Nurses Leaving The Nhs

[Ric.ror]

Where are they going though?

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with ummm @ 11:23, in fact I would say in some cases better.

[ummmm]

I would agree with that too. In some cases much better.

I had to have my blood pressure taken hourly and I was on a drip 24/7. The nursing assistants dealt with that. The nurse gave me medication.

[Electrochem]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-42705857/why-are-so-many-nurses-quitting-the-nhs

[EDDIE51]

Nursing is a 'Degree Only' profession now. Most of the people you see doing the jobs on a hospital ward are care assistants or ward orderlies not nurses.
On a side note, how many of you realise that the term 'Scrubber' was originally the name for a hospital cleaner who scrubbed the floors and walls? It had become a term of abuse for a woman who was 'easy'.
A hospital that could afford to employ scrubbers was regarded as superior to one where the nurses had to do the cleaning as well as care for patients .

[Ric.ror]

I have my own view about nurses - that's not really the point though. I now believe the NHS (and probably education) now needs to be taken out of politicians and made independent. Its never going to happen but that doesn't mean it shouldn't

[pixie374]

I left as a nurse in the NHS about 15 years ago, so maybe not relevant now. I went back to Care work as there was more responsibility and better pay. I also have a view on nurses having worked alongside them most of my life... and got frustrated with the general laziness. Not all of them, obviously.

[Khandro]

It seems 12 hour shifts enable nurses to do a full week in three days, and having four days off (or doing another job) is liked, though it leads to inefficiency.
http://www.pressganey.com/docs/default-source/industry-edge/issue-4-may/the-question-of-12-hour-shifts.pdf?sfvrsn=2

[TWR]

Private care.

[Kromovaracun]

//Strip the NHS bare and see what is left.

I would have GP services, A&E, mental health services, old age care, birth and pregnancy issues, children's health and prescriptions free at point of use as well as eye tests and dental checkups.

Everything else would be insurance based.//

So that's just about everything the NHS currently does, except also a bit more.

What a radical reform.

[bednobs]

not really - there's a massive gap between childrens care and old age care