First ever political post

[GB72]

Those weekend hours would put thousands on most jobs I wud imagine.

Lot of jobs don’t come with enhancements, take the carers that work in private nursing homes, not an extra penny for working nights/weekends etc.

[eric_sinclair]

Lot of jobs don’t come with enhancements, take the carers that work in private nursing homes, not an extra penny for working nights/weekends etc.

That is just wrong tho and shud not be allowed to happen. My missus works in care and they get a night allowance but weekend work is factored in salary.

[islaydarkblue]

A lot of departments in the hospital close on a Friday for the weekend

Operations generally take place from Monday to Friday in hospitals like Ninewells unless there is a push on and the Scottish Government hands over extra money from their ‘bottomless purse’ to pay for operations at the weekend.
In my opinion it seems a terrible waste of resources. Other businesses operate a seven day week with shift working so why not NHS Scotland hospitals carrying out operations.
Something will certainly have to be done to clear the massive backlog of operations due to the various Covid-19 lockdowns.
I have no faith in Humza Yousef the new Cabinet Secretary for Health to be any better than his predecessor Jeanne Freeman who was hopeless as the Cabinet Secretary for Health as Humza Yousef was previously hopeless as the Scottish Government Transport Minister.

[islaydarkblue]

Those weekend hours would put thousands on most jobs I wud imagine.

About four years ago I heard that that a GP on Islay providing 24 hours cover on a Saturday or Sunday was paid £1,000 for each 24 hours shift. The population on Islay is around 3,000.
Out of hours working for GP’s on Islay is the it was in Dundee before GP’s refused to do out of hours working unless they were paid overtime.
A GP is on call during the hours that the surgeries on Islay are closed and they also have to treat patients who arrive at A & E at Islay Hospital with some of them having to be transferred by air ambulance to hospitals in the Glasgow area.

[The AuldYin]

About four years ago I heard that that a GP on Islay providing 24 hours cover on a Saturday or Sunday was paid £1,000 for each 24 hours shift. The population on Islay is around 3,000.
Out of hours working for GP’s on Islay is the it was in Dundee before GP’s refused to do out of hours working unless they were paid overtime.
A GP is on call during the hours that the surgeries on Islay are closed and they also have to treat patients who arrive at A & E at Islay Hospital with some of them having to be transferred by air ambulance to hospitals in the Glasgow area.

Folk who choose to live on remote, barely inhabited islands should pay a higher rate of NI. Daft, inbred, 6 fingered, banjo playing c&nts.

[islaydarkblue]

Folk who choose to live on remote, barely inhabited islands should pay a higher rate of NI. Daft, inbred, 6 fingered, banjo playing c&nts.

You are not so far of the mark. The island of Islay has more than its fair share of children with special needs.
There is one local resident who is engaged to his full cousin and they have had five children. The person who told me said that amazingly all the children have no problems.
The taxation from the production of whisky from the nine whisky distilleries on Islay all working full time are contributing to the funding for the Barnett Formula which pays for the daily methadone handout to drug users in Scotland.

[The AuldYin]

You are not so far of the mark. The island of Islay has more than its fair share of children with special needs.
There is one local resident who is engaged to his full cousin and they have had five children. The person who told me said that amazingly all the children have no problems.
The taxation from the production of whisky from the nine whisky distilleries on Islay all working full time are contributing to the funding for the Barnett Formula which pays for the daily methadone handout to drug users in Scotland.

Move the breweries to the mainland, wait till the last ferry leaves Oban and scuttle it, job done.

[islaydarkblue]

Move the breweries to the mainland, wait till the last ferry leaves Oban and scuttle it, job done.

Which breweries would these be. What has Oban to do with the ferry sailings for all of the the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Scottish geography and the Calmac ferry timetable are obviously not your specialist subjects.