Burnley children's ward nurses told to reapply for jobs (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Staff at Blackburn's childrens ward are also being forced to do the same becuase of the move, And I can tell you now no-one is 'excited' about this! 10+ nurses are to face this downgrade and its all so the trust doesnt have to pay them as much yet do the same job!, Why hasnt the Deerplay ward move been stopped Mr.Birtwistle??

I wonder what would happen if none of the nurses reapplied for their jobs? maybe the accountants who are forcing this move will come and do the jobs on the wards. This is a disgrace to the health service and the people who need it.i am afraid the nhs is being dismantled by the libcon government.
I hope the blinkered fools who thought a coalition was a good idea should repent at leisure.
Gordon Birtwistle hang your head in shame and resign, you have misled the people on nhs issues from the start.

In a cost-saving move, the East Lancs NHS is merging with Central Lancs (Preston area) and in doing so, the 72 Band 8 managerial level nurses are to be reduced to 24! The Band 8s will be forced to be 'demoted' to Band 7s which will mean less pay. The work still needs to be done of course so 24 people will be doing the work currently undertaken by 72. The standard of work will be affected drastically. Staff morale and state of health will be impacted upon to an extent that the patients will be adversely badly affected.

Already sorry you voted Tory?

I wonder if Simon Hill would be 'excited' if he had to reapply for his own job? What kind of fools does he think the public are making statements like that?

chrislancs wrote:
I wonder what would happen if none of the nurses reapplied for their jobs? maybe the accountants who are forcing this move will come and do the jobs on the wards. This is a disgrace to the health service and the people who need it.i am afraid the nhs is being dismantled by the libcon government.
I hope the blinkered fools who thought a coalition was a good idea should repent at leisure.
Gordon Birtwistle hang your head in shame and resign, you have misled the people on nhs issues from the start.

Not so much "LibCon government" as ConDem(ned) government!

Chris P Bacon wrote:
In a cost-saving move, the East Lancs NHS is merging with Central Lancs (Preston area) and in doing so, the 72 Band 8 managerial level nurses are to be reduced to 24! The Band 8s will be forced to be 'demoted' to Band 7s which will mean less pay. The work still needs to be done of course so 24 people will be doing the work currently undertaken by 72. The standard of work will be affected drastically. Staff morale and state of health will be impacted upon to an extent that the patients will be adversely badly affected. Already sorry you voted Tory?

Yes your right about the figures but wrong about it being the Tories. Approximately 3 yrs ago I had to reapply for my band 7 post, I did it & got the job 4 other people where unsuccessful & rebanded as a band 6. But these nurses still do the same job but over the years, I know of a physio who voluntary stepped down to a 7 from an 8 to help her collegues, if the TRUST bring in this regrading across the board to save money she'll have to reapply for her job & prob end up with a band 6. The trust finished a 1/3 of it's managers & admin staff 3 yrs ago & they'd paid staff off from in redunancies & liquidised their posts, within months they'd re-employed staff to these posts!

It's not a new thing or Condem thing, the trust & management have been wasting money for yrs & when it should be them being sacked off they'd rather manipulate the figures by cutting frontline staffs achievements of working hard to gain promotion.

The only way forward is by restructuring & going back to the way I learnt to train, Matron, sister, nurse, auxiliary & everyone EVERYONE! Got their hands dirty!

cutthebull wrote:

Chris P Bacon wrote: In a cost-saving move, the East Lancs NHS is merging with Central Lancs (Preston area) and in doing so, the 72 Band 8 managerial level nurses are to be reduced to 24! The Band 8s will be forced to be 'demoted' to Band 7s which will mean less pay. The work still needs to be done of course so 24 people will be doing the work currently undertaken by 72. The standard of work will be affected drastically. Staff morale and state of health will be impacted upon to an extent that the patients will be adversely badly affected. Already sorry you voted Tory?

Yes your right about the figures but wrong about it being the Tories. Approximately 3 yrs ago I had to reapply for my band 7 post, I did it & got the job 4 other people where unsuccessful & rebanded as a band 6. But these nurses still do the same job but over the years, I know of a physio who voluntary stepped down to a 7 from an 8 to help her collegues, if the TRUST bring in this regrading across the board to save money she'll have to reapply for her job & prob end up with a band 6. The trust finished a 1/3 of it's managers & admin staff 3 yrs ago & they'd paid staff off from in redunancies & liquidised their posts, within months they'd re-employed staff to these posts! It's not a new thing or Condem thing, the trust & management have been wasting money for yrs & when it should be them being sacked off they'd rather manipulate the figures by cutting frontline staffs achievements of working hard to gain promotion. The only way forward is by restructuring & going back to the way I learnt to train, Matron, sister, nurse, auxiliary & everyone EVERYONE! Got their hands dirty!

This guy bacon attributes all things he sees/thinks that are wrong are because of the Tories. I think he wears Red Longjohns, sleeps in red pyjamas, has red sheets, pillowcases and blankets. Probably has a red Teddy Bear which has a hat with hammer and sickle on it (or perhaps a red star). I presume the Teddy will be called either Karl or Marx, maybe even Mao. His favourite bedtime reading is probably "Thoughts of Chairman Mao" of possibly " The Communist Manifesto"