Ambulance work woes
Not been on here for a while. I told you couldn't keep it up every day. I have a few things to write about so I thought I would come back here.
Its official. The London Ambulance service has spent too much money. So what are they going to do? They are going to cut overtime down to a bear minimum for the next two months. That's your pay packet for Christmas of course. This means that ambulances will not get covered. It will be busier for the crews that are working, runninning on call after call that have delays of an hour or more because there are no ambulances to send.
The performance for the service is good at the moment for this reason they know that they can underperform for a couple of months. They also know that the crews will bugger them up on purpose because overtime has stopped. How much this will effect their annual figures they are not sure. We will see eh!
I also read a bulletin the other day from the LAS stating how we can improve patient care and performance. I am sure it made a few people smirk in disgust as they read it. Leave ambulances empty with no crews for a couple of months that should do it eh!
I was also speaking to a paramedic who works full time on the LAS bank. He qualified through university. He applied for a job n the LAS but failed the interview. But works full time doing bank shifts. So let me get this clear. They are saying he is not good enough to work for the LAS but he can work full time doing shifts for the service on bank. Whats that all about eh! He was also upset when he phoned up for shifts for next week. They told him that they are not giving bank staff any shifts until further notice. He wasnt happy. He has no other income, has a wife and a mortgage . I put him on to someone who does private work, that might help him.
Its official. The London Ambulance service has spent too much money. So what are they going to do? They are going to cut overtime down to a bear minimum for the next two months. That's your pay packet for Christmas of course. This means that ambulances will not get covered. It will be busier for the crews that are working, runninning on call after call that have delays of an hour or more because there are no ambulances to send.
The performance for the service is good at the moment for this reason they know that they can underperform for a couple of months. They also know that the crews will bugger them up on purpose because overtime has stopped. How much this will effect their annual figures they are not sure. We will see eh!
I also read a bulletin the other day from the LAS stating how we can improve patient care and performance. I am sure it made a few people smirk in disgust as they read it. Leave ambulances empty with no crews for a couple of months that should do it eh!
I was also speaking to a paramedic who works full time on the LAS bank. He qualified through university. He applied for a job n the LAS but failed the interview. But works full time doing bank shifts. So let me get this clear. They are saying he is not good enough to work for the LAS but he can work full time doing shifts for the service on bank. Whats that all about eh! He was also upset when he phoned up for shifts for next week. They told him that they are not giving bank staff any shifts until further notice. He wasnt happy. He has no other income, has a wife and a mortgage . I put him on to someone who does private work, that might help him.
posted by Hammo at 8:13 AM
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