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Originally Posted by lettie
I have worked in a fair few nursing homes in the past. Some are good and some are bad. The bad ones got reported. I worked in homes by going through an agency whilst I was waiting for a hospital job to come up. It was no skin off my nose to report bad ones, my livelihood didn't depend on having to work in them. I had at least 80 hours a week offered through the agency for an RGN so could pick and choose my work.
I think that some staff wouldn't report poor care practices because they have nowhere else to go and would depend on a reference from their employer for another job. This doesn't excuse them in my book, I would much rather employ someone who would speak out about poor standards and try to improve levels of comfort and care.
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In theory, reporting a bad care home doesn't mean it's going to be closed, just the management will be monitored or replaced etc to make it good again, so workers shouldn't fear losing their jobs over it. After all, if they where sacked it would be unfair dismissal and they could sue if they wanted to or take it to a tribunal. Everyone should try be a member of a trade union too, whatever their career.
Of course, it doesn't always work that way, but thats the way it general works.