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Tonight in my daughters ward I met a mum who had to get her unconscious limp baby to A&E on the bus because an ambulance was going to be 6 hours. By the time they got there his oxygen sat was 69% and he now has brain damage and seizures. She had to take her limp baby on the bus.
We regularly spend time on paediatric wards and have done before during and after the pandemic. I also run a care provider for the elderly. Nurses and paramedics are seriously underpaid compared to equally skilled professions - and a damn sight more valuable than most.
Over the last 10 years I have seen first hand ambulance waits spiral and community and hospital nurse numbers and experience level fall through the floor. I know many people who have been directly harmed as a result including the baby lying opposite my daughter tonight.
As a librarian, it's my job to help distinguish reliable & accurate sources of information & debunk misinformation (regardless of intent) & disinformation (intended to mislead).With the @theRCN members voting to strike, let’s look at some of the misleading information. A thread🧵
Nursing is a highly skilled graduate profession, not a vocation. It is risk-oriented & patient safety focused. There’s a lot of talk about nurses being paid on average £35,500. That figure is indeed an average; it takes into account the most highly specialised nurses & managers.
In Wales, newly qualified nurses start on band 5 at £27,055 & progress to £32,934 after 4 years, which is the highest salary they can receive, without applying for a new job at a Band 6. Here’s a link to the NHS pay bands 2022-23: bit.ly/3UvgMqN
I’ve been a registered #nurse for 3 years.
2.5 years of #covid working front line, and left burnt out, seeing such trauma left me #suicidal and needing #PTSD #EMDR therapy. In that time I was diagnosed with Autism and this year I buried my mum.
So actually @RishiSunak
2.5 years of #covid working front line, and left burnt out, seeing such trauma left me #suicidal and needing #PTSD #EMDR therapy. In that time I was diagnosed with Autism and this year I buried my mum.
So actually @RishiSunak
I will be #striking #rcn #costofliving #ToryChaos
Your government were encouraging the public to clap for us during some very dark times.
A 72p pay rise won’t even get me three Cadbury chomps! It’s insulting to all of us #keyworkers @UKLabour @AngelaRayner
Your government were encouraging the public to clap for us during some very dark times.
A 72p pay rise won’t even get me three Cadbury chomps! It’s insulting to all of us #keyworkers @UKLabour @AngelaRayner
You know how you can fix this? Call a #GeneralElection and move aside for a real government, you have no mandate, no integrity, and no hope. #ToryChaos #ToryShambles #GeneralElectionNow
UKRNs What do you’all think about the upcoming strike?
For those who don’t know about the strike…
RCN and Unison Nurses will be going on an *Industrial strike*
Using the *Working rule* This means doing no more than the minimum required by the T & Cs of your contract
For those who don’t know about the strike…
RCN and Unison Nurses will be going on an *Industrial strike*
Using the *Working rule* This means doing no more than the minimum required by the T & Cs of your contract
Will this really work? Considering the fact that employers can replace staff with Agency staff?? Who will be glad
Now, MPs are already planning to approve replacing staff shortage with Agency/ bank staff
RCN has also stated they will be paying RCN members at least £50 per day?
Now, MPs are already planning to approve replacing staff shortage with Agency/ bank staff
RCN has also stated they will be paying RCN members at least £50 per day?
For unpaid hours by the employers???
Your employers also have the right to hold pay for hours you don’t work… pension might also be affected?
How long do you think this approach will last? Will this strike really work?
Your employers also have the right to hold pay for hours you don’t work… pension might also be affected?
How long do you think this approach will last? Will this strike really work?
