[Margaret Pilkington]

I can confirm everything that Lettie has said......when I worked for the trust we often went without meal breaks and we sometimes gave up time off to ensure that the ward was staffed.....not for extra money but for 'time owed'.....which was taken at the units convenience...which was not necessarily convenient to the Nurse.
We were audited out of existence and I personally used to bring home work to compile statistics on how well(or not) we were doing as a unit. I went into nursing to look after people and in the 25 years that I worked on the unit I can honestly say that I gave 110%.......as do most of the staff......but I was damn glad to be able to get out 2 years ago. Fed up with the politics and paperwork. I wouldn't go back for a gold clock!