It depends what the unions priorities were in the negotiations.

Some unions will go all out for a pay rise others staff retention or a good pension. It's trying to compare apples and oranges.

One more point

Yes I believe her GP even suggested thus but, as you have said, she is not in the right frame of mind and just wanted to put it all behind her.
Basically the NHS have lost a 29 year old qualified physio because of inept management. How many others does this count for?
Having worked in the public sector, phased returns were becoming more common place, especially as my job involved shift working patterns, not exactly conducive to good health.

Edited by Spiderman (07 Feb 2023 9.43am)

According to what I have gleaned from my wife the poor management is a huge reason for nurses leaving.

She was entitled to seven weeks holiday a year but her boss quibbled every time she put in a holiday request as she wanted wifey to take her holiday entitlement in one week slots and during term time despite her having a child at school / college.

In the end I persuaded her to leave to find a more sympathetic employer and whilst she wasn't lost to the NHS she was lost to that hospital which shortly afterwards was put into special measures

The thing is, ME, that people might say what you have just written but surely the end responsibility must be the government: what are you supposed to do if you keep telling them about the state of the service and they keep ignoring you for years?

The government's actions have ensured that we have blocked beds, amblances caught waiting outside A&E and people dying as a result.

Surely they need to be held to account as the prime instigators of the crisis?

Don't shoot the messenger.

Edited by Glazier#1 (07 Feb 2023 2.31pm)

Just out of interest, what has the government (and I assume you mean the current government) done wrong, and what would you have done differently if you had been in charge?

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Blimey.