It's Friday (thank goodness)

What a week! The NHS is undergoing a major change in the way people are graded and paid for their job, which means every job has been evaluated and put in a pay band which ultimatly affects how much you are paid. Our bandings were published this week....suffice to say many people were less than impressed with the outcome! Helping people through this change is a bit stressful so every lunchtime I turn to Chrissie's blog for a bit of light relief. (She knows I get upset if she doesn't update every day!) So I was particularly amused by the healthcare stories and although I have never seen anything stuck to someones fluff (go read the blog!) I have seen stuff to make your hair turn (walnut whip anyone??) Healthcare staff often use humour to reduce stress and many of our stories are a bit grim but here is one of my favourite true stories.......We have a red and a green line leading from reception to the various bits of the department. One of the radiographers found a little old lady wondering along the corridor looking bemused. 'Can I help you?', she asked. The lady replied that she was looking for the red dragon she had been told to follow. 'Oh', replied the radiographer, 'do you mean the red line?'. 'Yes, that was it, the red lion', the patient responded in all innocence!