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Best thing
The people on my ward and other Ward Clerks
NHS Employee, March 2024
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Best thing
People who I work with
Worst thing
Undervalued
NHS Pharmacy technician, March 2024
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Best thing
Easy work
Worst thing
I don’t ever work, I’m always watching others work
NHS Employee, March 2024
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Best thing
Get to work with mates and help poeple
Worst thing
Hours
Don’t get paid enough for the amount of stress
Have to pay monthly for parking which is expensiveNHS Health care assistant, February 2024
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Best thing
The work in general
Worst thing
People in my office, the amount of work load, doing other peoples jobs
NHS Administrator, February 2024
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Best thing
I like working with patients
Worst thing
The management
NHS Pharmacy technician, January 2024
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Best thing
Varied work
Worst thing
Stressful and understaffed
NHS Employee, January 2024
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Best thing
Making patients better
Worst thing
No staff poor working conditions poor or lack of equipment
NHS Clinical support worker, December 2023
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Best thing
Work on my own
Worst thing
Extra work load
NHS Administrator, December 2023
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Best thing
Hometime
Worst thing
Bitchy staff bullying, not enough staff and crap wages and no progression for a HCA
NHS HCA, December 2023
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Best thing
Interesting
Worst thing
Politics and the people
NHS Employee, December 2023
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
Pressure and not enough staff, violence at work
NHS Emergency medical technician, December 2023
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Best thing
the people i work with
Worst thing
getting shouted at by patients for no reason
NHS Receptionist, December 2023
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Best thing
Patients and some of my colleagues
Worst thing
Management and some of my colleagues
NHS Receptionist, November 2023
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Best thing
Fast paced
Worst thing
Hierarchy taken too seriously, higher ups treat you like mud
NHS Biomedical scientist, November 2023
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Best thing
I love being around people
Worst thing
Some people, the way they treat us
NHS Healthcare assistant, October 2023
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Best thing
You only gain communication skills
Worst thing
No career progress, no one takes liability, always blaming, managers never appreciate the work that is put in by staff, we don’t get paid well and have so many tasks to be carried out
NHS Admin assistant, October 2023
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Best thing
Co workers are ok
Worst thing
Can't get time off for dentist,doctor or hospital appointments unless you can find someone to swap shifts with you,your line manager won't help
NHS Employee, October 2023
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Best thing
Every day is different
Worst thing
Patients can be very difficult to deal with sometimes
NHS Employee, October 2023
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Best thing
Friendly team & environment
Worst thing
Don’t know how to progress my career- there is no opportunity to develop further within the department anytime soon
NHS Administrator, October 2023
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Best thing
Leave, home time.
Worst thing
Pay and training
NHS Employee, September 2023
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
Stress
NHS Technician, September 2023
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Best thing
Choice of when to work
Worst thing
Can get moved from your new ne location to another
Difficult as you’re inserting yourself in already established teamsNHS Healthcare assistant, September 2023
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Best thing
Work from a station and not move about as much
Worst thing
Dealing with horrible patients and not being trained enough to do some tasks
NHS Administrator, September 2023
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Best thing
Extra pay at weekends
Worst thing
High stress environment, no respect and low pay
NHS Healthcare assistant, September 2023
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Best thing
Some of the team and management are good ton working with
Worst thing
Favoritism from managers
NHS Receptionist, September 2023
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Best thing
Looking after and Inducting new staff
Worst thing
Lack of progression
NHS Employee, September 2023
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Best thing
Holidays, staff gym, canteen
Worst thing
Nepotism, hard to get promoted
NHS Employee, September 2023
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Best thing
Getting paid
Worst thing
Given abuse by patients everyday
NHS Administrator, September 2023
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Best thing
Hours and team
Worst thing
Amount of work
NHS Employee, September 2023
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Best thing
Being F2F with patients
Doing all maner of health check
Phlebotomy on adult &children over 5 yrs of ageWorst thing
Appointments being booked incorrectly
NHS HCA, September 2023
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Best thing
Going home
Worst thing
Turning up for work
NHS Employee, August 2023
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Best thing
That I get a pay check at the end of the month
Worst thing
The general feeling and morale at the work place
NHS Porter, August 2023
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Best thing
The calls,
PeopleWorst thing
How we are paid
NHS Employee, August 2023
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Best thing
Meeting new people
Worst thing
Stress
Understaffed
Heavy workloadNHS Health care assistant, August 2023
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Best thing
the money, if payroll decide to pay you correctly (& if you can get ahold of them)
Worst thing
the staff, the managers that don’t even say hi/goodbye back to you when you arrive/leave, the nurses/doctors/etc that look down on you, or focus on what you’re doing rather than doing their own jobs & occasionally ask you to work more than you’re paid to do, payroll underpaying you occasionally, feeling under appreciated, not being heard by anyone there or given genuine sympathy when you’re having a hard time, I could go on…
NHS Domestic cleaner, August 2023
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Best thing
Patients and feeling you are the only human those people see sometimes as they are lonely and left from families
Worst thing
Understaffed and then you are forced to work impossible tasks, like finish 20 units a day,each unit is 15 min, which is already 5-6h work without the transfer to each patient. Unpayed break is considered normally to work 1h for free,if you want to put it in overtime the menagment gets angry but they know it's illegal. You can't, by any physical law finish your sift and not having loads of paper work which is like payed overtime,but overtime in NHS means not the choice,it is only possible way to finish daily tasks.
NHS Healthcare assistant, August 2023
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Best thing
treating unwell patients
Worst thing
stress, insomnia, sleep deprivation, unfair pay, lack of family social time
NHS Employee, August 2023
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Best thing
You can go wherever/whenever you want no one care what you are doing
Worst thing
No one cares what you are doing
NHS Employee, August 2023
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Best thing
Flexible schedule
Worst thing
Boring and not able to improve your career
NHS Medical receptionist, August 2023
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Best thing
The nhs is one big family and you do get this proud sense that your doing good by working as a team across all departments.Its a nice environment to work in with patients and colleges.
Worst thing
The job is really underpaid for the responsibility's you have in your job, the nhs is pretty stretched and it can become a lot to handle when the staffing levels are low.On call takes up a load of your free time loosing valuable weekends and time away as you have to provide a 24/7 service.
NHS Electrician, July 2023
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Best thing
Caring for people
Worst thing
Blame culture
NHS Employee, July 2023
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Best thing
Working with people, making impact on their lives.
Worst thing
Stress, pressure, big caseloads, communication difficulties, bureaucracy.
NHS Care worker, July 2023
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Best thing
The skill set and team
Worst thing
How under staffed we are every single shift. How little we get paid. We don’t have parking and come out to £75 fines. No perks; incentives. Unsafe staff room; stolen property. Abuse (verbal and physical). No cafe’s on a night. Poor equipment. Little stock/runs out. Expected to jump through hoops.
NHS Employee, July 2023
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Best thing
Making a positive impact on people
Worst thing
Lack of funding, long waiting lists, unable to help the way I’d want to, poor pay, overworked
NHS Employee, July 2023
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Best thing
Flexibility.
Worst thing
Waste of time and resources.
NHS Administrator, July 2023
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Best thing
Always busy never dull
Worst thing
Always busy . Tired & stressed
NHS Receptionist, July 2023
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Best thing
Calm
Worst thing
Sometimes busy sometimes nothing to do
NHS Employee, July 2023
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Best thing
Flexibility
Worst thing
Trauma from safeguarding work
NHS Health visitor, July 2023
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Best thing
Flexibility
Understanding line manager
AutonomyWorst thing
Workload - increasing due to GP contract requirements and Lack of experienced staff
Pay not in line with Agenda for ChangeNHS Employee, June 2023