Sorry if someone else has been all over this!
But, surely we can all see how these 12 hour shifts are breaking our front line NHS workers?
Yes, in 'normal times', they may work; I know from previously posting that there are a fair few NHS workers who like them (personally, I don't think you give your last patient on Day, or Night Three of 12 hour shifts the same standard of care as you would your last patient at the end of Day/Night Four of 8 hour shifts).
But managers also love12 hours for rota'ing purposes. Oh, and they're 13 hours each as the NHS has a 37.5 hr working week.
But right now, would it now allow nurses/HCAs to mentally and physically regroup doing 8 hour shifts, not 12, in hot, uncomfortable, claustrophobic PPE?
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NHS: Why not revert to 8 hour shifts?
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Miljea · 05/04/2020 18:39
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