Comments on: we don’t need meal breaks! http://www.paramedicblogger.com/angry-tech/we-dont-need-meal-breaks Stories, comments and Frustrations of an NHS Student Ambulance Paramedic Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paramedicblog http://www.paramedicblogger.com/angry-tech/we-dont-need-meal-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-42 Paramedicblog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:48:39 +0000 http://www.angry-tech.com/?p=28#comment-42 Thanks for posting from the perspective of a Canadian Medic's point of view. We too would have a public outcry if the other services where treated the way that we are. I guess the main difference between the UK and CA is the fact that here its the Government or our Managers that are causing these issues... Thanks for posting from the perspective of a Canadian Medic's point of view. We too would have a public outcry if the other services where treated the way that we are. I guess the main difference between the UK and CA is the fact that here its the Government or our Managers that are causing these issues…

]]> By: Paramedicblog http://www.paramedicblogger.com/angry-tech/we-dont-need-meal-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-41 Paramedicblog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:46:03 +0000 http://www.angry-tech.com/?p=28#comment-41 Well that time might be here soon..... ....they are about to implement a new system that will be closely monitoring our At Hospital, Handover and Hospital Clear times - this was the time when you could quickly grab a cup of tea or go for a sh** Well that time might be here soon…..

….they are about to implement a new system that will be closely monitoring our At Hospital, Handover and Hospital Clear times – this was the time when you could quickly grab a cup of tea or go for a sh**

]]> By: Medic55488 http://www.paramedicblogger.com/angry-tech/we-dont-need-meal-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-40 Medic55488 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:16:25 +0000 http://www.angry-tech.com/?p=28#comment-40 It is the same all over. I'm from Ontario, Canada and the same nonsense goes on here. We have an association of employers who got the government to change the Employment Standars Act to exclude us from having ANY breaks. Why are we treated like second clas citizens? I know that there are times when we miss lunch; that is a given, but almost every day? Do the police go without lunch or the firefighters? Not very often. We did aroun 84,000 calls last year with 16 24 hr ambulances. If the police or fire services tried to do that many calls with those few vehicles and staff there would be a public outcry. It is the same all over. I'm from Ontario, Canada and the same nonsense goes on here. We have an association of employers who got the government to change the Employment Standars Act to exclude us from having ANY breaks. Why are we treated like second clas citizens? I know that there are times when we miss lunch; that is a given, but almost every day? Do the police go without lunch or the firefighters? Not very often. We did aroun 84,000 calls last year with 16 24 hr ambulances. If the police or fire services tried to do that many calls with those few vehicles and staff there would be a public outcry.

]]> By: BeepBeep http://www.paramedicblogger.com/angry-tech/we-dont-need-meal-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-6 BeepBeep Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:29:10 +0000 http://www.angry-tech.com/?p=28#comment-6 As one of the 'old boys' put it to me last week - they won't be happy until they've stopped us from eating, sh***ing and going home. As one of the ‘old boys’ put it to me last week – they won’t be happy until they’ve stopped us from eating, sh***ing and going home.

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