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I work in an organisation of 80 people. When one of us goes on leave (of any sort) we are not replaced. We just work harder/longer to get the work done.
perhaps you want a dentist to come in from another department to give them a dig out (ouch). Please.
When will people in the private sector realise that their is essentially something very different about working with people in a caring profession than working in the private sector where one may make widgets etc.
Its a simple mathamatical equation. In 8 hours in the day a doctor can see lets say 32 patients. there are 4 doctors seeing 128 patients a day. take away 2 doctors that means 2 doctors are left to see 128 patients. This mean that patients get less time worse service etc. On the one hand you can argue doctors are being more "efficent" on the other patients loose.
Working time directive comes into play.
your solution is to exploit people make then wrk 60-70 hours a week. Sorry just because there is complete mugs in the private sector who allows themselves to be eploited than that does not mean that this has to be the case in the public sector.
Exploitation or a hard work ethos knowing that putting in the work will provide rewards down the line?
Plenty of people work 60-70 hours a week. If public sector work practices been brought in line wth private sector eficiency and costs would be soon brought in to line. As soon as public sector has to be taken task on continuos overspending its a problem. Its a hard line that is unfortunate for those on the front lines but after years of in-efficiency and overspending it had to be done. What do you expect; keep going with more promises that spending will be reduced gradually only to find ourselves another ten years down the line staring at the same red numbers?
Its not those on the font line who are loosing out. Its patients.
Exploitation, as far as I am concerned unless there are getting very well paid for it.
Its not those on the font line who are loosing out. Its patients.
I'd take the protestations of front line staff seriously if nurses were not looking for an even shorter working week, if the standard working week was 39 hours, if annual leave was set at the statutory minimum and absentee levels in the HSE were not the highest in the country.
[/quote]When our receptionist is out one the phones are diverted to the main office and whomever is free at that moment picks up the phone. We put a notice on the door asking people to ring the bell for access.
All groups coordinate and plan so that holidays are covered by existing staff.
That's what happens in a business that competes openly with the rest of the world.
I'd take the protestations of front line staff seriously if nurses were not looking for an even shorter working week, if the standard working week was 39 hours, if annual leave was set at the statutory minimum and absentee levels in the HSE were not the highest in the country.
When our receptionist is out one the phones are diverted to the main office and whomever is free at that moment picks up the phone. We put a notice on the door asking people to ring the bell for access.
All groups coordinate and plan so that holidays are covered by existing staff.
That's what happens in a business that competes openly with the rest of the world.
it requires an approach that is not easly broken down into private sector soundbites about productivity/efficency.
What happens in private industry is not necessarly best for good health care.
More than likely are getting well paid. Hard work = Reward. Your salary is a reward for the value of the work you have done. Its not an entitlement for filling a role. Again another problem within public sector V private sector.
That old chestnut. They dont seem too concerned when threatening industrial action. Increase in work hours and efficiency are more beneficial to patients than the current situation. There is no-one to blame but the HSE themselves.
Well made points as usual. However, putting a notice or diverting the phone at the main reception of a hospital or a busy OPD clinic is not an option.
Its an example of how private sector workers increase their work loads in times of need not down tools and make demands.
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