Affairs at work NHS

[speckledpig]

Hi there.
Friend has just found out that husband is having an affair with someone from work. Both work for NHS.
They have 2 young children.
Is there any policy on relationships at work for the NHS?
Sorry can't give too much info at the moment.
Thankyou

Found on a Google search

Where a personal relationship exists or develops an
d this impacts upon the
organisation in the way described in section 3 of t
his policy, the staff concerned
will be helped to resolve the matter to the benefit
of the organisation and
themselves.
The resolution may include consideration of redeplo
yment to a position which
requires similar skills, experience and competencie
s and is, wherever possible,
on similar skills, experience and competencies and
is, wherever possible, on
similar terms and conditions.
The two members of staff affected by the personal/w
ork relationship will be
consulted about who should transfer and in the majo
rity of cases the
organisation?s policy will be that the two staff in
volved will be party to a final
8
decision. However, the organisation reserves the ri
ght to make the final
decision in the event that agreement cannot be reac
hed or if service needs are
put at risk.
The organisation expects staff to take responsibili
ty and not put themselves into
a situation where their relationship may cause the
organisation problems in the
future as described in this policy.
Termination of contract would only be considered in
exceptional circumstances,
where the staff concerned have not declared the pot
ential conflict of interest
issue caused by their personal/work relationship an
d this has adversely
affected the organisation, its employees or clients
.
In all other cases every effort will be made to res
olve the situation by consulting
the staff involved, so that a mutually acceptable s
olution may be found.

Is your "friend" trying to get the OW sacked?

That might backfire and her DH might be dismissed, that would have a serious impct on family finances.

Why does the employer have to be involved?

Would it not depend on the NH Trust concerned? google throws up different policies for different areas of the country.

I don't think so Holly. Hasn't said anything about that but I was just thinking about it as they are obviously making good use of their 'work time' together.
Thankyou thisis, will read through that.

It is great to offer your friend support but i would be wary of getting too entangled. Esp. With ideas of reporting this to their workplace. As an earlier poster said this could backfire and may be regretted down the line. Does he know she knows, is she sure, have they tried to sit and talk? Surely there are steps before even considering reporting to work?

Don't know about NHS but Armed Forces will post a bloke who is having a relationship with a colleague's wife - even if he isn't married.

Sorry - should have said bloke or woman!

The NHS especially hospitals contains loads of people having affairs. I suspect the personnel dept would only get involved if the affair was likely to affect either patient safety of the management of their jobs eg charge nurse having affair with staff nurse on same ward. Doctor/ nurse affairs or affairs between doctors in different specialities are unlikely to concern them.
I agree that trying to get your spouse to lose their job won't help the kids in the long run re CSA payments etc.
Stick to deciding what she wants to do about her marriage.

The only view the NHS would have, would be if it was affecting how well their department worked.

For example we have 2 senior managers who are married to each other in the same department, not a problem as long as they are professional.

Affairs - it's a personal problem, not one for the NHS.

Very sorry for you friend but she needs to stick to what she wants to do, not bring the workplace into it.

Thanks all for your comments. :)

I know she is probably angry but really it is distracting from the real issue