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The NHS is the UK’s publicly funded medical and healthcare provider.

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NHS job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The people on my ward and other Ward Clerks

    8.4

    NHS Employee, March 2024

  • Best thing

    People who I work with

    Worst thing

    Undervalued

    2.7

    NHS Pharmacy technician, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Easy work

    Worst thing

    I don’t ever work, I’m always watching others work

    9.3

    NHS Employee, March 2024

  • 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 expensive

    4.5

    NHS Health care assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The work in general

    Worst thing

    People in my office, the amount of work load, doing other peoples jobs

    8.4

    NHS Administrator, February 2024

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  • Best thing

    I like working with patients

    Worst thing

    The management

    1.3

    NHS Pharmacy technician, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Varied work

    Worst thing

    Stressful and understaffed

    7.3

    NHS Employee, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Making patients better

    Worst thing

    No staff poor working conditions poor or lack of equipment

    2.6

    NHS Clinical support worker, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Work on my own

    Worst thing

    Extra work load

    7.8

    NHS Administrator, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Hometime

    Worst thing

    Bitchy staff bullying, not enough staff and crap wages and no progression for a HCA

    2.6

    NHS HCA, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    Interesting

    Worst thing

    Politics and the people

    5.5

    NHS Employee, December 2023

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Pressure and not enough staff, violence at work

    3.2

    NHS Emergency medical technician, December 2023

  • Best thing

    the people i work with

    Worst thing

    getting shouted at by patients for no reason

    5.0

    NHS Receptionist, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Patients and some of my colleagues

    Worst thing

    Management and some of my colleagues

    4.3

    NHS Receptionist, November 2023

  • Best thing

    Fast paced

    Worst thing

    Hierarchy taken too seriously, higher ups treat you like mud

    3.9

    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

    8.6

    NHS Healthcare assistant, October 2023

  • 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

    1.5

    NHS Admin assistant, October 2023

  • 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

    3.2

    NHS Employee, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Every day is different

    Worst thing

    Patients can be very difficult to deal with sometimes

    8.7

    NHS Employee, October 2023

  • 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

    6.9

    NHS Administrator, October 2023

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  • Best thing

    Leave, home time.

    Worst thing

    Pay and training

    4.6

    NHS Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    The people I work with

    Worst thing

    Stress

    7.1

    NHS Technician, September 2023

  • 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 teams

    3.2

    NHS Healthcare assistant, September 2023

  • 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

    5.5

    NHS Administrator, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Extra pay at weekends

    Worst thing

    High stress environment, no respect and low pay

    3.0

    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

    1.1

    NHS Receptionist, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Looking after and Inducting new staff

    Worst thing

    Lack of progression

    6.7

    NHS Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Holidays, staff gym, canteen

    Worst thing

    Nepotism, hard to get promoted

    9.1

    NHS Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Getting paid

    Worst thing

    Given abuse by patients everyday

    5.5

    NHS Administrator, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Hours and team

    Worst thing

    Amount of work

    7.8

    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 age

    Worst thing

    Appointments being booked incorrectly

    9.8

    NHS HCA, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Going home

    Worst thing

    Turning up for work

    2.5

    NHS Employee, August 2023

  • 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

    4.2

    NHS Porter, August 2023

  • Best thing

    The calls,
    People

    Worst thing

    How we are paid

    9.4

    NHS Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Meeting new people

    Worst thing

    Stress
    Understaffed
    Heavy workload

    7.8

    NHS 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…

    3.0

    NHS Domestic cleaner, August 2023

  • 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.

    3.4

    NHS Healthcare assistant, August 2023

  • Best thing

    treating unwell patients

    Worst thing

    stress, insomnia, sleep deprivation, unfair pay, lack of family social time

    3.5

    NHS Employee, August 2023

  • 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

    9.4

    NHS Employee, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexible schedule

    Worst thing

    Boring and not able to improve your career

    7.8

    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.

    8.0

    NHS Electrician, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Caring for people

    Worst thing

    Blame culture

    1.3

    NHS Employee, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Working with people, making impact on their lives.

    Worst thing

    Stress, pressure, big caseloads, communication difficulties, bureaucracy.

    5.5

    NHS Care worker, July 2023

  • 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.

    3.4

    NHS Employee, July 2023

  • 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

    4.5

    NHS Employee, July 2023

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  • Best thing

    Flexibility.

    Worst thing

    Waste of time and resources.

    8.7

    NHS Administrator, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Always busy never dull

    Worst thing

    Always busy . Tired & stressed

    9.4

    NHS Receptionist, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Calm

    Worst thing

    Sometimes busy sometimes nothing to do

    9.4

    NHS Employee, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexibility

    Worst thing

    Trauma from safeguarding work

    9.5

    NHS Health visitor, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexibility
    Understanding line manager
    Autonomy

    Worst thing

    Workload - increasing due to GP contract requirements and Lack of experienced staff
    Pay not in line with Agenda for Change

    8.2

    NHS Employee, June 2023