Well, the unthinkable is happening, as of today my job is at risk, I am a nurse on a coronary care unit, we have 2 cardiology wards aswell both with 30 beds and the Trust are closing one of them from 1st August to save money, so all the staff from the ward that is closing, plus the rest of us have a weeks consultation period to express an interest of where we want to work, if everyone chooses my unit/ward (which is inevitable when there is no alternative) then we all have to interviewed for our jobs.
I am shellshocked and dumbfounded, along with most of my colleagues, especially as the notice regarding the meeting was only handed to the unit last night at 5pm (for a 2.15pm meeting today) so most staff were unaware that this meeting was taking place anyway.
There is absolutely no way we can continue our IVA if I am not successful, in fact we would have to give up our home as we would not even be able to continue paying the mortgage either without me in some kind of work.
If I am made redundant I would only be entitled to a months wage anyway as I have been there less than 2 years.
I can't see our creditors accepting what we have paid to date as a F&F either when we are only 14 months in lol.
Oh Lem i feel for you, i too am a nurse and at this moment in time it is very worrying, all the balony spoken by said parties etc, i certainly hope that they realise what an asset they have in you, good luck. xx
Om shanti, namesté, good luck to all who are embarking on the IVA journey, it isn't always an easy one but the outcome is the best.
IVA COMPLETED August 2012, received Completion certificate 18.4.13.
Hi Lem, sorry to hear about the news! Try to stay positive. There may be some old-timers who choose voluntary redundancy or early retirement which will reduce the competition. I
early retirement and redundancy are not on the cards as the Trust won't pay people off, there are a few that are due to finish in a couple of years but they pay them to retire early.
Meeting was awful, I couldn't go, but have heard the results today and they have basically given us a form to state our 3 preferences of where we want to work in the Trust and they will slot us into any available vacancies if available (they haven't told us where any of the vacancies are though!), we have a week to do this and are now in a 4 week consultation period. I have emailed my IP yesterday but have had no reply.
We're all stunned at work to be honest, morale has hit rock bottom
The ward my mum works in is closing and the staff are being punted all to different hospitals yet another ward at her hospital has just hired a load of new staff!!! Fingers crossed for you Lem.
Paul
Discharged today the 8th feb 2012. View is much brighter now.
Continuing to rebuild our credit worthiness.
Fingers crossed for you Lem. Try and stay positive - which I know isn't easy. Make sure you express your interest in the positions as soon as possible to cover that base. You've contacted your IP so you've covered that base. Not really a lot more you can do at this stage.
I really do feel for you as we've just been through a similar situation and trying to sort it out. Keep us informed of how things progress xx
F&F approved May 13 - just awaiting Completion Certificate - moving to a new Debt Free life !!
hi lem, i know just how your feeling, the NHS trust i work for are having a further meeting tomorrow re bed closures and restructuring, we know so far that we are to loose 50 medical beds, which is absolutly crazy when we know ambulances cannot off load outside accident and emergency depts. for upto three hours at a time due to the insufficient numbers of medical beds! where these beds are going to be taken from and what is to happen to the staff we have not been told yet, i am hoping we will be offered something else, even if it means travelling further to another area of the trust, but who knows. if i loose my job i will most certainly loose my house, as a single mum i only have my income, also i still owe my parents for the F&f and i do not want to let them down. such a worrying time for everyone. hope things work out for you x
kat
IVA accepted 6th May 2011, Full and Final accepted 17th April 2012.
This is really bad, something should be done about these cuts at the end of the day when there are not enough beds. This is playing with peoples lives with people being discharged from hospital cause they need the bed when the patients really should be in hospital.
They can bail out the banks, yet when it comes to saving lives they cut corners.
Really does make me angry and hope something works out for you.
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