Report leaves NHS staff sick.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- HASTE, PAUL
- Source
- Morning Star (Great Britain); 3/31/2009, p1-4, 2p, 1 Black and White Photograph
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The article reports that health care unions have responded to right-wing think tank Reform director Andrew Haldenby's criticism on sick leaves of British National Health Service (NHS) employees. Haldenby said that NHS workers are wasting taxpayers' money by taking an average of 12 days leave of absence a year, compared to only 7.2 in the private sector. UNISON head of health Karen Jennings explained that NHS workers do physically, mentally and emotionally demanding work and they spend a large part of their days dealing with sick people.