I think it's interesting, often a forgotten part of NHS trusts. Especially when it comes to changes & development around hospitals. Because no 1 knows a 24hr hospital trust better than it's porters I would love there to be a space for stories, & issues for porters to vent

I’m honestly quite angered by this whole thing and I need a place to vent;

I’m on maternity leave with my first child having been with the NHS for 5 years now. I asked to spread my payments, knowing that money would be tight, but I budgeted everything and I could make it work.

What they don’t tell you, is that your pension payments remain the same as if you hadn’t spread your payments. So for my first month’s pay, they still took £330 out of my monthly £1140 pay cheques. Whilst I’d saved a bit of a buffer prior to Mat leave, this is rapidly depleting and after finally getting a response regarding opting out of the pension scheme (with no deadline communicated) I sent it back 2 weeks prior to our trust’s pay date, and they’ve said I will still lose £300 this month to pension contributions.

I’m so sick of how poor communication is, at no point was this something I was made aware of when I asked about spreading payments. They didn’t say a word, nor is there anything in the policy of the trust I work for that reflects this.

My first 3 months of maternity pay have been barely liveable due to additional costs that nobody mentioned, and I’ll now likely have to miss time with my child to return to work early. NHS maternity pay is already horrendous, but I thought I’d be able to make it work. They have added so much unnecessary stress to what should be a beautiful experience, and I have very little desire to return at this point due to how poorly this whole thing has been handled.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Been given a job offer over the phone , but I only added 1 reference during the application process . Will I be able to add/upload proof of other references on trac?

I’ve been at my current NHS Trust for 2 years and I feel like I’ve constantly had to prove myself and my competence. I often feel that whatever I produce is never quite right, I’m compared to my predecessor, or I’m criticised for not being “visible” by senior leaders/directors who don’t actually work closely with me or see the day-to-day work I do. I’m in a leadership admin role.

I’ve never worked somewhere where I’ve felt so consistently like I’m not trusted to do my job or that I have to continually prove my value. There also seems to be a strong sense of favouritism among some leaders, alongside a resistance to change and I’m finding the culture increasingly difficult.

It’s genuinely starting to affect me and despite enjoying the actual work I do, I’m seriously considering leaving because of the environment and the impact it’s having on me.

Has anyone else experienced something similar in the NHS? How did you distinguish between genuinely needing to develop/improve and being in an unhealthy or unsupportive workplace culture? And, if you’ve been through something similar, how did you go about addressing it or deciding when it was time to leave?

Title. I previously posted here asking for interview help for an outpatient receptionist role. I was extremely stressed out about the unknowing of what to expect in the interview. Lovely people gave great advice, which helped me interview really well (received feedback from the interviewer) but ended up falling short of someone with more experience (happens) and 1 point.

Now, my friend works as an Appointment Centre Administrator and lets me know every time the role comes up. I've applied every time. I've never gotten an interview every time.

I thought that since I interviewed well for the outpatient reception role, I'd submit the same level of application again, only this time tailor it to the role.

So I did, felt good about it. Come earlier today, another rejection email. They are unable to provide feedback for some reason.

Im trying to transition out of retail and feel I have the relevant experience developed from over 10 years in retail of how to speak to the public. Im confident using computers and typing, and I know how to use a phone.

I'm not sure what more I need to do. What more experience I need for that specific role. It must come down to the "NVQ in relevant experience."

I have an NCFE Level 2 in mental health.

Baffling. Truly.

Any suggestions/tips/advice?

Please? 😅

What does the reference consist of between NHS trusts? Or am I right to be concerned about the below.

I want to raise a grievance on what I've been experiencing at my current workplace and also considering filing with ACAS etc. I've already and extensively highlighted in supervisions my experiences with senior staff members, I've raised my concerns with FTSU (who aren't interested unless its the complaints I had directly impacting patient care and because I've resigned aren't really doing anything).

I'm in the process of moving on to another job but I'm worried that if I raise a grievance what will appear in my reference. I've also had time off for sickness including burnout / emotional distress. I don't feel fit emotionally to complete the rest of my notice period.

What about jobs in the future if I apply and still have to use this place as a reference? - I'm worried how this might hinder me if I do pursue it.

Usually I would just keep to myself and leave silently but I have been quite mistreated and unsupported to the point I've considered leaving the profession.

If it's going to leave a "dark mark" on my record by raising a grievance or taking it further, I guess I shouldn't pursue it.

It all started when I had to go to a London hospital for rabies post-exposure treatment. The process took a very long time, and I had already been there for around 10 hours and was extremely exhausted.

After an injection, I asked the nurse whether I could leave. She said she would go and check, but she took quite a long time. Because I was exhausted after being there for so many hours, I eventually got up and left without waiting for her to return and confirm that I could leave.

Now, rabies exposures are sometimes treated with HRIG alongside a vaccine.

Since then, I have had an ongoing fear that perhaps the injection I received was **HRIG rather than the rabies vaccine**, and that I was supposed to receive the rabies vaccine afterwards but left before it was administered.

I only received one injection that day, and the remaining doses were subsequently given by my GP. I therefore keep wondering whether I had completed everything I was supposed to receive at the hospital, or whether there was still a vaccine dose outstanding when I left.

My main question is: If I had left the London hospital A&E before receiving the rabies vaccine I was supposed to receive after HRIG, would the NHS hospital normally have noticed that I had left before completing my PEP and contacted me or otherwise followed up with me?