Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 986867)

Then they give the imf a 10 billion loan they are taking the proverbial:mad:this is unjustified.this is some kind of aparthied.were they lobbied by the private healthcare firms so they can steal nhs staff:confused:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 986885)

Wonder why it is that for many many years the NHS has used Agency Nurses, even before the 6th May 2010;)

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 986886)

I presume that they dont have to pay them holiday pay or pensions

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 986900)

While I worked in the NHS, our unit did not use agency nurses.......we had our own 'bank' of nurses.
Many of the nurses worked on the 'bank' as a means of earning extra money(though they didn't get the same rates as agency nurses)......the advantage of using our own nurses was that their competencies were known.....and the other advantage was that they knew the patients they would be looking after.
This 'bank' work was done on their days off or annual leave days.

The NHS did institute a Bank of Nurses, so that the use of agency nurses ay exorbitant rates could be curtailed.
Our own(unit) nurses joined this bank of nurses, so that we could use them when the urgent need arose.
I much preferred using my own staff to cover shortfalls, for the reasons stated above.



It was always my understanding that NHS staff who worked in London, where the cost of living is higher, were paid 'London Weighting'.......they were paid more money that those of us who worked in the provinces.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 986902)

London Weighting was paid to other people too Margaret, was paid in the building trade too