03.30.06

A question

Posted in NHS at 4:45 pm by Julie

If Agenda for Change meant that all NHS staff (except Doctors, Dentists and Directors) were placed on the same pay system how can the BBC report that nurses are to receive a bigger increase that other NHS staff? Or is the award for all people on Agenda for Change and just not properly reported?

Thursday Thirteen - 30 Mar 2006

Posted in Thursday Thirteen at 9:17 am by Julie

Thirteen Things about my Week

  1. Not sure why and no it is not PMT but I have been getting angry and upset by things that are really not worth it (see previous post).
  2. This has not just been a blogging thing though as last night I had a major go at hubby for going through my bag to help me find my university card, I have nothing to hide and am not sure it was worth me yelling at him.
  3. I have been suffering from hayfever this week, I am allergic to spring (well tree pollen and oil seed rape which thankfully isn’t around yet), I have bought some tablets are much nagging by hubby about my sneezing habits.
  4. Tomorrow is my final study day before my assignment needs to be handed in (this will be in May), luckily my life is now dominated by change management and the essay is about……
  5. Teen son has caused some irritation, first he left his mobile phone in a train carriage on Saturday and then yesterday delayed me as he couldn’t organise himself enough to remember his school bag when I gave him a lift to his friends house for the great ‘walk’ to school.
  6. There seems to be problems with the drains in our new office, a man from the estates department has been twice in the time I have been there (about a month) to unblock the toilets.
  7. We are in the process of organising our education and training programme for the new financial year. For the first time we have really got the mandatory thing sorted (hopefully) and I just hope that managers will continue to release people for training (apparently the latest NHS survey shows a reduction in uptake for training).
  8. I discovered yesterday that the head of HR doesn’t do her appraisals properly (surprise surprise), when I took possession of the staff file of someone I have inherited from HR.
  9. I successfully used a computer in the PCT head office yesterday without losing my emails (see a recent thursday 13).
  10. I held the third session of my new action learning set this week, one member has left the PCT (nothing to do with me, so she said) and 2 new people have joined. Hopefully we can now get going.
  11. Hubby is buying a new car about 5 days after the insurance policy on his old car runs out, he has left me to sort this complex situation out for him, including changing insurance company.
  12. I have my brother coming over for dinner tonight, wonder what to cook?
  13. Today is payday, we are meant to be getting our backdated pay from agenda for change, sadly at the moment that is about £20 per year for me! roll on my appeal.

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