tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post5129763284443007733..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: One of the reasons I left nursing...Frances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-83657426685091936282015-08-24T08:00:17.760+01:002015-08-24T08:00:17.760+01:00Sadly your experience reminds me of the equally po...Sadly your experience reminds me of the equally pointless evaluation exercises in the teaching profession. So glad I'm not part of it any more. Just let people get on with the jobs they're trained to do.Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-33483271399163331072015-08-23T22:35:27.672+01:002015-08-23T22:35:27.672+01:00It's a good way of demoralising staff who just...It's a good way of demoralising staff who just want to do a good job of being a nurse or whatever (nurses are not alone in having this problem). I often wonder how many people are prevented from joining or, more importantly, staying in such jobs because of all this nonsense. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-91580831556916878962015-08-21T14:37:12.831+01:002015-08-21T14:37:12.831+01:00Couldn't have put it better myself!Couldn't have put it better myself!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-54199247409853959502015-08-20T19:01:44.930+01:002015-08-20T19:01:44.930+01:00Excellent analysis of a non-event. Quite obvious t...Excellent analysis of a non-event. Quite obvious that you learned something from the experience and even took action to avoid having to repeat it. And then you wrote about it. Well done ;-)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-35477539411624531012015-08-19T17:03:20.789+01:002015-08-19T17:03:20.789+01:00You're right, Patsy.You're right, Patsy.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-72340515866383354822015-08-19T17:02:38.950+01:002015-08-19T17:02:38.950+01:00But over stretched in all the wrong ways, Teresa! ...But over stretched in all the wrong ways, Teresa! They should be allowed just to get on with the job.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-59068598558046531052015-08-19T17:01:03.617+01:002015-08-19T17:01:03.617+01:00I've no idea where it comes from, but I've...I've no idea where it comes from, but I've yet to meet one person who sees the point, Keith.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-30395582235389947332015-08-19T16:59:03.512+01:002015-08-19T16:59:03.512+01:00Just too much paperwork, Adrian, and no allowances...Just too much paperwork, Adrian, and no allowances for commons sense.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-24640735462378541542015-08-19T13:06:47.466+01:002015-08-19T13:06:47.466+01:00It might make sense when learning something new, o...It might make sense when learning something new, or possibly if the person had made mistakes, but not if the person has been doing the same thing perfectly well for years.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-30467267608148998382015-08-19T07:39:00.172+01:002015-08-19T07:39:00.172+01:00How ridiculous - and they wonder why nurses are so...How ridiculous - and they wonder why nurses are so overstretched! xxTeresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-49616227501236243132015-08-19T07:38:39.443+01:002015-08-19T07:38:39.443+01:00I think part of this is job creation. Someone is p...I think part of this is job creation. Someone is paid to think up these crackpot schemes.Keith Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05133563220362208820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-25356360446697506102015-08-19T05:34:39.292+01:002015-08-19T05:34:39.292+01:00It sounds like a case of too many chiefs to the nu...It sounds like a case of too many chiefs to the number of Indians. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-77535060691125739822015-08-18T18:35:17.012+01:002015-08-18T18:35:17.012+01:00Maggie, I think it has more to do with the current...Maggie, I think it has more to do with the current fashion for over training than for accountability. I wouldn't go back into the health service now, although I used to love my job.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-17648507356617882012015-08-18T18:32:44.032+01:002015-08-18T18:32:44.032+01:00I'm so sorry you too are being subjected to th...I'm so sorry you too are being subjected to this, Lindsay. And you're right. It's an insult, especially to,experienced professionals. Presumably we taxpayers are funding it, as well. Sometimes I despair.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-36153302960270942722015-08-18T18:29:50.989+01:002015-08-18T18:29:50.989+01:00There seems to be a lot of that about, Cro. Sadly....There seems to be a lot of that about, Cro. Sadly.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-75602205802501816942015-08-18T16:13:01.685+01:002015-08-18T16:13:01.685+01:00I think it must be about 'accountability'....I think it must be about 'accountability'. We have to analyse and report; maybe so we know who to blame when things go wrong. Things will always go wrong. That is human nature. Isn't it great to be retired and to say, 'sorry, no, I'm not doing that'.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-51654426223752542352015-08-18T15:13:39.732+01:002015-08-18T15:13:39.732+01:00As a NHS Speech and Language Therapist I too have ...As a NHS Speech and Language Therapist I too have to do this mind numbingly stupid stuff too, and am currently doing it for my HCPC audit. I find it insulting - when I qualified many years ago we were presumed to be intelligent & professional, now it seems we are presumed to be rather dim.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631254646368974136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-11739586703049522212015-08-18T13:06:06.711+01:002015-08-18T13:06:06.711+01:00The last time I regularly visited a hospital was w...The last time I regularly visited a hospital was when my mother in law was dying. My enduring memory is of all the nurses sitting around a large table writing. They didn't seem to have any time left for actual nursing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com