One of our practice nurses is leaving. We have trained and nurtured her and
in return she has given us her enthusiasm, commitment, and professional
ability (bags of it). Together we have set up successful anticoagulation,
young person, epilepsy, lithium monitoring and shared care rheumatology
clinics.
We recognised that she was good, paid her a G grade despite the HA saying it
wasn't necessary and only approving reimbursement at F. She likes her job
and is reluctant to leave but what is she to do when offered thousands more
by a pharmaceutical company to be a trial nurse. Not only salary but a
company car, health insurance, loyalty bonus, performance bonus, share
issues and a decent career structure.
So we are going to get 15 000 new nurses - presumably to replace those
talented, well trained and committed ones who are leaving. A bird in the
hand is worth 2 in the bush springs to mind.
Tonight I hear the police are getting an extra 1.25 billion to be matched by
efficiency savings. In other words they are having to do 1.25 billion more
work for the same money.
The government is practising the worst kind of political point scoring at
the expense of rational policy. They say a nation gets the politicians it
deserves - oh dear.
Martin Bradley
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