boyfromfishponds

''what I do now is what a nurse did three, four years ago, and everybody gave them respect for what they did and paid them for what they did.''

a recent study has shown that hcas (healthcare assistants) spend twice as much time on direct patient care then the nurses. they found that, while nurses spent 15 per cent of their time giving direct care at the patient’s bedside, hcas spent 30 per cent.

the report also reveals massive inconsistencies in hca pay, training, duties and opportunities for advancement, with some hcas feeling they are the victims of considerable injustice.

this is something i've noticed in my time in the trust. it seems more and more is delegated down. its not just hcas though. nurses seem to be taking up more of a management role, with endless paperwork and meetings.

yet in the last ten years there has been a 40 per cent increase in nhs managers. if the are doing less why do we need more? in the period of 2008 to 2009 nhs executives in england awarded themselves average pay rises of 6.9 per cent compared to the average 3 per cent hcas and nurses got.

why are we paying more of these mugs even more money to fuck up our nhs? we keep hearing from the con-dem government that there will bet cuts to the nhs. well i can think of a good 40 per cent who are prime for the cut.