Absenteeism at Son Espases Hospital increased by 20% during the first quarter of this year in comparison with January to March 2016. This equates to 390 members of staff having been off for one day.
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Son Espases absenteeism has gone up by 20%
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Arthur (below) you paint a picture of skiving staff who are incapable of proper communication. I spent a total of 5 weeks as a Son Espaces patient last year and i simply do not recognise the picture you describe. The professionalism of all staff shone through, from a mixed-race surgical team which included Italian, German, Hungarian and Spanish, some of the nurses were not Spanish, similarly the cleaners and catering staff, physiotherapy, radiology etc., but all the people I encountered were extremely dedicated and cared for patients with true professionalism. There were two exceptions, one of the surgeons who stupidly told me I should get on the next easyJet flight and go home - "advice" that would have almost certainly resulted in my death, and one nurse whose attitude was brusque and unhelpful. From the hundred of staff I encountered I'd say that is pretty good! Teamwork was excellent and I felt in good hands and I am most grateful for the care and treatment I received. To say I was close to death twice is no exaggeration, and without the total teamwork at Son Espaces I would not be posting this. A harder-working group of people you will struggle to find. I don't doubt that the intensity and hours of the work do lead to stress. Any absentee rate needs investigating, but do not just guess at the causes.
Absenteeism is rife is public sector industries. Self employed people work because if they do not turn up they do not get paid. This is the crisis also for our NHS. Plus we have many persons of multi language in our hospitals and this will naturally lead to many mistakes of "Lost In Translation" so medical accidents or negligence, will occur and then the state has to pay out large sums in "medical negligence" claims. This occurred many times in my work, where I would ask a member of the team to do something but they would not quite understand and do something differently.