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Old March 31st 08, 03:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On 31 Mar, 15:57, Boltar wrote:
On Mar 31, 1:44 pm, " wrote:

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If they're so worried about agency staff I hope they never have to go
an NHS hospital. A large proportion of the medical staff *are
generally agency staff, particularly the nurses. Funnily enough the
unions there didn't consider it a safety issue though as we all know
the tube unions live in their own little fantasy world where any
working practices not devised during the Bolshevic Revolution are
frowned upon.
Isn't that right comrades?

B2003


Possibly because the agency staff (especially nurses) have recognised
qualifications to ensure they are competent to carry out the role?
Bear in mind that the example you used, agency nurses, costs the
health service an awful lot of money, that could possibly be better
used directly employing more nurses to provide cover, rather than fill
the coffers of the agencies.