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Wednesday Aug 20, 2008

Changes...

We had our twice-yearly general meeting on Monday and some welcome changes were made!  There is generally a split in opinion at NHR which is to do with how much work we are expected to put in.  One opinion is that we're volunteers and that we should be able to put in as much or as little effort as we like.  Others of us know that if everyone had this attitude, nothing would get done! 

Personally, I feel that there should be a minimum requirement and that everyone should be expected to do regular ward visits.  Some people go every week but others haven't been for months!   I think we've managed to reach a compromise now.... it is now a minimum requirement for everyone at the station to do one ward visit per month which I think is pretty fair, and 12 visits a year isn't really that many! I've been asked to draw up the schedule so fingers crossed that this new idea will actually get people on the wards!

Posted by Dawn ( 3:00 PM )
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