To think someone being suspended is a waste of public money?

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DH was suspended from work six months ago. Since then, we have had next to no communication and still are none the wiser.

DH is beside himself and very depressed, barely sleeping and not engaging well with dc, I am working a bit as we are very worried about money if this doesn't end well, but I don't like him being left with dc when hes like this.

AIBU to think the investigation should have more speed?

Why is everyone assuming the ops partner is a doctor.

@Sarawish she's mentioned him potentially being struck off so I think most people have made that assumption

Because only doctors and lawyers get struck off and there aren't many of the latter in the public sector.

Nurses, Dentists, Social Workers, Teachers, Physiotherapists, etc., can all be struck off, too. Regardless, the OP's DH will be going through a very isolating and stressful time. I hope it's resolved soon.

Suspension is required in most cases of potential gross misconduct.

You'd be questioned for ultimately dismissing someone who did something so bad, yet they continued to do their job during the investigation.

From my experience, the problem is those investigating are doing it alongside their day job.

He should write to the HR manager and state his concerns about time the investigation is taking and the impact on his health.

Suspension is no holiday. It's stressful because of the uncertainty.

I'm in the US so naturally don't know how this sort of thing is handled in the UK, but has he considered hiring (or at least consulting) an employment-specialist solicitor? There may be something a solicitor can do to move things along, or at the least maybe they can advise him of the likely outcome based on their past experience.

This next week makes it six full months. The stress my family are under is out of this world.

Op he must have a clue what it’s for and he needs to get practical. Is he likely to get struck off for it? If yes then he needs to plan what he is going to do in the event of that happening.

In the short term the best thing to do for his mental health may be for him to take a sahd role while you return to work full time to ensure that should the worst happen your mortgage will be covered. Maybe having a purpose will help him during this time. Feeling so lost can’t be helping him.

In the long term he needs to consider what job he would want to retrain to take up.

Is he in touch with his union? Has he taken up any legal advice from anywhere.

Depending on profession/registration, he may need to check he is in top of his CPD.

Is he in a union or some kind of professional defence organisation? Because if it's six months with no real word about expectations of timelines, the I think they need to start applying pressure for better information.