falling asleep during meetings at work

[akb]

You don't work in the NHS by any chance do you?! I've lost count of the number of pointless meetings I've had to attend and felt like this!

Thats why I can never get a drs appointment during the time I am actually in need of one. You're all in bloody meetings.

"yes receptionist; an appointment towards the end of the year would satisfy me no end" Grr.

As you were.

 

[gavgav]

Thats why I can never get a drs appointment during the time I am actually in need of one. You're all in bloody meetings.

"yes receptionist; an appointment towards the end of the year would satisfy me no end" Grr.

As you were.

Drs are all actually privately run and have contracts with the NHS and so not really NHS but I know what you mean! I work for a Health Trust.

Personally I think one of the biggest problems for healthcare in the uk is the fact that GP surgeries don't open late in the evening or at weekends (well most of them at least) Knock on effect is that more people visit A&E instead and hence the increase in attendances for minor ailments, longer waits to be seen, etc.

 

[fossyant]

Drs are all actually privately run and have contracts with the NHS and so not really NHS but I know what you mean! I work for a Health Trust.

Personally I think one of the biggest problems for healthcare in the uk is the fact that GP surgeries don't open late in the evening or at weekends (well most of them at least) Knock on effect is that more people visit A&E instead and hence the increase in attendances for minor ailments, longer waits to be seen, etc.

Exactly. Had some big run ins with our GP over my son's diabetes consumables. Repeat prescription refused as too early ( this was the second repeat after getting out of hospital and giving the school loads of supplies). Anyway, the Diabetes team faxed a memo over immediately and I stomped in the next week. Kids will use lots of test strips especially if low as they are wobbly. We go through 10 a day, and 50 cost £30. It's a huge cost.

 

[Maverick Goose]

I someone that is involved in running two week long training sessions a year, I feel for you all.

My lot, who fly in from all over the world, so god knows what time their body clock thinks it is, then have to endure around 16 hours a day for 5 days back to back of lectures, practicals, visits and corporate entertaining.
Last year we had it filmed. The lectures alone, with all the breaks edited out came to 35 hours and that excludes the practicals, visits and corporate entertaining

So far in 5 years years I've been involved we have had:

• One guy fall asleep whist the CEO was speaking
• More 'morning after the night before' stories than you can possibly imagine
• One guy fired on the spot for something so discussing it made the trade press
• Two A&E's caused by alcohol poising (different years)
• A diabetic coma
  
• Three broken bones (different years)
• Several 'sent home' early
• And no doubt many other stories I've forgotten and a lot more I'll never be told (that we sometimes find out a year or two later)

By Thursday we see the real hard core, who know what they are doing, and realised the warning of this being a marathon and not a sprint was true.
It's funny that the team (all over 50) who run it, are all standing at the end, the 20 somethings that cant take the pace

I humbly offer you skinny dipping in Aberystwyth....in March [not by me as I'm a very sensible person]

 

[400bhp]

[QUOTE 3079323, member: 76"] Someone came in late today for a training session, and I made them write LATE in red ink by their name. .[/QUOTE]

Class

Might see if i can get away with TWAT against someone's name next time.