award (due in Apr) will be delayed AGAIN.
So in April our hardworking band 2 NHS workers will be earning below min wage!
RT if you agree this is a DISGRACE