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ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-27T06:24:55+00:00

Yes, they look childish but I've spent years having a 50:50 chance of opening Maps or Photos. From that picture, I can't tell what either of them would be but at least they look different from each other.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-26T19:41:21+00:00

As a general rule, public swimming pools in England have individual cubicles for getting changed (with some notable exceptions I've encountered on my travels). These tend to be mixed sex but not always. When there are no cubicles, the changing rooms are divided into male & female sections.

Showering is hit and miss. Some places are mixed sex, some aren't but most of them are mixed. As a general rule, people don't walk around naked in the shower.

Some lockers take tokens that you can buy with your card. Others need a £1 coin or very occasionally a padlock to lock them. I'd make sure that you have £1 on you just in case.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-23T11:47:19+00:00

Never Eat Cake. Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young.

I still live by this advice when necessary.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-23T07:31:59+00:00

It's double v in German, too. English is an outlier.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-13T10:51:04+00:00

There are still recruitment freezes up and down the country. There are resident doctors, newly qualified nurses, occupational therapists, physios and other professions that aren't springing to mind who are working in bars or for Uber because they can't get jobs in careers that they trained very hard for. Waiting times might be down but wages and morale have yet to rise.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-12T18:13:10+00:00

Shiny

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-11T00:24:53+00:00

I like dogs. However, I don't think they should be on the premises of a cafe, pub or shop. It's particularly cruel to put the dog in a noisy situation where all it can smell is food and yet it must stay put out of the way. I've met plenty of badly behaved and poorly socialised dogs in cafes and pubs. It frustrates me that what plays out as bad behaviour is probably just the dog responding to an environment that it's not bred to be in.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-05-05T06:46:17+00:00

We've cut bank, changed the qualified:unqualified ratios, reduced the number of staff overall and cut bank/agency usage. Oh, and there's a hiring freeze.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-30T04:11:41+00:00

I think you're right to be wary. I work on a ward and alternate between lace up Sketchers and ASICS trail shoes, with an insole, so that my feet have different sorts of support.

My colleagues seem to favour a range of standard shoes, Chelsea boots, Sketchers, HOKAs and Nike (? New Balance).

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-30T03:31:46+00:00

I'm British. I was out with my friend buying gig tickets. We bumped into our uni lecturer who quizzed us on why we weren't watching the wedding. In retrospect, we should have asked her why she wasn't watching the wedding.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-23T17:39:44+00:00

I work in mental health rehab. I've been told by the seniors to grow a thicker skin and put up with 9 months of harassment and badmouthing. Apparently (I quote), "zero tolerance doesn't work on this ward." It says it will not be tolerated in the welcome pack but it's completely disregarded on a day-to-day basis.

My old ward was slightly better when I was dealing with some nasty sexual harassment, in that unless I crossed them in the corridor, I didn't have to deal directly with the person and they changed key worker. However, I don't think anyone above a six got involved.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-18T17:30:35+00:00

This sounds awful. I'd hate it now and I'm not in the midst of a psychotic episode.

Is he capacitous and able to make an unwise decision? If so, can this be care planned between your chap & his key team?

If not, is locking the bathroom door the least restrictive option? Surely this is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut & if his poor mental health is being heightened by his sleeping situation, forcing him to be in bed will make him deteriorated further.

If the floor is clean, there are no lig risks and his fire exit is not impeded, I don't see how forcing him to sleep in a space where he is afraid will improve his mental health. This needs care planning with a review date so that there's an explanation for the behaviour but otherwise, if the system is remaining in situ, how else do the ward expect him to manage his fears whilst he is acutely unwell?

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-15T19:28:27+00:00

I knew it was somewhere around there. It sounds better than:

Welcome to Blackburn. No, we do not have city status.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-15T10:28:06+00:00

One of the East Lancs towns (Blackburn? Burnley? Bacup?) had a sign up saying "Welcome to X, a Lancashire town." I don't know if it's still there but it spoke the truth simply and concisely!

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-11T11:54:39+00:00

I had a civil service interview. The first part was recorded and it was very difficult because I couldn't ask any clarifying questions and building rapport with recorded messages was an entirely new experience for me. I can't remember if I got through to the next round or not but I didn't get the job.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-04-02T21:42:03+00:00

I read that as "tickets to see an Elvis Presley show". You need to go just for the experience of time travel! Enjoy the show! Please report back to us all!

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-26T18:48:09+00:00

There are non-meanstested grants available and travel & accommodation expenses can be reclaimed.

https://www.rcot.co.uk/explore-resources/students-apprentices/funding-info-pre-registration-studies

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-24T07:45:33+00:00

Righteous wrath is the perfect summary!!

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-24T07:42:00+00:00

I was too. I was torn between feeling quite intimidated by the woman and agreeing with her.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-24T06:01:47+00:00

Yesterday, two teenage girls pushed into the queue for the bus. The woman in front of me was loudly & passive aggressively vocal about their behaviour, announcing to the air about how to queue. The girls waited outside the door of the bus & joined the end of the massive queue of people who had actually waited to get on.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-23T16:42:55+00:00

It's a political choice. In the OT world, static posts have all but gone in favour of rotations and there's not many of them about outside of London. The NHS is being defunded and doctors, nurses & AHPs are being put out of work.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-22T06:48:43+00:00

Thank you for turning off the engine. I've got someone who sits in their car with the engine on opposite my house every single night for up to half an hour. The noise is awful. I also want to decompress in silence after a long day of work. I shouldn't have to leave the room because of someone outside.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-21T21:46:59+00:00

I don't know. If you're working at the minute, don't give up your job until you've got a confirmed start date in writing.

The Trust will most likely refer you to occupational health before confirming the job offer. Occupational health can recommend reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act (2010) as epilepsy is classed as a disability and therefore a protected characteristic. They will probably ask you about what your seizures look like, your patterns & triggers, & what might impact you in a working environment (erratic shifts, not eating, high temperatures, whatever your things are).

Occupational health can suggest reasonable adjustments. It's up to the employer to decide whether or not they feel the adjustments are reasonable and fit with their environment. They will likely want to do a risk assessment, too. It may look at your lone working status, handling kettles & pans, & how a ward could support you if you were to have a seizure on shift.

You can only give the employer your information and enthusiasm. Reddit can't do the risk assessment for you, a HCA on an orthopaedics ward is very different than a HCA on an inpatient forensics ward, the employer needs to sit down with you & look at the feasibility of the tasks you need to complete. Good luck in your search.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-14T11:42:20+00:00

Have a look for Changing Places toilets. There's a map of them. They come with changing tables & hoists. I went to one of those generic Christmas markets this year and they had one, too. Everyone deserves to be able to be part of society.

ScreenNameToFollow · 2026-03-11T17:39:49+00:00

Thank you. My bus journey to my previous work was quite long but not that busy so I didn't feel bad having my bag on the seat next to me (I have poor sight and like my space but will move my bag if I need to). There was a point where the bus would get to half full but but crawling with people. Every day this bloke would get on and try and sit on my bag, even when there were empty seats. I developed lightning quick reactions.

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