Flooded out NHS staff to lose pay; BRITAIN.HOSPITAL staff who could not get to work because of flooding will have to take unpaid leave or holiday to cover for the time they missed, health chiefs confirmed yesterday. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the United Kingdom's thirty-two NHS Foundation Trusts. It provides healthcare for people in the Sheffield area and surrounding area in South Yorkshire. defended the decision, saying it would be "unfair" on staff who did make it to work if those who did not were given a day off. But health unions have reportedly received 50 complaints from workers who believe they are being unreasonably penalised after they were prevented from reaching hospitals because of the floods. A spokeswoman for the Trust, which manages the Northern General, Royal Hallamshire, Jessop Wing, Weston Park Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (4 km²) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, close to the border with Shropshire. and Charles Clifford Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet (1 January 1813 - 27 February 1893) was a New Zealand politician. He was the first Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, serving from 1854 to 1860. Early life Clifford was born in Mount Vernon, Lancashire, England. hospitals, said many staff made it to work "against the odds" and stayed through the night to help look after stranded patients and visitors. "We believe that it would be unfair to the staff who did come into work if their colleagues who didn't make it in were given a day off," she said. |
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