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archaeohistories , 2 days ago to random

The 18th Century AD, Double Bridge (Rumbling Bridge) located in Kinross, Scotland.

The upper arch was built in 1816 AD, while "lower" bridge, without parapets, was built in 1713 AD.

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RolloTreadway , 24 days ago to random

Morning all. Bit pissed off, because of something I read yesterday - that some stupid percentage of people apparently want fewer non-clinical staff in the NHS, in relation to the usual election bullshit about 'efficiency savings'.

I work for an ambulance service. Our ambulances see all kind of unpleasant things, so it's essential that they're kept clean.

But without non-clinical staff, we have nobody working in Cleaning, so infections spread.

And we can't have a plan to bring these infections under control, as we now have no Infection Control staff. What, you thought Infection Control was a clinical job? You probably thought everything was a clinical job, right? Guess what? Just because a role is in some way connected to medical things, doesn't mean it is classified as 'clinical'.

Also, we don't have anything with which to clean and stop infections, because no non-clinical staff means no Procurement staff out there buying what's needed.

Even if we could procure what we needed, how could we pay for it? We'll have nobody in Finance.

Perhaps, okay, we can have Finance staff, but who's going to do that job if we can't pay them? Because we can't pay anyone, if we have no Payroll staff.

And if we have someone doing Payroll, presumably they'll be using payroll software on the computer. Except, they can't do that, as we won't have any IT staff.

This is a bad idea, right? Let's bring back Cleaning, bring Infection Control, bring back Procurement, bring back Finance, bring back Payroll, bring back, IT. Except... actually we can't do that either, because no non-clinical staff means no Recruitment team.

Non-clinical support staff matter as much in the NHS as any other organisation. Without non-clinical support, there is no NHS.

This has been a public service announcement on behalf of Support Staff Who Are Already Overworked And Underpaid As It Is, And We're Really Fucking Tired.

#NHS #UKPol #politics

RickiTarr , 4 months ago to random

So, reading the comments from my other post actually brings up some questions for me, I think we've all met people who seem to overestimate their abilities and equally we have met people who seem to underestimate their abilities. What is the difference? Is it misplaced confidence, narcissism, low self esteem? Do we need people who will just make decisions when necessary or is consensus always the path? Is Dunning-Kruger real?

I think in this post Trump Presidency era we all have questions about this, but honestly, that even started in the Bush era, are these men actually "dumb" or is this much more sinister?