My NHS trust is making redundancies, cutting bank hours, and freezing recruitment and mandatory training.
No mention of what roles will be 'changed and removed' but I'm betting the CEO who wrote this email isn't taking a pay cut.
Why is it that when they want to wave money, patient safety comes last? No mention in this email of buying more reusable equipment, cutting corporate roles, speeding up the broken processes etc. Just straight to unsafe staffing numbers and not training anyone for at least 3 months.
When I joined the trust, in my corporate induction, the CEO said to us, 'the number one thing I want you all to prioritise at all times, is saving money.' Safety doesn't come into it anymore.
I'm at my wit's end. Why are we not striking? Why do our voices not matter? When are nurses going to stand up and say no?? I really wish the unions would support us more. I never thought I'd see the day that nursing jobs were hard to come by. So depressing.