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Are you a registered #nurse in the UK that has had to take a lower band/paid job to get the flexibility or hours you need?
Contact Alison Stacey who is doing a story on this.
Please RT!!

Thank you for your messages and please feel free to send more or DM me.
It looks like it's time for #equalpay claim

I really think there’s a test for discrimination here - this v often happens to women. And there is no magic banding where flexibility exists or doesn’t. No band is inherently more or less flexible. If you want to retain skilled staff, flexibility is a requirement

Another DM from an experienced #nurse having to drop banding from 7 to a 5, to get the hours/flexibility they need. They are resigning to work agency.
⚠️Demotion is not a retention strategy⚠️
#ValueNursing
Kate Jarman @FlexNHS 💙 Dr Navina Evans Amanda Pritchard

The NHS has a workforce that’s 77% women, in a society where women shoulder the burden of childcare (and with a gender pay gap that means it is often - not always - £ advantageous for mothers to stop work rather than fathers) - this is a real and present issue for us.

Talking about flexible working and the cost of work - from childcare to the workplace cake tax. Hope to see you there! #flexforall

Women! How do you do it all?

Oh sorry I temporarily forgot about the hundreds of years of patriarchy & the distortion of feminism to suggest it’s entirely possible & desirable to be both perfect & home & high achieving at work at the expense of your physical & mental health lol.

The talkaboutflex.org is a fantastic website with lots of resource and information in one place - well worth a look if you haven't already! ❤️🔥 @FlexNHS 💙

Three quarters of the 1.3 million NHS employees are women. This #InternationalWomensDay , we're asking leaders to take tangible steps to create real flexible working cultures, to support and invest in women across the NHS.
talkaboutflex.org/flex-talk-arti…
#TalkAboutFlex #IWD2024

Join us at at our cost-of-living masterclass on 14 March 10am to hear Kate Jarman founder of @FlexNHS 💙 and Kelly Morrison 👨‍👩‍👧🐕‍🦺⛰️ talk about enabling a culture of flexibility.

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Did you know that last year over 30,000 people left their NHS role due to poor #worklifebalance ? That's why we're happy to see @NHSunions launch their #TalkAboutFlex campaign to coincide with #EmployeeAppreciationDay2024
Find your flex at talkaboutflex.org
#FlexibleWorking

Are you getting enough flex at work? This #EmployeeAppreciationDay2024 the health unions are launching a new campaign to help more NHS staff experience the benefits of flexible working. Visit talkaboutflex.org for tips and resources to help you #TalkAboutFlex today.

Delighted to support this important campaign to increase access to flexible working for NHS staff. Please check out the resources and #TalkAboutFlex

Nursery bill with new 8% uplift is now £1300/month, 4days/wk for 1 child. The increase offsets any savings from the subsidised 12hrs in April. I upped my work days in Oct to cope with mortgage increase & it makes no financial sense any more. FML Gillian Keegan MP PregnantThenScrewed

Little one's nursery just emailed to say prices going up for the second time THIS YEAR!
Up by 7.5% from April, despite already having risen in Jan.

And no information yet re funded hours from April.

Flexible working is a key tool for inclusion - our latest article provides some of the latest evidence why 👇

Sundays have been incorrectly branded as a day of rest when in fact they are a day of doing relentless housework until your untimely death from rage while putting away the Big Shop.

Please remember :

If you give time off for staff to attend their own childrens' events (assemblies etc), then make sure there's an equal offer made clear to those who don't have kids, or to those who have kids who have left home

Everyone deserves an equal offer

Something to not just think about #ActNow @FlexNHS 💙 NHS England Health Service Journal Patient Safety Congress & Awards The RCN Kate Jarman

Childcare costs and challenging shift patterns are causing nursing students to question their career choice.

With a 10% fall in nursing student applications in England this year, the government can't afford to exclude them from free childcare.

More: bit.ly/3UK4A8I